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664 27. Configuring ProShow: Preferences

What this means, in short, is that working in ProShow will be faster and
smoother with Direct Draw enabled. If you turn off Direct Draw by
unchecking the box found at the top of the Playback options you will get
slower results. That’s because when Direct Draw is disabled ProShow must
use older, slower methods of displaying things on the screen. The basic rule
is this:

Direct Draw is fast, while running without it is slow. Unless you have a
deeper technical problem on your PC you should leave Direct Draw
enabled.

Video Importing is where you can configure how ProShow works with the
video files you use in your show. This option is enabled by default, which
means ProShow will import video files using its own tools, no codecs
needed.

If that’s a problem for you, or a particular video isn’t working, try disabling
the option to use DirectShow. When this is done, ProShow will use the
codecs installed on your PC. This means your codecs must be installed
properly.

The Rendering options allow you to set the size ProShow will use to render
your images for the previews while you are working on a show. You can
also set the Target Size for image resizing when creating EXEs or Presenter-
based output. Unless you have a very specific need, it's best to leave these
at their default settings. These settings have been chosen to achieves a nice
mix of quality and speed.