Carmen Ferrara’s Weblog 2.0

In the latest version of Presio, we have redesigned the Review Tab. We’ve divided the “Review” process into two,  more logical (and functional) options called: Preview and Edit. Using the Preview tab, you are now able to see what your Presio published presentation will look like to your end viewers, before actually publishing it. The audio/video plays back and all the slides are in synch with the media.

The Edit tab allows you to modify your project by managing captured slides and clips that have already been recorded/imported. You can change slide titles, slide notes, or slide time points.  You may also import/export clips and slides as well as use the new crop tool to trim any clip within Presio.

To understand how the features of the Review Tab work, take look at the screencast:

http://www.ipresent.net/support/tutorials/review_tab_overview/index.html

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately as to whether or not Presio templates can be customized or not. Presio ships with a set of webcast templates for both audio and video presentations and for a particular media output format. You can see some examples here.

You may however, create your own custom player templates. With some basic HTML skills, you can customize any aspect of an existing template or create a new one from scratch.

Here’s a screencast tutorial that shows an example of customizing the “Default” template by creating a new version with one key modification to meet your needs:
http://ipresent.net/support/tutorials/custom_templates2

I’m very pleased to announce the release of Presio 1.2 - (1.2.35 to be exact). This is a rather large minor release. We’ve incorporated a lot of great feedback that we’ve received from our early users, since releasing V 1.0 back in February.

Not only are there bug fixes and improvements, but we’ve also added quite a few new features. Some key additions include: a simplified (and more intuitive) Review Tab redesign, new player templates, higher resolution slide captures, ability to crop clips, and more.

Release notes are listed below this entry as well as on our release notes history page - also feel free to download this new release directly from our download page. As always, if you have an earlier version of Presio, you can simply download and install the newest version right over the old one. All your settings and previous projects are preserved.

I’ll be posting some screencasts/tutorials on some of the new features in the 1.2 release in the coming days.

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Presio Release 1.2.35 (May 2, 2008)

• Added: New player templates (Default and Classic - with Speaker Left or Right)
• Added: New slideshow player templates (PIP and Side-by-side) with title fade-in
• Added: Configure Slide Publish settings - up to 4 sizes and toggle on/off
• Added: Configure default PowerPoint window size for capture (increases slide capture resolution)
• Added: Windows Media video template support for linking to Presentation Details page
• Added: New Flash Default template with speaker video on right side
• Added: New Seek to Time feature
• Added: New Seek Back/Forward 1 second at a time
• Added: Synch Tab - Undo last captured slide
• Added: Review Tab - clip crop tool for easy head/tail trimming of clips
• Fixed: Dragging Media Slider on Synch Tab to allow better seeking during playback
• Fixed: Apostrophe issue when loading PowerPoint files across shared drive
• Fixed: Clip name issue when deleting clip with same name as next in sequence
• Fixed: Slide animations “off by one” bug
• Fixed: Flash playback issue on Mac Safari
• Fixed: Add any filetype as an attachment on the Details Tab
• Improved: Local Flash playback support with less security issues
• Improved: Redesigned Review tab - Preview/Edit improved user experience
• Improved: Save project dialog when creating a new project (more intuitive)
• Improved: Lots of minor bug fixes and overall improved stability…