What's new in BatchPhoto Pro 5.0.1
Nov 16, 2023
- Fixed issue with 8-bit JPEG images
- Fixed crash when introducing an incomplete activation code
- Additional bug-fixes and improvements
New in BatchPhoto Pro 5.0 (Jul 20, 2023)
- Windows Updates:
- Updated for Windows 11
- Switched from 32 bits (x86) to 64 bits (x86_64)
- New setup format with a stronger (EV) signature
- Functionality (Win & Mac):
- SFTP support for securely uploading your images!
- New thumbnails film strip view in Step 2
- Option to test the (S)FTP connection
- Other interface improvements
- Monitor:
- BatchPhoto Monitor can now download and upload images via SFTP!
- Option to recreate the folder structure on SFTP
- Image Formats (Win & Mac):
- HEIF - Added support for Apple's High Efficiency Image Format
- WEBP - Added support for Google's image format
- AVIF - New image format derived from the keyframes of AV1 video
- Additional new formats: AAI, APNG, AVI, BAYER, BPG, BRF, CALS, CUBE, DDS, EXR, FARBFELD, FL32, FLIF, FTXT, GRAYA, HDR, HRZ, JSON, JXL, KERNEL, MSL, ORA, CLIPBOARD, PCL, PES, PHM, PNG00, PNG48, PNG64, QOI, RGB565, RGF, STRIMG, UBRL, UBRL6, X, YAML
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.4 (Jun 21, 2019)
- Graphic Filters (Win & Mac):
- Watermark-Text - Added keywords with fields from the EXIF metadata
- Watermark-Text - Added GPS keywords for Latitude, Longitude, and Altitude
- Date - Added date format with comma after day (US standard)
- Contrast - Adjusted filter range
- Image Formats (Win & Mac):
- Updated support for new DSLR digital cameras
- Functionality (Win & Mac):
- Rename. Added option to reset the counter for each folder
- Removed upload to Facebook and Flickr for security concerns
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.3 (Apr 12, 2018)
- Graphic Filters (Win & Mac):
- Watermark-Mask - New filter to add an image overlay over the entire image
- Watermark-Text - Added option to watermark photos with different texts from a text file
- Watermark-Text - Added copyright symbol keywords
- Date - Added the option to stamp only the time
- Functionality (Win & Mac):
- Monitor - Updated to use MD5 checksums to prevent reprocessing issue for some RAW image formats
- Monitor - Improved speed between folder scans
- BatchPhoto is now available in the Spanish language
- Updated localizations for the Italian, German, French, and Japanese languages
- Fixed check for new versions via HTTPS
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.2 (Aug 18, 2016)
- Functionality:
- Powerful new Details view in Step 1 for visualizing and sorting thousands of images
- Sort photos in Step 1 by Name, Type, Date Taken, Dimensions, Size, Location, Camera, F-stop, Exposure, ISO, DPI, Color, Coordinates, and even Altitude!
- Updated Facebook upload option
- Fix: Changing photos in Step 2 sometime caused the app to crash
- Graphic Filters:
- Resize - Added new option: 'Don't upscale images that are smaller than specified size'
- Resize - Added two decimal precision for the Percents option and updated interface
- Auto Crop - Added the option to specify a custom ratio and the 3:2 predefined ratio
- Auto Crop - New option to select the crop region as Left/Top, Center, or Right/Bottom
- Crop - Added two decimal precision for the Percents option. Updated cropping rectangle to be visible on white backgrounds
- Image Formats:
- Updated support for new DSLR digital cameras
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.1.1 (Feb 24, 2016)
- Fix: Some images with wrong EXIF fileds crashed the app
- Updated digital signature of setup and executables to the more secure SHA256 method
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.1 (Dec 7, 2015)
- Windows Updates:
- Full support for Windows 10
- Support for High DPI in Windows (200% scaling equivalent with Retina on Mac)
- Functionality:
- Improvements to the drag & drop feature in the Comment, Date, Watermark, Resize, and Crop filters
- The option to pause the photo processing, very useful when processing thousands of photos in one session
- Tab focused on the first control in the filter settings for easier keyboard editing
- Fix: Issue in BatchPhoto Monitor that prevented it from processing tens of thousands of images in one session
- Other bug-fixes and improvements
- Graphic Filters:
- Date - Fully customize the appearance of the stamp with new features like customizable font, stroke effect, shadow effect, and even a background bounding-box
- Date - Select from a multitude of preset date formats, custom date separators, and to show the time with seconds
- Date - Correct the date/time if it was incorrectly recorded by your digital cameras
- Rotate - Added the condition to only rotate the Portrait or the Landscape photos
- Resize - Range limits for the width and height fields to prevent accidental mistyping of large values
- Comment - More precise stamp positioning and Alpha values in percents
- The option to maximize the window for all graphical filters
- Fix: The date/time was not correctly read for some RAW images in the filter settings window
- Image Formats:
- Support for new DSLR digital cameras and RAW image formats
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.0.2 (Nov 5, 2014)
- Updated visual drag & drop zones for the Annotate filters
- Updated Auto Crop filter to show original image in background
- Fix: Seldomly the application failed to launch
- Fix: Projects, profiles, and scripts didn't work with paths containing special characters
- Fix: The Auto Gamma filter was not working properly
- Fix: The Crop filter was not working properly when dragged to the edges
- Fix: Projects did not preserve the image order from Step 1
- Fix: Edit Names counter could not start from 0
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.0.1 (Sep 1, 2014)
- Fix: Date filter - Incorrect date/time values for some photos
- Fix: Watermark-Logo filter - Locks with some images
- Fix: Monitor - Disable Notifications
- Updated Icons for Filters
New in BatchPhoto Pro 4.0 (Jul 16, 2014)
- Functionality (Win & Mac):
- One single universal version for Windows & Mac! Before 4.0 we used to have separate versions.
