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Hallo Igor, Create backup in a ZIP is super handy, I use it all the time after every program session. Automatically rename the duplicate files is a good idea. But so far, personally I don't have a problem with it because I keep in mind that I don't use the same file names in a project. But please keep the date and hour indication of the ZIP archive folder. Thanks

"Defaults" in Dutch means "Standaardinstellingen", way too long to fit in the window of Project Options. I had to make a choice here in the translation. I chose the word "Opmaak" in the sense of Graphic design (layout) and that is what happens in this tab. It is also a standard determination of the visual aspect of the objects of the slides. Here you can determine the "Opmaak" of the slides (including titles or texts, the size of the main object, displayed equal or smaller than 100 %, ...) and change the fit or cover aspect and ultimately determines how the object is displayed. FYI I only do the "Nederlands" translation and not the "Nederlands 2" translation. Greetings, Cor

I also noticed that projects, with video, made with PTE AV Studio 11 beta 8 & 9 show problems when rendering. 1) When playing the video in "Objects and Animation" and on the screen in the "Main Window", the playback stutters, the screen turns green and the program freezes. Only restarting helps, but the problem does not go away. 2) A created "exe file for PC" and a "save exe file for PC" with PTE AV Studio 11 beta 8 shows the same error as in 1) 3) When playing the exe it gives a jerky playback of some videos and after the jerky passage, the screen turns green and the exe freezes. Maybe important and solution: - I have never experienced similar problems with previous projects using PTE AV Studio 10.5 and using the same computer. - The mp4 file then generated from the same project shows no problems and plays flawlessly. - Just before the introduction of PTE AV Studio 11 beta 8 I updated from Windows 11 21H2 to Windows 11 22H2. After this update everything apparently worked without problems (including other software), even with PTE AV-Studio 11 I did not find the same problems anymore. - I made the relevant exes again and after the Windows update they play perfect, without the hitches, nor green screens, etc. This apparently solved the problem for me. Greetings, Cor

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Thanks for your answer. It seems like a nice function with many possibilities. We'll hear it from you when it's updated and functional. Greetings, Cor

Dear Igor, I have a question about the New Buttons Wizard: What do the "None", "Hot" and "Pressed" tabs mean? What is their relationship to the other "Button Wizard" settings? When I set the different tabs, most of the choices remain unchanged. Under the tabs "Hot" and "Pressed" you can make your own choice in "Use self fill colors" which colors are given to the buttons and with which gradient, etc. What use and/or interaction can be obtained with the "Button presets" that are available and the choice of the 3 different tabs (None, Hot and Pressed)? Of course one changes the "Border" colors, radius and size, and the colors of the button itself, but I only notice a slight difference here and there when choosing a different tab (None, Hot and Pressed). When you first choose one of the eight "Button presets" and then make changes to the colors, radius, etc. nothing is left of the original layout of the buttons (since they have been changed), why are there eight different presets? As I am working on the Dutch translation of version 11, I would like to understand how things work in order to deliver a correct translation. Thanks in advance, Cor

No, what Tonton is talking about is with PTE AV Studio! PixBuilder Studio does support .8BF Photoshop-compatible plug-ins, so you can easily add additional features. The ability to work with .8BF plug-ins will knock this software up a notch for sure. And it is powerful in it's own right. Try it!

And there is an incredibly powerful and comprehensive program that is underappreciated: WnSoft PixBuilder Studio. Free to download https://www.wnsoft.com/en/pixbuilder/ It works perfect with PTE AV Studio. Why does it always have to be Photoshop? If you don't use many functions of it, you pay an exorbitant price for it. I got to know WnSoft PixBuilder Studio by making a translation for it in Dutch. But there is also a User Guide in English, Français, Italiano Why PixBuilder Studio? Fast and stable work with high resolution images. Support of layers. Portable and Standard versions. Quick start and low memory requirements. Multi language interface. Multi step undo. Customizable key shortcuts. It's absolutely free. Main Features Image resizing, rotating, and crop function. Brightness/Contrast, Color balance, Levels, Hue/Saturation, and Color fill. Auto Contrast and Auto Levels. Built-in high quality effects: blur effects, sharpen effects, dithering, and more. Flexible selection management functions, such as transparency masks, magic wand, different lasso tools, single column selection, color range function, and the gradient color transition effect that gives you the ability to draw complex raster shapes and apply effects for complex areas. Layers concept makes your work more effective and efficient. Text layers with drop shadow. A full set of brush-based tools, such as the stamp tool, healing brush, replace color tool, and others. Built-in shapes drawing tools (rectangles, circles, and lines). Free transform and Selection transform. Save with preview. Support of image scanners. System Requirements Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. (32-bit and 64-bit). CPU 1.4GHz. 512MB of system memory. Supported File Formats For read: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PCX, PSD, TGA, ICO, PBS For write: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PCX, TGA, ICO, PBS It's a shame WnSoft should integrate it more into PTE AV Studio. Kind regards, Cor

