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StudioLine Photo Classic Changelog

What's new in StudioLine Photo Classic 5.0.6

Oct 6, 2023
  • Fixed: Detail View or Slide Show might not open.
  • Fixed: An all-white window flashes briefly when opening Slide Show.
  • Fixed: Newly added descriptor content missing from subsequent Auto-Complete suggestions.
  • Fixed: Ability to simultaneously open Descriptor Pane and Keyword Pane restored.
  • Fixed: Program fault when loading videos larger than 400 MB.
  • Fixed: Program fault when attempting to widen the folder selection list during Export.
  • Fixed: Insufficient “disk space or memory” reported, and program faults, when attempting to optimize large JET database.
  • Fixed: MediaCenter.PLUS icons may not appear for all published files, interfering with proper synchronization.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 5.0.1 (Nov 17, 2022)

  • Improved RAW support:
  • Support of additional RAW formats, such as OM1, Canon CR3, and other camera manufacturers.
  • Speedier loading of RAW-formatted images.
  • Revised Explorer dialogs, e.g., new look for the Explorer "Desktop". Dialog elements will now adapt properly to Windows settings for display resolution and scaling.
  • Enhanced RAW Settings dialog provides more advanced RAW rendering options to control white balance, brightness, gamma correction and slope.
  • Image Descriptors:
  • Changed descriptor content can now be carried over to any Image Copies, using a new function in the Descriptor context menu.
  • Descriptor content for a selection of images, folder, or folder trees may now be exported, using tabular or key/value patterns. Supported file formats include XML, CSV (comma-separated values), TSV (tab-separated values) or plain text files, offering multiple options to handle embedded line breaks. The new function may be accessed from the context menu of descriptor forms.
  • Improved Dialogues, User Guidance, Workflow:
  • Enhanced Image Export dialog with new look and feel for improved user guidance. Geographical and IPTC contact information are omitted by default, but can be easily included with the help of new descriptor export options.
  • Dialogs with file selection controls, e.g., Print Selection, Explorers for Search Results or "Open File", were revised for support of Windows display scaling.
  • A new context menu item can replace an original image with the edited version of the image, thus making any applied image tools permanent. This function is especially useful for scans or screenshots, where only a clipped area may ever be needed. Only internally-stored image originals can be replaced that way!.
  • Improved user guidance, if external files can no longer be located once their folder is opened. Helpful hints lay out the available user choices, including a "Browse" button to set the new location of a relocated file.
  • The "New folder" dialog now allows creating several image folders at the same time, based on a multi-line list of folder names. Such a list could be pasted from a document.
  • Revised Geo Explorer:
  • The StudioLine Geo-Explorer now relies on a contemporary browser engine, so that the viewing and marking of geo-ordinates may be kept up to date with changes in web technology.
  • Video Frame Selection:
  • New -/+ buttons allow for the precise selection of a video frame, in addition to the current slider control.
  • A "Copy" button in the video frame selection dialog will place a bitmap of the current frame on the Windows clipboard. From there the image may be imported into a parallel StudioLine instance, or pasted into other applications.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.68 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Fixed: Refreshing image information in detail view after switching folders
  • Fixed: Refreshing image after applying the crop tool to an image copy
  • Fixed: Program fault in LoadAssistant for certain drive types
  • Fixed: Selecting and deleting files in the Recycle Bin
  • Timeline view will be noticeably more responsive, after upsizing an image archive to SQL Server
  • Improved reliability when importing into SQL Server based image archives, and more efficient reorganizing

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.66 (Jan 10, 2022)

  • Better-responsive StudioLine user interface during image imports, especially from DigitalXpress.
  • Improved appearance of Recycle Bin dialog on devices with large display scaling.
  • Improved visibility of Watermark messages and buttons on New Folder dialogs.Fixed: Program fault when editing program shortcuts to an external program.
  • Fixed: Program fault if external original had an invalid file date.
  • Fixed: Program fault due to improper Undo/Redo information.
  • Fixed: Program fault renaming web or web gallery folders.
  • Fixed: Immediate availability of cached image information, e.g., after restoring from recycle bin.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.65 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Fixed: StudioLine may be unresponsive, if Windows required a login after awakening from Energy Saver Mode.
  • Fixed: Temporarily unavailable JET database might cause the StudioLine text index to be flagged as defective.
  • Fixed: Improved recovery of StudioLine text index, by releasing any locks, then restarting StudioLine service for repair.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.64 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Fixed: Loading .NEF or .DNG images might exhaust virtual memory.
  • Fixed: An outdated proxy image might continue to appear, even after "Reload Source Image" had been used to refresh an updated original.
  • Fixed: The selection of large proxy image size in the settings was reverted back to 800x600.
  • Support pasting and subsequent editing of international and special characters in Descriptor pane.
  • Provide for database recovery, if ProcInf table had been affected.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.63 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Retain “Lock Proportion” settings from previous use of Crop & Rotate dialogue.
  • Fixed: Upgrading to new database schema might fail if database was near JET size limitations, or had been upsized to SQL server.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.62 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Fixed: When restarting, open Image-Tool dialogs were not retained.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.61 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Fixed: The slide show did not display images that were selected using the "Keyword" or "Rating" filter with option "Current folder".
  • Fixed: Quick Search now supports criteria containing a dash (-).
  • Fixed: Program error when importing audio-only mp4 files.
  • Fixed: Incorrect orientation of pictures in HEIF/HEIC format that were rotated by 180°.
  • Improved reliability when word index requires automatic rebuilding.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.59 (Dec 15, 2020)

