PicturesToExe 5.6

PicturesToExe 5.6 is a flexible and powerful tool which allows you to create splendid slideshows. The interface of PicturesToExe Deluxe is very easy in use, both amateur PC users and professional photographers can work in this program without any difficulties.

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 between slides (including 3D effects), to add background music, sound and text comments to a slide. You can also synchronize slideshows to music using the timeline.

The slideshow has a very high picture quality and the smoothest playback of Pan/Zoom effects you have ever seen. A slideshow in EXE format can be played on any computer under Windows XP, Vista, 2000. No additional program (not even PicturesToExe itself) is needed to run a finished slideshow, except a produced EXE file. 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. Burned in PicturesToExe DVD video disc can be played on any DVD player, PC or MAC. PicturesToExe gives you an opportunity to create HD Video file (H.264) for PC and Mac, Video for iPhone and AVI video file.

You can also publish your slideshows on Youtube and Vimeo directly from PicturesToExe Deluxe in several clicks. If you think, it's necessary you can protect your slideshow in EXE file with a password and assign an expiration date.

1. Single EXE File of Slideshow
   PicturesToExe produces a single EXE file, which contains all images and music. A slideshow in EXE format can be played on any PC under Windows XP, Vista, 2000. No additional program (not even PicturesToExe itself) is needed to run a finished slideshow, except a produced EXE file.
2. DVD Video Disc
   VideoBuilder in PicturesToExe Deluxe edition allows you to burn DVD video discs with your slideshows quickly and easily. You can adjust the menu and many other parameters of your DVD disc.
3. YouTube and Vimeo
   You may also publish and give opportunity to the other users of YouTube and Vimeo to watch your slideshows on these web sites.
4. HD Video output
   You have an opportunity to create high quality HD video file (H.264) for playback on PC and Mac.
5. Pan/Zoom/Rotate Effects
   You can adjust Pan/Zoom/Rotate effects to the images of your slideshow to make it more vivid and splendid.
6. Objects and Animation
   A powerful editor of objects on a slide with possibility to adjust complex animation with the help of various effects is also to your attention.
7. Text Labels and Buttons
   You can add buttons or text labels with drop shadow and glow to a slide.
8. Transition Effects
   It’s either possible to use various cinematographic transition effects between slides, including Flip 3D, Swap 3D and Curling of page 3D effects.
9. Synchronization to Music
   Show of slides can be exactly synchronized to music on the timeline with a waveform.
10. Screensaver
    Ability to create a screen saver from your slideshow is also represented.
11. Sound Comments
    You may also add sound comments to every slide in your slideshow.
12. Slide Settings
    Every slide can be individually customized with its own time, effect and background.

Enhancements:

• Added export of slideshow as a video. (See Main menu -> Create)
• • Export of HD video for playback on PC, Mac.
  • Export of video for iPhone/iPod.
  • Publish online on Youtube.
  • Publish online on Vimeo with HD quality.
• New 3D transition effects between slides:
• • Added "Flip 3D" effect.
  • Added "Swap 3D" effect.
  • Reworked "Curling of page 3D" effect. Set large radius parameter to get completely new effects.
• Improvements in Objects and Animation window:
• • Mask objects for creating of special effects. You can apply several Masks to one image object.
  • Music and sounds when you click "Play" button for preview.
  • Added "Anti-shimmering (mipmapping)" option for Image and Text objects. This option prevents appearing of shimmering when object has zoom from small size to large size.
  • Improved view of "Action on mouse click" list.
  • Added new action "Run slideshow".
  • Added "Pause" button.
  • ! "Original size" mode of objects has been replaced. Now use "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" mode in Project options | Screen tab. And "Size/position in pixels" button in Common tab of object properties.
• Added "Virtual size of slide" parameters as alternate way to set aspect ratio of slide (Project options | Screen tab). It helps in work with "Size/Position" tool window in "Object and animation" editor.
• Added new commands "Run Slideshow" and "Run Slideshow with Return" to Project options | "More" tab and as an action for objects. This option highly recommended if you want to start another slideshow from current one and for building of menu. It will guarantee flawless start of next slideshow from current one. In fact a series of slideshows will work as one large slideshow that provides optimal memory usage.
• Added "Color outside slide area" option (Project options | Screen tab). By default if you run widescreen slideshow (16:9) on 4:3 display you see black strips around the slide. Now you can choose this color.
• Added menu on Create button.
• Faster rewinding of slides in created EXE file and preview.
• Added "Crypt images/music against extracting from EXE file" option. See Main menu | View | Advanced options. (Enabled by default).
• Improved installer of PicturesToExe, multi-lingual interface.
• Fully rewritten shadow for objects. Now it has correct view for a long text object. And better visual quality.
• Changed caption of "Change Image File" button in the main window.
• Added a new command line for a slideshow in windowed mode: -desktopalign (for example: "Show1.exe -desktopalign"). With this parameter if size of a window larger than main display it will not be reduced to fit the main display. This command useful if you wish to place a window on all space of two or more displays.
• Improved view of keypoints on the timeline in the main window.
• Improved scrolling of the timeline when you move blue triangle cursor outside visible area.
• After switching between Slides list and Timeline modes the program adjusts scrollbar position to make visible selected slide.
• Various improvements.
• • "Run application" options has moved to the last page of Project options (More tab).
  • "Disable F1 key to show help window" has moved to "Customize help window" dialog (Main menu | Project).
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when after renaming of a main image in Slide list or File panel MiniPlayer didn't display renamed image.
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.1) when changing of display resolution, locking of PC or Sleep mode applied during encoding of video caused visual defects in created video file.
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when all color text objects (excluding black and white) had slight almost invisible greenish contour.
  • Fixed old bug of all previous versions: pressing Ctrl+O (Open project), "Ctrl+N", "Ctrl+S" and other key shortcuts whilst PicturesToExe creates large EXE file it caused incorrect work of the program.
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when "Image Load Error" might occur in Slide list, MiniPlayer and Objects and animation editor on projects with hundreds slides of large images (about 8 megapixels each one).
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.0) Push effect had mixed up "Bottom-Top" and "Top-Bottom" variations with disabled hardware acceleration option.
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.0) with an incorrect work of "Save image/slide" dialog in slideshows (if it was configured through "Print image" option).
  • Fixed old bug (since v5.5) with sticking of picture in MiniPlayer after closing Objects and Animation editor on some NVIDIA video cards (the most likely the problem in those video cards).
    

Requirements:

• 1.4 GHz
• 384 MB RAM
• Videocard with 128 MB of memory