Igor

Harold, Thanks for your report and questions! 1. Do I understand rightly that the problem with smoothnessof pans comes when you set unsharp mask value as 0 (zero) in the Project options? It's a interesting problem, because zero (default value for a new project) means that the unsharp mask doesn't work at all. With zero value slideshow should work as previous versions. Please try load this project in previous version 6.5 (ignoring warning of incompatibility) and check for smoothness of pans. Could you please upload for me this executable file? I'll check up on our PCs. (You can use www.mediafire.com and then send me PM message with a download link.) What pixel size of these images? 2. Currently the unsharp mask can be applied for entire screen only (due to performance issues). Probably we will add unsharp mask for objects later. PicturesToExe uses a standard unsharp mask algotithm with same quality as in Photoshop. PicturesToExe allows adjust only "Amount" for the unsharp mask. "Radius" is locked to "1" and "Threshold" set to "0". Regarding "Sharpness/shoftness" parameter for an image object. Since version 7.0 all image objects use mipmapping. More info on mipmapping here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mipmap This method helps to avoid shimmering and moire problems for images. In fact "Sharpness/shoftness" parameter is a correction what level of mipmapping we should choose for current moment. It's not unsharp mask or real sharpening/blurring. But this gives more sharp or more blurred picture.

Thanks for your response on voice recording! We'll rework this feature. Since Beta 16 you can change a folder for voice comments separately and the program will remember path to this folder within current project. So you will need change the folder once and then only type comment name. Recorded voice commentary is being associated with currently selected slide (or a track in the Project options | Music tab). So to record another comment you need to choose another slide before start new recording. I'll check up for the problem with recorded MP3s and Vista. P.S. I'll reply on other posts a bit later.

Tom, Thanks for the confirmation. Can you send me your executable file which doesn't work in Lion?

Thank you, I confirm this problem with both video clips. We'll try solve this quickly! P.S. The problem described by Ian can be a different problem.

Thanks for sample videos! The problem that you described here is related with color management of video players. In PicturesToExe we don't use Windows color management for video clips. It's important to keep original colors of video clips in executable show. EXE file can be played on any PC/Mac with different settings of colors in Windows/Mac for video. To avoid different results we keep untouched colors. On my PC I see same colors of this video in PicturesToExe and in Windows Media Player. Probably later we will include built-in color correction for individual video clips right in PicturesToExe. Thanks

Thanks, Bill! Yes, this show doesn't include an audio track.

Hi Tom, Please download and run this sample executable with video for Mac. Will it work on your OSX Lion Mac? http://www.wnsoft.com/files/test/VideoTest_Mac_Beta16.zip (15 MB) I've created it in Beta 16 where we've improved stability of Mac executables. If this test works, and your executables don't, please upload sample show for me. We'll check up. It's very important. Thanks in advance!

I confirm this problem with iPad and iPhone output. I hope that we successfully solved it in future Beta 16. Please try it when it's published.

Hi, I forgot activate this function for audio file. Beta 16 will unlock this feature. Thanks for the file! I think this problem should not occur any more, because in the Beta 15 we've fixid a very similar error. Please let me know if it will happen again.

I just posted Beta 15 with major improvements and new features. It fixes the problem with some MP3 files for Mac executables. Also it brings up all features of version 7.0 for Mac executables. And we've added voice recording.

PicturesToExe Deluxe 7.0 Beta 15 is available now. It is a very important beta version which includes almost all features of version 7.0. Download link in the first post above. List of changes: + Executable slideshows for Mac support all features of version 7.0 now (video clips, new navigation bar, unsharp mask). + Added "Record Voice Comment" function. See "Add Sound or Voice" button in the main window of the program, or in the Project options | Music tab. + Added "Convert Video Clip" function to popup menus for the File list, the Slide list, and in the Objects & animation editor. + Improved work of the navigation bar in slideshows to avoid undesirable appearing on startup. + Various small improvements. * Fixed issues with playback of video clips from some Nikon cameras. * Fixed issues with an audio track in some video clips. * Fixed bug (Beta 14) with error message in a window for customization of the navigation bar. * Fixed bug (Beta 14) with import of settings from previous versions of PicturesToExe. * Fixed problem (all versions) with playback of Mac executables which had MP3 files saved in Camtasia software. * Fixed problem (v6.5-7.0 Beta 14) with playback of executables for Mac which have startup window. * Improved stability of the video converter.

Thanks, I just reproduced this problem with Beta 14. It will be fixed in Beta 15.

Hello Ian, Did you use new built-in video converter integrated to PicturesToExe? Could you please send me sample video clips which cause out-of-sync problem and freezings?

Ray, 1. What will happen if you add this AVI file and then click "Convert All" button? 2. Add this AVI to the converter. Can you click Play button in miniPlayer or use rewinding to see picture of video clip? 3. If you add directly these AVI video clips to PicturesToExe - can you see a picture of video clip and will it play? 4. Try add and convert this sample video clip (8 MB): http://www.wnsoft.com/files/test/test.avi Please let me know about result. Thanks in advance!

Hello, Please could you upload this MOV file? We'll try fix this incompatibility. You can use www.mediafire.com to upload file and then send me a download link by personal message.

Bernard, Regarding output quality in video converter. Above mentioned software convert video clips to H.264 format which gives smaller file size, it but takes more CPU loading for further decoding. In PicturesToExe we have to play video clips in real time (sometimes in complex scenes) and we need use less "heavy" video format. Our video converter outputs video in MPEG4-ASP format which optimal for real time playback in executable slideshows. Please send me source video file and converted. I'll check up. We'll try solve incompatibility with MP3 files saved in Camtasia. For Mac executables we use an audio decoder provided by Mac OSX and probably something changed there. Thanks for your report! 1. Currently out video converter makes video only in our format optimized for PicturesToExe (MPEG4-ASP). We'll fix bug with missed filter and file extension. 2. Resizing of picture will appear in next beta version(s). 3. Please send me this FLV file. I'll check up for this problem. It's important to fix this bug. Thanks! We've fixed this bug in Beta 15. Sorry, I can't reproduce this problem. What version of Windows you have? Does anybody experienced similar problem with Beta 14 or previous beta? I confirm this bug. It will be fixed in Beta 15 today.

Thanks, Ray! I confirm this bug with file extension. We'll fix it in Beta 15.

Lin, Thanks, we'll try improve this feature. I remember.

Good news. We've implemented all new features for Mac executables. Video clips, unsharp mask and new navigation bar. So it should appears during a week in a beta version.

I arrived to my home.

Hi Lin. You're right, of course. We'll integrate converter into PTE when I return back to home. We had to hurry because of my trip. Currently I'm in Tallin, Estonia (EU). Beautiful Old Town by the way. Igor

PicturesToExe Deluxe 7.0 Beta 14 is available now. Download link in the first post above. List of changes: + Added video converter. See Start menu in Windows | All programs | PicturesToExe 7.0 Beta | Beta 14 | Tools | VideoConverter. Further improvement of video converter will be continued in following beta versions.

Thanks! I'll take DSLR camera. Also I have to finish slideshow for my previous trip to the UK.

OK, we'll try again.

Thank you!