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AV News 186 - November 2011 Improved Graphical Interface of PicturesToExe Slide list displays times of slides and duration of transition effect. Updated view of the main window of the program. New Navigation Bar in Slideshows With a slider control for rewinding and sound volume control. Recording of Voice Comments You can easily record sound or voice comments to slides right in PicturesToExe. Other Features and Changes: Added 'Privacy' option for publication on YouTube. You can mark your show as public or private. Added 'Offset' parameter for sound comments of slides. This allows delay start of an audio clip. Added 'File Info' window (Ctrl+I) for a selected media file in a popup menu of File list, Slide list and in the Objects & Animation editor. Reduced memory usage. File list now displays audio files. You can drag audio files and drop to the Slide list. Project options window will appear with added music files. Mask object can use color 32-bit PNG image file with alpha channel for special visual effects. Insert Blank Slide function available in the timeline mode now. Copy/Paste functions available in the timeline mode now. Added a choice of aspect ratio for New project function (Main menu|New). PicturesToExe shows a progress bar during creating of executable files. The program keeps settings in a profile of current user now. To switch between Slide list and Timeline press F6 hot key. PicturesToExe can work now under limited user account (not administrator). Currently opened project highlighted in recent projects in the main menu. Double-click to MiniPlayer (in the main window) switches between windowed and fullscreen mode of MiniPlayer. Now it possible to select several slides and type one text comment for these slides in the main window. The program displays progress on video encoding and creating executable file on taskbar in Windows 7. Changed list of transition effects suggested by default. Improved message window for not saved project ('Save', 'Don't Save', 'Cancel' instead of 'Yes', 'No', 'Cancel'). Replacement of a main image/video file will update related object name (if user didn't change object name manually) Added support of IPTC info in JPEG image files (advanced EXIF text comments). You can use IPTC or EXIF fields for text comments now. 'Hold Time Points' option mo ٕ