davegee

My "New" laptop has a setting which dims the brightness when the battery power diminishes and brightens when mains power is added. Could it be something to do with the power management settings? It is strange that it only happens with PTE, but on the other hand there are settings which allow different softwares to access the two types of graphics in different ways so it might be worth digging into the settings for power management.

It seems that predicting the release of Version 9 Beta 1 is not a precise science. It cannot be TOO much longer? DG

A Floating Images Style. Add an ODD number of Images to the Slide List - Minimum of three. Optimised for either 3:2 images in a 3:2 Aspect Ratio Project or 16:9 images in a 16:9 AR Project. Will work with any AR images but some adjustment might then be necessary. Floating Images.ptestyle Add a suitable background of your choice. DG

Added a Star Mask Style to the first post. Add image to Slide List and Apply the Style. Adjust Size and Position of the image to suit. DG

Added a Portrait Version to first post. DG

Right click on any Style and choose "Change Style Category". If you are creating a new style just enter a new category name during the Create operation and it will create it for you. http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/slide-styles/create_style Enter the Name of the New Category that you want to create and hit "Change" or enter the name of an existing Category to "Move" the Style. DG P.S. You can't edit the built in Categories that install with PTE.

A simple style which creates a Mask with a Border. Add a single 3:2 image to a 3:2 Project or a 16:9 Image to a 16:9 Project Slide List and apply the Style. Other AR Images will be in "Cover Slide" Mode and might need a little adjustment. The result is a Mask which can be copied and pasted as many times as required into another slide. The Image has a subtle zoom effect. Simple mask with Border.ptestyle Simple Portrait Mask.ptestyle Star Mask Style.ptestyle (Add image to Slide List and Apply the Style. Adjust Size and Position of the image to suit). DG

Update: http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/hotkeys/main

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Updated the Album.ptestyle to be compatible with both 3:2 and 16:9 Projects. Album.ptestyle DG

My first shot at a complete 3:2 Photo Album Style: Album.ptestyle Style needs a minimum one image - no upper limit. Add a Landscape Image(s) to the Slide List (3:2 Project) and Apply the Style. Optimised for 3:2 AR but any AR can be added albeit that some adjustment might be necessary. Pages can then be added from the Styles in the first post of this thread following the individual instructions contained in the styles. DG

Styles and Aspect Ratio http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/techniques/styles_and_ar Added an article to "Techniques" which describes some methods of maintaining the "correct" Size and Aspect Ratio of Main Images added to a Style.

Modified "Creating a Slide Style" to clarify "Non-Main Images" in a Style.

Update: I have just learned something I didn't previously know from someone who tried this on another forum. I have reported a number of times that BluRay DVD Players mostly have USB inputs and will play MP4 through a TV Media Player. However, I had not realised that BD Players will also read Data DVDs. So if you burn MP4 files to a DVD as data the DVD can be read on a BD Player and played via HDMI on a HD TV. I have tried it on my Sony BD Player and confirm that it works.

http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/slide-styles/create_style#identifying_a_style Note to Style Creators: Always identify your Style! DG

The answer to this little puzzle is in the hands of the Style Author. Example: Add a Blank slide. In O&A add a Gradient Rectangle (Default Colour) In Slide Options change the slide name from BLANK to STYLE BLUE GRAD Create the Style Add another Blank Slide Apply the Style Blue Grad Style In the Slide List it should now read: 2. STYLE BLUE GRAD

The answer to this little puzzle is in the hands of the Style Author. Example: Add a Blank slide. In O&A add a Gradient Rectangle (Default Colour) In Slide Options change the slide name from BLANK to STYLE BLUE GRAD Create the Style Add another Blank Slide Apply the Style Blue Grad Style In the Slide List it should now read: 2. STYLE BLUE GRAD

There are some Mac Users here who use PTE on their MACs but I can't recommend one software over another for running PC apps. Maybe one of them will chip in. DG

PicturesToExe is a PC only software at this stage. A Mac version will be developed later. DG

No problem with that. Which Windows emulation software are you running? DG

Added Mouse Wheel options for changing the Slide View Percentage in Objects and Animation to the Hotkeys Page. http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/hotkeys/main DG

The question mark has been inserted where the "colon" sits in the file name. Maybe the colon is not allowed? DG

Thanks Dawn. Try this - add ten 3x2 images to the Slide List in a 3x2 Project. Pack of Cards 3x2x10.ptestyle If you want to add a further ten images, start the sequence with the last image from the first group. DG

Thanks Igor, Version 8.0.20 solves the Styles problem. DG