Photo Mechanic Changelog

What's new in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 7102

Feb 27, 2024

Fixed: Big Sur and Catalina startup issues.
Fixed: Help Search input not working.
Fixed: Ingest task in Preview window not syncing with Ingest task in main window.
Fixed: Airdrop menu item missing.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6890 (Oct 26, 2023)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6880 (Oct 13, 2023)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6856 (Sep 21, 2023)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6784 (Mar 23, 2023)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6645 (Nov 17, 2022)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6552 (Sep 27, 2022)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6496 (Jun 2, 2022)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6474 (Apr 28, 2022)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6424 (Apr 11, 2022)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6375 (Mar 20, 2022)

Both:
Added: Reindexing a catalog provides more feedback during the process and also cleans up catalogs that have common issues.
Added: Notify user in Catalog Management window when a catalog cannot be opened successfully. Correcting the problem and clicking the new "Retry Failed Catalogs" button will attempt to reopen catalog(s) that had previously failed.
Added: Ability to use relative pathing for folder naming in Save As and Copy/Move dialogs.
Added: XML and KMZ exporters enforce file extensions.
Added: Country Code field in all instances now enforces length and encoding limits. Country Codes must be plain ASCII text and either two or three characters long. If they contain accented characters or exceed the limits then they will be omitted. This is to conform with the IPTC standard.
Added: Support for the OM-1 camera.
Added: Error/Warning messages output by the JPEG library are now logged, along with the filename that had the problem.
Fixed: Crashing issue when updating corrupted IPTC records in JPEG files.
Fixed: JPEG corruption issue with embedding GPS into a file with no existing Exif, XMP, and IPTC metadata.
Fixed: When files are deleted outside of the application from a folder viewed by a Contact Sheet in the application and the Contact Sheet is not rescanned, the caching system no longer continuously retries accessing the file. If no thumbnail has yet been created, an error bitmap is created which will remind the user to Rescan the Contact Sheet.
Fixed: An issue that would allow two cache worker threads to load metadata on the same file at the same time (duplicate work). Performance improved.
Fixed: An issue where PM may incorrectly update the wrong XMP block (containing technical metadata) in HEIC files created by iOS, causing other applications to fail to recognize the updated XMP.
Fixed: Copying/Moving items with extended attributes (Finder color tags) does not preserve attributes on destination items.
Fixed: Not parsing Exif ISO when using Standard Output Sensitivity or Recommended Exposure Index sensitivity types.
Fixed: Issues with rotation not properly recognized in NEF/NRW files created by Nikon CaptureNX2.
Fixed: Organizer delta updates/sorting are abysmally slow on large catalogs with large variability in keywords, headlines, object names, etc. Selecting a catalog for Search is 4x faster. Deselecting a catalog for Search is now 80x faster.
Fixed: Reintegrate no longer searches other disks for missing files when the last known location is on a disk that is offline.
Fixed: Unable to set GPS coordinates on Fuji RAF files with embedded coordinates.
Fixed: When using Adjust Capture Date and Time on a RAW file with embedded XMP and prefs set to only use XMP sidecar files, the embedded XMP would be preferred over the sidecar file.
Fixed: Export–PM Basic Gallery not displayed correctly in web browser when run locally.
Fixed: Twitter Uploader gives error when used with the Modifier Key to reuse the last setting.
Fixed: Filenames are prepended with an underscore when uploading to PhotoDeck.
Fixed: PhotoDeck upload template 2FA (two-factor authentication) failures.
Fixed: Changed wording of "Choose new location..." to "Update Folder Location..." based on user feedback.
Windows:
Fixed: Giving a folder a trailing space in the name renders the folder unusable until renamed in Navigator.
Fixed: Extended file paths causing problems in third party apps.
Fixed: Some paths will show extra characters ahead of the drive letter.
Fixed: Editing filenames on the Contact Sheet does not conform to Windows standard editing commands. Also, added Undo/Redo capability.
Fixed: Using Edit Photos from Image menu now launches images assigned to the same editor together rather than separated by file type.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6245 (Jan 19, 2022)

Added: Loading code replacements now displays error message after OK button clicked in Set Code Replacements dialog.
Added: Support for .ACR sidecar files. Handling is OFF by default. Enable in the Files page of the Preferences dialog.
Added: Find/use star-rating in Fuji X-E4 raw files.
Added: Apple AAE file support for HEIC/HEIF files.
Fixed: crash that would occur when the variable for a field was used in its field. Example: {copyright} used in the Copyright field. The crash would happen if the Metadata Template was applied during Ingest.
Fixed: Metadata Info window title does not indicate that metadata is from RAW when viewing metadata from RAW+JPEG pair.
Fixed: Cancelling changes in Licensors dialog still accepts the changes.
Fixed: Update IPTC/XMP tool not copying crops between RAW+JPEG pair.
Fixed: Some upload templates create a new transfer window for each process.
Fixed: SFTP upload template errors on special characters in destination path.
Fixed: PhotoShelter Replace option is not working.
Fixed: Swapped "Create" and "Cancel" buttons in Smugmug/Zenfolio New Gallery and New Folder windows.
Fixed: XML Exporter - parsing issue with the Public ID tag.
Fixed: Juicebox export template - unable to generate site when Pro path not set.
Fixed: Decoding TIFF files with more than four channels produces images that look incorrect.
Fixed: {hc} variable does not evaluate.
Fixed: More than one set of HotCodes not evaluating.
Fixed: Snapshots from GPS windows do not transfer with a Preference export/import.
Fixed: Watermarks applied during Save As are not appearing in the specified position.
Fixed: Windows Installer shouldn’t install WebView2 runtime on Repair if already installed.
Fixed: Windows Installer runs action for WebView2 deployment when a newer version already exists.
Fixed: Keyboard focus in Contact Sheet not restored after interacting with toolbar.
Fixed: Select All does not report correct size info for selected items.
Fixed: Update/Replace WebBrowser control to use the Microsoft Edge browser.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6097 (Sep 29, 2021)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 6026 (Aug 25, 2021)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5997 (Aug 13, 2021)