  • More intuitive scheme for populating descriptors for photographer, copyright and credits from metadata.
  • Improved mouse wheel support in filter pane.
  • Fixed: Unexpected 45° image rotation in Image Alignment tool.
  • Fixed: Support .ZIP files in Load Assistant and when sharing to MediaCenter.
  • Fixed: Load Assistant missing preview for certain DNG image
  • Fixed: Avoid capturing “Alt+n” key combinations intended for another active application
  • Fixed: Rare abnormal program ends, e.g., when dragging thumbnail or due to memory handling
  • Fixed: Creating new projects failed
  • Fixed: Ability to synch previously shared images.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.55 (Aug 31, 2020)

  • Added support for Google’s WebP image file format.
  • For images with embedded XMP metadata, the "ModifyDate" is recorded when the metadata are updated.
  • Improved handling of file types without suitable date/time metadata, by incorporating and managing information from filesystem timestamps as appropriate.
  • New context menu option to refresh an asset file from an external source.
  • The Geo-Explorer adapts to varying Windows display settings.
  • Restoring files from CD or DVD to a different folder will carry over the media’s subfolder hierarchy, adapting names as needed.
  • When importing a series of files, offer to extract images from any zip archives that might have also been included.
  • Fixed: Recognize previously loaded images even if recording media is reconnected as a different drive letter.
  • Fixed: Thumbnails for videos in portrait orientation.
  • Fixed: Rare program errors during “Load Images”, or related to “SystemMessages” table.
  • Cope with delayed database availability during system start.
  • New Migration Wizard assists with the relocation of StudioLine to a new server, and greatly simplifies the process for workstations.
  • Fixed: Issues with activating software on server or workstations; improved user guidance.
  • Improved reliability and responsiveness of file transfers.
  • Properly handle long or complex file and path names when downloading to StudioLine.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.54 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • Support for HEIC/HEIF files, the native photo and video format used by iOS devices.
  • Fixed: Excessive loading times for certain QuickTime videos during which StudioLine appeared frozen.
  • "Search Image Archive" now allows case-sensitive searches; replace supports wildcard patterns.
  • Better performance during quick search and improved network recovery for image archives based on SQL Server.
  • Major update to Load Assistant adds robust I/O and error handling with clearer user feedback and guidance, appropriately management of plug-in, simulated, networked, and other impermanent device types, functional and user interface improvements for toolbar options, more intuitive results when selecting folders or when choosing to include/omit files of certain criteria.
  • Fixed: Issues with progress counters, linked images, and recoverable network and I/O errors when loading images.
  • Fixed: Windows installations with large display scaling in effect could cause images to be mispositioned on maps, as well as unsuitable sizing of buttons, icons and scroll-bars in various dialogs.
  • Fixed: Navigation of descriptor classes in Descriptor selection dialog, and preview of values.
  • Resolve conflicts of image sizes, proportions and identifiers for files imported from StudioLine backups; improve speed.
  • Locations suggested for a StudioLine Data path will omit folder names typically synched by third-party applications and services.
  • More effective coordination with MediaCenter server to better overcome network and timing related challenges during upload; resuming or retrying where appropriate.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.53 (Mar 31, 2020)

  • StudioLine no longer requires Internet Explorer. Any links are opened with the user’s default browser.
  • Fixed: Failing to load an image for the “Crop” window.
  • Images may be imported from ZIP files that exceed 4 GB.
  • Dragging forms in “Descriptor defaults” display will not void existing values for empty fields in the form
  • Fixed: Occasional program loop during Quick Search.
  • More comprehensible reporting of FTP Server return codes, in particular for legacy accounts.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.51 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Adopting IPTC field “Date Created” to hold earliest-known timestamp for an image – supporting available time zone information, fractional seconds, and partial dates.
  • Enabled “Edit Date/Time” dialog for enhanced timestamp information.
  • Preset IPTC “Date Created” from Exif metadata, otherwise from the file’s physical timestamp properties.
  • Performance improvements when using placeholders in descriptors, or filtering by image rating.
  • Dynamically reestablish dropped connections to SQL Server.
  • Fixed: Copying image captions with international characters.
  • Fixed: “Enhanced Search” for search arguments including slash (/) characters.
  • Fixed: Memory-related issues when exporting images with certain metadata, and during database compression.Improved handling of DigitalXpress profiles for installations with multiple image archives.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.50 (Jan 7, 2020)

