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It's good to see quick fixes like this time. Note that my old software "PTE AV Studio 10.5 Pro" tells me that it is "Version: 10.5.9 (64 bits) Build2" ; Great. Every time I upload a new version 11, like this one, I have no indication of the "build", just "version: 11.0 (64 bits)", which is a bit frustrating as I cannot be sure to use the latest one. That should be solved for V12, I know.

Thanks, Jill, that was exactly my point: one has to "look for the latest version". This will be solved with V12, thanks Igor.

I have lately been using the Beta 7 Version 11.0.0 (stamped "05 December"). "Help / Check for Free Updates" returns: "You are using the latest version of PTE AV Studio Pro 11.0.0". Now that I just installed "PTE AV Studio 11 Release Candidate 3" (stamped "23 December"), I get the same message with this query. It is a pity that updates cannot be found directly from the program in use. Details on the "Build" version would help decide which version is the latest.

Thanks, Jill, for testing too. My slide shows are usually shown via a Full HD projector (or a standard TV) with a maximum pixel count of 1980 horizontally, which I do not change. In that case, I need to touch the magic golden lock to activate different aspect ratios. I can also use a 4K TV, with double the pixel count. The pixel dimension of 1600x1200 for a 4:3 aspect ratio is a good idea for pictures to be printed, but not useful for a TV show, in my case.

Thanks for the explanations, Igor. The option DOES NOT seem to work for me and the current Project Aspect ratio is NOT used for the slide export. Until I touched the LOCK icon, the aspect ratio was never correct.

Hi Igor Thank you for the rapid change. At first, the new feature appeared NOT to work and the shown aspect ratio for export was NOT the actual project ratio, but the one previously used. I've moved between different projects with aspect ratios of 3:2, 16:10 and 16:9. I then discovered the little yellow lock, shown between Width and Height. If activated (or de-activated?), this lock gives the proper dimension for the calculated Height. Good. But shifting from project to project, this little yellow lock needs to be touched every time. Note that upon change of project, I choose "NOT" for the answer to: "Project has been changed. Do you want to save it?". By default, I think that I prefer that the project aspect ratio is used for the export of its slides. Is that possible? Thanks again for listening to your users.

Hi, Igor. I did think you would agree with this suggestion. Thank you. Hopefully, it should not be too difficult to implement.

The aspect ratio defined in Project / Project options can vary from one project to another. I often use 16/9, but also 16/10 so that I do not need to crop too much my photos which have a native aspect ratio of 4/3 = 16/12. When export slides to Images, it would be nice if the current project ratio was used for the resulting image. Presently this is not updated when using this new (and most useful) feature. It can be manually input, for sure, but then this value "sticks" for the next project where it may not be correct.

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"Current position" works only for a single slide (obviously). To make a pseudo archive of a whole slide show (for printing purposes, maybe), then an alternative position in the time-line for all slides could be of value (centre, for instance)

Many thanks, Xenoflex2 (and to Barry of course) as that's exactly what I was looking for. MP4 Cover or Vignette or Icon or Thumbnails... Different words for the same topic in this case. That makes the "search" a bit difficult

Good news, this version 11. Thanks, Igor, for the beta tests. The output of each slide as a JPG file (or PNG) works quickly. Good. It takes the appearance of each slide at time zero. In the case of animations that build on the first image shown, it may be interesting to be able to record the last appearance of each slide, or perhaps the state of the slide in the middle of the animation. What does the user community suggest?

Thank you both, for the idea which I like. I shall use the added feature when it comes.

Repeated request for this additional option: "select video thumbnail manually'.

Hello everybody I have just tried my suggestion to Rosemary, but it does NOT work: Lightroom can be told which image to display for a given video, but that is a feature within Lightroom and the original video file is not changed: Same vignette as before. Definetly a feature I would like to find in a future revision: to be able to choose which image in the video appears in the MS/Windows explorer (or Finder with Mac).