It was first added in March 5, 2004, PicturesToExe v4.20 > Added "Show first transition effect from desktop" option (Project options | Screen tab)

Why not integrate PixBuilder Studio more into PTE. You have a mini-Photoshop at your disposal and little is done with it. Of course you can use it via External editors|Set Graphical Editor... But how many users do this?

Why not integrate more "PixBuilder Studio" into PTE. You have a mini-Photoshop at your disposal and little is done with it. Of course you can use it via External editors|Set Graphical Editor... But how many users do this?

"Twists, unwinding and winding of the lace require a spreadsheet to be done quickly" "With excel and macros, it is possible to automate many things,..." Very nice to know. Is it possible to put the "HOW" in the Help wiki? It might interest other users and expand their knowledge. Moreover, it is again an additional advantage for the extensive possibilities of PTE. Thanks.

Hello jt49, Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I had not logged in for a while and had not even seen that version 10 beta could be tested. I will repeat the question there. Greetings, Cor

About version 10: Will there be timeline scaling in O & A? This has been requested by many users in the past and is ultimately an extremely important function in creating animations, in my opinion. Today, it is a bit ridiculous to have to write down values with pen and paper, then transfer those values without visible control and then having to listen and adjust several times until everything is in the right place in O&A and on the timeline. I think it is very important for PicturesToExe's future to have the feature, to see the timeline and audio track in O & A. I hope this can still be considered before releasing version 10. Greetings, Cor

Hello Igor, Hello Barry, I just have read this topic and don't know if this is of any help, but I also have a AMD video card in my pc: AMD Radeon R9 200/HD 7900 Series 3072 Mb memory Software version 18.2.1 I tried the 8 test shows of Igor and all played well without any problem. Just for your information. Greetings, Cor

Igor,I understand that it is an experimental version. I will continue to use the official PTE versions 9, but also the experimental version and report if I observe "abnormal" behavior. Cor

Igor, Test with 2nd experimental version PTE 9 4gb: - Deleted previous version. - New start-up of computer, installation of 2nd experimental version PTE 9, opening "problem" project - At first, test in Objects and Animations (slide 3 = most problematic): The objects are all loaded, some hesitations during loading, but play back without error messages. The first play back some hesitation with the turning planet, but second and thirth play back flawless. - Test from "Preview": No error messages. The project is played from beginning to end without hesitations or stuttering. The Task Manager shows values of 1435,4 Mb, but without problems now. Playing from Main Screen and .exe always perfect. Igor, Congratulations for the fantastic result that you and your team have achieved again.This version of PTE 9 4Gb gives you a huge advantage over the competition.Again proof that PicturesToExe is the best software for professionals but also a blessing for the many amateur users. Thank you sir. Cor

Thanks Igor for very fast respons. Test with experimental version PTE 9: - Deleted all versions of PTE on my computer. - New start-up of computer, installation of experimental version PTE 9, opening "problem" project (it's the same project we discussed a few days ago) - At first, test in Objects and Animations (slide 3 = most problematic): The objects are all loaded, but slow, but no error messages. Play with some hesitations. - Test from "Preview": 3 error messages: 1) Application Error Exception EOutOfMemory in module PteViewer5.exe at 0008D45E. Out of Memory. OK 2) PteViewer5.exe: MM Operation after uninstall. Fast MM has detected a FreeMem call after FastMM was uninstalled. 3) PteViewer5.exe is not working anymore (text in Dutch). There is a problem and that's why the program does not work anymore. The program will be closed... Close Program. Igor, I'll send you a PM and a message via WeTransfer. Greetings, Cor

