|
|
 |
ProShow Producer 4.x Revisions

Version 4.x |
Version 3.x |
Version 2.x
Version 4.0
May 12, 2009
New! Slide Styles
- Apply effects to your show with just a couple of clicks
- Choose from over 75 pre-built styles
- Create, save, and share your own effects
- Apply pre-built slide effects to any show
- Any slide can be made into a style
- Minimize work by re-using your favorite slides
New! Blur
- Apply blur to any layer
- Use keyframes to turn blur in to a variety of effects
New! Adjustment Layers
- Create special layers that apply adjustments to parts of your show
- Adjustment layers behave like masks - easily control where adjustments are applied
- Use motion and keyframes to create advanced adjustment effects
New! Keyframe Editor
- Multi-layer keyframe control window
- View keyframes for all layers at once
- Easily adjust timing for multiple keyframes at once
- Easily align keyframes for layers and captions
- Zoom in and out on keyframes
New! On-Screen Controls for Playback
- New control bar for Web shows, EXEs, PC Autorun, Share Show
- Auto-hiding integrated toolbar appears only when you need it
- See the length of a show, and your current position
- Seek to any point in the show using the seek bar
- Control volume and mute
- Switch between full-screen and windowed view
- Use output options to disable the control bar for your shows
New! Animated GIF Support
- Add animated GIF files to any show
- Put all that clip-art to good use
- Use the Video Trimmer to trim the length of animated GIFs
New! Improved Audio Sync Tool
- Get greatly enhanced control over how your show syncs to audio
- Match to the entire soundtrack length, or length of any combination of tracks
- Modify slide times, transition times, or both
- Limit the amount of change to transition times so they don't get too big
- Make all your times the same, or maintain proportions between slides
- Times that are locked get left alone - so your complex slides aren't fried
New! Updated User Interface
- New Slide Options interface groups tabs into categories
- Refreshed Slide List display shows icons for locked time, layers, notes, and more
- View Timeline in seconds or minutes/seconds
- Add, remove and manage layers from most Slide Options tabs
- Add, remove and manage captions from the Caption Motion tab
- Easily access related show options from within Slide Options via links
- Configure colors used for the interface
- New 16:9 preview areas give you larger previews for today's hottest output formats
- Use keyboard shortcuts to switch Slide Option tabs and layers
- Menu buttons for previews, layers and captions put more features at your fingertips
- Wider keyframe controls allow more precise timing
New! Names and Notes
- Specify names for layers and slides to help you stay organized
- Specify notes for layers, slides and shows.
- Use names to keep your templates organized
- Use notes to track your progress as you work on a show
- Document how a show works before sharing with others
New! Modifiers
- Advanced feature allows for options to be adjusted based on other settings
- Link effect options between layers
- Use constant or function based modifiers for settings
New! Rotation Center Point
- Adjust the center point for rotation effects
- Easily rotate images around any point, such as a corner
- Use keyframes to move the center point during the effect
New! Lock Times
- Lock slide time to prevent changes, even during audio sync
- Lock slide time to the length of a video layer
- Lock slide time to the length of a slide sound
New! Improved Audio Control
- Trim / Crop Audio Visually in the Timeline
- Audio Trimmer Displays Relative Show Timing
- Control fade in/out for audio contained in video layers
New! Rotate Video File Output
- Change orientation of video file output, great for vertical flat-screen TVs and kiosks
New! Collect Show Files Listing
- Use the Collect Show Files dialog to save a list of content in your show
Additional Changes and Improvements
- New! Added option to combine slides
- New! Added option to paste contents of one slide into another
- New! Added preference for default slide name
- New! Added option to drop multiple files into show as layers a new slide
- New! Added option to specify custom MPEG4 settings via Video File output
- New! Set Precise Fly In/Out Timing with Right Click on Caption Keyframe
- New! Randomize Pan, Zoom, and Rotate Motion Independently
- New! Option to Remove All Captions from a Slide
- New! Automatic Check for Updates, with Preferences for Frequency
- New! Preferences for Auto-Save Frequency
- New! Preferences for Number of Backups to Save
- New! Preferences for Text Displayed for Files in the File List
- New! Preferences to enable/disable confirmations when you are closing Slide Options
Slide Styles Included with Version 4
Included Producer Only Styles:
- A Camera Flash with Print
- Display of Four
- Dramatic Titles
- Flying in Pairs
- Flying in Pairs 4x3
- Flying Snapshots 1
- Flying Snapshots 2
- Gradient Mask Blend
- Magnify
- Moving Lineup
- Photo Shake
- Reflection 1
- Reflection 1 4x3
- Reflection 2
- Reflection 2 4x3
- Rows Unfolding
- Shift to Color 1
- Shift to Color 2
- Shift to Grayscale 1
- Shift to Grayscale 2
- Spinning Three
- The Grid
- The Grid 4x3
- Photo Print Edge (New)
- Vignette Dramatic (New)
- Vignette Subtle (New)
Included Producer and Gold Styles:
- A Moving Backdrop
- A Photo Border
- A Photo Border 4x3
