AndreaMosaic Changelog

What's new in AndreaMosaic 3.53.3 Beta

Feb 18, 2024
  • Updated Support for macOS.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.53.2 Beta (Nov 17, 2023)

  • News:
  • Updated macOS Support.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.53.0 (May 22, 2023)

  • News:
  • New #PriorityWide and #PriorityCenter Hashtags in the Filename/Folder will require those images in the 70% and 40% central area of the Mosaic.
  • Changes:
  • Improved support for macOS with a dedicated native Installer.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.52.5 Beta (Apr 2, 2023)

  • New #PriorityWide and #PriorityCenter Hashtags in the Filename/Folder will require those images in the 70% and 40% central area of the Mosaic.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.52.0 (Mar 1, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Support for macOS Ventura.
  • Improved performance on macOS.
  • Fixed various minor Bugs.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.52.1 Beta (Mar 1, 2023)

  • Raised Timeout native Open File under Mac.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.51.2 Beta (Feb 15, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed various minor Bugs.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.51.0 (Feb 11, 2023)

  • Up to 2 million images in the image collection.
  • Faster User Inteface with large image collections.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.50.2 Beta (Jun 5, 2021)

  • Up to 2 million images in the image collection.
  • Faster User Inteface with large image collections.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.50.1 (May 30, 2021)

  • Improved macOS support fixing a few issues.
  • Fixed WebMosaic issue on Safari.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.50.0 (Apr 8, 2021)

  • Added WebMosaic feature
  • Faster performance when building the Image List
  • Added Code Signing for improved security

New in AndreaMosaic 3.39.12 Beta (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Improved WebMosaic feature
  • Faster performance at the Build Image List
  • Fixed main Image size reporting

New in AndreaMosaic 3.39.2 Beta (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Minor improvements.
  • Added Code Signing for improved security.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.39 (Dec 8, 2019)

  • Changes and Fixes:
  • Play Sound at end of Mosaic creation.
  • Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
  • Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
  • Updated Setup DLLs.
  • Fixed a rare crash.
  • Added List of Unused Images in Text Report.
  • Added Tile# and Image# in the Text Report.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.38.5 Beta (Apr 25, 2019)

  • Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
  • Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
  • Updated Setup DLLs.
  • Fixed a rare crash.
  • Added List of Unused Images in Text Report.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.38.4 Beta (Mar 19, 2019)

  • Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
  • Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
  • Updated Setup DLLs.
  • Fixed a rare crash.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.38.3 Beta (Feb 21, 2019)

  • The latest version with new features and fixes:
  • Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
  • Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
  • Updated Setup DLLs.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.38.1 Beta (Jan 25, 2019)

  • The latest version with new features and fixes:
  • Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
  • Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).

New in AndreaMosaic 3.38.0 (Aug 10, 2018)

  • Updated Build System and latest Libraries
  • Added Turkish translation and minor UI changes.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.37.5 Beta (Jun 1, 2018)

  • Added Turkish Translation.
  • Updated Libraries and Development Environment.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.37.4 Beta (Jan 13, 2018)

  • Added Turkish Translation.
  • Updated Libraries and Development Environment.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.37.3 Beta (Jan 12, 2018)

  • Added Turkish Translation
  • Updated Libraries and Development Environment

New in AndreaMosaic 3.37.1 Beta (Mar 25, 2017)

  • The latest version with new features:
  • Updated Librares and Development Environment.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.37.0 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • News:
  • Background Transparency option in TIFF and Photoshop File Format.
  • Tile Layers option in Photoshop File Format.
  • New advanced option for Web Page creation. Tiles can be copied in a subfolder or linked to the original location.
  • New main option Adapt Size which replaces Integral Tiles and Adjust Tile Size.
  • Added Advanced option on OS X to disable native file open dialog.
  • Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
  • Added new advanced option Adjust Tile Size. If enabled it is not necessary to use Integral Tiles for avoiding the last column/row to be cropped. This feature is not enabled with Parquet Pattern.
  • Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
  • Changes and Fixes:
  • Translation upgrades and minor changes.
  • Minor Bug Fix.
  • Updated German translation and minor changes to User Interface.
  • Added German Manual in the installation folder.
  • Updated TIFF library to version 4.0.6.
  • Fixed bug which prevented to save very big JPG.
  • Fixed bug on OS X when file name contains non latin characters.
  • Fixed minor bug when creating gigapixel mosaics.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.15 Beta (Mar 6, 2017)

  • Translation upgrades and minor changes.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.14 Beta (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Background Transparency option in TIFF and Photoshop File Format.
  • Tile Layers option in Photoshop File Format.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.12 Beta (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Updated German translation and minor changes to User Interface.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.11 Beta (Nov 13, 2016)

