Igor

I think it's a normal situation when developers are trying to find better ways to improve a software product. Sometimes we're successful in new findings, sometimes we couldn't predict flaws in a new design. With your help and we can discover our mistakes and fix them. As I told in another topic, we reverted to the old slide timing in version 7.0.1. Jill, Two examples when the new slide duration mode works better than old mode: 1. Add one photo (1st slide). Add video clip (2nd slide). Add several photos (3,4,5 slides) and set different transition effect durations for them. Now move 2nd slide (video clip) to another place in the slide list. You can see that this video clip will cropped or will stop earlier during playback if you use old slide duration mode. New system doesn't have this problem. 2. You have several slides. 2nd slide has several objects with complex animation with several keypoints at different time points. You designed keypoints of this slide for exactly 10 seconds. Now if you move this slide to another place in the list list only with the new time mode this slide will be rightly shown in your project. I saw many AV shows where authors used complex animation for certain slides. How difficult to re-arrange these slides in the old versions! You need to correct slide duration manually after moving of slides. New time mode in version 7.0.0 automatically take care for this issue. It simply works. So I regret that new time mode was not welcomed due to another workflow + temporal bugs. I will prepare two sample projects to illustrate these cases.

I published updated v7.0.1 BETA today. Please find my comment and download link here:

I posted updated PicturesToExe Deluxe 7.0.1 BETA http://www.wnsoft.com/files/test/picturestoexe-setup-701-beta.exe I hope it solves all previous problems. And I apologize for caused inconveniences due to missed bugs! Several important clarifications: 1. I'd like to remind that since version 7.0.1 (the official release will be publish soon on our website) we will use old time mode by default as in version 6.5 and earlier. All new users will see usual workflow with slide duration. 2. This updated version 7.0.1 Beta (published today) should fix strange problems and bugs with timing and related options. 3. You can use new time mode. Set checked "Keep full slide duration" option on the main window. No need to restart PicturesToExe or start new project. Changing of this option has an immediate effect and the Project options will also display correct default slide time value.

I sent three emails to AVG company to get solution of this problem with false positive. P.S. Sorry for late reply, I had a 3 day's trip to Moscow.

PicturesToExe accepts text on your native language and some foreign languages (in same language group). We plan improve language support in the next version. Regarding executable slideshows. They can display any text not depending on language or country. If you create a slideshow with French text, a user from Brazil can see your text exactly as you designed it.

Only v7.0 executables. We need to wait when AVG fixes this false positive. I think it will take 1-2 days.

Thanks, I just sent a report to AVG company about this false positive. Please also send your reports to AVG company to speed solution of this problem.

Well, we did it. Please try updated version 7.0.1 Beta: http://www.wnsoft.com/files/test/picturestoexe-setup-701-beta.exe 1. Option "Keep full slide duration" turned off by default now. New users will use old timing system (as in version 6.5). 2. This option ("Keep full slide duration") has been moved to the main window of PicturesToExe. 3. We've fixed all logical bugs if you use this new timing mode. Please let me know what you think? I hope this change will please all users

I can suggest the following solution. 1. Find same file "unins000.msg" in a folder of the final version 7.0. 2. Copy this file to the folder of version 7.0 Beta 14/15. 3. Then please try uninstall again Beta 14/15.

PicturesToExe Deluxe 7.0.1 BETA is available now. Download: http://www.wnsoft.com/files/test/picturestoexe-setup-701-beta.exe List of changes: + "Keep full slide duration" option has been moved to the main window of PicturesToExe and it's disabled by default. * Improved quality of video for iPad. * Fixed bugs with slide duration. * Fixed problem with the Objects and animation editor on some old Intel video cards. * Fixed freezing of the Project option window with Korean language. View | Advanced Options). * Minor bug-fixes.

First of all, thank you for your comments and suggestions! Please try an updated version 7.0.1 Beta: http://www.wnsoft.com/files/test/picturestoexe-setup-701-beta.exe It solves several problems related with the new slide duration. We need to separate temporal bugs from logical problems (flaws in design). Personally we like the new time system (in version 7.0). We find it simple and suitable for various cases. I really sorry that it caused such problems and misunderstandings. Probably it was difficult to understand this problem because I don't create complex AVs or have different working style. How to separate real logical problems from habits? Peter, thanks for this interesting idea! I didn't think about this. I think PicturesToExe should have some solution for video slides and for slides with complex animation (where keypoints require fixed full slide duration). And I see one of the following: 1. Use new slide duration conception introduced in v7.0 (by default or not - it's a another question). 2. The idea of Peter. Add a new option for a slide - "Keep full duration of this slide". And enable this option automatically for video clips added as slides to the Slide list. On first glance it works, but it's one more option for user and different behaviour of slides within one project. 3. Implement one change to the old time mode of slide duration (as in version 6.5). After re-ordering of slides with video clips analize slides before this change. If a video clip had exactly same duration with full slide duration then perform automatical time correction for this slide only. The benefit of this idea - it's an automatic solution and applicable for slides with video clips only. No new options. Please let me know what you think?

Thanks for the confirmation!

Hello Bob, I think that we solved this problem. Please try this solution, before we publish updated version. Download and unpack attached ZIP file (the link below). Replace an old file mp4presets.dat in the following folder: C:\Program Files\WnSoft PicturesToExe\7.0\VideoBuilder\ Please let me know about result. mp4presets.zip

Dave, If this problem come back, please let me know. I need project files to reproduce that situation.

Avast Software company has confirmed a solution of this problem today.

Thanks. I confirm this bug with templates. We'll try fix it version 7.0.1 Hello Al! Glad to see you again! Please send me executable file and time point where I can hear this glitch, I'll check up.

The coming update 7.1 will include improved support of various video formats.

Please send me this project and produced video file exported in version 7.0 to see this problem. I think we will able fix it quickly. Project files in ZIP archve (PicturesToExe -> the main menu | File | Create backup in ZIP archive). You can upload files to www.mediafire.com free service and them send me a download link by personal message.

Dave, Please could you send me this project (all files)? We'll try re-create this problem and fix it.

Thank you, Barry! I just sent my report to Avast Software on this false positive. Please send as possible more reports/complaints to Avast to speed up solving of this problem.

Hello Hilary, You can download previous PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.5.8 here: http://www.wnsoft.com/files/picturestoexe/previous-versions/picturestoexe-setup-658.exe

Excuse me for late response. I really need more time to read all comments and prepare my suggestions.

There are two points I forgot to say. Windows 8 designed for PCs, laptops as well as for table computers. I suppose that tablet computers with Windows 8 will have ARM CPUs (not Intel or AMD) and use a new "Metro" user interface (optimized for small screens) introduced in Windows 8. PicturesToExe currently doesn't support ARM CPUs (because they never were used for Windows before). Also we need to adapt PicturesToExe for Metro UI, so you will able use PicturesToExe within usual Aero user interface (like in Windows 7). Personally I think that Metro UI is not much helpful for desktop applications. Metro UI is very different from a standard graphical interface in Windows. It looks almost as an user interface on Windows Phone 7 smartphones. I have no idea how to fit all complex functions into Metro UI. Even Microsoft didn't show yet their new Office for the Metro UI. New Microsoft Office still uses old user interface.

Microsoft has published today a public preview of Windows 8 for software developers (Windows 8 will replace Windows 7 next year). I just tried quickly all main features of PicturesToExe Deluxe 7.0. Everything works fine - the main program, slideshows, HD video output, DVD burning.

Peter, I've added one correction to file associations and uploaded updated version 7.0. Please try it. It's very minor correction, but can help.