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PicturesToExe Deluxe Version 6.5 The User`s Guide

1. Opacity r Angle Distance Size 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 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 gt Select video frame Seles 19 m After that you can choose background image and customize it When clicking on the 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 Here you can select the location of the 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 property Background color La Ce
2. HD Video for PC and Mac Creates high quality MP4 video File H 264 DYD Y ideo Disc For players connected to television Yideo for iPad and iPhone Creates video file For iPad iPhone and iPod AYI video file Creates real or virtual AYI File with any video codec Publish on YouTube 45 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 Executable File for PC Best quality For PC in EXE File 68 You may choose between several kinds of video such as HD Video for PC and Mac DVD Video disc Video for iPad and iPhone and AVI video file Besides you may publish this video on Youtube and Facebook As in the previous versions of PTE you may create Screen Saver and Executable Files for PC and Mac All these options will be described in details further HD Video for PC and Mac If you want to create high quality video file for PC Mac and PlayStation3 When choosing this option and clicking on it you will see the following window gt Creating HD video for PC and Mac 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 Presets 5D 800 x 600 Low quality Output Folder C Documents and Se
3. 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 32 A new 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 We take the image and mark its parts with number from 1 to 4 EA Objects and Animation Slide 2 of 1 ls x MAAA x gt a Auto w Create O Project Options pu Properties Common Animation Picture D Images IMG_5523 Y Main image Edge antialiasimg Blur O O kl Anti shimmering mipmapping E Low quality of resizing Adjust Image and Border Save and Use by Default Objects 5 E MG 55 Customize Slide Tools S Duration 00 05 500 Position 00 04 000 D Images IMG_5523 bmp Then click button Adjust Image and Border Animation Tab Border Canvas Size Animation Here we should adjust the number of columns and rows the number of counts parts and repeat You should r
4. Move to left Move to right File info Ctrl U You can Add or Remove projects Clear the entire project list at all Move to the Left or to the Right from one project to the other You can also see File Info If you click on the File Info the following window will be opened 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 File Info File and Attributes File Name Folder 00 01 15 32 6 KB Date 2007 12 27 14 55 22 Aspect ratio 4 3 Personalized settings C Use personalized settings Aspect Ratio as it would be seen from the monitor In personalized settings you can choose Video Type the default is Auto always and you can also choose whether to check Anti Flicker filter or not 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 11 Below the main menu there is the drive selector where you can choose the necessary drive Es So F ega As seen from the figure above drive X is chosen 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
5. chosen by you sen 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 70 A new option Export to video file or publish online appeared in this version When clicking on it you will see the following window 5 Export to video file or publish online Here you may choose whether you want to create video for iPad and Publish slideshow online on YouTube com You can watch slideshow on YouTube or embed it 3 ua i u into your website and blog HD1080p 1920 x 1080 HD720p 1280 x 720 and Standard l P h one or P C an d Mac or p u bl IS h n li quality 640 x 360 modes are available Sign up to YouTube com your slideshow on Youtube and YouTube Video Facebook iPad and iPhone MP4 File Name ar HD quality 720p f O HD quality 1080p Pan amp Scan enabled PC and Mac Login and Password Facebook The chosen by you option You togn Password will be in blue color All these options AAA will be thoroughly described in this chapter Video Options O SD quality O Custom Keep converted video file s after uploading DA Edit Menu With the help of this menu you can perform some operations with the projects Add Remove Del Clear
6. 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 Advanced Music Comments Screen Effects 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 lr Fal First in the main 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 Main Advanced Music Comments Screen Effects More Main settings Assign icon for exe File Windows Help Startup Custom Customize Windows Pause when slide show window becomes inactive Choose icon for slideshow Show settings x 9 Close show after last slide O Repeat show until ESC is pressed When show ends keep last slide in show on screen Synchronize music and slides auto spread slides along music Display slides in random order wait For a key press or mouse click to show next slide Time interval For new slides 4 Sis and 0 gt Ms Set for existing slides m Next you can 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 will appear In the first tab Help window you can check the box Show help on F1 keypress if you wish to show Help window He
7. m 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 m 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 dl Ib 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 9 Nearby Redo Undo buttons you can see the Scale button with the help of which you 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 1 Autumn 3 0008 1 Autumn OOO RO 76 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
8. tal to shift the points the first arrow gives you an opportunity to shift to the left the Choose Direction i second one to the right Then you can set a number of seconds and milliseconds on which 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 i Here you can set a number of milliseconds which the set Time of Points LA slide will be shown in the slideshow Specify time in milliseconds 4000 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 in this version 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
9. 0 30 098 2 0 24 778 olume 5 Show waveform 4 ii gt 1 47 862 Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse 51 m 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 lt 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 Waveform and Envelope Tool gt Apply Envelope Guide Lines 1 10 A DO 0 Se a 1 47 062 1 35 405 216 Hold Ctrl key to erase keypointisi with mouse 1 30 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 gt This one deletes one highlighted keypoint The second deletes all keypoints at once A new option Crossfading is added lt means that you can mix the audio clips fading in and out their beginnings and their ends of music After clicking the button you Re will see the following dialogue box where you can set the necessary RAAG Crossfading You have an opportunity to Play songs in random order if you wish and to Repeat music after playing For this you should check boxes with these settings The first one should be customized for each t
10. Customize Current Slide Objects and Animation Reset Personal Settings of All Slides Set Comments on All Slides Current One Random Order Insert Blank Slide Remove Slide From Slide List Clear Slide List Rotate Clockwise Lossless Rotate Counterclockwise Lossless Edit Picture Rename Image File Rename Slide Object Ctrl U Ctrl B Ctrl M Alt F Alt S Del Ctrl m f 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 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 25 and Object and Animation p 29 The function Insert Blank Slide is a new one lt should be used to add some necessary information such as comments text and pictures according to your wish 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 PicturesToExe and the initial files with images won t be modified m When clicking Edit Picture you will 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 will open automatically A new function is added to this version Rename Image File and R
11. VAN VEN wo yA DN irate es Ls gt 133551 Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse m 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 Waveform and Envelope Tool Audio clip properties gt foci gt Apply Envelope V Guide Lines l 0 10 File Mame Start time 4 MT 1 47 862 Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse Duration Crossfading As you can see above the scale Fade In is reflected in grey Below the O offset scale in grey the Start time is reflected Pay attention that the same ER displays in Audio clip properties on the left volume 3 oo Show waveform m Inthe end of audio clip we can make the same with Fade Out and Duration of track See the example below Audio clip properties 1 47 I Waveform and Envelope Tool gt V Apply Envelope V Guide Lines 9 CeCxdv H _ 3 10 3 20 3 30 3 40 wer TROT NTT TART rT TUTTE TUTTE TT Bui i File Mame Music PTE 6 5 Enva One by one mps Start time Duration 2 Crossfading O Offset 0 10 009 2 3 30 119 4 0 20 000 2 0 00 000 2 Fade In Fade Gut
12. i Linear Zoom 100 000 Zoom effect helps you to enlarge or diminish the image it depends on your choice You may do it with the help of Rotate 0 000 w up down arrows or by dragging the green rectangle of the image with the mouse There is one special feature in this Linear 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 1000 y 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 3D parameters 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 small square off and the slide will become proportional again Center 0000 ix 0 000 ES Opacity keyframe Time 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 notate 360 00c 9 Here by moving the cursor in this box you may rotate the image in mig both direction
13. Ctrl F4 File Name Ctrl F5 File Extension Ctrl F6 File Date Ctrl F7 File Size Ctrl F8 Unsorted File Ctrl F9 Create Slideshow and Run Ctrl F11 Zoom In Ctri F12 Zoom Out Ctrl A Select All Pictures Ctrl B Objects and Animation Ctrl C Copy Slide Ctrl D Add All Pictures to Slide List CtrltE Manage Templates 82 Ctrl F Rotate Clockwise Ctrl G Show Grid Ctrl H Shift Timeline Points Ctrl L Timeline Ctrl M Set Comments on All Slides Ctrl N New CtrltO Open Ctrl P Project Options Ctrl R Start Preview from the Current Slide Ctrl S Save Ctrl Shift S Save As Ctrl T Set Time of Points Ctrl U Customize Current Slide Ctrl U File Info Ctrl V Paste Slide CtrltW Open Picture Ctrl X Cut Ctrl Y Redo Ctrl Z Undo Ctrl Home Move to Top Ctri End Move to End CtrltPageUp Forward One CtrltPageDown Back One Ins Add Keypoint Here Ins Clone Keypoint Ins New Transition Del Delete 83 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 pr
14. Use own background preference Loop this slide a If you select Loop this slide in this case the slide will get caught in an endless loop If there is animation in this slide it will also be Advanced options Run external application A looped till you press Right This option is Slide Name very useful for creating the menu from which the slideshow will go further m Scale keypoints in objects on time change lf you set several keypoints to the slide and then change the time of display e g from 8 to 16 seconds this option will automatically correct these keypoints e g from 4 to 8 seconds Look at the example below a From this example you see that the time of slide display is 8 seconds Here we set the time of display up to 16 seconds but 1500 ms 1500 ms i E dont switch on the option Scale keypoints in objects on time change The time from the first to the second keypoint hasn t changed the slide up to 16 seconds 1500 ms 1500 ms 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 1500 ms Here we also set the time of 20 Background 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 yo
