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Eric, Gwynn, Thank you! With you help I finally reproduced this interesting bug. It appeared when you turned off your PC into hybernation mode during 25 days which saves current state of Windows and opened applications (without shutdown). If performs shurtdown or restart this problem dissappears. A simple mistake in time calculations. Fortunately I used my PC with hybernation during last 25 days and today my PC has reached moment X and I've seen this bug too. So we've fixed this bug in version 6.5.1 Beta: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.zip If you confirm the solution, we'll publish final version 6.5.1 on Monday.

Eric, Gwynn, Thanks, I'll try reproduce this issue now. If you have a camera with video recording please make a video from your display for me.

Thanks, Peter! Indeed it's not too bad. Appearently it's a local bug related only with code of PicturesToExe (fortunately not with a video card or particular version of Windows). So this can be solved when I learn how to reproduce it.

Please answer on my several questions which will help me find reason of this problem: 1) When you face with this bug - do you work (or did you work) with one or two sessions of PicturesToExe simultaneously? 2) Before the moment when the waveform was displayed normally, did you see a progress bar over the timeline? Please see the attached screenshot. 3) If you can easily reproduce this issue, could you please give me step by step instruction? For example: Start PicturesToExe with loaded last project (Project: automatically loaded with background music file) (Timeline: already visible Waveform: already visible) Close PicturesToExe Start PicturesToExe ... 4) Is it possible to record a screen video? Thanks in advance!

Thanks, Ken! We'll rework this place today-tomorrow. P.S. I've united two topics into this one - mistakes in the User Guide.

Barry, No problem! Indeed there should be a warning message when someone turns off this option.

Barry, Yes, I see slight jumps at the beginning of Fade In/Out effect in your sample show. But same in versions 6.5 and 6.0. The reason in fact that you have disabled "Hardware acceleration" option in the Screen tab of the Project options. Without support of a video card we can't guarantee smooth transitions. Please turn on again this option and Fade In/Out effect will be smooth as silk.

That option which Peter and I are suggesting is exactly what you need.

Peter, It's also necessary to recover "Time range" values for the text object (Commmon tab of the Text object in the Objects and animation editor). Indeed .pte project file stores text in 8-bit Unicode format. And executable slideshow also has project data in Unicode format to correctly display textes on different languages in different countries. But when we load a project to the main program of PicturesToExe it converts text from Unicode to ANSI format. Because we have much of legacy code which supports only ANSI. This conversion works correctly if I load a project with French text in France, or Russian text in Russia (more exactly French or Russian locale in settings of Windows). I can't edit text with French symbols on my PC in Russia in PicturesToExe. But if somebody will send me produced EXE file with a slideshow I can see French text without any problem. Let's illustrate it: Project file (Unicode) -> Loaded project to PicturesToExe (converted to ANSI) -> Saved to project file (converted to Unicode) -> Created EXE file for PC or Mac (converted to Unicode). One day we will implement full support of Unicode to the main program of PicturesToExe.

AbdolReza, 1) Just turn on "Wait for a key press or mouse click to show next slide" option (Project options | Main tab). 2) Decrease time intervals between slides. You can set any value, because with the option described above, an each slide will stay on the screen until you click the button or the hyperlink to go next/previous slide.

Ken, Please try version 6.5.1 Beta to make sure that this problem has been completely solved: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.zip

We've fixed this issue for the updated version 6.5.1.

AbdolReza, We found a reason of the text issue in your project. The total duration of your show (13 slides) is about 160 hours (one week). Whereas PicturesToExe can handle a project which not longer than 138 hours. Theoretically I can rework the program to increase these limits, but will it has any practical sense? Please could you tell why you set 13 hour's time interval between slides? You can simply use "Wait for a key press or mouse click to show next slide" option, if I understand rightly your purpose. And adjust "Time range" parameters for objects to recover values in your existing project.

Ken, Thank you, I have reproduced this problem with your sequence. We'll fix it in the nearest update 6.5.1.

Thank you!

Eric, Peter, Thanks for letting me know! Regrettably I still unable to reproduce this problem on my PC. I'll try again later.

Ray, This issue related with these particular JPEG images which have embedded color profile. PicturesToExe supports JPEG images only in sRGB format. And it doesn't support JPEGs in Adobe RGB format with a color profile.

