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greyspider, Please send me a .pte project file. I'll check it.

Vincent, Please tell me in more details how to reproduce this problem? For example, I have Deluxe key and PicturesToExe works in Deluxe edition. In Preferences I switch to Essentials and restart PicturesToExe. Then the caption of the main window shows "PicturesToExe Essentials" and Project options doesn't show some options specific for the Deluxe edition. In Preferences I switch back to Deluxe edition and restart the program. Now I see all Deluxe features. If I have PicturesToExe in Essentials mode and I enter the Deluxe key, the program automatically switches to the Deluxe mode.

Thanks for your replies!

Hi, I'd like to start this new poll to compare with previous poll. Please reply on one question how often you burn DVD or create ISO images in PicturesToExe?

Cedric, Thanks for the file! Media Player Classic HomeCinema shows 96kbps for this file and it plays fine in PicturesToExe as I quickly tested. Here is a test project: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27544810/temp/Project1.exe

I recommend to set "Sharper/smoother" at -100 as it being offered by default. Yes, I understand that it sounds not-intuitive, and probably we'll rework this parameter in the next version. Set "Sharper/smoother" to 0 when you have animation and you observe shimmering/moire problem. "Sharper/smoother" parameter doesn't affect to performance even on old video cards. Another parameter - "Blur" - affects to performance and should be used when it really necessary.

Hi Vincent, I confirm this problem. We'll try to fix this problem. I'll write later after checking.

Hi Denis, I confirm this bug. Thank you! We'll try to fix it and publish an updated version 8.0. As a temporary solution, please replace a linked audio file in the Slide options window. Or use a command "Audio Comment" -> "Replace Audio File" in the popup menu of a slide.

The next version 9.0 will work only on PC. I think that PicturesToExe 10 will be available for Mac. We'll try.

Cedric, In future we plan to replace our existing MP3 decoder and probably the new decoder will accept MP3 files with non-standard audio bitrate. Please send me a link to a sample MP3 file at102kbps I'll check up. Probably we'll fix it for next version.

MUR, Bezier curves for animation will appear in future version(s) of PicturesToExe.

Geoff, Sorry, I missed your question. The most likely the upgrade to v8.5 will be paid. It will depend on a number of new features. We'll announce this information together with the first beta version in November-December.

Gary, I understand your point of view. I honestly tried to reply on all topics here, but it's hard to do and requires significant time. When we plan to add a new feature, we need to think how it can be implemented? Can we write the required code for that feature? How much time it will take? How it will work together with other existing and scheduled features? In most cases, we discuss a new possible feature many times (during several iterations) from several days up to several years. If I'll reply on suggestions every days, I will bother our team too often when they work on other features. I assure you, I read this section of the forum very often and read it again and again including all posts. And finally, we are not able to implement all suggestions. Sorry. That's reality.

Well, I'll return this option.

Probably other users will ask to keep this option. Let's wait for the beta-testing.

I extracted a discussion about fixed size of a slide into a new topic here

Please look on this illustration. It illustrates the problem of displaying shows with "Fixed size of slide" option on UltraHD (4K) displays:

I'm in a difficult situation. Users ask me make PTE more simple and intuitive in use. On other hand, I can't remove some old and strange options which may confuse users. How I can improve PTE in this situation?

Dave, jt, Please try to understand, the fixed size of a slide in a fullscreen mode is really bad option. Earlier or late, it would lead to wrong results. Ultra HD displays (4K) are coming and visual size of a slide would be very small on such displays. If you want to avoid upscaling on your particular display, prepare images according screen resolution of your display. 1920x1080 images for a display 1920x1080. Think about people who will run your EXE file on displays with different screen resolutions. I think it's better to add high quality images (at least 1920x1080). Down-sampling works enough good in PicturesToExe. You can even enable "Unsharp mask" for your project. I compared result with Photoshop - and PicturesToExe gives very good picture. In possible future player of PicturesToExe's slideshows we can add various options how to display a slide (fullscreen, windowed, fixed size), but fixed size is dangerous for EXE output where users can't change it.

This will not happen in future version. Barry, Thanks for interesting idea! But this variant also has weak sides. jt, "Fixed size of screen" is removed from future version. In PTE 8.5 the Main tab contains: - "Aspect ration"; - Virtual size of a slide (as custom option); - Background options (solid, gradient, image). These options are valid for any output format. I moved Screen group from Screen tab to Advanced tab. Now Screen tab contains only: - Fullscreen/windowed modes; - Unsharp mask. Screen tab is deleted. P.S. Please post your suggestion regarding Audio tab as a new topic. It deserves a special discussion.

MUR, Thanks, I see your demo on Slideshowclub.com

Dave, Done. There should be no difference between uploading to Slideshows and Demos. In theory.

Hi, I expect beta version in November-December, because we have a lot of work with this version. The new "Objects and animation" editor with great improvements is still in work. Video output now uses newest and fast video encoders + better quality. We're rewriting the old code of PicturesToExe to make a cross-platform product in future (not in v8.5): PC/Mac, 64-bit, dark interface. You will not see all visible changes in v8.5, but this work is very important to future of PTE. - Project options (almost ready). You'll see some changes in this window. - Slide options (done) - Preferences (done) - Video output AV/HD (done) - Mobile video and Youtube (done) In fact a half of the code of PicturesToExe will be new in version 8.5.

Dave, Thanks, I see your test file on Slideshowclub. Can I delete it?

MUR, Thanks for letting me know about this problem! Uploading should work on Slideshowclub.com Please make a screenshot and send me with this error message. Dave, Please can you try to upload a test file to Slideshowclub.com? We'll delete it after testing.