Photodex ProShow Producer 4 0 2542

Photodex ProShow Producer 4.0.2542

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ProShow Producer was designed for professionals who are creating shows commercially.

The all-new ProShow Producer allows you to create advanced, professional-grade presentation masterpieces that not only emotionalize and inspire audiences but also bring them to the point of sale. With an award-winning feature set, including unlimited photo/video layering, show templates, branding, copy protection and built-in media authoring, plus all-new creative features like masking, vignetting and motion keyframing, the only limit to your successis your imagination.



ProShow Producer expands upon the already impressive list of creative features and production control options. Now photographers can create professional-grade slide show masterpieces that not only look polished, but exhibit advanced, high-end artistic effects previously achievable only through using 3rd party professional photo and video editing software.

From digital proofing to high-end multimedia slide shows, ProShow Producer has introduced photographers to a new way of presenting their images to the world. With Producer, photographers can create multimedia slide show presentations and output them to their choice of 14 different formats, including DVD, CD and the newly-added HD Video, Flash and QuickTime output options.



• Maximum Creative Control

An impressive list of creative features and options available only in Producer allow advanced, professional-looking results unmatched by consumer software.

• Increased Productivity

Manage difficult deadlines. Productivity-boosters like show templates and settings-copying cut production time.

• Superior Output Capabilities

Take the guesswork out of media authoring. Output to DVD, EXE, Flash, QuickTime, HD Video and more!

• Competitive Separation

Branding and protection features enable you to grow and protect your hard-earned business. Make a commercial for your website or portfolio-on-disc to hand out to prospects



New in version 4.0.2542 April 21, 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



Changes Added in 4.0.2542

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