Both:
Added: Show Collections to which an item belongs (added to the contextual menu in the Contact Sheet and Preview windows.)
Added: Allow more GPS coordinate formats for Map location searches. Quick Search ‘distance within’ queries now accept virtually all GPS coordinate formats.
Added: Flush status log messages before Scan Complete is displayed in Scan to Catalog.
Added: New option to slideshow to only allow the Escape key to quit the slideshow.
Added: Updated Nikon and Canon lens info.
Added: Dropbox uploader - Made sure that the new token and ID formats won't break the template. Dropbox will be updating their access tokens and ID formats in September. This update should address the upcoming change.
Added: Video upload for the following services: Amazon S3, Box, DF Studio, Dropbox, FTP, FTP v6, Flickr, SFTP, SmugMug.
Added: Option to link favicon in the PM Classic Export templates.
Added: FTPv6 template - Made directory listing optional.
Fixed: Catalog Sync should distinguish between offline and missing files.
Fixed: Arrangements in Collections were broken.
Fixed: Renaming a folder by appending new text onto the existing name fails to update the catalog correctly.
Fixed: Scan to Catalog: now excludes all user AppData directories on Windows, all user Library directories on macOS.
Fixed: Error while removing multiple offline items from catalog.
Fixed: Proxy generation preference always switches to ON when Photo Mechanic Plus is restarted.
Fixed: Catalog tabs sort filenames differently than Folder-based tabs. Requires an upgrade of each catalog in Catalog Maintenance.
Fixed: Catalog tabs don't sort color labels and ratings the same as folder-based tabs. Requires an upgrade of each catalog in Catalog Maintenance.
Fixed: Reintegrate Error - can't dup NilClass error was reported.
Fixed: Appending characters to a folder name makes the Catalog unable to find that folder when using the "Choose New Location" option.
Fixed: Spurious needs-reintegrate status while adding items to Catalog.
Fixed: Delay when adding to a Catalog while metadata scanning on Contact Sheet is still in progress.
Fixed: Low Quality proxy for some offline RAW files when paired with a JPEG and using RAW Rendering via the Adobe DNG Converter.
Fixed: Fix corruption on Samsung S10+ HEIC files when edited.
Fixed: Applying metadata to Apple HEIC file fails.
Fixed: Unable to read star ratings added to images in camera.
Fixed: PhotoShelter storage quota exceeded throws exception, logs a stack trace, but may not be informing the user. User is now informed of the issue.
Fixed: Unified GPS Coordinate formats. The display of GPS coordinates is now the same throughout the application.
Fixed: Zenfolio uploader will not connect with the user's account, does not fetch groups or galleries.
Fixed: Zenfolio uploader - now disables the Upload button until ready.
Fixed: Some TIFF files with an alpha channel just show the alpha channel image.
Fixed: Save as JPEG not updating file size when using the ‘to fit’ box.
Fixed: Gracefully handle cards incorrectly identified as fixed.
Fixed: GPS not being saved for movie files. The XMP sidecar file was not getting updated with GPS coordinates set by PM.
Fixed: libHEIF calls abort() when it encounters an error. It resulted in unexpected application termination.
Fixed: Tables in the Metadata Info and Metadata Template do not evaluate code replacements.
Fixed: Metadata edits for movies lost when editing a HEIC with the same base name as the movie file.
Fixed: Don’t erase cards from the Sony A1 after Ingest. Erasing the card causes this camera to have issues when the card is put back in the camera.
Fixed: Smugmug template - allow slashes for folder and gallery names.
Fixed: SmugMug uploader updated for compatibility with SmugMug's new RAW storage service.
Fixed: DF Studio upload template errors when parsing XML.
Fixed: SFTP template stalls when sending filenames with UTF-8 characters.
Fixed: Treat JPEG files that have a HEIC extension as a JPEG file.
Fixed: Reading format of GPS coordinates for QuickTime “location.ISO6709” values.
macOS:
Added: New audio mute toggle button to Preview video player.
Fixed: FTP and Upload windows will not open when the user’s /etc/hosts file does not exist.
Windows:
Added: MAPI support brought back to Windows.
Added: Progress bar on sending photos via email.
Fixed: Snapshot menu now scales with DPI of display.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5820 (May 12, 2021)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5781 (Apr 20, 2021)