  • Adopting IPTC field “Date Created” to hold earliest-known timestamp for an image – supporting available time zone information, fractional seconds, and partial dates.
  • Enabled “Edit Date/Time” dialog for enhanced timestamp information.
  • Preset IPTC “Date Created” from Exif metadata, otherwise from the file’s physical timestamp properties.
  • Performance improvements when using placeholders in descriptors, or filtering by image rating.
  • Dynamically reestablish dropped connections to SQL Server.
  • Fixed: Copying image captions with international characters.
  • Fixed: “Enhanced Search” for search arguments including slash (/) characters.
  • Fixed: Memory-related issues when exporting images with certain metadata, and during database compression.
  • Improved handling of DigitalXpress profiles for installations with multiple image archives.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.45 (Sep 20, 2019)

  • Fixed: Predefined folder descriptors were not consistently set for image copies.
  • A registered user’s MediaCenter address book is available when sharing files with MediaCenter.ONE.
  • More adapt handling of file availability/concurrency issues during uploading, sending, or synchronizing files with MediaCenter.
  • Helpful column “Files retention” in list of Send profiles.
  • Fixed: Empty ICC profiles prevented successful loading of gray-scale images.
  • 11 JUN 2019 / Version 4.2.45
  • Fixed: Use of a wildcard character following a space in a search argument.
  • Installation/updates will no longer support Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008, or older.
  • Editing dates and times now have a convenient option to reuse other dates associated with the file.
  • New ability to directly edit the settings of a profile in list view.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.43 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Permit dragging a subfolder into a folder, even if a subfolder by that name already existed. A unique incremental name will be created.
  • Improved response times for the suggestion list of the descriptor editor, while resolving linked descriptors, and working with image copies.
  • Quicker bulk descriptor updates and deletions, when using forms.
  • Prevent unintended bulk updates to original and GPS file dates, when using forms or descriptor groups.
  • Fixed: Program stability of “Resize Original” filter function.
  • Fixed: Improper orientation or distortion of restored images.
  • Hardened handling of several uncommon database conditions, improving reliability, or recovery from those circumstances.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.42 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Upsizing large image archives to SQL Server now moves additional content.
  • Clean-up of information from image archive that was made obsolete by deleting images.
  • Image tool history dialog will now close automatically once no more tools are associated with an image.
  • Automated recovery from an unusable text index during next restart.
  • Fixed: Extraneous second progress bar for single activity.
  • Fixed: Concurrent StudioLine instances did not always retain the image tool “Favorites”.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.41 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Advise of, and quickly recover from, temporary database disconnects due to network or hardware issues.
  • Improved responsiveness of input fields that also use “spin” controls.
  • Fixed: Program stability with invalid color profiles or when switching languages.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.40 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Support for the RAW format of additional new camera models.
  • Enhanced image archive search for date ranges, and when using special characters to delimit words (such as the forward slash).
  • Fixed: Slow keyword search/rename with wildcard characters (asterisk or question mark).
  • Exporting and importing keyword trees now preserves variables defined for a group, such as references to IPTC tags.
  • When renaming keyword groups with target descriptors, prompt the user before also updating affected images.
  • Improved speed and guidance during program exit, with more robust handling of uncommon scenarios.
  • Fixed: After dragging descriptor forms to a selection of images, the “content mismatch” indicators were not reset.
  • Import pictures from nested ZIP files.
  • Fixed: Occasional issues when synching images with MediaCenter.plus.
  • Fixed: Issues when uploading very large amounts of data to MediaCenter.one.
  • Upsizing additional image data to SQL Server allows for even larger image archives.
  • Fixed: Automatically recognize and handle uncommon scenarios related to database compression, recovery and availability.
  • Fixed: Handle empty OLE objects that are dragged onto preview area.
  • Fixed: Special circumstances surrounding “Undo” in Page Editor where images are involved.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.39 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Performance improvements in search indexing due to optimized database activity.
  • When renaming a keyword, the user will be advised of the number of affected images and offered to choose an alternative keyword name.
  • After a video was trimmed, the new start frame will automatically become its thumbnail picture.
  • Enhanced synching of trimmed video files to MediaCenter.pro.
  • Improved mouse wheel support when scrolling image tools windows.
  • Fixed: Occasional crash when choosing the thumbnail picture for a video file.
  • Fixed: Crash after video trimming was interrupted by “Cancel” button.
  • Fixed: If video trimming is reset so that it extends over the entire original length, a full-length copy is no longer created.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.38 (Feb 21, 2018)

