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PicturesToExe Deluxe Version 7.0 The User`s Guide

1. 4 Use hardware acceleration DirectX Color outside slide area 0 Screen and Slide here you can shoose Fullscreen or Windowed mode The default is always Fullscreen Virtual size of slide gives you an opportunity to set any size of the image for your slideshow If you change the size of the image in these boxes the aspect ratio will be also changed automatically It is necessary to add it is helpful only for professional users This option is described in more details in the section Objects and Animation Common Tab p 31 Fixed size of slide in pixels is the option which doesn t allow the picture to change in size if the screen is larger than the picture itself In this case the black lines which color you may change appear If the option is unchecked the picture can be zoomed The next option Caption of show works only for the Windowed Mode If you have chosen Fullscreen mode then this option is of no use to you Hardware acceleration option should be generally checked if you create the show with animations It gives you an opportunity to watch your slideshow with a better quality 0 If the image does not fill the whole screen there will be black lines on the screen In this case you can choose the Color outside slide area by clicking on the button A and selecting the suitable color 49 Aspect Ratio This article will help you to prepare your slideshows for burning on DVD by using Pictur
2. cab Internet Es nia E E It is necessary to add that now Pictures ToExe remembers the last open folder with images to every saved project 19 Preview Window for a Selected Slide or Image When you click on the necessary image in the file panel or the slide list it appears in the Preview Window for a Selected Slide or Image You should remember that if you choose the image in the file panel it is just be seen in the preview window and you won t be able to customize it But if you choose the slide in the slide list you will be able to make all necessary changes Here you can see the chosen image and some of its control buttons Commen t Change Image File Add Sound or Voice I Ma i n image shows the cu rre nt id position of your chosen file 0 In the Comment box you can write any suitable comment to the image If it s not very convenient for you to write in the comment line you can click on the icon next to the line The dialog box appears and you can write any comment You will see this comment on the very slide you have chosen ail gt 00 04 002 la E 00 37 Customize Slide Objects and Animation Slide2 of 8 x 0 In the Add sound or Voice box you can add the necessary sound file to a certain slide or add any voice comment which you can record right here in the Pictures ToExe When clicking on this button the foolowing window appears AAA If you want to a
3. Lossless Compress BMP Images helps to compress images of BMP format Allow modification of slideshow EXE file Crypt images music against extracting from EXE file Enable PTE Program Sounds are self explanatory a Selecting the feature the Load Last Used Project is necessary if you want the last project automatically opened when you open Pictures ToExe It s very convenient if you work at one project for a long time 2 Options Show and Keep full slide duration are set by default but you can uncheck them Option Show full slide duration shows the slide duration itself and the duration of transition effect for the next slide Option Keep slide duration is helpful if the slides in your slideshow have different duration and while changing their places their duration is not changeable a The next two options Customize Slide on Double Click and Objects and Animation on Double Click may be chosen depending on your preference and frequency of usage of these two features a Minimize video card usage for slow PC should be selected for better quality when using animation effects but if you don t have a very good graphics card a Show real slide in mini player and Show real slide in Slide List are two options which help you to see the real size of the slide the size like in the slideshow in the preview window and in the slide list a Choose display for preview is the option which allows you to select the monitor for th
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5. O Object in Pictures ToExe is any image file frame comment text or button in the Object List OGG is an open standard for a free container format for digital multimedia unrestricted by software patents and designed for efficient streaming and manipulation The name Ogg refers to the file format which can multiplex a number of separate independent free and open source codecs for audio video text such as subtitles and metadata The term Ogg is often used to refer to Audio File Format OGG Vorbis that is Vorbis encoded audio in the Ogg container Opacity is the state of being impenetrable to light An opaque object is neither transparent allowing all light to pass through nor translucent allowing some light to pass through When light strikes an interface between two substances some of the light is reflected some is absorbed and the rest is transmitted P PAL Phase Alternating Line is a colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world Other common analog television systems are SECAM and NTSC PAL was developed by Walter Bruch at Telefunken in Germany The format was first unveiled in 1963 with the first broadcasts beginning in the United Kingdom and Germany in 1967 PDF Portable Document Format is the file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange PDF is fixed layout document format used for representing two dimensional documents in a manner ind
6. With the help of the object list you can not only add or delete different objects but also adjust them When right clicking on the object list you may perform different operations Add As have been said already you may Add Delete Cut Copy and Paste objects You may also change the order of the objects Put to Center l l z Re lt e Besides you may also use keyboards shortcuts for quicker work at ower Screen Alt 5 aaa E your objects For better understanding of this option it is better to experiment with them Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Bring to Front 5hift PgUp Select All Ctrl 4 Send to Back Shift PgDn See Forward One Ctrl PgUp File Info Ctrl I Back One Ctrl PgDn 35 Video Clips in Slideshow You can add Video Clips in Slideshow After adding the video clip you can adjust it and make some manipulations which are described further The supported video files are MP4 MOV AVI MPG FLV MTS and others the supported video codecs are H 264 MPEG2 MPEG4 ASP DIVX XVID MJPEG and others Recommended video formats for best performance are MPEG4 ASP DIVX XVID MPEGZ2 You can add video clips into your project by two ways In the Main Window File list the video files are displayed You can simply drag n drop one or several of them into the Slide list below Video clips will become usual slides with video objects In the Objects and Animation Editor select any existin
7. Select frame After adjusting this window press the button Next to go to the next step When clicking the following window for burning the disc will be opened e Untitled WnSoft Video Builder 7 0 Beta 11 00 00 File Help Project name Untitled Create MPEG2 Files C Windows Temp v Create DVD folders C Users user Documents io Create ISO image C Users user Documents Burn DVD disc Untitled_110710 Include additional folders and files to disc Deviechontions DvD4 7 23 MB 00 00 26 ra Modified 0 First you can enter the name of your project In our example the project is untitled but in your project you can click on this word and enter any name you wish 0 If you wish you can create MPEG2 Files DVD Folders and an ISO image of your project Check the boxes and just choose the folders for them on your computer 0 In Burn DVD disc option the device and the speed of burning is determined automatically Of course if you have several burning devices you can choose among them 0 You may also include any additional folders and files to the disc if you want For doing this you should check the box and by clicking on the folder select the files from your computer Once you have done all this press the Start button in the right lower corner of the window 74 Video for iPad and iPhone If you select to publish Video for iPad and iPhone you will see the following window oleadas
8. What is the largest size that the generated executable file can be The resulting executable file can be up to 4 GB What additional files are needed to run the executable file of the slideshow on my computer or any other computer No other files are necessary to run the executable file Does PicturesToExe work under the 64 Bit version of Windows 7 and Windows Vista Yes it supports fully Where can download the examples of slideshows created with Pictures ToExe You can find our slideshows at http www wnsoft com picturestoexe slideshows and a lot of slideshows created by users of Pictures ToExe at http www beechbrook com pte Problems lost PicturesToExe PC crash etc How can I reinstall the program without being charged again You can download the latest version of PicturesToExe from http www wnsoft com picturestoexe You can request a new registration key at the technical support web page http www wnsoft com support Autorun doesn t work There are many reasons why it may not work 1 Probably CD autorun is disabled in Windows system 2 The inf file and slideshow executable file should be in the root of the CD have launched PicturesToExe but the interface language looks unfamiliar How can switch to English or another language Open the fifth menu from the top panel of PTE window Select the fourth line and then switch to the necessary language from the list When I try to open save one of my proj
9. User Guide Online F1 Zoom In Ctrl F11 Zoom Out Ctrl F 12 Object and Animation Window Add Image Ctrl 1 Rectangle Ctrl 2 Text or Hyperlink Ctrl 3 Button Ctrl 4 Frame Ctrl 5 Mask Ctrl 6 Video Ctrl 7 Add Keyframe Here Ins Cover Screen Alt S Delete Keyframe Del Inore Objects Not Selected Alt Play Stop Ctrl P Select All Ctri A VideoBuilder File Info Ctrl U New Ctrl N Open Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Save As Shift Ctrl S 80 Glossary of Necessary Terms A Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2 D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement lt is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program although several other forms of presenting animation also exist Antialiasing is the technique of minimizing the distortion artifacts known as aliasing when representing a high resolution signal at a lower resolution In the image domain aliasing artifacts can appear as wavy lines or bands or moire patterns or popping strobing or as unwanted sparkling in the sound domain as rough dissonant or spurious tones or as noise Anti aliasing is used in digital photography computer graphics digital audio and many other domains Aspect Ratio of
10. if you want to customize buttons or frames and to set them regularly It is centered on the image from the left upper corner You may also customize the grid on clicking the button near the icon Grid In this case you see the following window First you can customize the Color s of the grid by clicking the button A The first box is for the whole grid and the second box is for every tenth cell of the grid From the example you can see that the color of the whole grid is green and of every tenth cell is orange You may also show this grid in pixels or just in columns Color s A Moving the bar near this option gives you an opportunity to enlarge or diminish the grid If you set to show the grid in F In pixels F i columns you see two boxes with numbers where you can set the necessary number of columns vertically the first Snap To Grid box and horizontally the second box The Offset is used if you want to move the grid relatively Offset C hi You can move the grid up and down or to the left and to the right with the help of arrows which are situated beside the option itself 21 0 The icons Copy and Paste are used to save images and other effects and to use them later with other slides It s very convenient if you want to use similar effects and transitions with several objects You just should highlight the necessary effects in the object list and click the button Copy then open the next slide and press
11. 000 C Users user Documents WnSoft 7 0 images IMG_0161_1 jpg Objects 1 Then click button Adjust Image and Border Animation Tab Here we should adjust the number of columns and rows the number of counts parts and repeat You should remember that if you leave the number of repeats 0 the animation lasts Columns 2 ES Rows endlessly lf you want to set the interval for every part you should set them in a comma To see the animation press Play button me Ea Count 4 Repeats Offset ms 0 Interval ms 1000 500 800 1000 30 Common Tab The Common Tab is found next to the Properties Tab and includes the following options 0 Then you can choose the Action on mouse click None Exit Next Slide Previous Slide Help and so on Action on mouse click Run slideshow 0 First you can see the Name of the image you have selected and adjust Properties Common Run slideshow With Return Run application or open file E Drop shadow Customize Run application and exit FP Perspective correction for Zoom Do Pl Transparent To Selection Help m Open Web page Time range 4000 Write e mail Fit to slide Next slide Previous slide Go to first slide Go to slide with name Pause Size position in pixels Exit Show Window 0 The next option Size position in pixels defines the position and size of the ima
12. Y Create menu DVD4 7 v 23 MB 00 00 26 Next gt Modified C Program Files MSBuild File Menu When clicking on the File Menu the following drop menu will be opened New Open Save Save As Burn 150 image Exit Ctrl N Here you can make a New file Open other files Save and Ctri oO Save As your work Burn ISO image when clicking on the Ctrl Shift Ctl The Burning Options are Device with the Export to video file or publish online help of which you will burn Speed chosen by you Label and the last you should choose the place for ISO image on your computer Then click Burn ISO or Cancel if you don t want to do anything here It is important to note that ISO image is a special file which is used to run the project which you burn on the disc without this disc 67 Burn ISO image the following window will appear 2 Burn ISO image Burning options Device Label 2011 07 10 ISO image An option Export to video file or publish online When clicking on it you will see the following window 2 Export to video file or publish online Here you may choose whether you want to Creating of videofile in H 264 format for viewing of slideshow on PC MAC and PlayStation 3 gt F Recommended players for playback are Media Player Classic Homecinema QuickTime and others publish video for iPad z LY and iPhone or
13. a two dimensional shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension The aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its displayed height Audio Codec is a hardware device or a computer program that compress decompress digital audio data according to a given audio file format or streaming audio format The term codec is a combination of coder decoder The object of a codec algorithm is to represent the high fidelity audio signal with minimum number of bits while retaining the quality This can effectively reduce the storage space and the bandwidth required for transmission of the stored audio file Most codecs are implemented as libraries which interface to one or more multimedia players such as XMMS Winamp or Windows Media Player Audio format is a medium for storing sound and music The term is applied to both the physical recording media and the recording formats of the audio content in computer science it is often limited to the audio file format but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to store the data AVI file Audio Video Interleave is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft as part of its Video for Windows technology AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a standard container that allows synchronous audio with video playback Like DVDs AVI files support multiple streaming audio and video although these features are seldom used B Background or
14. an Executable file for PC EXE file do the same steps as if you publish executable file for Mac Just click publish button and choose the place to save it on the computer It will be saved as EXE file and will work only on Windows Tf Command line parameters for slideshows created as executable file EXE Command line parameters can be used by two ways they can be called from BAT file via Notepad and from action of object with the help of options Run slideshow or Run application Here in the program we can use command line with 3 parameters cover display and slide 0 The first parameter command line cover gives you an opportunity to watch your slideshow in fullscreen mode To do it create bat file with the text MySlideshow exe cover See the result below 0 The second command line parameter display allows you to choose the monitor for previewing if there are several monitors switched to the computer You can also create bat file with the text Myslideshow exe display X where X is the number of display e g display 2 for showing the slideshow on the second monitor 0 The third command line parameter slide gives you an opportunity to begin watching your slideshow from any slide you want Here you can do it by two ways either with the help of bat file with the text Myslideshow exe slide X where X is the number of slide from which you want to begin the slideshow Or by using option Run slideshow in Common tab
15. button A beside and you will see the following dialogue box R 0 Using this color box you can choose any color you wish You can also choose between i RGB and HSL which is the modification of i RGB You can adjust all necessary parameters aa E E r Y r i r 7 ii E i fd E ei r E e 7 1 7 E 1 E pen n El Be L Bi L TO 000000 Cancel 0 If you choose Gradient Filling you will see the next box 23 Background Here you can choose between Top Bottom Style and Left Right Style It means that you can add color background at the top or at the bottom of the screen or on the left or right side l a Top Bottom style of it To select the color you should O Tiled background picture also click on the buttons A W Use own background preference Background color Gradient fillin 0 If you choose Tiled Background Picture the following box is shown Background As you can see by clicking on the Use own background preference folder m SIECI ne mee om any directory file you wish and adjust 0 Background color its size 5 Gradient filling gt A Size of image 20 0 Tiled background picture Advanced Options Advanced Options includes the button Run External Application On choosing this option you can add to your slideshow any application from any directory file It m
16. can change the size of the preview window if you want to customize it and you need another scale The default is Auto But you may select from 10 to 500 of the screen As you can see from the figure below the preview window is surrounded by dark blue rectangle which shows safe TV zone 13 In the first picture you can see this rectange which determines the zone you won t see on your TV In the second picture you can t see this zone you just see the whole picture on you monitor It is recommended to show TV safe zone because it is more convenient to adjust your menu watching this zone But if you want to switch this option off for some reason then you should right click on the menu and the following box will be opened Apply changes foreach page This dialog box is the same as Edit menu of this window So you have two ways of opening it by right clicking on the preview Undo ttri 2 window and by clicking on the Edit menu in the left upper corner of Redo Ctrl the main window F Show safe TV zone You can see several options here almost all of them have been described already Previous Page Apply changes for each page is the option which helps you to Next Page make all changes very quickly If you have more than one project and more than one page in the menu and you have done some changes on the first or second page for example you can click on Properties this option and these changes will be applied for all pages