Both:
Added: SFTP Connections - Add option to force Key-Based Authentication.
Added: New 'From Clipboard' button in Set GPS Coordinates dialog that interprets text as GPS coordinates.
Added: Support for transparent layer for TIFFs. User-defined background color.
Added: “Add to Master” keyword list button to the Keywords panel which changes to “Overwrite Master” when the Modifier Key (Shift on Windows, Option on macOS) is held down. Add to Master will add the current list of keywords to the Master Keywords list. Overwrite will confirm that you want to replace the entire Master Keywords list with the list of keywords in the Keywords panel.
Added: “Load from Master” button in the Keywords panel now has a Modifier Key alternative that will “Merge from Master” which will only add the keywords from the Master Keywords list that don’t already exist in the Keywords panel.
Added: XMP is now embedded directly into HEIC and HIF files rather than using an XMP sidecar file.
Added: Allow fine grid when rotating a crop to be turned off. When the overlay grid is enabled it will be shown instead. If the overlay grid is also turned off, then no grid will be shown when rotating.
Added: iPhone 12 Max (AppleProRAW) DNG file support. DNG files previously damaged from earlier versions can be fixed by using the Revert TIFF-based RAW command or by making some metadata change to the file.
Added: Evaluate variables when Pasting IPTC snapshot to selected photos. Sequence, and Code Replacements are also evaluated.
Added: Rotate PMLib.log at startup.
Fixed: Metadata field popup menus remove all instances of a string, including substring matches.
Fixed: Software Update link to download latest build is now HTTPS.
Fixed: Unable to Import Uploader connection settings when no overall template setting exists.
Fixed: Rename examples do not show effect of 'Renaming method' in Files page of Preferences, specifically the always add digit/letter variants.
Fixed: Fixed issue with expanding XMP in HIF files.
Fixed: Wrong height/width for some DNG files (Apple proRAW).
Fixed: Unable to save BMP as JPEG.
Fixed: Duplicate XMP is now ignored in TIFF-based RAW files.
Fixed: Duplicate Image Description, Artist and Copyright tags are now ignored.
Fixed: Command Line activation no longer interrupted by the presence of Photo Mechanic 5 activation file.
Fixed: Crop cursor not updating when cursor moved to different regions of the active crop.
Fixed: FTP v6 upload template folder column browser now displays full path.
MacOS:
Added: Buttons to allow stepping between video frames.
Added: New Export Video Clip feature. Users can set a poster frame (start) and then move the slider to the end point and export the range of video as a new video clip.
Added: New command-line switch to output the machine ID. --machine or -m will produce the machine ID.
Added: Contact Sheet toolbar becomes multi-line when there isn't enough room for all of the controls on a single line. Only the right-hand group is moved to the next line.
Fixed: Images with certain embedded profiles do not print.
Fixed: macOS Big Sur: Unable to select radio button when mouse pointer is over lower half.
Fixed: Save As/Copy photos snapshots don't save/restore correctly.
Windows:
Added: New command-line switch to output the machine ID. /machine will produce the machine ID.
Fixed: Opening File picker from Metadata windows always goes to 'This PC'.
Fixed: Legacy MAX_PATH limitation.
Fixed: Export templates failing to copy folders.
Fixed: Opening a contact sheet on a server share produces a contact sheet window with no tab.
Fixed: Drag and drop opening of a server share folder fails with an error.
Fixed: Drag folder from Navigator to Favorites is not creating a Favorites entry.
Fixed: Contact Sheet path doesn't update after folder move in Navigator and Favorites.
Fixed: Cannot unpack certain preferences files. When preferences are exported with SMTP settings, the .PMX file cannot be unpacked.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5716 (Mar 26, 2021)

Added: SFTP Connections - Add option to force Key-Based Authentication.
Added: New 'From Clipboard' button in Set GPS Coordinates dialog that interprets text as GPS coordinates.
Added: Support for transparent layer for TIFFs. User-defined background color.
Added: “Add to Master” keyword list button to the Keywords panel which changes to “Overwrite Master” when the Modifier Key (Shift on Windows, Option on macOS) is held down. Add to Master will add the current list of keywords to the Master Keywords list. Overwrite will confirm that you want to replace the entire Master Keywords list with the list of keywords in the Keywords panel.
Added: “Load from Master” button in the Keywords panel now has a Modifier Key alternative that will “Merge from Master” which will only add the keywords from the Master Keywords list that don’t already exist in the Keywords panel.
Added: XMP is now embedded directly into HEIC and HIF files rather than using an XMP sidecar file.
Added: iPhone 12 Max DNG file support. DNG files previously damaged from earlier versions can be fixed by using the Revert TIFF-based RAW command.
Added: Evaluate variables when Pasting IPTC snapshot to selected photos. Sequence, and Code Replacements are also evaluated.
Added: Rotate PMLib.log at startup.
Fixed: Metadata field popup menus remove all instances of a string, including substring matches.
Fixed: Software Update link to download latest build is not HTTPS.
Fixed: Unable to Import Uploader connection settings when no setting exists.
Fixed: Rename examples do not show effect of 'Renaming method' in Files page of Preferences, specifically the always add digit/letter variants.
Fixed: Fixed issue with expanding XMP in HIF files.
Fixed: Wrong height/width for some DNG files (Apple proRAW).
Fixed: Unable to save BMP as JPEG.
Fixed: Duplicate XMP is now ignored in TIFF-based RAW files.
Added: New command-line switch to output the machine ID. /machine will produce the machine ID.
Fixed: Opening File picker from Metadata windows always goes to 'This PC'.
Fixed: Legacy MAX_PATH limitation.
Fixed: Export templates failing to copy folders.
Fixed: Opening a contact sheet on a server share produces a contact sheet window with no tab.
Fixed: Drag and drop opening of a server share folder fails with an error.
Fixed: Drag folder from Navigator to Favorites is not creating a Favorites entry.
Fixed: Contact Sheet path doesn't update after folder move in Navigator and Favorites.
Fixed: Cannot unpack certain preferences files. When preferences are exported with SMTP settings, the .PMX file cannot be unpacked.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5560 (Feb 13, 2021)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5529 (Feb 9, 2021)

