What's new in Hotfolder Prints 1.8.3
Sep 15, 2022
- Added the ability to process video files by extracting a still image from the video
- Fixed an issue with creating albums when using the SmugMug Uploader
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.8.2 (Jul 13, 2021)
- Added optional background/overlay filename suffix to provide more flexible selection of backgrounds and overlays
- Added the option to rotate the output to match the EXIF orientation of the first photo
- Added {field2,n,sep,str} token which allows the field separator to be specified
- Added {contains,str1,str2} token to test whether str1 contains str2
- Fixed an issue with the print layout editor crashing if a previously selected printer is no longer available
- BreezeViewer now supports PNGs as well as JPEGs and animated GIFs
- Removed the Instagram Hashtag Monitor which is no longer supported due to changes made by Instagram
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.8.1 (Dec 5, 2019)
- Added command line options to auto run and to load XML settings from file when running Breeze Gallery Uploader
- Added command line options to auto login and to load XML settings from file when running the SmugMug Uploader
- Breeze Viewer now supports the display of adverts in mosaic modes when displaying animated GIFs
- Improved error reporting if a hashtag is not found when running the Hashtag Monitor
- Fixed an issue uploading MP4 videos using Breeze Gallery Uploader
- Fixed an issue with auto copies printing when copies set to 0 and output set to print only
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.8 (Sep 9, 2019)
- Added new Breeze Gallery Uploader for automatically uploading photos, GIFs and MP4s to online galleries
- PNG logos and JPEG images can now be added to print layouts
- Improved handling of login access tokens in SmugMug uploader and added the option to save the settings to file
- Added {captionNoURL} token for extracting Twitter captions without the trailing URL
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.7 (Jan 10, 2018)
- Added support for event name and event string tokens shared with other event software from Breeze Systems
- Additional error checking of hashtags in the Instagram Hashtag Monitor
- Updated the Instagram Hashtag monitor to work with the latest updates made by Instagram
- More accurate playback speed of animated GIFs in Breeze Viewer
- Fixed a problem with photos being auto-rotated using the orientation read from the EXIF shooting data
- Added a workaround for a Windows bug that was preventing the {uid} and {uid2} tokens from generating random values
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.6 (Jan 10, 2018)
- Added the ability to process PNG images as well as JPEG images in Hotfolder Prints
- BreezeViewer now supports animated GIFs and adds "mosaic with flip" slideshow transition
- Updated Instagram Hashtag Monitor following changes to the way Instagram works
- Added SmugMug upload utility
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.5.5 (Apr 28, 2016)
- Instagram Hashtag Monitor now downloads the high resolution copies of photos if available
- Fixed a problem with loading saved settings via the command line when running Hotfolder Prints
- Updated Instagram Hashtag Monitor following recent changes in the way Instagram works
- Fixed a problem with timestamps using Twitter Hashtag Monitor in different time zones
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.5.4 (Oct 1, 2015)
- Added Twitter Hashtag Monitor for downloading photos from Twitter
- The "Crop image to fit photo area" option now applies to the custom layout. Unchecking this allows a photo to be resized to fit a bounding box instead of being cropped to fit.
- Now supports up to 12 captions in the print layout, options to change the caption display order and the option to right justify the caption text
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.5.3 (Aug 17, 2015)
- Added the ability to load different overlay.png and background.jpg images according to the orientation of the first photo
- Minor changes to the way progress information is displayed in Hashtag Monitor
- Added workaround for Instagram "Unsupported size" bug
- Fixed a problem which prevented Hotfolder Prints from monitoring folders with non-ASCII pathnames
- Fixed a problem with Hashtag Monitor when setting the "Max age in hours" to a non-zero value
- Fixed a problem with the stable time setting in Breeze Viewer
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.5.2 (Jul 16, 2015)
- Added "Mosaic with zoom + bg fade" slideshow transition to BreezeViewer
- Re-written Hashtag Monitor so that login screen can handle Captcha codes
- Added {field,n,str} token to make it easier to extract values from strings
- Fixed a problem with the "Match filename" option not working after adding unicode support in v1.5
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.5.1 (Feb 19, 2015)
- Fixed problems with caption font sizes when using a custom output size in Hotfolder Prints
- Fixed a problem with reading the hotfolder location when launching Hotfolder Prints with an XML settings file
- Added configurable polling interval option for Hashtag Monitor (accessed via Configure.exe utility)
- Added desktop shortcut for Hashtag Monitor for easier launching
- BreezeViewer now accepts tokens for the date when specifying the folder to monitor
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.5 (Feb 19, 2015)
- New Instagram hashtag monitor for downloading Instagram photos with a given hashtag
- Added optional color management when printing
- Added interactive editor for print layouts
- Added the importing and exporting of photobooth print layouts
- Added the ability to print QR codes on prints
- Added unicode support for handling characters in most languages
- Added the option to leave a space between images when using the mosaic layout option in BreezeViewer
- Added captions in the mosaic transitions in BreezeViewer
- Added mosaic zoom transition to BreezeViewer
- Added the option to crop photos before displaying them in BreezeViewer
- Added a user definable background color and an optional background image for the slideshow in BreezeViewer
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.4.4 (Feb 19, 2015)
- Added the ability to email photos using HTML formatting
- Added the option to scan subfolders for images to the Breeze Viewer slideshow utility
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.4.3 (Apr 19, 2013)
- Added the option to wait for the XML file and to read the filenames of the images from the XML file. This is the recommended setting when using Hotfolder Prints with our photobooth software because it avoids possible problems with the photobooth software and Hotfolder Prints getting out of sync with each other.
