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Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone! We wish peace, joy, and good health to all of you and your loved once! Alex55 The Link to the Project files provided

Hi, We wish you a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year! Warm regards, Igor,

Hello to all forum members. I bring to your attention a festive Christmas video. Description and download link for the YouTube video. Congratulations on the wonderful upcoming holidays. I wish you creative success and good health.

A collection of videos to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026. All videos are themed around winter, Christmas, New Year, and Christmas miracles. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! I wish you all good health, joy and happiness, love, kindness, success in all your endeavors and more frequent meetings with friends! Enjoy watching.

Hello everyone Best wishes for a safe and happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I have started creating an AV of my travels this year. I was aiming for one photo per week but did not quite achieve my goal. Most weeks I take hundreds if not thousands of photos depending on location and subject. I spent 6 weeks in Europe in April - June, so there are a few more from this trip to the other side of the world. The images are captured on a mirrorless camera, drone, mobile camera/phone and 360 camera. This may not be the final AV but it will be very close. Cheers Mark

Hello everyone Thanks for commenting and feedback on the previous version of this. I made some changes to the previous version, so if you have 5 minutes to spare, have a look at this version.

Hi, PTE AV Studio 12 Pro (Beta) is available all members of this forum: Download For Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/pte12abc/pteavstudio-setup.exe For Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/pte12abc/PTE-AV-Studio.dmg PTE AV Player for Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/pte12abc/PTE-AV-Player.dmg A free license key for the Beta version: D206I-01ZKI-GH8S2-HSS8X-E7N7D System Requirements Windows 10 or Windows 11. macOS 11 Big Sur - macOS 26 Tahoe (Apple Silicon or Intel chip). Important notes You can keep your existing version of PTE AV Studio 11.0 and use both versions together. We recommend to untick an option “Associate .pte projects...” when you install a Beta version. For new customers. If you purchase version 11.0 today or later, you'll get a free upgrade to a final version 12.0 when it's ready (in March, 2026). We continue to work on version 12.0 and plan to add new features and new slide styles before the final version. _________________________________________________ What's New in PTE AV Studio 12 Pro: Sound Object Create impressive slideshows and AV shows with impactful sound effects. The new Sound object lets you play short audio files to enhance your slideshows and AV shows. Add whoosh sounds for fast transitions, subtle clicks when images appear, or any other short audio effects that bring your slideshow to life. Adjust volume for individual video clips and sound objects with precision. Voice Recording on Mac Mac users can now record voice-overs directly in PTE AV Studio without external tools. Slow-Motion and Video Speed Control Take complete control over video playback. Adjust video speed using key points - speed up, slow down, or freeze the action exactly where you need it. Insert pauses inside your video clips to emphasize key moments. The new frame interpolation creates smooth slow-motion effects by blending frames together, eliminating jerky playback when slowing down your footage. Modern Video Formats and AV1 Encoder Create content for social media and the web. PTE AV Studio 12 adds full support for vertical video (9:16 for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels) and square format (1:1 for Instagram posts). New resolutions including 2560x1440, 1080x1920, 720x1280, and 1080x1080 cover all modern platforms. The "Auto" resolution preset automatically matches your project settings for quick exports. The revolutionary AV1 encoder produces videos up to 50% smaller than H.264 while maintaining the same visual quality - perfect for web publishing. The improved Video Export interface with "Show/Hide Advanced Options" keeps things simple yet powerful. The "Fast decode (web)" option creates optimized videos for quick loading and playback on your website. You can even pause video encoding and resume later. New Creative Effects Bring your slideshows to life with stunning visual effects. The Dynamic Gradient map creates color transformations and artistic looks. Chromatic Displacement map adds glitch effects and distortions for modern, eye-catching visuals. The Instant speed modifier disables interpolation between keyframes for snappy, precise animations. Blur and Unsharp mask can now be adjusted separately for parent and child objects. Quick Search. New Slide Styles and Transitions Find the perfect slide style or transition instantly. Type a keyword and PTE AV Studio will show you matching results immediately. No more scrolling through hundreds of options - just type "zoom", "push" or "fade" and get what you need. New transitions: Spots, Push Smooth, Rotating Linear Wipe. New slide style: Zoom Out with Fade. Faster Project Backups Backup your projects 2-3 times faster. The Create Backup in ZIP command now supports multiple files with the same name in different folders. Save precious time when archiving large projects with hundreds of high-resolution images and video clips. Other Improvements Export Slides to Images can now include transition effects Improved audio/video synchronization and smoother playback for variable frame rate videos HDR video support (Rec.2020 and HLG color spaces) Smaller executable show files (reduced by 3 MB) Transition group expand/collapse state is now remembered P.S. Click the "Follow" button at the top of this page to receive notifications about new Beta releases.