Both:
Added: Slideshow and Live Slideshow now have an option to keep the mouse cursor visible during the slideshow.
Added: The Set GPS Coordinates dialog is now resizable.
Added: New append (+) checkbox to Persons Shown in the Metadata Template dialog.
Added: Updated PhotoDeck upload template to support two-factor authentication.
Added: Contextual menu normalization between platforms. The order of menu items is now consistent between macOS and Windows. Also added separators on either side of Delete/Move to Trash menu items to make them less likely to be chosen by mistake.
Fixed: Adjusting the Absolute date via the Date picker in the Adjust Capture Dates and Times dialog no longer adjusts the time as well when the date of the photo is outside of the editable bounds of dates supported by the OS.
Fixed: Structured Keywords now draws Categories and Synonyms in different colors from Keywords. Synonyms are also drawn in boldface style.
Fixed: Copy menu item on contextual menus for Contact Sheet and Preview renamed to Copy/Move to better indicate the available options when choosing that menu item.
Fixed: Load Selection now preloads metadata (to get filenames) prior to attempting to select them.
Fixed: Location Taken fields not participating in metadata recent items.
Fixed: Sync Color Class with IPTC Urgency preference description updated to reflect more closely how the preference works.
Windows:
Added: Long paths are now supported. If a folder located on a path that is longer than 260 characters is opened as a contact sheet, it will open and work normally, but it won’t participate in the “Open Recent” documents submenu on the File menu.
Fixed: Using Ctrl-C to copy selected text in the Info text pane of the Preview window now works correctly.
Fixed: The default location for the cache folder is now the user’s local app data directory.
Fixed: "Photo Mechanic Shell Extension CreateProcess failed" error when opening a folder in Photo Mechanic from Windows Explorer.
Fixed: Missing Favorites cannot be removed permanently.
Fixed: Favorites can now copy and move folders.
Fixed: Metadata popup menus: recent metadata items get mixed in with submenus when the overall list of items is long. Now, recent metadata items get their own “Recent Items” submenu.
Fixed: Emailing on Windows does not produce separate email for each photo when desired.
Fixed: Separate emails now evaluate variables for each email.
Fixed: Unable to bring the Preview window forward after opening the Structured Keywords panel when the Structured Keywords panel is opened via keyboard shortcut.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5404 (Dec 7, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5395 (Dec 4, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5378 (Nov 20, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5260 (Oct 28, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 5216 (Oct 13, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 4851 (Jul 8, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 4538 (Apr 16, 2020)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 4484 (Apr 3, 2020)

