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Eric, In future version 8.5 we completely reworked this window. And it will show correctly "Customize" checkbox at 150% scale. In current version it's difficult to fix it, because it was a simple patch for the old code.

Hi Tom, If you use Google 2-Step Verification (which is very recommended) try to create a new password for applications and use it for YouTube uploading in PTE. Will it help? http://www.google.com/landing/2step/

Hi Tom, Sorry, I but couldn't reproduce that problem. I successfully uploaded my test show at 1080p quality to YouTube. Then I uploaded your project to YouTube from PicturesToExe. No problem. See the attached screenshots. Please try upload another test show (say 3 images).

Hi Lin, Thanks for this idea!

Eric, What value of display scaling you choosed in Windows? It looks as 150% or more.

To all, Please send me news related with PicturesToExe by PM. I'll post them on Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/picturestoexe

Dave, Yes, I added this link a week ago

Jean-Cyprien, Yes, the format of time values is incorrect in this .pte project file. Did you use external programs to edit this project file?

Thanks for the file! We'll try to find a reason of this interesting problem.

Lin, Thanks, I'll see how to add a new link to this page. To all: I just posted a new short message here

Hi Jean-Cyprien, Please send me a test project where I can see this problem.

Hi Peter, Try to use "Pan Z" parameter in "3D parameters" window. I think it should give the result which you need. "Perspective correction for zoom" simulates what can be done with "Pan Z". You can apply "Pan Z" parameters for two key frames of each image object.

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Barry, It will be possible with new cross-platform code of PicturesToExe. We're rewriting the parts of the old code and when we finish you'll get: - Mac version - 64-bit - Dark side of interface I'm not sure about dockable mini-player, good idea, however.

Thanks, Dave!

Hi Jean-Claude, Thanks for your suggestions! We have really difficult task, because we need to add many new functions and we want to keep simple the interface of the new O&A editor. I can't promiss that we'll all these functions to v8.5, but we'll implement some important improvements which will allow you to create complex animation much more easily, with less number of keyframes. We'll solve the problem from another side. I have one question: Does it really necessary? Please give me several possible scenarios when you need this function. Probably our other improvements will reduce this need? In each keyframe you will able to determine which parameters you want to use (interpolate). For example, you can set "Zoom" parameters and leave "Opacity" not active (opacity will be interpolated from other keyframes where opacity is set).

Barry, Please add a scheme / sketch for your first idea.

Thanks, Gary! I also love to visit famous cathedrals when I travel in Europe. P.S. If I may suggest the correct name would be "Russian onion domes" -> "Русские луковичные купола". More about "onion domes": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_dome

Hi, Please try the advice suggested above. PicturesToExe 8 does not require the Internet connection.

The new version will be published at the end of year, as usual. Beta version will be available in 2-3 months. Probably 64-bit PC version will be ready together with Mac version (when it's ready), because they use common code.

Of course, if a slide includes a lot of very large images, we can't do anything with it. Images consumes system/video memory.

Future version 8.5 will bring significant improvement for AV authors who create heavy animation with a lot of keyframes. For example, I compared a work of Rubik demo by Jean-Cyprien in v8.0 and future v8.5. Size of .pte project file is 14 MB (509'343 lines). 1. Time to load the project. Almost in 2x faster in v8.5 than in v8.0 2. Memory usage. v8.0 - 640 MB of system memory. New v8.5 - 353 MB. Almost in 2x less memory usage. That's not all, due to the new architecture of keyframes the final version 8.5 will consume even less system memory. Memory usage was reduced after deep optimization of work with .pte project in memory.

We really have good progress with Mac version.

I can confirm that we're working on Mac version of PicturesToExe.

I moved some posts to a new topic Creating slideshows on Mac