May 25th, 2012Bugs Fixed:
· Scanning in color crashes.
· Selection: Portions outside photo dimensions cutted on copy or crop command.
May 25th, 2012New Features:
·
Multi-Core Optimization
· Full support for dual-core, quad-core cpus resulting in great speed increase, especially for cpu-intense calculations.
· Multiple cores are detected automatically and used whenever useful, for example when applying an effect or applying gradiation curves.
· Simple Example: A 20MP Photo - Oilpaint Effect -
· One cpu with single core 3Ghz - 17 seconds.
· Same cpu with 4 cores enabled - 5 seconds.
·
New Artistical Effects
· 6 Retro-Style Effects
· Wood / Ink Effect
· Improved Quality for Grayscale
·
Additional dark version of the default skin.
Bugs Fixed:
· Erasor did not work on 24bit photos.
· Rating drop down no radio items selected.
· No OpenGL upon first app start with double click explorer.
· Scan: wrong 1bit scan (black in black).
· Menu->Edit->Optimize did not work.
· Description Window always appear even for video files after fullscreen mode closed.
· Crash on paste if no photo loaded.
· JPG Comment editable in IPTC Abstract (if no IPTC Abstract).
· Send/Share: Options ignored when sending by E-Mail as PDF.
April 28th, 2012Changes:
· Photo/Video can be scrolled inside viewing area.
Bugs Fixed:
· Tools: Fixes for Options not displayed on high DPI systems.
· Hovers overlayed other windows.
· "Always start in full screen mode" did not work if called
· from within windows explorer.
· Crashes creating Collage/Panorama if no photo loaded.
· SetFileDate did not fill all EXIF Dates.
April 19th, 2012New Features:
Image Adjust Center:
· New gradiation curve tool giving possibilities to adjust all color
· information of an image, either as one step or by splitting different
· color channels.
· Histogram updating in real time giving the user an immediate feedback
· while working on the images color information.
· Improved controls for easier handling.
· Optimized routines for existing color corrections.
· Automatic dual-view to ease comparatitive working.
Image Formats:
· Full support for color profiles in JPG files (CMYK, RGB conversions).
· Full decoding support for the latest Google Image Format WebP.
· Full support for JPEG XR format (formerly Windows Media Photo).
· Native support for displaying PDF files (first image found).
Completely restructured image format integration:
· Several optimizations to encoders/decoders.
· Less memory consumption.
· Less disk access loading meta data.
· Image descriptions loaded for many other formats despite JPG.
New PlugIn Interface 2.0:
· Fixed stability issues with multi threading.
· Improved/Faster digital camera formats (RAW) decoder.
· General overhaul for other plugins.
Quick-Fix Photo Optimization:
Effects:
· New effect browser displaying all available effects at once.
· Vivid colors, Soft Glow and X-Ray.
· Easily insert creation date onto the photo.
1-Click Optimize:
· Additional commands to give the user more control over optimization.
· Full optimization, colors only, contrast only.
· New Improve Colors correction.
· New Smooth Skin/JPG Artefacts Reduction correction.
Tools:
· All tools display options in a bar when applicable.
· Red Eye Remove: Greatly improved red eye remove function giving better results.
· New Repair Tool: Can be used to correct small skin issues and other distortions
· especially for portrait photos.
· New Flood Fill: supports floodfill with solid color or gradient fill with different styles.
· Also enables to fill areas with transparency.
· New Focus Effect: Easily change the point of view for existing photos!
Free Select:
· Offers common effects to be applied right after selecting an area.
· Color Select: New selection style helping to select shapes with high contrast.
Share & Send - social network integration:
· All new wizard to easily (batch-)upload photo and/or video files with a single click.
· Offers common processing options before uploading
· Resize, strip meta data information, apply color correction, etc.
· E-Mail files automated with your installed E-Mail program.
· Facebook: Upload photos and even create whole new Albums on FB and upload a bunch
· of vacation photos.