- New Codes for product activation. If you are eligible for update to 4.0 you can retrieve your new code automatically
- Drag & drop functionality for filters (Date, Watermark, Crop, Resize, Comment)
- New Dark-theme interface
- Scripts - Option to disable all notifications
- Scripts - Option to hide processing and confirmation windows
- Improved "Check for New Versions"
- Windows Updates:
- Completely rewritten user interface!
- Fix: Option to set file creation date as original
- Graphic Filters (Win & Mac):
- Date, Comment - Drag & drop to position the text, to adjust the size, and to rotate
- Watermark-Text, Watermark-Logo - Drag & drop to position the stamp, to resize, and to rotate
- Resize - Drag & drop to select the new image size relative to the original image size
- Crop - Drag & drop to reposition the cropping rectangle, and adjust the size
- Auto Crop - New filter for automatically cropping photos to a predefined aspect-ratio (16:9, 16:10, 4:3, 1:1)
- Image Formats (Win & Mac):
- Support for new DSLR digital cameras and RAW image formats
- Warning for unsupported image formats
- Rename RAW images without converting
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.5.2 (Jul 16, 2013)
- New options (in Settings) to handle multi-page image formats like PSD, TIF, PDF, GIF
- The Monitor has now default profiles for new jobs, no need to manually create one
- Fix: Upload to Facebook broken by updates in Facebook's system
- Fix: The Monitor could not write on network paths
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.5.1 (Jan 17, 2013)
- Fix: There were some filters that when used removed the meta-data from the image (the EXIF and IPTC records)
- Fix: First-time help pop-ups will show-up when the wizard is displayed
- New option to upgrade to a superior version directly from the application
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.5 (Nov 2, 2012)
- Functionality:
- Full support for the new Windows 8 for desktop!
- Output option to recreate the folder structure from source to destination
- Output option to write processed images in subfolders of the original folders
- Fix: Faster loading times when adding images in Step 1
- Fix: Facebook upload issue
- Fix: Option to Search and Add in Step 1
- Monitor:
- Output option to recreate the folder structure from source to destination
- Output option to overwrite images in output folder
- The option to completely hide the interface when executing Jobs
- Graphic Filters:
- Shape Frame (Decorations) - New filter for adding shape borders around pictures
- Grunge Frame (Decorations) - New filter for adding grunge borders around pictures
- Picture Frame (Decorations) - New filter for decorating photos with classic picture frames
- Vintage Frame (Decorations) - New filter for decorating photos with vintage picture frames
- Resize (Transform) - Option to resize by fixed Width and Height, that will force the image to fit in a defined rectangle
- Image Formats:
- Can now read PDF documents with the help of Ghostscript library
- Can now read EPS, EPS2, EPS3 formats with the help of Ghostscript library
- Can now read EPSF, EPSI, EPI, EPT, PS formats with the help of Ghostscript library
- Support for custom color profiles
- Support for new DSLR digital cameras and RAW image formats
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.1.3 (May 28, 2012)
- Interface improvements and new tool-tips that make BatchPhoto more user friendly
- Fix: Renaming photos without adding filters crashes the application
- Fix: Images with corrupt thumbnails cause the application to crash
- Fix: Font selection for Bold and Italic fonts
- Fix: The Monitor does not save job status (active/inactive)
- Fix: Monitor launch at startup is auto-activating
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.1.2 (Apr 24, 2012)
- Fix: Processing error on multi-core CPUs
- Fix: Issue with root network folders in Monitor
- Small updates to the Help file
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.1.1 (Feb 20, 2012)
- Fix: Processing error on some Windows 7 computers
- Write logs backwards (latest entry is the first)
- Removed the name field (used by older codes) from the Activation window
- Social window with links to BatchPhoto on Google+, Facebook, and Twitter
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.1 (Feb 3, 2012)
- Functionality:
- The BatchPhoto Enterprise edition with the new Monitor component, for complete automation of basic photo editing
- Folder Watch - Monitor folders for changes and automatically apply edits
- FTP Watch - Monitor folders on FTP accounts for changes and automatically apply edits
- Detailed log file with the processed images
- Translation of the user interface to Japanese
- Option to enable/disable the shell extension
- User Interface:
- New Profile selection window and updated predefined profiles
- Step 1 - Add photos directly from the digital camera (connected to the PC)
- Step 2 - Fixed preview control border
- Step 3 - Icons for the output destinations
- Improved preview windows
- Undo/redo functionality in the user interface
- Graphical Filters:
- Polaroid (Decorations) - New filter for creating a Polaroid-like frame around the photos
- Simple Border (Decorations) - Specify individual dimensions for each border
- Image Formats:
