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Nettleton, All Intel integrated video cards are very slow. Even your Radeon X300 faster in several times. So please choose laptop with NVIDIA or ATI video cards (better with own video memory). For this reason Intel's GMA 900 (i915) even will not support new Aero Glass inteface in Windows Vista, although it fully supports DirectX 9 and Pixel Shaders 2. The reason - they work exceptionally slow in 3D mode.

Jim, Of course, I remember about it. Sound comments temporarily don't work in current beta. But next beta 4 will have all music/sound modes workable. It's very interesting problem with playback of WAV file in the timeline window. 1) How you played this WAV file in Customize synchronization window? By Preview button (fullscreen slideshow) or Play button (on timeline)? 2) Please start new project in v5.00 beta 3, add a couple slides and put this WAV file. Press "Play" button. Then click Preview button to see fullscreen slideshow. Let me know please about quality of music. 3) What parameters of this WAV file - is it usual 44.1 KHz, 16-bit, Stereo PCM format? 4) If problem still exists, try to add another WAV file. 5) Will the problem occur with MP3 files? 6) What is your video card, CPU, sound card and version of Windows? I will grateful for your help! Fred, Probably AVI video output will work again in beta 5

Please reply me, do you hear music in this slideshow: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.zip

Al, Thanks, we know about this bug. It's mistake in some mathematical formulas. Unfortunately it can't be quickly solved, we'll fix it when it will possible.

Thank you, Lin

Very impressive, we're glad that you use so many new features of PicturesToExe 5

David, It's temporal limitation of current beta of v5.00 Previous v4.48 and future v5.00 release will support portrait photos. Ron, Except of Pan/Zoomed slideshow, on my opinion

Dominique, Please send me sources files of this project with this slide only. (Delete other slides, then Main menu | File | Create backup...) int_support@ <nospam> wnsoft.com I think I know why this visual "problem" happens, if I understood rightly the problem. It's not a bug in this case. Just all images, including masks, show and scaled with bilinear filtering. For example, increase or reduce size for this image (where located both layers - mask and picture) in Photoshop. You'll see same thin white edges now. But if before resizing you will choose "Nearest Neighbor"resampling method, this problem will not occur. So teorethically we can add special option for image objects. But I'm afraid there will be very small number of users who will use this mode.

Dominique, I'm afraid it's impossible technically and logically. It's like be in two places simultaneously Of course, works on Visual editor are not stopped, I will continuously improve it. p.s. I did right order of objects in the list (Objects and Animation window) in beta #4. As somebody noticed that earlier order in the list was inverted, not as Photoshop layers.

Lin, A very logical suggestion. I'll try to do as you said in the next beta #4 Thank you.

It seems that there are no bugs in v5.00 beta #3?

Since v5.00 beta #3 I set "Close after last slide" mode by default. You can choose "Repeat" in Main tab, Project options. So after showing of last slide (duration specified in proporties of this slide) slideshow exits. Music also stops on exit. But in current beta music may stop a little sharply (without fading out during 10 ms.). Music will stop more softly in the next beta #4

If problems with orange borders occurs already on first several slides, try to remove other slides and save it as new project.

If your EXE file up to 10 MB, please send it to my email address - int_support@ <removethistext> wnsoft.com I'll try to reproduce those two problems.

Please let me know what video card you have installed? Version of DirectX and version of Windows. How my PteShow demo work on your PC: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.zip

Next beta #4 will include fully working synchronization, WMA/OGG support, personal music, and sound comments. And Left/Right/Space keys for manual changing of slides.

Is it possible to create EXE file and play it? If EXE file with slide-show has same problem even with several slides, please send me such small EXE file to my email address. Also I just prepared a little modified beta #3 http://www.wnsoft.com/test/pte500b3_A.zip Please try it.

Thanks, I'll try to reproduce this problem now.

Dominique, It's in my TODO list for future versions. Lin, Left/Right arrows always work only for currently focused control (timeline, editor, list of objects, etc)

If somebody has video card ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, please write me to int_support@ <nospam> wnsoft.com I need to test v5.00 on this video card.

30 images (especially large) on one slide is a reason of not smooth Pan/Zoom effects even on enough powerful video card. It better to help video card and divide images on separate slides as it possible. - PicturesToExe have to load all 30 images on one slide and keep them in video memory. - But if divide them on 30 slides, PicturesToExe will load new slides when it necessary and will unload previous slides from video memory. p.s. you can select keypoints on the timeline using Left/Right arrows keys.

John, Please send me .pte project file only (528 KB), I'll try to reproduce this problem on Monday. int_support@ <removethistext> wnsoft.com

linzi Currently PicturesToExe v5.00 beta requires DirectX 8.1 or higher and video card with at least 32 MB of video memory. In the final version slide-shows with Pan/Zoom will work on any PC.

We plan to release final release of v5.00 at August-September. This version is almost ready. We spent 1 year only for new graphical engine which uses video card. Now we're quickly working on re-activation of "old" functions.

John, We solved problem with smoothness of Pan/Zoom effects because of possible high activity of antiviruses/firewall and other background program. Please try newest beta #3