· Youtube: Upload your video files to share those with friends.
· Flickr: Upload your favourite photos for others to see.
Photo Import:
· Supports importing photo and video files from devices connected as digital cameras
· in addition to usb drives).
Easy Print:
· Improved printing of multiple copies of the same image on the same
· sheet of paper.
· Supports printing the creation date of each printed photo.
Wizards:
BatchProcess:
· Small preview window updating in real-time reflecting the changes to be made.
· Resize by aspect ratio supports relating to width or to height.
· Additional configuration to enable all supported effects/color corrections.
· Additional options for hue/saturation/color temperature correction.
· New effects like creation date onto the photo or vivid colors.
Improved watermark option:
· Supports all bitdepths for source image files (not limited to RGBA anymore).
· Possibility to specify the position of the watermark image.
· Transparency specified in percent.
JPG Rotate:
· New option to losslessly rotate JPG files based on EXIF Orientation tag.
BatchRedate:
· Possibility to change EXIF date as well.
Calendar:
· Option to specify sunday as the start of the week (default: monday).
Objects:
· New flatten layers command.
· Visual improvements selecting/working with objects.
· Textobjects options show real-time preview of fonts available.
Other Improvements:
· Faster program start up and less memory consumption.
· (Batch-)Redate support editing EXIF date as well.
· New transition effect in full screen mode.
· New Image creation supports specific alpha channel creation options.
· 3D OpenGL Acceleration: Option to enable/disable interpolation mode.
· Browser: Speed improvements with many files (5000+).
· Interface improvements: Rearranged several toolbar buttons for common access.
· Improved hover controls for easier access and overlaying over playing video.
Changes:
· JPG comment wizard replaced by ITPC wizard.
Bugs Fixed:
· Straighten Line works with all bitdepths.
· Fixes to EXIF parser.
· Fixes to thumbnail refresh in classic view on Win7 64bit.
· Batch Redate: Custom date not working.
· Textobject: Incompatible fonts selectable.
· Crash if files without extension in folder.
· Adding and deleting objects while saving the file did not remove
· those correctly.
· Browser: Move File: Did not advance to correct next file sometimes.
April 5th, 2012NEW:
· Improved image adjustment with a new gradation curve tool, histogram and improved controls
· Repair tool
· Focus effect tool
· Flood fill tool
· Upload pictures or photo albums to Facebook, YouTube, Picasa etc.
· Improved printing for multiple copies of an image on one page
· Faster program start up
· Less memory consumption
· Accelerated photo browser
February 8th, 2012Bugs Fixed:
· Fixes problems with certain JPEG EXIF files
December 2nd, 2011New Features:
· Browser: Speed optimizations for handling many files (5000+).
Bugs Fixed:
· Batch Redate: Custom date not working.
· Textobject: Incompatible fonts selectable.
· Crash if files without extension in folder.
· Adding and deleting objects while saving the file did not remove those correctly.
· Crash with certain EXIF files.
· Browser: Move File: Did not advance to correct next file sometimes.
October 5th, 2011New Features:
· Fullscreen mode is not limited to primary monitor anymore.
· Some GUI-improvements (video slider, dialog backgrounds, etc).
Changes:
· Added minimal size for creating editing objects in order to avoid
· accidentally 1x1 objects.
· Improved logging functions for loading files in case a malformed file
· crashes the application.
Bugs Fixed:
· Browser: Delete File: Did not advance to correct next file.
· Crash if paste text from explorer in browser.
· Sepia works for grayscale photos.
· Fixes to BMP decoder.
· Fixes to pt-pt language file.
· Fixes to Frame Center.
· Fixes to EditObjects text editing.
· Hover zoom did not work if file opened directly from explorer.
June 21st, 2011New Features:
· Import Photos supports additional subfolder date formats.
Changes:
· Sharpen and Blur effects do not switch to 100% view anymore.
· GroupView: Preview displays faster.
· Browser: Thumbnails generation: small speed improvements.