- Updated support for RAW images (added new digital cameras)
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.0.1 (Dec 5, 2011)
- Updated icons for filters and formats
- Shadow filter - Option to draw the shadow over a white background
- Updated in-application Help
- Show the entire source image path as a tool-tip
- Fix: Watermark-Logo filter - Apply a logo bigger than the source photo
- Fix: Font selection by typing font name
- Fix: Fit image in the preview windows when size is larger than original
New in BatchPhoto Pro 3.0 (Nov 23, 2011)
- Functionality:
- Upload photos directly to Facebook or Twitter
- Upload photos directly to Picasa or ImageShack
- Send photos via Email, upload to FTP
- Completely new Rename filter
- Automatic processing with scripts
- User Interface:
- Major redesign of the user interface
- Step 1 - Show images as thumbnails/list with drag & drop support
- Step 2 - Show filters as thumbnails, redesigned Rename filter
- Step 2 - Redesigned filter selection window
- Filter Settings - Bigger/more accurate preview windows
- New Help - Press F1 anywhere in the interface to get contextual help
- Updated slider controls for filters and formats, with the ability to enter values manually
- Graphical Filters:
- Shadow (Decorations) - New filter for adding shadows underneath the photos
- Auto Gamma (Touch-up) - New filter for automatically adjusting the gamma levels
- Auto Levels (Touch-up) - New filter for automatically adjusting the color levels
- Date & Comment (Annotate) - Updated text positioning and support for additional fonts
- Watermark Text (Annotate) - Support for additional fonts
- Image Formats:
- New option in Step 3 > Format, to preserve the original image format
- Updated support for RAW images (DSLR digital cameras)
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.8.2 (Jul 29, 2011)
- Fix: Windows Vista issue caused by a new security update
- Fix: Support for CMYK color space in JPG images
- Fix: Multipage images creation issue
- Fix: Remove original images after processing when only the output format differs
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.8.1 (Jul 29, 2011)
- Improved automatic check for new versions
- Batch rename in trial mode without watermark
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.8 (Apr 15, 2011)
- Functionality:
- BatchPhoto is now available in three new languages: German, French and Italian
- Full Unicode support for file-names and text comments
- Updated Overwrite window with additional options
- New Duplicate button in Step 2
- Added tooltips for the user interface
- Additional improvements and bugfixes
- Graphical Filters:
- Watermark Image/Text - Accurate positioning of watermarks
- Color Replace - New filter for replacing one color (or the alpha channel) with another
- Contrast - Better control for contrast adjustments
- Image Formats:
- Create JPEG images with a predefined file-size (e.g. 100 KB)
- Updated support for RAW images (DSLR digital cameras)
- New image formats supported: INLINE, PFM, PNG8, PNG24, PNG32, PSB
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.7.1 (Apr 15, 2011)
- Fix: The installer now properly updates an older version
- Install once per PC, for all Windows users
- Minor improvements to the User Interface
- Fix: Updated predefined profile Convert to PDF Album
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.6.1 (Mar 20, 2010)
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.6.0 (Sep 26, 2009)
- Filters
- New: Auto Rotate (automatically rotate photos)
- Updated: Watermark Text, Comment (support for keywords like Filename)
- Fix: Date (incorrect date for some photos)
- Image Formats
- Updated support for RAW images (DSLR digital cameras)
- Tiff: Improved support for reading. Save to CMYK and RGBA colors
- Functionality
- Windows 7 compatibility
- Updated profiles
- Annual update system
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.5 (Mar 31, 2009)
- Image Formats
- Added support for RAW image formats from digital camera makers like: Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus, Fuji, Kodak, Pentax and more!
- Added support for the creation of multipage PDF documents from multiple images
- Added support for multipage TIFF and GIF images
- User Interface
- Improved functionality for the user interface
- Global and RAW development settings
- Minor improvements & fixes
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.3.3 (Nov 27, 2008)
- Fix: Image compression and interlace options
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.3 (Oct 3, 2008)
- Functionality
- Batch Photo Editing With Multi-Core CPUs!
- Filters
- New: Resize Advanced (select document size and DPI resolution)
- Updated: Watermark Text
- More
- TIFF file format now supports writing as well as reading
- Updated user interface
- Check for new version
- The Lite product edition has been removed
- Fix: Previews not working in 16bpp
- Minor improvements & fixes
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.1.3 (May 22, 2008)
- Bugfixes
- Minor improvements
New in BatchPhoto Pro 2.1 (Sep 17, 2007)
- Filters
- Updated: Watermark Image - Alpha channel support for watermarks
- Updated: Sepia - Saturation adjustment
- Functionality
- Improved Windows Vista compatibility
- Welcome dialog
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements