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Sorry for the problem with extracting of the ZIP file! I just repacked it with well-known program we have used for all previous versions: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (5 MB) Jean-Pierre, If it possible, please send me your slideshow where you see the problem with objects in mini-player. Interesting facts about version 5.5 Now as you see we use same slideshow's engine in main window of PicturesToExe - in Slide list and in mini-player. In both cases we use hardware acceleration of video card - DirectX 3D mode. Slide list uses even more interesting technology - we used all power of video card - pixel shaders for post-processing of images to draw small images in Slide list with more details.

We're glad to present PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.5 Release Candidate 5 Download link: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (5 MB) What's new in version 5.5 + Timeline is integrated to the main window now. - Pressing "Timeline" button switches between Slide list and Timeline. - You can drop new slides to Timeline from File list. - Parameters of the timeline mode are located in Main menu | View | Timeline Options. - Waveform now displays mixed left/right channels. But you can turn on independent view of left/right channels waveforms. See timeline options in Main menu. - "Autospread slides along music" option moved to Project options | Main tab. + Slide list displays pictures of real slides. (See Main menu | View | Advanced Options | "Show real slides in Slide list" option) + Preview displays real slide at top-right part of the main window. (See Main menu | View | Advanced Options | "Show real slide in mini-player" option) + Added mini-player to the main window: - You can quickly play your slideshow in this small preview window (press Play/Stop button) - Quick access to any part of a slideshow. - Left mouse click for Play/Pause. - Right mouse click for fullscreen preview in both states: when paused and when it plays. + Main window now displays duration of a slideshow (in minutes and seconds). + Other improvements in the main window: - Picture/Sound/Comment fields are moved to the top part of the window. - Reworked pictures of a folder, improved view of a selected slide. - Reworked view of a drag'n'drop cursor in Slide list. - Other small improvements. + New version includes official User Guide in PDF format: http://wnsoft.com/apr/help.htm + New Welcome screen (when you first time starts PicturesToExe). + Visual improvements in Music tab of Project options. + Added support of media keys on a keyboard: Play/Pause, Stop, Next/Preview slide * Fixed problem with black screen on encoding of DVD-Video disc or AVI file on some PC/laptops with Intel integrated video cards. * Fixed crashes of PicturesToExe (main program only) and VideoBuilder under Windows Vista with DEP protection (NX-bit) option enabled for all applications. * Improved burning of DVD-Video discs. Previously discs couldn't be burned on some PCs with previous versions. We're still working on this version and will improve Objects and animation window in the nearest beta releases. This version 5.5 will contain slideshow's engine from previous version for created EXE files and you can create reliable EXE files even with this beta. The new engine for future version 5.6 already in work (with Masks objects and other improvements). Beta 2: + Added "Cut All Transition Points" function to "Timed points" menu. + Various improvements in Timeline mode. + Added missed in previous beta language files for VideoBuilder. * Fixed bug of previous beta when text macros didn't work. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). * Fixed bug of previous beta with displaying of some images in "Original size" mode. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). * Fixed bug of previous beta. Hue parameter for Navigation bar didn't work. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). Beta 3: + Displaying of pixel size of main image has been moved to status bar. + Improvements in Objects and Animation window: - Added "Cut" button to the top toolbar. - Reworked view of Delete, Undo, Redo, Copy, Paste buttons. * Fixed bug of previous betas with displaying of some images in "Original size" mode. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). * Fixed bug of previous betas when "Permit control of show using keyboard" option didn't work. * Various small improvements in the main window. Beta 4: * You can add transition point during playback with preview and music doesn't interrupt. * Fixed small bug of previous betas - added images display with bold font in File list. * Fixed bug with incorrect display of tiled background in previous betas. * Fixed bug of mini-player when error message "Exception EInvalidOp in module apr.exe" could appear in previous betas. Beta 5: * Fixed bugs of previous betas with displaying of some images in "Original size" mode. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). * Fixed small other bugs in Slide list. * Fixed bug with error messages because of mini-player on some project. Beta 6: + Updated some language files. + Click on time label (0:14) in mini-player sets the cursor to very beginning of the show. Click on slideshow duration label (7:77) moves cursor to the end of a slideshow. + Faster work of the timeline on very long slideshows (one hour and longer). + Light table (F4) can be used in Timeline mode. + You can adjust end of a slideshow on the timeline (dragging vertical green line after last slide). Beta 7: + Added Grid (Ctrl+G) to "Objects and animation" editor. You can adjust parameters of the grid and enable "Snap To Grid" option. + Added "Set End of Last Slide at End of Music" command to "Timed points" menu in Timeline view. * Fixed bug of previous betas when "Shift points" operation mistakenly shifted selected and not selected transition points. * Fixed bug of previous betas when "Opacity" parameter of button's background didn't work. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). * Fixed small visual bug of Beta 6 in the timeline with mouse cursor. * Fixed bug of previous betas when changing of "Blur" and "Edge antialiasing" options didn't update view of an image in the editor. Beta 8: + Effective usage of screen space in Slide list for 16:9, 4:3 and other formats of slides. + Updated language files. + "Repeat Music after Playing" option is turned off by default in a new project now. * Fixed minor bug in mini-player (stuttering of picture in several seconds after switching to a fullscreen mode). * Fixed some bugs with "Snap To" option of the Grid (Objects and animation) in some cases. Beta 9: + Added "Auto Save Project every ... minutes" option. (See Main menu | View | Advanced options). + Faster work of Undo/Redo if a project contains slides with many objects. + Changes in hotkeys: Del key performs "Cut transition" and Shift+Del removes the slide when you work in the timeline Beta 10: + Minor visual improvements. + Updated languages files. * Fixed bug with deselecting a keypoint in the timeline when Ctrl key pressed. Beta 11: + Added Farsi language. + Various minor improvements. * Fixed bug when PicturesToExe could work incorrectly or show error messages if PC was locked by user (Win+L for example). Release Candidate 1: * Improved reliability of PicturesToExe (main window). * Improved quality of text objects displayed on small slides in the Slide list. * Fixed bug with displaying of textured background when hardware acceleration disabled in Objects and animation editor. + Updated languages files. Release Candidate 2: * Fixed bug when in some cases Slide list displayed old images after opening of another project.

Let's stop discussions in such direction, please.

New main window of PicturesToExe 5.5 Slide list: Timeline:

We'll publish version 5.5 Beta 1 on Monday or Tuesday.

Yes, we have much more visitors and members of the forum now.

Version 5.5 will contain major changes and improvements. But we didn't finish work on advanced sound editing features for this version. I hope you'll find useful other new features of v5.5 when we publish beta 1 in a week.

Most likely in versions 5.6 or 5.7

We just upgraded our hosting plan for more bandwidth per month (in two times more). Sorry for the temporal problem with access.

We plan to publish version 5.5 beta in one-two weeks. It's almost ready.

We renamed v5.2 to version 5.5 because it includes a lot of improvements.

Maybe keyboard generated false signal of pressing of Esc button? Or it could be one time's computer or Windows fault.

Xaver, I'll publish 5.12 with ATI gamma fix at nearest time. I hope it will help. Please let wait for results with this version. If it will not help, we'll discuss again this option. Also we plan to add video export for iPhone, iPod and Youtube.

+ Timeline is integrated to the main window now. - Pressing "Timeline" button switches between Slide list and Timeline. - You can drop new slides to Timeline from File list. - Parameters of the timeline mode are located in Main menu | View | Timeline Options. - Waveform now displays mixed left/right channels. But you can turn on independent view of left/right channels waveforms. See timeline options in Main menu. - "Autospread slides along music" option moved to Project options | Main tab. + Slide list displays pictures of real slides. (See Main menu | View | Advanced Options | "Show real slides in Slide list" option) + Preview displays real slide at top-right part of the main window. (See Main menu | View | Advanced Options | "Show real slide in mini-player" option) + Added mini-player to the main window. You can quickly play your slideshow in this small preview window (press Play/Stop button) and quickly see any part of a slideshow. + Main window now displays duration of a slideshow (in minutes and seconds). + Other improved view of the main window: - Picture/Sound/Comment fields are moved to the top part of the window. - Reworked pictures of a folder, improved view of a selected slide. - Reworked view of a drag'n'drop cursor in Slide list. - Other small improvements. + New Welcome screen (when you first time starts PicturesToExe). + Added support of media keys on a keyboard: Play/Pause, Stop, Next/Preview slide + New burning library in VideoBuilder and increased reliability. This list doesn't includes improvements of "Objects and animation" window. I'll start this work tomorrow and I'm still working with your suggestions and ideas. My colleagues and I are vastly reworked main code of PicturesToExe in this version. Some changes for current version, some for future versions. Also we're working on Mac OSX version of PicturesToExe. Also I will continue adding of new features during next two months. New version will includes some other interesting features which I wouldn't announce right now.

Anthony, Sorry, we've leaved reworking of this feature for next version.

We plan to publish the first beta of future version 5.5 in a month.

Not my photo, but very beautiful. Recent start of Endeavour space shuttle: http://www.astronet.ru:8101/db/msg/1226781/eng/#text

If you use hardware acceleration and set fullscreen mode slideshow should play ideally smooth panoramas. This problem can be caused by two possible reasons: - You disabled Vertical synchronization in settings of video cards (but you wrote that you tried on several video cards). - Problem in the Canon SX50 projector. Please tell about this problem on AVSForum: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=9 And I think other owners of this projector will help you. I played slideshows on my new Epson 1080UB and earlier on Panasonic AE900 - no problem with long panning.

I would like to correct this small moment. With hardware accelleration, video card continuously renders video and produces 60 frames per second (or more) even if no motion on the scene. Static objects or complex animation - video card processes a slide with same speed. (Of course, in some cases no need to continuously render slides. In "Objects and animation" editor video card updates picture on demand.) All transition effects in PicturesToExe with any parameters work at same speed when using hardware acceleration. Maybe only Curling of page more difficult for old and slow video cards.

I returned back this control to next version 5.2

I just received the reply from Invision. 1. To solve problem with spam via personal messages we can prohibit PM for new users who didn't make at lest X number of posts (say 10). 2. It's serious restriction. What you think?

I've deleted this user and his IP address. And we'll upgrade to a new version of the forum's engine.

The most commercial DVDs don't have cropped picture to fit to Safe TV Zone. Real size of Safe TV Zone varies from TV display to TV display. And cropped picture will show black frame arround image on properly adjusted displays. Personally I always ajust my TV and projector to show picture without cropping.

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If you watch any wide screen slideshows (say 16:9) on usual LCD display at 1024x768 (4:3) you will see black strips at top and bottom parts of the screen: If you don't want to see these black strips and you would like to use all square of your display for a slideshow, use "Pan and Scan" feature of PicturesToExe. Create MyShow.bat file in Notepad and type: "MyShow.exe" -Cover See the result below: It works for all EXE files with slideshows created in version 5.0 and later. You can distribute a ZIP archive with your slideshow with EXE file and additionally included .bat file for fullscreen version: MyShow_Widescreen.exe MyShow_PanAndScan.bat