PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6 Beta 7

[Igor]

PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6 Beta

Download link:

http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (6 MB)

What new in version 5.6:

+ Added export of slideshow as a video. (See Main menu -> Create)

- Export of HD video for playback on PC, Mac and PS3.

- Export of video for iPhone/iPod.

- Publish online on Youtube.

- Publish online on Vimeo with HD quality.

+ New 3D transition effects between slides:

- Added "Flip 3D" effect.

- Added "Swap 3D" effect.

- Reworked "Curling of page 3D" effect. Set large radius parameter to get completely new effects.

+ Improvements in Objects and Animation window:

- Mask objects for creating of special effects. You can apply several

Masks to one image object.

- Music and sounds when you click "Play" button for preview.

- Added "Anti-shimmering (mipmapping)" option for Image and Text objects. This option prevents appearing of shimmering when object has zoom from small size to large size.

! "Original size" mode of objects has been replaced. Now use "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" mode in Project options | Screen tab. And "Size/position in pixels" button in Common tab of object properties.

+ Added "Color outside slide area" option (Project options | Screen tab). By default if you run widescreen slideshow (16:9) on 4:3 display you see black strips around the slide. Now you can choose this color.

+ Added menu on Create button.

+ Faster rewinding of slides in created EXE file and preview.

+ Improved installer of PicturesToExe, multi-lingual interface.

+ Various improvements.

Slideshow as video file and online slideshow:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8907

Important note:

In this beta slideshow in EXE format and Preview temporarily don't have all usual functions because we completely rewrote slideshow's engine.

- No "Run application" and no new special "Run slideshow"

- No "Wait for a key press" and looping of a slide.

These features will be available in the nearest beta releases.

Please post bug-reports in special topic:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8903

Beta 2:

* Fixed problem with locking of the program at beginning of encoding video (for PC, iPhone, Youtube, Vimeo).

* Fixed bug if set rarely used aspect ratio of a slide (more than 9:1)

* Fixed bug with thin black line in encoded MP4 video for iPhone/Youtube.

* Increased limit of bitrate to 24 mbit for "HD video for PC and Mac".

+ Activated "old" features:

- Print/Save dialogs in slideshows (if they used).

- Screensaver mode.

+ Updated French language file.

+ Various small improvements.

Beta 3:

* Fixed problem with encoding H.264 video under Windows Vista.

* Fixed bug with NavBar when an action is assigned for Left mouse button in slideshows.

* Fixed bug when Container of mask didn't remember assigned virtual size (in Properties tab).

* Fixed various small bugs in the main program of PicturesToExe.

+ Activated "old" features:

- "Pause when window of slide show becomes inactive" option (Project options | Main tab).

Beta 4:

* Fixed various bugs.

* Improved reliability.

Beta 5:

+ You can use 2-pass encoding of video (in preset for PC and Mac).

+ Improved speed of creating of video when "Pan and scan" option enabled.

+ Various small improvements.

* Fixed old bug with visual defects in Slide list after pressing of Win+L key, or after locking of PC.

* Fixed bugs with error message on attempt to delete a slide (if "Random show of slides" option was enabled).

* Fixed problem when creating of H.264 video for PC and Mac didn't start.

* Fixed bug with incorrect proportions of slide when "Pan and scan" option unchecked in creation of video for PC, iPhone, Vimeo.

* Fixed bug when values in Size/Position tool window (O&A editor) were not actual.

Beta 6:

* Fixed problem with uploading of created video to Vimeo.

* Fixed bug of previous betas when there were no music in created video files if music in WMA/OGG format.

* Small improvements.

Beta 7:

+ Improved encoder of H.264 video: quality of video better than created in previous betas, file size smaller on 30% but encoding takes on 30% more time.

+ "Pan & Scan" option (when you create MPEG4 video) is more intuitive now.

+ Added new FPS presets for creating of MPEG4 video: 24p, 50p, 60p.

+ Improved protection of images and music in created EXE file with slideshow against extracting.

+ Small improvements with inserting of a new keyframe.

* Fixed bug of previous betas when there were no music in created video files if music in WMA/OGG format.

* Fixed minor bug of previous betas with "Save slide" feature in slideshow. Incorrect slide number in file name - "Slide 5.bmp" instead of "Slide1.bmp" for a project with four slides.