  • New ability to trim videos.
  • The context menu for video thumbnails allows opening videos in external programs.
  • Faster program start under Windows 10.
  • Selecting an aspect ratio in the crop dialog will also set the "Fixed Aspect Ratio" option; subsequent cropping will thus respect the chosen aspect ratio.
  • Image tools may now be moved within the Filters container.
  • Fixed: Some dialogs were not visible when using multiple monitors.
  • Code from HTML Objects may now be placed before the <DOCTYPE> element.
  • Fixed: Sending files via MediaCenter.email, if filenames included special characters.
  • Fixed: Initial launch of image viewer after program start.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.37 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • The different StudioLine Explorers windows will now retain their respective size, position and pane widths.
  • Improved Search supports expressions containing a comma, and lists results in the order of the original folders and position within.
  • Improved usability of the "Edit Date and Time" dialog; updating current image immediately as date portions are changed, allowing date portions to be copied to other images, more intuitive “Undo” behavior, and resetting the state of the “Copy” button.
  • Fixed: Crop/rotate tool locking up, or unavailable for images dropped into a second instance, or preventing access to the last images in the thumbnail row.
  • Fixed: Images dragged into a folder might end up in an unexpected order.
  • Fixed: Persistent unnecessary rebuilding of Search index.
  • Fixed: HTML objects layered on top of images might not be visible on the rendered web page.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.35 (Sep 6, 2017)

  • Improved user guidance for selecting descriptors in the “Choose Descriptors” dialog.
  • Fixed: Issues when reading XMP sidecar files.
  • Fixed: Distorted video preview thumbnails, including issues with QuickTime videos.
  • Streamlined interaction with MediaCenter.email.
  • Fixed: Possible issues with MediaCenter synchronization and uploads.
  • Automated database recovery better accommodates memory and file size extremes.
  • Fixed: Better handling of atypical installation and upgrade scenarios for SQL Server databases.
  • Fixed: Positioning of recycle bin context menu

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.34 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • Fixed: Missing graph of Gradation Curve image tool.
  • Fixed: Pipette of White Balance image tool in detail view.
  • Fixed: Possible deadlock when switching folders.
  • Fixed: Possible program fault while extracting a preview video frame.
  • Fixed: XMP sidecar files included in a MediaCenter.email will now appear in preview.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.33 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • Updated StudioLine Explorer for “Image Archive offers sorting in list preview. Folders and text previews will scale to the display settings.
  • Better rendering of icons for the StudioLine Explorer and project lists, when text sizing is set to greater 100%.
  • Prompts with checkboxes will now have a checkmark indicating the default.
  • When switching between StudioLine modes, non-applicable hints from the previous mode are closed.
  • The StudioLine run-time is now also digitally signed to satisfy any security software a user might have installed.
  • Fixed: Some StudioLine actions were still possible even though a modal message box required response.
  • Fixed: Issues with obsolete hints and progress bars remaining on screen.
  • Fixed: Potential performance and stability impacts due to unnecessary database locking.
  • Fixed: Problems in detail view, or when scaling down large bitmap images.
  • Fixed: Isolated issues when pasting text into a descriptor field.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.30 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • Improved support of display settings with text sizing greater 100%. Better readability on small size, but ultra-high resolution, screens as common on modern Windows tablets
  • Fixed: Synchronizing Image Archive folders with corresponding folders in StudioLine MediaCenter
  • Fixed: Editing program shortcuts to external program not displaying correct default application and not always saving changes
  • Fixed: Deleting an image shortcut from the StudioLine recycle bin with image original remaining in the StudioLine database
  • Fixed: Colorizing folders in cases where the total number of folders exceeds 65,000
  • Prerequisite Microsoft’s .NET 4.6.2 and Visual C++ 2015 runtime are now included with the installer

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.27 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • “Crop” dialog allows entering a user defined aspect ratio.
  • “The thumbnails in the image archive pane can now be filtered for video files.
  • Improved feedback from MediaCenter.email in cases of delivery problems or if a suspect file was detected.
  • A large file transfer in progress for the “Send via Email” function can now be interrupted.
  • Improved user interface support for high-resolution displays, especially when scaling options are set in the Windows display settings.
  • Message boxes and progress bars now consistently appearing in the foreground of the current window.
  • Fixed: Issues with editing descriptors, when a variable is chosen from the selection list.
  • Fixed: “Search” function wasn’t returning images after their descriptor content had been changed.
  • Fixed: “Image Archive Filter” could cause user interface to seize up.
  • Improved performance, synching and reliability when using parallel StudioLine instances.
  • Handling additional exceptional conditions that might occur during database recovery from journal.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.26 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Improved usability and performance when using “Standard Print” for a large number of images; a progress bar keeps user informed and the process can be interrupted.
  • Fixed issues with the “Search” not finding all matching images.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.25 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Improved reliability when reconstructing a database from a prior backup plus journal records.
  • On an installation with multiple databases, the compression function will indicate the current database being processed.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.24 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • MediaCenter.email: Offer suggestion of previously used email recipients.
  • MediaCenter.email: Ability to save current Export Settings under new name.
  • MediaCenter.email: Fixed issues arising from sending original images stored by early versions of StudioLine.
  • More intuitive presentation in image archive of images for which the Original is no longer available.
  • Use the file’s extension to compensate for missing file type information.
  • Fixed: Trouble loading certain video files due to their metadata formatting.
  • Fixed: Trouble starting StudioLine when anti-virus software prevents loading of required modules that are not digitally signed.
  • Fixed: Correct thumbnail orientation after a square image is rotated.
  • New Keyboard shortcuts when editing a folder name: Ctrl+A selects all characters; Ctrl+Shift+A toggles case.
  • Resolved issues when working with descriptors, such as truncated group title, number and currency formatting and the unintended replacement of existing text when an additional descriptor is added.
  • Added support for the RAW file format of more camera models.
  • LoadAssistant now more lenient with imperfect Window Shell interfaces supplied by third party storage manufacturer.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.23 (Jun 24, 2016)