Windows:
Fixed: Structured Keywords not following clicked path.
Fixed: Open with Photo Mechanic option missing from File Explorer image folder's contextual menu.
Fixed: Uploader modal dialogs should resize when display settings change.
Fixed: Windows Email - Reply to field is empty. Now warns when the Reply to field is empty.
Fixed: Intermittent rename error on Copy/Move operations. The Adobe DNG Converter would sometimes interfere with renaming operations. Rendering is paused during copy/move operations which addresses the problem.
Fixed: Improved size and layout of combo boxes in Metadata dialogs.
Fixed: Fixed problem with Windows not loading IPTC-only from RAW file.
Fixed: Installer should retry if blocked by AV software.
Potentially fixed: Loss of keystrokes when moving through Previews. We will need confirmation from users that currently experience the problem.
macOS & Windows:
Added: XMP plus:Licensor structure array. You will need to customize existing custom templates to add the new Licensors button to your Metadata dialogs.
Added: Support wireless remote controls for controlling slideshows. Tested with a Targus remote that issues page up/down when movement buttons are pressed.
Added: Session Save and Restore needs to restore Combined RAW+JPEG setting on View menu.
Added: Allow RAW/RW2, RWL files to embed XMP like other TIFF-based RAW files.
Added: Support RAW (CR3) + HIF pairing.
Fixed: Pairing RAW and non-RAW images always produces a RAW+JPG thumbnail title even when the non-RAW image isn't a JPEG. Naming is improved and when there are more than two images in the stack the name changes to show the number of additional images in the stack.
Fixed: Session Save and Restore needs to restore the Combined Image setting on the View menu.
Fixed: Renaming while moving/copying HEIC files changes extension to HIC.
Fixed: Memory management issue with HEIC files. Each thumbnail/preview generated would leak significant amounts of memory.
Fixed: Updating JPEG files on some NAS systems causes the file to "disappear".
Fixed: Need to disable updating IPTC (IIM) in JPEGs when multiple 0xffed JPEG markers are present.
Fixed: Remove old logic to have EOF tag value override any IPTC setting.
Fixed:Editing GIF images creates a write-once XIP file. Note: GIF 87a files cannot be captioned (file format doesn’t support embedding metadata). GIF 89a files (the current standard) do support embedding metadata. If you have trouble with a specific file, try updating it to the 89a format with your GIF authoring tools.
Fixed: F1 key/View menu behavior not consistent with ‘View by’ popup menu in the Contact Sheet toolbar.
Fixed: Editing PNG images breaks ExifTool.
Fixed: Remove EOF prefs for PSD files when updating.
Fixed: Delete Metadata - EOF Prefs - Not working with PSD files.
Fixed: Burn photos to disc is not evaluating {seqn} var in Label field.
Fixed: {frame} variable does not work on HEIC files.
Fixed: PM Classic Basic Export Error: When the 'Include All index link' box is checked in the PM Classic Basic Export dialog, then an error message will open at the end of the creation process.
Fixed: Render Cache needs to discern when source image changes and disregard cached images.
Fixed: 'Save As' / RAW Rendering Glitch / Bug / Quirk where images that had not been RAW rendered by the time the Save As needed them, the embedded preview would be used instead. Now ‘Save As’ waits for the images to be rendered.
Fixed: Find and Replace was failing when the resulting new filename collided with an existing file. Now an error is reported.
Fixed: Remove plurals on Artwork or Object table column names in Metadata dialogs.
Fixed: Failure to upload to AWS Transfer for SFTP. Now allows the password field to be empty for key-based authentication.
Fixed: Contact Sheet labels not updating after pasting Metadata (IPTC) Snapshot.
Fixed: Ingest needs to ignore COMSTATE.TO3 file produced by Canon 1Dx Mark III.
Fixed: Old ISO tag 0x8827 doesn't handle LONG type.
Fixed: Fixed crasher when taking caches offline and RenderCache hasn't been started.
Fixed: Issue where setting the window title for a loaded snapshot that did not have a file extension would potentially cut off part of the name if the name had a dot (.) in it.
Fixed: FTP Connections with special characters created by Photo Mechanic 5 don't display correctly in Photo Mechanic 6.
Fixed: Color Management system not recognizing ICC profiles with uppercase extensions.
Updated: built-in snapshots for Classic Metadata templates.

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 4155 (Dec 21, 2019)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 3954 (Nov 14, 2019)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 3889 (Oct 25, 2019)

Fixed: Windows Remote Desktop connections won't let PM6 launch.
Fixed: Info Text not always updating.
Fixed: Crop isn't drawn on preview when using the Paste button.
Fixed: The Structured Keywords dialog is empty on new installations.
Fixed: Corrected Primary image in 2-up mode alternates position when opening Preview.
Fixed: In 2-up mode, secondary image always starts from 1st image on Contact Sheet.
Fixed: TaskBar icon goes blank after each Installer update
Fixed: Installer appears to stall during the space requirements process.
Fixed: Shift-rename in Preview now properly skips Rename dialog if a successful rename has already occurred.
Fixed: Crop rectangle remains when advancing Preview from IPTC info.
Added new method for Sending Photos via Email by using the user’s SMTP server credentials to send email. If you want copies of what you send, please Bcc yourself. Note: at this time there is no address book. It was provided by MAPI applications and PM6 is not using MAPI at this time
Fixed: .ON1 files are now associated with images properly when PM6 is directed to associate them. (Preferences->Files->Manage file associations…)
Fixed: PM6 now reads TIFF file Image Description and Copyright tags.
Fixed: Full size preview for Canon EOS RP CR3 files are now shown.
Fixed: Only allow the Adobe DNG Converter app to be chosen as the RAW Render engine in PM6. Previous releases allowed users to assign any application which caused some serious issues (as one would expect).
Fixed: Thumbnails and preview flash periodically during Ingest operation.
Fixed: Loupe mode in Contact Sheet sometimes never displays zoomed image.
Fixed: Canon CR3 files that are locked in-camera now ingest with their Tag set.
Fixed: Photo Mechanic 5 failing to parse Photo Mechanic 6 Uploader Snapshots. The snapshots when saved by the updated build can now be read by Photo Mechanic 5.
Fixed: User address persistence feature in the Set GPS Coordinates dialog was no longer working. Changes were made to correct this problem.
Fixed: IPTC only date not found in Photo Mechanic 6.
Fixed: Save as RAW+JPEG selection not available unless RAW rendering enabled.
Fixed: A crash that could occur if Preferences couldn’t be loaded or created. App will now warn users and quit.
Fixed: A crash that would occur if certain Canon CR2 files were renamed with a TIF filename extension (e.g. due to image recovery software).
Fixed: Uploader templates - No images selected on second upload attempt.
Fixed: When activating PM6, any existing PM5 activations can optionally be deactivated during the PM6 activation process. On macOS Catalina (and higher) this is mandatory since PM5 cannot run on a 64-bit-only macOS. This should help users stay within their activation allotment and reduce failed activations.
Fixed: Non-color managed thumbnails/previews do not rotate.
Fixed: NEF to TIFF with Save as - Uses Artist tag offset for Copyright tag.
PM6 now sorts and filters Contact Sheets until completion before you can use the contact sheet. If the sort/filter operation takes more than a few seconds, then a plaque appears in the center of the Contact Sheet with the progress of the operation. The previous method of sorting in the background caused too much confusion for users.
PM6 no longer ingests Nikon Database files ("NC_FLLST.DAT".)
Exporter gallery templates PM Basic, PM Classic, PM Classic Plus, and PM Selections, now allow HTML text formatting for image captions.
Performance and stability improvements to the inner workings of Photo Mechanic.
Added new preference for “Rescan on resume” of Photo Mechanic in the Contact Sheet page of the Preferences dialog. It is on by default. If you turn it off then Photo Mechanic will not rescan all of the folders you are browsing when you resume using it after having switched to another application. This will decrease the time you have to wait to use Photo Mechanic significantly, but you will have to manually rescan when you know that you have made changes outside of Photo Mechanic that affect the folders you’re working with (View->Rescan).
Added support for FTP over TLS/SSL (FTPS) to the FTPv6 uploader.
Added improved support for maker note information for Canon (RP, 250D, Powershot G5 X Mark II, Powershot G7 X Mark III, M6 Mark II, 90D, M200), Sony (a9 Mark II, 6100, 6600), and Olympus (OM-D E-M5 Mark III) models.
Support for key-based authentication added to SFTP uploader. (PEM format private keys are supported. Newer OpenSSH key format is not yet supported, but most such keys may be converted to PEM format via OpenSSH command-line utilities.)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 3291 (Jun 18, 2019)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 3143 (May 15, 2019)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 3023 (Apr 26, 2019)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 2818 (Apr 6, 2019)