- Added auto color/B&W option which reads the color/B&W mode from the XML file. This is the recommended setting when using Hotfolder Prints with our photobooth software because it allows Hotfolder Prints to print or email images using the same color or black and white settings as selected by photobooth users.
- Added the ability to send emails to multiple email addresses read from the XML file by using the {user_data_emails} token. This allows users to enter multiple email addresses with the touchscreen keyboard in our photobooth software and for Hotfolder Prints to send a separate email to each address.
- Fixed a problem which could cause the folder being monitored changing after 60 secs when loading settings from the command line.
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.4.2 (Dec 10, 2012)
- Added an option to wait for the XML file, containing data such as the user's email address, to be written before processing images
- Fixed a problem with email_image.exe displaying a timed error message when there isn't an internet connection
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.4.1 (Dec 10, 2012)
- Added an option to automatically create the folder being monitored if it doesn't already exist
- Added optional naming of the JPEG copy of the printed output by using tokens in the filename prefix
- Added notes about automatically uploading images to Facebook and photo sharing sites using DropBox/Google Drive/Box and IFTTT
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.4 (Dec 10, 2012)
- Added automatic print copies option which reads the number of copies to print from the XML summary file written by Breeze Systems' photobooth software
- Now has the option to save the current printer settings when saving the settings to file and to restore them when the settings are loaded from file
- Added information about automatically uploading images to Facebook and photo sharing sites using DropBox/Google Drive/Box and WappWolf
- email_image.exe no longer displays a timed error message dialog if there is no internet connection
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.3 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Now includes the Breeze Viewer slideshow utility
- Log email addresses option now also keeps a separate log of failed emails to make it easier to resend them later
- Added an option to copy JPEG output to a separate folder
- Added more detailed help on how to upload photos to Facebook and other social networking sites
- JPEG copy subfolder now accepts absolute pathnames
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.2.3 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Added an option in email_image.exe to save email addresses to a CSV log file
- Fixed a problem emailing images when the image filename or folder contains spaces
- Fixed a problem emailing images when the number of retries was set to none
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.2.2 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Fixed a problem reading to tags from the XML summary file written by our photo booth software
- Now doesn't run the optional command if it contains {user_data} tokens which aren't present in the XML summary file (this prevents an error window being displayed when users choose not to email images in the photo booth software).
- Added the ability to use date based tokens when specifying the folder to be monitored. The folder path is checked every 60 seconds and updated if necessary.
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.2.1 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Now reads multiple user data fields (e.g. names and email addresses) from XML files written by Breeze Systems' photobooth software when using the touchscreen keyboard option
- Rewritten the email_image.exe utility to run as a Windows app to avoid having a Command Prompt window popping up when it is run. The email_image.exe utility now has a debug mode, the option to retry if sending the email fails and a send test email button to help with setting it up.
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.2 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Added the ability to read user data (e.g. email addresses) from XML files written by Breeze Systems' photobooth software when using the touchscreen keyboard option
- The filename prefix and subfolder where JPEG copies of layouts are saved is now user definable
- Regular expressions may be used to control which images added to the folder being monitored are processed
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.1.1 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Now appends a number to the filenames of saved JPEG layouts to avoid overwriting existing files
- email_image.exe command line email utility now has the option to specify the port number of the email server and to use SSL STARTTLS to send secure emails
- Now includes an email settings dialog to help setup the command line for emailing images
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.1 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Added the ability to specify a custom page size when the output setting is "JPEG copy only"
- Added an optional command line to run on the JPEG print layout e.g. to allow images to be automatically uploaded to photo sharing and social network sites
- Now automatically loads settings from a file if the file is dragged and dropped on the Hotfolder Prints desktop icon
- Now detects images that are added to the folder using a different file extension (e.g. .tmp) and then later renamed to have a .jpg file extension
New in Hotfolder Prints 1.0.1 (Jun 1, 2012)
- Added optional delay before processing images
- Added option to pause/resume printing
- Improved the user interface so that controls are no longer disabled during printing
- Added keyboard shortcuts for selecting B&W/color and the number of copies to print