- Coasting
- Colorize Grayscale
- Colorize Sepia Antiqued
- Display of Five
- Display of Five 4x3
- Display of Five Still
- Display of Five Still 4x3
- Display of Nine Collapsing
- Display of Nine Expanding
- Display of Nine Still
- Display of Three Collapsing
- Display of Three Expanding
- Display of Three Still
- Filmstrip Border
- Filmstrip Border 4x3
- Filmstrip Border Still
- Filmstrip Border Still 4x3
- Images of Love
- Images of Love Still
- Photo Stack 1 Collapsing
- Photo Stack 1 Expanding
- Photo Stack 1 Still
- Photo Stack 2 Collapsing
- Photo Stack 2 Expanding
- Photo Stack 2 Still
- Scrolling Credits
- Single Snapshot
- Single Snapshot Still
- Spin and Grow
- Spin and Shrink
- Still Photo Black
- Still Photo White
- Swap Left 1
- Swap Left 2
- Swap Right 1
- Swap Right 2
- Swap Still
- Three to One
- Three to One 4x3
- Three to One Still
- Three to One Still 4x3
- Title with Four Images
- Title with Four Images
- Title with Four Images Still
- Title with Four Images Still 4x3
- Triptych
- Triptych 4x3
- Triptych Still
- Triptych Still
Changes Added in 4.0.2549
Revisions since 4.0.2548
- Improved keyframe selection process when switching layers
- May 29, 2009 - Additional change to fix problem with ending position values not being saved correctly for Caption Motion when using large Slide Options dialog.
Changes Added in 4.0.2548
Revisions since 4.0.2542
- Fixed problem with show buffering process
- Fixed problems with opacity on adjustment layers
- Fixed issue with stalling when opening Trim Video dialog
- Fixed problems with non-replaceable layers in Slide Styles when using modifiers
- Fixed problems caused by saving over an existing Slide Style
Changes Added in 4.0.2542
Revisions since 4.0.2533
- Fixed drop shadow problems affecting some layers during keyframe transitions
- Fixed playback problems affecting DVD output on some players
- Fixed issue with YouTube not handling some tags correctly
- Fixed typo in Modifier dialog
- Fixed problems with modifiers based on modified Character Rotation
- Fixed rare problem affecting Open File dialogs
- Fixed crash condition caused by modifying caption opacity
Changes Added in 4.0.2533
Revisions since 4.0.2479
- New! Added option to save YouTube output
From the YouTube dialog, you can save the file to upload later
- New! Redesigned Modifiers dialog
New preview, timeline, graph and more make working with modifiers easier.
- Added in-depth guide online: Modifiers PDF
- Added preview area
- Added graph display showing original value, modified value, etc.
- Added keyframe timeline with ability to drag to 'scrub' the preview
- Added option to close Modifier dialog without applying changes
- Enhanced controls within the Modifier dialog
- Improved functionality and usability of modifiers
- Fixed minor label problems in Modifier dialog
- Enhanced warning message in YouTube dialog
- Improved quality of video layers internally and in Presenter based output
- Enhanced seeking process for Presenter based shows
- Added copy / paste options for modifiers
- Fixed problems with frame rate in some video output formats
- Fixed problem where Show Layer Outlines did not function
- Fixed problem where Font Size field did not show modifier indicator
- Fixed problem with linked modifiers between duplicated layers
- Fixed problem where YouTube upload could fail based on manually entered details
- Fixed problems with image orientation in some slide styles
- Fixed warning dialog that appears when applying a slide style
- Fixed problem where buttons could be missing from Capture Frame dialog
- Fixed problem with display of show details in Project pane
- Fixed problems with Sharpen values in Presenter based output
- Fixed crash condition related to cropping animated GIFs
- Fixed rare problem where some video output could fail
- Fixed problems with modifiers that are based on adjustment layers
- Fixed crash condition caused by very long captions
- Fixed problem with modifiers when copying slides to another show
- Fixed missing Half Size thumbnail option
- Fixed problem with Replaceable Image option in Slide Options
- Fixed problems with thumbnail updates in Slide List and Timeline
- Fixed quality issues with video thumbnails in executable output
- Fixed problems with the aspect ratio of Web Show menus
- Fixed rare crash condition that could occur when using gradients as adjustment layers
- Fixed problem with scaling for rotated videos in some output formats
Changes Added in 4.0.2479
Revisions since 4.0.2477
- Fixed problems that could cause video output to fail on some systems
- Improved compatiblity and stability of Device output
Changes Added in 4.0.2477
Revisions since 4.0.2462
- New! Added option to combine slides
Right click on selected slides and choose 'Combine Slides' to merge them into one slide
- New! Added option to paste contents of one slide into another
Copy a slide in the Slide List, then right click on a slide and choose 'Paste Into'
- New! Added preference for default slide name
From Preferences > Appearance, change what text is displayed in the Slide List for each slide
when no slide name exists. Choose between standard 'Slide #' text, name of top layer
(like in version 3.x), or no text
- New! Added option to drop multiple files into a show as a new slide with multiple layers
Hold CTRL+ALT when dropping files into the Slide List to add them as layers to a single new slide.