Hi, Please share your impressions of version 12.0 Beta. If you find any problem, please start a new topic for each one. Happy Christmas! Igor,

New transitions added in PTE AV Studio 12: Spots, Rotating Linear Wipe, Push Smooth Click to play video sample: New Transitions in V12.mp4

Absolutely love the sample project included with the new beta! Will be wonderful to explore many of the new features by going through those images and transitions. Much easier than aimlessly clicking buttons or printing out Igor's description sheet and looking for the updates. Great job and beautiful images, Barry Beckham! And I love the winking koala at the end! One of the changes that stands out to me so far is the ability to use a parent object to change the colors and opacity of it's associated children. Having to modify those settings for each one of those child images / objects in the past was a bit annoying.

Hi, In PTE AV Studio 12 we added a new speed modifier - "Instant". It allows you to achieve an instant change of any animation parameter between 2 keyframes (without smooth interpolation).You can apply it to Pan, Zoom, Rotate, Opacity and other animation parameters. If you have 2 keyframes, add the "Instant" modifier to the 1st keyframe. Download a demo project: Instant Animation.zip Video example: Instant Animation.mp4 Screenshot:

I really want layer overlay effects in this program, at least Screen and the usual Bounce fade effect in modifiers.

Merry Christmas to you and your team Igor! Thanks for the early Christmas present! I look forward to working with this new exciting version!

I would like to thank Jill and others who quickly answer PTE queries and provide valuable insights to forum members. I know that I personally have gathered a greater knowledge of the program through her. Kieron

Hi, I wish you a happy New Year and good health! New creative ideas, new projects in PTE AV Studio, and new travels. Our planet is a small fragile house in the endless ocean of Space. One planet for all people. I dream about peace and cooperation among all people from all countries. Thanks for your support

Thank you, Igor. I wish you and your team a Happy New Year. I’m looking forward to seeing what v12 has to offer.

Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! May this year bring joy, happiness, and fulfillment of your wishes! The slide has been compiled. In the latest version PTE.

Well, finally, we've finally got it! Thanks to Igor and the team for the pre-holiday surprise! I loved all the new features, each one is useful and improves the functionality of our favorite program! I especially appreciated the sound object, as it's been a long-awaited need. I think we'll get some interesting transitions with sound! I also really liked the ability to use video with keyframes, it's fantastic! I also really liked the RGB displacement effect (hello, glitches)! And you can definitely create something beautiful with the gradient map! Overall, thank you for your work! We'll try out all the new features and write more about them. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The 360-degree imagery requires a special application to make the videos which can then be further edited in PTE AV Studio. The original 360degree video cannot be edited directly in PTE. Glad you enjoyed them Mark

Thanks Kieron, always a pleasure to help. Jill

Tested and the problem is solved, thank you.

Hi, In PTE AV Studio 12, we've included a new function - Quick Search in the Slide Styles window and Transitions window. This allows you to quickly find or filter the desired transition or style by name, category, or author name. PTE AV Studio remembers your choice during the current session, independently for styles and transitions. You can hide the Quick Search bar in Preferences > Templates tab by unticking the "Search in styles and transitions" option.

Beta 2 is available See the download links above. Updated Dutch, French, and Spanish translations. Added full support for dead keys (^, `, ´, ¨, ~) on international keyboard layouts - French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, and others (Mac) Fixed an issue with sound objects being duplicated in custom transitions with multiple variants. Fixed an issue where Custom width and height fields were not visible in the New project window.

Hello all I’ve just tested this new feature in version 12, and it effectively replaces what I had probably somewhat clumsily called the “threshold effect.” This effect is based on the opacity of an image mask representing a grayscale pattern, where the opacity depends on the adjustment of black point and white point levels. The main drawback was that it required creating a key point for each gray value — up to 255 in order to cover the full range of shades. Several examples have been provided by different members on this forum (I’m probably not being exhaustive), for example: With the Gradient Map effect in v12, it is no longer necessary to create a large number of key points, since everything can now be controlled through the opacity parameter. This offers much greater flexibility in the adjustments, notably by allowing the use of animation speed settings, inverting the pattern (negative) to reverse the animation, and more. Below is an example of a transition made with the Gradient Map effect in version 12. Flying squares.pteeff Gradient map.mp4 Pascal.

Congratulations on the new version. It runs very well on my Mini PC with Core i 5. We'll be spending quite a bit of time with it. Warning: highly addictive! I would like to see various instructions for the updates posted online (especially for saving transitions and themes so that they can be restored). I'm already looking forward to the final version. Best regards

The amount of work and time spent "under the hood" is quite remarkable. Thank you, Igor and team. Merry Christmas and good luck in the New Year, Kieron

I understand how important this option for you (dynamic random slide order). We removed this feature in 2013 (since version 8.0) for 2 main reasons: 1. Technical complexity - this option made it very difficult to add new features to PTE. It created problems with: - Project duration (when "Keep full slide duration" is enabled); - Audio files linked to slides; - Linked video clips; And possibly other issues. 2. Modern workflow - most users now create video files instead of EXE shows, and random order is not applicable for video files at all. As an alternative, we added a new command that randomly shuffles slides once when you edit a project. I understand this doesn't meet your needs, but unfortunately we can't bring back the old feature due to these technical limitations. I'd be interested to hear what other users think about this. P.S. I moved your original message to a new topic here.

