Hi Jeff, thanks for your interest

Answers as follows;

2. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz   4.00 GHz Graphics Card GeForce GTX960 2GB RAM

3. JPG images from Camera typically 5184 x 3888 (6+ MB) and phone 4000x3000 (6+ MB)

4. Simply moving around the application, selecting images to insert into timeline, moving up and down the photo timeline at the bottom of the screen and moving amongst the images in the selection window top RHS. All these actions have a delay of 5-10 seconds to them.

5. I started a new project and placed a subset of the images in there. (116 images).

6. Edition    Windows 10 Pro Version    22H2 OS build    19045.2486
Experience    Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0

7. 254GB free out of 413GB

Update: Having left and restarted the program to check on the smaller project, the program is now more responsive. I will keep watching. Now to explore titles and adding animation to the output.

I am searching for a way to add Ken Burns style effects in all images at once. To go through each image individually and add such would be too time consuming. I have already discovered the way to add random transitions.

@Simont1952

Thanks for the additional information.

Couple of things strike me:

1. Your CPU is now quite "old" (sorry!) and its built-in graphics are HD4600. Are its drivers fully up to date (this page lists the latest released ones)? Don't depend on Windows Update to ensure fully updated drivers. Your images are, technically, UHD size, which is above what your CPU can "officially" handle, I think.
2. Similar comment for your NVidia GPU (sorry again!). Its latest drivers can be found here.
3. To apply a specific transition effect to ALL images in a show, select the transition between the first and second slides in your show by right-clicking on the small (yellow/blue) box at the lower left corner of the image (I'm assuming you're using the timeline view). From the dropdown list that appears choose "Apply to all objects in the track". Or, if you are not wanting the effect to be all the way through but rather to start later in the show, choose the option to "Apply to all of the following objects in the track".
4. For your Ken Burns effect start by looking under the fx menu at the options available there, e.g., the Movement Templates. But do remember, if you are running the trial version many of the fx options will not be available until you purchase and register the app, at which point a considerable quantity of Additional Content will be downloadable, including transitions and other fx.

I should add that, using similar format images and even video footage I do not see the slowdowns and lags that you experience. You can see the spec of my computer in my signature.

HTH

Jeff

@Simont1952, @emmrecs

Hi

. . . . HD4600. Are its drivers fully up to date . . . .

Updating to the latest drivers will disable what little hardware acceleration can be done by the HD4600 - see this Intel article.

John EB
Forum Moderator

@johnebaker

Hi John,

Thanks for that reminder. And apologies to @Simont1952 for any confusion!

Jeff

I update drivers all the time and have made the Nvidia GPU the standard card to be used.

I am considering updating my PC. I have looked at my supplier and see how cost effective things are now, but am surprised that my PC struggles that much.

@Simont1952

Hi

. . . . am surprised that my PC struggles that much. . . .

At the release date of the i7-4790K processor, 2014, this was at the forefront of hardware technologies and performance, however there have been ever rapid increases in hardware performance, features and capabilities which software manufacturers, and end users, want to take advantage of.

This in turn this leads to higher System requirements and can result in modern software running with poorer performance on older hardware which does not have the features and capabilities required.

HTH

John EB