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To follow up on my own post here, I researched the forums some more and found one user who reported that this problem occurs on nvidia as well as ATI cards. From Urmas, dated 12/16/06: "Initially I thought, that it might be related to ATI gamma problem (ATI drivers problem) referred earlier in forum. But lightness does not change. Just colors change. My laptop has ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 series video card. Then I made test: Removed all profiles from laptop display color managment and run PTE v.5 slideshow - no change in image display during slideshow. Recalibrated display and problem is there - the created profile is not used by PTE. After careful observation, the problem exists also on my desktop with NVidia video card. Color profile is discarded both, on my laptop (ATI) and on desktop (NVidia) while executing PTE 5 slideshow. Because my desktop monitor without profile is much closer to profiled color, initially I did not notice change. But the change is there in both cases - on laptop and desktop. " Then there's still the nagging question about why my ATI card doesn't show this issue with software other than PTE. So I guess I'm wondering, is this strictly a problem with ATI or is there something in PTE that needs to be tweaked in the next release? I'm not trying to shoot holes in PTE, as I think it is otherwise capable of some excellent output. I'd love to make it my slideshow software of choice. One of the workarounds that was offered by Admin1 to the above was, "1) Use GDI graphical engine or not exclusive 3D mode for slide shows (both options will be available in the next beta 9 of v5.00)" Is this an option in the full v5 release, and if so, how do I do this? Regards and thanks again, Steve

Thanks Fred, I appreciate the heads up and link to the other thread. That's exactly the problem I'm having. And yes, I do have an ATI card and XP. My next question is, why does PTE do this with ATI cards while other slideshow programs like Proshow Gold do not? Steve

Thanks Brian, The issue isn't that I have the monitor adjusted to any personal preference, but it is accurately calibrated to an ICC profile created by a colorimeter and software that adjusts the monitor to a standard. It isn't a matter of me making visual ajustments with the monitor settings. For some reason PTE "undoes" this calibration when it runs a show, while no other program I've used does this. Steve

I recently downloaded the trial version of P2E and some slideshows produced with the program, and I am interested in purchasing it. I currently use a different program (Proshow Gold) and find that P2E does indeed give sharper images on the screen. One concern, though: The shows made with P2E seem to mess with the monitor settings. I have my monitor calibrated with a colorimeter to give the most accurate colors. However, when a P2E show is run, it changes the color profile of the monitor, essentially running with the monitor uncalibrated. This causes distinctly warmer tones in the images. After the show runs, the monitor "resets" to the calibrated profile. Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a way around it? Thanks, Steve