Bugs Fixed:
· Image Description: Delete button not selected correctly.
· PSD Decoder: Fixes for latest formats.
· Groupview: Double-click switch loaded other file.
· Rename: If file already exists, show warning.
· Fixes to colors in Dark Skin.
· Scanner repeatedly scans.
· Crop may failed due to memory reason.
· Delete File: In certain circumstances did advance to wrong next file.
May 2nd, 2011Bugs Fixed:
· Next/Previous command called twice in case 5 button mouse was used.
· BatchProcess: Some strings not fully readable.
· BatchProcess: May crashed in case incompatible watermark image file selected.
April 28th, 2011New Features:
· New Skin "Dark".
Changes:
· Description is stored in IPTC Headline instead of Caption.
· BatchProcess: Check for overwriting files.
· Supports additional video file extensions m2ts, m2t, mts.
Bugs Fixed:
· Low Resolution AppIcon in Taskbar.
· Contextmenu on MultiMonitorSystems may appeared not at mouse cursor position.
· Browser: Delete Key did not work when sub folder selected.
April 28th, 2011Changes:
· GroupSort: Displays rating graphic instead of text for each header.
· Straight line: Smaller visual rectangles to ease aligning.
Bugs Fixed:
· Missing AppIcon on Windows XP Systems.
· Random crashes on systems with older Athlon XP processors.
· Scanning: Preview works, actual scan does not.
· Outdated collage border/frame graphic files.
February 23rd, 2011New Features:
Browser:
Improved Virtual Albums:
· Easily import or export selected albums
· M3U and MFAList file are automaticlly imported as albums
· Playlists and file basket content is now shown as album allowing the user to filter
· the files with the same options as if those files would be in the same directory
All New Groupview:
· The Browser received a major visual lift up by introducing a new group view mode
· All miniatures can be grouped by different predefined categories like creation month
· file type, camera model, tags, creator, A..Z, etc
· The miniatures share a new visual style showing only slightly zoomed parts of the photo
· without any other information in order to not irritate the user. Among selecting or
· hovering a photo additional information like filename or creation date is shown
· The classic view styles are still fully accessible and configurable
Real-Time Photo Compare Mode (Dual-View-Mode):
· View two different versions of the same photo simultaneously side by side
· Compare changes of a photo before and after an action was taken, for example before a blur effect and afterwards
· Or even compare the modified photo with the original one still located on disk before saving the photo
· While viewing side by side it is still possible to add several effects to compare
· the changes in real-time
Interface Improvments:
· A new slider for real-time-resizing miniatures is now located at the bottom right
· Hoverbar at top adds additional commands for quick photo zoom
· Common and Browser Toolbar combined into one single toolbar, thus speeding up
· common file management/viewing tasks
· Additional menu items for quick access (change skin, change file associations
· show startup screen)
· Settings for Quick SlideShow updated to use seconds instead of milliseconds
· Restructured Settings/Menu Items where useful
Touch Screen Support on Windows 7:
· Full support when using a touch screen on Windows 7
· Supports one finger panning as well as zooming with two fingers
· Also supports "flicks" at the left and right edge of the monitor in order to
· quickly view the next and previous photo/media file
Full Tagging Support:
· Easily tag a photo by simply clicking a button below a photo and entering tags
· Filter and group photos by any tags found in IPTC meta data
Improved IPTC Support:
· Photo descriptions are saved and loaded primarily to/from IPTC instead of EXIF
· Tagging information is saved and loaded to/from IPTC
· A whole new IPTC wizard allows for editing IPTC on many photos in a batch
· Quickly filter miniatures by any IPTC metadata
· Easily group miniatures by predefined IPTC Data like tags, author, copyright, etc
Improved Wizards:
Calendar:
· Supports saving all calendar pages into a single PDF file automatically
· DPI can be configured and works with high resolution DPI (up to 900DPI)
· Additional new style "Monthly" creates a page listing all 12 months