17. clicking on this button you will see the window where you can select what to create You may choose between several kinds of video such as HD Video for PC and Mac DVD Video disc Video for iPad and HD HD Video for PC and Mac iPhone and AVI video file Creates high quality MP4 video file H 264 Besides you may publish this video on Youtube and Facebook DVD Video Disc For players connected to television As in the previous versions of PTE you may publish Screen Saver and Executable ia Video for iPad and iPhone PESO E ana MAG SS Creates video file for Pad iPhone and iPod All these options will be described in details further AVI video file Creates real or virtual AVI file with any video codec Publish on YouTube As a preview of slideshow on your website or blog Publish on Facebook Share your slideshow with your friends Screen Saver Screen Saver for Windows Executable File for Mac Best quality for Mac J Executable File for PC Best quality for PC in EXE file 65 HD Video for PC and Mac If you want to publish high quality video file for PC Mac and PlayStation3 When choosing this option and clicking on it you will see the following window Creating of videotile in H 264 format for viewing of slideshow on PC MAC and PlayStation 3 Recommended players for playback are Media Player Classic Homecinema QuickTime and others Presets Medium quality SD 1024 x 768
18. desktop picture is the image or colour displayed on a website or computer desktop behind the visible content Bitrate is sometimes written bit rate data rate is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time Bit rate is synonymous with data rate The bit rate is quantified using the bits per second bit s or bps unit often in conjunction with a Sl prefix such as kilo kbit s or kbps mega Mbit s or Mbps giga Gbit s or Gbps or tera Tbit s or Tbps C CD Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data originally developed for storing digital audio The CD available on the market since late 1982 remains the standard playback medium for commercial audio recordings to the present day Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 mm and can hold up to 80 minutes of audio There are also 80 mm discs sometimes used for CD singles which can store up to 24 minutes of audio Comment in Pictures ToExe is the text which appears during the showing of images D DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX Inc including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality There are two DivX codecs the regular MPEG 4 Part 2 DivX codec and the H 264 MPEG 4 AVC DivX Plus HD codec It is one of several codecs commonly associated with ripping whereby audio and video multimedia are transferred
19. do further The messages are added already by default here But if you wish you can rename them by adding your own information If there is not enough space it does not matter much you may continue typing 60 Timeline Operation If you want to add background music to your slideshow then customize it and synchronize the slideshow to music you should use Timeline Option which is found in the Main Window of Pictures ToExe in the Control Buttons panel The main function of the Timeline Option is to synchronize a number of slides to music There are several ways to do that 0 to auto spread slides along music at equal intervals of time 0 to coincide slides with the certain points in the sound track 0 to coincide slides with the certain points in the sound track not only with music but also with some commentary Some timeline options are represented in the main window menu View lf you click on it the following dialog box will be opened Don t Use Auto Scrolling Here you can select the Style of Auto Scroll between Style 1 and Style 2 or Don t Use Auto Scrolling at all The difference between two styles is in the presentation Auto Scroll Style 2 of the synchronization while watching it on the timeline bar Auto Scroll Style 1 Zoom In Ctri F11 You can also Zoom the timeline window In or Out by Zoom Out Ctri FL2 a clicking on these buttons or using shortcuts which you Colora Wao can see opposite the words
20. http www wnsoft com support How can I avoid black strips at the top and at the bottom of the screen in my slideshow If you watch any wide screen slideshows say 16 9 on usual LCD display at 1024x768 4 3 you will see black strips at the top and the bottom parts of the screen If you don t want to see these black strips and you would like to use all of your display for a slideshow use Pan and Scan feature of Pictures loExe Create MyShow bat file in Notepad and type MyShow exe Cover This feature is described in more details in the chapter Command line parameters at p 79 It works 10 for all executable files with slideshows created in version 5 0 and later You can distribute a ZIP archive with your slideshow with executable file and additionally include bat file for fullscreen version MyShow_Widescreen exe MyShow_PanAndScan bat How to go back to the menu each time after preview of one of the slideshows To go back to the menu after slideshow you should use the option Run application slideshow on exit Projects options gt More Tab Here are two variants and you should choose the variant Run slideshow not application This option is used in such purposes as run another slideshow play a series of slideshows creating menu slideshow to run other slideshows You should remember that all executable files of linked slideshows should be created with the same version of PicturesToExe If it s impossible to rebuild executable fil
21. is near the quality and performance of a VHS tape MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 is the popular audio format known as MP3 MPEG 2 is a standard for the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information lt describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission bandwidth MPEG 2 is widely used as the format of digital television signals that are broadcast by terrestrial over the air cable and direct broadcast satellite TV systems It also specifies the format of movies and other programs that are distributed on DVD and similar discs such as TV stations TV receivers DVD players and other equipment are often designed to this standard MPEG 2 was the second of several standards developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group N Navigation Bar also known as links bar or link bar is a subregion of a web page that contains hypertext links in order to navigate between the pages of a website Since it usually appears on all or at least on several pages of a website it is one of the key design elements of websites NTSC is the analog television system in use in the United States Canada Japan Mexico the Philippines South Korea Taiwan and some other countries mostly in the Americas It is named for the National Television System Committee the U S standardization body which adopted it 83
22. line is 6 In the second is 52 Comments Tab In the Comments Tab you have an opportunity to add some comments to the slideshow and customize it according to your wish Project Options II tS 0 In the first part of the tab which is called Customize comment font you can select the font of your comments Bold Italic or Underscore font Color Line Spacing Y Drop shadow Offset and the Size of the text On the right to the font adjustments you can select the Position of the comments on a slide by Position on a slide a gt al clicking on the arrow where drop down menu will be opened You may set from the variety si gt la of choices on the Left or on the Right at the 40 Top or at the Bottom and so on You may Sharper Smoother o lx either add Drop shadow Top vo if you check it and eft Customize for Color Set text comment for new slides Opacity Angle Size and A A Right Spread if it is necessary oi lt a You shouldn t forget to Center Set for existing files all Left Top your settings Right Top a Right Bottom Left Bottom Picture Name 0 In the second part of the Comments Tab Set text comments for new picture Name with Extension slides you may either use comments templates or add new ones __ PicturePatn according to your choice If you click on the button Insert template the Pope n Mtn tenson drop menu will be opened Here you can choose what you want and the Folderpatn necessary in
23. menu 0 project menu O slide menu Oo view menu 0 help menu File menu File menu has the following options New Open Save Save As Create Backup in IP Templates Open Recent Project Exit Ctrl N Ctrl O Ctrl 5 Shift Ctrl 5 Alt B Alt X The New this option is used to open a new project The Open is used to open earlier saved projects The Save and the Save As helps you to save created projects under their own or new names The Create Backup in ZIP this option helps you to save all your projects in ZIP format It s helpful for making reserve copies of your slideshows if you want to save them and then take them to another computer The Templates this option provides you to save existing projects and to use them as the templates while creating next slideshows Opening this feature brings you to another dialogue box the Manage Templates and the Create Template from this Show The Manage Templates means to save projects in one directory file and then to use them in creating a new 13 slideshow with the settings saved in templates The Create templates from this show 0 Open Recent Project is the option which gives you the shortest way to open the last project with which you have worked already 0 The Exit option allows you to exit Pictures ToExe Publish menu In this menu the following options are represented Executable File for PC EXE Fa 0 You
24. minutes after the beginning of the slideshow Crossfading 0 00 000 0 Fade In is the option which increases the level of Fade In sound of audio clip Here you can set the time also more time longer fading Fade Out i g g 0 Fade Out is the same option as Fade In but it Volume decreases the level of sound of audio clip Show waveform 0 Volume is a self speaking option The peculiarity here is that you can set the volume louder than 100 and more silent than 50 even 46 0 Show waveform is a new option which helps you to see the waveform of an audio file as on the example below It also helps you to customize an audio clip with its fading visually it is just more convenient Let s see how it works 0 For better visual quality you can spread the waveform as in the example below Waveform and Envelope Tool l ES Audio clip properties Apply Envelope Guide Lines l g gt Y Apply pe Y gt 0 00 9 File Mame Start time Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse Duration Crossfading gt Offset Fade In Fade Out Volume 56 Show waveform I 0 Next in the beginning of an audio clip with the help of the mouse you can apply Fade In and Start time It is made with the help of small buttons on the left The upper button helps to adjust Fade In The lower one helps to adjust Start time See the example below As you can see above the scale Fade In is reflected in grey Below
25. new document with the name autorun inf using any text editor e g Notepad and write the following text autorun open YourSlideshow exe icon Yourlcon ico Note instead of YourSlideshow you should write the name of your slideshow and instead of Yourlcon you should set your own icon This file autorun inf must be copied to the root of CD or DVD disc with your slideshows Executable file of my slideshow is too large How can reduce the size of my executable file a Reduce your JPEG images to 1024x768 or 1280x960 160 500 KB a Use MP3 files for background music don t use WAV music files You can determine the size of your slideshow by watching the status bar at the bottom of the main window 3rd section executable file 4 MB How can calculate the size of a produced executable file with my slideshow The size of your executable file with slideshow is 280 KB plus size of your files images and music How can synchronize several groups of slides with a certain audio track To synchronize a group of slides with an audio track do the following steps select the necessary number of slides drag the last one and set it exactly under the blue line which shows where the last track ends and the next one begins Keeping these slides selected click lt Timed Points gt button and select Arrange selected points As a result all these slides on that area will be set on equal distance one from another Then add next group of
26. options you can see the button which is called Waveform Clicking on it you will see the waveform of the sound track on the timeline bar It is important to know wi that the waveform will appear only if the soundtrack is added le 22 Gs de bz be Te Be Ys 10s lle 12s 13s 14s 15 16s 17s 18s 19s Oe le 222 de de bs Fhe 2 20s 24s 3 1 to 2 ta 3 to 4 to F ta E to Y to 10 0 It is necessary to note that you can adjust the color of the waveform in the View Menu gt Timeline Options Besides you can select the Display of the waveform in two ways D Mired channek The difference is only in the way of presentation the waveform In the example above you can see the waveform with Mixed channels Below you can see the example with Left and Right Left and Right channels channels 63 le 22 Gs de Be bz fs 8s Ys 0s lle 12s 13 14s 15s 16s 17s 18 1 20s le 22s 232 de 25 be Fis Z0 24s 3 1 ta 2 ta 3 to 4 ta to E to 9 to 10 After having adjusted all these options you can see the result either by clicking button Play in this case you may see the slideshow in a small preview window or by clicking button Preview in this case you may see the slideshow fullscreen 0 The buttons below the timeline bar is Publish Preview Video Project Options were explained earlier 64 Video Options If you have a look at the Control Buttons you will see publish button When
27. related representation of points in an RGB color space which attempt to describe perceptual color relationships more accurately than RGB while remaining computationally simple HSL stands for hue saturation lightness HSL describes colors as points in a cylinder whose central axis ranges from black at the bottom to white at the top with neutral colors between them where angle around the axis corresponds to hue distance from the axis corresponds to saturation and distance along the axis corresponds to lightness H 264 MPEG 4 or AVC Advanced Video Coding is a standard for video compression and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording compression and distribution of high definition video The final drafting work on the first version of the standard was completed in May 2003 l Icon from Greek eikwv eikon image is an image picture or representation it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it or by analogy as in semiotics by extension icon is also used particularly in modern popular culture in the general sense of symbol i e a name face picture edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well known significance or embodying certain qualities 82 ISO Image iso is a disc image of an ISO 9660 file system ISO 9660 is an international standard originally devised for storing data on CD ROM More loosely it refers to any
28. timeline and moves to the right on the bar It is necessary to add that right click of the mouse on the preview window gives you an opportunity to see the slideshow on the whole screen Here you can also see two buttons Customize Slide and Objects and Animation They are used for adjusting each slide which you choose and which appears in the preview window These two functions will be described in details further see Customize Slide p 23 and Object and Animation p 26 20 The Slide List The Slide List is the place in the main window where all slides which are selected for the slideshow are situated It s important to note that all slides are set up in a certain succession and you can move slides by dragging them in the necessary direction You can add images in the slide list in several ways AB 20 3 1MG_ 0161 1 0 by double clicking on the image in the selected file in the directory tree AB 2 0 0 by clicking on the image and then clicking on the button Add which is situated in the Control Buttons panel 0 by dragging the image with the help of the mouse 4 IMG 0142 As seen from the figure keep clicking on the image and drag it to the necessary place The black line behind the image shows the place where this image will be set AB 2 0 4 IMG 0161 You can also pay attention to the fact that now in the slide list you see the duration of transition effect an
29. to choose among the options which are self explanatory You should just select what you need By default Show next slide after indicated time interval Background E Use own background preference Background color Gradient filling Tiled background picture Advanced options Slide Name IMG 0122 E Run external application Scale keyframes in objects on time change Background By default Show next slide after indicated time interval Ww iv default Show next slide after indicated time interval Show next slide after indicated time interval Wait For a key press or mouse click bo show next slide Loop this slide a If you select Loop this slide in this case the slide gets caught in an endless loop If there is animation in this slide it is also looped till you press Right This option is very useful for creating the menu from which the slideshow will go further It s important to note that this option is necessary if the size of the image doesn t fit the whole size of the monitor screen and you should fill the left place with some color or background to be exact Here you can choose among Background Color Gradient Filling and Tiled Background Picture Choose color Reference styles style2 Style3 New Old Components o RGB 0 If you choose Background Color just simple color appears To choose the color you should click on the
30. to a hard disk and transcoded Duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval 81 DVD video disc Digital Video Disc is a popular optical disc storage media format lts main uses are video and data storage Most DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs but store more than 6 times as much data The capacity is from 4 7 Gb on a single sided single layer disc up to 8 54 Gb on a single sided double layer disc E Effect in PicturesToExe is any comment transition animation pan zoom and so on EXE file is the common filename extention for denoting an executable file a program in different operating systems Besides the executable program itself many EXE files contain other components called resources such as bitmaps and icons which the executable program may use for its graphical user interface F File is a block of arbitrary information or resource for storing information which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished Computer files can be considered as the modern counterpart of paper documents FPS frames per second is frame rate or frame frequency the measurement of the frequency rate at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames The term applies equally well to computer graphics video cameras film ca
