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Added: Now can drop a folder onto the favorites list to add all the images it contains |
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Added: Now when selecting a favorites file from the recent list it shows the number of images in each file |
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Added: New command in slideshow taskbar menu: "Add to Favorites and Skip" |
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Added: Better control over output folder with new dated folder when acquiring images from cameras |
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Changed: Now when displaying "Files without Keywords" it also shows files that ONLY have automatic keywords assigned to them |
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Changed: Updated the example files, keywords and descriptions provided in a sample database |
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Changed: Now multiple database support is available even in the unregistered version |
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Changed: Increased maximum files in unregistered version to 8000 |
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Changed: Now uses an external table to store db thumbnails to deliver much faster thumbnail retrieval and display |
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Added: More control over the quality and format of the thumbnails |
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Added: Preloading of images now uses another thread |
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Added: Now displays progress when reading many sub-folders and allows processing to be cancelled |
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Added: No longer need to select the image to make a red eye |
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Added: Can now specify the function of the mouse wheel, default is to zoom the image |
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Added: New print quality outputs at Maximum DPI |
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Added: Now can choose not output the path of a filename when exporting or printing a file list |
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Added: Now when a video completes display the size and length are displayed |
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Added: Now can click the zoom display to toggle between 100% zoom and shrunk to fit |
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Added: Now Keyword and Quick Move fill to size of dock |
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Changed: Default for dockable flyover tools is enabled |
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Changed: Help file now in HTMLHelp format |
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Added: Support for EXIF data in RAW files |
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Removed: High quality option when batch converting (now always outputs at highest quality) |
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Fixed: Can't change some important GIF properties when creating animated GIF's |
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Fixed: May get error when click advanced button in send dialog |
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Fixed: May get Load error messages when using false extensions |
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Removed: No longer use external DLL for red eye removal |
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Fixed: Printer dialog has poor layout |
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Added: Many internal improvements |
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Changed: Multimedia load errors are no longer displayed in a message box |
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Changed: More informative error messages for some common multimedia errors |
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Fixed: Slideshow icon in system tray may show as paused after manually advance |
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Changed: Mode hints only shown over tabs not controls |
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Fixed: Read-Only status may be reset |
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Fixed: If zip support is turned on may not display the correct file launched from windows |
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Changed: No longer resets your folder to the original position after a drag drop |
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Changed: Now less trigger happy when moving/dragging keywords in the keyword toolbar |
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Fixed: May erroneously start dragging a keyword |
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Changed: Some wording related to adding/removing of keywords |
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Changed: Updated splash screens |
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Added: Now remembers the default margins in the print dialog |
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Fixed: Button position issues in add keywords dialog on large font systems |
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Fixed: Main window does not come to front after a DB update |
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Fixed: Description or image changes may not be saved when restart a new search with unsaved changes |
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Changed: No longer displays the color depth of images |
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Added: Can now display large thumbnails in the add keywords dialog |
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Fixed: spm_cust.txt not copied when move/copy database |
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Fixed: In HTML description pages lines on multiple lines may not have a <BR> line break added |
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Changed: Simpler layout under the Help menu |
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Changed: Wording of buttons in Database filter |
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Fixed: When printing posters the page count displayed in progress may be wrong |
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Changed: Improved bordering when displaying text files |
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Changed: No longer can drag items between groups in the keyword search box |
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Changed: No longer displays usage tips while the getting started dialog is visible |
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Added: Now when upgrading it automatically adds support for new image types |
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Fixed: Background around selected icon not consistent in filenames display mode |
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Fixed: Active icon not highlighted in filenames display mode |
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Fixed: In simplified UI mode there is not an easy way to revert to normal cursor |
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Removed: Never shows the group panel in simplified UI mode |
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Fixed: Group panel may default to on |