  • Search” dialog now has “case sensitive” option.
  • Fixed: Program fault when opening a folder containing a corrupted movie file.
  • Improved user interface during login and user maintenance.
  • When exporting original images, display a progress bar while applying Exif/IPTC information.
  • Fixed: Copying an image within StudioLine had included set markers (for export, email, etc.)
  • FTP publishing profiles now support spaces in remote directory names.
  • Fixed: Descriptors and text might have overlaid when editing slideshow settings.
  • Fixed: Issues with Export preview and Watermark image tool, when the external original was missing.
  • Fixed: Issues with line breaks in text links.
  • Fixed: Possible deadlock due to concurrent image cache updates, e.g., by multiple instances.
  • Improved ease-of-use with redesigned Image Settings dialog for MediaCenter.
  • MediaCenter can now retain a manual sort order from the Image Archive.
  • The name of the downloaded MediaCenter.email zip file will now be based on the email subject.
  • Improved handling of foreign characters in filenames or the subject of MediaCenter.email, or if the path and filenames were too long.
  • Automatic resume of MediaCenter.email upload, if a connection was temporarily lost.
  • Permit canceling a MediaCenter.email upload in progress.
  • Eliminated potential startup delays when StudioLine data folder is situated on a NAS device.
  • During startup, prevent "Database Optimization" messages to be hidden beneath other dialogs.
  • Fixed: Program fault when a temporarily locked database prevented access.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.22 (May 9, 2016)

  • Fixed: program exception when dragging thumbnails in order to create copies.
  • Enable watermarks on images sent with MediaCenter.email.
  • Larger text improves readability of image rendering settings for MediaCenter.email.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.21 (Mar 10, 2016)

  • Integrity check of text index for added reliability of search function.
  • StudioLine Web Publishing and DigitalXpress: Quicker detection of file transfer connectivity issues reduces retry delays.
  • Fixed: Updated variables did not show in second StudioLine instance immediately after a search/replace.
  • Fixed: Wrong image displayed when double-clicking search result in StudioLine Explorer.
  • Fixed: Program intermittently failed to respond if newly loaded images were deleted right-away.
  • Fixed: Image import/export issues when original file didn’t have a file type.
  • Fixed: More robust handling of corrupted settings file (resulting from prior operating system failure) during program start.
  • Additional information upsized to the optional SQL Server database, allowing considerably larger image archives.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.20 (Feb 5, 2016)

  • Improved search/replace user interface allowing users to replace content with one that has different mixed case letters.
  • Fixed: The controls in the image tools pane might disappear if the list of tools was displayed with a scroll bar.
  • Improved detection of an improperly closed database, likely caused by a hardware or system issue, that otherwise could prevent StudioLine from starting again.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.19 (Feb 4, 2016)

  • During MediaCenter upload, offer to substitute a proxy image for any missing originals.
  • Added a “subject” field to the MediaCenter.email “send” screen.
  • Fixed: Actually use the saved setting that had been selected for emailing an image.
  • Fixed: Previews for slow loading images were missing from the “Export” or “Email” dialog.
  • Fixed: Permit video file names containing blanks.
  • New status icon “Found in MediaCenter” with a link to view that image on the MediaCenter website.
  • Fixed: Message “Query too complex” in StudioLine Explorer “Image Archive” for extreme folder depths.
  • Fixed: Improved handling of issues with external email applications when preparing Technical Support Requests.
  • Fixed: "Delete Marker" function sometimes did not actually remove markers.
  • Fixed: Importing zip files with image paths longer than 260 characters.
  • Fixed: Invisible gradation curve in “Gradation” image tool.
  • New criteria for the “Show Specific Images” button of the image archive to filter MediaCenter images.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.18 (Jan 27, 2016)

  • Fixed compatibility problems with AMD Radeon graphics cards.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.17 (Dec 11, 2015)

  • In Web or Collage mode, the „Copy“ button for font settings can now be used against text object without opening content
  • Readability improvement for combo boxes with checkmark or icon items.
  • Fixed: Problems resetting Crop & Rotated image tool or choosing an aspect ratio if rotation angle is set.
  • Fixed: Intermittent program exception when creating video thumbnail.
  • Fixed: Database repair not initiated if unchanged database still exists.
  • Fixed: Improved reporting and logging of Windows return codes during database maintenance and site import.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.15 (Dec 4, 2015)

