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.

Changes in Version 4.0.2462 (January 9, 2009):
New! Slide Styles
* Apply effects to your show with just a couple 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
* Time 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! Set Precise Fly In/Out Timing with Right Click on Caption Keyframe
* New! Randomize Pan, Zoom, and Rotate Motion Independantly
* 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

Slide Styles Inlcuded with Version 4:
Included Producer Only Styles:
* A Camera Flash with Print
* Display of Four
* Dramatic Titles
* Flying in Pairs
* Flying in Pairs 4x3
* Flying Snapshots 1
* Flying Snapshots 2
* Gradient Mask Blend
* Magnify
* Moving Lineup
* Photo Shake
* Reflection 1
* Reflection 1 4x3
* Reflection 2
* Reflection 2 4x3
* Rows Unfolding
* Shift to Color 1
* Shift to Color 2
* Shift to Grayscale 1
* Shift to Grayscale 2
* Spinning Three
* The Grid
* The Grid 4x3
Included Producer and Gold Styles:
* A Moving Backdrop
* A Photo Border
* A Photo Border 4x3
* Coasting
* Colorize Grayscale
* Colorize Sepia Antiqued
* Display of Five
* Display of Five 4x3
* Display of Five Still
* Display of Five Still 4x3
* Display of Nine Collapsing
* Display of Nine Expanding
* Display of Nine Still
* Display of Three Collapsing
* Display of Three Expanding
* Display of Three Still
* Filmstrip Border
* Filmstrip Border 4x3
* Filmstrip Border Still
* Filmstrip Border Still 4x3
* Images of Love
* Images of Love Still
* Photo Stack 1 Collapsing
* Photo Stack 1 Expanding
* Photo Stack 1 Still
* Photo Stack 2 Collapsing
* Photo Stack 2 Expanding
* Photo Stack 2 Still
* Scrolling Credits
* Single Snapshot
* Single Snapshot Still
* Spin and Grow
* Spin and Shrink
* Still Photo Black
* Still Photo White
* Swap Left 1
* Swap Left 2
* Swap Right 1
* Swap Right 2
* Swap Still
* Three to One
* Three to One 4x3
* Three to One Still
* Three to One Still 4x3
* Title with Four Images
* Title with Four Images
* Title with Four Images Still
* Title with Four Images Still 4x3
* Triptych
* Triptych 4x3
* Triptych Still
* Triptych Still