  • News:
  • New advanced option for Web Page creation. Tiles can be copied in a subfolder or linked to the original location
  • Added German Manual in the installation folder

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.9 Beta (Aug 30, 2016)

  • Fix:
  • Updated TIFF library to version 4.0.6

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.8 Beta (Jul 11, 2016)

  • Fixed bug which prevented to save very big JPG

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.7 Beta (Mar 24, 2016)

  • New main option Adapt Size which replaces Integral Tiles and Adjust Tile Size.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.2 Beta (Feb 16, 2016)

  • News:
  • Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
  • Added new advanced option Adjust Tile Size. If enabled it is not necessary to use Integral Tiles for avoiding the last column/row to be cropped. This feature is not enabled with Parquet Pattern.
  • Fixed minor bug when creating gigapixel mosaics.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.36.0 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • News:
  • New Mosaic Processing "Sequential by Date". It will place all images sequentially ordered by shooting date/time.
  • New custom Tile Priority based on a grayscale image map.
  • New improved 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split selection algorithm.
  • New advanced option for selecting 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split algorithm.
  • New Experimental Algorithm (only with No Duplicated Images setting).
  • Better support under Linux through PlayOnLinux software allowing easy install/uninstall.
  • Updated license usage.
  • BugFix:
  • Improved Memory usage and minor optimization and improvements.
  • Fixed various minor bugs
  • Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files.
  • Fixed bug when writing PSD/PSB files over 12 Gigabytes.
  • Fixed bug when loading settings file.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.9 Beta (Aug 25, 2015)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed bug when loading the settings file. Some setting values where not read correctly.
  • Updated license usage (minor correction).

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.8 Beta (Aug 10, 2015)

  • Updated license usage.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.7 Beta (May 15, 2015)

  • Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files
  • Fixed bug when writing PSD/PSB files over 12 Gigabytes

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.6 Beta (Apr 8, 2015)

  • Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.5 Beta (Feb 23, 2015)

  • New custom Tile Priority based on a grayscale image map.
  • New improved 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split selection algorithm.
  • New advanced option for selecting 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split algorithm.
  • Minor improvements.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed various minor bugs.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.4 Beta (Feb 2, 2015)

  • New Experimental Algorithm (only with No Duplicated Images setting).

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.3 Beta (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Improved Memory usage and minor optimization.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.2 Beta (Jan 15, 2015)

  • New Mosaic Processing "Sequential by Date". It will place all images sequentially ordered by shooting date/time.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.35.0 (Jan 10, 2015)

  • News:
  • New option Integral Tiles enabled by default which reduces the crop of Tiles in last row/column.
  • Improved Text Report and changed Tile Size default parameter.
  • Improved Error Messages when saving the Tile List. Bad images are saved in a Text Report file.
  • Bug Fix and minor changes:
  • Fixed a memory management issue with TIFF Files.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.34.4 Beta (Dec 9, 2014)

  • Improved Text Report
  • Changed Tile Size default parameter for reduced Tile cropping.
  • Renamed Integral Height to Integral Tiles in the saved parameters.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.34.3 Beta (Apr 15, 2014)

  • New option: Integral Tiles enabled by default which reduces the crop of Tiles in last row/column

New in AndreaMosaic 3.34.2 Beta (Mar 20, 2014)

  • News:
  • Fixed a memory management issue with TIFF Files.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.34.1 Beta (Nov 19, 2013)

  • Improved error messages when saving the Tile List. Bad images are saved in a Text Report file.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.34.00 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News compared to the previous stable version:
  • New "Folder Tile Variation" algorithm.
  • Improved Memory Management (3 GB support and available memory detection).
  • Border Color is now specified in R,G,B values.
  • PNG File Support for Tile Images, Main Image and MaskFile.
  • Main Image can be irregular through a transparency layer (PNG File).
  • New special MaskFile*n size for a bigger Mosaic size.
  • Multisized Tiles: 1/2 and 1/4 sized tiles.
  • Tile Priority for position and tile size.
  • Import/Export of all the Mosaic Settings.
  • VideoMosaic export as a sequence of Images.
  • User Interface improvement with new layout and graphical buttons..
  • Automatic check and download of new versions.
  • Ability to add individual Images to the Tile List.
  • All the settings are saved in a local folder/per user for a improved Portable Usage.
  • Added some MaskFile examples and improved MaskFile creation (bmp+jpg).
  • Text Report contains also a list of unique files with usage count.
  • The Web Page HTML option will create now a sub-folder with all the required files to publish the mosaic with a simple FTP transfer.
  • Multiple Mask Files supported for each main image.
  • Mosaic can be saved in Photoshop PSD and PSB format.
  • Tile Images of the Mosaic can be saved individually.
  • Maximum Duplication count parameter can be specified for individual images or group of images (by folder).
  • Bug fixes and minor changes:
  • Minor Bug Fix: F1 Key for Online Help and corrected a Warning Message.
  • Minor Improvements in the User Interface.
  • Fixed bug in the Video Frame Extraction.
  • Improved Russian Translation and Plural forms for the other languages.
  • New advanced option showing a MessageBox at the end of the Mosaic Process.
  • Fixed AVI file creation bug over 4 Gigabytes.
  • Improved Text Report
  • Improved Mosaic Information Area
  • Mac OS X settings are saved in the Application Support folder of the user.
  • PPM file format has now a fixed header of 100 characters for easier importing as RAW image.
  • Fixed (a rare) random crash with multicore CPU.
  • Added Button to load settings from a Mosaic Settings file.
  • Removed support for Deep Zoom Composer (since it's a dead project).