New in Photo Mechanic 6.0 Build 2725 (Mar 25, 2019)

Photo Mechanic is now a 64-bit application, which allows more and better caching of images to keep you working at your fastest and handle large high megapixel images.
Internal image caching improvements increases thumbnail / preview generation speed by approximately 2-3x (depending on various factors including source media).
Ingest from Selection: all the power of Ingest but from a selection of images on a card or disk.
Reverse Geocoding: using GPS coordinates embedded in your photos, insert place information metadata (city, state, country, etc.) into your images.
Fullscreen support on macOS and Windows for both the Contact Sheet and Preview windows (including both at the same time on different monitors).
Session Save and Restore: Photo Mechanic can optionally restore all Contact Sheet tabs and all of their settings that were in place when you last quit.
Navigator and Favorites are now threaded so Photo Mechanic doesn’t have to wait for slow external drives or network volumes to load.
IPTC/XMP:
Reading of IPTC vs. XMP metadata is now handled automatically. XMP is preferred over IPTC, but any IPTC fields missing in XMP are now included. For RAW files with both embedded XMP and an XMP sidecar file, the most recently modified XMP will be loaded. This is consistent with Adobe’s handling of conflicting IPTC/XMP metadata.
The XMP Label (a string) can either be synchronized or not synchronized with the color class value (for Photo Mechanic this is a number from 0-8). By default, when synchronized, if the XMP Label field matches one of the values in the Preferences list of Labels, then the color class will be assigned. If unsynchronized, then the XMP Label field string is independent from the Photo Mechanic color class value, and the Label field can be edited directly in the Metadata (IPTC) Info dialog.
Added Modifier Key Toggle to the “Copy to ‘Location Shown’ table” button which changes to “Copy to Loc Shown/Location” and instead copies to the other location fields/table.
Code Replacement improvements:
Hot Codes!
When pasting text containing Code Replacements, all Codes are evaluated at once.
New Render Cache:
Caches slow-loading image types for faster subsequent access.
Allows previewing of RAW files via the free Adobe DNG Converter.
Plugin architecture for other third-party RAW renderers as they become available.
New metadata variables:
{label} or {labl}: XMP Label for photo. This is the actual value stored in XMP, not the value interpreted by looking up the color class number (0-8) into the Preferences array of color class label strings (shown by the {colorclass} variable). This is useful when the XMP Label field is not synchronized with the color class.
Crop tool improvements:
Crop View mode: allows you to see how your rotated crop will turn out. Press ‘p’ to preview a crop quickly.
“Full Crop” button that starts your crop as a full-size crop that you can then modify.
Holding down the Shift key while resizing from a corner constrains the crop to the natural ratio of the image being cropped and overrides any default crop constraints.
Shows a fine grid when rotating crop.
Settings changes now apply immediately to existing crops.
Select Cropped command in Contact Sheet.
Slideshow improvements:
Now has multiple transitions including a cross-fade.
Allows on-screen soft edits (Adding Tag, Color Class or Star Rating) with visual feedback.
Supports high DPI screens in full resolution.
Text alignment options (left, center, right).
Optionally draw a border around the image.
Larger Render Text field.
Added Up and Down arrow keys for advancing or going back a slide.
Pixel inset option to control overscan on projection.
Find and Replace panel improvements:
Now allows use of {variables} as replacement text.
Whole words can be found and replaced.
Regular Expressions allow for powerful search and replace.
Find panel improvements:
Whole words can be searched.
Regular Expressions allow for powerful matching.
Uploaders:
Facebook uploader
Dropbox uploader
Amazon Cloud Drive
Revised Amazon S3 uploader
Box.com uploader
Exporters:
PM Classic exporter has been split up into simpler exporters.
New Image Gallery exporter.
Miscellaneous:
Added single-click Zoom toggle option for Previews.
Mirrored rotation support for thumbnails, previews, and correct cropping. Also, new commands to mirror both vertically and horizontally (*NOT FOR JOURNALISM*).
Reassign WAV file to a different photo.
When updating metadata to JPEG files, Photo Mechanic now does edits on a temporary copy to ensure that any file system errors do not affect the integrity of the photo. This is especially important when editing photos directly off of a flash card (still NOT recommended).
Added much better error reporting and retry capability.
Blu-Ray disc burning support.
Snapshot menus have a new menu item titled “Manage Snapshots” which opens the Finder/Windows Explorer showing the folder containing the snapshots. From there you can copy/rename/delete the snapshots.

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New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 17719 (Aug 19, 2016)

New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 17671 (Aug 4, 2016)

Added a registry key to force Internet Explorer9 behavior for the embedded browsers within Photo Me- chanic. The embedded browsers are used for the GPS dialogs and the Credits dialog.
Single line fields in the IPTC customization dialogs no longer allow their number of Rows to be edited.
Fixed a problem when Renaming on a case-sensitive filesystem and the case of the files to rename differs from the case of the File Extensions preference. This would result in a failure to rename, an error being reported, and temporary filenames being left behind.
Zenfolio upload template now adjusts its controls after account settings change. Previously if one didn’t have an account already as a connection setting, then upon creating one, various UI components (for instance the Create New Gallery... button) would not be enabled.
Removed FujiFilm maker note value for frame number since this is only for resetting and is usually 1.
When Ingesting disks with “Keep Separate Source Folder Names Only” option set, Ingest now tunnels through the DCIM folder when known folders are present at the root level of the camera card.
Ingest now treats AVCHD folders produced by various cameras as a package and copies and preserves its internal structure to the destination folder. If capture time variables are used in folder naming, the most recent file in the package is used as the capture time of the package for variable expansion. AVCHD packages cannot be renamed and function properly for all video processing applications so they are not themselves renamed. If a destination folder already has an AVCHD package folder then the new AVCHD folder will be placed in a folder named AVCHDA or AVCHD01, etc. according to your renam- ing collision resolution preferences.
Adjust Capture Dates and Times tool now has the ability to to apply the absolute time of the current photo to all selected photos.
Fixed an issue in the PhotoShelter upload template that was preventing Libris Contributors from upload- ing images to their contributor account.
Added improved support for reading Maker Note data from some Leica models.
Photo Mechanic will now automatically repair certain TIFF-based RAW formats when they have been modified by Photo Mechanic but have had this extra data truncated. Currently only Canon CR2, Nikon NEF and NRW, and Olympus ORF files will be repaired and only if the repair will fix the file. The repair involves replacing the original TIFF IFD0 pointer at offset 4.
Added the {datesortdash} and {timesortdash} variables.
Added the {maxdim} or {maxd} variable which returns the maximum of the {width} or {height}.
Added the {focallength} variable which is the same as {lens}.
Added the {contrast} variable which is the same as {tone}.
Added the ability to read improperly formatted TIFF strings that aren’t zero terminated.
Fixed an issue in the Preferences Export module that was causing connection settings for uploaders to be listed twice. One of the listings contained valid settings, and the other listing resulted in no data being imported.

New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 17338 (Apr 13, 2016)

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New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 16438 (Sep 30, 2015)

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Ingest will always copy video files, no matter what the copy RAW/non-RAW filter files setting is.
Ingest now ignores the proprietary RDSC.DB files generated by certain Ricoh cameras.
Fixed an issue that would cause WAV files formatted a certain way not to play.
Fixed an issue in Ingest renaming where users couldn’t enter periods (.) in the middle of filenames where the periods were the only character between two {variables}.
Load Selection now matches item names more loosely. First, exact match is done, then exact base name with uppercase extension, then exact name base with lowercase extension, then caseless matching. Finally, if none of the above matches, then caseless base name only matching is performed.
ORI files from the new Olympus E-M5MarkII are now paired with their ORF file for the purposes of copying, renaming, and deleting.
The time zone, if any, for the XMP photoshop:DateCreated field is now preserved when using the Adjust Capture Dates and Times command.
The XMP xmp:CreateDate and exif:DateTimeOriginal fields are updated when updating photoshop:DateCreated, and used as a backup on reading if photoshop:DateCreated is missing.
Loading XMP files in the IPTC Stationery Pad that were not saved from the IPTC Stationery Pad will have their Date field’s popup menu default to ‘Date’ unless the preference “Always use today’s date in IPTC Stationery Pad is set.
Snapshots for the ingest, rename, copy / move, save as, and watermarking dialogs now only save and load relevant fields (e.g. rename string isn’t saved or loaded if not renaming).
Added the following PMDebug.txt flags for ignoring filename extensions
IGNORE_EXTENSION_IDSF (Iridient Developer 3, if you don’t use this software you can disable this extension safely.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_IDPRE (Iridient Developer 3, if you don’t use this software you can disable this extension safely.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_ORI (Used with the latest Olympus cameras, if you don’t use Olympus cameras this extension can be safely ignored.)
Windows:
File/Folder Open/Save dialogs now remember paths for each feature of Photo Mechanic.
File/Folder Open/Save dialogs look better when PM’s UI is set to use the dark UI.
Fixed a problem launching Photoshop droplets when running on Windows 8.1 64-bit.

