BorderMaker Changelog

What's new in BorderMaker 4.1

Apr 10, 2010
  • Donation dialog at startup can be disabled
  • BorderMaker is open source, the project is hosted at code.google.com/p/bordermaker
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in BorderMaker 4.0 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Preview of text, borders/frames and watermark editing actions
  • A drop shadow can be applied to text
  • Numerical spinner elements replaced by handy sliders. Use mouse right click to position the slider on the exact value.
  • Text, borders/frames and watermarks can be edited during addition, deletion and movement operations.
  • The resize quality can now be set, this was not so good in the latest version. Now you can find the optimum value between quality and speed.
  • Borders/frames can be made transparent! Examples will follow on the web site.
  • The background of tranparent borders can be blurred.
  • The blending mode of transparent borders can be adjusted.
  • During preview, sharpness and JPEG quality can be changed to immediately see the result. The size of the JPEG file is visible.
  • Images can be send by FTP directly from the preview screen to simplify the process for a single image.
  • You can use the following styles for resizing:
  • Keep aspect ratio; like BorderMaker use to work in the old days
  • Crop image; BorderMaker cuts the image exactly this size, i.e. square thumbnails.
  • Squeeze image; BorderMaker squeezes the image to the requested size.
  • Files can be saved PNG format, no quality loss.
  • By using relative size, text and borders/frames will be larger when the image is larger.
  • BorderMaker now be started on the command line:
  • BorderMaker ; Starts BorderMaker and loads the specified file
  • BorderMaker -start ; Starts BorderMaker, loads the file and executes the action
  • BorderMaker -start -stop ; Starts BorderMaker, loads the file, executes the action and stops the program
  • File date of the original image will be maintained.
  • BorderMaker runs again on Mac (Java 5).
  • Quick open and close buttons added

New in BorderMaker 3.1 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • EXIF information is retained
  • Performance improved
  • New color picker

New in BorderMaker 3.0 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • FTP support
  • Fixed font load bug

New in BorderMaker 2.6 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Native library works
  • Available in italian
  • Small GUI changes
  • Replacement varaibles changed:
  • %n: file name (caps are not changed)
  • %a: file name (lower case)
  • %A: file name (upper case)

New in BorderMaker 2.5 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Native libraries are available for windows users, this speeds up the processing time radically
  • Fixed number of EXIF bugs (StackOverflow en wrong shutterspeed, etc...)
  • Quick search for fonts (Just type in font list)
  • Dialogs are no longer to big with long texts
  • Added an example file in installation (see File menu)
  • Fixed bug for Mac with new Java version

New in BorderMaker 2.4 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Improved GUI
  • Context assist for variables at filename and titles (CTRL + Space).
  • Preview dialog also available for images.
  • Totally revised font drawing and positioning for better looking fonts.
  • You can now choose if you want smooth (anti aliased) fonts.
  • Border size can be adjusted all at once or per size (Click checkbox label).
  • You can now specify if you want the filename/extension in upper or in lower case.
  • You can now include a counter in your filename/titles using %c or %C (leading zero's). Use %c[10] to start counting from ten and use %C[12,4] to start counting from 12 and append leading zeros to 4 positions.

New in BorderMaker 2.3 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Fixed bug that new borders texts don't work.

New in BorderMaker 2.2 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Borders also visible in preview window.
  • French language add.

New in BorderMaker 2.1 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • BorderMaker now has a config file in the program folder.
  • Recent file are shown in file menu
  • Language menu
  • Solved couple of bugs
  • Auto color also for borders

New in BorderMaker 2.0 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Added pause button.
  • Solved bug: BorderMaker did't stop processing
  • Auto adjust: Automatically adjust color based on the background color of the text. Makes the text darker or brighter if the text blends in with the background.
  • Auto color: Automatically determine the color based on the average color of the image.
  • .brd files are now in XML format. No more compatibility problems with older versions of BorderMaker!
  • IPCT is allso visible in the EXIF window.
  • Preview when browsing for images.
  • Thumbnails are also being rotated according to the EXIF orientation.
  • if/else possibility with EXIF:
  • %x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist nothing will be shown.
  • %x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist 'No Iso' will be shown.
  • %x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist it tries to find the 'Iso Speed Ratings' Tag, if this doesn't exist nothing will be shown.
  • %x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist it tries to find the 'Iso Speed Ratings' Tag, if this doesn't exist 'No Iso' will be shown.
  • ... etc ... This way you can search for the right EXIF tag.

New in BorderMaker 1.13 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Preview window
  • Grid as background
  • Grid brightness adjustable
  • You can show all text in the preview window
  • You can parse the EXIF values in the preview window (The EXIF from the example file is used)
  • You can choose all other variables from EXIF dialog

New in BorderMaker 1.12 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Preview window for text.
  • Outlined, transparante fonts possible.
  • Font preview can be turned off in de combobox, performs better with lots of font.
  • Stack overflow bug solved (if I'm correct).
  • Solved resize bug if "Resize" option is unchecked.
  • Extra field validation.

New in BorderMaker 1.11 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Fixed bug: when multiple exif tags are specified in a title it doesn't work.
  • Images can be saved from the example dialog to make one-image processing easier.

New in BorderMaker 1.10 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • No image with border bug has been solved.
  • You can choose EXIF tags directly from the titles dialog.
  • If an EXIF tag wasn't found the %x will no longer show up in the image, instead an empty String is inserted.
  • You can specify some text in case the specified EXIF tag doesn't exist in the image, example: %x Time:Unknown date> if the Date/Time EXIF tag exists in the image it will show up in the title, otherwise Unknown date will be shown.

New in BorderMaker 1.9 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Layout changes
  • Example dialog adjusts size to the image
  • BorderMaker icon included
  • (nl) BorderMaker in het engels beschikbaar, hij pakt standaard de systeemtaal, mocht je een andere taal willen selecteren pas dan de bordermaker.bat aan naar: start javaw -Dbordermaker.language=[default|nl|en] -Xincgc -Xmx512M -Xms128M -jar bordermaker.jar %1
  • (en) BorderMaker is avaiable in english. By default BorderMaker starts in the system language. If you want to use BorderMaker in a diffirent language you can adjust the bordermaker.bat file. start javaw -Dbordermaker.language=[default|nl|en] -Xincgc -Xmx512M -Xms128M -jar bordermaker.jar %1