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Fixed: After editing an image that is stored within the database the thumbnail may not be updated |
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Fixed: If move/rename a folder it may not update the referenced database folder if it uses the wildcard character (%) |
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Fixed: Errors when drag dropping the currently selected folder |
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Added: Now adds a default background music file if available (if Plug in pack has been installed) |
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Added: Play button in background music dialog to allow you to preview the current sound file |
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Added: Better guessing about choice to act on all or selected files |
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Fixed: Some issues with the internet toolbar not having text, not being typeable, etc. |
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Added: Advice to use DVD PixPlay for more full featured slideshow disks (with download link) |
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Fixed: Can't choose just the selection when using Export File List |
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Fixed: May prompt to remove sorting from Favorites even when not necessary |
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Fixed: May not save the default database path to the recent database list |
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Changed: Now disable the read only option for the database if it is read-only because it is in a read only folder |
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Changed: Now puts all example files in user data folder |
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Changed: if folder and file keywords are enabled they are not used for example files |
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Fixed: Improved display of the text over images during a slideshow |
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Added: Now remembers the height of the quick keyword dialog |
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Added: New keyword button to the quick keyword dialog |
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Changed: New keyword shortcut is now Alt+Shift+K |
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Added: Quick add keyword dialog is Alt+K |
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Added: Can now nudge the selection in the crop dialog using the Cursor or Shift+Cursor keys |
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Fixed: Some issues when cropping images that are stored in the DB |
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Added: Now displays file date in status bar |
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Added: Now when show subfolders option is selected can sort by the path |
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Fixed: When change the DB status of a file in folders mode, may not display the new mode until the folder is refreshed |
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Fixed: When go into full screen, slideshow captions may initially be in the wrong position |
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Changed: Register request now shown from first running |
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Added: Now can sort by the date an entry was added to the database |
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Fixed: Displayed file dimensions may not be refreshed after editing an image |
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Changed: Thumb grid is not repainted during multiple file operations |
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Changed: Text insertion function now uses the EXIF or creation date |
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Changed: Database date field is now the modified date |
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Changed: Increased default thumbnail disk cache size |
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Fixed: May get error navigating to root paths using the back/forward buttons |
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Added: Can now manually type the keywords you want to search for |
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Changed: Order of main menu |
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Removed: Warning when try to display a folder and sub-folders that has many folders |
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Changed: Now only beeps once per keyword addition action (not once per keyword) |
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Fixed: Shrink and Stretch items in zoom popup menu may not be checked to reflect the current status |
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Fixed: Weird selection issue when in database mode and db is not cached |
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Changed: Recent folders list now defaults to the My Pictures Folder |
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Fixed: Clicking Browse in the quick links area of the move dialog, displays an error |
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Added: Now uses spin controls for setting the size of thumbnails with a "preview size" button |
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Changed: Tightened up the wording used throughout the application |
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Added: Now when processing duplicates it displays the current file position in the title bar |
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Fixed: May add system and/or hidden files to your database even if these options are disabled |
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Fixed: Error that can occur when running a multishow very quickly |
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Changed: No longer preloads images during a slideshow |
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Fixed: Some problems changing from Read Only to normal databases |
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Changed: Now home page links in created web page use target _top or _blank |
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Fixed: Some issues with image preloading |
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Fixed: Some minor issues with thumbnailing |
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Fixed: Lets you proceed through the create slideshow wizard without downloading the viewer |
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Fixed: Weird issue when prompting for XJPEG passwords |
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Fixed: Zoom toolbar display shown in hide all mode |
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Fixed: Problems filtering a search by viewed date |
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Changed: No longer mark a file as viewed when it a display by default |
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Added: Sorting by viewed count and rating |
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Removed: Warning when adding an item to the database that has already been inserted |