31. to check the animation and to change it then if it is necessary It s important to note that if you want to have a look at the whole slideshow with all effects and transitions in the wholescreen mode you should use option Preview If you want to see the slideshow from the current slide you should use the button nearby the Preview button Below the blue rectangle where the timing of the slide is shown you can see the same buttons as in the Main Window They are Publish Preview Project Options and Customize Slide which have already been described see The Control Buttons p 22 Beside Customize Slide there is one more option which have not been described yet Tools When clicking on it the following dialog box is opened Undo ctrl z With the help of this menu you can Undo and Redo Cite Y Redo some changes and if you don t like your a y work at all you can Undo or Redo All Changes Undo All Changes at once Redo All Changes Besides you can select such options as Show safe TV zone where you can see the zone Show Grid Ctrl G which you will see on TV Show Grid which has Show safe TV zone already been described Ignore Objects Not Selected and Hide Selection on Ignore Objects Not Selected Alt I Pan Zoom Rotate which are self explanatory Hide selection on Pan Zoom Rotate 39 How to Create Pan Effect If you want to create Pan effect you should do the following steps 0 Select the picture and click Object and
32. x 8 a Auto y 4 Properties Common Animation Video C Users user Docu S Single Video Clip Adjust Video and Border E e IMG_0133 Play Publish Preview Project Options File Info Ctrl Customize Slide Tools 1 Duration 00 07 000 Position 00 07 066 nature Objects 2 3 When clicking Convert Video Clip option the dialog box appears fl WnSoft Video onverte Ee Source Video Duration Status C Users user Documents WnS nature mp4 30 080 P Paused 00 05 000 E Convert Selected Quality 50 Normal Interlace Mode Source Video C Users user Documents WnSoft nature mp4 Destination File C Users user Documents WnSoft nature converted mp4 Start Time 0 00 000 Original Duration Output Duration 0 30 080 0 30 080 Source Size Resize 320 x 180 Here you can add several tracks and convert all of them simulteneously Before converting you can adjust some parameters and see the original parameters and also output parameters of your video file 38 Timeline Animation Timeline option is situated below the preview window and contains a number of features 00 05 000 fe lt u as 1500 ms 1500 ms Play Publish Preview A Project Options Customiz
33. A x eles e E safia Properties Common Animation Pan Zoom Rotate Select a keyframe on the timeline below to adjust this object Create New Keyframe here ll IMG 0122 oq Mask Container E iM Mask Circle 4 m oE E Play Duration 00 04 000 Position 00 11 367 C Users user Documents WnSoft 7 0 images IMG_0161 JPG Objects 4 0 After you have added the mask and the image you can make pan zoom effects as it has been described earlier You should only add keypoints and customize the images and mask itself It is important to note that this is only one example of using the mask effect With the help of this feature you can play with colors shapes and make amazing effects Everything depends only on your imagination 43 Project Options Project Options are the main options with the help of which you can adjust your slideshow They contain several tabs such as Main Control Music Screen Effects Comments and More Tab It s important that all these options are for the whole slideshow and not for each slide Main Tab The first tab in the Project Options is the Main Tab e 0 First in the main settings you may set slide duration for new slides and set the same AA duration for all existing slides in your slideshow Slide duration for new slides w Bs 0 Here you can also set Aspect ratio of a slide according to your monitor s
34. Animation in the Preview window 0 Choose Animation tab in the right upper corner of the main window of the Object and Animation option 0 Set the keypoints on the timeline bar 00 05 000 Pp 1500 ms 1500 ms Play Publish Preview laa Project Options Customize Slide Tools Set the keypoint which is shown in pink and then customize the position and the size of the slide by dragging it with the help of the mouse or using small blue arrows in the Animation Tab gt Pan Set another keypoint by dragging the blue triangle as seen above to the necessary position and pressing the button for adding the keypoint When you have added the next keypoint adjust the position of the slide That time from one keypoint to another one the slide will move from one position to the other one See the example That is one position of the slide on the first keypoint This is another position of the second keypoint That is how to create panning of the slide if you want it in your project 40 How to Create Zoom Effect If you want to create Zoom effect do the following steps 0 Select the picture and click Object and Animation in the Preview window 0 Select Animation Tab in the right upper corner of the main window of the Object and Animation option 0 Then you can zoom enlarge or diminish your image with the help of small blue arrows in the Zoom tab You can also do it by draggi
35. Cut All Transition Points Ctrl Alt H sound track Arrange Selected Points is greyed Arrange Selected Points es SHE out because there are no selected Set Time of Points Shift Ctrl T keypoints But if you select some Set End of Last Slide at End of Music points this option will be highlighted and you can use it lt functions in Import Points from Another Project such a way you should select the necessary keypoints and then click Arrange Selected Points In this case all selected points will be set at equal intervals of time Of course you can do this manually but it is much easier to set them automatically New Transition Cut Transition Timed Points Publish Preview la Project Options Cut All Transition Points is the option which helps you to delete all keypoints and then to set new ones 2 Shift Points is the option which gives you an opportunity to move all or selected points to the 62 necessary direction to the right or to the left on the necessary number of seconds For doing this you should select the keypoints and click Shift Points In this case the following dialog box will be opened f Eh Points m s Here you can Choose Direction ar where to shift the points the first arrow Choose Direction gives you an opportunity to shift to the ESA i left the second one to the right D Ja a z Then you can set a number of seconds and milliseconds on
36. D slideshows SVCD disc the Super Video CD standard upgrades the Video CD format It utilizes better Video and Audio quality lt also standard includes extensions for surround sound multi channel audio provisions for PC playback It s also based on variable bit rate VBR MPEG 2 coding for more efficient use of disc capacity The bit rate is up to 2 6 Mbps T Template when used in the context of file format refers to a common feature of many software applications that define a unique file format intended specifically for that particular application Template file formats are those whose file extensions indicates that the file type is intended as a starting point from which to create other files Thumbnails are reduced size versions of pictures used to make it easier to scan and recognize them serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words Timeline is the presentation of time of images and music and their synchronization TV System analog television system includes several components a set of technical parameters for the broadcast signal a system for encoding color and possibly a system for encoding multi channel audio In digital television all of these elements are combined in a single digital transmission system V Video Codec is a device or software that enables video compression and or decompression for digital video The compression usually employs lossy data compression Historically vi
37. DO E 17 Screen NE a nasa mind earner a E A 77 Executable Ele tor MaC rnaen a a iod cobol deta la bodas 77 Executable File tor PG EXE Me bacon codeine ceases eyes ie orca seins deca eda ec dad eect ete 77 Command line parameters for slideshows created as executable file EXE oooococccconocconccconocnonononaconnnnnos 78 HOKEY Situ ci bevy eal eee N 79 Glossary Ol Necesito 81 o A satese E REA 87 Slideshows Created Pictures TOEX id 88 COMICS A O aiO ana 89 Introduction PicturesToExe Deluxe allows you to create impressive photo and video slideshows for PC Mac DVD and YouTube Add images and video clips together with all effects Pan Zoom Rotate 3D transformations masks shadows PicturesToExe can use source media files without conversion It is no need waiting to see the result of your work Instant preview of a slideshow in real time The highest quality of picture and smooth playback of animation PicturesToExe Deluxe is also an excellent choice for the advanced users and for the wedding photographers PicturesToExe Deluxe provides the user with all the necessary tools to create a great looking photo video slideshow or documentary Extensive functionality of PicturesToExe Deluxe has already been appreciated all over the world This is especially true for the UK and France where PicturesToExe has become the first choice for creating audio visual shows for international festivals and local competitions PicturesToExe Delux
38. DVD disc for wide width display there is the reason to set 16 9 aspect ratio for all slideshows Custom aspect ratio 4 3 aspect ratio ls oe oe lle z q e Custom aspect ratio slideshow In case if slideshow has aspect ratio which differs from 4 3 and 16 9 for example 5 4 it will fit to the nearest aspect ratio see the picture below 55 Photos resolution and slideshow aspect ratio This is the fact that there is no relation between photo dimension and slideshow aspect ratio As a default the value for slideshow aspect ratio is 4 3 for new project and in case if you add some photos with 16 9 aspect ratio the slideshow will not change the aspect ratio automatically To change slideshow aspect ratio go to the Project options gt Screen tab and set it manually according to the dimension of your photos Effects Tab With the help of Effects Tab you can add different transitions between slides and make your show animated Project Options II Ea When checking the box Enable transition Sm effects all transition effects become highlighted Content Mies Screen Efects Comment Mamia and you may choose among them It is Transition effects Enable transition effects necessary to note that if you want to see how these effects work it is better to experiment with Fade in out them Fade in out Hour hand LA The first several effects such as Fade in out AN Hour Hand Rhombus Rectangle Gates Page gaje Effe
39. Display Waveform as You may also choose the Color of the Waveform By clicking on it the dialog box will be opened where you can choose the necessary color Besides you can select Display Waveform in two ways While adjusting your slideshow in the Project Options tick the synchronization of music to the slides in the Main Tab If you do this then in the Customize Synchronization window the default is Synchronize music and slides Besides this you may tick Auto spread slides along music In this case the timeline window will be greyed out and the slides will be equally distributed along the whole music track For example if you have sound track which lasts 1 minute and you have 10 slides in your slideshow then the intervals between the slides will be 6 seconds New Transition Cut Transition Timed Points 0 00 000 H Customize Slide Objects and Animation Slide1 of 11 X 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 End of the last slide Publish Preview Project Options Slides To see the timeline and synchronization window you should click the button Timeline and the following window instead the Slide List will be opened The timeline window is represented below Here you can see slides which are represented by figures below the line The figures above the line indicate the seconds The beginning of the timeline is zero the en
40. First you should select the device E Creating video for iPad and iPhone Then select the quality of your video file and other options below mm Then choose the output folder Fipad and convert video Quality High quality 5 Pan amp Scan enabled Video Width 1024 r amp Height 768 r Mode One pass quality Quality 86 EA Audio Bitrate 192 ll Samplerate 44100 Channels MP4 File Name C Users user Documents WnSoft Images Autumn mp4 f Publish AVI video file When selecting AVI file the following dialog box will be opened 0 First you can select what kind of video to publish If you want to publish an AVI video file first you should make some Laf Making of AVI video file Create custom AVI video file adjustments But if you want to select among other variants youd better ee nee understand the difference between them E HD 1080 HD 1280x720p 50 FPS E For Adobe Encore DVD a DVD Video disc Digital Video Disc is E For Pinnacle Studio Field A first a popular optical disc storage media Smart anti flicker filter format Its main uses are video and Sound fading 500 ms Interlaced video data storage Most DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs but store more than 6 times as much data The capacity is from 4 7 Gb on a single sided single layer disc up to 8 54 Gb on a single sided double layer disc a HD 1080p High Definition is the name for a category of disp
41. HD 1280 x 720 HD 1280 x 960 HD 1920 x 1080 Custom MP4 File Name C Users user Documents WnSoft Images Autumn mpd B Here you can see several presets which are customized already It means that width height fps mode and some other features are customized and you may choose the necessary one But if you want to customize all these parameters manually you should click the button Custom and the following window appears Creating HD video for PC and Mac a Creating of videofile in H 264 format for viewing of slideshow on PC MAC and PlayStation 3 Recommended players for playback are Media Player Classic Homecinema QuickTime and others yy You can customize such video parameters as width height fps mode quality and such audio parameters as bitrate samplerate channels Presets Custom v Between width and height you can see this small yellow icon which is used to fix aspect ratio if it is necessary If you check this button the figures of width and height will be changed proportionally for example if you change width parameters so height parameters will be changed automatically and vice versa Pan amp Scan enabled Video Width 1024 2 Height 768 H fps 30p Mode One pass quality Quality 71 x Audio Bitrate 192 Samplerate 44100 Channels Auto v E There is one more opt
42. O image of your disc and click Start for burning the disc That is the easiest way to burn DVD disc with your projects 12 Main Window Menu As you can see the main window menu consists of a number of smaller windows and icons They are Pictures File Publish Project Slide View Help S Blas Comment E 57 Change Image File 6 Add Sound or Voice Internet Explorer a aE iPod di iTunes FB Ly K Lite Codec Pack i fy Lenovo e do LoviVkontakte Ly MegaFon Modem y Microsoft Ly Microsoft Games y Microsoft Office a dy Microsoft Security Client Microsoft Silverlight de Microsoft SQL Server Compaci Ly Microsoft NET Je MSBuild ai MSECache Ly MSN Toolbar 4 OpenOffice org 3 ld Li Opera 4 m A A A IMG_0122 JPG a 5 E IMG_0142 JPG y MP3 3_23_Chet Atkins_ A IMG_0133 JPG i IMG_0115 JPG IMG_0138 JPG gt m 00 04 002 a 00 37 Slide 2 of 8 Customize Slide Objects and Animation 1 IMG_0115 2 IMG_0133 3 IMG_0161_1 4 IMG_0142 AB 2 0 7 IMG_0199 8 Owl3_orig Publish Preview 2D Project Options Slides Timeline Modified EXE 7 11 Mb 503 Kb 1400 x 933 C Users user Documents WnSoft 7 0 images IMG_0133 JPG Main menu At the top of the main window you can see drop menu o file menu 0 publish
43. Output for PC and Mac in Executable File PicturesToExe produces a single executable file for PC or Mac which contains all images music and videos A slideshow in executable file EXE can be played on any PC under Windows 7 Windows Vista and Windows XP Slideshows for Mac requires OSX 10 4 or later YouTube and Facebook Output Publish your slideshows on YouTube and Facebook with FullHD quality at 1080p DVD and Video Output Export high quality HD video file in H 264 format for playback on PC Mac or TV with USB Watch slideshows on your iPad and iPhone Burn DVD video discs with your slideshows quickly and easily Transition Effects Pictures ToExe suggests cinematographic transition effects between slides including Flip 3D Swap 3D and Curling of page 3D effects Recording of Voice Comments You can easily record voice comments to slides right in Pictures ToExe Music and Audio Editing Add background music to your slideshow and sound comments to the selected slides You can use the timeline with the waveform for exact synchronizing slides to music PicturesToExe supports multiple audio tracks Each audio clip can be edited and customized Protection of Your Slideshows PicturesToExe offers all tools to protect your executable slideshows for PC and Mac password on a startup the time limited usage the copyright logo over slide You can control the behaviour of keyboard mouse and the navigation bar Supported Input Files Im
44. PC and o f Mac or publish your slideshow on Youtube You and Facebook The Tube chosen by you option will YouTube Video be in blue color All these A Width 1024 E Height 768 H fps 30p y options will be thoroughly Mode One pass quality Quality 71 pina this chapter ideo Options Facebook Audio Bitrate 192 Samplerate 44100 Channels iPad and iPhone MP4 File Name En sera user Documents Wrsott mages Autumn mp4 Edit Menu With the help of this menu you can perform some operations with the projects Add You can Add or Remove projects Clear the entire project list at all Move Remove Del to the Left or to the Right from one project to the other You can also see Clear File Info If you click on the File Info the following window will be opened Move to left Move to right File info Ctrl U Here you can see the information about the chosen project File Name the place where it is situated on your computer the Duration of the sound track the Size the Date of creation and Aspect Ratio as it would be seen from the monitor In personalized settings you can choose Video File Info File and Attributes File Name Autumn pte Folder C Users user Documents WnSoft Image Duration 00 00 26 Type the default is Auto always and you can also choose whether A ee eee to check Anti Flicker filter or not Aspect ratio 4 3 Personalized settings Use personalized settings Auto I
45. Paste All effects are applied to that image The next icon shows the scale of the slide You may choose the necessary percent from 10 to 500 for better view of the image It s convenient when you want to have a look at the image but the size of it is very large or small If it s large you may reduce the Percentage View up to 10 if you can t see the whole image at 100 On the other hand if the image is too small you can put 100 and more for better look at it The Close allows you to close the main window of this option Objects and Animation option 28 Properties Tab The Properties Tab is situated on the right side of the main window of the option Objects and Animation and shows the main characteristics of the image or object Here you can see the information where this image or object is located on your computer You can also choose whether the slide is the main object of Properties Common Animation ot j al nas slide in the object list 0 The Edge antialiasing should be normally turned on It is used to minimize the distortion of some artifacts of high resolution images when they are shown at low resolution Picture C Users user Docu Ge Main object of slide 0 Low quality of resizing is the feature which shouldn t be always used It s helpful only when it is necessary to use bilinear filtration while zooming the image Edge antialiasing 0 Sharper Smoother option gives you an opportu
