AmoK Exif Sorter Changelog

What's new in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.23

Feb 13, 2024
  • Fix: Fix issue with trailing spaces in file names on Windows
  • Fix: Fix log file location
  • Fix: Use of the fallback date was faulty

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.22 (Dec 8, 2023)

  • Enhancement: Use the system menu on macOS
  • Enhancement: Support the PEF file format (Pentax RAW)
  • Enhancement: Recognize Darktable duplicate sidcar files
  • Enhancement: upgrade included Java to version 21
  • Fix: The application icon on macOS will remain consistent

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.21 (Sep 26, 2023)

  • Enhancement: Metadata fallback date: New option to not sort files without dates
  • Enhancement: Update Italian translation (thank you R.B.)
  • Fix: Added fix empty for MP4/Quicktime creation dates and modification dates
  • Fix: CSV / XML Exports no longer contain adjusted dates
  • Fix: Some minor fixes and adjustments

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.20 (Aug 4, 2023)

  • Enhancement: Support a second format tag syntax that supports default/fallback values.
  • Example: %{week}
  • Example with default value: %{brightness:100}
  • Enhancement: Added PNG file support
  • Enhancement: Improved windows installer (grazie R.B:)
  • Enhancement: Support for macOS aarch64
  • Enhancement: Added new tags geocoordinate2, latitude2 and longtitude2 which return values rounded to 2 decimal places (accuracy of 1.11 km)
  • Enhancement: Added new tags lens, whitepoint, colortemperature, imagestabilization, subjectdistance, focusmode
  • Enhancement: Improved sidecar file matching (file abc.jpg matches abc.jpg.xmp but no longer matches abc.cr2.xmp)
  • Enhancement: Modified XML export structure. Use element name File instead of Image
  • Enhancement: Extended XML export, added new element Location containing geo coordinates
  • Enhancement: Added HIF as a HEIF file name extension
  • Enhancement: Replaced application icon
  • Enhancement: Removed the splash screen
  • Fix: Speed of the preview table has been massively improved (data loading, sorting, filtering)
  • Fix: A lighter color is used to highlight format tags in dark mode.
  • Fix: Fix support for Apple Live Photo movies.

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.12 (Mar 15, 2023)

  • Fix: Resolved an issue where the application could hang
  • Fix: Use other metadata values to resolve the MOV file creation date
  • Enhancement: Remove leading/trailing spaces from file/directory names if they were not defined in the format string
  • Enhancement: Updated Italian translation (grazie R.B:)
  • Enhancement: Added Italian, greek and Catalan to Windows installer (grazie R.B:)

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.11 (Mar 6, 2023)

  • Setup Routine improved.

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.10 (Feb 7, 2023)

  • Feature: Reverse geocoding. The Tag %location% resolves the GPS coordinates for the closest location (village with population > 500).
  • Hyperlink in About Dialog to 3rd Party Licenses
  • Enhancement: Support for video formats MOV, AVI, and MP4
  • Enhancement: Added video related tags fps, sps, video_codec, audio_codec, duration
  • Enhancement: Added a preferences option to use the system language for date name formatting (tags: day_name, day_name_digitized, month_name, month_name_digitized)
  • Enhancement: Support for Linux aarch64
  • Enhancement: Allow XML / CSV export of geo coordinate tags
  • Enhancement: Improved Image Viewer layout
  • Fix: Repaired preview table column sorting
  • Fix: Restored size of next button in Image Viewer dialog
  • Fix: Logger does not print configuration any more
  • Fix: Log notification that Sidecar files are not supported is removed (out dated)

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.01 (Nov 3, 2022)

  • Enhancement: preview table is now a tree and sidecar files are visualized as child elements
  • Enhancement: added new format tag for current directory name: %dirname%
  • Enhancement: updated included Java runtime to version 17
  • Enhancement: added new tag %dirname%
  • Enhancement: improved high DPI icon support
  • Fix: column Management: Column Filename can be configured again
  • Fix: tag completion dialog was not working on Windows
  • Fix: fixed saving of profiles
  • Fix: repaired profile migration
  • Fix: restored tag %filename%
  • Fix:: tag completion dialog works better on Linux
  • Fix:: improved layout on screens with high zoom level

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 3.00 (Jan 4, 2021)

  • Enhancement: Support for RAW Formats: Adobe DNG, Canon CR2 / CRW, Fujifilm RAF, Leica RWL, Olympus ORF, Sony ARW / SRF / SR2 and Nikon NEF. Note: For most formats only metadata is supported (no preview image, no thumbnails)
  • Enhancement: Support for HEIC/HEIF format (metadata only). Note: Only metadata is supported (no preview, no thumbnails)
  • Enhancement: Sort options are now always visible
  • Enhancement: Exif fallback date: New option to use files last modified date
  • Enhancement: Preview table allows to show the selected file in system explorer
  • Enhancement: Filter for preview table
  • Enhancement: Filter for Column Management Dialog tables
  • Enhancement: Filter for Tag Completion Dialog
  • Enhancement: Image viewer displays the file path
  • Enhancement: Image viewer can show the file in the system explorer
  • Enhancement: Reduced UI blocking while loading thumbnails
  • Enhancement: Date adjustment: Extended year range from -50/50 to -2100/2100
  • Enhancement: Process sidecar files is enabled by default for new profiles
  • Enhancement: Added Italian translation (Grazie Roberto! / Thank you Roberto!)
  • Enhancement: Menu entry to show log files
  • Enhancement: Linux and Mac OSX version of AmoK Exif Sorter is distributed with a custom Java Runtime Environment
  • Enhancement: Linux: Added AppImage distribution
  • Fix: Prevented leading / trailing spaces in windows directory names
  • Fix: Profile Combo was not updated after saving existing profiles
  • Fix: Translation for buttons in Column Management Dialog / Options Dialog
  • Fix: Existing files: number of digits behaves now as expected (1 → "1" / 2 → "01")

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.80 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • AmoK Exif Sorter requires Java 11 (64-bit) or higher.
  • Windows versions of AmoK Exif Sorter is distributed with a custom Java Runtime Environment
  • Changed default columns: Added ISO, Aperture, Exposure Time and Rating
  • Added Greek translation (Σας ευχαριστώ geogeo! / Thank you geogeo!).
  • Added support for XMP tag Rating which contains the rating/stars set in camera, raw developer software or other programs
  • Removed suffix "_iptc" from all IPTC tags
  • Renamed IPTC tag "line" to "byline"
  • Renamed IPTC tag "lineTitle" to "bylinetitle"
  • Renamed IPTC tag "notice" to "copyrightnotice"
  • Renamed IPTC tag "originatingprog" to "originatingprogram"
  • Renamed IPTC tag "province" to "provinceorstate"
  • Renamed IPTC tag "transmissionref" to "transmissionrefence"
  • Changed Aperture format to F#.# (# = number)
  • Removed sec suffix from Exposure Time and Shutter Speed
  • All invalid file system characters are now replaced in format strings (characters differ between operating systems)
  • Added a donate link to "?" menu
  • Corrected launcher shell script for Linux
  • Some images produced an error in the image viewer

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.7.0 (Jun 2, 2019)

  • AmoK Exif Sorter now requires Java 9 (Note: Java dropped 32bit support, therefore there are only 64bit Exif Sorter builds available from now on)
  • Improved Support for high resolution displays and scaling
  • Updated icons
  • Added format tags "day_name", "day_name_digitized", "month_name" and "month_name_digitized"
  • Tags in image viewer are now sorted alphabetically
  • More file system characters are now allowed on Linux and Mac OS
  • Format tag edit box is now resizeable
  • New layouts for all dialog windows
  • Renaming of active profile doesn't deselect the profile
  • Stability improvements

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.6.2 (Nov 6, 2017)

  • Multiple stability changes and a lot of small improvements
  • Over-worked the image viewer
  • Thumbnail preview and the image viewer are now respecting the Exif orientation
  • File date is now always kept
  • The preview table is now sorted case-insensitive
  • Improved rename mode and all dialogs
  • Added a new dialog to display processing errors after sorting
  • Replaced the text export with a new CSV export
  • Updated external dependencies
  • Improved OS X support
  • Exif Sorter requires now Java 8

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.56 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Update: "Limitedly sortable" not possible any more. In case of missing EXIF data, default values are taken

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.55 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Fix: Error in displaying thumbnails
  • Fix: Edit minutes in the intervall of +/- 60 minute
  • New: Different versions for 32Bit and 64Bit for the major operating systems

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.54 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Update: Language-uniform surface differences.
  • Fix: The standard profile settings are loaded when the program starts.
  • Fix: Missing translations added
  • Process Fix: The option to file the same name was incorrectly processed

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.53 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Update: lack of tolerance to EXIF tags increased.

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.52 (Sep 24, 2008)

  • Update: Contact Entry updated to www.amok.am
  • Fix: No crash after using the table manager
  • Fix: Better support for THM files (JPEG Video Preview)
  • Fix: New profiles always have been saved as "standard"
  • New: With changing the preview pane, the final renaming may be changed (e.g. with already existing or multiple files).
  • Update: After adding new pictures the content of the preview table gets updated automatically
  • Update: Improved multi monitor support
  • Update: Formattags %week% and %week_digitized% always in two-digit format.
  • Update: Max heap is now 256MB. Accordingly much more pictures can be renamed at the same time.
  • Fix: Equally named files with differences use of lower/upper case lead to overwriting files.
  • Fix: Scrollbar for options is only displayed if really necessary
  • Fix: Display of Thumbnails improved (no crashes).
  • Fix: Error in sorting fixed.
  • Fix: No crash any more if exif date is erroneous.
  • Fix: Background colour of textbox for formattags is displayed properly.

New in AmoK Exif Sorter 2.5.1 (Jun 20, 2007)

  • Update: Surface revised and announcement on small displays improves
  • Update: �Profile memory� - dialogue revises
  • Fixed: Key board navigation in the format day assistant restored
  • Fixed: The format day %filename% returns the original Dateienamen from now on again without ending
  • Fixed: Crash nose in the format day assistant removes