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.17 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Updated Chinese Translation.
  • It is possible to add multiple files in the main screen and Tile list window with multiple selection.
  • Configurable Font Quality option.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.16 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Updated Russian Translation.
  • Allow creation of PSB files over 300.000 pixels width/height. But TIFF (Big64) is more portable.
  • BugFix:
  • Fixed Custom Tile Variation bug and Custom Maximum Duplication parameter MAX[n].

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.15 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Mosaic can be saved in TIFF with JPEG compression.
  • Updated TIFF, JPEG, EXIF libraries.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.14 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Mosaic can be saved in Photoshop PSD and PSB format.
  • Tile Images of the Mosaic can be saved individually.
  • Maximum Duplication count parameter can be specified for individual images or group of images (by folder).
  • Added Button to load settings from a Mosaic Settings file.
  • Removed support for Deep Zoom Composer (since it's a dead project).
  • Minor changes (User Manual, Chinese Traditional Translation).
  • BugFix:
  • Minor Bug fixes

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.13 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Minor changes (User Manual, translations).
  • MaskFile name saved in Text Report.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.12 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Multiple Mask Files can be used for each Main Image. Place all the Mask Files in a Folder and submit that folder when asked.
  • The Web Page HTML option will create now a sub-folder with all the required files to publish the mosaic with a simple FTP transfer.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.11 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • The Create MaskFile option will save a Image Map with the score/quality of each tile.
  • With the MaskFile feature if there is a main image with suffix " Mask.png/jpg" then it will be used as a MaskFile.
  • BugFix:
  • Fixed the Tile Choice algorithm error introduced in previous Beta version.
  • When creating multiple mosaics the final size of each mosaic was not independent from the current main image.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.10 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Improved algoritm with Required Images and the Use All Images feature.
  • Improved OS X version.
  • Added some warning Message with Inconsistent parameters or other errors.
  • BugFix:
  • Distance between duplicated tiles where not always respected (bug of a previous Beta)
  • Sometimes not all Tiles are filled when Rotated 90 degrees where disabled.
  • Was unable to save RAW file format if the filename contained Unicode characters.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.9 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Text Report contains also a list of unique files with usage count..
  • Improved OS X version (new package, settings are saved in the Application Support folder of the current user).
  • BugFix:
  • Various minor fixes
  • Minor Improvements (multilanguage file handling and EXIF orientation).

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.8 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • Improved performance with multicore CPU.
  • Added MaskFile examples and improved MaskFile creation (bmp+jpg) format.
  • Minor improvements to the User Interface.
  • BugFix:
  • Fixed (a rare) random crash with multicore CPU.
  • Minor bug fixes (check for update, open folder on finished mosaic).
  • In some cases the reported Width/Height in the Text Report was incorrect.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.6 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • PPM file format has now a fixed header of 100 characters for easier importing as RAW image.
  • BugFix:
  • Settings where not saved/loaded correctly..
  • Improvement of some error messages.
  • Creation of MaskFile should not include white and black color.
  • OS X Web Links are opened only once per click.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.5 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • User Interface improvement with new layout and graphical buttons.
  • Automatic check and download of new versions.
  • Ability to add individual Images to the Tile List.
  • All the settings are saved in a local folder, for each user or specified through environment settings for a improved Portable Usage.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.4 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Multiple Tile Size feature for improved Mosaic quality..
  • Tile Priority based on size and location.
  • Improved Text Report in CSV format.
  • Easy Export/Import of all the Mosaic settings for each created mosaic.
  • Improved Mosaic Information Area..
  • VideoMosaics can be saved as a sequence of JPG images.
  • BugFixes:
  • Fixed AVI file creation bug for files greater than 4 Gigabytes. They are split in 2 GB chunks..

