April 1st, 2010· New "Shadow Angle" setting in the Info Image Placement and Shadow toolbar
· Saved JPEG DPI Options setting specifies dots-per-inch in saved JPEG EXIF
· Setup Printer Page Layout guides from the New Any dialog
· New "Edit Photos for Large Prints" Option files page with opened photo
· New "Default Render High Resolution Printing" Option re-renders text whenever you print or save
· New "Just One Application Instance" Option stops multiple FxFoto windows
· The FxFoto Options dialog has been reorganized with new settings categories
· The Save Mods dialog now has Cancel and "Also remove saved images" choices
· New "Overlay at top" and "Overlay at bottom" buttons appear on the Text toolbar
· The Standard Edition can use saved single-photo collages without trial-only errors
· There is now EXIF support for TIFF image files
· CMYK TIFF is now an option when saving PDF in the Media Edition
· The EMail command can optionally copy image files to FxFotoUpload for webmail
· EMail attachments can now be password protected zip files in the Creative or Media Edition
· Installation can optionally make FxFoto the Windows default for opened JPEG and TIFF files
· Media Edition templates can now use non-rectangular cropped photo targets
· FxFoto can now open a different template and keep old opened photos and text
· Mouse wheel zooming directions now match applications like Google Maps
January 6th, 2009· New "Shadow Angle" setting in the Info Image Placement and Shadow toolbar
· Saved JPEG DPI Options setting specifies dots-per-inch in saved JPEG EXIF
· Setup Printer Page Layout guides from the New Any dialog
· New "Edit Photos for Large Prints" Option files page with opened photo
· New "Default Render High Resolution Printing" Option re-renders text whenever you print or save
· New "Just One Application Instance" Option stops multiple FxFoto windows
· The FxFoto Options dialog has been reorganized with new settings categories
· The Save Mods dialog now has Cancel and "Also remove saved images" choices
· New "Overlay at top" and "Overlay at bottom" buttons appear on the Text toolbar
· The Standard Edition can use saved single-photo collages without trial-only errors
· There is now EXIF support for TIFF image files
· CMYK TIFF is now an option when saving PDF in the Media Edition
· The EMail command can optionally copy image files to FxFotoUpload for webmail
· EMail attachments can now be password protected zip files in the Creative or Media Edition
· Installation can optionally make FxFoto the Windows default for opened JPEG and TIFF files
· Media Edition templates can now use non-rectangular cropped photo targets
· FxFoto can now open a different template and keep old opened photos and text
July 14th, 2008· New "Wipe" entrances include horizontal, vertical, diagonal, louvered, spotlight, curtains, checkerboard.
· Slide photos can now appear "Borderless" in the viewer or movie output.
· FxFoto Viewer now pre-computes slide transitions between slides for smoother effects.
· "Jump to Next Slide" button from audio dialog makes it easier to record narration for successive slides.
· Improved slide show re-ordering with slide drag and drop.
· Optionally save slide range rather than the whole slide show.
· Save whole slide as "matte" file to duplicate in another slide show.
· New Add Collage to Slide Show command can combine shows.
· New Delete Whole Slide command erases all slide layout images.
June 25th, 2007· New Delete Folder Pictures command can remove multiple items from a folder in version 5.0.067.
· Install Unzipped Kit automatically scans scrapbooking kits into a new left pane folder. (5.0.067)
· Search can now find all images whose file names include a word or other text. (5.0.067)
· Smoother left-pane folder scrolling in some cases. (5.0.067)
· FxFoto has been updated to support Windows Vista in version 5.0.066.
