We're glad to present a new PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.5

Download:
http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe.zip (5 MB)

User Guide:
http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/help.htm

Key features of the new version:
+ Timeline is integrated to the main window now.
+ Slide list displays pictures of real slides.
+ Preview displays real slide at top-right part of the main window.
+ Added mini-player to the main window. You can quickly play your
slideshow in this small preview window.
+ Added Grid (Ctrl+G) to "Objects and animation" editor.
+ Improved reliability of VideoBuilder.

Full list of new features in version 5.5:

+ Timeline is integrated to the main window now.

- Pressing "Timeline" button switches between Slide list and Timeline.
- You can drop new slides to Timeline from File list.
- Parameters of the timeline mode are located in Main menu | View
| Timeline Options.
- Waveform now displays mixed left/right channels. But you can
turn on independent view of left/right channels waveforms. See
timeline options in Main menu.
- "Autospread slides along music" option moved to Project options
| Main tab.
- Faster work of the timeline on very long slideshows (one hour
and longer).
- You can adjust end of a slideshow on the timeline (dragging
vertical green line after last slide).
- Added "Set End of Last Slide at End of Music" command to "Timed
points" menu in Timeline view.

+ Slide list displays pictures of real slides. (See Main menu | View |
Advanced Options | "Show real slides in Slide list" option)
+ Preview displays real slide at top-right part of the main window.
(See Main menu | View | Advanced Options | "Show real slide in
mini-player" option)
+ Added mini-player to the main window:

- You can quickly play your slideshow in this small preview window
(press Play/Stop button)
- Quick access to any part of a slideshow.
- Left mouse click for Play/Pause.
- Right mouse click for fullscreen preview in both states: when
paused and when it plays.

+ Main window now displays duration of a slideshow (in minutes and
seconds).
+ Other improvements in the main window:

- Picture/Sound/Comment fields are moved to the top part of the
window.
- Reworked pictures of a folder, improved view of a selected slide.
- Reworked view of a drag'n'drop cursor in Slide list.
- Other small improvements.

+ Improvements in Objects and Animation window:

- Added Grid (Ctrl+G) to "Objects and animation" editor. You can
adjust parameters of the grid and enable "Snap To Grid" option.
- Added "Cut" button to the top toolbar.
- Reworked view of Delete, Undo, Redo, Copy, Paste buttons.

+ New version includes official User Guide in PDF format.
+ New Welcome screen (when you first time starts PicturesToExe).
+ Added "Auto Save Project every ... minutes" option. (See Main menu |
View | Advanced options).
+ Visual improvements in Music tab of Project options.
+ Added support of media keys on a keyboard: Play/Pause, Stop,
Next/Preview slide
+ Displaying of pixel size of main image has been moved to status bar.
+ Added Farsi language.
* Fixed problem with black screen on encoding of DVD-Video disc or AVI
file on some PC/laptops with Intel integrated video cards.
* Fixed crashes of PicturesToExe (main program only) and VideoBuilder
under Windows Vista with DEP protection (NX-bit) option enabled for
all applications.
* Improved burning of DVD-Video discs. Previously discs couldn't be
burned on some PCs with previous versions.


Please send me your comments about new version via our forum:
http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8400

With gratitude to all beta-testers who helped us create this new
version. We always remember that we couldn't make PicturesToExe alone
without their generous help. Thanks for bug-reports and suggested ideas.

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Igor Kokarev,
http://www.wnsoft.com