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Fixed: Plug-In pack installs files to wrong folder |
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Fixed: Plug-In pack does not write Viewer Path to registry |
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Fixed: Only one file in slideshow when create a slideshow CD |
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Fixed: When group some columns in Full Details Display mode, group text may be odd |
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Fixed: Error message if click on the header of a grouped column |
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Fixed: Add Folder to DB function may not process sub-folders |
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Fixed: Images may not appear to change during a slideshow |
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Changed: Layout of the Thumbnail pane of Options |
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Added: Changed layout of the image save filter |
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Changed: Better error message when a corrupt database is loaded at start up |
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Changed: No longer requires you to close Smart Pix if a database cannot be loaded |
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Added: Remembers your default resize dimensions |
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Added: Now when using the Add Files Wizard it processes any folder with "Pictures" or "Photos" in the name the same as the My Pictures folder |
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Added: No longer warns when changing the extension of like formats |
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Removed: Random File button |
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Changed: Updated help file for new release |
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Added: New Tips |
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Changed: Some button glyphs |
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Added: Help button to filter dialog |
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Fixed: When create a copy of a file, the copy does not show until the folder is refreshed |
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Changed: Added new Pop up Tips, removed some old ones and |
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Added: Progress display now shows the current folder # of the total we are processing |
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Fixed: Status bar Progress flashes excessively when adding files from folders |
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Fixed: When create a new directory with the Open Directory Dialog it is not returned as the selection |
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Added: Now can disable automatic refresh of the folder tree |
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Added: New option to dynamically choose the best wheel function based on the cursor position |
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Changed: Now always maintains a DB thumbnail for files stored in the database |
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Added: Now always checks that the size of the stored db thumb matches the current display dimensions |
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Added: Now when changing the database thumbnails it clears the cache |
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Fixed: Wrong filename may show for files when printing |
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Fixed: May get "Printing in Progress" errors when trying to print posters |
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Fixed: When printing posters your selected page orientation is ignored |
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Fixed: Slow refresh of directory tree on network drives |
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Changed: An added check of the internal structure of the serial number |
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Added: New Search for Song Lyrics function |
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Added: SPM now much better at displaying animated GIF's |
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Changed: Much faster when adding/removing multiple keywords and/or to/from multiple files |
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Changed: Faster searching due to optimized SQL |
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Changed: Doubled maximum size of files stored _within_ the database itself to 4GB |
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Changed: Updated database format for better speed and efficiency |
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Added: Menu item to control the visibility of file columns |
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Added: New option for full file details display: automatically resize columns to fit |
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Added: Now displays the file count when group columns in Full Details Display mode |
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Added: Much improved layout to the batch conversion dialog |
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Added: Much better method for specifying the output filename when batch converting |
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Added: Now when batch converting can control all the settings related to the output format in more detail |
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Changed: Increased default size of thumbnails |
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Added: Now displays the file date on the small thumbs file mode |
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Changed: Styling improvements for thumbnails |
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Changed: Icons are now displayed at full thumbnail size |
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Added: Now thumbnails are loaded in a separate thread so the UI isn't held up |
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Added: Content of thumbnail grid now updates as scrollbar is dragged |
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Added: Full file details display option for thumbnails mode |
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Added: New thumbnail display option: very large thumbnails |
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Added: Can now drag keywords and drop them onto files |
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Added: Can now copy/paste keywords to/from the clipboard |
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Added: XP themed controls throughout application |
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Added: Now can control what text is displayed at the top and bottom of the image during a slideshow |
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Added: New option to automatically add digital camera fields as keywords |
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Added: Many improvements to the layout and styling of dialogs |
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Added: Now can export auto-playing slideshow CDs and DVD's |
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Added: 130 new transition effects |