15. 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 66 m Next to Timed Points you can see a small box with numbers which show the time of m p f U 4 000 the chosen slide in the timeline bar m The first buttons below the timeline bar is Create Preview Video Project Options were explained earlier Options Add Remove Slide Clear List are related not only to the Slide List but also to the Timeline lt depends on what you are adjusting With the help of these options you can Add slides to the timeline Remove one or more slides and Clear List In the last case all the slides will be deleted from the timeline and you can set a new timeline if you wish Next to these three 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 jie know that the waveform will appear only if the soundtrack is added le 22 Gs de bz be Te Be Ys 10s Ile 12s 132 14s 15s 16s 17s 18s 19s Oe le 222 25s de bs Fhe f 2 20s 24s 3 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to F ta E to 9 to 10 m lt 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 wavef
16. necessary You shouldn t Left Top forget to Set for existing Pight Top i l Right Bottom files all your settings Left Bottom m In the second part of the Comments Tab Set text comments for new slides you may either use comments templates or add new ones according to your choice If you click on the button Insert template the drop menu will be opened Here you can choose what you want and the necessary information will be added automatically Picture Name Picture Name with Extension Picture Path Picture Path with Extension Folder Name Folder Path Picture Width Picture Height Slide Number Slides Count JPEG EXIF Description JPEG EXIF Comments JPEG EXIF Time JPEG EXIF Date 93 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 m First you may choose the Fullscreen mode or Windowed mode The default is always Fullscreen Here you can also set Aspect ratio of a slide according to your monitor size Fullscreen w and form For normal monitors and not wide kinetiese 4 3 v television screens the aspect ratio is 4 3 ob PC DVD If you want to set another ratio click mae per on the arrow and the drop down menu will be Fixed size of slide in pixels opened You may choose any Project Options Main Advanced Music Comments Screen Effects More Scree
17. which is found by Preview When clicking on Project Options a large dialog box with numerous options and settings for your slideshow will appear A detailed description of this button can be seen see Projects Options p 44 Timeline option is necessary for synchronizing images to music On clicking this button you will see the timeline window where you should do all adjustments This function will also be described in more details further see Timeline Operation p 66 Add Remove and Clear List buttons are related to the slide list and are used to add new images remove unnecessary ones and to clear the whole slide list The explanation of icons was given earlier in the article about the directory tree of files The Status Bar At the very bottom of the main window you can see the status bar Modified EXE 29 5 MB 3198KB P 1280x853 X Images IMG_5590 bmp Hold time points The first word Modified means that there were some changes made in your project If you save these changes this word will disappear The next box shows the file size of the main image of the current slide In the third box you can see an approximate size of your executable file after creating it Further you can see the size of the image which is in the preview window and the directory where the selected image is situated There is one more point in the status bar which is also very important Hold Time Points The default is
18. 6 5 Enya Day without rain mp3 E Music PTE 6 5 Enya One by one mp3 Track 2 Play songs in random order Track 13 Repeat music after playing Don t interrupt sound comment when next slide appears E Music PTE 6 5 Enya Day without rain mp3 2130 E Music PTE 6 51Enya Deora ar mo chroi mp3 2 40 Track Z 6 30 E Music PTE 6 5 Enya Only Time mp3 3 30 E Music PTE 6 5 Enya Pilgrim mp3 ale playing simultaneously and to edit Beside there are two buttons Remove and Clear Remove help you to delete one highlighted file from the list Clear helps you to delete all files from the list A new option Add Track gives you an opportunity to play several audio clips simultaneously It is necessary when you need to add some sound effect for example or to mix the audio clips For example you have added two tracks each track contains several audio clips The peculiarity is that both tracks will begin these audio clips we should highlight the necessary track double click on it or click button Customize Here you see the following options Audio clip properties Ed a gt 0 00 5 File Mame Ml Music PTE 6 5 Enva Day without rain mp3 a Start time 0 00 000 Duration 0 10 250 E E crossfading 0 20 000 2 O Offset 0 00 000 Fade In 0 00 000 m Fade Cut 0 20 000 volume 0 100 wt Start time means the time point from which the audio clip begins playing It can
19. 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 relative 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 t
20. Disc 5 AD 1080 O HD 1280x720p 50 FPS For Adobe Encore DVD For Pinnacle Studio Field 4 First Smart anti flicker Filter Sound Fading ms _ Interlaced video Preview sec Cancel 8 54 Gb on a single sided double layer disc First you can select what kind of video to create If you want to create an AVI video file first you should make some adjustments But if you want to select among other variants youd better understand the difference between them a DVD Video disc Digital Video Disc is a popular optical disc storage media format Its 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 a HD 1080p High Definition is the name for a category of display 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 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 line
21. Facebook Improvements in Slides A new feature Insert blank slide Names of slides are displayed in the Slide list Improved Go to Slide of objects which can use a name of a slide in addition to a slide number Show Next Previous slide buttons in Slide properties window A Full List of New Features and Changes Audio editing and manipulations Crossfading between audio clips See Project options Music tab Multi tracks support Click Add track and then insert an audio clip s to play simultaneously several audio files Each audio clip can be virtually edited lossless editing Start time Duration Fade In Fade Out Crossfading Offset Volume Envelope Tool and Waveform for a selected audio clip Project options Music tab or Sound comment Use Offset parameter to add silence before an audio clip Sound comments also have the same features for editing New feature Insert Blank Slide is available now See the main menu Slide or popup menu of Slide list Improvements in the Objects amp Animation editor You can choose and save default font for new text objects See Save and Use by Default link in Properties tab of Text object in the Objects and animation editor To rotate an object in 3D space hold Shift key pressed put the mouse cursor slightly outside of a side of selected object click left mouse button and move the cursor Added icons to the tree of objects Each kind of object has its own ico
22. 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 It s 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 Objects 3 m by selecting the buttons in the tool bar above the preview window Add Frame Add Button Add Text and so on 1M1G_0046 ok Button m by right clicking on the preview window or the object list where pop up menu A Text will appear and you may choose the necessary object Image Rectangle Text or Hyperlink Button or Frame Besides now we can hide depended objects if it s necessary for some reason See the example Objects 3 E IMG_ 0046 Image Ctrl 1 Rectangle Ctrl 2 ae Text or Hyperlink Ctrl 3 ON Button chrl44 Cover Screen Alt 5 ewe Cirl45 Order 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 lt means that children objects are subordinated to the parent ones and they have all features of their parents If y
23. The term applies equally well to computer graphics video cameras film cameras 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
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25. be the 25 second for example or any other second if you want to cut the beginning of audio clip Duration is the time of playing audio clip itself You can cut the music file on any number of second or minutes you wish Crossfading means that the music will begin playing gradually and you can set the time when it will be heard in 100 volume Offset means that the music will begin playing immediately in the set by you number of seconds or minutes after the beginning of the slideshow Fade In is the option which increases the level of sound of audio clip Here you can set the time also more time longer fading Fade Out is the same option as Fade In but it decreases the level of sound of audio clip 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 m 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 90 Let s see how it works For better visual quality you can spread the waveform as in the example below Waveform and Envelope Tool gt Apply Envelope V Guide Lines D 50x3vb0 3 i im 2m m eh A i T seha Hold Ctrl key to erase keypoint s with mouse Waveform and Envelope Tool gt V Apply Envelope V Guide Lines S0x v 1 45 650 1 45 690 1 45 700
26. difference with the previous format is in the number of lines HSL is a 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 ly 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 e a name face picture edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well known significance or embodying certain qualities 85 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 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 in
27. 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 independent 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
28. 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 It 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 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
29. 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 marg 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 Properties Common Animation Mame IMa_0046 Action on mouse click Mone se Hone Properties Common Animation Mame 115 0046 Action on mouse click Show Windom Window F Drop shadow Window Windows Perspective correcte 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 ML F Transparent To Selection Time range 4000 8000 Next slide Previous slide Go to First slide Go to slide number Pause Exit Mode Fit to slide v Show Window Size position in pixels Example of Creating Customized Window For example you add slide with famous picture and want to add some information about its author E Add the slide to the slide list create a new window with information about the author in Project Options Main
30. left upper corner of the window If you click on the word Size the image will get a real size notwithstanding the size of the preview window You should remember that if you change the virtual size of the images of the slideshow in the Project Options Screen tab the figures here wil be also changed and the image will be 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 will be put in the wrong places In Pixels Original mode EN In the option Size position in pixels you can also see one more tab Original mode which gave you the size and position in percents in the previous versions So if you earlier prefer to use Position x pooo S option Original Mode then use this tab in that version EO EE in pixels of parent In Pixels Original mode Size 60 000 r ao co0 2 m Perspective Correction of Zoom is used instead of camera zoom m Transpare
31. 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 Create AV I 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 11 given a new key http www wnsoft com support htm How can 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 for all executable files with slideshows created in versio
32. 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 Hom 00 34 501 JE 00 37 Customize Slide Objects and Animation Slide 9 of 9 m 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 As soon as Playback begins click Pause 2 Drag the blue triangle to the beginning and click Play once again 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 m f 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 earl
33. panel JRE y K Lite Codec Pack LClock y microsoft frontpage Microsoft Office Microsoft Visual St Microsoft Works 49 Microsoft NET 4 Movie Maker y MSBuild l msn gaming zone J MTS Connect LJ NeoSmart Technolc 4 Online Services y OpenOffice org 3 3 al cr lt 8 Opera _ _ ___ ___ __ __ _______ _ y Outlook Express y Paint NET _ PixBuilderStudio GIP y QuickTime Reference Assembl m Ilu nan AS gt H H a H a MAA i Above the window which is on the right you can see several icons What do they mean A this is the feature for adjusting the size of the images in the selected file this icon changes the file directory tree to a full screen window where you can see all files and images more clearly S this icon gives you a short way to go to the file My Documents this icon gives you an opportunity to go up to one level while searching for the necessary image It is necessary to add that now Pictures ToExe remembers the last open folder with images to every saved project 21 Preview Window for a Selected Slide or Image When you click on the necessary image in the file panel or the slide list it will appear in the Preview Window for a Selected Slide or Image You should remember that if y
34. 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 the previewing of the slideshow in case you have switched two or more monitors to your computer m The Language option includes more than ten languages m You may also choose among three views of the main window Classic Horizontal and Vertical Views and the views of File Panel and Slide List m There is also one option which will be described in details further It is the Timeline option Here you can see such functions as view e Here you can choose between styles TS a of the Auto Scroll to select the color Mvanced Options gt O lA of the Waveform and some other Don t Use Auto Scroling functions Language Auto Scroll Style 1 o o Auto Scroll Style 2 Classic View Ctrl F i 2 Horizontal View Ctrl F Vertical View Ctrl F3 Timeline Viev col A Color of Waveform w Show Tree Ctrl 6 Display Waveform as j Help Menu 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 will appear m User Guide Online opens the page of our official site where User Guide Online Fl i Download User Guide in POF you can find the U
35. 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 e al A AA S ere Me 57 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 98 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 Aj 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 original without any black areas 800 px Source slidesh
36. 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 Z ZIP is a file format popular data compression and archival format A ZIP file contains one or more 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 the pixel dimensions 88 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 89 Tutorials and Articles Please visit our web site http www wnsoft com apr useful htm You also can have a look at unofficial User Manual http www wnsoft com apr PicturesToExe_v50_UserManual_en pdf A new article on Wikipedia is available now http en wikipedia org wiki Pic
37. 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 55 MB 00 01 15 On the left from this box there are several options which should be described The main of them is Project Options m In the Project Tab of the Options there are several sections In Video options first you Project Program should choose TV system according to the Video options 720 x 576 25 fps country you live in There are two systems IA as fans PAL SECAM is used in the Europe and NTSC j parca is used in the North America Japan and some other countries Options Menu aspect ratio eee m Next you can choose Menu and Title aspect Bitrate kbps ratio The default for Menu aspect ratio is 4 3 E TA i a for ordinary televisions but you may also select amet 16 9 if you have new televisions such as LCD E or flat panel TV screens The Aspect ratio for Audo options MPEG awdio 48 KHz Stereo 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 Audio format MPEG Audio Ay Advanced options m Next you can choose Bitrate the default is 7000 kbps but if you have the necessity you Return to menu after each title can change this fig
38. 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 survey ID 486 amp type web Zoom Pan transitions are jerky and not smooth 1 Make sure that your video card satisfies the requirements for these effects 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 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 htm 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 rippin
39. that this option is unchecked here The meaning of it is that if you add new images to the slide list the other images are moved to give space for the new image on a certain number of seconds which you have set for showing each slide But if the option Hold Time Points is checked the images will not be moved and the slide will be added without adding the space for it 24 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 will appear Timing Options Timing Background and Advanced Options are found in the Main Tab Timing includes the following features Display slide for sec here you can put the number of seconds and milliseconds and this image will be displayed for a desired period of Main Effect Music time You can also use up and down arrows for Timing setting the time Display side for sec fa ls and o ns The next menu gives you an opportunity to choose among the options which are self explanatory You should just select what you Scale keyframes in objects on time change need Customize Slide Slide 1 of 7 By default Show next slide after indicated time interval Ww Background By default Show next slide after indicated time interval Show next slide after indicated time interval Backoround color ns Wait For a key press or mouse click bo show next slide C
40. 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 changed by clicking on it and typing the necessary words m 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 13 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
41. the slideshow on the second monitor m 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 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 Common Animation Properties Mame 0504420 Action on mouse click Show Window Meslideshow exe slide 5 c 81 Hotkeys F1 Help F2 Rename F3 Fullscreen View File Panel F4 Fullscreen View Slide List F5 Preview F7 Create AVI video file F8 Create Slideshow for Mac F9 Create Slideshow F10 Exit Alt B Create Backup in ZIP Alt F Rotate counterclockwise Alt l Ignore Objects Not Selected Alt R Random Order Alt S Replace Main Image Shift F1 Burn DVD Video Disc Shift F2 HD video for PC or Mac Shift PageUp Bring to Front Shift PageDown Send to Back Ctrl 1 File Panel as Thumbnails Ctrl 2 Slide List as Thumbnails Ctrl 3 Text or Hyperlink Ctrl 4 Button Ctrl 5 Frame Ctrl F1 Classic View Ctrl F2 Horizontal View Ctrl F3 Vertical View
42. the transition from to desktop effect can t find this effect in PicturesToExe 5 Why We removed Show transition effect from to desktop options in the new version of Pictures ToExe for two reasons This effect doesn t work correctly under Windows Vista due to an error in Windows Vista Slideshows created in v4 48 in which this option is used will work as though they are created without these options There is a problem even with Windows XP Since version 5 0 we have used a fullscreen hardware accelerated display mode for maximally smooth playback of Pan Zoom effects and this option could work incorrectly on some video cards Those are the reasons why we decided to remove this option Where can download the examples of slideshows created with PicturesToExe You can find our slideshows at http www wnsoft ccom download htm_and a lot of slideshows created by users of PicturesToExe at http www beechbrook com pte 8 Problems lost PicturesToExe PC crash etc How can reinstall the program without being charged again You can download the latest version of PicturesToExe from http www wnsoft com apr apr deluxe zip You can request a new registration key at the technical support web page http www wnsoft com support htm 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 th
43. 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 y Apply changes for each page Show safe TY zone Next Page Select frame Properties 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 window and by clicking on the Edit menu in the left upper corner of the main window You can see several options here almost all of them have been described already Apply changes for each page is the option which helps you to 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 this option and these changes will be applied for all pages 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 Project name Create MPEG2 Files Create DVD folders Create 150 image C Documents and Settings Burn DVD disc Device E Generic DVD ROM CA Speed Label Indude additional folders and files to disc Pd m First you can enter the name of your project In
44. 23 24 25 06 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 i gt 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 end 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 64 Now it is necessary to describe the buttons which are situated above and below the timeline window a m 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
45. Classic HomeCinema http www wnsoft com soft other setup_mpc exe It already includes all necessary decoders to play created video files with slideshows 10 How to How to upgrade PicturesToExe to the Deluxe edition want to burn DVD Video discs with my slideshows If you bought PicturesToExe v4 48 or earlier or you bought PicturesToExe Standard edition you can upgrade to Deluxe edition and use VideoBuilder to burn DVD Video discs http www wnsoft com apr upgradetodeluxe htm How can make my slideshow executable file start just after inserting CD or DVD discs into the drive Create a 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 I 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 e
46. For preview j Here you can see different options Set Graphical Editor and Set Sound Editor help you to work with the program quicker When setting these options the programs to edit images and sounds will open by default Path and Name of Sound Editor helps you to insert the location and the name of any sound editor you wish 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 a Lossless Compress BMP Images helps to compress images of BMP format Allow modification of EXE file with slide show Enable PTE Program Sounds are self explanatory New Style of Mouse Wheel X Wheel gives you an opportunity to scroll any window you choose without clicking on it This option is very helpful and saves your time Selecting the feature the Load Last Used Project is necessary if you want the last project automatically opened when you open PicturesToExe It s very convenient if you work at one project for a long time 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 18 these two features a Use Hardware Acceleration in Editor and Video should be selected for better quality when using animation effects but if you don t have a very good graphics card you should switch this option off a Show real slide in mini
47. L Properties Common Animation ai 0 h A Picture D Images IMG_5523 5 4 Main image Edge antialiasing HF Blur lt gt 1500 ms 1500 ms nm Duration 00 05 500 Position 00 04 000 D Images IMG_5523 bmp mare yt C Anti shimmering mipmapping E Low quality of resizing Adjust Image and Border Save and Use by Default Objects 1 v When clicking on the button Objects and Animation in the preview window the main window which is shown above will appear 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 MO ACH x o ele 4 8 M B ok gt The first icon gives you an opportunity to add mask to the slide When clicking on this button the window will appear where you can adjust an image as a mask and apply it to another image 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 will be 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
