Igor

Gary, Animation in PTE 9 (and created EXE files) works better (smoother) on faster video card. Now PTE 9 uses NVIDIA video card by default on laptops with dual graphics (Intel + NVIDIA). So you should observe more smooth animations in PTE shows on these laptops.

Hi, If you have a laptop with dual graphics card (Intel + NVIDIA) please try a new test version of PicturesToExe 9.0.15 BETA: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.exe It should greatly improve smoothness of animations. Because this update automatically forces PTE 9 to use dedicated NVIDIA video card instead of slow Intel video card. This improvement affects: - Preview in the main window of PTE 9; - Objects and animation editor. - Playback of EXE shows.

Gary, This update doesn't affect to playback of video clips in EXE shows. (we hope to improve it in future major version). However smoothness of animations (images) should be much better on laptops with dual video cards.

Manuel, So it seems that ZIP archives don't support this symbol?

Denis, Please try new test version - PTE 9.0.15 BETA https://files.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.exe Now PicturesToExe 9 (main window) and created EXE files should work on fast dedicated video card in laptops with dual graphics. Currently it works for Intel + NVIDIA video cards. We didn't check for Intel + AMD / AMD + AMD video cards.

Can you send me a sample folder (with non-latin letters) which cause this problem in PTE? I will check it. Use Windows Explorer to create a ZIP archive.

Manuel, "?" means that PTE didn't recognized some symbols in a folder name or in a file name. Check your screenshots above. Usually it should not happen with European languages. PTE 9 should work correctly with non-latin letters.

Manuel, On some screenshots I see errors. A symbol "?" appears in file paths ("? ARCH MUR", etc). And for this reason PTE can't load projects. Try to use folders and files only with latin names. Will it help?

Ron, Thanks for this information! I'm glad that you solved that problem.

Denis, Right now I'm trying to apply the new code for PTE to force use fast NVIDIA/AMD card instead of Intel. Please wait for the updated version.

Ron, Check for updated version of VMWare. Then try to install VMWare tools/drivers for a virtual machine. Check settings of a virtual machine to make sure that it uses GPU (hardware acceleration for 3D) and enought video memory. Also it may be a temporary problem, while High Sierra is indexing your Mac after the upgrade of macOS.

Denis, Does this problem occur if you copy same objets from a custom transition to an usual slide? I still can't reproduce this proble, I checked on a laptop with Intel Core M CPU (Lenovog Yoga 2) and on iMac 4K Retina with Windows 10 and Intel Iris Pro 6200 graphics. We think that this problem is related with incorrect work of certain Intel video card with highest values of screen coordinates. 50'000% in this case for Pan X.

Manuel, Initially you wrote that creating of a backup in a ZIP doesn't work ("PTE freezes or tells me that I can not save the file"). Does it occur now? Honestly, I don't understand this problem. Tell me in more details. I successfully unpacked your sample ZIP archive and opened the project in PTE 9.

This effect is very interesting, Thanks, Dave and Lin! It would be interesting to see an Album style with pages which slightly change its form when page is turning.

Check Slide Styles > Basic > Album. It's a slide style with a transition effect.

Hi, Sorry for the delay. bak.app is an original presentation (NOT modified). Your need to copy and run .app folder which should be patched for the correct work on macOS Sierra / High Sierra.

Lin, Thanks for your idea and this show!

Denis, Thanks, I will check today.

Denis, It seems that these Intel video card have a serious problem. Your object has a visual size which much larger than a screen. And I think that Intel drivers incorrectly "think" that object should not be shown.

Denis, I can't reproduce this problem on Intel HD Graphics 5300 (Lenovo Yoga 2). You used an interesting technique to create effect in this custom transition. Image object in a mask stencil is very distorted and has huge visual size. Probably Intel graphics incorrectly works with these values. We don't remember any similar problem already 10 years. Why not try more simple solution for this effect? Look at attached files. I used 2 Rectangle objects with adjusted Center parameters and Pan animation as Mask stencil. Do you see same problem with other custom transitions? Igor_variant.pteeff Test.pte

Denis, Thanks, I will check now.

You can cure any non-working slideshow for Mac created in PTE 9.0.0 - 9.0.14 if you don't have source project. 1. Create any new slideshow for Mac in PTE 9.0.15. 2. Replace the player in the old non-working slideshow using player from PTE 9.0.15+ A player for Mac is a folder with extension .app MyShow.app - it's a player for Mac MyShow.ptshow - slideshow data (images & music) Don't forget that player folder and slideshow data file should have same name if you replace the player.

I found a good music library in MP3 format for free use on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music

Denis, Can you tell me in more details: 1. Model name of your laptop, CPU and both video cards (Intel & NVIDIA). Is it old or new laptop? 2. Version of Windows (7, 8, or 10) ? 3. Screenshot where I can see wrong result. 4. Sample project (EXE + source project) where I can reproduce this problem. Thanks in advance, The problem with Intel graphics occured with old computers (before 2009 year) if Intel graphics has 64 MB of video memory and didn't fully support DirectX 9. I remember about the issue with selecting fast video card (NVIDIA/AMD instead of Intel) in a laptop. We're still working on it. P.S. Sorry for the late response.

Thanks for the confirmation! Denis, This change is only in Mac output. Not for PC EXE. Please see my reply: