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Thanks, Al I hope to find some better solution, probably I'll find a way how to correctly fix gamma and in case of your PC.

Lin, Thanks for the JPEG file with EXIF fields which can't be read in PicturesToExe. The problem well described in this topic - not enought exactly determined specifications of EXIF fields. I'll try to implement more complete support of various kinds of EXIF fields and probably add support of IPTC fields. Added to TODO list. But not earlier than in versions 5.2 or 5.3 Sorry that I can't do it in this version 5.1

Al, Yes, in your case it will not work. The problem that even Windows Color Management (desktop gamma) contains logical problems. For example, Windows forget and reset desktop gamma after restarting of Windows and color calibration software (Adobe Gamma Loader) have to load gamma profile again. But if you adjust gamma in ATI control panel, ATI software at this moment also tries to load own gamma profile. And if you use color profiles in Adobe Gamma loader and adjust brightness in ATI control panel, I don't know who changed desktop gamma. I can detect that you adjusted colors in ATI control panel, but I can't detect that you use color calibration software. Because of this I have no way as do nothing if you adjust colors in ATI control panel to prevent setting of incorrect gamma in some cases. I'm still working on this problem, but it would be better if we could write email to a person in ATI who could responses on this problem and solve it at all.

Updated Release-Candidate (December 5, 2007) * Fixed bug of previous versions when "Load last used project" option in fact always was enabled. http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB)

We plan to apply ATI gamma fix only when you adjust desktop gamma via Adobe Gamma Loader and/or special professional color calibration tools. And this solution will be presented in version 5.11 But if you adjust colors in ATI control panel, we can't handle this case, because it is not determined who changes gamma settings - ATI drivers or Adobe Gamma loader. The complete solution will be possible when ATI at last fixes this gamma bug.

Mike, Please set checked the option shown on the attached screenshot.

Judy, Thanks, I planned this feature for future versions and I'll try to realize it in v5.2

Updated Release-Candidate (December 3, 2007) * Fixed bug of previous versions when mouse wheel didn't work in Open/Save dialogs. http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB)

Dave, I wouldn't recommend use "Original" size mode for objects, especially for DVD-Video. When we render DVD-Video we render it at larger size for further post-processing. In your slideshow please set "Cover slide" mode (instead "Original") and it will look exactly as you want.

Thanks, Lin. Bernand, Currently you can reach this goal if you will create DVD-Video disc without menu at all. In the next version we'll add an option "Skip DVD menu at startup" (which can by called by "Menu" button on a remote).

Al, In Manual advance mode, animation of slide still work. And if duration of a slide 4 seconds, pressing of Space bar toggles between Play/Pause modes. When internal time cursor reaches end of a slide, animation stops and pressing of Space bar will change to a next slide. Please see attached example. ManualAdvance.zip (270 KB)

Al, Space bar switches between Play/Pause mode, not for a transition to a next slide. Because slideshow can be partially manual controlled (for example, from 1st to 5th slides) and timer mode (6th to 9th slides), I think Space button should always work as Play/Pause switcher. Probably if it really necessary, we can add new option "Press Space bar to show next slide"?

Thanks, I've reproduced and fixed this problem. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=47921 Updated Release-Candidate (November 30, 2007) * Fixes bug with "Wait for a key press..." option in Project options. http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB)

I apologize for this stupid bug! We mistakenly assembled Beta 10 and Release Candidate with old version of one module. Updated Release Candidate fixes this problem: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB)

Thanks, I'll try to reproduce this problem tomorrow and fix it.

It's Pre-Release. If there will be no bugs more, it will be marked as Final release.

Release-Candidate (November 29, 2007) http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB) + Update language files. + Fixed problem with working of slideshows under Windows 95/98 with very old version of DirectX (6.0 and earlier). Steve, It fixes that problem you have found. p.s. this beta doesn't include ATI gamma fix, we need more time to test it and more likely it will be included to version 5.11 right after v5.1 final release.

Ray, Thanks, probably I can improve this fix in this case.

Al, Please say me what date of your ATI drivers? (Control Panel | System | Device Manager | Video card, Drivers tab)

Al, Thanks for details! Yes you discovered one case which I couldn't fix - when use together adjusting of gamma/brightness/contrast in ATI control panel and in Adobe Gamma, and other calibration tools. It happens because ATI control panel uses alternate ways to change gamma and no way to determine who changed gamma last time - ATI control panel or Adobe Gamma loader. The problem not in Adobe Gamma, but in ATI control panel and in ATI drivers. How you consider can we include this fix to PicturesToExe in its current state if it can cure gamma settings in all other cases?

Al, As I've understood color shift occurs in versions 5.0, 5.1 and special test slideshow? In other words new ATI gamma fix doesn't make it worse that it was before? It helped cure gamma on other ATI video cards and no effect on one ATI video card?

I consider that Geforce 7400 with shared video memory is an entry-level videocard for PicturesToExe and to get perfect playback of Pan/Zoom effect it better to prefer at least Geforce 7600 and that's also important - with onboard video memory. Windows Vista also will not work enough fast on Geforce 7400.

Mary, Yes, I adjusted manual advance mode and right mouse key for a next slide in this slideshow.

Thanks for testing! That all what I can do with bug in ATI drivers. Al, Please run Test_ATI_gamma_fix.exe and press Win button on the keyboard. Do you see shift in colors? Then click left mouse button on a slide (it will switch back to exclusive fullscreen mode). In slideshows created with v5.1 Beta or earlier you could see color shift when you pressed Win button. Now with test slideshow Test_ATI_gamma_fix.exe no shift should occur on ATI video card with calibrated display. Fred, You can solve even this problem if you set to default colors in ATI Control panel (for both modes - Desktop and Fullscreen applications) and restart Windows.

If you have ATI video card please help us with testing of new version of PicturesToExe which will solve old bug of ATI drivers with incorrect color gamma on calibrated displays under Windows XP only. Please read this topic: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7674 I very need to learn: - How it works on calibrated displays (where earlier was a problem) - And how it works on non-calibrated displays (where v5.xx always worked fine).