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  2. PicturesToExe v5.00 beta #2

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    Fist off all, thanks Igor and Ken for you answers (even if it's not exactly what I was waiting for ;).

    Don't know if it's because of my video card (NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE), but i think I found two display bugs.

    In "Project options", I set :

    - screen custom ratio = 1,77

    - gradient filling (pink to green)

    ptebugs01nx.th.jpg

    Here are the display bugs :

    PTE Bugs #1 and #2

    The display bug #1 only appears when the candy "enter" the screen.

    The display bug #2 is here all the time.

    The bug #3 (something i made wrong ?) is that the candy doesn't disappear from the screen when I preview my show in the main window but it does if I play it in the Objects and Animation window (!?!?).

    PTE Bug #3.

    Here is my show (including the .EXE and the PTE project with images) - 509 KO :

    icon_pa_download.gif

    So, what do you think ?

    Thanks.

  3. PicturesToExe v5.00 beta #2

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    Questions for the developement team :

    Sorry to ask but what do you plan to put in the final release of v5.0 (which is not in the v5.0 beta #2) ?

    All features included in the previous version (v4.48) or less ? or more !? ;)

    Do you have a "ToDo" list or do you modify it depending on beta testers suggestions ?

    And I suppose the answer for "when will it be avalaible ?" is "when it's finished !" :unsure::)

    Thank you for your answer guys and thanks again for this v5

    (still can't believe how powerfull the "objects and animation" is !)

  4. Simple questions about v5

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    On Drag and drop:

    If all the files were in a single folder, drag and drop can work, but for someone like myself who has thousands of images (actually hundreds of thousands) it works better the way it's presently implemented. When I work with ProShow Gold I have thumbnails and "drag and drop" (not for layers) and the time and resources it takes to generate thumbnails in each folder I gather images from is very troublesome. I suppose it all depends on your workflow model.

    I don't work this way (put images in the same folder) but I respect your workflow model.

    The thing i dream of is to have both possibilities to add objects... :rolleyes:

    On Add Text:

    I'm not sure what the "Add Frame" is about yet. It appears to create nested rectangles when you click on it. The "add rectangle" is used to "group" objects so they share the same attributes. I'm unclear yet what the "add frame" does but perhaps with a little experimentation we can figure it out.

    I will check tonight but I think "add rectangle" does what is says : add a plain rectangle.

    And "add frame" is used to "group objects".

    Tell me if you figure out more before I do... ;)

  5. Why I love the new PTE 5.0 Beta - Demo

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    Should be back up in about 15 mins.

    Thanks !!!

    Nice atmospheric show...

    Not very smooth on my computer at work but it's an old one (sorry, no idea of what is inside).

    I now see PTE 5.0 as providing a real "cinematic" experience something which no other software (that I have seen) can do in an .exe format. Exciting stuff! :rolleyes:

    I still can't believe it.

    It gives more possibility than a "professionnal" software like Proshow Producer !

  6. Competition

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    I use(d) Proshow Producer (before PTE v5).

    Here is the list of his great features that PTE doesn't have (yet ?) :

    - photo editor to enhance and modify your pictures directly inside PTE

    - ability to insert video file

    - total control on sounds : start, end, fade in, fade out, offset

    - captions with nice animated effect

    - Ken Burns options : smooth, linear, accelerating, decelerrating.

    - more ergonomic than PTE (drag and drop, tabs on a single window, timeline...)

    If you want to quickly produce a simple show, it's nice.

    Here are the list of great features that Proshow Producer doesn't have :

    - keypoints

    - ability to modify opacity within the same slide

    - ability to group objects

    AND :

    - PTE has a much nicer output rendering !

    - PTE has much smoother transitions !

    - PTE is stable and doesn't freeze !

    - PTE is not buggy !

    - PTE is less expensive !

    If you really want to make a nice, complex, great quality show and have time to do it, PTE is the ONE.

    I'm still not sure but I think I won't use Proshow Producer anymore after the final release of PTE v5....

  7. Simple questions about v5

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    First of all, thank you very much for your very detailed answer.

    My responses are in bold.

    1. No, there is no way to "drag and drop" a new layer, but it's even easier. Just click on the layer you wish to insert under (click on the "image" in the list on your right in the Objects and Animation View" - then right click your mouse then choose "add" from the drop down menu, then from the associated window choose "image." Negotiate the folder structure to your file and double click your file

    Depending on which image (the main or anchor image is at the top of the list) you highlight, that's where the new image will end up.

    I knew but I think it's a little bit painfull. Lot of clic and time consuming.

