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With the antivirus disabled, the same thing happens. From the “Slide Options” button, when you click “OK,” there is a delay when closing the window, and the same thing happens when you click “Cancel.” Once the window is closed, you can use other slides. However, from the “Options” button, the opposite occurs. When you click the ‘OK’ and “Cancel” buttons, the window closes quickly, but once the window is closed, you cannot use other slides or do anything else, as if the program were frozen. To measure the time it takes, I would say that: From the “Slide Options” button, it takes 8 seconds for the window to close. From the “Options” button, it closes quickly, but it is blocked for 8 seconds. I know it's strange, because I could think it might be a graphics card problem, but if that were the problem, the same thing would happen with the Slide Styles window, and that window closes quickly.

Hello, Beta version V12 is already available. The final version should be ready in March.

Hello, when will version 12 be released?

I'd suggest waite a little while we checking another issue of the slow closing the Slide Options window. These issues may be related.

Could you please check 2 more things: 1. Uninstall and reinstall PTE AV Studio. If it didn't help: 2. Temporarily disable ESET antivirus and check how quickly the Slide Options window (with transitions) closes on clickin the OK button. Forgot to ask - if you click the Cancel button, how fast Slide Options window closes?

Works perfect. Lightning fast. Adding of e.g. "_2" to the duplicate e.g. picture name "IMG_3010.JPG" resulted in name of duplicate "IMG_3010_2.JPG" "We'll soon add support for creating project ZIP archives larger than 2 GB." Great!

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Hello, the antivirus I use is ESET. After seeing this comment, I configured it so that it does not scan those folders, and it still does the same thing. I reconfigured the transitions in C:\ and the window closes a little faster, but there is still a noticeable delay. I do not use the cloud with PTE, nor do I use the cloud with any other program.

When viewing the transitions, they only play the first time; it seems that they are the transitions that have video files.

Hi, We've already implemented 2 improvements in V12 Beta: 1. You can create a backup of a project in ZIP archive (or project template) that links files (images/audio/video) with the same file name (duplicate names) but in different folders. 2. Smart ZIP compression. Archive creation is now 3-5 times faster. We'll soon add support for creating project ZIP archives larger than 2 GB.

Hi, Thanks for the information. Please let me know what antivirus software you're using: Windows Defender (by default) or another antivirus? The symptoms suggest that either the Documents folder is syncing with the cloud service (usually it should cause that issue). Or the antivirus is interfering with PTE AV Studio, slowing down every operation within the styles/transitions storage.

Hi Mary, Thanks for sending me the sample video file and project! I've reproduced the issue with freezing on video encoding and strange speed. We'll check the code.

Hi Frans, I recommend to use "Quality" mode in PTE AV Studio and choose the "High quality" preset (100% in Custom mode). This is the best choice for all types of content - animated slideshows or dynamic video footage. Video encoder automatically allocates bitrate, assigning high bitrate to dynamic scenes with video footage (or animated pictures) and low bitrate to static photos. The automatically calculated bitrate can vary from 0.7 Mbit to 60 Mbit. For example, the Sample Project at 1920x1080 (HD), 60p has an average bitrate of 8.6 Mbit. You don't waste bitrate unnecessarily - it increases only where needed, maintaining constant visual quality. This is similar to saving a JPEG file when you specify the desired compression quality, for example "9". The file size will differ depending on the complexity of the image details and its dimensions. If you still prefer to set the bitrate manually, use these values as a guideline: HD (1920 x 1080), 60p: 4-8 Mbit - for animated images 10-16 Mbit - for mixed content or dynamic video content 4K (3840 x 2160), 60p: 15-30 Mbit - for animated images 40-60 Mbit - for mixed content or dynamic video content Also avoid hardware encoders for best quality. Important note: Bitrates from video files recorded by professional cameras or smartphones should not be used as a reference. They use simplified hardware encoders (works in real time) that don't utilize bitrate as efficiently, so manufacturers compensate by significantly increasing the bitrate.

I tried it on my end more than once. Speeding up, slowing down — everything works. There is a complete freeze frame, and there is acceleration. I exported the video in 4K at 60 frames per second. I separated the audio file from the video so I could watch the video with sound. I tested it on both long and short video files. Everything works perfectly.

Thanks for the quickly and good response. Ale53

" added a single clip. Changed the speed to 200%. It changed the stated video duration but it did not speed up the clip. And during playback, the video ends prematurely because it is not speeded up. Also, I could not publish the show to an .mp4. The publish window just sat there and never did anything. " This part is NOT RESOLVED. Please check your messages for link to a zipped pte file to confirm.

We fixed it in Beta 4. I can confirm that this is working now. Thank you.

Hello, I could start by answering your last question, but to answer your first question, yes, the styles and transitions folder is empty. And no, to answer your second question, I don't use any services on the new one. And it seems that for now, moving the Styles and Transitions folder to another hard drive has worked, as the window closes properly. But I have to tell you something curious: the PTE program moves all the folders from one drive to another (from C: to K:), and it has only left one empty folder on the C: drive, the Transitions folder. I don't know why it couldn't cut and paste that folder.

Thanks for checking. I thought I had applied normalization to -3.0 dB for all sound files in Audacity. I'll check again on Monday. P.S. Just in case, you need to add sound objects to a slide again to check updated sound files.

Do you mean new text animations in V12? Not yet. But work on the text objects is not finished for V12. Wait a little.

It's an interesting case. So the long delay with closing the Slide Options window by clicking the OK button occurs even if Documents > PicturesToExe > Styles and Transitions folder is empty? Does the Documents folder on your PC sync with any cloud services? OneDrive, DropBox, Google, iCloud? Try to change a location of "Styles and Transitions" folder in PTE AV Studio. Browse the main menu > Settings > Preferences. Templates tab. Choose another location on your local drive outside Documents or Desktop folders. For example, on drive D:\

Hallo, everyone. Is It some new effect about text in Pte 12? Tanks at advance for answer. Ale53

Yes, I restart Windows every day. This isn't new; it's been happening for a while. However, there's no problem with the styles window; it closes fine.

Tested, it's better but still seems too weak. I just created a video with 2 sounds : Clicl1 and Page Turn 3 (level 100) and analyzed the result with AUDACITY : by applying the amplification filter, we see that we can increase by 6dB.

Tested and it's OK for me