* Fixed an old bug (since v5.5) when after renaming of a main image in Slide list or File panel MiniPlayer didn't display renamed image.

* Fixed an old bug (since v5.1) when changing of display resolution, locking of PC or Sleep mode applied during encoding of video caused visual defects in created video file.

* Fixed other small bugs in the main program of PicturesToExe.

[davegee]

Well done Igor and team.

Lots of new stuff to play with - I'm off to check the replacement for "Original Size"!!

DaveG

[Lin Evans]

Hi Igor and team,

Looks fantastic! Masking is really exciting and HD output is amazing! I've been busy making masks in anticipation of the release - am working on a demo now.... Thanks!

Lin

[fh1805]

Igor,

The new slideshow engine is wonderful. I gave v5.6beta1 "Kaleidoscope" to play with - and the animations are so silky smooth, it's unbelieveable! Well done to everyone who has been involved with this work. And those 3D transitions are great, too!.

Many thanks to you all.

Peter

[xahu34]

Igor,

I'm sorry to say that I haven't had the time so far to look at the new version close enough, so let me just ask one question: Will the final version of 5.6 include a screen option with simulated full screen mode?

Best regards,

Xaver

Munich

[mhwarner]

Hi Igor and team,

Looks fantastic! Masking is really exciting and HD output is amazing! I've been busy making masks in anticipation of the release - am working on a demo now.... Thanks!

Lin

Hi Lin,

Could you please share a few quick tips on masking. I have tried everything I can think of with every sort of mask I have (and I have a lot of them). Although the masks (and transparencies) seem to show up find in the O&A windows, when I run a preview, they show up only as a faint series of lines on my photos. Doesn't seem to matter whether the mask is a child of the image or whether it is at the same level as the image. Thanks in advance. Any help would be appreciated.

[Lin Evans]

Hi Mary,

See my demo here: download the PTE file to see how to set it up:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8906

Best regards,

Lin

Hi Lin,

Could you please share a few quick tips on masking. I have tried everything I can think of with every sort of mask I have (and I have a lot of them). Although the masks (and transparencies) seem to show up find in the O&A windows, when I run a preview, they show up only as a faint series of lines on my photos. Doesn't seem to matter whether the mask is a child of the image or whether it is at the same level as the image. Thanks in advance. Any help would be appreciated.

[mhwarner]

Thanks Lin!

That was helpful. For the effect I was trying to achieve (no animation, really, just providing some "ragged" edges for the photos), I was missing the part about inserting something else into the Mask Container. Once I put in a black rectangle directly below the mask itself, I was seeing exactly what I had expected to see initially. For others who might want the same effect, in the O&A window, it looks something like this,

Mask Container

|---Mask (some raggedy edge png file)

|---Rectangle (this is sold black)

ImageFile XYZ

And the slide then looks like this:

[LumenLux]

I came late to the party today, but quickly found the fun is just beginning! After reading early comments, I DL'd Lin's demos for my first thrill. So nice to have such an immediate glance into the expanding universe of PTE. Thanks Lin. But realizing the masking skills will take some personal investment of time, I then moved to the new transitions for some instant gratification. Igor's implementation of the 3-D Swap is nothing short of spectacular. For leisure viewing of fine photos it is supreme. On the other hand, I now have, with very little effort, the power to induce motion sickness into the most steady seaman or any unsuspecting U-tube veteran!

Thank you Igor for your skill and dedication.

[Cèlou]

Hello to all of you and congratulations to Igor and his entire team.

This new version will influence-in're all creators who like me use all the tricks of PicturesToExe.

Although very satisfied with the progress of PTE in several areas, knowing there is still work to do to have a unique and fabulous, I remain perplexed by the fact that you have deleted this version of the "Original Mode" which I was an essential function.

Like JPD I greatly regret its absence in this new version say that the works perfectly.

So I ask you dear Igor, why this step backwards or simply withdrawal?

Thank you in advance.

[Igor]

Thank you for your responses!

Xaver,

Will the final version of 5.6 include a screen option with simulated full screen mode?

I don't know, because smoothness of Pan/Zoom effects are worse than in true fullscreen mode. Same result as if you use windowed mode. Is it OK?

