Igor

Thank you for letting us know about this problem! We'll try to reproduce this situation and fix it.

Thanks for the information! I think now that it could be a problem with on board memory of video card that occur in 3D mode of video card. What do you see if choose some slide and click "Objects and animation" button ("Visual editor" in v4.48)? Did you try to run some 3D games on your PC, how they work? Please try to install latest DirectX 9.0c from www.microsoft.com and install latest NVIDIA ForceWare drivers from www.nvidia.com If it's a software problem it will help.

Stéphane, Excellent usage of new v5.00 Our congratulations! Thanks, we reproduced this situation and we will try to solve this problem. It happens because we operate with float point coordinates and sizes, but display has particular pixels and it's problem with rounding.

Please let us know: 1) Do you work with previous beta versions of v5.00? Or only with last official version 4.48? 2) Did you press Preview button in main window of PicturesToExe when it happens? 3) What video card you have installed and video memory size? 4) What version of Windows. If you have old video card with 16 MB of video memory, this problem will be solved in the next beta 9. If you have modern video card, I suppose the most likely drivers for your video card don't work correctly. Please install latest drivers.

Robert, Thanks! Sergey recently fixed that problem with error message. Please try special beta 8B: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/apr-deluxe_4-12-2006.zip (We reworked burning module, it temporarily doesn't show progress of burning) Try also set 320 kbit audio bitrate with this beta of Video Builder

Please try special beta 8B: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/apr-deluxe_4-12-2006.zip We reworked burning module (it temporarily doesn't show progress of burning) but maybe this beta will solve that problem with locking at 99%.

Gilbert, 1) What video card installed in your PC? 2) Did you try previous betas of v5.00 ? Or you worked only with old v4.48? 3) Can you play this slide show: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/Flowers.zip

Steve, Thank you for testing! Please send me these log files. Probably we didn't enough test burning on external firewire DVD writers. The error message in the log says that not all files were burned correctly. Also this reason why it had problem with playback on stand-alone DVD player. Bruce, I'm glad that it works now!

Geoff, We don't use Nero engine. We licensed another burning library that should not conflict with other burning software. Do you also had problem with 99% of burning of a disc in latest beta 8A that released today? If yes, please can you try with another DVD media?

Bruce, Please try also another DVD+R disc or burn disc on more slow speed. Al, It's another problem. That problem was with multiplexing of video files. But this problem occurs at the end of burning of a disc.

Please try updated beta 8A: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB) Start Video Builder. And press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Q You'll see special window. Choose "Create burning log" and please try to burn a disc. Please send me create burning.log file that will be created on disc C:\ int_support (at) wnsoft.com Also please send me screenshot of last messages in the log window during recording.

I just uploaded updated beta 8A http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB) It fixes one bug with "Perspective correction for Zoom" option. In some cases it just didn't work. And I fixed bug when installer didn't update Preview module. Dominique, But in your example all is right. Difference between sizes in two keypoints is about 65000 times. (65% and 0.001%) Perspective correction works this way. It like if imagine that you watch from Jupiter how Earth moves to Sun from Jupiter. Earth will quickly become an invisible point. If you set 1% instead of 0.001% all will be OK.

I just did addifional tests under Windows Vista (Release Candidate 2) and I found way to release this option in non-exclusive fullscreen mode of slide show and in second CPU based graphical engine. But in exlusive fullscreen mode it's not possible - blinking will occur on at startup of a slide show. v5.00 will suggest three screen modes: - Future CPU based graphical engine in v5.00 like it was used in v4.48 "Show first transition effect from desktop" option will work. - Hardware accellerated fullscreen mode (it uses video card, but Pan effect will not look enough smooth) "Show first transition effect from desktop" option will work. - Hardware accellerated EXCLUSIVE fullscreen mode (it uses video card, all effects look ideally) This mode used in all current betas of v5.00 "Show first transition effect from desktop" option will NOT work.

Dominique, I confirm this visual bug. It seems that it happens in some combination of parameters. We'll try to fix it today. Thanks!

Bruce, We'll try to solve this problem! [Edited by admin1]

I found bug in Preview function. It possible that you work with old variant of preview from previous beta. To fix this problem, please install new beta #8 again and immediately run fullscreen Preview. Now you'll have new Preview function (PTE will put new PtePreview.exe file). I'll fix this bug ASAP.

Try to set Zoom for some image. Then clone this object and make it 50% opacity in both keypoints. And set "Perspective correction" option. You should see difference in Preview or in created EXE file.

Old slide shows created in v4.48 with this option work as without this option at all - just transition effect from black screen to a first slide. No visual bugs.

Hans, Please write here if it possible. I'll try to answer. Dominique, p.s. did you notice that with "Perspective correction for Zoom" option, zooming in makes illusion of 3D space, like flight through space?

Steve, Please see a new topic I just started on the forum. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5239 Thanks to all for checking this beta version!

There is a problem with implementation of "Show first transition effect from desktop" option. A new window (e.g. slide show) always blinks when it appears under Windows Vista. I consider it's a bug in new Aero Glass interface that works in 3D space using hardware accelleration (as we use same mode in v5.00's slide shows). We think to don't support this option anymore. Because no chance to provide work of this option under Windows Vista. It would be strange if it will work under Windows XP and will not work correctly under Windows Vista. What you think about this?

No problem with produced AVI file or burned DVD-Video disc in PicturesToExe Deluxe. The problem may occur only in .EXE file with Hardware accelleration and "Vertical synchronization" of display mode. If you need you will able to produce .EXE files without "Vertical synchronization" option it will not have problem with gamma on some Radeon video cards. I hope that ATI will solve this problem in the new drivers. I'll remind them again and again.

We're very grateful to all who helped us to make better Video Builder in PicturesToExe Deluxe! Also thanks to Stephen Newcomb who told about interesting idea - true linear Zoom as in life. p.s. we're working already several months on all modes with sound synchronization. It will be ready in the next beta #9 soon. Fred, now "Objects and animation" window doesn't require video card. And video can be rendered on any PC. As next step, we'll add this second graphical engine to slide show engine in beta #9

We're working on sound synchronization and all related options right now. It will be in beta #9

PicturesToExe Deluxe v5.00 beta #8 http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB) What's new in beta #8 + Fully reworked Wnsoft Video Builder. It creates fully DVD-Video compliant discs now. + Added "Perspective correction for Zoom" option for objects. See "Objects and animation" window. With this option enabled we simulate true movement of a camera to an object. + Rendering of video takes lesser time now (on slides where no Pan/Zoom/Rotate effects). + Added "Scale keypoints in objects (on time change)" option in properties of a slide, "Main" tab. This option useful if you have complex animation (with several keypoints) and you need to change slide time from 4 seconds to 12 seconds, for example. + You can customize double click in the Slide list: show Slide window or Objects and animation window. See main menu | View | Advanced options. * Fixed several bugs in the main program of PicturesToExe.