46. Pictures ToExe Deluxe Version 7 0 The User s Guide WhnSoft Ltd www wnsoft com alo e A A A A A A EE E AEAN 3 Maln TE AS ci 4 System Requirements dictada 5 Whats Newin ICUS TUE oi 6 CS lg o gt A ea a E nt nee ee oe ene te Pe ee 6 SS ONS eana A A a e aaa 7 A a het hoes ire ce ht Rilke Be cece tetas alta RUM Ss acct Mae ih las Beer bate cietitm iet Ala 8 FOW IO ners tC eA A CEE CR A ee a ee ee 10 Quick Start RICUFES TO EX ie 12 QUICK otart Video Bu det ia rica 12 Malih WmMmdow VER tdi 13 o A 13 eE A a o O OE OR a Auton 13 A A ne eee ee errr er ene 14 OFS CG AVIS e AA A e E O y 0 o e 14 Ide Mei an A a ad vaks sdennoteaussedicenkibniansal can a 15 VION WICH Un ali 16 FeSO MEN AAA carte asc te A e a 17 The Directory Tree Or Ale il a doo 19 Preview Window for a Selected Slide Or IMAge ccccccooonncncccoconoconcnonnonnonononnnnconononnnncnnnnnnnnnrrnnonnnnnrnnnnrnnnnrnsnnns 20 The Slide Stat iia tae beats 21 TE COMTOBUHONS aoaia E A E ext Madi ip dane tage ernest 22 PUSS CAC SB Ae A act O O E A A tant acme metiun 22 SO a Neer arenes msec ncn coe aster a icc tien 23 A PP P hea tied E a ei Seieteaieetg da aesshen anemia gens iene 23 ES ACK FOUN APP edict E o o A lactate laced ade avid hacen E Deine tas 23 Advanced OPINAS a a Niansl 24 Elec lana ia 25 A A st conch Nabi aunts neteenaananec syncs a 26 MEAN DOWN Did 26 o aaed Gata tned cri ta tas nna ohcl cee e cate nciseione EE A 29 COMMON Tamanaco ocaciones iros 31 o
47. a Japan and some other countries Next you can choose Menu and Title aspect ratio The default for Menu aspect ratio is 4 3 for ordinary televisions but you may also select 16 9 if you have new televisions such as LCD or flat panel TV screens The Aspect ratio for them differs from the old ones The default of Title aspect ratio is Auto but you may also select 4 3 or 16 9 You should remember that it is the aspect ratio not for your slideshow but only for the menu and title Next you can choose Bitrate the default is 7000 kbps but if you have the necessity you can change this figure 0 The next Video Type can be also changed There are two types of them Interlaced and Progressive The default is Auto that is Interlaced But if you have a new TV such as LCD or flat panel televisions youd better select Progressive video type 0 In Audio options you may select the necessary Audio format and its Bitrate Here it is better to use default settings to avoid a bad quality sound track 0 In Advanced Options you can customize such settings as to Repeat playback of a disc or not to Return to menu after each title or not You can also add chapters to your DVD disc and set the number of minutes for each chapter 0 Inthe Program Tab you can choose the place for the temporary file of your project cn 0 The next buttons are Set Defaults OK and Cancel which are piesiet Poor self explanatory 7 Idle priority Temp
48. ages JPEG GIF PNG BMP Audio MP3 WAV OGG WMA Videos AVI MOV MPG MP4 FLV DIVX XVID WMV and more System Requirements For PC PC with CPU 1 4 GHz 512 MB of system memory video card with 128 MB of video memory sound card Windows XP Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista DirectX 9 or newer DVD RW drive for burning of DVD Video discs For Mac Mac computer with Intel processor PowerPC is not supported Mac OS X v10 4 or later 512 MB of RAM 128 MB of video memory What s New in PicturesToExe s Video Clips in Slideshows Put video files onto slides and apply any effects 3D effects Masks Pan Zoom Rotate Shadow etc Playback in real time PicturesToExe has a built in convertor for video files with ability to resize or crop video clips s Unsharp Mask for Sharp Picture This feature dramatically increases sharpness of picture PicturesToExe adds unsharp mask for entire screen in real time even for slides with animation s Improved Quality of Picture on DVD Now PicturesToExe is the only software which provides the best quality of picture with more details on DVD We use smart image processing to deliver best quality s Improved User Interface Slide list displays the time of slides and duration of transition effects An updated view of the main window of the program s New Navigation Bar in Slideshows With a slider control for rewinding and sound volume control s Recording of Voice Comment
49. ain window As well as with the Frame you can customize the view of the button according to the color size shadow You can also add the necessary text of any font color and size The icon in the form of A helps you to add the text to the image You can choose font size also shadow pan zoom and other options here to make your comment fit the style of the image and the slideshow gt 26 The icon Rectangle as well as frame may be used for making slideshows more animated It may be also used as backgrounds to the images On clicking the icon Add Image the dialog box where you can choose the necessary image from the directory tree of files appears If you want your added image to be independent from the other objects you should see that no objects are highlighted in the object list in the right lower corner of the main window before clicking on this icon 0 The next button Delete is used when you want to delete the selected object from the object list You should remember that if you delete a parent object all its children objects will also be deleted 0 The icon Undo and the gt icon that means Redo give you an opportunity to make changes during your work till they are not saved Ey The last icon here which is called Show Hide Grid helps you to set or hide grid if necessary for better and easier customizing of the image If you click on this icon you see the following view This grid is very helpful
50. and you will see the difference Have a look at our example Rotate X Rotate Y Pan Z Y Show front side Y Show back side Hide child objects You can change the position of image with the help of mouse now Just press button Shift and holding it move the mouse cursor by the angles of image 33 Linearity In several options such as Pan Zoom and Rotate you may find Linear movements of the image which you may adjust When clicking on it the following dialog box appears Here you can see Settings up Linear and non linear features Accelerate Slow Down and Smooth setting Up Linear Accelerate end Slow down Smooth movements are used 0 Linear means that an object or an image moves begins continues and ends with one and the same speed 0 Accelerate begins slowly and then accelerates up to the end 0 Slow Down begins at a high speed and then decelerates up to the 0 Smooth begins slowly and ends also slowly but in the middle it moves with linear speed More often Linear and Smooth First you should choose linear or non linear movement then click Setting up and the next box is A X Separate here 0 i 00 10 831 100 3 i me 780 34 Here you can see the number of keypoints which you have created for a certain image in the timeline window You always have the first and the last keypoint and a number of inner keypoints The first and the last cannot be changed but inner keypoin
51. ay be any picture menu slideshow and so on Slide name is the field where you can rename the slide and give you own title of it if necessary After that you can see the name of concrete slide in the slide list 0 Scale keyframes in objects on time change If you set several keypoints to the slide and then change the time of display e g from 8 to 16 seconds this option automatically corrects these keypoints e g from 4 to 8 seconds Look at the example below From this example you see that the time of slide display is 8 seconds TEUA mmm 1500 ms 1500 ms Play Here we set the time of display up to 16 seconds but don t switch on the option Scale keypoints in objects on time change The time from the first to the second keypoint hasn t changed o 00 04 298 o l men as 1500 ms 1500 ms Play Here we also set the time of the slide up to 16 seconds and switch the option Scale keypoints in objects on time change So the time from the first to the second keypoint is twice bigger now ME l o o o ised 1500 ms 1500 ms Play 24 Effect Tab If you want to add some settings for the slide or to use transition effects you should have a look at this tab Here you can choose among a great number of different transitions by clicking on them Customize Side You can select Fade in out Hour hand Circle f Rhombus Rectangle Gates Page Effect Advanced h
52. can publish Screen Saver or executable Executable File for Mac FR files for PC EXE and Mac AA E 0 Quick Preview is the option which helps you to p E preview the created slideshow Quick Preview F5 o With the help of this menu you can create HD Video for PC and Mac Shift F2 different kinds of video according to your aim DVD Video Disc Shift Fl HD Video for PC and Mac DVD Video Disc Video for Pad and iPhone Video for iPad and iPhone AVI file AMI File F7 0 There is a new option which helps you to publish your videos with slideshows on Youtube Publish on YouTube and Facebook Publish on Facebook All these options will be described in more details further see Video Options p 65 Project Menu Project Menu consists of such options as 0 The Undo and Redo options helps you to make some pii aai changes while creating your slideshow Redo Ctrh Y 0 The Customize Windows and the Project Options Customize Windows will be described thoroughly later see Projects Project Options Ctrl P Options Main Tab p 44 14 Slide Menu Slide Menu has a number of options which are related to the slide itself and its characteristics Copy Slide Ctri C Paste Slide Ctrl V Customize Current Slide Ctrl U Objects and Animation Ctrl B Random Order Alt R Insert Blank Slide A lt 5 Remove Slide Del Clear Slide List Rotate Clockwise Lossless Rotate Counterclockwise Lossless Edit Fil
53. ct Push Flip 3D and Slide Effects and 4 To center some others are self explanatory Circle effect a dii has one peculiarity you may change the Center W To center here with the help of small arrows which are 4 From center found beside If you scroll the Effects Tab down ne ia you will see such effects as Mosaic Curling of i From center Page which should be described ae al do Mosaic has different appearances and can ae eee eee et consist of different number of pieces which can E z move with different speed Mosaic W Mosaic Pats 8 ia Appearance 10 a You can set any number of pieces If you want large pieces you should set less number of them and vice versa lf you want small ones you should select more pieces lt depends only on your choice so try to experiment Curling of Page can also be different according to the radius which you choose To see the difference have a look at the examples below 56 As you see in the first picture the radius is large and on the second one it is small If the radius is large the line is more soothing if it is small the line is sharper Besides you may also set the color of the back side as seen from the examples As seen in the Effects Tab you may also set the Thickness of smoothing line and Effect duration which is given in milliseconds by clicking on the small arrows beside the options In the first picture the default setting of thickness of smoothing
54. d depends on the duration of the sound track and may be any number of seconds or minutes Thick grey lines beside each slide indicate transition time You can also see the blue triangle with the help of which you can go from one slide to the other It is important to note that you can change the position of the slides by clicking on the number of a slide and dragging it to the necessary place Besides this you can also change the time of transition by clicking on the end of the grey line and dragging it to the right or to the left it depends on whether you want to make transition longer or shorter 61 Now it is necessary to describe the buttons which are situated above and below the timeline window New Transition Cut Transition Timed Points 0 00 000 Customize Slide Objects and Animation Slide1 of 11 x Publish Preview Project Options Slides Timeline 0 Play button is situated above the options Customize slide and Objects and Animation in the Preview window and is used to begin the preview of your slideshow in a small preview window in the right upper corner This button plays two roles Play and Pause If you click on Play it will turn 1 Pause and vice versa When you click on Play the blue triangle will stand at the beginning of the timeline and will move to the right on the bar rim 00 01 501 la 00 29 Customize Slide Objects and An
55. d the duration of showing every slide It is very easy to change the duration manually right on the slide list by clicking on the number and type the necessary time of any separate slide Besides now you can highlight several slides and set the duration for all of them at once The AB button in the left upper corner of the slide gives you the right way to the Effect Tab of Customize Slide window If you want to make some actions on the chosen slide in the slide list right mouse click on this slide the following box appears Copy Slide 0 You can Copy Paste Remove the slide or Clear y a the Slide List Paste Slide Ctrl V nae pase 0 The function Insert Blank Slide is described O E uc already p 15 Remove Slide Del i 6 0 Rename Image File and Rename Slide Object are Clear Slide List described on p 15 Random Order Alt R 0 Start Preview from the Current Slide means that Fe yn you can see the slideshow not from the beginning pe apenas Dene but from the slide you choose It s convenient if you l cts an tio tri igs A alee eich want to see some effects or a transition from one Rotate Clockwise Lossless Ctr F slide to another and you don t have to wait till that A loci Alt F very slide It s necessary to note that this menu has the same options as some of the drop menu and Edit File Ctrl W control buttons It s just more convenient and quick Edit Sound Comment to use this box while working at the slideshow E because all neces
56. dd music or some sound commentary you should select the Add Sound File button the dialog box where you can choose the sound file opens Besides after choosing the sound you see the following window where you can customize the commentary or music file with the options which are described in details in the chapter Project Options Music Tab at p 46 If you want Record Voice Comments select the second option On clicking it you will see the following window Add Sound File Record Voice Comment Here you record your voice comment select the place on the computer where to save it The Parameters button helps you to customize the settings of the microphone and the parameters of sound codec Tr eon E ES 0 00 000 C Users user Documents WnSoft Images Parame ters Back to Recording Cancel 0 Below the main image you can see the timeline bar where you can preview the slideshow On the left of the timeline bar there is the display which shows the position of the current slide On the right you can see the total time of the slideshow 0 Here you can also see two buttons Play Pause and Stop Play button is used to begin the preview of your slideshow in a small preview window This button plays two roles Play and Pause If you click on Play it turns 1 Pause and vice versa When you click on Play the blue triangle stands at the beginning of the
57. deo was stored as an analog signal on magnetic tape Around the time when the compact disc entered the market as a digital format replacement for analog audio it became feasible to also begin storing and using video in digital form and a variety of such technologies began to emerge VCD also called video CD video compact disc or disc is a format specifically designed to hold MPEG 1 video data and to include interactive capabilities VCD has a resolution similar to that of VHS which is far short of the resolution of DVD format Each VCD disc holds 72 74 minutes of video and the bit rate is 1 44 Mbps VCDs can be played on a VCD player connected to a television set in the same way that video cassettes can on a VCR or computer on a CD player W WAV or WAVE is an audio file format standard for storing audio on computers lt is the main format used on Windows systems for raw audio Though a WAV file can hold compressed audio the most common WAV format contains uncompressed audio in the pulse code modulation PCM format PCM audio is the standard audio file format for CDs containing two channels of 44 100 samples per second 16 bits per sample Since PCM uses an uncompressed lossless storage method which keeps all the samples of an audio track professional users or audio experts may use the WAV format for maximum audio quality WAV audio can also be edited and manipulated with relative ease using software Waveform means the shape and
58. e previewing of the slideshow in case you have switched two or more monitors to your computer a Video Converter Option gives you an opportunity to select whether always to convert video file or never do it You can also set option Ask every time which is set by default 0 The Language option includes more than ten languages 0 There is also one option which will be described in details further It is the Timeline option Here you can see such functions as Don t Use Auto Scrolling Auto Scroll Style 1 Auto Scroll Style 2 oom In foom Out Color of Waveform Display Waveform as Ctrl F11 Ctrl Fl2 Help Menu Here you can choose between styles of the Auto Scroll to select the color of the Waveform and some other functions This option gives you an opportunity to find answers to all your questions and to see how different options may function On clicking this menu the following dialogue box appears User Guide Online Download User Guide in PDF What s New Useful Resources Welcome Screen Enter New License Key About Pictures T oExe Fl 0 User Guide Online opens the page of our official site where you can find the User Guide 0 Download User Guide in PDF helps you to go to the necessary place in the site and then download and save the User Guide to your computer 0 What s New the option which gives you a link to the website where you can s
59. e project file has been lost please use the old command Run application How to add silence between audio clips To add silence between audio clips you should use options Crossfading Fade In and Fade Out in Project Options Music Tab All these options are described in details at p 46 11 Quick Start PicturesToExe If you want to make the slideshow do the following steps a A A on Open PicturestoExe Open the necessary folder with the images from the directory tree of files Add the selected images to the slide list Then Customize slide and add Object and Animation to it if you wish in the preview window After that customize your slideshow in the Project Options If you want to preview your slideshow click the button Preview and after that make some changes if necessary Your last step is to publish video Screen Saver or executable file with your slideshow by clicking the button publish That is the way to create the simplest slideshow Quick Start VideoBuilder If you want to burn a DVD video disc with your created slideshows do the following steps 1 Click publish button in the Control Buttons panel of the PicturesToExe and select DVD video disc 2 Add the necessary projects to the project list and click Next Customize the menu of your disc by choosing the background and adding music to it and press Next After that select the place on your computer for saving temporary files and IS
60. e Ctrl W Rename Image File Rename Slide Object 0 If you want to Copy Paste Remove Slide from Slide List or Clear Slide List you should use the necessary buttons Other options such as Customize Current Slide Objects and Animation Random Order are related to the characteristics of the slide They are needed to adjust the slide and will be described later in more detail see Customize Slide p 23 and Object and Animation p 26 The function Insert Blank Slide is a new one It should be used to add some necessary information such as comments text and pictures according to your wish 0 You may Rotate your slides clockwise and counterclockwise with the help of consequent buttons It is important to note that it is a virtual rotation in Pictures ToExe and the initial files with images won t be modified 0 When clicking Edit File you see the window where you can choose the graphic software to edit image Do it once and then after clicking this option the program with the chosen image opens automatically 0 A new function is added Rename Image File and Rename Slide Object The difference is that in the first case you rename the file itself but in the second case you rename only the name of the slide in the project It helps for example to find the necessary slide among the numerous slides 15 View Menu View Menu provides options which helps you to adjust your main window lt File List Sort Ord