48. Pictures TloExe Deluxe Version 6 5 The User s Guide WhnSoft Ltd www wnsoft com NTC a o on 3 Maite ales ut ii ates laca TU 4 System Requirements si A etc 5 Whats New IR Pictures TO EX cis a A a a iaa 6 Key ESAS tl A AAA AAA A e 6 QUESO Sun lor ic ett ico dado 8 PTOS MS as ae rial 9 OMT ri e o o a os 11 Quic Statt PICUtES TOE Xe esos hese cits e e o tdi o eno 13 QUICK Slant ViIdGSOB WAS dks rg adas ciao aoda 13 Main Window Menta A A ici 14 Man Melina do naa eunan tide 15 Fle menun aaa wat wee aun pened anes oye eae pron wade tots wath webecawaman tad 15 Creare Mena al cadera ocio 16 Project Melina oido ci n 16 A A A O A A A EAN 17 Vew A A E 18 A A Maa dle tan nice 19 TNE Directory Tee OP Files seta a a a bane ne haute teen teal edu telas 21 Preview Window for a Selected Slide Or IMaGEC cccccsececceeeecececceeeeceusecseeecsueesseeeecsueeeseeeceeseeseeenensas 22 A A A TTR 23 The Ontrol BUON Santos botica a ernst alla dai alot dire todos 24 A O ERE AERO OTIS Nan eee Ue ORNS A Tren Rene Or 24 ISTO PI ZS CS E an E RO PE E O A O A A teat danas She 25 A tisha esate E E A A PE EEE E AEAN E EE A AE E EET E A EA AET EET 25 BACK POUM A a eae Trt een DN heer ey teh Tone re 26 Advance IO PHOS sossei peste she nested a o eiii tee 26 Enee A A AN 21 MUSICA tia tds acota 28 Objects and ANIMO Ni 29 MAIN IA Wear a tl a iio 29 A E AAA A A a a a a 32 Connon A A A A A 34 Ni AA A A A O A antademian tater 35 A A A 37 A A A
49. Tab as seen in example below Customize Windows Help window C Show help on F1 keypress Edit Help Window Pause when help window is shown Startup Window C Show startup window Edit Startup 4 Startup size dit 5 findow 640 a Xx 1480 Startup caption Slideshow Custom Windows Aivazovsky Pause when this window is shown Open Object and Animation editor with the image of the famous picture and add button About the Author Highlight the button About the Author and in Common tab select Action on Mouse click Show Window and add created already in Project Options new window After that click on Preview button and see the result Ivan Aivazovsky Bornin July 29 1817 Feodosiya Crimea Died in May 5 1900 aZed 82 Feodosiya Crimea Movement Romanti ism About the Author 46 m In the next block Show Settings you can select the action after the slideshow is over and adjust some other characteristics You can Synchronize music and slides but it is better to do that with the help of timeline option which will be described further You may also Display slides in random order In this case the order which you have in the slide list won t be observed m You can also select Time interval for new slides you may set the necessary number of seconds It is better to Set this time for existing slides In this case all slides in the slideshow will be shown with one and the sa
50. an rename it without renaming real file on the disk Popup menu of Slide list has two separated functions Rename Slide Object and Rename Image File Added buttons to show Next Previous slide in Slide properties window or use hotkeys Alt PageUp PageDown PicturesToExe remembers the last used image folder in the file panel and tree separately for each project Vastly reduced size of an executable file of a slideshow which contains many text objects Added Set Graphical Editor and Set Sound Editor options See View menu Advanced Options Vastly improved smoothness fluidity of animation on a slide with large PNG GIF or BMP images Questions How can register Pictures ToExe Please open this page http www wnsoft com apr bought PicturesToExe vX xx Should pay again for next versions No you need not to pay for PicturesToExe again and you can use all future versions of PicturesToExe free of charge Besides you will get two years of free upgrades for VideoBuilder module in PicturesToExe Deluxe After two year term you can use last version of VideoBuilder installed on your computer or pay for upgrade to use its new version What is the difference between Standard and Deluxe version of Pictures ToExe The difference in these two versions of the program is in the opportunity of creating different kinds of output files Standard version allows to create executable files screensaver and AVI file Deluxe one also allo
51. at 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 99 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 Hi iN f int ithe MA aU 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 56 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 ratio 4 3 2 DVD aspect ratio 4 3 3 TV display aspect
52. ayback 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 video 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
53. been described see The Control Buttons p 24 Beside Customize Slide there is one more option which have not been described yet Tools When clicking on it the following dialog box will be opened With the help of this menu you can Undo and Redo some changes and if you don t like your work at all you can Undo or Redo All Changes at once Besides you can select such options as Show safe TV zone where you can see the zone which you will see on Show Grid Chrl 6 TV Show Grid which has already been described Show safe Ty zone Ignore Objects Not Selected and Hide Selection on Pan Zoom Rotate which are self explanatory Ignore Objects Mot Selected Alt 1 Hide selection on PanZoomRotate 39 How to Create Pan Effect If you want to create Pan effect you should do the following steps m You should select the picture and click Object and Animation in the Preview window m Then you should choose Animation tab in the right upper corner of the main window of the Object and Animation option m After that you should set the keypoints on the timeline bar 1500 ms Project Options Customize Slide First you should 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 a The next step is to set another keypoint by dragging the blue triangle as seen above to the ne
54. cessary 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 m You should select the picture and click Object and Animation in the Preview window m Next you should select Animation Tab in the right upper corner of the main window of the Object and Animation option m 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 dragging the angles of the image with the mouse m 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 00 09 937 1500 ms 1500 ms ETT Cone oe 1500 ms 1500 ms Project Options Customize Slide 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 From that example you can see the zoomed picture in ano
55. con 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 will see the following view This grid is very helpful 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 will see the following window pi gt PI SS i l f ii y IM pa 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 NN a NES Moving the bar near this option gives you an opportunity to enlarge or diminish the grid If you set to show the grid in Minpixes columns you will see two boxes with numbers where you can ees set the necessary number of columns vertically the first box and horizontally the second box Offset 4 a E The Offset is used if you want to move the grid relatively You h can move the grid up and down or to the left and to the right wit
56. e 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 try to open save one of my projects 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
57. e one more advantage PicturesToExe gives you an opportunity to create an AVI video file HD Video for PC and Mac and Video for iPad and iPhone You may also publish your slideshows on Youtube and Facebook If you think it s necessary you can protect your slideshows with a password and assign an expiration date Burned in PicturesToExe DVD video disc can be played on any DVD player PC or MAC Main features PicturesToExe produces a single executable file exe for PC and executable file for Mac which contain all pictures and music Pictures ToExe Deluxe can burn DVD Video disc with slideshows Pan Zoom Rotate Mask effects for images A powerful slide object editor with the possibility for adjusting complex animations You can add buttons or text labels with drop shadows and glows to a slide Cinematographic and 3D transition effects between slides The slides can be exactly synchronized to music on the timeline with a waveform Slideshow has a built in player for high quality MP3 and OGG playback It also supports WMA WAV and MIDI music playback Ability to create a screensaver Navigation bar in the slideshow An easy solution allowing creation of greeting cards Ability to create AVI video file Supports a multi select and visual drag n drop between the file panel and the slide list Supports sound comments for the slides MP3 OGG WMA or WAV Images can be in JPEG RGB PNG GIF including animated or BMP format Ability to r
58. e reason to set 16 9 aspect ratio for all slideshows Custom aspect ratio 4 3 aspect ratio Is e A 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 60 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 When checking the box Enable transition effects all transition effects become highlighted and you may choose among them It is necessary to note that if you want to see how these effects work it is better to experiment with them Project Options Transition effects Enable transition effects Fade in out F Fade infout The first several effects such as Fade in out Hour hand Hour Hand Rhombus Rectangle Gates Page H clockwise Effect Push Flip 3D and Slide Effects and Counter clockwise f fea some others are self explanatory Circ
59. e 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 create video Screen Saver or executable file with your slideshow by clicking the button Create 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 Create 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 ISO image of your disc and click Start for burning the disc That is the easiest way to burn DVD disc with your projects 13 Main Window Menu As you can see the main window menu consists of a number of smaller windows and icons They are Fl 6 5 Pictures ToExe Deluxe 6 5 File Create Project Slide View Help 0SdB e y Internet Explorer A iPod a iTunes y Java ly JRE 4H K Lite Codec Pack 9 LClock y microsoft frontpage Sue Microsoft Office LE Microsoft Visual Stu dl e y Microsoft Works y Microsoft NET A Movie Maker A gt MSBuild msn gaming zone IMG_5510 bmp IMG_5523 bmp MTS Co
60. emember that if you leave the number of repeats 0 the animation will last endlessly If you want to set the interval for every part you should set them in a comma To see the Columns 2 Rows a Count 4 A Repeats E offsetimsy b animation press Play button Interwal msji 1000 500 800 1000 33 Common Tab The Common Tab is found next to the Properties Tab and includes the following options m First you can see the Name of the image you have selected and Properties Common Animation i adjust Mame m hen you can choose the Action on mouse click None Exit Next Slide Previous Slide Help and so on Action on mouse click Mone Drop shadow F Perspective correction For Zoom Transparent To Selection Time range 4000 E Mode Fit to slide w a Pone Run slideshow Run slideshow veith Return Run application or open File Run application and exit Print pictureslide Help Open Web page write e mail Mext slide Previous slide Go to First slide Go to slide number Size position in pixels Pause Exit Show Window mere ela rest ma The next option Size position in pixels defines the position and size of the image on the screen With the help of the small arrows you can enlarge or diminish and move the picture If you Position 0 000 x 42 800 click on the word Position your image will be moved to the Size Zero position to the