· FxFoto dialogs have been updated to use the Windows XP or Vista style. (5.0.066)
· Initial scanning for photos now optionally uses only Pictures or My Pictures. (5.0.066)
· Move Pictures now optionally shows the source folder afterward. (5.0.066)
· Simplified toolbar buttons: "1. New", "2. Add" and "3. Save"
· The New toolbar button starts all sorts of new collage layouts and shows
· The Add toolbar button provides various ways to add images to a layout or show
· The Save toolbar button organizes ways to print, publish and save your work
· The Settings toolbar button organizes various FxFoto options and settings
· New "Quick Sketch Templates" option allows you to use generic sketch templates from most designers
· Just drag and drop paper and photo images onto Quick Sketch Template areas (Creative & Media Editions)
· Replace old photo or paper images images by dropping a new one on top
· Without a template, you can optionally replace an existing image or cropped image by dropping over it
· A new "Custom Card" shortcut makes it easy to start a card or other non-standard layout size
· Using Theme and Quick Sketch with 8x8, 12x12 or Custom Card layouts can now resize templates to fit
· Theme Templates can now hold cropped papers and photos with feathering and partial transparency
· Media Edition creates templates with sketch backgrounds, cropped drop target layers and non-drop elements
· Improved Frame "Adjust" command allows you to adjust cropped photos with transparency
· Frame Adjust now allows the photo to be rotated inside its frame
· Frame Adjust can be used to adjust photos dropped into irregular areas in Quick Sketch Templates
· Frame Adjust shows portions of the full photo outside the crop with partial transparency
· A new "To Do Folder" in the left pane can keep temporary images to be used.
· Photos, papers and embellishments can be added to the To Do Folder from an "Add" toolbar file selector
· Images are automatically removed from the To Do Folder when used (unless you choose to keep them)
· A new "Grunge Edge" Filter Effect frames images or outlines with selectable color, texture and randomness
· A new "Transparent Color" Filter Effect can apply partial transparency to areas which approach a given color
· The various Filter Effect textures are now much faster when limited by a rope outline
· FxFoto Standard Edition now allows you to try most Deluxe and Creative Edition features
· The Standard Edition can try college layouts and shows with all New and Add toolbar commands
· The Standard Edition cannot save or print layouts and shows built with Deluxe & Creative features.
· The Collage Settings "Page Guides" tab now allows to easily change your layout to a different size
· When you change your layout page guides size, FxFoto automatically adjusts layout to fit
· The Crop "Click Auto Loop" tool can now find multiple separate areas when you hold down Ctrl or Shift
· Improved more-precise "Rope" outlines are used for Crop and other commands
· Crop is now faster when using large Feather settings
· A new "5x7" choice has been added to Crop's Fixed Rope Aspect menu
· Color Flood and Translucency tools keep totally transparent areas so irregular cropping remains
· The Draw toolbar now has an additional "Clear Pen" tool to draw transparency into an image
· The Upload "Hold for later" service has new "Maximum quality" or "TIFF" options for high quality images
· Newly opened images and text blocks are now placed in-view when possible if zoomed down in the layout
· Text blocks are now automatically sized to fit without excess blank areas
· A new "Extra Space Between Lines" setting allows you to adjust Text line spacing
· Improved "Anti-Alias" for smoothing high-resolution 300 dpi Text
· Improved "Effects" are now larger and more visible for high-resolution Text
· Text now handles most lower-case italic letters which underhang at the beginning
· The Text "All" command has been improved to apply similar text to all open images
· Text blending with its background image has been improved for some cases
· FxFoto now asks about removing totally blank text blocks
· Improved memory management when rotate huge images
· Improved memory management when using Clone Brush from a small to a huge image
· Setup is now faster when installing scrapbooking kit folders from CD-ROM
· Matte files can now be opened onto a new slide when the Collage Add Mode button is up
· New template authoring options and template authoring requires the Media Edition
· Frame "Apply All" has been improved for some cases
· "Save Modified Images" has been improved to better saved framed images
· A new "Show crop mark lines" Print option prints crop marks outside images if there is room
· The Print wizard's "Limited Print Area" setting can now be used to reduce larger layouts
· A new "Batch Auto Improve" in the Auto Settings dialog does all open images at once
· Edit "Copy" and "Paste" can now use PNG images with irregular cropping and partial transparency
· Improved Mouse "Glue Grouped Images" tool now automatically turns off once used
· The "Delete Image" command now allows a whole Glue Group to be removed from the layout
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