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Andrew, Thanks, I hope Trend Micro will quickly resolve this false alarm.

Andrew, Of course, no viruses in that file. I check up files with an antivirus before publishing. Then I check up file with another antivirus later at home. It should be false detection. Or probably the file was infected already after downloading?

Beta 8: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (5 MB) + Effective usage of screen space in Slide list for 16:9, 4:3 and other formats of slides. + Updated language files. + "Repeat Music after Playing" option is turned off by default in a new project now. * Fixed minor bug in mini-player (stuttering of picture in several seconds after switching to a fullscreen mode). * Fixed some bugs with "Snap To" option of the Grid (Objects and animation) in some cases.

Barry, If all agree, I set unchecked "Repeat Music after Playing" by default for a new projects. Jean-Pierre, It's possible to shift the grid, see arrows buttons.

We all in WnSoft are grateful to Ron Wilkinson for his contribution to the development of PicturesToExe. His suggestions and comments over many years helped make this program better. Thanks, Ron. Igor Kokarev, Main developer of PicturesToExe, WnSoft, www.wnsoft.com Russia

Beta 7: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (5 MB) + Added Grid (Ctrl+G) to "Objects and animation" editor. You can adjust parameters of the grid and enable "Snap To Grid" option. + Added "Set End of Last Slide at End of Music" command to "Timed points" menu in Timeline view. * Fixed bug of previous betas when "Shift points" operation mistakenly shifted selected and not selected transition points. * Fixed bug of previous betas when "Opacity" parameter of button's background didn't work. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). * Fixed small visual bug of Beta 6 in the timeline with mouse cursor. * Fixed bug of previous betas when changing of "Blur" and "Edge antialiasing" options didn't update view of an image in the editor.

Eddie, I think it will be availabile in future version(s). Already recorded in my TODO list.Mike, Sorry, I was not able to reproduce those two bugs. If it will happen again, please try to write a sequence of steps how to reproduce the problem. And make a backup of this slideshow in ZIP archive.

How sadly hear that Ron Wilkinson not here anymore! He have joined to the new forum in 2002 as 8th user and wrote 1114 messages.

For enthusiasts who would like to see how future Anti-shimmering option will work in v5.6, can try this option right now (in v5.5 it works in the editor, mini-player, AVI, DVD and not in EXE file): In .pte project file, find object and the next line: MipLevels=0 Change to MipLevels=1

For images which you will use for Zoom effect: 1. Don't use nor Bicubic Sharper resampling, nor Unsharp filter. 2. Sometimes it's necessary to apply slight Gaussian filter or enable "Blur" option in PicturesToExe for that image. In some cases shimmering still can occur (especially if you set zoom from large size 100% to very small - 1% for example). In future version 5.6 we'll add special anti-shimmering option which completely removes moire in any cases, but the image will look a little soft.

I bought Epson TW2000 (1080UB) projector mainly for movies and secondly for watching slideshows. This projector has 1920x1080 screen resolution which exactly matches to Blu-Ray movies. Of course, the most of other slideshows I have seen created for 1280x1024 screen size. But I plan create my future slideshows at 1920x1080, because I'll burn these slideshows on AVCD disc or Blu-Ray disc. Also I watch quickly created sequences of my new photos on the projector at full 1920x1080 resulution. And photo look very impressive on a large screen with deep colors and high resolution. As I know only projectors for home cinema (now it's 1920x1080 FullHD) delivers highest quality of a picture, high contrast (natively 4000:1 and more) and deep rich colors. Low fan noise. Epson TW2000 (1080UB), JVC HD100, Sony VW60, etc.

Lin, Yes, in Beta 7 or 8.

Ray, I confirm this problem. Sorry about such obvious bug. Cor, I'll check up tomorrow.

Ops, I'll fix it in Beta 7. Thanks

Al, Please explain in more details, I didn't understand, sorry. - As I know you can drag a new slide from the File panel and insert to the time where you want. - In Slide list you can insert new slide between two current one. Don't forget about state of "Hold time points" option in status bar when Slide list on the screen. I have just added "Set End of Last Slide at End of Music" command to "Timed points" menu in Timeline view to next Beta 7. Also I added auto-adjusting when you set splitter near to end of slideshow (+/- 200 ms.) to precisely end the show with end of music.

Peter, I think it's a good idea and Al also suggested this option (as Project options). Having read your thoughts why it should be accessed as a command (not as option), I finally received confirmation to my own thoughts how it should be done. I'll add this option to "Timed points" menu.Andrew, I'm thinking about this possibility now - can it be realized or not.

Beta 6: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (5 MB) + Updated some language files. + Click on time label (0:14) in mini-player sets the cursor to very beginning of the show. Click on slideshow duration label (7:77) moves cursor to the end of a slideshow. + Faster work of the timeline on very long slideshows (one hour and longer). + Light table (F4) can be accessed from Timeline mode. + You can adjust end of a slideshow on the timeline (dragging vertical green line after last slide). Please look at this screenshot: Barry, I hope that problem with Windows Vista will not occur anymore in this beta.

Haver, It's not a visual bug. Place two slides, each one with 1 sec's duration and 1 second for transition effect. And you'll see.

Barry, Press Shift+Del to remove only transition point keeping slide. Because Timeline and Slide list both are located in the main window they should utilize same common functions and hotkeys. For this reason Del removes slide. You can do it via popup menu | Explorer sub-menu. There is a danger if we add Del key for this, because all other file operations of PicturesToExe in the main window are virtual and don't delete real files.Concerning problem with Beta 5 under Windows Vista. We've added some changes and I hope it will not happen again. If crashes will occur again in Beta 6 or later, please let me know.

Thank you for all your responses, suggestions and bug-reports! I'll reply step by step on all messages. Barry, The bug you described in post #121 with selecting and dragging keypoints or slides: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=52471 I have already fixed in Beta 5. It happened when an effect duration is equal or longer than duration of its slide. Al, I'll add this function to mini-player. I can't do it technically. After integration to the main window, timeline is only alternate view of Slide list. If slide exists it should be displayed in the timeline, impossible to hide keypoint of a slide. Thanks, I already know about this problem and thinking how to fix it. I'll make moveable this vertical red line to ajudst duration of a slideshow. I thought about an option with automatical adjusting of duration, but it causes various logical problems if add new slide to the end or re-arrange slides. I'll try to make it possible. Technically it possible, just I have to add one more layout. If it really necessary, I'll make it in the next version(s).

Grid will appear in Beta 6 of version 5.5

Barry, 1. It happened only once, or Beta 5 doesn't start under Windows Vista at all? 2. Did you try previous beta versions under Vista? 3. And how version 5.1 works? p.s. I'll reply on other questions tomorrow. Thanks!

Beta 5: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (5 MB) * Fixed bugs of previous betas with displaying of some images in "Original size" mode. (It didn't affect on created EXE files). Thanks to Jean-Pierre who helped us to find and reproduce several such mistakes during beta-testing of v5.5 * Fixed small other bugs in Slide list. * Fixed bug with error messages because of mini-player on some project.

Barry, Thanks! I'm very glad. There is huge Play/Stop "button" - just click left mouse button on mini-player

Sorry, I have forgot about your request. Please remind me the problem.