61. ename 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 17 View Menu View Menu provides options which will help you to adjust your main window Fullscreen View of File Panel F3 Fullscreen View of Slide List F4 w Show captions in File Panel w Show captions in Slide List Ihe File List Sort Order is used to choose the File List Sort Order Advanced Options necessary order of your files according to the name Timeline Options extension date or size and so on Language Classic View Ctrl F 1 Horizontal view Cbrl F2 Vertical View Chrl F3 Timeline view Cbrl L w Show Tree Chrl 6 we File Panel as Thumbnails Ctrl 1 Slide List as Thumbnails Chrl 2 m If you click on Advanced Options the following dialogue box will be opened LA LA 4 Set Graphical 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 New Style of Mouse Wheel ix Mouse Load Last Used Project Enable PTE Program Sounds 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
62. es 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 Ny 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 86 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
63. formation 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 progressive 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 l
64. g 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 full 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 Il 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
65. ge and Border Save and Use by Default Anti shimmering mipmapping object list whether the edge is antialiased and whether there is rete blurring m 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 Blur feature is very convenient if you want to minimize the pulsing of the image when you zoom m Anti shimmering mipmapping is recommended to use when you make animation In this case there will be no shimmering while the picture is reduced If there is no animation for the concrete slide and you want to have more clear picture it is better not to check this option m 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 _ 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 m f you click on button Adjust Image and Border the following window will be opened Adjust Image and Border Border Canvas Size Animation Enable Border
66. h the help of arrows which are situated beside the option itself 30 The ninth and tenth 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 Paste All effects will be 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 last icon Close allows you to close the main window of this option Objects and Animation option 31 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 Properties Common animation You can also choose whether the slide is the main image in the Main image Blur Lowe quality of resizing Adjust Ima
67. hat 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 m 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 66 m Anew option 3D Parameters is available now Now you can get real 3D graphic effects right here in Object and Animation editor When clicking on this button you will 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 Rotate x 0 00 whether to show the the front or back side of the image or not If you check off showing one of the sides you will see either black image or any image you add to this side Just experiment and you Sen 5 will see the difference 3D Parameters Rotate Y Show Front side Show back side Hide child objects Have a look at our example Rotate X 8 00 Rotate Y 14 00 Pan Z booo Show Front side Show back side Hide child objects A new opportunity is added in this version You can change the position of image with the help of mouse now Just press button Shift and holding it move the
68. he Control Buttons panel m by dragging the image with the help of the mouse in this case it will look 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 You can also pay attention to the fact that now in the slide list you see the name of the slide and not the name of file itself If you want to make some actions on the chosen slide in the slide list you should right click on this slide and the following box will appear Copy Slide Chrl E Insert Blank Slide Alt S Remove Slide From Slide List Del Clear Slide List Move to Top Cbrl Horne Move bo End Chrl End Random Order Alt R Customize Slide Ctrl u Objects and Animation Ctrl B Rotate Clockwise Lossless Ctrl F Rotate Counterclockwise Lossless Alt F Edit Picture Ctrl Rename Image File Rename Slide Object Fz Start Preview From kthe current slide Ctrl F You can Copy Paste Remove the slide or Clear the Slide List A new function Insert Blank Slide is described already see p 17 With the help of the next three buttons you can change the order of images in the slide list You can Move the selected image to Top or End you may choose Random Order of images Option Rename allows you to rename the image and give it another name or title Rename Image File and Rename Slide Object are described on p 17 Start Previe
69. he 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 Pictures ToExe 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 8 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 DVD 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 pl
70. 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 main 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 29 L The fourth 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 fifth icon Add Image the dialog box where you can choose the necessary image from the directory tree of files will appear 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 m 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 m The icon Undo and the gt i
71. ich is the time of continuance of this effect by using up and down arrows for setting the time 2 Music Tab If you want to add music to the slide you should use Music Tab Customize Slide Slide 1 of 7 A Main Effect Music Background music For show Play new background music File s E Music PTE 6 51 Enya Only Time mp3 Play songs in random order Track 1 Repeat music after playing Note Current music will be stopped if playlist is empty Set Defaults Note that the sound file you choose will be added only to an individual slide If you want to add music to the whole slideshow you should use Project Options Music Tab where you adjust not a single slide but all the slides in the slideshow You should remember that if you add music file in this way the music will not be stopped until you add a new playlist for any subsequent slide Here you can also Add several music files choose among them Remove them and Clear the playlist All new functions such as Add Track Customize and Crossfading will be described in the chapter Project Options Music Tab See p 50 28 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 Objects and Animation Slide 2 of 7 Ea fx MOmAda x eez e E Auto v close lt gt ee AL RA
72. ideo disc Video Builder If you choose to create DVD Video in Create 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 69 Untitled WnSoft Video Builder 6 5 File Edit Help 0Saj eca Hts Anck 3 5 A NokanbHbl anck C H 9 Brother Lab Documents and Settings a Drivers y FlylinkDC Nod32 y Program Files 0 WINDOWS E NokanbHbi anck D E i 23 es KapTHHKH Images 4 soft Lab Systemview ib BaTapkH Kamepa MOM AOKYMEHTEI y Books Lab Scrap Studies WnSoft jh 6 0 eH 6 5 lab Images L 0 npecc pennsbi H H H E E E lab CTaTbH 1 6 5 pte Modified ad Cot Nabopatopna Project options Create menu DVD 47 M 2a MB 00 00 28 ABBYY Lingvo 12 Adobe Ahead AmiMaple Apple Software Update Bonjour Brother a lt Back C Program Files File Menu When clicking on the File Menu the following drop menu will be opened Here you can make a New file Open other files Save and New Ctrlt h A la Save As your work Burn ISO image when clicking on the Petia Cro Burn ISO image the following window will appear Save Ctrl 5 Son ene The Burning PAR Options are Burning options Export to video File or publish online Device with the help of which you Burn 150 image will burn Speed
73. ient filling or Tiled image You should remember that if your images fill the whole screen then this option is of no use to you But if the images don t fill the screen you may select among three variants which have been already described earlier See Customize Slide Background p 26 m In the third section Additional Options first you may see Display shadow behind slide image If this option is checked you can also Customize it It is important that this function also works only when the image doesn t fill the screen Don t Color outside slide area ee forget to click on the Set for existing slides button to set this option for the whole slideshow _ Display shadow behind slide image Customize By clicking on the Customize button you may select the necessary Color Opacity Angle Distance from the Image and Size of the 100 of the slide to show main images 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 Additional Options scroll down to view 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 54 Aspect Ratio This article will help you to prepare your slideshows for burning on DVD by using PicturesToExe and Video Builder Let s try to explain wh
74. ier will be moved to their previous places m Next option Timed Points includes the following functions 2 Arrange All Points helps you to set all points on the timeline bar in the equal intervals of time along the sound track Arrange All Points Cut All Transition Points Ctrl Alt H Shift Points Ctrl H Set Time of Points Shift HCtrl T Set End of Last Slide at End of Music Import Points from Another Project 65 _ Arrange Selected Points is greyed out because there are no selected keypoints But if you select some points this option will be highlighted and you can use it It functions in 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 9gs 10s Ve 122 132 14s 15 Ibs 17s 18s 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 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 i Here you can Choose Direction where shift Points
75. into your website and De sc ri pti on l Vi d eo C at e g O ry C ome d y Education Music Science Sports and video file params SO on and Tags Title Autumn Next you should choose the output DA September 2008 folder for your slideshow and click the button Convert video category AA After converting the video will be automatically laid out on Youtube in your account Tags slideshow picturestoexe Output folder C Documents and Settings Publish on Facebook ooo A new opportunity is added in this version of the ae software is publishing slideshow on Facebook Publish your video online on Facebook com HD1080p 1920 x 1080 HD720p 1280 x 720 and Standard quality i f 640 x 360 modes are available Sign up to Facebook com The mechanism iS the same as publishing on Video Youtube just upload the slideshow and enjoy HD quality 720p O 5D quality wa tc h j n g O HD quality 1080p O Custom Pan amp Scan enabled 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 Mame DA Screen Saver You may also create a Screen Saver Choose this option you will see the window where you can select the place f
76. itions 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 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 Create Preview Project Options and Customize Slide which have already
77. le effect to center Center has one peculiarity you may change the Center From center Bo jxo here with the help of small arrows which are Rhombus found beside If you scroll the Effects Tab down To center IF From center you will see such effects as Mosaic Curling of Page which should be described Rectangle To center E Mosaic has different appearances and can l consist of different number of pieces which can Gates horizontal vertical gt move with different speed Thickness of smoothing line 35 0 Effect duration 1500 ms about 1 second s Mosaic Mosaic e A A A ee Parts 8 ix 8 Appearance 10 w You can set any number of pieces If you want large pieces you should set less number of them and vice versa If you want small ones you should select more pieces It 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 61 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 ar
