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I have just experienced the need to integrate the objects and settings from one slide into another and for the imported parameters to run not at Keyframe zero but 4 secs into the new template. I would like away to be able to set just one Keyframe (Parent Level) and for all other images to run from the start point. Below is the original thread of my request through the Forum. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7712

Just a suggestion to add something to your menu. Cheers, Sam Steele

What if Igor and team made a program in between PixBuilder Studio and Lightroom. It would handle Raw images, have a synchonizable editing, a good lightbox, exif editing, picture rating/tagging, etc. It would NOT require importing images, and would allow a few basic editing functions like ability to make selections and work with layers. It would be a FAST way to mass process a lot of pictures and yet be able to do a few of the really commonly needed functions like cropping, color temp, tint, curves, clone, heal, etc. It would be sold for a fair price. Just a thought. jk

Hi it would be usefull to be able to start BG music at any slide and see waveform it only seems to show if you put audio in from first slide now. cheers john

Allow "Customize Slide" Dialog to Stay Open. Right now, every time I customize a slide, I have to close the dialog box and open a new one for the next slide. Just leave the box open and let the user select one slide after another for some fast customization. Thanks! jk

I am using PTE v5.04 to build a sequence that will be manually controlled. I have succesfully used O&A on some images to place buttons with an "Action on mouse click" of "Go to slide #n". Everything works fine until I insert or delete a slide into/from the slide list. PTE doesn't adjust the slide numbers programmed onto the buttons on the other images to reflect the change that has happened to the number associated with each slide. I am assuming that this is how PTE 5.04 is programmed to behave. Is there a way round this in 5.1 beta? If not, could this be added to the "wish list" for future versions, please? Any moderator reading this and feeling it should be moved to the "Suggestions" forum please feel free to move it.

I am not sure if I am duplicating these requests but here goes…. 1. The ability to see all objects and animation in preview window within Timeline customize synchronization dialogue box, this would make the editing of objects synchronisation to music peaks and lows very easy. 2. It would also be an advantage to those of us with failing eyesight (due to age) if the preview window could be made larger and the timeline window being full screen

Just press Tab or whatever and a tiny slider bar appears at the bottom of the screen for 3 seconds. It allows you to navigate quickly to a new location in the slide show. Kinda like a video or audio player. It may as well include a time estimate for teh slide show as well. jk

We can copy and paste objects on the screen from one position to another. Good Presently we can copy and paste objects with child objects to another location in the same picture or even another picture. Good! It would be helpful to drag and drop one object onto another object within the Objects window. Example: button could be dropped onto three different picture objects within a window. Example: I quickly make a button and realize I accidentally made it the child of another object. I just drag it back to be the child of the object I intended. Options to include in this feature: 1. Ability to choose to Copy or Move the object 2. Ability to choose whether to keep the original size of the copied object or have it resized to fit the scale of the target object. 3. Ability to choose which (if any) child objects to copy. jk

I think eveything is in the topic title.

The idea was discussed a long time ago but I think the suggestions was not posted in this section. So here it is : in the O/A window, ability to add or remove n,nnn seconds. The user select an object in the object list, click anywhere in the timeline of this object and with a right click, specify how much time he wants to add or remove. This would move all the following keypoints. He can also tell if this time is applied to this object only or to all objects of this slide. As I couldn't find the original suggestion, I don't know if Igor told if it was feasible or not. I think this option would be very useful, for me at least.

I would like to be able to play a slieshow before an event with a count down timer running in the corner showing how much longer until the end of the slideshow. (Start of the event.) mm:ss This would allow people to know they need to start sitting down. I know this would not be ideal for most slideshow But think It would be usefull.

I would like to see a right click menu option in the timeline which enabled you to right click on a slide and select all slides to the right of the chosen slide to enable all those slide to be moved. I know that the windows keyboard shift+end can be used but this moves you to the end of the timeline as well as selecting the slides. I suggested this once before but having done a quick search was unable to find it so thought I would try again. It is an invaluable feature when doing slideshows containing large numbers of images. Regards Geoff

I like Picture to Exe over most photo slide show softwares, because P2E takes very few memories and may use midi to make the background music. My friends also like it too. But when I distribute it through email, some people are afraid use it, because feared it includes the virus, most people don’t open the file with extension “.exe” or “.com”, that is true to stop the P2E wide spreading over the world, my suggestion is: 1. To develop a software to prove (P2E).exe without virus including, or it is a P2E file. 2. To develop a small software can be used to start the (P2E).exe file only and don’t open other .exe files.

I’ve proposed this improvement previously. (See: Link ). Alt + Drag & Drop from a File Panel thumbnail would replace an existing slide in the Slide List with an alternative slide. Any existing transition parameters in the timeline would remain unchanged. I would expect the main slide of any animation to be replaced. This simple, intuitive function would emulate changing an existing slide in a sequence that is arranged on a light box. [Note. Replies to my previous post describe how to replace slides in the Slide List, but these methods involve browsing through filenames, rather than thumbnails, to choose the alternative slide.]

