New! Create Shows Automatically * Wizard effortlessly builds complete shows with photos, videos, music and effects
* Wizard intelligently adds effects and builds a custom show with your content
* Nearly instant preview of your show - no need to wait for rendering
* Wizard shows can be edited in ProShow for full creative control
* Add photos, videos, text and music
* Control order of content, trim videos, and edit text
* Add your own custom soundtrack
* Pick from 20 different themes
* Create your own themes, and edit existing themes
* Bias the energy level to create shows that are calm, or shows that are a little crazy
New! Create Your Own Transition Effects
* Create your own transitions from within ProShow Producer
* Easily build transition effects, just like building slide styles
* Transitions can be easily traded online and transferred between machines
* Add custom icons, categories, publisher information and more
New! Over 190 New Transition Effects
* New effects you can use in any show
* Page curls, texture blends, gloss effects and more
* ProShow Producer now includes over 470 transition effects
* Add even more transitions with new Transition Packs
New! All New Transition Chooser
* Completely redesigned interface for browsing and selecting transitions
* Categories let you easily search similar effects
* See the name and description of the selected effect
* Single-click to preview, double-click to apply (or just select, and click 'Apply')
* Drag the Transition Chooser to any spot on your screen
* From the preferences, configure ProShow to open the Transition Chooser where you left it
* Resize the Transition Chooser to control how much you see at once
[/b]New! New Interface for Creating a New Show
* Improved New Show interface provides more options for starting a new show
* Launch the wizard to build a show automatically
* Create a new blank show, and specify the title and aspect ratio
* Easily access show templates to create a new show from a template
* Open any recently used show
* Browse for an existing show to open
* New Show interface opens automatically at startup (can be disabled)
New! Over 170 New Slide Styles
* Apply these new effects to any slide
* Focused on elegant and essential effects that work well in all shows
* ProShow Producer now includes 250 slide styles
New! Improved Video Creation
* Support for HD uploads to Vimeo
* Support for YouTube shows up to 15 minutes (previously limited to 10 minutes)
* Enhanced the overall quality of several video formats when using the Device Output feature
* Improved quality of MPEG 4 based video output
New! Improved Slide Editing
* Video trim values are now maintained when applying Slide Styles
* Modifiers can now be based on a specific duration instead of always scaling with slide times
* Set the highlight color for interactive captions
Other Changes and Improvements
* Folders list now provides access to Windows Music and Videos folders
* Fixed problem with audio clicks / blips at the beginning and end of audio tracks
* Fixed rare crash condition caused by adding shows to a project
* Fixed crash condition in output processes caused by trimmed / cropped video layers
* Fixed problems where layers in some shows / projects could appear black
* Fixed problems with Copy Settings dialog when accessed from Slide List
* Fixed wording in save confirmation dialog to properly indicate if the item to be saved is a show, project, or menu
* Fixed missing save confirmation process when opening show / project from outside ProShow and show is already open
* Fixed quality problem affecting left channel of AAC based video output
* Fixed problem where Windows Taskbar could cover Choose Transition dialog
* Fixed video thumbnail option for Blu-ray menus
* Fixed rare problem where progressive encoded video output could be interlaced
* Fixed problem where layer Flip options could be reset when changing source files
* Fixed problem where show tabs in projects could be too narrow
* Fixed typo in Synchronize Show to Soundtrack dialog
* Fixed problems with AAC audio in video output
* Fixed problems where the Total Time field in Slide Options could fail to update
* Fixed startup problem caused by text setting in Windows 7
* Fixed video import failure affecting some MOV files
* Fixed the Pause button in DVD disc rendering dialog
* Fixed the Preview Options entry under the More Options button in the Caption Motion tab of Slide Options
* Fixed problem where video rendering could appear to stall on some shows
* Fixed problem where changing the source file for a video layer could incorrectly update slide time
* Fixed label in list of caption texture scaling options
* Fixed problem with missing right click menu for slide background image field
* Fixed problem where current slide name could fail to appear in Rename Slide dialog
* Fixed problem where MP4 files could fail to show in open file dialogs
* Fixed problem with Vimeo output
* Fixed problems with show backgrounds set to solid color
* Fixed problem where some MP3 files could fail to import properly