78. les If you want you may also open other styles in your computer or create them and then open with the help of the button Styles which you can find on the right of this dialog box Besides you can show background To make it you should click the necessary box with these words a You can also set Scale and Hue of Navigation Bar by clicking on the necessary buttons and choosing the size and the color The result of your adjustment you can see below in the preview box m In the Protection of Presentation options you can make some settings to protect your slideshow 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 49 Music Tab in Project Options With the help of the Music Tab you can add music to the whole slideshow Project Options Main advanced Music Comments Screen Effects More Background music For show To add music you should click on the button Add Music and the dialog box will appear where you can choose the necessary music files from your computer It is important that you can add several audio clips and tracks to your slideshow E Music PTE
79. mM ETT cone ie oe Duration 00 05 500 Position 00 08 000 Mask Container Here in the object list you see that we have mask container as a parent object and the mask itself as a child object m 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 FF Objects and Animation Slide 3 of 8 aca MO AGM x oe m sel m T A Properties Common Animation Picture D Mon AOKyMeHTbI Y go gt E Main image Edge antialiasing E Blur C Anti shimmering mipmapping E Low quality of resizing Adjust Image and Border All Save and Use by Default Objects 4 E IMG_0046 B E Mask Container M Mask Circle v s iii gt 1500 ms m Duration 00 05 500 Position 00 08 000 D Mon AokyMeHTbIWnSoft Images IMG_5523 bmp m 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
80. me period of time 47 Advanced Tab Here the following options are represented Project Options Main Advanced Music lI Comments Screen Effects More Control of showy Mouse buttons Exit on mouse move For screen savers Disable mouse wheel Auto hide mouse cursor after w A Permit control of show using keyboard Hide cursor at startup Show Navigation Bar Protection of slideshow Show copyright logo Enable time limited usage Password protection C Don t allow lt PrintScreen gt to copy pictures allow to restore images Print button on Navigation bar In the Advanced Options section you may choose the action on the left right mouse click 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 You may choose to show the mouse cursor or hide it at startup by clicking on the box You may also set the time in seconds after 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 will be hidden after the number of seconds which you have set up The next Permit control of show using keyboard gives you an opportunity to control the slideshow with the help of keyboard buttons For example you may use PageUp and PageDown buttons for going to the next a
81. minutes of audio Comment in Pictures ToExe is the text which appears during the showing of images D Duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval 84 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
82. mouse cursor by the angles of image 36 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 will appear Here you can see Settings up Linear and non linear features Accelerate Slow Down and Smooth setting up Linear Accelerate Slow down Smooth Linear means that an object or an image moves begins continues and ends with one and the same speed Accelerate begins slowly and then accelerates up to the end Slow Down begins at a high speed and then decelerates up to the end Smooth begins slowly and ends also slowly but in the middle it moves with linear speed More often Linear and Smooth movements are used First you should choose linear or non linear movement then click Setting up and the next box will be opened E Speed options A 1 p First gt A Separate here 3 pe Last Templates foo Be 3 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 keypoints 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
83. n The tree of objects remembers a state of its sub items collapsed expanded Improved drag n drop of objects in 3D space Adjust Image and Border is a floating window now e You can create an animated sequence of pictures from one image file Choose a number of frames inside one image file time interval and other parameters to see a picture like Animated GIF See Properties tab gt Adjust Image and Border gt Animation Automatic naming of new objects in the Objects and animation editor Text1 Text2 etc Improvements in the main window of PicturesToExe New Open Save buttons on the toolbar under the main menu And a new button to change drive for the file list below Improvements in VideoBuilder Added video output for iPad and iPhone 4 with amazing quality Ability to set custom filename for H 264 MP4 video file PC Mac Added support of 1080p output for YouTube and Facebook uploads Improved compatibility of VideoBuilder with DVD writers lt should solve problems with DVD burning on some PCs Other small improvements Animated GIF support Improved function Go to slide of an object In addition to a slide number you can also point a slide name Slide names should be declared in the Customize Slide Main tab Slide list now displays the names of slides instead of the file names of main pictures as it was earlier By default the name of a slide is equal to the file name of the main picture but you c
84. n 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 Pictures ToExe If it s impossible to rebuild executable file 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 50 12 Quick Start PicturesToExe If you want to make the slideshow do the following steps gt 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 customiz
85. n and Slide 4 3 PC DVD bl E er Caption of show ratio from the existing ones but Hardware acceleration 030 rai if you need something different EE you may click on Custom and Background 16 10 PC set the necessary figures 2 Solid color A 4 sae manually See Aspect Ratio p O Gradient Filling 55 Tiled image n f Virtual size of slide gives you an opportunity Additional Options scroll down to view to set any size of the image for your slideshow rss ON If you change the size of the image in these boxes the aspect ratio will be also changed ME Display crac keid oe age SuSE 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 34 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 m In the Background Section you may set the background as Solid color Grad
86. nd previous slide There is a number of shortcuts which you may use It is convenient to use them for quicker work if you know all or several of them m The next button Show Navigation Bar is used if you want to see it in your slideshow You may also Customize Navigation Bar by clicking on the button In this case the following dialog box will be opened Customize Navigation Bar Available buttons Selected buttons Help First slide Exit Previous slide Next slide Pause Print L _ Position Bottom Offset 11 50 aa Show background Fade in lago Sky lo Hide Navigation bar at startup cr Auto hide Navigation bar after Scale A SEC sco 48 You can see two small windows Available and Selected Buttons where there are seven buttons which you can select for your Navigation bar First Slide Previous Slide Next Slide Pause Print Help and Exit It is very easy to choose them and their order by clicking on them and dragging to the necessary window or using the buttons Add and Remove below these windows 2 You may also select the position and the offset of Navigation bar in the slideshow 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 click to Hide Navigation bar at startup You may also choose the style of Navigation bar between Air and Sky Sty
87. nnect 13 NeoSmart Technole y Online Services y OpenOffice org 3 Opera jab Outlook Express gt 41 y Paint NET IMG_5564 bmp IMG_5590 bmp PixBuilderStudio y QIP y QuickTime E Lb Reference Assembl 3 Wo a s v Customize Slide Objects and Animation Slide 1 of 7 Comment Change Image File 4 Add sound IMG_0046 jpg LL b m 00 01 501 00 28 A 5 IMG_5590 6 IMG_5592 7 IMG_ 776 1 IMG_5510 2 IMG_5523 3 Autumn 4 IMG_7685 Project Options Add Slide Remove Slide Clear List o Modified EXE 27 7 MB 2 842 KB 1137 x 853 D Images IMG_5510 bmp C Hold time points the main menu the drive selector the directory tree of files the file panel the preview window for a selected slide the control buttons for a selected slide the slide list the control buttons oe NOS PM Se SL E the status bar 14 Main menu At the top of the main window you can see drop menu m file menu m create menu m project menu m slide menu m view menu m help menu File menu File menu has the following options New Cert m The New this option is used to open a new project Open CO m The Open is used to open earlier saved projects Save Ctrl s m The Save and the Save As will help you to save created Save As Shift Ctrl 5 projects under their own or new names ao a The Create Backup in ZIP this option will hel
88. nt to Selection gives you an opportunity to make changes in the selected object without touching the other objects if there are any m Time Range here you can set the time to display the image in the slideshow But you d better use timeline window m Fit to slide You can also select the Mode between Fit to slide Cover Slide Fit to slide Cover slide 34 a Drop Shadow and Glow You can customize Drop shadow the figure is shown Drop Shadow and Glow 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 y Spread v Drop shadow templates Animation Tab Animation Tab contains such options as Pan Zoom Rotate Opacity and some others which will be described further 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 100 000 2 the display in these two blocks will be changed automatically Properties Common Animation Pan 0 000 x 0 000
89. ny directory file lt may 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 Pay attention to the new way of going to the next previous slide while customizing them 4 In the right upper corner of the window Customize slide you can see to vector buttons They are made for quick change of slides 26 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 Slide 3 Use customized settings for this slide Effect Music Use own transition effect Use default effect but with own duration Quick no transition effect Fade in out Fade infout Hour hand Clockwise Counter dockwise Circle Center O To center Rhombus O To center O From center C Own thickness of smoothing line 60 w Effect duration 1500 about 1 second s Set Defaults You can select Fade in out Hour hand Circle Rhombus Rectangle Gates Page Effect Advanced hour 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 You can also adjust the thickness of smoothing line and Effect duration wh
90. 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 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
91. ogram 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 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
92. 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 mal dl Silver The green fantasy White theme Burning bridges e v Y Title 12 e e bea es Burning bridges Red douds Red clouds I Add template Organize templates m Next you may choose the number of items and their location on the menu window 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 better to experiment for better understanding of the difference m Then you can customize Hue Saturation and Lightness When clicking on these words the following window will be opened The default position is represented here but you may adjust everything according to your wish by moving the cursors to the right or to the left Menu colors Saturation Lightness l 14 m 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 Property x Property A Properties Drop Shadow Position Drop Shadow Enabled Size Color Opacity
93. or saving it on your computer and click the button Save The file in SCR format is ready Executable File for Mac If you want to create an Executable file for Mac select this option on the button Create 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 create an Executable file for PC EXE file do the same steps as if you create executable file for Mac Just click Create button and choose the place to save it on the computer It will be saved as EXE file and will work only on Windows 80 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 m 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 m 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