There are several other requests for improvements to this aspect of PTE V5.0, and I note that Igor has already commented on some of them. From my first creation of an animation I thought it would be useful to have an indication in the Slide List of the presence of an animation. Clearly there are a range of possible solutions of varying degrees of implementation complexity. But, for example, indication using a coloured frame around the main thumbnail image would be adequate. Some comments and suggestions by others... Igor The Dom KSF Federov

(PTE V4.48 & V5.04 under Windows 98 & XP) In Vertical View, drag the right margin of the Preview Panel leftwards enough to allow the left margin of the Preview Panel to be dragged rightwards over and past the Preview Panel right margin. The Preview Panel is now lost and its margins cannot be adjusted. Note. I have found at least one way to recover the Preview Panel from this condition. (Other than re-installing PTE!) Post solutions in this thread…

There is often need to make same slideshow for different language audience. With present PTE I have to make separate slideshows for each language. That actually consumes space and text has to be edited newly for each presentation. It would be real space-saver and time-saver to have the ability to create different sets of text for same slideshow and to switch between them during presentation. Something like using subtitles on DVD but being able to define position and style for text objects on each ślide. Urmas

Long time since I've posted here; but working with my son this week on six a/vs for a corporate client, he suggested that a one click button that would automatically consolidate and copy all files into a single folder would be useful. I know the methodical approach of getting your pictures and music etc into a single folder before starting is the best way to go, but sometimes with tight deadlines a slide show is sometimes produced on the fly with pictures being pulled from a variety of sources. A button that would compile copies of all the files into one folder at the end of a production, would make this invaluable program, even more brilliant than it is. Cheers, Rob Walls

(PTE V4.48 & V5.04) In Horizontal View and Vertical View when moving the right margin to increase the size of the File Panel the slide list control buttons (Add Slide, Remove Slide, Clear List, etc.) also move and can partially disappear off the screen. There is no reason for these buttons to move – they should remain in fixed positions in the Slide List Panel. When compiling a slide list I like to maximise the File Panel to see as many images as possible to choose from.

When I went to review an old slide show I wasn't able to determine which music file was being used. In "Project Options" "Music" tab. It shows a list of music files in the box "Background music for show". Unfortunately there isn't enough horizontal space to completely view the file, even when the slider is moved to the far right. The file is "C:\Users\KGL\Videos\Tintern Abbey resized\90 The Might of Rome.mp3" and I'm only able to see up to the word ".......Rom" A second file with the same name, but with the extension ".wav" is in the same directory and I'm unable to tell which file I used in the slide show. Perhaps you could make changes such as letting the slider move further to the right, expand the window, or let "mouse hover" view the entire name. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium at 1680 x 1050 pixels. Ken

Suggestion-1 : (O&A Window / Keypoint Time) I would like to see a decimal point placed in the 1000ths of a second to make the figures easier to understand. E.g.: 10.568 as opposed to 10568 Suggestion-2 : (O&A Window / Timeline) I personally would much prefer the Keypoint ‘labels’ in the O&A Timeline to show their position (time) in respect of that particular slides’ duration on screen,,, rather than the ‘labels’ reflecting their position with regards to the show as a whole. Suggestion-3 : (O&A Window / Pan-Zoom-Rotate Defaults) I would like to see multiple Keypoints ‘separated’ by default, rather than ‘joined’ (or is that just me ?) Suggestion-4 : (Copy-Paste v. Drag-&-Drop) This may be rather more difficult to achieve, but I would like to be able to Drag-&-Drop slides from one PTE window to a second PTE window (including any A&O settings). Currently a slide, or slides, can be Copy-Pasted successfully between two separate ‘projects’ within one PTE window (including A&O settings) --- however, the ability to Drag-&-Drop between two separate windows,,, or Copy-Paste between two separate windows,,, would be more user-friendly – I think !? I apologise if I am repeating suggestions already put forward. bjc

- Missing sound preview - PTE is really overloaded with (unnecessary or twice) functions and options - no quick save / load button on the desk - when you load a sound file, delete them, close the dialog and start again, you were pointed to root (c:) and not to the directory where your sound tracks are located - no prompt when overwriting

I've just noticed that in the thumbnails view if a slide is only used within the O&A view PTE doesn't show it in bold. Is that intentional? I'd like to know whether I've already used a slide whether it's a main image or an O&A image.

It is currently possible to initiate slide changes when an on-screen button is clicked (Goto slide function). Could this be extended to enable a slide change when the button is hovered? This would open up new possibilities when creating interactive slide shows with on-screen menus.