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Lin, About speed of Pan/Zoom effects. You're right. It happens if move internal keypoints on the timeline of the object. This problem never occurs if object has only two keypoints. I'll think how to help in this situation in the next version. Thank you for your exploration of this question! Jim, Yes, current versions require to change this habit, sorry I'll try to do something in next versions.

Steve, Thank you for letting me know about this questions! 1) Speed. Currently all speeds (Pan/Zoom/Rotate/Opacity) are absolutely linear. In the next betas we will add other non-linear modes (Accelerate/Decellerate, and custom values). 2) About child objects. I've carefully explorered your test project you've sent me. Yes, I see that "Az Hot Springs Hotel Canyons" text-object moves a little different that its parent object at the end of a slide. But it happens because 2nd and 3rd keypoints of this text-object have difference Zoom sizes and Pan values. Just remove 3rd keypoints (located at 00:20:00) and this object will look as part of main map. Or adjust 3rd point with same Pan/Zoom values. Excuse me if I didn't understand the problem rightly. Dominique, I apologize for the delay with my answer! I added both your suggestions to my TODO list. We leaved moving of all keypoints of object(s) to v5.10 and we'll try to add "Nearest resizing" option for objects. It will solve problem with masks you and Ebenist found. Al, Please explain me when it doesn't work? Try to create new project, add one slide, and insert object. Set "Transparent for Click" mode. Select main image. Now you can't visually select second object. Only via Objects list. p.s. we almost finished music, synchronization and all related modes, but we spent more time than expected. Also today we fully finished AVI video output, with HD-1080 mode (1920x1080 and 1440x1080) and some improvements for more picture quality. We realized several "old" transition effects. And we wrote a 50% of code for second CPU based graphical engine (for old video cards). Also startup window, password dialog, help window and date/trial functions are ready.

Dominique, I need time to think about both ideas. Please wait for the Monday or so. On first look, both things can be easily realized.

Probably you turned on "Set comments for all slides as" option in Comments tab (Project options)? In this case PicturesToExe automatically sets all comments according choosed mode (display Picture Name, or Slide Number, etc.)

Sheila, I think problem in old version of DirectX (older than 8.1) or in old video card. Next betas of PicturesToExe v5.00 will support all configurations of PCs as earlier.

Sheila, The problem happens when you start PicturesToExe or when you try to run Preview of slideshow or EXE file with slide-show? What video card you have installed? Temporarily PicturesToExe beta requires modern video card and DirectX 8.1 or higher. Lin, It's very strange! Please help me with solving this problem. Look at questions I asked above.

I just searched in Google and found that it's a known issue which may happens with various programs (games, antiviruses, firewal, even Internet Explorer 6, etc). This is a video driver problem. Please try to install more new version of drivers for your video card (NVIDIA Riva TNT). And Microsoft recommends to update video driver. p.s. please read this topic on our forum concerning this problem: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2787

I would like to say that my colleague in WnSoft is working now (with my small help) on one very long ago awaited feature for PicturesToExe. It will appear most likely in v5.00 or in v5.10 I can't say more now

We plan at the end of August or September.

Nettleton, All Intel integrated video cards are very slow. Even your Radeon X300 faster in several times. So please choose laptop with NVIDIA or ATI video cards (better with own video memory). For this reason Intel's GMA 900 (i915) even will not support new Aero Glass inteface in Windows Vista, although it fully supports DirectX 9 and Pixel Shaders 2. The reason - they work exceptionally slow in 3D mode.

Jim, Of course, I remember about it. Sound comments temporarily don't work in current beta. But next beta 4 will have all music/sound modes workable. It's very interesting problem with playback of WAV file in the timeline window. 1) How you played this WAV file in Customize synchronization window? By Preview button (fullscreen slideshow) or Play button (on timeline)? 2) Please start new project in v5.00 beta 3, add a couple slides and put this WAV file. Press "Play" button. Then click Preview button to see fullscreen slideshow. Let me know please about quality of music. 3) What parameters of this WAV file - is it usual 44.1 KHz, 16-bit, Stereo PCM format? 4) If problem still exists, try to add another WAV file. 5) Will the problem occur with MP3 files? 6) What is your video card, CPU, sound card and version of Windows? I will grateful for your help! Fred, Probably AVI video output will work again in beta 5

Please reply me, do you hear music in this slideshow: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.zip

Al, Thanks, we know about this bug. It's mistake in some mathematical formulas. Unfortunately it can't be quickly solved, we'll fix it when it will possible.

Thank you, Lin

Very impressive, we're glad that you use so many new features of PicturesToExe 5

David, It's temporal limitation of current beta of v5.00 Previous v4.48 and future v5.00 release will support portrait photos. Ron, Except of Pan/Zoomed slideshow, on my opinion

Dominique, Please send me sources files of this project with this slide only. (Delete other slides, then Main menu | File | Create backup...) int_support@ <nospam> wnsoft.com I think I know why this visual "problem" happens, if I understood rightly the problem. It's not a bug in this case. Just all images, including masks, show and scaled with bilinear filtering. For example, increase or reduce size for this image (where located both layers - mask and picture) in Photoshop. You'll see same thin white edges now. But if before resizing you will choose "Nearest Neighbor"resampling method, this problem will not occur. So teorethically we can add special option for image objects. But I'm afraid there will be very small number of users who will use this mode.

Dominique, I'm afraid it's impossible technically and logically. It's like be in two places simultaneously Of course, works on Visual editor are not stopped, I will continuously improve it. p.s. I did right order of objects in the list (Objects and Animation window) in beta #4. As somebody noticed that earlier order in the list was inverted, not as Photoshop layers.

Lin, A very logical suggestion. I'll try to do as you said in the next beta #4 Thank you.

It seems that there are no bugs in v5.00 beta #3?

Since v5.00 beta #3 I set "Close after last slide" mode by default. You can choose "Repeat" in Main tab, Project options. So after showing of last slide (duration specified in proporties of this slide) slideshow exits. Music also stops on exit. But in current beta music may stop a little sharply (without fading out during 10 ms.). Music will stop more softly in the next beta #4

If problems with orange borders occurs already on first several slides, try to remove other slides and save it as new project.

If your EXE file up to 10 MB, please send it to my email address - int_support@ <removethistext> wnsoft.com I'll try to reproduce those two problems.

Please let me know what video card you have installed? Version of DirectX and version of Windows. How my PteShow demo work on your PC: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.zip

Next beta #4 will include fully working synchronization, WMA/OGG support, personal music, and sound comments. And Left/Right/Space keys for manual changing of slides.