94. orm in two ways a Med The difference is only in the way of presentation the waveform In the Left and Right channels example above you can see the waveform with Mixed channels Below you can see the example with Left and Right channels le 22 Gs de Ss bz fs 8s Ys 0s lle 12s 13s 14s 15s bs 17s 18 19s 20s le 22s 23s de Pas be Fis Z0 24s 3 1 to 2 ta 3 to 4 ta to E toad 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 E The last and next to waveform option and icon gives you an opportunity to have a look at chosen images in the standalone window On clicking this button you will see the following window Here you can see all images which you have added to your slideshow Below the images you have the option which gives an opportunity to observe images with names or without them Next to this option you can see the bar which can be regulated manually to zoom images In previous versions this option wasn t available in the timeline operation it could be used only in the slide list 67 Video Options If you have a look at the Control Buttons you will see Create button When clicking on this button you will see the window where you can select what to create
95. ossy 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 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 It describ
96. otate pictures lossless algorithm Every slide can be individually customized with its own time effect background etc Ability to create HD video for PC and Mac publish on YouTube Ability to create video for iPhone and iPad Multilingual interface System Requirements For PC PC with CPU 1 4 GHz 384 MB of system memory video card with 128 MB of video memory sound card Windows XP Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows 2000 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 Key Features Audio Editing and Manipulations Crossfading between audio clips Multi tracks and simultaneous playback Tools for editing an audio clip start time duration fade in fade out time offset etc Envelope Tool for an audio clip Animated GIF Support In addition to animated GIFs professionals can use manually animated PNG JPEG images specially processed in a graphical editor New Features in the Objects and Animation Editor Better usability special improvements for editing of 3D objects Reworked tree of objects with icons Automatic naming of new objects Video Output for iPad and iPhone 4 Watch slideshow in HD quality on mobile device 1080p for YouTube Output Full HD quality for your slideshows now Facebook Output 1080p Share your slideshows with your friends on
97. ou choose the image in the file panel it will 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 m Main image shows the current position of your chosen file m 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 will appear and you can write any comment You will see this comment on the very slide you have chosen Comment a Change Image Fie Add sound m In the Add sound box you can add the necessary sound file to a certain slide If you want to add music or some sound commentary you should double click on the icon beside the sound line and the dialog box where you can choose the sound file to open Besides after PLEJ orotan ed alee choosing the sound you will see e the following window where you can customize the commentary or music file with the options Audio clip properties x which are described in details in the chapter Project Options Di Music Tab at p 50 m 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
98. ou delete a parent object all children objects will be also deleted 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 As have been said already you may Add Delete Cut Copy and Paste Add objects You may also change the order of the objects Put to Center Cover Screen Altes Bring to Front Shift PgUp Order Send to Back Shift PgDn Cut Ctrl x Forward One Ctrl PqUp Copy Ctrl C Back One Ctrl PgDn Select Al Ctri A Besides you may also use keyboards shortcuts for quicker work at your objects For better understanding of this option it is better to experiment Delete Del with them 38 Timeline Animation Timeline option is situated below the preview window and contains a number of features l 1500 ms 1500 ms revit Project Options Customize Slide 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 pos
99. ou to preview the created slideshow m With the help of this menu you can create different kinds of video according to your aim HD Video for PC and Mac DVD Video Disc Video for iPad and iPhone AVI file m There is a new option which helps you to publish your videos with slideshows on Youtube and Facebook All these options will be described in more details further see Video Options p 72 Project Menu Project Menu consists of such options as File List Project Options Ctrl F m he Undo and Redo options will help you to make some changes while creating your slideshow File List this option goes File List d Select All Pictures pi g to the selected file in the l l Unselect All Pictures i Customize Startup Window A directory tree With the dede Add Selected Pictures to Slide List slot hisopon vottar A ls Add All Pictures to Slide List Ctrl C p A eer mae select or unselect all FONEC OMS was rit i i l Rotate clockwise lossless pictures at once and add oN Tools Lite lt gt Rotate counterclockwise lossless them to the slide list It will save your time as the Mian Pena work will go more quickly m The Customize Windows and the Project Options will be described thoroughly later see Projects Options Main Tab p 44 16 Slide Menu Slide Menu has a number of options which are related to the slide itself and its characteristics Copy Slide
100. our example the project is untitled but in your project you can click on this word and enter any name you wish m f 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 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 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 Tf Video for iPad and iPhone If you select to create Video for iPad and iPhone you will see the following window Creating video for iPad and iPhone Device Quality High quality hd Pan amp Scan enabled Hide options Video width 1024 w Height Mode One pass quality wt Quality Audio Bitrate Samplerate 44100 Channels MP4 File Name First you should select the device Then select the quality of your video file and other options below Then choose the output folder and convert video A Create AVI video file When selecting AVI file the following dialog box will be opened E Making of AVI video file Create custom AYI video File Width Height FPS O DWD Video
101. ow 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 99 This is the example how such DVD will look with 4 3 aspect ratio display A eel 1 Slideshow aspect ratio 16 9 2 DVD aspect ratio 16 9 3 TV display aspect ratio 4 3 IA L di Am ME da E K a EOR a z an de de co a 8 3 di Ki A s Pas AA Lo Sout Sk e pol Ae _ ng E a Prt ee Bas TT ke Sot oe a 00000 z ma um 1 Be pu S aT pe A pus E A pr a yes eae ee Ea Se q 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 create DVD disc for wide width display there is th
102. p you to Templates i save all your projects in ZIP format It s helpful for making Open Recent Project reserve copies of your slideshows if you want to save them 7 ae 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 will bring 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 slideshow with the settings saved in templates The Create templates from this show Open Recent Project is the option which gives you the shortest way to open the last project with which you have worked already m The Exit option allows you to exit Pictures ToExe 15 Create menu In this menu the following options are represented Executable File For PC EXE Executable File For Mac Create 45 Screen Saver Quick Preview HD video For PC and Mac DVD Video Disc Video For iPad and iPhone ANT File Publish on YouTube Publish on Facebook Fa Fo Fa Shift F2 ShiFE F 1 F7 m You can create Screen Saver or executable files for PC EXE and Mac m Create As is the option which gives you an opportunity to save the project with a new name and to create it as an EXE file m Quick Preview is the option which helps y
103. rack 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 92 Comments Tab Project Options Customize comment Fant Z Drop shadow Arial Bil fil ull A Ol Line Spacing Offset Size Set for existing slides Set text comment For new slides Insert template Main Advanced Music Comments Screen Effects More Set For existing slides In the Comments Tab you have an opportunity to add some comments to the slideshow and customize it according to your wish 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 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 clicking on the arrow where drop down menu will be opened You may set from the variety of choices on the Left or on the Right at the Top or at the Bottom and so on You may either a 3 add Drop shadow if you check it and Customize for Top Color Opacity Angle Size Right and Spread if it is or
104. re also you can Edit Help Window Aoc es ee one by pressing the corresponding button In this case 4 Pause when help window is shown you will go to the Windows Editor Customize Windows Help window Startup Window Show startup window Startup size 640 S x 40 E Startup caption Slideshow Custom Windows Information Add Window Window Window Wir d OS Remove Window For more information go here Edit Window www wnsoft com Window Pause when this window is shown 44 Here you can customize your Help window like in 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 Title of Slideshow Tet text text text xt ti Text text text text text text text text text text text Text text text text text text text text text text text Text text text text text text text text text text text E 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
105. rows beside the options In the first picture the default setting of thickness of smoothing line is 6 In the second is 52 62 More Tab In More Tab you can see the following options Project Options Main Advanced Music Comments Screen Effects More Run application slideshow on exit Run oniy when last slide has been shown Localization of messages in slideshow Captions on buttons Button lt Ok gt Button lt Cancel gt Password query Caption Password required Text Enter password Expired trial Caption Information Print dialog Caption Set Defaults There are two sections here Run application slideshow on exit and Localization of messages in slideshow In the first section 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 In the ne
106. s 78 It is important to note that when changing the format the window will also be changed lt depends on the number of programs which support this format If the program doesn t support the particular format it is greyed out for that particular format 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 buttons 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 Create AVI or Cancel if you don t want to create anything When you press the Create AVI button the dialog box for saving i
107. s It s important to note that you may also move the slide J 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 will be your center of the image from that moment You may now move the image and the center will be on its new place In the boxes with up down arrows you may change the figures and the image will move relatively its center horizontally and vertically If you use the 35 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 up 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 m Opacity effect also helps you to make a lot of different things and views Opacity varies from 0 to 100 t
