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ProShow Gold presentation to view on a Mac


BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
22 Feb 2021 3:42PM
Hello,

Does anyone know how to "Publish" a ProShow Gold A/V presentation to be viewed on a Mac? I sent an Exe file of a ProShow presentation to him but his Mac won't open it.

Help please! Smile
saltireblue Avatar
saltireblue Plus
13 14.8k 91 Norway
22 Feb 2021 3:53PM
Mac will not open an .exe file as it Windows dependent.
Try the solution suggested here.
BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
22 Feb 2021 3:58PM
Thanks.

I put together our clubs 2019 NYSDPA presentations using ProShow, and regularly sent them to our chairman to check over (he has a Mac) but for the life of me I don't know how I did it !
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shagnasty 17 82
22 Feb 2021 4:18PM
You are ready to output the file to create the actual show. ProShow offers many output options including, Video, VCD, AutorunCD, EXE and Screensaver.

Video - Mpeg file

VCD - Video CD, for playback on DVD players.

Autorun CD - for playback in another computer.

EXE - for playback on the computer the show was created on.

Screensaver - for creating a Windows® screensaver.

Select the required option. You need the first one....a video file. Select that choice from the menu.

Now, click on the button of the final output you would like, and create your show.

Job done

Hope this helps Pat
BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
22 Feb 2021 4:25PM
Yes I know of all those options . . . . but which one works for a Mac?
shagnasty Avatar
shagnasty 17 82
22 Feb 2021 4:29PM
Video Mpeg
BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
22 Feb 2021 4:44PM
OK, I'll try that.
Dave_Canon Avatar
Dave_Canon 17 2.2k United Kingdom
22 Feb 2021 4:52PM
Is it essential that you have to use a Mac? My Club produces an annual AV of our International Salon but use Pictures to exe but only run on Windows for projection or Zoom.

Dave
BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
22 Feb 2021 4:59PM
It's just that I have ProShow, had it for years but it's not supported anymore! As I said earlier I used it for the 2019 NYSDPA presentations and it was no bother. I just want to send a PS presentation to a friend who has a Mac but I can't remember how we did it. I have just tried an MP4 . . . . see if it works.
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LenShepherd 15 4.7k United Kingdom
26 Feb 2021 8:40AM
I made the NYSDPA presentation about 15 years ago.
For something like a NYSDPA presentation the SlideShow option in Lightroom enables deciding the order of images, interval between images, music - and even conversion to a pdf.
Lightroom is not as flexible as ProShow - and works different to PowerPoint.
PowerPoint for things like league tables has a lot going for it.
BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
26 Feb 2021 10:19AM
MP4 files work OK
Dave_Canon Avatar
Dave_Canon 17 2.2k United Kingdom
26 Feb 2021 11:18AM
Those in my club who are AV enthusiasts, including an international AV judge, all use and recommend Pictures to exe. I believe that it is more comprehensive than Proshow Gold but they have never produced Mac version probably because Apple do not always share information with developers. I have an earlier version myself but do not produce AV's very often. There are outputs possible other than exe.

Dave
BrianSS Avatar
BrianSS 17 430 41 England
26 Feb 2021 11:40AM
Thanks

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