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Pascal, it's an interesting case! We actually fixed an old bug in Hue/Saturation for V12. Previously, Saturation incorrectly changed the color tint of a black&white (grayscale) images - in version 11.0, you could see a green tint. Now in V12 Saturation parameter doesn't change grayscale images. As I know, Photoshop works the same way. We fixed this bug back in PTE Video Optimiser (when someone noticed that the Saturation filter was incorrectly changing the color tint of grayscale pictures in videos). If you needed to change the color tint/cast of a black&white image, you need to use a different color filte - Coloration. Let me know what you think about this. I'd also be glad to hear opinions from other users.

A selection of migratory shore birds that visit a local beach near my home from as far away as Siberia. All images taken in around 2 hours on Friday Janaury 9, 2026.

Interesting and I value you leaving a comment, thank you. I tried the "shutter sound" only and without music but did not like this option. It remind me of the old slideshow of the slide cassette changing without music. I also tried different volumes for each track. I guess in the end, my approach of not letting good get in the way of perfect presided and I finalised this project. I appreciate that as an art form, not everybody likes the same thing and it is very subjective. For me, the end result was good, and hence I released it to the world. Thanks for commenting and I appreciate your POV. Ciao Mark

I had a client who wanted me to put every line of a poem on a different slide, and animate it, I was doing that manually, but was wondering if it's possible to add a feature to automate it, as in, you give PTE your text, and tell it to map every line with a different slide/video in the slideshow as well as adding random transitions to the text.

I think it would be helpful to add a one click photo creation like Proshow has with a wizard, or manually, as some like the quick creation as opposed to doing everything manually.

We hear two strong rhythms, the music and the clicks. Unfortunately, they don't match, which makes it difficult to listen to. A sequence perhaps for non-musicians and bad dancers. Sorry!

Thanks Bert glad you enjoyed them. I guess the amount of images is the problem, too many shots and too much time to decide what to include and what to leave out. The slideshow above was a selection of the images from 2025 only and I wanted to limit the show length. For me personally, I try to keep the show length to under 5 minutes, probably a carryover from my old slide AV days. Thanks again Mark

Gulya, I respect your opinion, but I cannot agree. Version 12.0 includes significant improvements, new features, and effects, with 1-2 more major features which we plan to include before the final release. Multiple slide tracks are complex feature that affects PTE's core. We're working on it, and it will arrive when it's ready. The upgrade price for V12 will be reasonable ($36-49), and unlike many others, we don't use subscriptions. Users can choose to upgrade to V12 or continue to use V11, which we actively maintain.

So, should I assume that V 12 is, in fact, a sort of general upgrade (bug fix?) while we wait for an XYZ version to be released in a few years with more video/image tracks and the ability to mix layers like in Photoshop? Thanks Ghulya

Mark. Thanks for the Flicker link, you have enough beautiful bird photos on that site to make an spectacular PTE show. Bert

Duh..... I didn't think to click on that image. Looks like a great Flickr gallery, I'll take a look later as I'm tied up now. Thanks Mark (Apologies for calling you Dave earlier)

No worries. not sure what the problem is but when I click on the image in the reply to Bert, it opens my Flickr Bird Gallery. Not sure where to go to from here. No time to make another slideshow unfortunately. Regards Mark

No link (that I could see) below ALso noticed you referring to your flickr account. Not knowing your last name makes it hard to look up😊🙄

No problems Jim, horses (or should that be birds) for courses. I would spend more time culling to get to nder 5 minutes before other fell asleeo. I take thousands of images of birds each year - see the link below if you wish to review them at your own pace.

No worries Bert. If you like something slower have a look at my Flickr Gallery where you can review at your own pace. Not as up to date as this, but still a couple hundred photos.

Hello Igor, It was not me who posted a reply to this thread. The last reply I saw was from chanfi22. Greetings, Cor

No, it's not ready for V12. Sorry. We've started the work on this code, but multiple slide tracks are still far from complete. It will a huge change for the interface, the project, and the entire PTE, this is why we've been working on it for so long.

We mistakenly deleted a comment about an unused "Author" filter for Transitions and my reply. Please repost your original post in a new topic; this will help me track that question and write a future reply when we fix it.

Sorry, but I stopped it after 30sec. To fast paste for my taste to enjoy seeing the birds. Bert

So, if I understand correctly, the new release 12 does not implement multiple levels of video/image, as well as multi-track sound: is that right? Thanks Ghulya

Moscow's stunningly beautiful streets, squares, parks, and plazas, decorated for New Year and Christmas. Enjoy watching.

Nice collection of bird images Dave I'd like to see your selected top bird images of 2025 produced in a slower format. (I'm not sure the music really worked with images. Might just be an issue with my watching it at 5am and my brain not fully functional) Jim

Oh yes, it"s a very good idea (especially the number of slides)

Hi, for the styles, it would be possible to add a filter by number of slides involved and by orientation (horizontal-vertical)?

Thank you very much Igor for the explanation. Good to know.