· Unlimited number of entries for personal days
Collage:
· Supports many different photo frames beside the common polaroid frame
Batch Process:
· Keep aspect ratio can be used for height only now
Photo Technology:
· New miniature effect enables to easily transform photo objects to look like miniatures
· New sharpen (unsharp mask) and blur filters used in different areas of the application (for example thumbnail creation)
· ICO files support 256x256 uncompressed subtypes
Video Technology:
· On Windows Vista and Windows 7 for video playback the latest Enhanced Video Renderer
· System is used automatically, showing great improvements in video playback quality especially when playing HD MPEG4 videos
· Easily rotate and flip most video files during playback, especially video files from camcorders for cameras (MJPEG codec). This is most useful for short video clips recorded in portrait mode, which would normaly show in landscape mode when played back on a computer
· With APC9 one can easily rotate the video by 90° while viewing without the need to resave the video clip
Editing (QuickFix and Edit-Objects):
· Both Editing-Mode and QuickFix-Mode share now the same Undo/Redo-System
New and improved Edit-Objects (Editing-Mode):
· All objects (where useful) support easy to use rotation by showing a
· gripper in the middle of each object
· All objects support individual transparency
· All new text tool adding new features
· Gradient text color
· Single and double outline effect
· Text glow effect and gradient outline effect
· Top-Down Mirror effect
· Supports the new APCDOC2 format supporting new objects and preview images
· Toolbar/Options updates for easier access to each objects properties
· Great speed improvements for drop shadow on objects and improved display
· of drop shadow for rotated objects
Quick-Fix Mode:
Red Eye Remove Tool:
· Additional new automatic red eye detection with real-time preview
· Improved eyes color technique when replacing eyes color with predefined color
· Easily switch between manual and automatic eye selection
Select Tool:
· Supports landscape selection for some aspect ratio (eg 3:4)
· Different visual selection style
Free Select Tool:
· Upon finished selection a menu shows with commands to cut, copy the portion or to paste it as either new image or new object, or to call color accent effect
Eraser Tool:
· Completely new technique for better usage. For 32bit RGBA images only the alpha channel is modified
Straight Line Tool:
· All new handling by simply dragging up or down in order to rotate the image
· Improved rotation and sharpen filter for improved visual rotated quality
Unsharp Mask Filter:
· All new sharpen effect technique with great quality including customizable properties
Blur Filter:
· All new blur effect technique with great quality including customizable properties
Easier Scanning:
· Supports importing more than one file at once when connnected to a camera
· Scanned images are saved automatically to MyImages\APC Scans
Photo Importer:
· New option to automatically create subfolders based on "Date Taken" (EXIF Date) and place photos there
New Import/Export Configuration:
· Easily import or export all application settings to/from a single file
Changes:
· Updated RAW PlugIn to support latest cameras
· JPG Comment replaced by IPTC Wizard
· Desciption Bar reads "user comment" as well
· Save As PDF: Uses the configured JPG Compression
· Settings: Removed outdated options (HQ Zoom, alphablend loadtime)
· Some memory usage optimizations
Bugs Fixed:
· Redraw problems on Multi-Monitor-Systems
· Saving JPG removes outdated thumb (if any)
· IPTC data is preserved when saving a JPG as JPG
· High resolution HD MOV did not play
· JPG Optimizer
· "Date taken" (EXIF Date) 1 hour difference
· Album: Switching album/folder view may crashed
· EasyPrint: Impossible to show print preview of really big photos on slower computers
December 9th, 2010Changes:
· Description: Reads "User Comment" field in EXIF too.
· Supports APC9 apcdoc format.
· Internal changes to scanner handling.
Bugs Fixed:
· Save As JPG: Removes outdated EXIF-Thumbnail.
· JPG Optimizer crashed with certain files.
· Album: Switching album/folder view may crashed.
· Saving JPG: Existing IPTC Data is copied as well.