Cèlou,

Please see my response here:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=57567

[fh1805]

Igor,

I've just been exploring the O&A window and the way in which you've now added music playback. May I suggest the following be considered as further enhancements to this feature:

1..The ability to view the waveform in the O&A window

2..The ability to start the Play from the selected keyframe (equivalent to starting full screen preview from the currently selected slide)

The ability to see the waveform will be a great help when trying to produce animation that synchronizes exactly with the musical beat. The ability to begin playing at a selected keyframe will speed up the production of complex animations on a single slide (once you've got the first 10 seconds sorted out you will not have to play through it every time you want to check the next 10 seconds)

I hope you can include both of these. It will make the creation of animation much quicker.

regards,

Peter

[xahu34]

Xaver,

I don't know, because smoothness of Pan/Zoom effects are worse than in true fullscreen mode. Same result as if you use windowed mode. Is it OK?

Igor,

It is my impression that it would be helpful, at least for Win XP users with ATI cards who use PZR in a restricted way, as many photographers do. So, I would propose to extend the windowed mode in order to achieve a (simulated) full screen with a user defined aspect ratio, and/or a full screen window with a slide area of fixed size and the option to fill the outside part of the slide area.

Best regards,

Xaver

[Cèlou]

En Français

Tout à fait d'accord avec les demandes de Peter, concernant les formes d'ondes.

Au sujet de la timeline de l'éditeur d'objet (OA), sera-t-il possible à l'avenir et c'était entre autres unes de mes suggestions, de pouvoir sélectionner plusieurs points sur cette timeline afin de les déplacer voire même les copier?

Merci de votre réponse

In English

Strongly agree to requests by Peter on the waveform.

About the timeline of the publisher of object (OA), will it be possible in the future and was among one of my other suggestions, to select several points on this timeline to move even even copy?

Thank you for your response

На русском языке

Решительно согласен с просьбами о Питер сигнала.

О сроках от издателя объекта (OA), можно будет в будущем, и был одним из моих других предложений, чтобы выбрать несколько точек на этом сроки перейти даже даже копию?

Спасибо за Ваш ответ

[Igor]

Peter,

Thanks, waveform for O&A in my TODO list, but not for v5.6, sorry.

Xaver,

Difficult question. Because of bugs of ATI, users will create slideshows with less smoothness of animation, how good it?

Cèlou,

will it be possible in the future and was among one of my other suggestions, to select several points on this timeline to move even even copy?

I remember about this request. But it's serious change in the code of PicturesToExe.

Russian translation is terrible, sorry! Please use English translator only

[maizeray]

Cher Igor,

Je viens d'apprendre que la version PTE 5,6 bêta est en ligne.

Curieux j'ai regardé votre travail et j'ai malheureusement découvert que la fonction "ajuster à l'original" avait disparu.

Je suis très déçu parce que cette fonction est très uitilisée dans nos diaporamas et je dois avouer que je me m'interroge

pour l'avenir.

Je n'ose pas imaginer que cette fonction soit tout simplement supprimée.

Merci de tenir compte de cet avis et j'espère avoir le plaisir de la retrouver dans la prochaine version bêta.

Amitiés.

Pierre

Dear Igor,

I just learned that the PTE 5.6 beta version is online.

Curious I watched your work and I unfortunately discovered that the "adjust to the original" had disappeared.

I am very disappointed because this function is widely used in our slide shows and I must confess that I wonder

for the future.

I dare not imagine that this is simply deleted.

Thank you to heed this advice and I hope I have the pleasure to find in the next beta.

Friends.

Pierre

Уважаемый Игорь,

Я только что узнал, что PTE 5,6 бета-версии в Интернете.

Любопытный я наблюдал за вашей работой, и я, к сожалению, обнаружили, что "приспособиться к оригинал" исчез.

Я очень разочарована, поскольку эта функция широко используется в нашем слайд-шоу и я должен признаться, что я задаюсь

на будущее.

Я не осмеливаются себе, что это просто исключено.

Благодарим вас прислушаться к этой рекомендации, и я надеюсь, что я имею удовольствие, чтобы найти в следующей бета-версии.

Друзья.

Пьер

[xahu34]

Xaver,

Difficult question. Because of bugs of ATI, users will create slideshows with less smoothness of animation, how good it?

Igor,

Using the windowed mode is a kind of compromise, of course. I just made a proposal which might be helpful for some users with ATI systems. The decision is on your side.

