ProShow Gold 2.x Revisions

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Version 2.6.1777

July 28, 2006

Fixed stability issues caused by loading images containing EXIF fields.

Version 2.6.1775

April 6, 2006

Fixed problem with trimming video clips not handling audio correctly.
Fixed problems with some images containing color profiles.

Version 2.6.1774

March 11, 2006

Fixed problems with creating DVD output on some systems
Fixed various problems with creating ISO files from shows
Fixed a few stability problems
Fixed problem with transparent images
Fixed caption popping at end of transition
Fixed problem with moving the 1st caption 'down' on a customized menu
Fixed problem where red 'X' icon that resets the end time for an audio track was disabled after adding a new track
Fixed problem where 'drop shadow' didn't work on thumbnail images on customized menu
Fixed crash problem while decoding corrupted EXIF data
Fixed problem with audio on DVD menu pages after first page
Fixed problem loading saved menu files.
Fixed problems with disappearing menu thumbnails after canceling encoding
Fixed crash problem with encoding video from shows that use a lot of image corrections (brightness / blackpoint / etc.)
Improved the way Proshow rotates images based on EXIF orientation fields

Version 2.6.1753

January 21, 2006

Fixed problem with installation under Windows 98/Me on some systems.
Fixed general stability issues.

Version 2.6.1752

January 10, 2006

Fixed problems with DVD/CD burning.
Fixed problem where shows and options on last menu page would not work.
Fixed problem where first show on some DVDs will be replayed after playing other shows.
Fixed problem where viewing properties for a file would sometimes crash.
Fixed problem where clicking the Play button twice would sometimes crash.
Fixed problems with sending a problem report using the Help menu.
Fixed problem with incorrect thumbnail showing after using the Collect Show Files option.
Fixed problem where using the title option for a menu would cause numbers to appear on a DVD menu.
Fixed problem with crashing when adding certain PNG image files containing transparency.
Fixed problem with 'Could not display document' error when creating a web show.

Version 2.6.1745

December 14, 2005

Fixed problem with length of audio tracks not being set properly.
Fixed assorted other problems reported since release of 2.6.

Version 2.6.1740

December 8, 2005

New Slide Layer Adjustments: Sharpen, contrast
Preview and select caption effects with the new Caption Selection Tool.
Easily add special characters macros and EXIF information to captions with the new Insert Macro tool.
Crop and fade audio with the new visual Audio Trimmer.
Set exact starting and ending points for video down to the frame.
Displays video timeline for trimming video clips.
Preview video playback.
Create customized menus for your output.
Save menus for later use.
Customize show thumbnail sizes and layouts for each page.
Customize text on any menu page.
Launch external applications for editing audio, video and images.
Full alpha-channel support for PSD, GIF, TIFF and PNG images.
View and change slide duration from the Slide Options dialog.
Set slide duration to video clip length with one click.
Access file properties and meta-data information from Slide Options
Save and load custom window layouts for ProShow's main window.
Set defaults in the Preferences for default timing and transition.
First empty slide can now be selected for pasting slides / inserting empty slides at end of show
Fixed redraw problem in slide list when selecting the last visible slide
Fixed problem with last page of a DVD menu not working on some set-top players
Fixed problems with 'Change Thumbnail' function in shows list
Fixed problem where moving a PX file on a local machine using drag/drop would make the show not play back correctly
Fixed problem with decoding CMYK TIFF files
Offset, Start/End times for slide sounds no longer require the 'Custom' option to be checked
Fixed problem with including original files on a DVD
Fixed problem where image got incorrectly cropped when rotating and deep zooming
Fixed order in which images are inserted when dropped from Windows Explorer
Fixed problem with playback of WMA files
Fixed redraw problem with time slider below preview
Fixed bug in video encoder that caused the last frame to be missing. Especially a problem with VCD still shows
Fixed stalling problem if you cancel importing files
Fixed problem where making brightness/contrast adjustments to slides would cause thumbnail and playback to be black
Fixed order in which images are inserted when dropped from Windows Explorer
Fixed problem with playback of WMA files
Fixed problem with editing imported .ogg audio files (the wave form graph would be squeezed to about 70% of the duration).
Fixed problem with flickering menu on DVD output
Fixed crash problems with executable and web playback
Fixed performance problems with transitions on still images
Fixed problem with 'custom' settings for video output
Fixed crash problems with importing resources from shows that had missing files
Improved playback performance of web shows and EXEs.
Added right mouse button menu for lightbox when clicking outside a slide
Added right mouse button menu for sharpness in Slide Options dialog
Fixed range of zoom slider on image / video tab so it won't go below 20%
Fixed problem where changing show title would not correctly update Shows List in output dialogs
Fixed crash problem with 'Copy Caption Style' on caption text field's right mouse button menu
Fixed problem with the first slide of a show having a time of 0 sec and a transition time of 0 sec causing backgrounds and layers to carry to other slides
Fixed outline problem around rotated videos