September 2nd, 2010New features:
· Calendar mode for photo management
· Show the contents of multiple folders simultaneously
· Add descriptions for photos
· Faster image view with improved zoom features
· Numerous user interface improvements
· New size filters, new effects
· "Film strip" browser view
· Additional method for duplicate image search
· Improved full screen mode for images and video
Changes:
· fixed invisible Line Tool
August 19th, 2010Changes:
· Link to PlugIn Pack.
Bugs Fixed:
· Creating Greeting Cards did not work.
August 19th, 2010New Features:
· Description Bar reads comments from IPTC as well (but prefers EXIF).
· Auto-completion/suggestion for paths where useful (edit boxes for paths).
· Support for additional filetypes/formats (appropiate DirectShow codec must be installed)
· Google WebMovie (*.webm)
· Ogg Movie (*.ogm)
· Flac Audio (*.flac)
· Updated Codec Information with latest codec names.
· Support for new EditObject Arrow Style "Modern" as in Snap 4.
Changes:
· OpenGL acceleration enabled for 8bit image files as well (for example
· grayscale jpegs).
· Browser: Improvemnt internal handling of recently browsed directories
· and switching backward/forward.
· Updated to JPGlib 8b.
· JPG: Saving a jpg automatically resets the orientation tag in EXIF.
Bugs Fixed:
· Converting 8bit to 32bit wrong alpha channel display.
· Browser: Start-Up-Folder did not work if Welcome Screen enabled.
· Fullscreen: Accelerator keys did not work initially.
· Fullscreen: PageUp/Down did not work at all.
· Browser: Wrong color when selecting multiple subfolders.
· Memory leak loading apcdoc.
· If a filename contained -u it was treated as command line parameter when
· called by double-clicking on it in explorer.
· Some dlgbackgroundimage problems with very large desktop resolutions.
· Several interface elements missing correct theme/color (especially with dark skin)
· Batch Print: Printing multiple image files always used the filename of the first
· file (if option was enabled).
· Wizard: Adding files sometimes limited.
· Toolbar: Print command grayed out when viewing Multipage-TIF.
· FrameCenter: Could crash on certain systems/general overhaul.
· Album: Files selected in Browser and dropped onto Album where
· added in wrong order (ascending/descending).
· PhotoImport: Did not automatically browse to folder after import finished if
· called from Autoplay Menu.
August 16th, 2010New Features:
· Updated RAW Plugin (v2.3).
Changes:
· Freestyle Cut: Automatically crops shape and displays it as a new image. So users can copy it to clipboard and paste it into other photos.
· File->Close can now be used to close any image (it does not matter anymore if the image was loaded from disk or pasted from the clipboard).
· JPG files: DPI is written into JPG file header as well as into EXIF data.
Bugs Fixed:
· Select Tool: Rectangle: Resizing works on all edges. Chosen aspect ratio is displayed and saved and initially defaults to 1:1 (no aspect ratio).
· AutoSearchDuplicates showed wrong progress bar values sometimes.
· Registering with Autoplay did not work.
· EditObjects: if no objects created, all menu items were grayed out.
· Browser: Several fixes when using the "Dark-Skin" (StatusBar, FolderView, Thumbs).
· Wizards: Selecting subfolders in browser and starting a wizard did not correctly add the path of the files found in those subfolders.
· Browser: SummaryView: Wrong shadow position.
· Win7/Vista Explorer: Problems editing metadata if jpg saved with APC.
· Description Bar: Supports "XP Title" for Windows XP users.
August 16th, 2010New Features:
· More languages supported.
· "SlideShow on CD-ROM" runs from USB-Sticks as well (use start.bat to start).
· Updates to scanner interface (TWAIN).
· Added 3:2 aspect ratio for resize command / select tool.
Changes:
· Quick-SlideShow in fullscreen displays videos again (not only photos).
Bugs Fixed:
· Fullscreen: SlideShowBar commands did not work when playing MFA SlideShows.
· Fullscreen: SlideShowBar flickers on XP even if hidden when using OpenGL acceleration.