61. e Slide Tools nits Here you can see the blue rectangle which identifies the time of showing a current slide The blue line on the left shows the beginning of the slide and on the right the end of the slide You can also see keypoints which are highlighted in pink Above the first keypoint there are the figures in blue which show the time from the first image up to the current slide You can add any number of keypoints to your slide by clicking the button or delete them with the help of the and make different positions of the slide on the screen That is one of the uses of timeline option you can make various animations with one or more slides You may also drag these keypoints by left clicking of the mouse and putting them to the necessary position on the timeline bar In this case the figures above the keypoints will change according to their position On the right of the blue rectangle you may also see two buttons with left and right arrows They are used to highlight the keypoints and move the blue triangle cursor on the grey bar You can also use the mouse for this purpose but if you have a great number of keypoints which are near one another it is not very convenient to control them manually and it is better to use these two buttons Below these buttons you can see one more option Play With the help of it you can preview the animation of the current image with the music background It is just a quick way
62. e button Objects and Animation in the preview window the main window which is shown above appears Here you can see the information bar in blue color where you see the name of the file which you have selected Under the information bar there is the tool bar which includes a number of icons MoOmA da x Ba E Auto The first icon helps you to add video to your slideshow It will be described further in the chapter Video Clips in Slideshow This icon gives you an opportunity to add mask to the slide When clicking on this button the window appears where you can adjust an image as a mask and apply it to another image M For better understanding this option will be described in the chapter How to create Mask effect p 42 With the help of this icon Frame you can add frames to the slide If you add the frame an image or a group of images is dependent on it It means that a frame will be a parent and all images inside it will be its children You can adjust a lot of options color opacity drop shadow pan zoom size of the frame and so on The next icon Add Button helps you to add buttons to your slide With the help of it you can make different actions to the slide and to the slideshow on the whole For example you can exit the slideshow go to the next or previous slide make a pause send e mail The whole list of all possible functions you can find in the common tab on the right side of the m
63. e creates an executable file with your slideshow in a few seconds that does not require any additional program to run the slideshow even PicturesToExe itself is not necessary The slideshow can be accompanied by sound or text comments to each slide or by any music file from your collection The timeline with a waveform facilitates the synchronization of the pictures to the background music You can easily record voice comments to slides right in Pictures ToExe If there is a need for demonstrating a slideshow on a Mac PicturesToExe Deluxe can create an executable file for the Mac too The program can burn a DVD disc produce HD video files video for iPhone and iPad publish slideshows on YouTube and Facebook Main features Images and Video Clips in Slideshows Add video clips and images together with all effects Pan Zoom Rotate 3D transformations masks shadow Quality and Fast Performance Instant preview of your slideshow in real time on full screen PicturesToExe can use source media files without conversion lt is no need to wait to see the result of your work Pictures ToExe uses hardware acceleration for flawless and smooth playback of slideshows The highest quality of picture with all details Sharpness control includes the unsharp mask Objects and Animation with 3D Effects The hierarchical system of objects Images Videos Text for creative usage Objects layers have keyframes for the complex animation and 3D effects
64. e folder beside this option the window will appear and you may select the image from your computer When clicking on the Customize button the next window will be opened EA Here you can select the location of the 1 background tiled centered and so on The examples are given in the figure beside You may also choose background color but you should remember that you will see it only if the image doesn t occupy the whole screen Background prop r Background color i 0 Next you can customize Animated Menu and Menu Duration The default duration of the menu is 10 seconds but you may set the time you wish with the help of small blue arrows beside 0 The last point here is adding music If you want music with your menu you should check the box and the option will be highlighted Clicking on the folder you may choose the sound track from your computer and then customize it Above the preview window you can see the arrows of different form The first two mean Previous and Next Page 41 lb They are greyed out in our example as we have only one project If you have more than one project in this case you will have more than one page and the suitable buttons will appear on the menu The next two buttons Redo Undo give you an opportunity to make some changes if you want to correct something in your menu Nearby Redo Undo buttons you can see the Scale button with the help of which you
65. e s after uploading MP4 File Mame CAUsers user Documents WnS5oft Images Autumn m 5 SD quality Custom 76 For publishing your slideshow you should enter your Login and Password After that you can select between SD or HD quality HD720p or YD1080p If you want to customize the quality of video manually you should select the option Custom and adjust the parameters Width and Height of your video Then press the Next button Then the program automatically checks your Login and Password and the next dialog box appears E Publish on YouTube PM a E Here you may customize some of the video file parameters such as Title website and blog HD1080p 1920 1080 HD720p L280 x720 and Standard quality 640 x360 modes Descri ption Video C ategory Comedy are available Sign up to YouTube com Education Music Science Sports and so on and Tags Video file params Title Autumn An option Privacy helps you to select Description weather to show the slideshow to everyone or to specific number of users Next you should choose the output folder for your slideshow and click the button Convert Video Category Entertainment Tags slideshow picturestoexe Privacy P Public anyone can search for and view recommended After converting the video will be Private only specific YouTube users can view eet eee automatically laid out on Youtube in C Users user Documents WnSoft Images Autu
66. e slide List is shown If you click Timeline the window for synchronizing images to music is opened Here you should do all adjustments This function will also be described in more details further see Timeline Operation p 61 The Status Bar At the very bottom of the main window you can see the status bar Modified EXE 17 7 Mb 235 Kb 1137 x 853 G Users user Documents WnSoft Images IMG_0046 pg 0 The first word Modified means that there were some changes made in your project If you save these changes this word disappears 0 The next box shows an approximate size of your executable file after creating it o Inthe third box you can see the file size of the main image of the current slide 0 Further you can see the size of the image which is in the preview window and the directory where the selected image is situated 22 Customize Slide If you click on the button Customize Slide in the preview window the following dialog box where you can see three tabs Main Effect and Music Tab appears Timing Options Timing Background and Advanced Options are found in the Main Tab Timing includes the following features F A Slide 4 of 11 0 Slide duration sec here you can put the number of seconds and milliseconds and this image will be displayed for a desired period of time You can also use up and down arrows for setting the time Timing Slide duration 0 The next menu gives you an opportunity
67. ects 2 Perhaps the size of your images is too big Try to reduce it and preview the show once again This is the link to our free program which helps you to reduce the sizes of all images at once http www wnsoft com files soft MultiResize exe 216 KB 3 If the show still has a bad quality please report this to technical support We would be grateful if you indicate your computer s configuration and write a detailed problem description in your ticket http www wnsoft com support lost pictures which were used in the show How can I get them back You can t extract images from executable files We refused to add such ability to the program because many customers don t want other people to be able to steal their copyrighted pictures We can only advise you to make screenshots of the images and save them Slideshow hangs on a certain slide but music continues playing Please check to see if some of your slides have customized settings right mouse click on a slide and select Customize Slide menu item Ripped music stutters PicturesToExe is very sensitive to any errors in audio files which may appear while ripping downloading or converting We can advise you to use Exact Audio Copy program to rip music from CDs This program is free DVD burning can t be completed correctly the progress stops Video Builder says the disk is full recorded disc doesn t play in a DVD player 1 Make sure that your disc is not f
68. ects it says that the images are not found This problem may be caused if you remove or replace any files images music while making a project or after saving a project You shouldn t remove or replace any files used in a show from their original folders because the program keeps in memory each file s path in order to find it next time you open your project When create the show my images look normal but when play the created presentation the color gamma of these images is much brighter By default we use a hardware accelerated screen mode in v5 00 It allows us to attain ideally smooth Pan Zoom effects This mode used in Media Center Chess Game and Aero Glass uses the interface in Windows Vista Unfortunately drivers of ATI video cards for Windows XP contain a bug It ignores color gamma settings in the fullscreen mode which you adjust for the desktop ATI has already fixed this bug for their drivers for Windows Vista and they also promise to fix it for Windows XP later As a temporary solution go to Project options gt Screen tab and uncheck Use hardware acceleration option But if you use Pan Zoom effects it will not play smoothly enough You can complain to ATI and ask them to fix this bug as soon as possible http support ati com ics survey survey asp deptID 894 amp surveyID 486 amp type web Zoom Pan transitions are jerky and not smooth 1 Make sure that your video card satisfies the requirements for these eff
69. ed by clicking on it and typing the necessary words 0 First you should choose the background for your menu There are several templates to have a look at them you should click on the picture and you will see the following window 70 Here you can see the templates and choose among them At the bottom of the window you can see two buttons Add template and Organize templates The first one gives you an opportunity to add any image or photo from your computer The second one helps you to choose the order of the templates and rename or delete the images For better understanding have a look at the figures below Organize templates Deep in the ocean bi fee it smita P T mite Deep in the ocean Silver Silver The green fantasy Burning bridges Tule sf ms White theme yu YY Title e Red clouds hi da Pictures we RSVP ew Add template Organize templates bases a Burning bridges Red clouds 0 Next you may choose the number of items and their location on the menu window e The more items you want to add the less size they are The location of them also depends on the number of the projects you have added It is 1x1 better to experiment for better understanding of the difference 3x1 2x2 3x2 4x2 0 Then you can customize Hue Saturation and Lightness When clicking on these words the following window will be opened The default position is r
70. ee what is new in the version of Pictures ToExe 0 On clicking Welcome screen the following window with opportunities of the program shows Enter New License Key is the option which gives you an opportunity to enter a new key for PicturesToExe and VideoBuilder It is helpful when an old key is being expired soon 17 PicturesToExe Deluxe 7 0 Licensed to John Smith Deluxe Edition Standard features Free lifetime upgrades Deluxe features Free upgrades up to 15 anpena 2015 Visit our Website Developed by www wnsoft com Igor Kokarew Aleksey Elin Technical support Pavel Koshkin www wnsoft com sergey Malychev Copyright c 1998 2011 WnSof Ltd 18 The Directory Tree of Files The drive selector and the file panel is represented on the left side of the main window It s an ordinary window where all directories and files of your computer are arranged on different drives It s very convenient to choose among them and to look for the necessary directory or file When you choose a file in the directory of interest and click on it this file appears in the file panel i Seal ac Wi fa mo Drivers a Ly FlylinkDC el JD Nod32Upd l de Prograrn Files E me Acronis ial a Apple Software Update E g J ATI H de ATI Technologies H de Bonjour E de Cisco E 4 de Common Files a Corel a DVD Maker H J ESET S J FlylinkDC 5 de Foxit Sofware Eo dl GRETECH ca IBM
71. ependent of the application software hardware and operating system Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2 D document and with Acrobat 3 D embedded 3 D documents that includes the text fonts images and 2 D vector graphics that compose the document PNG Portable Network Graphics is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression PNG was created to improve upon and replace the GIF format as an image file format not requiring a patent license PNG supports palette based palettes of 24 bit RGB colors or greyscale or RGB images Preview may be where output of a particular document page film etc is displayed before it is produced in its final form In the case of printed material this is known as a print preview PTE is the abbreviation from PicturesToExe and is also the extension of projects made in Pictures ToExe R RGB is an additive colour model in which red green and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colours The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colours red green and blue The term RGBA is also used to mean Red Green Blue Alpha This is not a different color model but a representation the Alpha is used for transparency The RGB colour model itself does not define what is meant by red green and blue colorimetrically and so the results of mixing them are not specified as exact but re
72. epresented here but you may adjust everything according to your wish by moving the cursors to the right or to the left Saturation Lightness T Gane 11 0 You can also see two options Properties and Select Frame which are greyed out To highlight and customize them you should click on the project in the menu window When clicking on the Properties the next window will appear where there are two tabs Property and Drop Shadow Tabs Properties Drop Shadow Drop Shadow Position 115 Drop Shadow Enabled Color Size 229 90 Opacity 5 Opacity Angle 3 Distance J SIZE lal dl Spread r Drop shadow templates In the Property tab you may set the position and the size of the project window by clicking on the small blue arrows You can also customize Opacity if you wish In the Drop Shadow Tab you can add and customize shadow to the project window if you wish You may adjust the color opacity and Angle of the shadow distance from the window size and shape of it You may also add some shadow templates to your wish If In the Select frame option you can choose the picture which you want to see in the project in the menu window You can scan the project with the help of the Play button and stop at the necessary image This image will be represented in the project window 00 0002 640 p E 12 0 After that you can choose background image and customize it When clicking on th
73. er b Adwanced Options Timeline Options Language Timeline View Fo File Tree Ctrl G File List as Thumbnails Ctrl 1 Slide List as Thumbnails Ctrl 2 Fullscreen View of File List F3 Fullscreen View of Slide List Fd Show captions in File List Show captions in Slide List 0 The File List Sort Order is used to choose the necessary order of your files according to the name extension date or size and so on 0 If you click on Advanced Options the following dialogue box opens Here you can see different options Set Graphical Editor Set Video Editor Set Sound Editor Auto Save Project Lossless compress BMP Images Crypt images music against extracting from EXE file Allow modification of slide show EXE file Load Last Used Project Enable PTE Program Sounds Hold time points Show full slide duration Keep full slide duration Customize Slide on Double Click Objects and Animation on Double Click Minimize video card usage for slow PC Show real slide in mini player Show real slides in Slide List Choose Display for Preview Video Converter Options a Set Graphical Editor Set Video Editor and Set Sound Editor help you to work with the program quicker When setting these options the programs to edit images and sounds open by default Auto Save Project gives you an opportunity to save your project automatically while working on it every SO many minutes as selected from the menu
74. esToExe and Video Builder Let s try to explain what the difference between DVD aspect ratio and slide show aspect ratio is DVD aspect ratio is set in Video Builder in Project Options window Slideshow aspect ratio is set in Pictures ToExe in Project Options gt Screen tab Encoding DVD aspect ratio 4 3 Slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 Here is the example of what happens with slideshows if you encode presentation with 16 9 800x450 aspect ratio slideshow aspect ratio with 4 3 aspect ratio DVD aspect ratio bottom black area 90 4 3 TV display example While viewing this DVD on TV set with 4 3 sides video will look like encoded before picture below r 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 2 DVD aspect ratio 4 3 3 TV display aspect ratio 4 3 i Va i MN f int ithe Ht tt a UF 16 9 TV display example While viewing this video on widescreen TV display video will look like with 4 3 aspect ratio This means that TV display will add black areas on the left and on the right sides of the video to make aspect ratio as 16 9 Look at the picture below 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 2 DVD aspect ratio 4 3 3 TV display aspect ratio 16 9 Top black area 91 Encoding slideshow aspect ratio 4 3 Here is the example of slideshow with aspect ratio 4 3 Encoding result of it DVD aspect ratio 4 3 will look original without any black areas Encoding result will look the same 600px 1 Slideshow aspect
75. example or Background music for show C Users user Music Caf del 401 Sun ls Shinnig mp3 7 29 i 7 Play songs in random order Track 1 to mix the audio clips E Don t interrupt sound comment when next slide appears For example you have added two tracks each track contains several audio clips Track 1 11 59 C Users user Music Caf del 01 Sun ls Shinnig mp3 7 29 C Users user Music Caf del Mar 02 Wake Up mp3 4 29 Track 2 9 28 C Users user Music Caf del Mar XV A03 Relaxmp3s 4 45 C Users user Music Caf del M 04 Avantguard mp3 4 45 The peculiarity is that both tracks will begin playing simultaneously and to edit these audio clips we should highlight the necessary track double click on it or click button Customize Here you see the following options 0 Start time means the time point from which the audio clip begins playing It can be the 25 second for gt 0 00 example or any other second if you want to cut the beginning of audio clip Audio clip properties File Name 0 Duration is the time of playing audio clip itself You can cut the music file on any number of second or minutes you wish Start time 0 00 000 0 Crossfading means that the music will begin playing gradually and you can set the time when it will be Dni 1 50 096 heard in 100 volume 0 Offset means that the music will begin playing immediately in the set by you number of seconds or Offset 0 00 000 Ls
