ProShow Gold Version 2.x Revision History

Version 3.x |  Version 2.x |  Version 1.x

Version 2.6.1777

• Fixed stability issues caused by loading images containing EXIF fields.

Version 2.6.1775

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

Version 2.6.1774

• 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

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

Version 2.6.1752

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Improved SVCD/VCD compatiblity
• Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1568

• Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1567

• Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1566

• Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1565

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

Version 2.0.1564

• Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1563

• Fixed several reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1562

• Fixed 3 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1561

• Fixed 12 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1560

• Fixed 4 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1559

• Fixed 10 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1558

• Fixed 6 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1557

• Fixed 15 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1556

• Fixed 15 reported stability issues.

Version 2.0.1555

• 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

• 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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