AbdolReza, Yes, I see that some problem with text exists there. Probably it's because specific symbols. We'll try to find the reason.

Dear Lin! I'm so sorry to hear about your wife Sherry. I send you all my support and reassurance.

PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.5 is available now We're grateful to all who helped us develop this new version! Download link: setup.zip'>http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/picturestoexe-setup.zip (8 MB) Press-Release: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/press-release/pte-65.html Key Features: Audio Editing and Manipulations Crossfading between audio clips. Multi-tracks and simultaneous playback. Tools for editing of an audio clip (start time, duration, fade in, fade out, time offset, etc). Envelope Tool for an audio clip. Animated GIF Support In addition to animated GIFs, professionals can use manually animated PNG/JPEG images specially processed in a graphical editor. New Features in the Objects and Animation Editor Better usability, special improvements for editing of 3D objects. Reworked a tree of objects with icons. Automatic naming of new objects. Video Output for iPad and iPhone 4 Watch slideshow in HD quality on mobile device. 1080p for YouTube Output FullHD quality for your slideshows now. Facebook Output (1080p) Share your slideshows with your friends on Facebook. Improvements in Slides A new feature "Insert blank slide". Name of slides displayed in the Slide list. Improved "Go to Slide..." of objects which can use a name of a slide in addition to a slide number. "Show Next/Previous slide" buttons in Slide properties window. A Full List of New Features: > Audio editing and manipulations: + Crossfading between audio clips. (See Project options | Music tab.) + Multi-tracks support. Click "Add track" and then insert an audio clip(s) to play simultaneously several audio files. + Each audio clip can be virtually edited (lossless editing): Start time, Duration, Fade In, Fade Out, Crossfading, Offset, Volume. + Envelope Tool and Waveform for a selected audio clip (Project options | Music tab or Sound comment). + Use "Offset" parameter to add silence before an audio clip. + Sound comments also has same features for editing. + New feature “Insert Blank Slide” is available now. (See the main menu | Slide or popup menu of Slide list.) > Improvements in the Objects & Animation editor: + You can choose and save default font for new text objects. See "Save and Use by Default" link in Properties tab of Text object in the Objects and animation editor. + You can choose and save default settings for new Image objects. See "Save and Use by Default" link in Properties tab of Image object. + To rotate an object in 3D space hold Shift key pressed, put the mouse cursor slightly outside of a side of selected object, click left mouse button and move the cursor. + Added icons to the tree of objects. An each kind of object has own icon (image, text, mask, etc). + The tree of objects remembers a state of its sub-items (collapsed/expanded). + Improved drag'n'drop of objects in 3D space. + “Adjust Image and Border” is a floating window now. + You can create an animated sequence of pictures from one image file. Choose a number of frames inside one image file, time interval and other parameters to see a picture like Animated GIF. (See "Properties" tab -> "Adjust Image and Border" -> "Animation"). + Automatic naming of new objects in the Objects and animation editor ("Text1", "Text2", etc). + Improvements in the main window of PicturesToExe: New/Open/Save buttons on the toolbar under the main menu. And a new button to change a drive for the file list below. + Improvements in VideoBuilder: - Added video output for iPad and iPhone 4 with amazing quality. - Ability to set custom filename for H.264 MP4 video file (PC/Mac). - Added support of 1080p output for YouTube uploads. - Added support of uploads on Facebook (1080p). * Improved compatibility of VideoBuilder with DVD writers. It should solve problems with DVD burning on some PCs. + Animated GIF support. + Improved function “Go to slide …” of an object. In addition to a slide number you can also point a slide name. Slide names should be declared in the Customize Slide | Main tab. + Slide list now displays names of slides (instead of file names of main pictures as it was earlier). By default name of a slide is equal to file name of the main picture but you can rename this name without renaming of real file on the disk. + Popup menu of Slide list has two separated functions: "Rename Slide Object" and "Rename Image File". + Added buttons to show Next/Previous slide in Slide properties window or use hotkeys Alt+PageUp/PageDown. + PicturesToExe remembers a last used image folder in the file panel and tree separately for each project. + Vastly reduced size of an executable file of a slideshow which contains