  • Fixed: A cropping rectangle touching the edge of a rotated image could not be enlarged by dragging other sides.
  • Fixed: Occasional difficulty dragging corners of cropping rectangle.
  • Fixed: Program error in custom print function.
  • Images marked “Write CD/DVD” or selected in “Include Subfolders” view will be exported to the disc’s root folder, rather than duplicating the image archive subfolder structure.
  • Fixed: "Send via MediaCenter.email" context menu item was omitted for video files.
  • In Load Assistant, the checkbox for each thumbnail is enabled, even while Shift key is depressed.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.14 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Play-back of videos no longer depends on installed codecs.
  • The image archive thumbnail used for a video can now be selected by the user.
  • Videos taken in portrait format will play in proper orientation.
  • Fixed: The Crop & Rotate image tool no longer swaps the aspect ratio whenever the rotation angle is changed.
  • Fixed: After an image is rotated by 90° with the Crop & Rotate image tool, the aspect ratio information will be refreshed immediately.
  • Fixed: A Windows “Display Settings” exceeding 100% size might have prevented the Filter Preset “New”, “Delete” and “Save” buttons from showing.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.13 (Nov 4, 2015)

  • Improved user guidance: New hint when a descriptor 's edit field is first clicked. Reminds users how to apply entered values to an entire selection of images.
  • Improved handling during application shutdown, in case remote connections are terminated immediately after "Close" button has been pressed.
  • Improved performance when opening folders and displaying images.
  • New text indexing service on server enhances client performance.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.12 (Nov 4, 2015)

  • Printer selection drop-down list now displays entire printer names.
  • The "Search" input field now permits text longer than the visible space. Oversized input will scroll during editing.
  • Fixed: Search arguments that include a period.
  • Fixed: Scrolling through thumbnail list after the preview area had been resized.
  • Fixed: Scrolling through thumbnail list after the preview area had been resized.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.11 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • When the watermark dialog is opened, a new hint informs the user that existing settings could be loaded from the settings list.
  • Fixed: Possible problems when dragging images from StudioLine Explorer “Image Archive”.
  • New context menu option for folders with subfolders allows colorizing the folder, including all subfolders.
  • The watermark text settings conveniently open as soon as the user starts editing text.
  • Fixed: Possible problems during “Search”, “Search/ Replace”.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.9 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Support of Nikon .NRW files in Load Assistant.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.7 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Fixed: Crash in image preview of export / email function.
  • When cropping an image using the fixed aspect ratio, dragging one edge will move the other edges synchronously.
  • The names of fonts in the font list are displayed in their respective typeface.
  • Text properties (like font name or size) can be applied directly to a text objects, without having to first open its content in the text editor.
  • The context menu of an image in the image archive (right mouse click), has an option to create a collage, starting with that image.
  • On collages the bottommost and rightmost guides display the distance to the page border.
  • Switching from "Collages" or "Web" to "Image Archive" will open the last used image folder.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.5 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • Clicking the disc icon below an external image in the Image Archive allows opening its location in Windows Explorer.
  • Fixed: Red-Eye Removal tool with certain Windows system font sizes.
  • Improved user guidance for creating and exporting Collages.
  • Fixed: "Placeholder" image not refreshed promptly after dropping in a replacement image.
  • Maintain the user's order of "Sent Items" subfolders in DigitalXpress.
  • Images received by DigitalXpress will retain the sender's sort order.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.4 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • Improvements when proposing a substitute folder name in dialog "New Folder", if the name entered already existed
  • Several fixes for the user interface, incl. many related to Windows system font sizes.
  • Improved handling for menu bar. Toolbar menus will be closed automatically once the mouse cursor moves away from the open menu. This allows easier access of tools covered underneath.
  • Fixed: possible crash when menu function "StudioLine Explorer", Projects or Pages, was invoked.
  • Correction of possible problems during search, which would have selected all images.
  • Improved image quality, when displaying low resolution images in the Image Viewer.
  • Improvements when displaying images in the Image Viewer in zoomed mode.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.2 (May 19, 2015)

  • Fixed incorrect scrolling in image archive, when no descriptors were displayed below thumbnail images
  • Fixed zoomed display in image viewer for images with filters applied
  • Several fixes for the user interface, incl. many related to Windows system font sizes

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.1 (Apr 24, 2015)

  • Various user interface elements adapted to permit screen resolutions exceeding 96 dpi
  • Fix: Renaming of image archive folders
  • Fix: Corrected size when showing cropped pictures in Image Viewer
  • Fix: Correct rating icon below images

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.2.0 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Conversion to dark interface design completed, including bigger font sizes for better readability.
  • Sending folders and sub folders with MediaCenter.email.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.1.1 (Mar 31, 2015)

  • MediaCenter.email now allows to continue incomplete uploads, e.g. in case the connection is lost during upload.
  • For better readability, brighter text colors are used in dialog headers for dialogs without focus

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.1.0 (Mar 31, 2015)

  • Dialogs and windows in new dark design.
  • Support for additional RAW formats.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.23 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Images loaded from the local Microsoft® "OneDrive" folder will always be stored internally in the Image Archive, regardless of any "Copy" Preferences settings. This prevents data loss if the original image is subsequently deleted from the OneDrive cloud account.
  • Recycle bin now supports DEL key for deleting selected images, and the key combination Ctrl+A to select the entire recycle bin.
  • Fixed: Possible memory problem when importing video files.
  • Fixed: Display issues with welcome screen and export window when text sizes larger than 100% are configured in the Windows "Display Settings".
  • New Filter Preset "Square to Circle" for Web or Collage modes. Results in a circular stencil effect, with an interior drop shadow, for a square input image. (If the image is not already square, use the cropping tool first.)

