Face it - I push Proshow to the limits. Even their customer support people say so. I originally wanted to build Greg's photo documentation into one continuous show but the program could not hold and swap a slideshow of over 3,000 images. So I had to break it down - Bent Cap (500+ slides), Setting Steel (494+ slides), Lost Deck & Rebar (1,500+ slides), Deck Pour (500+ slides). Then I added a Credits (less than 100 slides).
As it turned out, it was easier to manage them individually. But how to make them play as if they were one show was another issue. Customer support said I could set the last slide of each show to "play next show". Same problem - too large a swap file - and the program would crash.
I tried another suggestion, to use the "play all" button, then list them individually on a second menu page. That sort of worked but the navigation on the second page was sloppy and unpredictable.
This morning I ended up rendering each show into an mpg file, but now I'm wondering if an avi would be better (have to check that). I created a new slideshow and dropped each file into a slide and now they transition from one to another as if one show.
Keep your fingers crossed, I hope this works!
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