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In this Issue:
* DVD PixPlay v2.0 Released * DVD PixPlay v2.0 Offers * Freeware Spotlight: ScriptCopy * Program Tips * Removing yourself from this List Dear Xequte Software User, Since its release, DVD PixPlay has quickly become one of our most popular
products, allowing digital camera users to share their photos with friends and
family (even those who don't own a computer).
We have a huge list of planned enhancements for DVD PixPlay to make it one
of the most full featured, yet easy to use, image slideshow solutions.
Version 2.0 represents the first major step towards this goal.
When we initially released a very immature DVD PixPlay 0.90, we offered it
a discounted price of $19.70. While that price has stuck around longer
than necessary, we now feel it is time to set it at its permanent price of
$29.50.
However we don't wish to disadvantage any recent downloaders and will hold
the old price for one week. We are also offering a 20% discount off the
normal upgrade price. Please see below for further details.
If you encounter any problems with the new release please e-mail us
at
sales@xequte.com Best wishes to everyone for the holiday season, and thank you to all our
customers for their support in 2004!
Regards
* DVD PIXPLAY V2.0 RELEASED DVD PixPlay allows you to create VCD image slideshows for playback on DVD
players.
V2.0 is a major upgrade incorporating over one hundred changes and
improvements. Here is a list of the top twenty:
1. New export option to output the project in its original format (videos,
images, music, etc) for playback on a PC
2. Added 133 new transition effects 3. Optimized the MPEG generation library giving much better output quality 4. New Create Project wizard guides users through all the initial steps of creating a slideshow file 5. New AVI output options: DivX 5, XviD, Cinepak, Intel Indeo Video R3.2, Microsoft Video 1, RLE and uncompressed 6. New option to automatically stretch your slideshow display to match the length of the background music 7. Now offers thirty templates when creating title pages (e.g. birthday or Christmas styles) 8. New option to fade in at the start of the slideshow and/or fade out at the end 9. The timing of slideshow previews now closely matches that of the final result 10. Added native support for Raw digital image files from Cameras (Canon, Casio, Fuji, Kodak, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, etc.) 11. Can now quickly add a caption to each image by specifying it under the image preview 12. Many improvements to the UI including XP style controls throughout 13. Images can now be pasted directly from the clipboard 14. Text objects can now be locked to the center of title pages 15. Each transition style can now be previewed when selecting it in the Transitions dialog 16. For a combined video and image slideshow, can now specify the background music that is played after video files complete 17. Now when previewing images full-screen navigation controls are available and the transition effect for the image is shown 18. Music files can now be dragged and dropped into DVD PixPlay from other programs 19. Ten color gradient styles are available for the background of title pages 20. Files can be sorted by name, date, etc when adding them to your project Complete Change List: http://www.xequte.com/pixplay/changes.html More info and download: http://www.xequte.com/pixplay/
V2.0 is a free upgrade to all users who purchased after 1 July 2004 (a new
key will be emailed to you in the next 48 hours). Other registered users
can upgrade at:
Upgrades: http://www.xequte.com/pixplay/upgrade.html * DVD PIXPLAY V2.0 OFFERS
For the next seven days we are offering a 20% discount to all upgraders and
holding the v1.* price for new purchasers.
If you already own DVD PixPlay: Upgrade to v2.0 for only $10.80:
If you do NOT own DVD PixPlay: Purchase v2.0 for only $19.70: These offers are ONLY available using the links above and expire on Dec. 17 * FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT: SCRIPTCOPY
If you are adept at editing ini files, then you will find ScriptCopy an
ideal tool for scheduled backups (to external or network drives) and drive
mirroring. Multiple copy jobs can be specified in the job file, with
support for such options as incremental backups and archive flag setting.
Use the windows scheduler to commence the copying at your preferred time (such as midnight when the computer is not in use). ScriptCopy can be downloaded from (no registration is required):
* PROGRAM TIPS
- DVD PixPlay: Creating Image Slideshows for Computer
Playback
As we have discovered, many people are using DVD PixPlay to create discs primarily for computer playback. Prior to v2, this was not a strong point of DVD PixPlay because the output was designed for TV playback and consequently looked poor when displayed on a computer. With v2 a new Image Output option exports the slideshow in its native
format (i.e. as images and videos) and includes a viewer, so that the output
will display on a computer exactly as it previews from within DVD PixPlay.
CD or DVD disks can be used.
To use the new option, click the Create CD button, and on step 2 of the
wizard choose the "Image Format" option.
Note: It is not recommended that you use this format for discs intended for
playback on DVD players
- Smart Pix/MegaView: Maintaining the File Date when Saving In Windows, whenever a file is modified the date for it is changed.
If you are like me, you like the date for your digital photos to specify when
the photo was taken rather than when it was last rotated.
In Smart Pix and MegaView you can choose to maintain the date of a file
even when it is edited. You will find the setting under File>Options,
Save
- MailList King: Editing the Plain Text Body When you send a message in HTML format, the mailer typically sends a "plain text part" which is used by older mailers that do not support HTML and also by some versions of Outlook to display a preview of the message. By default, when you send an HTML message with MailList King, it will send
a plain text part that is just the same as the HTML but with the formatting
stripped.
If you prefer, you can override this functionality and specify your own
plain text. To do this click the edit button on the message editing
toolbar and choose the "Edit Plain Text" option.
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