Best regards,

Xaver

[1colibri]

Hi Igor,

Many thanks to release the 5.6 Beta1

I really appreciate to have the opportunity to test it.

My first concern is about the fact that you remove the "adjust to the original" option that we use intensively in all our productions.

This is a very helpful solution when we want to adjust format to various media.

I hope it's not a big deal for you to maintain this option beside the other feature you are offering in this new release.

I really appreciate the mask feature and other improvement to edit to various support as youtube etc..

I will pursue my inquiries and let you know.

Regards

Jean-Claude

[Igor]

Dear friends!

Please read my notes about replacement for Original size mode:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=57567

I need more information why my suggested replacement could be less useful than Original size mode. Thanks in advance!

[Lmoreels]

Dear friends!

Please read my notes about replacement for Original size mode:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=57567

I need more information why my suggested replacement could be less useful than Original size mode. Thanks in advance!

Dear Igor,

I made a sequense for Flanders image festival on my PC with a screen 1240/1024.

It has to be shown on a full HD TV. objects had not the same size and place on the TV screen.

after a few tests it wort out well.

With new 5.6 it is more easy a think.

see http://www.mediafire.com/?dd410dvlll3

Luc M

[JPD]

Many new fetures in this beta Version.

New slideshow's engine :

Among the numerous feature, one is important and we don't see it : it' the new engine, and it's really better now, it doesn't use CPU when nothing move in the slideshow as V4 does. In V5, the CPU was always used. Bravo to Igor and team for that.

The "Anti-shimmering (mipmapping)" :

The first good idea is that it work only for 85% or less of global resizing, so, no problems of quality at 100% and it seem to have an effect which grow up between 85 % and about 50 % of resizing (difficult to make measurement). It work better than blur and have not the default of blur at 33.333 %.

New 3D transition effects between slides:

Very nice, now that you made perspective on a rectangle during a transition, I think many people will ask you soon to do the same for objects

Mask objects for creating of special effects :

Also very nice (and more) it permit many effects very fantastic, maybe it's possible to make it a little easiest and a little powerfull (parent-child function on mask)

Here is a little example of what we can do with mask

Music and sounds when you click "Play" button for preview :

Very interesting, maybe a pause button to stop where we are would be usefull to put a keypoint at the good place.

Added "Color outside slide area" :

A good feature

Added export of slideshow as a video :

I have especially test HD video, the quality of pictures is very good, the only problem is that is not enough smooth for some effects, when a title move or a photo with a white frame for instance.

I made hundreds test about this problem, and am now sure that it's smooth for all slideshows at 60 fps and only with a screen synchronized at the same value (50 fps aren't enough for some slideshows, even on a 50hz screen).

It would be interesting at least for 1280 x 720 definition to have this possibility (for Full HD today, only very few PC are abble to read smoothly, too much power required)

Note : be carefull, the mp4 are on 0-255 range and not on 16-235 range, so if the player hasn't the good parameter, there will be too much contrast. On some graphic card you can choice the range for video (Nvidia 9600 for exemple).

"Original size" mode of objects has been replaced :

I have made a suggestion which seems to me more interesting for everybody, more simple and more logical. it's in this topic

I hope that my explanations are enough clear, if not, ask question.

[Igor]

Thanks, Jean-Pierre!

I'll read your suggestions and will reply tomorrow.

In fact the new engine supports 3D for objects - but this feature locked for next versions

[Adda]

Hi Igor and all PTE-Friends!

First half hour after downloading and installing I was frustrated, because I don't understand how to use masks.

But then, I understood it and it works great.

Tank you for mask-function, Igor.

First very short attempt:

http://www.dfotos.de/downloads/Masken3.exe

Best regards

Andreas

[JPD]

Thanks, Jean-Pierre!

I'll read your suggestions and will reply tomorrow.

In fact the new engine supports 3D for objects - but this feature locked for next versions

It was I though, you see, sometimes we have the same logic

Thanks a lot to you and your team

[jkb]

Hi, I have been playing with the new transitions, especially the Swap 3D. Is it possible to change the black background to a colour or even better to a tiled image. I have tried all the settings but it still stays black.

Have yet to decide how best to use Masks, but the possibilities look really good.

Thanks to Igor & the team for all your hard work.

Jill