108. ser Guide What s Mew Download User Guide in PDF helps you to go to the Useful Resources necessary place in the site and then download and save the Male Screen User Guide to your computer About PicturesToExe m Whats New the option which gives you a link to the website where you can see what is new in the version of Pictures ToExe m On clicking Welcome screen the following window with all opportunities of this program is shown Welcome to Pictures ToExe 19 About PicturesToExe option gives you information about the developers of this program Pictures ToExe te PicturesToExe 6 5 Licensed to John Smith Deluxe Edition Standard features Free lifetime upgrades Deluxe features Free upgrades up to June 10 2012 Visit our Website waaay ISO COM Technical support way so COM Developed by Igor Kokarey Aleksey Elin Pavel Koshkin Sergey Malychew Copyright 0 1998 2010 WrSott Ltd 20 The Directory Tree of Files The drive selector and the file panel is represented on the left side of the main window desa It s an ordinary window where all directories and files of your computer are arranged on different drives lts very 3 Internet Explorer Ii convenient to choose among them and to look for the Pod Al necessary directory or file When you choose a file in the nes directory of interest and click on it this file will appear in the 1 Java file
109. t 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 Create you will see the following window where you may also sign up to this site Publish on YouTube For publishing your slideshow you should enter your Login Publish slideshow online on YouTube com You can watch slideshow on YouTube or embed it into your website and n P W rd blog HO1080p 1920 x 1080 HO720p 1280 x 720 and Standard quality 640 x 360 modes are available Sign a d asswo up to YouTube com After that you can select Login and Password between SD or HD quality wos o re HD720p or YD1080p If you want to customize the quality C Keep Your Login amp P d j sep Your Login amp Passwor of video manually you should video select the option Custom and HD quality 720p O 5D quality adjust the parameters Width HD quality 1080p O Custom and Height of your video Then press the button Next Keep converted video File s after uploading MP4 File Name 19 Then the program automatically checks your Login and Password and the next dialog box will appear Here you may customize some of the video file parameters such as Title Publish on Youtube dr ppal cre eE caia a on Youtube or embed it
110. the total time of the slideshow File Mame Start time ares m Here you can also see two buttons Play Pause and Stop Play i button is used to begin the preview of your slideshow in a small Fade In preview window This button plays two roles Play and Pause If A you click on Play it will turn u Pause and vice versa When you click on Play the blue triangle will stand at the beginning of the Volume timeline and will move to the right on the bar lt is necessary to add that right click of the mouse on the preview window gives Show waveform 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 25 and Object and Animation p 29 22 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 1 Autumn m by double clicking on the image in the selected file in the directory tree m by clicking on the image and then clicking on the button Add which is situated in t
111. ther 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 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 m 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 ep 3Y First you can select the source of mask you can take it from the preset or create by yourself and add it from your computer If you select the preset you can adjust some parameters of your future mask Choose mask a From preset Preset type Rectangle You can choose between Rectangle or Circle preset type adjust the size width of blur and corner radius of your mask Size in pixels 12 Width of blur Yo Corner radius 56 40 When you are sure your mask is ready click OK button and go to the next step m After adding the mask it will look in that way E Objects and Animation Slide 3 of 8 E Ja fx MOWADE x o e a lt gt r A Properties Common Animation Size 1024 El res Objects 3 m4 IMG_o046 S CEEA M Mask Circle
112. tion PicturesToExe Deluxe is the program which can help you to create splendid slideshows consisting of almost limitless number of images in executable file for PC and Mac The interface of PicturesToExe Deluxe is very easy in use both amateur PC and Mac users and professional photographers and people of all specialities can work in this program without any difficulties PicturesToExe Deluxe supports different formats such as PNG GIF BMP and JPEG RGB which is the main for this program A slideshow in executable format can be reproduced on any computer under Windows XP Vista Windows 7 2000 and Mac OS X 10 4 or its other new versions No additional program not even PicturesToExe itself is needed to run a finished slideshow except a produced executable file You can place any objects images text labels with drop shadows on a slide and customize complex animation It s either possible to use various cinematographic transition effects including 3D effects between slides to add background music sound and text comments to a slide and even to customize dialog windows You can also synchronize slideshows to music The slideshow has a very high picture quality and the smoothest playback of Pan Zoom Rotate effects you have ever seen VideoBuilder in PicturesToExe Deluxe edition allows you to burn a DVD video disc with your slideshows quickly and easily You can adjust the menu and many other parameters of your DVD disc You cannot but notic
113. ttings 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 will appear Presets You can customize such video parameters as width height fps a mode quality and such audio parameters width 800 E Height Fos Auto se oo bitrate campie Mode One pass qualty v Quality 43 v channels leon 2 Between width and Audio height you can see this Bitrate Samplerate Channels 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 There is one more option 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 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 DVD v
114. tures ToExe 90 Slideshows Created in Pictures ToExe Please visit our site http www wnsoft com apr slideshows htm Contacts Our Web site http www wnsoft com You can find User Guide and unofficial User manuals on our website http www wnsoft com apr help htm 92
115. u can choose among Background Color Gradient Filling and Tiled Background Picture If you choose Background Color just simple color will appear To choose the color you should click on the button A beside and you will see the following dialogue box Choose color Using this color box you can choose as Ste 3 Reference any color you wish You can also se choose between RGB and HSL which cue is the modification of RGB You can adjust all necessary parameters Components RGB m f you choose Gradient Filling you will see the next box Here you can choose between Top ER Bottom Style and Left Right Style Use own background preference It means that you can add color background at the top or at the O Background color bottom of the screen or on the left or E right side of it To select the color radient filli 75 me is op Bottom styl you should also click on the buttons Tiled background picture Ay m f you choose Tiled Background Picture the following box will be shown As you can see by clicking on the O folder you can select the image Use own background preference from any directory file you wish and adjust its size O Background color Gradient fillir A size ofimage 20 0 2 Tiled background picture Advanced Options Advanced Options include the button Run External Application On choosing this option you can add to your slideshow any application from a
116. ure Add chapters tS min 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 Repeat playback of a disc m 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 m 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 m Inthe Program Tab you can choose the place for the temporary file of your project yy Project Program Idle priority Temp folder m The next buttons are Set Defaults OK and Cancel which are self explanatory 12 Nearby the Project Options button you can see several options 7 Untitled WnSoft Video Builder 6 0 File Edit Auto v Choose Template Deep in the ocean Items 2x1 v Hue Saturation Lightness C Background image Animated menu Menu duration 10 5 v O Music 1 Projecti Project options DYVD4 7 vw 4 MB 00 00 40 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
117. w from the Current Slide means that you can see the slideshow not from the beginning but from the slide you choose It s convenient if you want to see some effects or a transition from one slide to another and you don t have to wait till that very slide It s necessary to note that this menu has the same options as some of the drop menu and control buttons It s just more convenient and quick to use this box while working at the slideshow because all necessary options and functions are gathered together 23 The Control Buttons With the help of the window The Control Buttons you can perform different actions and create the slideshow Here you can see the following buttons Create 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 AVI 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 new for this version of PTE option will be described in more details further see Video Options p 72 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 will 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
118. will be opened Dort Use Auto Sroling Here you can select the Style of Auto Scroll between Style 1 Auto Scroll Style 1 and Style 2 or Don t Use Auto Scrolling at all The difference between two styles is in the presentation of the synchronization Auto Scroll Style 2 i gia l l while watching it on the timeline bar Zoom In Ctrl F ii oe Zoom Out Cri4F12 You can also Zoom the timeline window In or Out by clicking on these buttons or using shortcuts which you can see opposite the Color of Waveform words 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 Cut transition Timed Points 0 00 000 gt Customize Slide Objects and Animation Slide 1 of 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 2
119. ws to create not only executable file for PC but also for Mac HD video for PC and Mac DVD video disc and Video for iPhone besides here you can publish your slideshow on YouTube and Facebook don t have an opportunity to download the program from the Internet How can purchase it on CD You can purchase a CD with Pictures ToExe 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 in this version you can create not only DVD discs but also executable file with slideshow for MacOS Can I put my slideshows executable files created with PicturesToExe on CD or DVD discs Yes of course How many slides can include in my slideshow Up to 20000 slides unregistered version is limited to 10 slides 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 PicturesToExe v4 48 had
120. xecutable 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 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 How can I fade music in the end of each track PicturesToExe doesn t have audio editing abilities You can make fade effects with any audio editor and then add this track to a slide show 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 Create gt button check Create custom AVI file then select audio and video codecs lt Audio codec gt and
121. xt section you may see the following options Caption on buttons and Password query In the last one 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 sections In Expired Trial you can add a message saying why the show cannot be run any longer and give some instructions what to 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 63 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 m to auto spread slides along music at equal intervals of time m to coincide slides with the certain points in the sound track m 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 If you click on it the following dialog box

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