    The main problem with this solution is that you can't have the thumbnail view by default (if you have a solution to set it by default, I'm ready to pay you a lot ! ;))

    The drag and drop solution would be quicker, don't you think ?

    2. No, but what you do is either right click on the selected object (image) within the green rectangle where you see the image itself or better right click on the word "image" at the level it is presently then choose "order" and you can bring the object to the front, back or up and down a level at a time with a click of the mouse.

    Yes, it's the only solution but again painfull (i know I'm a pain too ! ;)

    Once again, don't you think the drag and drop solution would be quicker ?

    3. I'm not completely clear on your question, but if you mean can you "walk through" the movements from the Objects and Animation window, the answer is yes. You use the little blue arrow on the time line and slide it forward or backward and you can see all the actual actions as it advances or regresses along the time line.

    Yes, i meant "walk through" but in the main window.

    Would be great if you could have the same little blue arrow in the slide list to have a manuel preview of several slides. But it seems it's not implemented (yet ? ;)

    4. Yes you can change from one slide to the next forward or back by clicking on the little forward and back arrows up on the very top right of your screen just under the white "X" in the little red box.

    Great !!! I was so excited I didn't see it.

    5. These are for features not yet implemented in the beta version.

    Do you know if it's to have more control on effets (linear/acceletaring/decceleating/smooth option).

    If it's the case, it would be awesome !

    6. Yes but you need to make the blank (black, white, green, whatever) slide in your graphics or photo software then save them to a folder which you can access. Once you have a "collection" of these you can choose them like any other image. There is no automated way to "create" the image via the software. Perhaps in a later version or the release.

    It would be a nice feature but not essential.

    7. Rename an object in the timeline.... yes, click on the one you wish to rename the click the "Properties" tab and you will see "image" or "image1" - rename as you see fit.

    Didn't see it. Thanks.

    8. I don't believe there is any way to see the transition effect without using the preview, but you can "preview" from any position by clicking the icon located between the "Preview" and "Project Options" tabs.

    Or with right-clic on a selected slide. ;)

    It would be great if you could watch the preview in the picture slide (from my point of view, you don't need full screen all the time).

    9. You can display the display time and transition effect (only two transition effects "fade in fade out and circle" are presently implemented in the beta" by clicking on the "Slide" then using the "Main" tab to see or change the time and the "Effect" tab to see or change the transition and timing of the transition.

    Too bad you can't change those parameters directly in the slide list.

    10. From the "Screen" tab in the "Project Options" screen you have a choice of five different aspect rations or you can set custom.

    Just great !!!

    11. The output resolution is determined by the actual resolution of the images you use for the slideshow in terms of an executable file. For the not yet implemented AVI creation you will have choices.

    Any idea when the avi creation will be implemented ?

    12. You have captions now, but to use fancy text you need to create your text in a graphics editor which allows transparent background GIF or preferably PNG format. If you have no software to do this, I would recommend PiXBuilder (right here at Wnsoft). If you already have PhotoShop it's VERY easy to do. If you don't know how to do this let us know and we will direct you to instructions. It takes only seconds and you can have some seriously powerful text effects.

    May be I'm wrong but the add Text feature is not implemented yet. Neither "add hyperlink", neither "add button"?

    Btw, do you know what is the purpose of "add frame" (no effect for instance) ???

    Thanks again for your answers !

  10. Simple questions about v5

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    Hi everybody !

    Some simple questions about v5 :

    - is there a way to drag and drop new layers in a selected slide ?

    - in a slide, is there a way to manually move (drag and drop) a selected object to put it above or under an other layer ?

    - is there a way to manually preview the show (like in the "objects and animation" window) ?

    - from within the "objects and animation" window, is it possible to skip to the previous/next slide ?

    - within the "objects and animation" window, what are the purpose of the blank fields (just under "pan"/"zoom"/"rotate") ? It seems they can NOT be filled...

    - is there a way to insert a "blank slide" beetwen two slides (or any color you want) ?

    - is there a way to rename an object in a slide ?

    - is there a way to display the transition effect between two slide in the timeline ?

    - is there a way to display the display time of each slide and transition effect in the timeline ?

    - is there a way to choose 16:9 output format (instead of 4:3) ?

    - is there a way to choose the output resolution ?

    - will final v5 be avalaible with captions (and possibility to zoom, pan, rotate, modify opacity, etc...) ?

    Sorry, lot of questions ! :blink:

    Hope you can help me... :rolleyes:

    Thanks.

    PS : I think PTE will be better than any professional software for slideshows.

    The "objects and animation" features are just amazing and so powerfull !

    The keypoints are a must !!!

    Big respect for the development team.

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