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.3 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • PNG File Support for Tile Images, Main Image and MaskFile.
  • Main Image can be irregular through a transparency layer (PNG File).
  • Minor Improvements in the User Interface.
  • Improved Russian Translation and Plural forms for the other languages.
  • New advanced option showing a MessageBox at the end of the Mosaic Process.
  • New special MaskFile*n size for a bigger Mosaic size (Professional Version).
  • BugFixes:
  • Fixed minor bug in the Video Frame Extraction.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.2 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • BugFixes:
  • Fixed a crash in the previous Beta when creating a new Tile Collection.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.1 Beta (Nov 13, 2013)

  • News:
  • New "Folder Tile Variation" algorithm.
  • Improved Memory Management (3 GB support and available memory detection).
  • Border Color is now specified in R,G,B values.
  • BugFixes:
  • F1 Key for Online Help and corrected a Warning Message.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.33.00 (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Updated some Translations.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.18 Beta (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Updated Russian and Dutch Translation.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.17 Beta (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Updated French Translation.
  • Minor changes.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.16 Beta (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Improvement in the user interface: a new main menu.
  • Minor bug fixes and changes.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.15 Beta (Mar 29, 2011)

  • New user interface for Load/Edit/Save all the Advanced Settings.
  • Minor bug fixes and changes.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.13 Beta (Mar 29, 2011)

  • It is possible to Load/Save all the Settings.
  • It is possible to create the MaskFile from the current Pattern.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.12 Beta (Mar 18, 2010)

  • Support for Mosaics up to 100 gigapixels.
  • Initial support for VideoMosaics (Windows only).
  • Improved performance on Multicore CPUs (Multithreading support)
  • PPM, RAW and TIFF file support, useful for creating very large mosaics.
  • Video Extraction supports now 8 bit video files (i.e. some Flash videos)
  • Automatic Orientation of JPEG Images based on EXIF Settings.
  • Added German, Portugese, Russian and Ukrainan translation for the User Interface.
  • Added German User Manual.
  • Minor improvements and corrections.
  • It is possible to create Mosaics with tiles placed Sequentially or Randomly.
  • It is possible to specify a different Maskfile for each Image.
  • Minor improvements and corrections.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.11 Beta (Mar 17, 2010)

  • The Video Extraction feature was rewritten and tested, so the Video Extraction News are:
  • Support for multiple CPU's.
  • Improved Video Clip selection.
  • It is possible to exclude Video Clips made of Static scenes.
  • Button for Automatic Crop in the Video Extraction Window.
  • Partital translation for Portugese language.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.7 Beta (Dec 21, 2009)

  • Improved performance on Multicore CPUs (Multithreading support)
  • TIFF file support, useful for creating mosaics without compression or very large.
  • Video Extraction supports now 8 bit video files (i.e. some Flash videos)
  • Automatic Orientation of JPEG Images based on EXIF Settings.
  • Added German translation for the User Interface

New in AndreaMosaic 3.32.1 (May 7, 2009)

  • Dutch Translation and minor text changes.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.31.11 (Apr 3, 2009)

  • News:
  • French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese Translation.
  • Several new Patterns, mixing Landscape and Portrait Tiles. Extra Patterns available with the AndreaMosaic Bonus Pack
  • Improved MaskFile processing. With Black/White color you can define tile boundaries without a border.
  • Use All Images in Collection option will not place the tiles on the border
  • Black&White mosaics can be saved as colored mosaics with the feel of a black&white mosaic
  • It is possible to specify the location of the saved Mosaic.
  • Improved algorithm when specifying the Frame distance parameter in the More Options.
  • New image resize and new tile building processing for reduced memory usage and improved quality.
  • The Faster algorithm support now the Frame parameters and No-Duplicated tiles together.
  • Changes:
  • Minor changes (bigger font for Tooltip, Mosaic Information shows usable/total tiles in Tile Archive, bug fixes)
  • When loading/saving files the last used path will be initially shown
  • AndreaMosaic Portrait version is integrated into the Standard version.
  • System error messages are in English now
  • Bugfix:
  • Fixed bug when extracting frames from a Video/Movie file (was unable to save)
  • Fixed wrong rotations of tiles (if main tile is rotated and flipping required)

New in AndreaMosaic 3.30.3 (Oct 18, 2008)

  • Removed 'beta' from title Window.

New in AndreaMosaic 3.22 (May 8, 2008)

  • Updated User Manual.
  • Raised limits of the maximum size of your mosaic to 200 MegaPixels.
  • Improved Performance and Memory Usage.