many text objects. + Added "Set Graphical Editor" and "Set Sound Editor" options (See Main menu | Advanced Options). + Vastly improved smoothness/fluidity of animation on a slide with large PNG, GIF or BMP images. ! Removed support of MIDI audio files. Please use MP3, OGG, WMA or WAV files instead of. ! Removed support of Vimeo uploads. Vimeo doesn't accept direct uploads from slideshow software anymore. You can upload shows manually through their website. A Full List of Bug-Fixes: * Fixed an old bug (v5.5-v6.5 Beta 9) in the main window of PicturesToExe which caused "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window" error message. * Fixed issue when saving of a project could fail and cause deleting of an previous version of this project file on a disc. * Fixed issue (all previous versions) with creating of AVI video files on some PCs. * Fixed issue with a slow playback of mono audio files in slideshows for Mac. * Fixed bug with a error message "Not executable file or file corrupted" which appears if call "Run slideshow" command and then terminate the show by Esc key. * Fixed bug with "Run application/slideshow on exit" commands which call a slideshow with a startup window. These commands launched two copies of a slideshow. * Fixed bug (v6.0-v6.5 Beta 6) with an incorrect view of a text object which contains some symbols in specific fonts. * Minor improvements in text renderer. Changes in version 6.5.1 * Fixed visual bug (v6.5.0) with drag'n'drop of several selected objects in the Objects and animation editor. * Fixed issue (v6.5.0) with audio clips in produced H.264 MP4 video files (including uploads for YouTube). The program has truncated last half of second of an audio clip. * Fixed issue of (v6.5.0) when the main timeline couldn't display a waveform. + Updated support of Italian language. Changes in version 6.5.2 + Added support of uploads on Facebook (1080p). + PicturesToExe accepts new license keys in text format. Old keys in files also are supported. Changes in version 6.5.3 + Fixed issue (v6.5.0-v6.5.2) with incorrect adding of animated GIF images in the Objects and animation editor in some cases. + Fixed visual bug in the Objects and animation editor when slide has tiled background picture and Mask object(s). + Minor improvements in the Objects and animation editor. + Fixed issue (v6.5.0-v6.5.2) with quality of preview of large images choosed in the File list. + Updated language files. Changes in version 6.5.4 * Fixed issue (v4.1.x-v6.5.3) with duration of some MP3 audio files. Playback stopped earlier on several seconds. * Fixed issue (v6.5.0-v.6.5.3) with incorrect visual size of a picture in fullscreen preview for a selected image in the File list. * Fixed rare problem (v6.0.0-v6.5.3) with freezing of the program when user tries to create executable file for PC. Changes in version 6.5.5 * Fixed problem (5.5 to 6.5.4) with freezing of the main program of PicturesToExe under Windows 7 with Aero Glass user inteface on some PCs with quad-core CPUs. * Minor change in German language file. Changes in version 6.5.7 * Fixed problem (5.6.0 to 6.5.5) with loss of details in lights and shadows in created H.264 video file (video file for PC & Mac, YouTube, Facebook, iPhone, iPad). * Fixed bug (6.5.0 to 6.5.5) with wrong title "No String" in Create menu called from the Objects and animation editor. * Updated German language file. Changes in version 6.5.8 + Add support of Hungarian language. * Fixed bug (v6.5.0-v6.5.7) with choosing of a category of video uploaded to YouTube. * Fixed bug (v6.0.0-v6.5.7) in the editor of DVD menu in VideoBuilder. Resizing and moving of an picture/title didn't resize its shadow. Also change of the title

Daniel, Thanks, I've received the project file you've sent me. I've inspected the file and it seems to be normal. No problem with sound comments. The problem which Peter has discovered related only with Windows Vista or 7.

Peter, That bug is a fault in design of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Now 32-bit application can't work with real files in common application data folder designed for that earlier, Windows moves files into isolated virtual storage. And we get two copies of one file - one in real folder and one in virtual storage. They are not synchronized. This is not a bug of PicturesToExe. I have an idea how to solve this issue but it may take significant time.

Dear Alan, I'm sorry for this problem! I just sent you the upgrade key for PicturesToExe. Please let me know when you receive it.

Uninstall doesn't delete templates (projects), just settings of the program. An alternate variant, just delete this VideoBuilder.ini file from "6.5 Beta 15" folder.

Ron, Please try uninstall Beta 15. Then install it again, and *SKIP* import of settings from any previous version. Then try to create HD MP4 video file with default settings (what the program suggests).