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.22 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • Fixed: Display order of searched images.
  • Improved handling of unexpected conditions when reading XMP files.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.21 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • Improved handling of devices like Nikon Coolpix or Sony smartphones by Load Assistant.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.20 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • Increased performance when selecting/deselecting images while detail view is open.
  • Increased performance when applying image tool actions to selected images.
  • Fixed: Loading files from cameras not associated with a drive letter

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.19 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Added expanding / collapsing of individual dialogs inside the filter pane by double clicking a filter's title bar.
  • Improved performance when deleting descriptors from a large number of images.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.18 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Enhanced performance for loading and displaying large images in the image viewer.
  • New centralized licensing tool: An administrator can now maintain product keys for all clients from the server instance.
  • Enhanced readability of the filter pane on Windows systems with a font setting exceeding 100%.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.15 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Updates to French and Spanish texts.
  • Enhanced rating tool, incl. a "reverse rating" function to inverse a "1" to a "5", a "4" to a "2", etc.
  • Added the image file type to the "Info" popup of the image viewer.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.14 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • Enhanced image viewer allows zooming with the mouse wheel and moving the clipped area of the zoomed image.
  • New slide show control panel with auto-hide function after a few seconds with no mouse activity.
  • Support of additional RAW formats.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.13 (Jul 31, 2014)

  • Enhanced folder settings: Select font, font size and color.
  • New icon to indicate that filters are applied to selected images.
  • New tab in filter pane showing active filters for selected images.
  • Fixed: Set image as Windows desktop background.
  • Optimized backup to hard disk, if external originals are missing

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.12 (Jul 31, 2014)

  • Keywords list can be docked at the right side of the StudioLine window, alongside descriptors or image tools.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 4.0.10 (Jul 31, 2014)

  • Size of left and right panels is restored during subsequent start.
  • New context menu items in bottom bar of filters to view original or edited images.
  • Fixed: Input field for descriptors did not show drop-down list on systems with oversized font settings.
  • Fixed: Display issues on systems with oversized font settings

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.60.0 (Dec 11, 2013)

  • RAW formats of new camera models are now supported.
  • Fixed problems (e.g. Internet error 12003 or other errors) when publishing web pages or web galleries, in case Internet Explorer 11 is installed.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.58.0 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • Basic users now can export complete folders incl. subfolders (e.g. by right-click on the folder to be exported)
  • Fixed: On restoring images from a StudioLine backup, the images are stored internally, independent of the current Image Archive Settings.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.56.0 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • Fixed support of RAW images from Nikon D800E.
  • Fixed: Descriptors were not resolved when opening images in Google Earth or exporting KML files

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.55.0 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • RAW formats of new camera models are now supported.
  • Web: Design Element Option “Render as single object” didn’t work in cascaded elements.
  • For installations with a large database file (>1.5 GB), there is now an option available to merge keywords and descriptors to a second database.
  • If the database is still very large even after compressing the database, users will be asked if they want to migrate keywords and descriptors to a second database. (available in StudioLine Photo Classic 3 Plus and StudioLine Web)
  • Fixed possible problem while closing StudioLine, while a directory is to be read.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.54.0 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • Fixed: Issues with updating and compressing the database in a network environment.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.53.0 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Fixed: Bug during compression/update of the database in a network environment.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.52.0 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Fixed: Unable to select top most images in list of Geo Explorer.
  • Fixed issues while working in a network environment.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.51.0 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Optimization of stored exif information to reduce size of the database file. Optimized loading and saving of larger images with ICC profiles applied

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.48.0 (Aug 17, 2012)

  • RAW formats of new camera models are now supported. A list of supported RAW formats
  • can be found here.
  • Videos in mp4 and m2ts format can now be loaded into the StudioLine Archive.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.46.0 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • Fixed: Errors in database on creating a new Data Directory from the “Data Directory Management” window.
  • Fixed: Possible crash in text filter, if a long text in a small font size has to be displayed.
  • Fixed: Crash on exiting StudioLine while the “Crop” window of the print function was open.
  • Increased display of very high design elements on web pages (e.g. as background) on
  • mobile browsers. (StudioLine Web)
  • Fixed: Links at the beginning of text objects were not displayed in the correct link color. (StudioLine Web)

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.45.0 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • Fixed: Click on thumbnail image in image list of detail view did not select this image.
  • Fixed: No preview image on export displayed.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.44.0 (Jan 27, 2012)