76. folder adn C Windows Temp 69 Nearby the Project Options button you can see several options amp Untitled WnSoft Video Builder 7 0 Beta 11 Ss ge File Edit Help Auto v 1 Autumn Project options DVD 4 7 23 MB 00 00 26 lt Back Next gt Modified You can check Create menu box if you want the menu on your DVD disc Next you can choose the size of your DVD the default is 4 7 but if your disc is larger or smaller you can choose two other parameters 8 5 and 1 4 Next you can see the bar which shows the total space on the disc as has been said above Here you can see the blue color which indicates the space occupied and the white color which indicates the free space The red line shows the end of the free space on your disc At the end of the bar there are two buttons Back which is greyed out and Next which are self explanatory Next gives you an opportunity to go forward and Back backwards When you have selected the projects which you want to burn it is necessary to click Next button and the window which is shown above will be opened Here you can customize the menu for your DVD disc if you wish You should remember that if you don t check the box Create menu in the previous window this window won t be opened and just the next one will be opened at once It is important to note that the word Title can be chang
77. form of a signal such as a wave moving in a solid liquid or gaseous medium In many cases the medium in which the wave is being propagated does not permit a direct visual image of the form In these cases the term waveform refers to the shape of a graph of the varying quantity against time or distance WMV Windows Media Video is a compressed video file format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft The original codec known as WMV was originally designed for Internet streaming applications X Xvid is a video codec library following the MPEG 4 standard specifically MPEG 4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile ASP It uses ASP features such as b frames global and quarter pixel motion compensation lumi masking trellis quantization and H 263 MPEG and custom quantization matrices Z ZIP is a file format popular data compression and archival format A ZIP file contains one or more 85 files that have been compressed to reduce their file size or stored as is The format was originally designed by Phil Katz for PKZIP However many software utilties other than PKZIP itself are now available to create modify or open unzip decompress ZIP files Zoom is decreasing narrowing the apparent angle of view of a digital photographic or video image Digital zoom is accomplished by cropping an image down to a centered area with the same aspect ratio as the original and usually also interpolating the result back up to
78. formation will be added automatically ann ee Picture Height Slide Number Slides Count JPEG EXIF Description JPEG EXIF Comments JPEG EXIF Time JPEG EXIF Date 57 More Tab In More Tab you can see the following options There are the following setions here Advanced Options Run application slideshow on exit A e Default Settings and Localization of messages Advanced Options A in slideshow Se ee eae In the first section you have the opportunity to 4 Pause when slideshow window becomes inactive Customize windows if you want it in your slideshow You can customize it by clicking on the same button In this case the following dialog box E sa Run only when last slide has been shown Run application slideshow on exit Run on any exit including Esc key Default Settings El Display shadow behind slide imag Customize Set for existing slides 100 EA o of the slide to show main images Set for existing slides Localization of messages in slideshow Customize Windows M a In the first tab Help window you can check the box Help window Show help on F1 keypress if you wish to show El Shoa heip on Fi kepes Help window Here also you can Edit Help Window by pressing the corresponding button In 4 Pause when help window is shown i E this case you will go to the Windows Editor Startup Window E Windows Editor Help uy ie EW EM lolak C Show startup window Edi
79. g slide in the Slide list or create a new blank slide calling Insert blank slide command from a popup menu click Objects and Animation button click Add Video button located on the toolbar in the left upper corner of the window and choose one or several video clips i Objects and Animation Slide 1 of 8 4 MOI wA a x BiO E Auto Close _ bojoj 4 gt a Properties Common Animation Video C Users user Docu ca Main object of slide Edge antialiasing Don t include file to EXE F Mute audio lt Start Time 0 00 000 Duration 0 30 080 a Offset 0 00 000 Master Video Track v Adjust Video and Border o IMG_0115 2000 ms 2000 ms Play Publish Preview Project Options Customize Slide Tools lt Duration 00 07 000 Position 00 02 514 nature Objects 2 In the Properties Tab there are several options related to the video clip 0 Edge anti aliasing is the same option as file images it improves the visual quality of edges of the rotated video clip It is the recommended option 0 Mute audio option disables the audio track of the chosen video clip 0 Don t include file to EXE option affects only when you create executable files of the show for PC The video clip will not be included into EXE file it should be placed to the same folder where EXE file is located This opti
80. ge on the screen With the help of the small arrows you can enlarge or diminish and move the picture If Sr pato in pals CE aaa you click on the word Position your image is moved to the Zero position to the left upper corner of the window If you Pret etme click on the word Size the image gets a real size notwithstanding the size of the preview window You should Size 1024 000 M 682 667 remember that if you change the virtual size of the images of gt the slideshow in the Project Options Screen tab the figures here are also changed and the image is moved not right So it is better to set the same virtual size of the image as its real size not to contradict with the position and size parameters of the image It is important to note that this option is helpful for professional users if they want to compose the slide from several images for example If you know the real size of the image you just set the same virtual size in the Project options Screen Tab and then enter the exact figures of position of the images in the position box and the images will be set in the necessary places without any difficulties If the virtual size of the images contradicts with their real size the images are put in the wrong places Position 000 gt x 42 567 o In the option Size position in pixels you can also see one more tab Original mode which a o al gave you the size and position in percents In the previous SES Original mode version
81. gressive JPEGs are not as widely supported L Lossless Compression is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data This can be contrasted to lossy data comression which does not allow the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data Lossless data compression is used in many applications For example it is used in the popular ZIP file format and in the Unix tool gzip It is also often used as a component within lossy data compression technologies Lossless compression is used when it is important that the original and the decompressed data be identical or when no assumption can be made on whether certain deviation is uncritical M Mode is a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface in which the same user input will produce perceived different results than it would in other settings The best known modal interface components are probably the Caps Lock and Insert keys on the standard computer keyboard both of which put the user s typing into a different mode after being pressed then return it to the regular mode after being re pressed MPEG 1 defines a group of Audio and Video AV coding and compression standards agreed upon by MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG 1 video is used by the Video CD VCD format and less commonly by the DVD video format The quality at standard VCD resolution and bitrate
82. her one 3 The copied video clip will automatically link to an original video clip How to Unlink Video Clip from Video Track 1 Click Link to lt name of a video track gt button 2 Choose the Single Video Clip item from the drop down list How to Play Video Clip Across Several Slides Video track can go through the several slides To reveal video place one video clip on each slide and link them all with the master video clip 1 Add a video clip on the slide where the video track should begin 2 Choose the Properties tab of the video clip 3 Change the Single Video Clip mode to Master Video Track 4 Copy this video clip to the clipboard 5 Paste the copied video clip onto the following slides where the video track should play All these video objects will be linked with its master video object They are necessary to reveal the video track on the screen on different slides Besides you can convert video clips right in the software in WnSoft video converter Our video converter converts video files to the optimal format for the most qualified and smooth playback of video clips in the slideshow The converter can be opened in several ways by right mouse click on the video clip itself on the icon in the object list in the Object and Animation editor when the video file is highlighted by opening the folder Tools when running PTE software Objects and Animation Slide 2 of 8 E A RMOWA la
83. imation IMG_0122 Mame Mame IMG 0161 Action on mouse click Show Window Action on mouse click e None Windowl Window Windows Run slideshow Run slideshow With Return Run application or open file Run application and exit Print picture slide Help Open Web page Write e mail Next slide Previous slide Go to first slide Go to slide with name Pause Exit Show Window In the next section of Project Options you can choose among run application slideshow or run nothing To choose another slideshow or application you should click the button Folder nearby this option When you choose Run only when last slide has been shown it means that the next slideshow or application will begin after the end of the first one Run on any exit including ESC key option gives you an opportunity to go to the next slideshow or application e g menu in any moment when you want by clicking the Exit or Esc button It is important to Know that these slideshows should be created in one version If they are done in different versions this option will not work In this case you may use option Run slideshow rm i Main Control Music Screen Effects Comments More l Further you may see the following options Display shadow behind slide image If this option is checked you can also Customize it Localization of messages in slideshow Captions on buttons It is importan
84. imation Slide 1 of 11 A 0 As you can see from the figure above next to the button Play Pause there is another button labelled Stop You should remember that if you click on Stop and then on the Play button the preview will start not from the beginning but from the place where the cursor was situated If you want to watch the preview from the beginning you should do the following a Click Play for previewing the slideshow 2 Assoon as Playback begins click Pause 2 Drag the blue triangle to the beginning and click Play once again 0 New transition is the option which gives you an opportunity to add new keypoints in the desired place on your slideshow and timeline It is important to know that for adding the keypoint you should set the blue rectangle to the necessary place on the timeline bar and then click on the button New transition The slides and their transitions will be moved from their old places to new ones 0 If you want to delete the keypoints you should use the option Cut transition But you should remember that the keypoints will not be deleted but just moved to the end of the slideshow If you press the button New transition in this case the keypoints which were deleted earlier will be moved to their previous places 0 Next option Timed Points includes the following functions Arrange All Points 2 Arrange All Points helps you to set all points on the timeline bar in the equal intervals of time along the
85. ion Pan amp Scan which is used to adjust the aspect ratio of video to the aspect ratio of the screen of the monitor if the aspect ratio of the screen differs from the aspect ratio of the video and this option is checked the pictire will be cut And if this option is unchecked there will be black lines on the screen C Users user Documents WnSoft Images Autumn mp4 B Convert After adjusting all these parameters choose the output folder and click button Convert The video will be saved in the chosen by you place in the computer 66 DVD video disc Video Builder If you choose to publish DVD Video in publish button another program which is called Video Builder will be opened At the upper left corner of the main window there are three main menus File Menu Edit Menu Help Menu E Untitled WnSoft Video Builder 7 0 Beta 11 Sy He _ os File Edit Help bl aa J E fe FF BE A E E J Microsoft SQL Server Compz de Microsoft NET 4 Jo MSECache de MSN Toolbar 4 OpenOffice org 3 Lo PixBuilderStudio J QIP 2010 d QuickTime D Reference Assemblies g SELECT J SkyLink m J SPSSEval B Synaptics The KMPlayer Jo ThinkPad Je ThinkPad Wireless LAN Adap J Total Commander B Unlocker ES gt Microsoft Add Remove Clear a Autumn pte Project options
86. ity 100 0 Keyframe Time 0 0 Pan effect has horizontal and vertical positions with the help of which you can move the image left right and up down As you can see from the figure you may customize it with the help of up down arrows The left block links with the left and right movements of the image and the right block links with the up and down movements You may also move the slide by dragging it with the help of the mouse In this case the display in these two blocks are changed automatically Zoom effect helps you to enlarge or diminish the image it depends on your choice You may do it with the help of up down arrows or by dragging the green rectangle of the image with the mouse There is one special feature in this option You can see a small square between the boxes with arrows by default it is turned off and the slide changes its size proportionally that is the figures in both these boxes are the same and the slide just changes its size without changing its form But if you turn this small square on by clicking on it with the mouse it gives you an opportunity to change not only the size of the picture but also the form of it It means that you can compress or extend the image With the help of the arrows in the left box you may change the image horizontally and in the right box vertically If you change the image and then you want to make it proportional you can just turn this sma
87. ize and form For See normal monitors and not wide television Aspect Ratio i screens the aspect ratio is 4 3 If you want to set another ratio click on the arrow and the E drop down menu will be opened You may E Display slides in random order choose any ratio from the existing ones See 4 Synchronize music and slides Aspect Ratio p 50 W Auto spread slides along music o In the next block Show Settings you can select Display slides in random order in this case the order which you have in the slide list won t be observed you can Meta pipes aii Synchronize music and slides but it is E Assign icon for executable file Choose Icon better to do that with the help of timeline option which will be described further Advanced settings 0 In Advanced settings you can customize Show Navigation Bar if you want to see it in your slideshow Customize Navigation Bar t You can see a small es i window Available and Selected Buttons where Style Video player Auto hide there are seven buttons C Previous slide Fade in which you can select for Ml Next slide o your Navigation bar Previous Slide Next E Scale 9 0 Slide It is very easy to choose them and their order by clicking on them a If you want you may Hide Navigation bar for a number of seconds which you can also adjust with the help of arrows beside the button You may also choose the style of Navigation bar between Air and Sk
88. l without any black areas 800 px Source slideshow 16 9 aspect ratio Encoding result will look the same This is the example how such DVD will look with 16 9 aspect ratio display 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 2 DVD aspect ratio 16 9 3 TV display aspect ratio 16 9 54 This is the example how such DVD will look with 4 3 aspect ratio display mins dd 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 2 DVD aspect ratio 16 9 3 TV display aspect ratio 4 3 IA L di Am ME a K a EOR a z an de de co a 8 f mb Ki i p gt e AA Lo Sout Sk e pol Ae _ ng E a Prt ee Bas TT O T 00000 Ie ee ee 1 Be pu S aT pe A pus E Oo pr ES yes eae ee mb eS How auto aspect ratio mode works in VideoBuilder This issue is about how Video Builder auto aspect ratio mode works Each of the videos being located on DVD disc may have one of the following aspect ratio 4 3 or 16 9 VideoBuilder can t burn DVD with slideshows using different aspect ratio If you set aspect ratio 4 3 VideoBuilder options in options all presentations will be in 4 3 if you set 16 9 VideoBuilder options all of them will be 16 9 Even if one of all presentations has an aspect ratio which differs from 16 9 slideshow aspect ratio all of them will be with 4 3 aspect ratio Only in the case when all slideshows have 16 9 aspect ratio will all slideshows will be in 16 9 Therefore if you publish
89. lative Rotate is to move about an object in a circular motion A two dimensional object rotates around a center of rotation A three dimensional object rotates around a line called an axis If the axis of rotation is within the body the body is said to rotate upon itself or spin S Screensaver is a type of computer program initially designed to prevent Phosphor Burn in on computer monitors by blanking the screen or filling it with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use Today screensavers are also used for entertainment or security purposes SECAM S quentiel couleur a m moire French for Sequential Color with Memory is an analog color television system first used in France A team led by Henri de France working at Compagnie Francaise de T l vision later bought by Thompson invented SECAM It is historically the first European color television standard Slide in PicturesToExe is the image which you is used in the project and can be seen on the screen Slide List is the list of images which you use in the project Slide show is a display of a series of chosen images which is done for artistic or instructional purposes lt is becoming more common to see digital slideshows Slideshows custom made for 84 people using their photos music wedding invitations birth announcements or virtually any other documents that can be scanned Some people are calling these DVD s the new photo montage or DV