· Fullscreen: SlideShowBar removed if video is played.
· Fullscreen: SlideShowBar fixes wrong position when playing animations (GIF, MNG, etc).
· Browser: Delete folder in thumbnailsview updates folderview as well.
· Video with wrong position if repeated continously and only file in directory.
· MP4 files played with Quicktime in case no sufficient DS filter available.
· Hovers (Next/Prev/Zoom) dont display anymore if quick fix tools are active.
· Crash with certain *.ppp files.
· Crash with Panorama/Collage etc tool, when files added in wizard but not in browser.
· Crash when scanning image and immediately starting the print command.
· Browser: Thumbslider often disappeared.
· "Always start in Fullscreen" did not work from within Explorer.
· Album: Pressing F2 for rename crashed in certain cases.
· BatchConvert: Exception when converting to PDF and src/dst folder not identical.
· Only One Instance: did not work correctly with doubleclick from Explorer and Browser was open.
· Minimize To Tray: Did not restore/maximize correctly, if minimized to tray and option "only one instance" was active.
February 25th, 2010· Many improvements in the user interface
· New calendar mode: Display images in all selected folders in a single list, sorted by year, month and date
· New filmstrip browser mode: Shows thumbnails as a “rolling filmstrip” below a preview window
· New multiple folder preview: Shows contents of all selected folders in a single window, including sub-folders
· New function to add descriptions to photos – displayed as a caption and stored in the photo, readable by other programs
· Improved editing tools with anti-aliasing for all objects for smoother images and higher quality
· Instant printing for single and multiple photos – just click and select Print for an instant Print dialog with preview
· Even better interactive full-screen mode for photos and videos
· Faster photo viewer with better zoom features
· New, more effective method for finding duplicate photos
· Improved resizing quality, new photo effects
February 3rd, 2010· 3D hardware acceleration for a big speed boost
· Much faster and more flexible media database
· Virtual albums (Favorites) for better organization
· Stitch images to create panoramas
· Quick slide shows with cool “Ken Burns” effect
· New digital camera and scanner importer
· New advanced media search features
· Find duplicate images with different names
· Print multiple photos on a single page
October 10th, 2007· Support for Adobe Digital Negativ (DNG) Format
· Improved Canon RAW Decoder PlugIn
· Improved Direct Craw Surface PlugIn
May 14th, 2007· Faster: The entire program has been optimized throughout for more speed.
· Better tools: All editing tools have been improved for easier and even better editing quality.
· Frame Style: This new creativity tool enables you to add artistic picture frames and vignettes to photos. In addition to this you can also create high-quality greeting cards. Includes a wide selection of vignette styles and greeting card templates. Greeting cards can be mailed from within the program.
· Collage Tool: Select photos and generate artistic collages complete with background images with a couple of clicks.
· Calendar Tool: Create and print 12-month photo calendars in three different styles as novel gifts. Support for editing and displaying personal days in the calendar creation wizard (eg: birthday, vacation, wedding day).
· Full-screen
· Full-screen editing: A new mouse tool bar makes it possible to edit your photos in full screen mode for maximum detail.
· New mouse tools: Callout tool for creating text bubbles, clone tool for retouching photos, eraser tool.
· Canon RAW files: Improved support for Canon RAW files, including faster loading.
· CD/DVD burning: Completely new burning technology for saving photos and slide shows to CD and DVD.
· Batch processing: Now includes an option for adding drop shadows to multiple images at the same time.
· Skins: Improved skinning system, now also supports user-created buttons, also with graphic images. Menu colors are skinnable
· PDF Export (Save any image or multiple images in pdf format.)
· Improved Canon RAW Decoder Plug
· Minor bugfixes
May 14th, 2007Enhanced speed and ease of use:
· The entire viewing engine has been improved with a new intelligent automatic background cache for faster and smoother image rendering and display. Working with images of any size is now faster, smoother and easier.
· A new caching system significantly speeds up thumbnail display.
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