Now you have the following drag/drop options:
- Drag/Drop (with no keys pressed): Adds the dropped files as new slides, one file per slide
- CTRL + Drag/Drop: Adds the dropped files as new layers in the slide you drop them on
- CTRL+ALT + Drag/Drop: Adds a news slide where you drop, and adds the dropped files
as layers to the new slide
- New! Added option to specify custom MPEG4 settings via Video File output
- Added template creation and still frame capture option to output listings in the 'Create' dialog
- Increased compatibility of Blu-ray output
- Improved keyframe controls to use colors from the current color configuration
- Improved import process for some audio files
- Improved the layout of the Keyframe Editor dialog
- Fixed problem where YouTube output could succeed but also give error message
- Fixed issue with some systems not showing bold text in File List for files that exist in the current show
- Fixed problems with captions in menu layouts
- Fixed problem where caption modifiers could not be removed in some cases
- Fixed problems affecting some included Slide Styles
- Fixed display of Flash output with disabled playback controls
- Fixed problem with On-Screen Controls option for Web Show output
- Fixed upload problem affecting some Share Show accounts
- Fixed problem that could cause template compatibility issue
Changes Added in 4.0.2462
Revisions since 4.0.2442
- Improved Slide Styles Interface
- Categories are now supported for styles
- Styles are now labeled when they support both 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios
- Filter by aspect ratio
- Filter by number of layers
- Style info now includes preferred timing
- Added option during style creation to flag that the style works with any ratio
- Added ability to edit information for Styles
- Added tooltips for keyframes in the Keyframe Editor
- Added an Options button to the Presenter plug-in control bar for accessing additional options
- Improved video import process
- Enhanced right click menu in the Keyframe Editor
- Enhanced playback indicator in the Keyframe Editor
- Added support for custom layer and slide names in Copy Settings dialog
- Added rotation center option to Precision Preview
- Enhanced the YouTube output process
- Added intelligent download progress indicator to Presenter on-screen controls
- Added new Slide Styles
- Photo Print Edge
- Vignette Dramatic
- Vignette Subtle
- Fixed problems with non-standard installation paths
- Fixed rare Presenter based crash condition
- Fixed problem with time displayed in Presenter control bar
- Fixed problem with position of some color pickers in Slide Options
- Fixed problem with slide lock option on blank slides
- Fixed crash condition caused by DVD output and very long file paths
- Fixed problem where animated GIFs could lose transparency in output
- Fixed missing Copy Settings options in Motion Effects tab of Slide Options
- Fixed crash condition related to audio importing
- Fixed several incorrect tooltips
- Fixed problem audio offsets could get lost after sync process
- Fixed problem where some layers could flicker during show playback
- Fixed problems with display of unselected layers
- Fixed crash condition related to caption modifiers
- Fixed problems with captions in menu layouts
- Fixed problem that could occur when replacing certain layers with new content
Changes Added in 4.0.2442
Revisions since 4.0.2437
- Added support for latest YouTube high quality and HD profiles
- Added option to the File List context menu to open selected file in an external editor
- Fixed issue reported by a small number of users where Presenter could crash while playing certain shows
- Fixed issue where Play/Pause menu time in Presenter plugin's context menu wouldn't show 'Play' correctly when a show begins playback
- Fixed issue where some systems would not open the help file correctly
|