
ProShow provides no bridge between the two. Specific positioning of the text relative to a layer can prove confusing, if not daunting, if accuracy in positioning is important. Captions or the Text on Text Layers use a different positioning method than layers use. While I don’t either, at least I provide the means to effectively use the Quadratic Curve and Linear Ramp functions. ProShow does not document its modifiers or the functions that the modifiers use. This is information that could be helpful in proper positioning of your layers on or off of the slide. ProShow tells you little about a layer’s width and height. However, that does not mean you can specify your own rotation location on the screen … just within the layer’s boundaries. Right now, as long as you keep the Rotate Center values within the boundaries of the layer, you can make somewhat effective use of the feature.

Its Rotate Center feature has a very limited implementation of what it’s capable of doing. Its outline and shadow creation features are poor.

For those of you who don’t know it, ProShow has considerable capability that Photodex hasn’t provided a framework that allows you to take advantage of it. All in all, the Tools for ProShow are an even more useful tool than they were previously for those wanting to take advantage of capabilities within ProShow that Photodex does not provide to its customers. As I was doing this, one change, improvement, or tweak led to another. For the past few months I’ve been working on my Tools for ProShow on and off.
