Create epic slideshows for Mac with WnSoft’s PTE AV Studio Pro

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WnSoft's PTV AV Studio is powerful photo slideshow software for Mac.
WnSoft's PTV AV Studio is powerful photo slideshow software for Mac.
Photo: WnSoft

WnSoft’s PTE AV Studio is powerful but easy-to-use slideshow software that is widely used by photographers, camera clubs and AV groups for competitions and festivals. Shows created in PTE AV Studio have won prizes in events held in the U.K., France, Belgium, Italy and other countries.

Now, WnSoft calls its latest version of PTE AV Studio Pro “the most powerful photo slideshow software for Mac.” And judging by the robust feature set it includes, that may be no exaggeration.

WnSoft’s PTE AV Studio 10.5 is a full-featured slideshow studio that lets you add photos, video clips and music to highly customizable slideshows. You can apply slide styles, use keyframe animations and edit and sync audio clips.

Then you put out your final product as an HD or 4K video for manual playback on a Mac or TV, a high-quality executable file to share, or as video for mobile devices.

The software is available in Pro and Standard versions, but only the Pro version works with the Mac.

We’ll get more into the software’s formidable features below.

PTE AV Studio Pro

The software uses a simple interface to make it easy for beginners to use. At the same time, a robust feature set offers more advanced users almost unlimited creative possibilities.

Project files are fully compatible between Mac and Windows, allowing slideshow editors to easily collaborate even when using different platforms.

Visual effects

With PTE AV Studio, it’s not just super-easy to create a slide show. You also have a wide selection of 125 slide styles, themes and transition effects to help you choose exactly how it looks. And you can add text captions, too.

The software gives you a lot of creative control over your projects. You can use the Timeline View for perfect synchronization of slides with audio clips on multiple tracks. Take advantage of 125 styles and transitions to easily create your slideshow and work with it using the Slide List. Powerful keyframe animations with effects help make your slideshow unique. You can mix slides and video clips together, really bringing the show to life.

Lots of options in the software’s functionality allow you to edit keyframe animations and other elements. You can adjust pan, zoom and rotation. Use 3D transformations to add pop to your show. Control opacity, adjust color filters and use masking and dynamic blur effects for a variety of looks. You can even employ nested animation, creating complex parent-child movements of objects and layers.

Audio editor

Using the timeline view, you can add and view multiple audio tracks and play them simultaneously. The tool allows you to synchronize slides with audio clips using time points.

The audio editor includes an envelope tool that enables keypoint control of sound volume. You can edit audio clips, dictating start time, duration and fade-in and fade-out effects.

While you’re working on your project, you can carefully note your progress with the software’s instant preview feature, with smooth playback and the same quality you’ll see in the finished version.

Native support for M1 Macs

PTE AV Studio Pro is fully compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur and optimized for Macs with Apple’s M1 chip. WnSoft says native support makes the software “blazingly fast on M1-powered Macs.”

Price: Free 30-day trial; PTE AV Studio Pro is $149; PTE AV Studio is $75.

Where to buy: WnSoft

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