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Dave, I still can't understand this problem. - With "Hold time points" option enabled, Slide list work as with synchronized mode in v4.48 If you insert new slides, keypoints on the timeline will not be moved. - With "Hold time points" option disabled, Slide list work as with not synchronized mode in v4.48 In this case inserting of new slides or sorting of existed slide will cause sorting of keypoints, too. If you can give me detailed step by step description how to reproduce this situation it will help me.

Hold Shift pressed to drag center point of an object.

Jeff, OK, let try again to reproduce this situation. If it's a bug, it will be quickly solved! - I start new project ("Hold time points" option is disabled) - Add 3 slides - Select all three slides, click "Customize slide" button and set 10 seconds - I open timeline and see that my project is 30 seconds, and equal 10 sec. intervals. Variant 1 (in Timeline window): I set cursor at 5 second's position (between first and second slides) and press "Insert Slide" button. So first slide will has 5 seconds, 2nd - 5 seconds, 3rd - 10 seconds and 4th - 10 seconds. Totally - 30 seconds Variant 2 (main window): I will insert new image in Slide list. I drag new image to between first and second slides. And same result as described above.

Just to don't limit creator of a slide-show. It's as workplace.

John, Anyway unfortunately Microsoft didn't provide support of color profiles in DirectX at all. No modern or future video cards support it. I didn't hear about this feature in the next version of DirectX 10. I appreciate your wish for exactness of color and care about them, I also spent much time for fine calibration of my projector.

Barry, No problem We plan to include the next features to beta #3 (probably on this week) - Synchronized music - Listing of slides (forward/backward). - Close on show end. - "Curling of page" effect (probably). - Various small improvements in Visual editor. - Fixing of several bugs. - Potentially more reliable work of slide-show.

John, It's not simple question. Probably my knowledge wrong, but because almost all output devices (displays, projectors) have sRGB format it is enough to have global color profile installed in Windows for particular display. Also Direct3D (and even modern videocards) which we use in the new graphical engine doesn't support color management for individual images. And it better to use Photoshop to convert each image to sRGB format.

Hold Shift key pressed and try to resize an object (without proportions). Jeff, Global time Yes, you're right. Because of animation. But I added special button "Set for existing slides". Type as usually new global time and press this button ("Main" tab in Project options). Also newly added slides use this value by default. Visual editor Please attach a screenshot to illustrate your question. I'm not sure that I've understood rightly. This additional space maybe useful to locate some objects outside of the screen before their appearing. I forgot to asnwer on one recent question. The button ">" near to Undo button is for Redo function. Undo and Redo - two buttons.

Dave, If you set "Hold time points" option enabled (look at right-bottom part of the main window) keypoints will be hold when you insert new slide(s) to the middle of existed slides via Slide list. Please send me such PNG image (int_support _A_ wnsoft.com). Maybe problem in incorrect alpha channel of this PNG image. Did you seen sources files of my PteShow demo? It has no problem with PNG images with semi-translucency and smooth edges.

Thanks! It's our simple mistake in rounding of a number when we calculate aspect ratio.

I also noticed short appearing of thin white line. Most likely it's a bug in system of calculation of aspect ratio. Not depended on video card. Our mistake only. Thank you that you found it. Will fix it in the next beta!

Andrew, Excuse me for the delay with replying on your question. Yes, exact synchronization will be implemented in v5.00 so well as in previous versions of PicturesToExe. Currently in beta #2 music is not synchronized and divergence varies on different PCs (1 sec or 4 seconds - it depends on speed of CPU and large or small images). Next beta #3 will has absolutely exact synchronization. I would explain why current beta so limited. Our strategy - develop program by parts and carefully polish all parts independently. You see that although beta #2 has a small number of functions, they work very well. If we add all functions at once, we will never able to find reasons of many bugs and problems.

Bill, How "PteShow" example works on your laptop? http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.zip

Text objects will be available in the next beta versions, of course. With same Pan/Zoom/Rotate effects. p.s. we almost finished beta #3. We couldn't show new beta earlier because we worked on vast improvement of graphical engine. For potentially more reliable work in various situations. Also antiviruses will not disturb to work of slide-shows anymore. And we spent additional time for testing under Windows Vista (beta). All worked fine.

Lin, Please look at this slide-show: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4363 I think that a little compression of a text vertically at last keypoint will intensify effect.

I seen The Chronicle of Narnia DVD and I like the way how "Walt Disney Picture" logo appears. Look at this demo created in PicturesToExe 5 http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/TextEffects.zip (470 KB) Here I used text image, black gradient to make smooth appearing of the text, yellow spot light to highlight text, and mask to hide yellow light outside of the text.

Minimal version is DirectX 8.1 It's already included to Windows XP (even without Service Packs). Of course, mentioned DirectX 6.1a is too old for Pan/Zoom effects.

I think in a month or so. v5.00 of course will contain AVI video output. With ability to set HDTV resulutions (e.g. 1920x1080). About your Question 2. It's really intesting and good idea. I added your suggestion to my TODO list. I need time to think how to better realize this idea.

Robert, We don't use specific functions of Windows Vista. So no difference. The benefit that people will use Windows Vista. As you know Vista uses graphical card for new graphical interface (with shadows, translucency, etc) and it gives the next benefits for us: - New model of drivers for video cards with potentially better reliability. - Maximal attention of Microsoft to quality of video cards and drivers for them. - All Vista ready PCs are perfectly intended for PicturesToExe 5 - Much more fast video cards in laptops (requirement of Microsoft).

Option for autoclosing of show will work again in beta #3

Useful tricks in Visual editor: - You can set scale using Ctrl+mouse wheel - On large zooming, hold Alt key and drag slide with mouse cursor (like with Space button in Photoshop on 200% of view) Question. As I can see beta #2 more reliable than previous beta and on modern video card all work fine? Please let me know about all error messages which probably you'll find (except of error messages on old video cards and known limitations of current beta).

It's a really interesting effect, even as emulation.

I installed yesterday new pre-beta #2 build (for developers) of Windows Vista. PicturesToExe v5.00 beta and slide-shows work fine there.

Ken, This effect looks very interesting, I experimented, too. But currently it's not possible to realize it in PicturesToExe as option, Gaussian Blur performs very slowly. And not all video cards are capable to do it.

Maybe we'll solve this problem, don't worry.