Igor

Hi, We turned on secure HTTPS connection (SSL) on PicturesToExe forum and Slideshowclub according Google's recommendation. See details here: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/chrome-56-ssl-https-wordpress/

I confirm that laptops with AMD video card under Windows 10 does not allow to choose fast external video card for all applications, including PicturesToExe's slideshows. It's shame situation for AMD and Microsoft. We can do it only for NVIDIA video card (any Windows), or for AMD video cards under Windows 7/8. As I know, Microsoft plan to update Windows 10 soon with a new special "Game mode" for better performance. If this mode will solve this issue, we'll activate it for PTE and presentations.

Bruno, Thanks for that message. As I know, laptops with Windows 10 should allow to switch between integrated and external video card. Probably user should install NVIDIA or AMD drivers downloaded from their official websites. Also we're working on this issue right now. We hope to include to the code of PTE 9 the permanent solution to automatically run EXE files on powerful external video card in laptops. It should work with Windows 10 and 7, 8.

Thanks, Dave! It's an important feature of slide styles.

Hi Mark, PicturesToExe 8 includes built-in slide style Zoom In/Out (in Basic category). It allows you quickly add zoom to selected slides and customize it's degree. Currently you can set minimum at 105%. For version 9.0 Beta 18 I will change the range of zoom to allow set 101%.

Gary, I couldn't easily fix this problem. It somehow related with server's configuration. The current upload limit is 128 MB per file. I'll try to fix it later.

PicturesToExe 9 should be released in February or March.

Please try version 8.0. It has the new code for DVD burning than old version 7.5.

Gary, I confirm this problem.

Gary, OK, I'll check for this problem.

Gary, Can you try another browser - Chrome or Edge?

Gary, We fixed this problem. Please can you check?

Gary, Thanks, I see the problem on your video. I'll check today or tomorrow.

Gary, Did you upload only single ZIP file or several files?

Please give me some time to explore this subject. If I remember rightly, video drivers in a laptop decide how to run an application - on integrated video card (Intel), or on external video card (NVIDIA/AMD). User can set the option - force run of any applications on external video card.

Thanks for your idea. Yes, it will work well for Mac presentations created with PicturesToExe 8.0.xx. Probably more old presentations also will work.

I'm sorry, but currently PicturesToExe can't handle 4K video (for output and playback of video clips in a project).

Gary, Yes, I confirm this problem. I sent a request to Invision company to get assistance with this problem.

Gary, What size of file(s) which you tried to upload to Slideshowclub?

Description/notes and author's name for a slide style will be added in nearest Beta version of PicturesToExe 9.0. We're working on this code right now.

Thanks, Dave!

I wish you Merry Christmas! All the best and happiness at these special days.

Moire usually occurs on certain images with high details and with applied unsharp mask. By default, PicturesToExe was optimized to show images with high details and with sharp picture. If you find a moire problem on some images during Pan/Zoom animation, please use the following recommendation: 1. If you resize images in Photoshop, use "Bicubic" or "Bicubic Smoother" option. Don't use "Bicubic Sharper". 2. Don't apply Unsharp mask filter in Photoshop or in PicturesToExe. 2. If moire/flickering still appears, open the Objects and animation editor. Choose this image and in the Properties tab find a parameter "Sharper/Smoother". By default, this parameter is (minus) -100. Try to set 0 or even 50...100. This will eliminate the moire completely. An image will become more soft.

PicturesToExe 8.0.22 was officially published today: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17226-picturestoexe-8/&do=findComment&comment=131005

Mark. Thanks for checking! For some reason in MacOS Sierra 10.12.2 a system function which loads JPEG images has stopped the work anymore. We had to include alternate JPEG decoder to fix this problem (same code as for PC). Now JPEG images always will work on Mac, because we use own code for JPEG loading. Of course, it's very strange. I can't remember something similar on Windows. I didn't recieve a reply from Apple yet.