# ppt-master v4.6.0

- Product: ppt-master (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ppt-master)
- Vendor: hugohe3
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: v4.6.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/hugohe3/ppt-master/releases/tag/v4.6.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ppt-master/releases/v4.6.0

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- **added** — A new Quick-only Generate profile reconstructs raster page frames as editable PPTX with text restored natively and registered base and foreground groups reconstructed
- **added** — Low-resolution graphics may be reconstructed at high resolution under an identity lock while data graphics stay exact
- **added** — Stage 2 now presents three whole design solutions with each candidate carrying a project-specific custom mode, visual style, and image rendering
- **added** — Non-destructive bitmap treatments for brightness, contrast, tone, and blur applied as project-local derivatives that preserve dimensions and alpha
- **added** — Registered subject layer pairs recognized by both runtimes for subject-over-native-content compositions
- **added** — Native picture fills for editable text with blipFill supporting stretch and tile modes with fill alpha preserved
- **added** — Native animation sounds are mixed into exported narrated videos with PPTX cue timing calibrated against the raw narration timeline
- **added** — Real-time slideshow capture as an explicit delivery branch for preserving narration and native animation cues
- **added** — On-demand transition sounds with a 186-cue CC0 WAV catalog shipped bundled
- **added** — Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) locale for the local UI
- **changed** — Prepared derivatives are resolved before SVG authoring in both Default and Quick
- **changed** — Direction notes read as concise style summaries with a preferred direction chosen after comparison rather than declared up front
- **changed** — Narration waits for transitions to settle with page timing configurable
- **changed** — Visual continuity is planned before slide authoring rather than recovered afterward
- **changed** — Quick video delivery now requires synchronized custom animations rather than inherited stagger
- **changed** — Semantic visual hierarchy, canvas chrome, and chart design contracts realigned with dynamic canvas dimensions honored
- **fixed** — A five-page lightweight spec_lock re-read for Default Generate with scheduled re-read boundaries clarified for the Executor
- **fixed** — Preview and confirm servers no longer share a port range to prevent a stale live-preview tab from shutting down the confirmation service

v4.5.0 filled the template library and rebuilt how a deck is composed. This release opens a new input: a page image can now be reconstructed as a layered, editable deck. Around it, Stage 2 planning becomes three whole design solutions you can edit, images gain a deterministic preparation path, and narrated video finally carries the animation sound it was authored with.

##### Image to PPTX

- **A new Quick-only Generate profile reconstructs raster page frames as editable PPTX.** Source images are normalized into canonical slide frames — one frame becomes one slide — with full-page screenshots kept as evidence only, never as a skin. Text is restored natively; registered base and foreground groups are reconstructed, including a shared plate where padded bounding boxes are disjoint so the objects become independent crops.
- **Low-resolution graphics may be reconstructed at high resolution under an identity lock**, while data graphics stay exact. The profile documents its Codex support boundary explicitly — other hosts are unsupported.

##### Design directions

- **Stage 2 now presents three whole design solutions rather than isolated choices.** Complete mode and visual-style catalogs are batch-loaded alongside renderings, and each candidate must be a whole solution with its rendering choice independent of whether AI images are used.
- **Every candidate carries a project-specific custom mode, visual style, and image rendering.** Components can be edited inline while whole-direction resets stay available, and the confirmation UI distinguishes applied from adjusted state without changing the flattened final-result authority.
- **Direction notes read as concise style summaries**, and a preferred direction is chosen after comparison rather than declared up front.

##### Images

- **Non-destructive bitmap treatments.** Brightness, contrast, tone, and blur are applied as project-local derivatives that preserve dimensions and alpha, with no-clobber writes and inherited image provenance. Semantic cutouts stay outside this deterministic tool.
- **Prepared derivatives are resolved before SVG authoring** in both Default and Quick. A1/A2/A3 patterns map to the appropriate derivative or registered-layer path while P/M/C composition stays native, and pattern IDs never auto-create assets.
- **Registered subject layer pairs.** Both runtimes recognize subject-over-native-content compositions and prepare registered base and cutout assets with deterministic z-order.
- **Native picture fills for editable text.** Run-level `blipFill` supports stretch and tile modes with fill alpha preserved, reusing media relationships across repeated runs, and validation distinguishes text image-fill carriers from preset patterns.

##### Video & audio

- **Native animation sounds are mixed into exported narrated videos.** PPTX cue timing is calibrated against the raw narration timeline, embedded transition and object sounds are extracted into a float SFX stem, and the video payload and packet timing are preserved while the mixed audio is verified.
- **Real-time slideshow capture is an explicit delivery branch** for preserving narration and native animation cues, mutually exclusive with the native-export mix. No recorder dependency or capture script is introduced — the branch documents single-source system audio capture, human acceptance, and the Linux-to-Windows handoff.
- **On-demand transition sounds.** A 186-cue CC0 WAV catalog ships bundled; only selected IDs sync into a project. Sound selection stays post-motion and outside Strategist and spec artifacts.
- **Narration waits for transitions to settle**, page timing is configurable, and concurrent animation start modes survive narration sync. Quick video delivery now requires synchronized custom animations rather than inherited stagger.

##### Workflow & fixes

- **Bounded inventory views for Beautify**, keeping Quick authoring context scoped rather than loading whole decks.
- **A five-page lightweight `spec_lock`

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