Version 2.5.1635

April 22, 2005

Fixed problem with DVD creation when including original files
Fixed problem where window title was incorrect after loading autosave at startup
Preview area is now correctly scaled to aspect ratio during preview playback.
Sound fading options now accept values larger than 10 seconds when typed in manually
Outlines now scale with the size of the show
Fixed problem with Slide List not displaying correctly after dropping files into it.
Fixed problem with missing audio files for DVD menus.
Fixed problem with editing transition times in Light Box view
Fixed problem with 'zoom' type caption effects
Fixed problem with protection in EXEs not expiring correctly

Version 2.5.1630

April 7, 2005

Added 'Recently Used Files' to File menu
Added 'Add All Files to show' to right-click menu in File List
Added Photodex Presenter plugin support for Netscape 8
Added dialog showing status when dropping files into a show.
Thumbnails in file list now draw a checkmark over them if the file is included in the current show
Changed filename to bold for files that are included in current show (in thumbnail view and details view).
Improved performance of importing large numbers of files into a show
Fixed problem with importing video files with Elecard mpeg codec installed
Fixed problem with editing slide or transition times in Light Box view
Fixed problems with using video in slides.
Fixed crash problem with global captions on large numbers of slides
Fixed problem with fade in / fade out times for "soundtrack during other sounds" not working
Fixed problem with files being added to the slide list in reverse order.
Fixed problem with seeking through video slides
Fixed problem with preview size when resizing preview during playback
Fixed crash problem with deleting shows from shows list
Fixed crash problem with including original files on DVD
Fixed problem with DVD rendering using way too much RAM (causing crashes) when using zooming combined with scale to safe zone
Prevented unnecessary re-rendering of videos after changing DVD format.
Fixed problem with importing 22KHz ogg files
Fixed problem with fly in behavior for caption influencing fly out timings.
Fixed problem with preview drawing every image when doing multiple select in Light Box view
Fixed problem with soundtrack ending too soon if there are sounds that had an endtime set that's longer than the sounds actual length.
Fixed problem with soundtrack not being correctly displayed in Light Box view.
Fixed importing MOV movies with invalid frame rates
Fixed DVD+RW lead-out taking too much time
Fixed crash problem with deleting shows from shows list
Fixed problem with including original files on DVD
Fixed problems with VCD menus not playing correct shows
Fixed problem with 'Custom Soundtrack Settings' in the Slide Options / Sound window not enabling properly.
Fixed problem with show captions not appearing correctly when macros are used and two identical slides appear in a show.

Version 2.5.1621

March 10, 2005

Fixed Quicktime problem for certain videos where 1 frame was displayed for the duration of the movie
Fixed problem creating ISO images over 4GB in size
Fixed problem with dragging and dropping files from Windows Explorer into the Light Box.
Fixed problem with manually entering values for starting Pan position. They would get copied to the end position

Version 2.5.1620

March 8, 2005

Fixed crash problem with DVD, Video CD and Autorun CD creation when 'Include Original Files' option is enabled.
Fixed problem with some Quicktime files only displaying a single frame of the movie
Fixed Quicktime audio and video problems for movies from certain cameras
Fixed crash problem with slides that refered to show captions that had been deleted
Fixed positioning problem with the preview window which might cause the main preview to be misaligned in some situations
Fixed problem with mouse-wheel and arrow keys not working in combo boxes
Fixed problems with toggling captions between global and local. This caused corrupted captions and could result in occassional crashes

Version 2.5.1619

March 3, 2005

Fixed crash problem in DVD creation when it was using cached (rendered) videos
Fixed problem with numbers on VCD for first show on multi-show disc
Fixed problem with DVD size estimation
Fixed problem with docking/paning behavior which made it very confusing to resize floating panes
Fixed problem with manual input for X-Offset of image not working
Fixed problem with mouse wheel not working in start preview of motion settings

Version 2.5.1617

February 28, 2005

Fixed problem with preview sometimes stopping on certain slides
Fixed crash problem in preview in some cases where video file hasn't been imported completely
Fixed problem with preview showing wrong position in the show (total show time wasn't recalculated after certain undo / redo actions)
Fixed crash problem in audio sync feature
Fixed crash problem with \[exif xxxx] macros on blank slides
Fixed various problems with caption macros on blank slides
Fixed hang problem with having multiple occurences of the same show in a menu.

Version 2.5.1615

February 25, 2005

Fixed problems with creating a DVD from a show when the latest changes to the show have not yet been saved.
Fixed problem which might cause ISO creation for DVDs to crash on some systems.

Version 2.5.1614

February 24, 2005

Added placeholder text for \f and \F macros in Show Captions preview.
Added option in Save Music from CD dialog to automatically add the track to soundtrack.
Fixed problem with total show time being incorrect after certain undo / redo actions.
Fixed problem with Collect Show Files feature prompting for missing files when new show is loaded.
Fixed problem with EXE creation when output filename contains a period.
Fixed problem with rendering video files using 'square pixels' aspect ratio
Fixed problem with Light Box initially displaying at incorrect size.
Fixed problem with backgrounds in preview
Fixed a small number of places which did not properly launch the new help.

