What’s New in ProShow Producer 9
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Explore the new features and streamlined creative tools in ProShow 9.
Get more creative control over your slideshow than ever before.
CREATIVE
NEW! Layer Filters
All new layer filters let you add photo+video effects easily
Over 45 built-in layer filters
Combine layer filters with other effects like Slide Styles and transitions
Use the layer filter browser to quickly pick filters with a real-time preview
Easily apply effects like sepia, HDR, film, and more
NEW! Follow Filter
Create photos, videos and captions that move together
Use the follow filter to have one layer or caption follow another
Pick what gets followed – position, zoom, rotation or tilt
Specify custom offsets to create collages and grids
Keep captions pinned to their photos
Create multi-image layouts easier than ever
NEW! Motion Filters
Add quick animations to any photo or video
Over 150 built-in, professionally designed motion filters
Combine fly in, normal, and fly out motion filters for unique effects
Fly In motion filters animate how a photo or video come onto the screen
Normal motion filters animate the photo or video during the slide
Fly Out motion filters animate how a photo or video leaves the screen
Customize speed and duration of motion filters
Combine motion filters with layer filters, Slide Styles and transition effects
IMPROVED Better Modifiers
New Bounce modifier provides an all new waveform function for animations
Reverse modifier waveforms using the new ‘Start at End of Slide and Invert’ option
Improved zoom modifiers now behave more predictably
WORKFLOW
NEW! Color Tool
All-new color palettes let you pick from built-in, curated sets of colors
Create your own color palettes with your favorite colors
See complimentary colors to help you create the perfect color scheme
Variations show you slightly different versions of the current color to help you pick the perfect shade
Improved color tool gives you a bigger preview of the current color
See the original color and your new color side-by-side for quick comparisons
IMPROVED Video Importing
Adding video clips to your shows just got a whole lot faster
Up to 3x faster importing for videos
Improved video import quality for many formats
IMPROVED Vignettes
New vignette presets let you apply pre-defined vignettes with just a click
Several built-in vignette presets included
Create your own presets using your favorite vignette styles
The vignette tool now remembers the last used settings
PUBLISHING
NEW! Publishing History
See a list of outputs created for any show
Quickly see what you’ve created, and when
Easily find where published videos are saved
Open published videos, or open their location in Windows Explorer
NEW! Publishing Queue
Prepare multiple outputs in advance and queue them up
Run the queue when you’re ready, and let ProShow create all the output
Perfect for letting ProShow create all your videos while you’re away from the computer
Manage the queue anytime – add, remove, and reorder queued outputs
NEW! 4K Video Output
Create ultra-high definition videos with new 4K video output presets
Easily access from the Video for Web, Devices and Computers window
4K video is 4 times higher resolution than 1080p video
Suitable for creation and use on faster, modern computers
IMPROVED Video Output
Improved video publishing for many formats
Faster video encoding, up to 1.5x faster than previous versions
Improved support for PAL MPEG-4 videos
New an improved profiles in Video for Web, Devices and Computers
NEW! Hardware Video Encoding Support
Get up to 2x faster H.264 video encoding on supported computers
Works with dedicated NVidia and Intel video encoding hardware found on many higher-end video cards
And More
New preference to always use a default font of your choosing for captions, instead of the last used font
Improved Remix tool for the Wizard now remembers and maintains single-image/single caption combinations
Improved Wizard preview now lets you save your show from within the wizard, great for trying different versions of a show
Caption Motion Filters have replaced Caption Behaviors, and are now found in the new Filters tab
Easily opt-out of WebM output when creating HTML5 video, which makes creating HTML5 output almost twice as fast
Improved defaults for Synchronize Show to Soundtrack enhances how audio is synchronized in your show
Improved network support makes it easier to use files from network shares, or when folders are mapped to network locations
Improved support for running in virtual machines with folders shared between Mac + Windows
Many stability improvements across the software
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