  • Links and copies of images are now displayed with the appropriate symbol in recycle bin.
  • Fixed: On search results the descriptors groups "Current Image Titles" can differ from the displayed image titles.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.42.0 (Dec 13, 2011)

  • Added support for additional RAW formats of newer camera models.
  • In image archive, browse to next or previous image when "Ctrl+Tab" or "Shift+Ctrl+Tab" are pressed, even while the keyboard focus is on a different panel (e.g., descriptors).
  • Enhanced support for track logs by certain Garmin devices during automatic geotagging of images.
  • Improved error message for error conditions encountered while transferring files to an FTP server.
  • Fixed: Possible crash when exiting StudioLine.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.28.0 (Mar 17, 2011)

  • Improved performance when accessing data directories in a LAN.
  • Fixed: Display of GPS dates when only a time was available (was displayed as:
  • 01.01.100).
  • Fixed: Export settings in StudioLine Photo Basic, if StudioLine Photo Classic was installed on the same PC.
  • Fixed: Conflict with DOS "8.3" style file names when publishing websites or galleries to certain web servers.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.27.0 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Improved upload of images to Online Album.
  • Fixed: Database compression not successful after update to 3.70.25.0.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.15.0 (Sep 16, 2010)

  • Added support for StudioLine Online Albums site.
  • Added support for MTS files (AVCHD format).
  • Added IPTC descriptors for contact information.
  • Deleted keywords will not be removed from images that they had been associated with

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.8.0 (Jun 28, 2010)

  • Fix for setup aborting with message "Installer terminated prematurely" on some computers.
  • Fix for publishing to certain FTP servers that were using unexpected special characters in their responses

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.4.0 (May 31, 2010)

  • Improved export of non-ASCII characters in IPTC tags.
  • Support for descriptor content exceeding 1,000 characters.
  • Fix for loading gradiation curves

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.70.3.0 (May 12, 2010)

  • Integrated upload of images to Flickr account.
  • XMP support for embedded metadata and for sidecar files.
  • Optimized keywords pane.
  • Improved editing speed.
  • Reengineered Setup to use Windows installer. Seperated installation of programs from creation of data folders.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.60.33.0 (Apr 28, 2010)

  • Fixed redundant display of images when using image archive filter with the all subfolders option.
  • Faster image search from applied keywords list of classifications view.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.60.31.0 (Apr 28, 2010)

  • The keyboard shortcut Ctrl+O and Shift+Ctrl+O for opening the selected image in external applications can now be set to one specific application.
  • To accomodate netbook computers with smaller screen resolutions, setup is no longer enforcing a minimum screens size of 1024x768 pixels.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.60.30.0 (Feb 6, 2010)

  • Newly added keywords can immediately be applied to currently selected images.
  • Improved speed of opening image archive folders if content of suborders is included in display.
  • Improved speed for large data stores during startup and when viewing recycling bin.
  • Corrected display of links for dynamic image viewer for Opera and Internet Explorer.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.60.29.0 (Feb 6, 2010)

  • Links to dynamic image views were displaying incorrectly in Opera browser.
  • Support of additional RAW formats

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.60.28.0 (Feb 6, 2010)

  • Optimized copying of metadata to large sets of photos.
  • Improved database recovery.
  • Optimized the display of very large images in DigitalXpress web galleries. (StudioLine DigitalXpress)
  • Dynamic Menus can now be attached to text objects, even if no effect filters were applied. (StudioLine Web)
  • French documentation and product help screens have been updated.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.60.27.0 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • Fix excessive memory use when exporting large number of images.
  • Fix issues when exporting images with invalid date formats in the metadata.
  • Fix issues with not being able to select/click on images in the image archive.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.12.0 (Dec 10, 2006)

  • Multi-Session CD/DVD Backup and Export. RAW support for latest camera models.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.8.3 (Oct 31, 2006)

  • New Timeline Explorer can be filtered by album and subfolders and is organized into tabbed pages per year, month and day.
  • A new list allows quick picking of other years, month or days with images.
  • Improvements to the Standard Print panel.
  • Faster FTP publishing.
  • Hints docked on the right margin.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.7.0 (Sep 1, 2006)

  • System help (F1) has been updated
  • In "Classifications" view, a new list shows keywords and categories used with the currently selected images
  • Folder descriptors can be copied to other folders and subfolders
  • The "Soft Edge" tool is now proportional to the image size
  • In the image archive, images can be set as the Windows background. They are scaled to the current screen size to conserve resources
  • In the print project editor, image collages can be set as the Windows background
  • Image collages can be stored to the image archive

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.6.1 (Jul 22, 2006)

  • Multi-language spell checker for image descriptors.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.6 (Jul 8, 2006)

  • Multi-language spell checker for image descriptors.

New in StudioLine Photo Classic 3.5.2 (Jun 8, 2006)

  • New navigator for web galleries and print projects. Additional features for sound and movie files.