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This improvement is exceptionally work of my friend - Aleksey. He've created optimal and quick algorithms for this effect. I'm glad that it possible now. Please try to create new slide-show. Add several pictures, turn on "Show first transition effect from desktop" option (Screen tab), then select "Circle" (from center) effect only for the first slide with 7000 ms. duration and 400 points of thickness of the smoothing line. Now run produced .exe file!

PicturesToExe v4.20 beta #8 is released http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr_beta.zip (1,4 Mb) What's new in beta #8: • Vastly improved quality of smoothing line in all effects. For existed projects also please increase thickness from old 40 to 60 points. In all effects such as "Hour hand", "Circle", "Rectangle", "Page", "Gates" this line looks very smooth and on large values of thickness it may give amazing smoothness of transition. Earlier you can observe a viewable borders of this smoothing line especially on contrasting slides. • Small optimization for Mosaic effect. • Updated language files.

Exactly! I plan to start this long work which allow these and another kind of interesting features in the future.

Thanks for your quick responses! We're trying to optimize Push/Slide effects, too. Harold, Pushing of a main picture only is *a very difficult* effect. But, of course, it will be added as soon as it will be possible!

Thank you very much! Can we recommend your CD disc on our Web site and in the Help file? Please send to my email address necessary text (several strings) and hyperlinks. Also I will grateful to learn about another useful discs related with theme of PicturesToExe.

Thanks for letting me know about this difficulty. I just sent you a letter to your email address with request about testing.

Please remind me names and hyperlinks of all useful resources concerning PicturesToExe: 1) Tutorials; 2) Utilities; 3) Articles; 4) Forums; 5) Web site/pages. which should be added to the Help file (of v4.20) and to Web page of PicturesToExe. Thanks!

If it can be interesting, you can try new optimization of Fade in/out effect. We've added this code in beta #7 in test mode, this improvement will work in the next version by default. I will glad to hear how it works on your PCs now. If you want to test it, please close all running copies of PicturesToExe, then open apr.ini file in PicturesToExe's folder and after line: pte_SoundInitDir= add new string: opt_FastFade=1 Now PTE will produce .exe files with much more smooth Fade effect. It will work in 2-3 times (on 100-200 percents) more smoothly than in earlier versions.

I recommend you to buy Business license ($30) if you plan to use PicturesToExe on one PC only. Advanced Business license ($59) is a best choice if you will use PicturesToExe on several (not limited number) PCs in your college.

Michel, probably, but no plans while! About one important improvement in beta #7 I forgotten to say that Fade effect works on 25%-50% more smoothly now. Only on very old PCs (like Pentium 233 Mhz with S3 video card) it works not faster, but just EQUALLY as earlier. In the next version (4.30) we will optimize Fade effect more.

LumenLux Many thanks for your this and previous testings! Try this new test, please: http://www.wnsoft.com/beta/pre_beta8.zip The ZIP archive contains three .exe files with different variants. Please make sure in number of version (A, B or C) when you will compare results. For this test use usual set of all effects together (Fade, Hour hand, etc). If the problem won't appear, then compare with beta #6 where this problem always happens. Michel Video output area so difficult, because it's an interaction of PTE and DVD encoder (Ulead DMF2) and video codecs. So sure it can be our bug and just we need to debug this module properly once.

I just checked up. Presentations with this option work fine on PC with two connected displays. And written code also absolutely correct and no more changes are required.

PicturesToExe v4.20 beta #7 is released http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr_beta.zip (1,4 Mb) What's new in beta #7: • Added "Start first transition effect from desktop" option (Project options | Screen tab) • Improved speed of the new Mosaic effect. Also with "Smoothness:" parameter as 100 and "Parts:" 26 x 20 it works exactly as "Hot blocks" effect in previous versions of PicturesToExe. • Fade effect works on 20%-50% more smoothly now. • Fixed rare bug of v4.10-v4.14 when "Print slide" feature didn't work. P.S. What is your opinion concerning "Start first transition effect from desktop" option? Does it look correctly and will it give a good impression in case of careful using of this option? And please use this option in beta #7 only for tests, because I didn't test it yet, how it compatible with multi-displays configuration.

You even can keep all versions of PTE together in one folder Because all inside one apr.exe file. Another files don't special matter (help, translations). You can rename it into apr_v420.exe and it will work even if there will be no files in a folder.

In the next beta "Advanced Hour Hand" won't be selected by default for existed projects. By the way, now you easily can set (un)checked whole group of effects clicking by its caption (e.g. click on "Advanced Hour hand" label).

Oh, you are right! I ought to don't include "Advanced hour hand" effect for *previously created* projects, only when author starts new project. Thanks, I just fixed this moment and new effects will not appear in existed projects by default. (Of course, author can visit Project options and add any new effect which he would like to see in his earlier presentations)

Dear Sharon, I need additional info to solve this problem: 1) As I understood, all worked fast on v4.12. What about current official v4.14? 2) The problem came with v4.20 beta #6 only or it was with previous beta issues, too? 3) What size of picture and what screen resolution? 4) If all worked fine with v4.12 or v4.14, please couldn't you send me two .exe files which can illustrate this difference in speed? (Up to 4 Mb, please. I just sent you email.)

Please remind your version of Windows.

Thanks for letting me know about this moment with Beta #6! Please don't worry, I'll solve this problem. Can I send you special version(s) for tests?

It's not trivial task, for needs of continuous movement all slides should be loaded at the start slide-show and memory will contains unpacked bitmaps of all slides. It's large modification and I'm not sure when it may appears. I'll try to explore in this direction. However! You can use continuous movement for panorama effect right now if you will create your slide show as DVD video.

The problem may occur only with "Hot blocks" ("Mosaic") effect, because we didn't optimize this effect for old PCs yet. The next beta will contain absolutely similar code (speed of performance) for this effect as in previous versions. Please tell me about configuration of your PC and what transition effects you have used and more details.

Dear Larry, It's absolutely not PTE message. Please make a screenshot and send us to support@wnsoft.com (pressing by PrintScr key on the keyboard and then start any graphical editor and click "Paste" action from clipboard). OK, I'll try! But if we were able to realize this feature what do with background. It should be instantly replaced with background of new slide and when? Dana, Now I can say that it will be added in the next version! I've already have some code for it.

It's absolutely not PTE message. Please make a screenshot and send us to support@wnsoft.com (pressing by PrintScr key on the keyboard and then start any graphical editor and click "Paste" action from clipboard).

Our public address support@wnsoft.com received 1500 emails with virus Sobig every day during past August Michel, These are emails from users who ever wrote you and now infected by MyDoom/Navarg virus. If you start new email box, you will give your new address to all again and in a next epidemic you receive viruses again. Probably it better to have patience during this period. Changing of email address inevitably when email box receives many spams (but we can't replace support@wnsoft.com which receive 100-200 spam emails every day).

Thanks for your responses! Of course, Slide and Push effect are very CPU dependent. It better to show them or very quickly (lesser than 500 ms.) or slowely (3500 ms. and higher). Mainly I imagine usage of the effect for menus, for animation of textes. An image file size doesn't matter for effect quality. It depends of graphical size of the image and size of screen. The uninterrupted sequence from several slides can be realized in DVD/SVCD video. Ok, I'll think about this moment for the next version! Interesting moment! To OGL 1. Please try Push and Slide effects with above suggested duration. 2. Smoothness of Mosaic effect will be improved in the next betas! (By the way, try 8x8, 10 and 1500 ms.)