Hi Thanks for sharing this with Forum members. Here is my version of the template with best wishes for a safe and happy Christmas with a prosperous and peaceful 2026 Mark and Geraldine.

Hi Alex, like every year you've treated us to a really great activity. And a big thank you for sharing it every time. Wishing you very happy holidays!

Even what I have been told is copyright free has been banned by YouTube and Vimeo is the same. The only exception is FB which you need to share on their platform. I have changed the start in V3 and done a little editing of the images. I am also working on a "Bird Year Story". Thanks again Mark

Thank you.

I've used a copyright music a lot. Never had any problem. Until you are going to monetize the thing, I guess. Alex

Thank you! It's so diverse and yet so beautiful. I wish you a new year full of travel and wonderful experiences! I also really enjoy panoramic photography.

Mark, thank you for sharing beautiful photos and videos! Amazing views, animals, birds, beautiful palaces and squares of Europe. Music can add accents. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes dynamic. Good luck! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Joy and happiness to you and your family!

Mark, Nice stories. Sounds like you need some good music now. Don't forget to show us the final thing. Alex

Are you sure that you have added the image as a separate Object & it is not a Child of an existing Object. Before you add the new image make sure you Click off any other Objects. Click in a blank Space in the Object Panel bottom right of the O&A window. Your new image should then appear at the top of the stack & you should be able to see it. Even after using PTE for more than 20 years it is a mistake I still occasionally make when working in a rush Jill

Hello Alex, thank you for this New Year's card for 2025/early 2026. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones. René

Hello Alex, another beautiful and dynamic slideshow, as usual. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

very easy to do. Simply link those audio files to the slides you don't want. Then in Slide View delete the Slides, the audio files will be deleted along with the Slides. I would first move the audio clip on Track 2 to the right to roughly where you want it under Slide 6 Or you could delete those audio files from Track 1 first & then delete the 5 Slides. Again reposition Track 2 first Jill

Hi everybody, Here's couple of new Styles with Transition:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MEGRUVYCXZ3KBLNKOKeT9GptAKp3xD3F/view?usp=sharing I've used them with some variations to make flashback kind of slideshow. It's posted below. Best Alex55

Sort the images before importing by Date/Reverse order or Name. Apply the style to the images before or after importing. Publish as a video to view. Many newer cameras have a video timelapse option. Camera shutter speed should be 1/2 capture frame rate to add motion blur. If you capture at 5 second intervals the shutter speed should be 2.5 seconds. Thanks, Tom Update: Sep. 5 2025 Added 15 fps and 24 fps styles. Update Sep. 6, 2025 Added frame blending (dissolve transition) style for smoother video. Blending attempts to add synthetic motion blur but can create ghost images for fast moving objects. I also renamed regular version to quick. Update Sep 10,2025 Frame blending moved to another post in this thread. Timelapse Quick 30 fps.ptestyle Timelapse Quick 24 fps.ptestyle Timelapse Quick 15 fps.ptestyle

Hi Richard, Sasha (AleAle 5025 ) made many similar styles. Look here and remake as you need. Pattern. An Old Photo Album. Flipping through the photos Book 2 of 2022 Book Style I hope this helps you.

Hi everybody, Here's a another attempt to deal with all those family pictures.... Here's the Link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oeh4F07uGqbmANaEvc1q456h8XXOK-TY/view?usp=sharing

Hello everyone, Here's a style made from a tutorial created for After Effect and available on the "Effect For You" Youtube channel. For the PTE adaptation, I've slightly simplified the tutorial proposed by the EFY channel, especially by removing the particle effects on the appearance of the text. For ball movements, I've added the unofficial Damping factor parameter to the oscillation function. The style can be downloaded here. With a little advance, happy holidays. Pascal.

Hi South Coast. Adaptation of the Adobe After Effects Download: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/GmklwZtgiHx4ZQ

Hi! In the PTE program, I wanted to do something similar to the 3-d style. Here is such a room turned out. I wish you all success in your creative work. Download: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/pBeWWGpGENelwQ Installing a photo in a Book

A few examples of styles for a phone/smartphone. Download: https://yadi.sk/d/kWTEBlSeyH5dYQ Enjoy watching.

Hi everybody, Another attempt to fit a phone into TV screen. There're a several free Styles coming with. Note, there's no transitions between slides, so if slide begins with pictures in view those pictures are the same as the pictures at the end of the previous slide. Thanks for watching Here's the Link:

Pattern. An Old Photo Album. Hello. Simplified installation of photos in the Old photo album template. Replaced the archive. Download the updated version of the book template. Success. Download: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/gZQYat5_J0wplQ