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Added: Now allows you to preview each transition effect as you select it |
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Added: Support for raw image files from cameras: Canon, Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Minolta, etc. |
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Added: Can now add realistic picture frames to your images |
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Added: New batch renaming tool for MP3 and WMA files, uses the embedded music fields to give them a consistent name |
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Added: Support for XJPEG 128bit AES Encrypted JPEG format |
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Added: Can now display digital camera field data (camera and exposure) during a slideshow |
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Added: Can now specify the font for the text displayed over images during a slideshow |
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Added: Now have separate Creation Date and Modified Date columns (and sorting) |
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Added: New fields: Rating and Viewed Count |
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Added: Ratings Toolbar |
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Added: Ratings option to right click menu |
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Added: Two new columns, rating and Viewed Count |
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Added: Rating item to file information dialog |
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Added: New option to filter your database by rating |
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Removed: Processing completed confirmation after batch conversion |
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Added: When creating HTML display pages back/forward buttons are now added to image display pages |
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Added: Support for Dicom Medical Imaging Format (MegaView only) |
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Added: Frame preview tool now supports very large video files |
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Added: Now can preview the frames of all supported video formats |
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Added: Can now specify a particular video frame to display |
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Changed: Shorter date displayed in status bar |
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Fixed: Ampersands displayed as underlines in some text controls |
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Fixed: Doesn't show transient write errors on shared databases |
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Fixed: When loading images into multi-page TIFFs or animated GIFs the parameters for the added file are cleared |
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Added: Now displays a warning when a frame is not selected in the multi-page tiff or animated gif editor |
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Added support 25 new formats (after downloading free plug-in): Dicom Medical Imaging Format (*.dcm, *.dicom), Alias Wavefront RLE (*.pix), Apple Pict (*.pict), AVS (*.avs), Camera Digital Negative (*.dng), FITS (*.fits), FlashPix (*.fpx), Gimp Image (*.xcf), Graphviz DOT (*.dot), HDF (*.hdf), HP PCL Printer Image (*.pcl), JBIG (*.jbig, *.jbg, *.bie), Khoros VIFF (*.viff), Kodak Cineon (*.cin), Magick (*.miff), Matlab (*.mat), MTV Raytracing Image (*.mtv), Palm Pixmap (*.palm), Scalable Vector Graphic (*.svg), Seattle File Works (*.pwp), SMTPE DPX (*.dpx), Sun Rasterfile (*.sun), Vicar Rasterfile (*.vicar), XWindows Bitmap (*.xbm), XWindows Pixmap (*.xpm) |
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Removed: Advanced Save Dialog option (now based on simplified user interface setting) |
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Added: Can now show a slideshow of just the selection (in right-click menu) |
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Fixed: /Slideshow and /Multishow can't be specified as second parameter |
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Fixed: When slideshows are shown in FireFox image number does not change |
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Added: Can set Rating in slideshow tray icon |
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Added: Slideshow Controls Panel (toolbar that hovers over other windows during a slideshow) |
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Fixed: If play a video file in a new window and then try to play it in the main window it may have no picture |
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Changed: Clicking add to favorites during a slideshow no longer skips to the next file |
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Fixed: When printing a multi-page tiff it might only print the first page |
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Fixed: May show content even if select a special folder such as "My Computer" |
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Added: Better default heading when creating thumbnail sheets |
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Fixed: Doesn't remember a custom specified heading when creating thumbnail sheets |
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Changed: Changed some shortcuts that clashed with the help menu shortcuts (Alt+F -> Shift+Alt+F and Alt+E -> Shift+E) |
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Changed: No longer display error message when user cancels out of e-mailing a file |
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Changed: Now remembers whether files are being deleted or not when duplicates are detected |
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Fixed: Can get blank filename in favorite files list |
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Added: Improved Sharpen Filter |
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Changed: Now always shows the Enter Key button in About even if registered |
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Added: Now saves the settings you use when editing the colors of images or adding effects |
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Fixed: May always save JPEGs as progressive on some systems |
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Added: Now in folder right click menu you can quickly remove a folder from the database |
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Added: Now in folder right click menu you can quickly remove a folder from Favorite Folders |
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Changed: Simplified the DB Status of File dialog |
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Added: Now shows add/remove db options based on the status of your current file |
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Changed: Clicking delete in the keyword toolbar now removes the keyword from the file rather than permanently deletes it |
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Changed: Now when outputting web pages it always uses the original filename of an image (even if converted) and does not add an extension |
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Added: Can now disable JavaScript when outputting web pages |