PresentationMode 1.1.0.148

4.5 out of 5 stars 4.5 (8 votes)

(May 28, 2008)

Windows Vista/XP / Freeware / 1,678 downloads

PresentationMode allows you to mirror your main display (e.g. laptop display) to a second monitor (e.g. projector), and allow you to zoom, highlight, draw, etc. These functions will be done live and shown on the second display, for your audience, while your display is still usable. The software is ideal for mixing powerpoint and live software demonstrations.

  • Publisher

    Lasse V. Karlsen

  • Homepage

    PresentationMode

  • Requirements

    .NET Framework v2.0

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Fixed: GDI object leak in screen capture code, leads to hard crash after some time

    - Fixed: Invalid configuration leads to unrecoverable crash during application load

    - Fixed: Mouse cursor did not scale during zoom mode

    - Fixed: Some black pixels captured as transparent (Windows Vista / Video Playback)

    - Fixed: Sometimes the zoom handles was clipped semi-permanently

    - Fixed: On-screen keyboard shortcuts now show AltGr and not Ctrl+Alt

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    coolticker

    Reviewing 1.0.0.67 Alpha (Nov 28, 2007)

    Only 3 because it is written in .NET and because this already exists in a much lighter form called ZoomIt from sysinternals.com (also freeware).

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    horsecharles

    Reviewing 1.0.0.67 Alpha (Nov 27, 2007)

    This project is very intriguing. Since it's so new(here anyhow) / unknown, let's start with a 5 for the idea and the tiny footprint... and continue adding comments in the next few days.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    lassevk

    Reviewing 1.0.0.67 Alpha (Nov 27, 2007)

    Since the feature descriptions I posted on my submission were dropped along the way, here's an abbreviated list.

    ** Mirrors screen
    The program works by mirroring one screen onto another. The basic usage would involve a laptop screen and a projector showing a mirrored copy of your laptop screen to an audience, for a live software demonstration.

    The program works by repeatedly grabbing screenshots of your main display, optionally manipulating the screenshot, and then showing it on your mirrored display (ie. the projector).

    ** Live zoom
    The program will zoom up a portion of your main display to 2x its width and height. You can move the zoomed area around on your laptop display by moving four draggable corner handles, or you can enable the follow-the-mouse mode which will make sure the mouse is always inside the area.

    ** Live highlighting
    You can "highlight" an area to focus the attention of the audience by fading out everything outside of the area to a near-white color, just barely showing the screen beneath, still live. This area is sizable, again with four draggable corner handles, and movable. You can either set it up by dragging the corner handles, or click+drag a rectangle around an area, or pick a window by holding down ctrl.

    ** Drawing
    Draw on a snapshot of the screen, in different colors, pen widths, using freehand, rectangles or lines. The image will be saved to disk when you exit drawing mode.

    ** Pause screen
    Set up a pause screen showing a title, info-text (like what happens after the break), and the current time.

    ** Saved views
    You can prepare for your demonstration by saving the zoom area, highlight area, pause screens, and more and quickly restore them during your demo.

    ** Hotkeys and menu
    Either configure system-wide hotkeys for your most used functions, or use the popup menu that includes the main functions, or the tray icon which gives access to the rest.

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