90. lay resolutions The number 1080 represents 1080 lines of vertical resolution while the letter p stands for progressive scan meaning the image is not interlaced 1080p is considered a HDTV video mode The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16 9 implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels This publishs a frame resolution of 1920x1080 or 2 073 600 pixels in total The frame rate in Hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p such as 1080p30 meaning 30 Hz a HD 1280x720p is another high definition format The difference with the previous format is in the number of lines 19 It is important to note that when changing the format the window will also be changed It depends on the number of programs which support this format lf the program doesn t support the particular format it is greyed out for that particular format 0 Next you should choose TV system parameters if you select one of the formats except AVI video file If you live in Canada the USA or Japan you should select NTSC If you live in Europe select PAL SECAM The default of Sound Fading is 500 ms but if you want you may change it After that if you want you may choose Audio and Video codecs Codec is a special device which is used to compress data In this case music audio and video It is important to note that the quality of sound and video is not changed only their size is reduced When you press the bu
91. ll square off and the slide becomes proportional again Rotate effect gives you an opportunity to rotate the image clockwise and counterclockwise The default setting is zero here If you click on the arrow in the rotate box the following dialog box will be opened Here by moving the cursor in this box you may rotate the image in both directions It s important to note that you may also move the slide dragging it by the angle of the green rectangle which you may see if the object is highlighted Center effect is a very powerful feature which gives you a lot of opportunities in animating and customizing the images It s important to mention that the center of any image or object which you want to adjust is situated in the real center of it If the image is highlighted you may see this center which is shown by the green circle in the green rectangle If you want to change it for some reason you may do it with the help of this option You should press Shift and drag the center with the help of the mouse simultaneously in the direction you wish That is your center of the image from that moment You may now move the image and the center 32 will be on its new place In the boxes with up down arrows you may change the figures and the image moves relatively its center horizontally and vertically If you use the arrows in the left box up arrow helps you to drag the image to the left down arrow to the right If you use arrows in the right box u
92. meras and motion picture systems Frame rate is most often expressed in frames per second fps or simply hertz Hz H Hardware Acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than it is possible in software running on the normal Normally processors are sequential and instructions are executed one by one Various techniques are used to improve performance hardware acceleration is one of them The main difference between hardware and software is concurrency allowing hardware to be much faster than software Hardware accelerators are designed for computationally intensive software code Depending upon granularity hardware acceleration can vary from a small functional unit to a large functional block like motion estimation in MPEG2 HD 1080 High Definition is the name for a category of display resolutions The number 1080 represents 1 080 lines of vertical resolution while the letter p stands for progressive scan meaning the image is not interlaced 1080p is considered a HDTV video mode The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16 9 implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels This creates a frame resolution of 1920x1080 or 2 073 600 pixels in total The frame rate in Hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p such as 1080p30 meaning 30 Hz HD 1280x720p is another high definition format the difference with the previous format is in the number of lines HSL is a
93. mize Slide Unsharp Mask None 0 Ka Background p 23 ENE 0 Sharpness control increases the sharpness eo of pictures in your slideshows If you apply Fullscreen 7 unsharp mask in a graphical editor it gives a Virtual Size of Slide 1024 x 768 5 good result only when your picture has the F Fixed size of slide in pixels same size as the current screen resolution Otherwise the program has to apply resizing which dramatically decreases original sharpness PicturesToExe applies unsharp mask in real time for every frame 60 frames second Before showing the photo on the screen PicturesToExe resizes picture ok cancel according to the current screen resolution if y applicable In version 7 0 we use an improved image processing which gives almost the same quality as Bicubic Then PicturesToExe applies unsharp mask and show a picture on the screen Unsharp Mask is a global option for all slides of your project and affects to the entire screen It is better to choose different modes of this option depending on the type of your slideshow If you don t use animation Pan Zoom Rotate on the slides and all pictures are static you may choose Best for static mode 70 If you use Pan Zoom Rotate effects the best mode is Best for animation 30 Also you can choose Custom mode and type manual amount value for unsharp mask To disable unsharp mask choose None mode Or Custom with O value Tiled image
94. mn mp4 yo ur accoun t Convert Publish on Facebook E Publish on Facebook M E The opportunity is publishing slideshow on AA Facebook The mechanism is the same as Publish your video online on Facebook com HD1080p 1920 x 1080 HD720p 1280 x 720 and Standard i quality 640 x 360 modes are available Sign up to Facebook com pu bl IS h ng on Youtu be J ust u p oad the Video slideshow and enjoy watching HD quality 720p O SD quality HD quality 1080p Custom Pan amp Scan enabled V Keep converted video file s after uploading A Warning If you ve got unconfirmed Facebook account you will not be able to upload video with duration more than 2 minutes You can confirm your account by this link In case if your account is confirmed the duration of video is limited to 20 minutes MP4 File Name C Users user Documents WnSoft Images Autumn mp4 Screen Saver You may also publish a Screen Saver Choose this option you will see the window where you can select the place for saving it on your computer and click the Save button The file in SCR format is ready Executable File for Mac If you want to publish an Executable file for Mac select this option on the button publish and save on the computer anywhere you want If you do it under Windows here it will look like a folder and will be opened only on Mac Executable File for PC EXE file If you want to publish
95. ng the angles of the image with the mouse 0 You can use timeline bar to make animation here You should set the keypoints on timeline and adjust the position and the size of the slide in each keypoint See the example As you Can see from the example this is the position of the slide in the middle of its duration The blue triangle is in the middle of timeline beside the second keypoint Be a Publish Preview bal Project Options Customize Slide Tools m From that example you can see the zoomed picture in another keypoint position The image can be adjusted with the help of the mouse by dragging the angle of the green rectangle to the necessary direction You can also do this with the help of blue arrows in the Animation Tab 1500 ms Publish Preview a Project Options Customize Slide Tools dal On clicking the Preview or Play button you can see how the animation works 41 How to Create Mask Effect For creating special effects in your animation you can use Mask Let s see how this option works 0 After opening the image in the Object and Animation window first you should add the mask with the help of the button M in the tool bar After clicking on this button the following window will be opened lesa First you can select the source of mask you can 3 take it from the preset type or create by y
96. nity to make picture sharper or smoother according to your needs and the initial quality of picture For better understanding of the functioning of this option it is better to see the difference Both images are zoomed out The first variant is made without the option Low quality of resizing the effect is degraded The second variant is made with the help of Low quality of resizing and the picture seemed to be more legible and sharp 0 If you click on button Adjust Image and Border the following window will be opened ll If the box Enable Border is checked in this case the border or frame appears around the image Customizing the parameters on the right you can change its width color and transparency component A In the Canvas Size tab you have an opportunity to cut the image from any side you want left right bottom or top if there is such necessity to edit the slide The window is floating so you can leave it open while customizing another functions It will look in such a way 29 An option Animation is added here This option is convenient to make a simple animation in one image To understand how it works see the example below EN gt We take the image and mark its parts with number from 1 to 4 pubish j Preview ka ProjectOptions CustomizeSlide Tools jl Duration 00 04 000 Position 00 00
97. nterlaced Help menu gives you hyperlinks to the official PTE site where you can find any information about this programs and ask questions if you have any 68 Below the main menu there is the drive selector where you can choose the necessary drive Below the drive selector you can see the file directory tree of the chosen drive Nearby there is the preview window for a selected file or project Below the preview window you can see the same buttons as in the Edit Menu Add Remove and Clear Then the project list is situated where the chosen projects can be seen and their duration and size are shown below in a special box shown below The red vertical line indicates the end of free space on the disc 23 MB 00 00 26 N On the left from this box there are several options which should be described The main of them is Project Options Project Video options 720 x 576 25 fps TV system Menu aspect ratio TV screen aspect ratio Bitrate Video Type Anti flicker filter for slide shows Audio options MPEG audio 48 KHz Stereo Audio format Bitrate Advanced options A Repeat playback of a disc Return to menu after each title Add chapters 1 U In the Project Tab of the Options there are several sections In Video options first you should choose TV system according to the country you live in There are two systems PAL SECAM is used in the Europe and NTSC is used in the North Americ
98. of Object and Animation editor where in the line for adding slideshow you may enter the same text with the command line parameter See the example Properties Common Mame IMG 0161 Action on mouse click 5how Window Myslideshow exe slide 5 78 Hotkeys Main Window AVI file F7 Copy Slide Ctrl C Create Backup in Zip Alt B Create Template frob this Show Ctrl T Customize Current Slide Ctrl U Cut All Transition Points Ctrl Alt H DVD Video Disc Shift F1 Edit File Crtl W Executable File for Mac F8 Executable File for PC EXE F9 Exit Alt X File Info Ctrl I File List as Thumbnails Ctrl 1 File List Sort Order Name Ctrl F4 Extension Ctrl F5 Date Ctrl F6 Size Ctrl F7 File Tree Ctrl G Fullscreen View of File List F3 Fullscreen View of Slide List F4 HD Video for PC and Mac Shift F2 Insert Blank Slide Alt S Manage Templates Ctrl E New Ctrl N Object and Animation Ctrl B Open Ctrl O Paste Slide Ctrl V Project Options Ctrl P Quick Preview F5 Random Order Alt R Redo Ctrl Y Remove Slide Del Rename Slide List F2 Rotate Clockwise lossless Ctrl F Rotate Counterclockwise lossless Alt F Save Ctrl S Save As Shift Ctrl S Set Time of Points Shift Ctrl T 19 Shift Points Ctrl H Start Preview from this Slide Ctrl R Slide List as Thumbnails Ctrl Z Timeline View F6 Undo Ctrl Z
99. ol the slideshow E Allow to restore images Print button on Navigation Bar with the help of keyboard buttons They are Password Enabling time limited usage and not allowing to copy pictures with the Printscreen button You may also show the logo of your company and customize its position size and opacity if you wish While customizing Trial Usage Details usage of the slideshow you may set the last date of its usage the number of runs and even write the message for other users why the slideshow doesn t work any longer 45 Music Tab in Project Options With the help of the Music Tab you can add music to the whole slideshow Project Options II less To add music you should click on the button Add Music and the dialog box appears where you can choose the necessary music files from your computer Now you can also add the audio files by Add Track y Pa dragging them from the File List to the Slide List An option Record Voice Comment On clicking a On the Microphone button the dialog box z appears where you can record your voice comments to every slide This option is described in more details in the chapter Preview Window p 20 It is important that you can add several audio clips and tracks to your slideshow The option Add Track gives you an opportunity to play several ES audio clips simultaneously It is necessary when Customi i Crossfadi ctm nasa Cresta you need to add some sound effect for
100. on can be useful if you add large video files 0 De interlacing option is better to be kept by default Auto This option can be useful only if you add interlaced video and you want to choose a manual method of de interlacing 0 Start time Duration and Offset parameters are intended for the virtual editing of the video clip crop clip delay start of video clip 0 Master Video Track option is used for the following tasks playing one video clip through the several slides simulating the reflection of a video clip adding several copies of one video clip on a slide for special effects It is necessary to note that all these applications need greate resources of CPU and video card Besides video objects on one or several slides linked with one video track share common parameters Start time Duration Offset Mute audio Video track begins from the slide where Master Video Track mode is placed 36 How to Create New Video Track 1 Open the Objects and Animation editor 2 Add a video clip or select an existing one 3 Choose the Properties tab find an option Single Video Clip and click this button 4 Choose Master Video Track How to Link Video Clip to Existing Video Track Variant 1 Click the Single Video Clip button and choose the video track from a drop down list Variant 2 1 Copy video clip which has the Master Video Track mode 2 Paste the copied object onto the same slide or anot
101. optical disc image As is typical for disc images in addition to the data files that are contained in the ISO image it also contains all the filesystem metadata including boot code structures and attributes All of this information is contained in a single file These properties make it an attractive alternative to physical media or the distribution of software that requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the Internet J JPEG is a commonly used method of compression for photographic images The name JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group the name of the committee that created the standard JPEG is distinct from MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group which produces compression schemes for video The JPEG standard specifies both the codec which defines how an image is compressed into a stream of bytes and decompressed back into an image and the file format used to contain that stream The compression method is usually lossy compression meaning that some visual quality is lost in the process and cannot be restored although there are variations on the standard baseline JPEG that are lossless There is also an interlaced Progressive JPEG format in which data is compressed in multiple passes of progressively higher detail This is ideal for large images that will be displayed whilst downloading over a slow connection allowing a reasonable preview after receiving only a portion of the data However pro
102. our hand Mosaic Push Effect Slide Effect Curling of Page Flip 3D To see how these transitions work just click on them and have a look Slide 1 of 11 Use default effect but with own duration nenes You can also adjust the thickness of smoothing Els line and Effect duration which is the time of Fade in out continuance of this effect by using up and down Hour hand arrows for setting the time Clockwise Counter clockwise Circle 5 To center From center Rhombus 5 To center From center C Own thickness of smoothing line Effect duration 1 5 Lad 5 Saat 25 Objects and Animation Main Window In addition to the customized settings of the slide you can adjust some other options such as Objects and Animation fl Objects and Animation Slide 1 of 11 So Mii Al oe x a Jal E Auto v Close r 2 Properties Common Animation Picture C Users user Docu 15 Y Main object of slide v Edge antialiasing Low quality of resizing pa Sharper Smoother 0 le Adjust Image and Border Save and Use by Default P 4 w p 1500 ms 1500 ms rumin Pree Projet Options Ganas a Gal ead Duration 00 04 000 Position 00 00 000 C Users user Documents WnSoft 7 0 images IMG_0133 JPG Objects 1 When clicking on th
103. ourself and add it from your computer If you select the preset you can adjust some parameters of your future mask eee TEENE eee You can choose between Rectangle or Circle See epee s2 ge la preset type adjust the size width of blur and Width of blur 50 00 corner radius of your mask adi s 50 00 il I When you are sure your mask is ready click OK button and go to the next step o After adding the mask it will look in that way i Objects and Animation Slide 4 of 11 o x e MIA ad x a e a Auto ala Properties Common Animation Pan Linear z Zoom Rotate Linear x Select a keyframe on the timeline below to adjust this object Create New Keyframe here a IMG_0122 SE Mask Container iM Mask Circle 4 m 1500 ms 1500 ms Play Project Options Customize Slide Tools Duration 00 04 000 Position 00 11 367 Mask Container Objects 3 Here in the object list you see that we have mask container as a parent object and the mask itself as a child object 0 To achieve a special effect when instead of the white circle you will see another image you should add the image you want but you should remember that this image should lay in the mask container and should also be its child object The example of how it will look like you may see below 42 Zi Objects and Animation Slide 4 of 11 ESO AA SSMOmAdD
104. p arrow moves the image up down arrow moves it down This option is also very helpful not only in moving but also in rotating the slide To have a look at all possibilities of this option it is better to experiment with it 0 Opacity effect also helps you to make a lot of different things and views Opacity varies from 0 to 100 that means you can make the image invisible at all or vice versa visible The default setting is always 100 but you may change it by dragging the cursor in the opacity box You may add several objects or images and set different opacity for all of them The effect is very beautiful For better understanding of this option it is better to try to work with it 0 Keyframe Time option shows the time of the current slide from one keypoint to another one and will be described further see Timeline Operation p 61 3D Parameters a Rotate X Rotate Y 0 00 Pan Z 0 00 4 Show front side Show back side Hide child objects 0 The option 3D Parameters is available also Now you can get real 3D graphic effects right here in Object and Animation editor When clicking on this button you see the following window You should just change parameters on some of three axis or all of them and achieve the necessary effect Besides you can choose whether to show the the front or back side of the image or not If you check off showing one of the sides you see either black image or any image you add to this side Just experiment
