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Hi Igor, It's been about 2 1/2 years since version 8 was released. Besides a dark photoshop user interface and maybe 64 bit slideshow player is there more you can tell us about version 9? New editing interface? Thanks, Tom

We might have to wait until the end of summer (currently 49 days) to start beta testing. http://days.to/summer/2015 Tom

Hi Eric, Interesting reflection from the wall and the silhouette of the camera. Lots of good historical information too. Cameras have sure changed in the last 20 years. Slightly off topic. What I would like to have in the ceiling of my bedroom is a combination planetarium and laser light show. I'm sure they make such devices now. I just need to make a spherical dome first. Thanks, Tom

Hi, Just playing with Google photos and sharing. I guess it's just a youtube video although I don't see it in my youtube video list. Interesting. Using crop tool and select tool, inverse select tool (ctrl+i), and delete select (ctrl+d). Faststone Capture save to Google Photos as wmv file. https://goo.gl/photos/AAKqnmtyBfaHZ4Tq8 PBS written by Sergey (I think) about 10 years ago is still a useful graphics editor. Small size and fast. The save with preview option is really good. Thanks, Tom

I find that the older I get the harder it is to detect selected objects on the screen. I think this problem should not be hard to fix. If I select the object using the layer text in lower right corner of screen the selected text has blue background. If I select the object by clicking on the object on the screen the selected text in the layer text winder in lower right corner of screen has light gray background and I am not sure which object is selected. I would prefer the blue background on both selection methods. Thanks, Tom

If you add a title slide with no animation or transitions to the start of your slideshow for 5 seconds it helps your browser buffer the video before the animation starts. Internet speed, gpu, video fps all can make a difference. The next version of PTE is supposed to have a YouTube profile for 60 fps. You can manually create a PTE slideshow and output using HD video at 60 fps and upload to YouTube. Tom

Hi Igor, Thanks for the update. Tom

Hi Igor, Yes. I had a thought about z order keyframes that might help. Of course simple ideas are usually hard to implement in real life. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17949-z-order-keyframes/ Thanks, Tom

As much as I would like to see PicturesToExe take away some of Microsoft's PowerPoint customers I just don't see that happening unless PicturesToExe can do all of the following: 1. Import and convert existing PowerPoint slideshows into PTE format. 2. Save in a data only file format so there are no possible malware false alarms (no .exe or .bin file format). Like I have mentioned before this requires a separate player. 3. PowerPoint (if I am not mistaken) also runs on a Mac so you should also have the PTE editor and player work on OS X. The main problem is PowerPoint is part of Microsoft Office which is almost everywhere in the Higher Ed academic (academic pricing) and business market in the U.S. (maybe not Europe and Asia). There are many books and tutorials on how to use PowerPoint. Google also has a free PowerPoint like program (Google Slides) that has not had much success against PowerPoint. If Google can't beat Microsoft with free software chances are nobody else can either. Tom

Since PTE is more like a 2.5D engine instead of 3D there is probably no need for full 3D spatial audio. I did recently watch a Google I/O of Google Virtual Reality / Cardboard and spatial audio was mentioned (25:40). The ability to walk inside an environment (Star Trek holo-deck) would be cool. Virtual Reality may be a simple add on to your smartphone. Tom

I wonder if run slideshow (window mode) might provide a adequate substitute for existing pop up windows? I think this is what jt49 mentioned above Tom

I quit using pop up windows when the save image option was removed. I now use print screen to capture slides. Tom

Hi Eric, Very interesting. I remember using a Polaroid instant film camera probably in the early '70s. It was amazing at the time. How times have changed. Thanks, Tom

Hi Lin, Very nice. I have never been able to create RGBA video in any of the software I have. Maybe I will try to learn basic Blender animation and try again. It looks like it can do almost anything (if you have the time and skill). https://www.blender.org/ Thanks Tom

I purchased a copy of Fraps about 5 years ago. Fraps is great if your operating system is Windows 7 and you don't mind the large files that require compression into a smaller format. Fraps 3.5.99 does not support Windows 8 completely. It has not been updated in over 2 years. I am hoping 3.6 comes out this year and supports Windows 8 and Windows 10. HDMI recording devices work but are more expensive than Fraps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraps Tom Update 26/5/2015 Email response from Fraps support Thanks for your inquiry. Our developers are currently working on the next version of Fraps (3.6.0) which will include official support for Windows 8 as well as other minor bug fixes and improvements. Unfortunately I am unable to provide you with a release date, however we do hope to have it available for download from our website in the near future. I apologize for the inconvenience in the meantime.

I have not tried but I doubt if it would work remotely over the internet. I think the Windows PC running PTE would have to be on the same network. If I remember I will bring my Chromebook home tomorrow and try running PTE. Tom

Currently the only way I can think of to run PTE on a chromebook (Chrome OS) is to use the Chrome Remote Desktop and connect to a Windows PC. The frame rate may not be very smooth and you may not have audio but it's worth a try. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523?hl=en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_Remote_Desktop Tom

You can upload to a free web file sharing service like https://www.mediafire.com/ (basic plan). There is also https://www.dropbox.com/ and https://onedrive.live.com. After you upload you can share a link with Igor by private message or post a public message in this subforum. Tom

Hi Tonton, Very nice screen recording. Your spoken English is perfect. I like the rectangular shape cube. You might want to record a short example that has the sound synchronization problem and upload to dropbox and send Igor the link. He might be able to fix the problem in VC or suggest a better codec. Thanks, Tom

It has been many years since I have used CamStudio. From what I can tell on their web site it is not actively being developed. I have no solution to your problem but I am not surprised it is not working properly. If you use a different video editor on the file does the sound stay synchronized or is it just Video Converter that does not work properly? There are many alternatives available you might want to try. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/18447-question-about-video-screen-capture-tools/ Thanks, Tom

That would be cool to have 8 channels. 4 in front (top left, bottom left, top right, bottom right) and 4 in back the same. I think PTE needs to support multichannel audio first (without having to separate in audacity). Tom

I have a Techsmith Camtasia 8 and SnagIt 11. Techsmith is popular in higher ed but I think it's WAY overpriced. I don't use all of the bells and whistles in the editors. For $50 US I purchased a FastStone Capture family lifetime license that covers 5 computers. That is the same price as Techsmith SnagIt for one computer and it's not lifetime either. It saves to .wmv format but I just figured out that you can rename it to .mp4 and it works! Thanks Lin, Tom

No doubt that FastStone Capture is a good screen recorder. It does variable bit rate better than SnagIt and better than the Avermedia Live Gamer Pro. Using Bitrate Viewer you can tell that the bitrate drops down to near zero until there is movement on the screen. Towards the end with the rain and snow it was really active. Thanks, Tom

Hi Lin, That screen recording looks really good and smooth as butter. It must be recording close to 30 fps. Also the software is less expensive than a hdmi to usb converter device. I think I payed about $150 US for the avermedia device. Rain and snow are hard to record at the particle level. I recorded about 2 minutes at 720p 60fps 40 Mbits and I think it was about 300 Mbytes. Maybe I will upload to YouTube and see how it looks. Thanks, Tom

The slideshow was not smooth on the PC either. I think the mutiple large images in the carousel cased the playback problem. I have been testing capturing at 40 Mbps for Lin's snow style. Snow animation is hard to capture at low bitrate because there is movement everywhere. t looks really good but the file sizes are large. Tom