kenlip Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 MacbookPro 15" OSX 10.4.11 3GBParallels 5.0.9220PicturesToExe 6Doing my first project using PicturesToExe.The thumbnails of the slides appear with numerous, random, vertical lines. It happens in both the "Fullscreen View of Slidelist" and in the timeline view.Any suggestions as to what might be causing this and how to correct it?Many thanksKen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenlip Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Interesting. I have had no problems using PTE6 with VMWware Fusion 3 on Snow Leopard and I was wondering about the new Parallels 5. From what I understand it's supposed to be even faster than F3. Have you tried any other DirectX progam in Parallels? You could download the beta of Marine Aquarium 3 to test your graphics. I get about 70 fps on my mac mini (press S for statistics after aquarium starts). I can try a demo version of Parallels 5 tonight and report back (now +8 hours)TomRTom,Thanks for the interest in my problem. I did a bit more clicking and un-clicking and found that if I have View/Advanced Options/Show real slides in slide list/ unticked then the images appear intact.I have no idea about the significance of having this option ticked or not ticked, nor why it should make a difference as to how the thumbnails appear, but everything else seems to be working okay.Ken L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 ...if I have View/Advanced Options/Show real slides in slide list/ unticked then the images appear intact.I have no idea about the significance of having this option ticked or not tickedKen,The purpose of this option is to ensure that the Slide List thumbnails include any supplementary object images that have been added via the O&A window.regards,Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenlip Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hi Ken,I'm not finding distorted preview thumbnails in my test copy of Parallels 5 in XP SP3 on my Mac Mini/2GB Ram/Nvidia 9400M graphics.Just a mini review of Parallels 5 performance. VMWare Fusion 3 runs Marine Aquarium 3 1920x1080x32 @ 70 fps. Parallels 5 runs Marine Aquarium 3 1920x1080x32 @ 90 fps. A full 20 fps faster. Very smooth.Parallels converted my VMWare XP virtual machine to Parallel's virtual machine in about 30 minutes. Amazing how well these virtual machines work.TomTom, Thanks for going to so much trouble to do the test.I did a bit more clicking and un-clicking and found that if I have View/Advanced Options/Show real slides in slide list/ unticked then the images appear intact. Can you think of an explanation as to why the thumbnails should appear okay when the option in unticked, but get screwy when it is ticked?Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenlip Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I'm not seeing the same problem with my test version of Parallels 5.I did a quick search on the Parallels for Mac forum but could not find anything.Maybe some more information will help narrow down/troubleshoot the problem...Does it happen with a single image without objects added?YesDoes it happen if you select Video, Advanced, Minimize video card usage?YesIn Parallels does it happen in both fullscreen mode and window mode?YesWhat version of Windows? I tested with Windows XP SP3 but I could retest with Windows 7.TomXP SP2Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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