105. r ends of music After clicking the button you will see the following dialogue box where you can set the Duration necessary time for fading Crossfading 0 05 000 You have an opportunity to Play songs in random order if you wish and to Loop background music For this you should check boxes with these settings The first one should be customized for each track separately If you add sound comments to your slideshow you can adjust such parameters as Don t interrupt sound comment when next slide appears If this option is not checked the sound comment for the current slide will be played till the slide is on the screen When the next slide appears on the screen the sound comment is interrupted If this option is checked the sound comment will be played up to the end 48 Screen Tab Screen Tab is divided into three sections Screen Options Background and Additional Options In the first section you may adjust the images to the screen Project Options III o In the Background Section you may set the 3 background as Solid color Gradient filling Main ontro USIT Creen E s omments More iliinaa Gontesl ted ictal Gommenental dora or Tiled image You should remember that if ee your images fill the whole screen then this ee a option is of no use to you But if the images SO don t fill the screen you may select among three variants which have been already Sharpness Control described earlier See Custo
106. ratio 4 3 2 DVD aspect ratio 4 3 3 TV display aspect ratio 4 3 This is the example how such DVD will look with 16 9 aspect ratio display 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 4 3 2 DVD aspect ratio 4 3 3 TV display aspect ratio 16 9 a ee AA S ere ee 92 Encoding DVD aspect ratio 16 9 Slideshow aspect ratio 4 3 For example your slideshow has 800 600 pixels dimension 4 3 Source slideshow 4 3 aspect ratio eee 2 Js q x di E abn VE ka Y i des lso ay E gt 600px 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 4 3 2 DVD aspect ratio 16 9 600 px Left black area eade 338 09 14613 16 9 TV display example As you can see 16 9 TV display shows this video as it looks after encoding aa Y y 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 4 3 2 DVD aspect ratio 16 9 3 TV display aspect ratio 16 9 Left black area eade 432 09 WUBI 53 4 3 TV display example As soon as we try to see this video on the TV display with 4 3 sides we can find black areas at the top and at the bottom of our DVD These areas are added by TV display to make video aspect ratio 4 3 Sa 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 4 3 2 DVD aspect ratio 16 9 3 TV display aspect ratio 4 3 eade 438 q 34614 Ls a i ait ur 2 ir de Encoding slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 Here is the example of source slideshow with aspect ratio 16 9 Encoding result DVD aspect ratio 16 9 will look origina
107. s You can easily record sound or voice comments to slides right in Pictures ToExe Questions How can I purchase Pictures ToExe Please visit our website http www wnsoft com picturestoexe bought PicturesToExe 7 x x Should pay again for next versions When you buy a license for PicturesToExe you will get minor updates and bug fixes for free Minor updates are updates of which the first version number has not changed So if you buy license for version 7 x x you can upgrade to any other version 7 x x free of charge don t have an opportunity to download the program from the Internet How can purchase iton CD You can purchase a CD with PicturesToExe from Barry s Beckham web site http www beckhamdigital co uk digitalav pte pte htm What screen resolution is needed to view the presentation You can use any resolution 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 or higher A slideshow in executable file uses the currently set display mode All elements of a slide scale are visible automatically and proportionally at any display mode Will PicturesToExe create presentations that can be viewed on Apple Macintosh computers Mac OS X Now you can create not only DVD discs but also executable file with slideshow for MacOS Can put my slideshows executable files created with Pictures ToExe on CD or DVD discs Yes of course How many slides can I include in my slideshow Up to 20000 slides unregistered version is limited to 10 slides
108. s So if you earlier prefer to use option Original Mode A FIXES j n Pinak then use this tab in that version Position p 000 gt l y 0 000 Size 136 533 136 533 0 Perspective Correction of Zoom is used instead of camera zoom 0 Transparent to Selection gives you an opportunity to make changes in the selected object without touching the other objects if there are any 0 Time Range here you can set the time to display the image in the slideshow But you d better use timeline window You can also select the Mode between Fit to slide Cover Slide Cover slide 31 Drop Shadow and Glow as Color Opacity Angle Distance Size Spread Drop shadow templates Shadow for 3D mode OK ed Cancel Animation Tab 0 You can customize Drop shadow the figure is shown below Here you can select the Color of the shadow by clicking in the color box You may set Opacity from 0 to 100 Angle and Size of the shadow Distance from the image and Spread Form of the shadow At last you can save shadow as the Templates Animation Tab contains such options as Pan Zoom Rotate Opacity and some others which will be described further Properties Common Animation LL Pan 0 000 x 0 000 Linear Zoom 100 000 100 000 Linear Rotate 0 000 EA Linear Center 0 000 x 0 000 Opac
109. sary options and functions are Rename Image File gathered together Rename Slide Object F2 Start Preview From This Slide Ctrl R File Info Ctrl I 21 The Control Buttons With the help of the window The Control Buttons you can perform different actions and publish the slideshow Here you can see the following buttons Preview a Project Options Slides Ties 0 The Publish button is used when you have finished customizing your slideshow and want to create video file of different formats such as HD Video for PC or Mac AVl video file DVD Video disc Video for iPhone executable file or screensaver Besides you can publish this video with your slideshow on Youtube and Facebook This option will be described in more details further see Video Options p 65 0 The Preview button allows you to preview the whole slideshow from the beginning up to the end If you have switched two or more monitors to your computer after clicking on this button you see the window where you should choose the monitor for previewing If you want to preview it from a particular slide you should use the button which is found by Preview 0 When clicking on Project Options a large dialog box with numerous options and settings for your slideshow appears A detailed description of this button can be seen see Projects Options p 44 0 Slides Timeline are two buttons which are switched between one anither If you click Slides th
110. slides to the time line click lt Insert slide gt button select necessary images and click lt Add gt button and do the same steps with them want to add one or more MP3 music files to my slideshow as background music Go to Project options Music tab and add music files MP3 WMA OGG WAV MID which will play in your slideshow After the last file ends optionally the first file will be played again and so on How can create an independent video file not on CD DVD and save it on my hard drive You can create a custom AVI file Click lt publish gt button check publish custom AVI file then select audio and video codecs lt Audio codec gt and lt Video codec gt buttons You can choose any video codec except Pictures ToExe video codec You can select codecs from the lists or use your own codecs Then click lt publish AVI gt button and save your file How can make a screensaver and set it for my computer Create a slideshow as a screen saver Save it in any folder of your computer Right click on it and select menu item to set it as a screen saver for your PC How can I transfer my PicturesToExe to another computer You can copy the distribution program PicturesToExe to any removable media CD flash memory device etc and then install to another PC Then register it with your current key If you don t have back up copy of your registration key you can always inform technical support and you will be given a new key
111. t that this function also works only when the Button lt OK gt Button lt Cancel gt Password query Caption Text Expired trial Caption Print dialog Caption Button Button Button Button Cancel Password required Enter password Information Print Change Printer Print Save Only Main Image EZE image doesn t fill the screen Don t forget to click on the Set for existing slides button to set this option for the whole slideshow By clicking on the Customize button you may select the necessary Color Opacity Angle Distance from the Image and Size of the Shadow If the image does not fill the whole screen there will be black lines on the screen In this case you can choose the Color outside slide area by clicking on the button A and selecting the suitable color The Percentage of the slide to show main images is the option which gives you an opportunity to watch your slideshow at any size on the monitor The last section Caption on buttons and Password query Here you can add the image which tells the user of your slideshow to enter the password If you scroll down you will also see such sections as Expired Trial and Print Dialog All sections are self explanatory and give you the necessary information But it is important to explain some 59 sections In Expired Trial you can add a message saying why the show cannot be run any longer and give some instructions what to
112. t Startup Window Moma de x se 8 auto v cios Startup size 40 x 40 b ni Startup caption Custom Windows Add Window Remove Window Edit Window Here you can customize your Help window like in NAO Object and Animation editor add shadows to the text and other objects choose their colors and background color style add Pan Zoom Rotate effects and so on In the second tab Startup Window you have an opportunity to choose its size and also to edit it in the Windows Editor with the help of numerous options like in Object and Animation editor In the third part Custom Windows you can create any number of windows and add them to your slideshow in any place you want When you add a new window it is seen on the right In our screenshot you can see the window W1 You can rename it by printing the needed name in the line below the main options To go to the Windows Editor you can click on button Edit Window or by double clicking on the name of the needed window All created windows are saved here If you want to add them in slideshow you can do it in Object and Animation option You choose the slide after which you want to add window Select Common tab Action on mouse click Show window as represented in the screenshot After clicking on this button you will see the list of earlier created in Project Options windows Choose and add them to your slideshow 58 2 Properties Common An
113. the pixel dimensions of the original It is accomplished electronically without any adjustment of the camera s optics and no optical resoluton is gained in the process Most of the terms are taken from hitp en wikipedia org 86 Tutorials and Articles Please visit our web site http www wnsoft com picturestoexe help You also can have a look at unofficial User Manual http www wnsoft com files picturestoexe user guides 5 0 Pictures ToExe_v50_UserManual_en pdf A new article on Wikipedia is available now http en wikipedia org wiki Pictures ToExe 8 Slideshows Created in PicturesToExe Please visit our site http www wnsoft com picturestoexe slideshows 88 Contacts Our Web site http www wnsoft com You can find User Guide and unofficial User manuals on our website http www wnsoft com picturestoexe help 89
114. the scale in grey the Start time is reflected Pay attention that the same displays in Audio clip properties on the left Waveform and Envelope Tool gt Apply Envelope Guide Lines il gt 0 00 File Name Start time Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse Duration 1 20 789 Crossfading 0 00 000 E Offset 0 00 000 FadeIn 0 19 596 Fade Out 0 11 173 Volume 5 100 Show waveform 0 In the end of audio clip we can make the same with Fade Out and Duration of track See the example below 0 The next option which is worth discussing is keypoints which can help you to work with the volume manually right in the waveform You can add them clicking on the waveform move them with the mouse It is very convenient to adjust volume just moving mouse to the center or edges of the waveform See the example You can make the volume silent for example in the middle of an audio clip to add sound comments 47 Waveform and Envelope Tool 0 00 000 O 42 457 305 Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse It is necessary to add that you can add any number of keypoints you need and remove them with the help of buttons above on the right Ww This one deletes one highlighted keypoint The second deletes all keypoints at once The option Crossfading means that you can mix the audio clips fading in and out their beginnings f and thei
115. ts are changeable You can see the scissors on the inner keypoints which may help you to seperate the movement or vice versa to glue it The difference is that if you separate the movement will not be smooth So it is better not to do it and to leave it as it is So if you make some changes here you should make them also in Pan Zoom and Rotate options lts important to note that you may save these speed options as Templates and use with other images Object List Object List is situated in the right lower corner of the main window of Object and Animation Here you can see the list of images and objects which you have added and work with You can add objects to the object list in several ways IMG_0115 by selecting the buttons in the tool bar above the preview window I Mask Container Add Frame Add Button Add Text and so on a Textl o P Circle 0 by right clicking on the preview window or the object list where pop up menu will appear and you may choose the necessary object Image Rectangle Text or Hyperlink Button or Frame It s important to note that there are parents children relations between objects As you can see from the figure above there are two main or parent objects and several children objects for each main image It means that children objects are subordinated to the parent ones and they have all features of their parents If you delete a parent object all children objects will be also deleted
116. ttons Audio and Video Codec you can select the necessary program for compression manually but the program always does it automatically The next three windows here denote the number of vertical and horizontal lines and the number of frames per second FPS You can also change it manually but it is better to set the default settings here You may see the preview button here and set the time the number of seconds which you want to preview The default is 10 seconds here At last you should press publish AVI or Cancel if you don t want to publish anything When you press the publish AVI button the dialog box for saving it will be opened and after that the creating process will begin When creating process is finished burn this AVI file on the disc Publish on Youtube If you want other users to see your slideshow in the Internet you may publish it on Youtube When selecting this option on the button publish you will see the following window where you may also sign up to this site E Publish on YouTube Publish slideshow online on YouTube com You can watch slideshow on YouTube or embed it into your website and blog HO1080p 1920 x 1080 HD720p 1280 x 720 and Standard quality 640 x 360 modes are available Sign up to YouTube com Login and Password Login Password C Keep Your Login amp Password Video a HD quality 720p HD quality 1080p Pan amp Scan enabled V Keep converted video fil
117. ull 2 Do you use high quality DVD discs Please try to use another disc and try to record once again If the program does not respond or you face any error messages please report about this to technical support service burned DVD video disc but it doesn t play smoothly Before burning DVD video disc check TV system parameters in the Project Options If you live in the USA Canada or Japan choose NTSC If you live in Europe you should choose PAL SECAM have a problem with the playback of HD video file there is mistiming of audio and video and even visual defects of the picture What should do You should take into consideration that this video format has very high requirements to hardware Most software players use only CPU to decode and play this video file and sometimes even the newest Intel Core 2 Duo can t play FullHD video file 1920x1080 successfully There are some players PowerDVD WinDVD which can enable hardware acceleration of video card the modern video card is required and in this case video will be played very well even with the low CPU loading The best result with software player is using free Media Player Classic HomeCinema http mpc hc sourceforge net download media player classic hc html It already includes all necessary decoders to play created video files with slideshows How to How can make my slideshow executable file start just after inserting CD or DVD discs into the drive Create a
118. which Cancel you wish to shift the points After that click OK and see the result a Set Time of Points is the option which gives you an opportunity to set all the slides or just selected slides at the intervals time which you can set manually To do this you should select the slides if you need and click button Set Time of Points In this case the following dialog box will be opened Here you can set a number of milliseconds which the slide will be shown in the slideshow Specify time ox Cancel a Set End of Last Slide at End of Music is the option which by clicking on will set the end of last slide with the end of music track notwithstanding with its duration You should remember that only the last slide will be prolonged for the necessary number of seconds or minutes other slides will not be moved It is important to know that you have an opportunity to move the end of last slide on the timeline bar In previous versions this option was unavailable You may drag it with the help of the mouse to the desired direction to the right or to the left a Import Points from Another Project is the option which can be very helpful if you don t want to make a new timeline You may just import points To do this you should click this button and then choose the project from which you want to import the keypoints It is important to Know that the number of slides in these two projects should be equal 0 Next to these
119. y Styles Video Player a Fade In and Fade Out options are used when you want to appear disappear navigation bar in the slideshow smoothly 0 Besides in the Advanced Settings you may use your own icon for your slideshow you should press the button Assign icon for exe file and choose the necessary icon from your computer 44 Control Tab Here the following options are represented Project Options II o In the Keyboard and Mouse section you may choose the action on the left right mouse click rel ygumamanananinmamaaaaiaaa You may choose among seven functions such as Exit Next Slide Previous Slide Help First Slide Pause and no function or None If you want you may also Exit on mouse move or Disable the mouse wheel Wait for a key press Space or Right key to show next slide Permit control of show using keyboard Exit on mouse move Disable mouse wheel l 0 You may choose to show the mouse cursor or hide it at startup by clicking on the box pros You may also set the time in seconds after Mouse cursor 3 which the mouse cursor will be hidden It is important to note that if you move the mouse the mouse cursor will appear again and then El Show copyright logo Customize logo will be hidden after the number of seconds Bicnebletinectinned ueno US which you have set up Protection of slideshow E Password protection o In the Protection of slideshow section gives A Piar be you an opportunity to contr

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