Version 2.0.1583

September 26, 2004

Audio now loops in EXE menus
Fixed problem with some AVIs being detected as JPGs
Fixed problems with importing some video files
Fixed audio fading problems
Fixed problems with stills / video options not appearing on VCD menus when both still and video shows are included
Fixed problem where still VCD shows only contain first audio file. Subsequent audio files do not play.
Fixed problems with (S)VCD still shows
Fixed problem with show backgrounds going to black during transitions
EXEs and Web show snow hide mouse cursor during playback
Fixed problem with screensavers not looping
Added new overstate effects to EXE and Web show menus
Fixed problem with protection window appearing behind web browser for Web shows with protection enabled
Improved buffering for video in slides
Fixed problems with video outlines / shadows being wrong
Fixed crash problem with record slide timings feature
Fixed problem with record slide timings only playing first track of the soundtrack
Added option in captions list to have caption occur above or below transition effect
Prevented blank slides from becoming the show thumbnail, unless the user specifically set it.

Version 2.0.1571

July 27, 2004

Improved SVCD/VCD compatiblity
Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1568

July 12, 2004

Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1567

July 8, 2004

Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1566

July 5, 2004

Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1565

July 1, 2004

Fixed problem with background image not displaying properly during some transition effects
Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1564

June 29, 2004

Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1563

June 28, 2004

Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1562

June 24, 2004

Fixed 3 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1561

June 22, 2004

Fixed 12 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1560

June 17, 2004

Fixed 4 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1559

June 16, 2004

Fixed 10 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1558

June 11, 2004

Fixed 6 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1557

June 10, 2004

Fixed 15 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1556

June 9, 2004

Fixed 15 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1555

June 8, 2004

Fixed 48 reported stability issues.
Added improved feedback of stability problems
Fixed assorted stability problems
Fixed problems with captions popping on 16:9 shows
Fixed aspect ratio problems with mixing menus with 16:9 and 4:3 shows
Fixed problems with Loop All / Play All not working on EXEs
Fixed problems with Slide Options dialog sometimes appearing off-screen
Fixed problem with soundtrack disappearing after reloading a show
Fixed crash problem with AMD K6-2 based systems
Fixed various stability issues
Numerous stability issues corrected and improved
Improved DVD/CD burning support
Added progress indicator when files are dropped into a show
Improved video encoding speed on dual processor and hyper-threaded machines
Improved image quality on DVD and PC playback when image is scaled
Fixed problem with DVD-R writing not working properly
Fixed crash problem when choosing DVD, VCD or PC Autorun output option
Fixed problem with custom background options not working properly on blank slides
Fixed problem with disc burning stalling before complete on some machines
Fixed problems with panning across panoramic images
Fixed problem with PAL video being encoded at incorrect framerate
Fixed problems with DVD output - now 100% compliant
Fixed problems with show sharing and certain firewalls
Fixed problems with menus on EXEs
Fixed installation error on Windows Me/98/95
Fixed problems with using video in slides
Fixed problems with PCM audio for DVDs not working correctly
Fixed problems with screensavers containing menus
Fixed several issues with slide sounds, sound fading, and offsets
Fixed alignment issues with outlines on images
Fixed issues with VCDs not working on some DVD players

Verison 2.0

March 24, 2004

Fully integrated DVD authoring - no additional software necessary
ProShow Gold handles everything, from video encoding to disc burning
Unmatched DVD video quality
Add multiple shows to a DVD, and include a PC autorun EXE
Support for a variety of DVD formats - HQ, LP, SP, and more
Supports NTSC and PAL
Supports both widescreen (16:9) and fullscreen (4:3) shows
Create streaming web shows you can post on your own site
Publish your show online at Photodex.com, free show sharing for registered users
Over 70 high quality caption effects
Apply effects to any caption or global show caption
Control effects for fly-in, fly-out, and normal behavior
Bring shows to life with slide motion
Pan, zoom and rotate slides
Combine panning, zooming and rotation on the same slide
Intuitive, real-time, 'before-and-after' interface for configuration
Easily move from one slide to the next with motion matching
Use a video clip in any slide
Add motion effects to video - pan, zoom and rotate video real-time
Overlay captions and apply transitions to video clips
Apply all the same effects to video that are available for images, including color correction, scaling and more
Easily crop video to just the desired segment with starting and stopping offsets
Create smaller executables with automatic audio compression
Improved font support in EXEs now allow any font to be used
Improved DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and CD-R/RW drive support
Additional drive support can now be added on-demand when available
New DVD / CD writing engine removes issues reported with previous versions
Now over 280 transition effects
Easily access recently used transition effects
All new 'soft-edge' transitions
Redesigned transition selection window
Higher performance and smoother display
More responsive real-time preview
All new slide customization interface
Improved show output dialogs
Higher quality video output
Uses Lanczos scaling to maximize image quality
High speed video rendering

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