Test with PTE version 9.0.00: I use always the same "heavy" project as before with 9.0.14. Starting the project with "Preview" in the Main screen, Task Manager shows: The project is played without problems, very smooth. Starting the project in Objects and Animations with "Preview" or "Preview from current position", Task Manager shows: The memory value is always more than 1000 Mb and between 1264 Mb. Anyway the project is played until the end without stuttering or without a hitch! Starting the project in the Main Screen: No problems at all, the project is played perfect. Also starting from "Fullscreen preview from current position" played the project, but when one chooses different starting points on the timeline, it takes from a few seconds to more than 10 seconds to start the project from that location. Further tests with PTE version 9.0.14 and my personal conclusion: Only my last created project with PTE 9.0.14 gives problems when started in "Objects and Animations" and in "Preview". The project plays correctly in "Main screen" and the .exe file plays without a hitch.All projects that I made with previous versions of PTE play perfectly after conversion to version 9.0.14, also with all .exe files no problems. I also tried test projects from Linn, and other members of the forum, and they all play without problems.It comes down to the fact that when a slide in "Objects and Animations" is overloaded with too many objects and effects, the memory of the computer is overloaded. Igor, how far can we go with that? Because with a 64-bit operating system and 16 Gb of RAM machine the use of memory is, for the time being, still limited. Thanks for your time and efforts, Cor

Igor, For your information. I have now also received an error message on the screen, previously this error message disappeared immediately. There was first: "PteViewer5.exe is not working anymore. There is a problem with.... Close Program." Then second error message: "Application Error Exception EOutofMemory in module PteViewer5.exe at 00003F33 Out of Memory. OK" These error messages came in Objects and Animations a few seconds after starting the show to play and showed also during "Preview" in the Main screen.

Igor, Thanks for answering, but unfortunately, I'm afraid, I can not be of great help. I do not have a portable computer with or without Intel-NVIDIA graphic cards. The only test I can do is with my PC and it only has the mentioned card from AMD (see above).I have already installed and de-installed about ten times version PTE 9.0.14 following your instructions. It always comes down to the same problem:The memory quickly reaches more than 2 Gb and everything is freezing, the same problem with version PTE 9.0.15.All the other programs on my PC are still working perfectly like in the past, I never had problems with previous versions of PTE, even with large files. It all started with version 9.0.14.Is it possible that I can download and test an older version, such as a version between PTE 9.0.00 - PTE 9.0.13 ?

Test with simple project: Everything works as expected in PTE 9.0.15 and PTE 9.0.14 Test with the (heavy) project where I recently had problems with, turns out to be a memory problem again with use of large files: Opening Objects and Animations in PTE 9.0.15, Task Manager shows 834,0 Mb Opening Objects and Animations in PTE 9.0.14, Task Manager shows 251,5 Mb

[This topic was extracted from PTE 9 on laptops with dual graphics topic - Igor] _____________ Hello Igor, I have read your topic carefully about the laptop with dual graphics cards, but is this version also meant for other devices? Just for your information. I don't know if you have tested this version with a AMD video card (on PC), I did, but it goes completely out of hand. Objects and Animations freezes after a few seconds of playback. The music still plays a little further but with an echo. Afterwards the sound is repeating in an endless loop. I had to press Esc several times to leave the loop. My video card: AMD Radeon R9 200/HD 7900 Series 3072 Mb memory Software version 17.12.2 Greetings, Cor

Hello Manuel, I think you have to find out if the memory of your PC is not overloaded. Igor recently explained to me that when using large files or many objects on one slide in Objects and Animations, memory usage can cause overload (+2Gb). A project I worked on recently blocked regularly. PTE froze in Objects and Animations. To save my data of that "overloaded project", I tried to create a zip-file and this did not work either. There was apparently not enough memory to make the zip file. I adapted the big files and reduced the dimensions and all went perfect afterwards.

Hello Igor, I did some testing as you asked: point 2. memory usage was 1095,8 Mb. Start with my last project, with the used files in the File tree: 56 files. One was 5760x3840 pix or 2719 kb, a few of 3888x2430 pix, one of 2048x2048 pix or 4688 kb and the other files between 23 kb and 1665 kb. I had 7 audio files wish the largest is of 1315 kb and the smallest 36 kb. There were no video files I used. point 6. memory usage was 101,6 Mb, after start of new project with only JPEG files in the File tree (90 items, pixel size max. 1500x1000 and file size max 932 kb). So small files are no problem with version 9.14. Will it be possible to work with larger files in future versions? Because of the widely requested encoding of 4K video (3840 x 2160). We need to use high quality images for that format. The most difficult for the user of PTE is when a bigger JPEG file poses a problem or not, even if one keeps the size within the limits. Kind regards, Cor