Strange preview effect

[xahu34]

Hello,

has anybody also noticed the following effect:

Starting a show (with 2 images, 4 seconds each, random transitions, D3D on), the following happens: Before the show really starts, the first image is shown for a small fraction of a second (hardly to see). The effect is visibly stronger if I create a show (D3D off) of black images, each of which contains the advanced option to run the 2-image-show from above as external application. So I have an iterated view of the said show with a visible preview effect. Of course I can avoid the effect if the first slide starts with alpha-blending, or the show starts with a black image.

By the way, I have a new computer, WinXP, Athlon 64 X2 5000+, 2GB RAM, nvidia 8500GT, PTE 5.04.

Kind regards,

xahu34

Munich

[nobeefstu]

xahu34,

...each of which contains the advanced option to run the 2-image-show from above as external application...

If you remove this advanced option ... does your issue with preview effect also disappear. It appears to me by your initial comments that each of the 2 slides @4 sec is programed to run itself over again and again ? Explain.

[xahu34]

Hello,

it is as I said: I started an exe-file with a 2-image show with rather standard settings (double-click). Then there was a very short kind of flicker where I could guess that it showed the first image. Then the regular show started. This effect itself would not be very harmful, as hardly to be noticeable.

Then I made the simple experiment to have a kind of master show consisting of black images (each of which initiated a program call) just for the reason of concatenating several other shows to be presented without showing the desktop again and again, and without intermediate user interaction. In my experiment I just called the simple 2-image test show from above several times, mainly to see how the desktop behaves during the repeated program calls.

In this scenario the flicker effect from above was significantly stronger/longer: I could really see the first image (of my 2-image test show each time being started from inside the master show) for a short time. Then the image vanished, and then it appeared again and the test show really started.

The whole thing isn't that troublesome as I usually start a show with a black screen, and in this case the effect does not occur or at least can't be noticed.

My proposal: Just make the same experiment and see what happens!

Regards,

xahu34

Munich

[nobeefstu]

xahu34,

The monentary "flicker" is a known annoying issue many users have commented about. However, this issue is only relevant in Fullscreen mode w/D3D enabled. Igor is working to resolve/minimalize this effect.

Notes:

-When running a show in w/D3D enabled ... the full graphical power process is/can only be supplied to this first/one show @ a time.

-If you have multiple shows w/D3D enabled running from or at the same time as the first show ... the remaining shows will suffer from achieving the 60+ framerate and create unwanted/degrading performance behavior.

-'Run external program and Exit' is the command you want to select ... or ... build Menu shows w/out D3D enabled to launch your D3D enabled shows 1 @ a time.

Hope this helps ...