New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 16299 (Sep 30, 2015)

New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 16268 (Feb 3, 2015)

Nudging crops on rotated images now works as expected.
Improved recognition of cropped previews in DNG files created by Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter so that the crop is not drawn on the already cropped preview.
Photo Mechanic no longer writes the GMT delta for time values unless the offset is provided by the camera.
The XMP field for photoshop:DateCreated now preserves sub seconds and GMT delta time zone when possible, and does not write out a GMT delta if it is unknown.
Added {lock} variable to detect whether a photo is locked in the file system. This is useful during ingest, in combination with code replacements, to customize metadata for locked files.
Copying Getty Images fields and pasting them to other images now works properly. Photo Mechanic now properly parses newer version 4 Sigma X3F raw files.
The {printsize} and {printsizecms} variables now report size in “cm” not “cms”.
Embedded ICC profiles that append extra data beyond the ICC profile are now recognized by PM.
Added improved support for the Canon EOS 7D Mk II and 1200D (aka Digital Rebel T5). Fixed a problem where code replacements were not being performed when applying tag, rating, or color class with the IPTC Stationery Pad using the Eval option.
Slide Show text labels are now re-drawn when tag, rating, or color class is changed via keyboard.
Advancing manually through a Slide Show with the keyboard with Loop mode turned off now shows the last image in the selected set. http://forums.camerabits.com/index.php?topic=9253.0
Changed number key handling to toggle the sense of the single key shortcut preference (Rating/Color Class) when the Ctrl key is held down in the Slide Show.
Live Ingest file naming now supports Code Replacement both in interactive mode and in deferred mode.
Rescan of open contact sheets now reacts to changes to XMP sidecar files made external to Photo Mechanic.
Sort Cache now considers the size and modification date of XMP sidecar files for validation of Sort Cache entries. This will make the Sort Cache drop entries from its cache when XMP sidecar files are modified outside of PM (or when PM isn’t running) which will make certain sorting and filtering operations more accurate. • Removed much of the delay that occurs when bringing up the IPTC Info dialog for the first time on a given Contact Sheet.
User-supplied background images in the PM Classic Exporter template now reference the background image properly.
RAW+JPEG pairing now prefers pairing non-DNG RAW files with JPEGs before pairing DNG RAW files with JPEGs.
Added a Twitter uploader.
Added a Retouchup uploader.
Added a 500px uploader
Added variables for modification time and date.
Added improved support for the Olympus E-PL7 and E-PL6 cameras.
Logging file sizes are now managed to preserve recent entries, but not allow runaway log file sizes.
Optimized folder rescanning and added the ability to control what file associations should be searched. The following flags can be added to a text file named PMDebug.txt which should be placed in Photo Mechanic’s preferences folder: IGNORE_EXTENSION_THM (THM files are used with the CRW RAW format. If you don’t have CRW files then you can safely enable ignoring this extension.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_LZN (LZN files are for the open source RAW editor Lightzone. If you don’t use Lightzone, then you can safely enable ignoring this extension.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_FLT (FLT files are for the QImage printing application. If you don’t use QImage, then you can safely enable ignoring this extension.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_BIB (BIB files are used by the Bibble RAW editor application. If you don’t use Bibble, then you can safely enable ignoring this extension.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_RDSF (RDSF files are used by the RAW Developer application. If you don’t use this now extinct application, you can safely ignore this extension.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_NKS (NKS files are used by Nikon Capture NX-D. If you don’t use this application, you can safely ignore this extension.) IGNORE_EXTENSION_XIP (XIP files were generated by older versions of Photo Mechanic prior to the existence of XMP sidecar files. Unless you’re browsing folders that were edited by a much older version of Photo Mechanic, you can safely ignore this extension.)
Ignoring these extensions will significantly reduce the amount of network traffic utilized by Photo Mechanic when browsing a network drive. If you want to ignore any of the above extensions, simply place them, one per line, in your PMDebug.txt file followed by ON, YES, or 1. Restart PM and those extensions set to be ignored will now be ignored and will no longer be associated with your files if they exist. This means that if you rename/move/copy an item, the ignored files will not be processed in the operation and will not be renamed/moved/copied.
DNS resolver now recovers gracefully if hosts file is not found.
Replaced usage of various Windows XP/2000 file/folder open and save dialogs with modern equivalents. They’re easier to use and look much more like Windows Explorer open/save dialogs, and they should be more stable as well.
Added a new ‘Show in Windows Explorer’ sub-menu on the Contact Sheet tab contextual menu. This sub-menu will show the path(s) being browsed and if a path is chosen, a Windows Explorer window will come forward with the path selected.
Fixed a problem with maintaining the path to the last contact sheet that was opened/reused.
Contextual menus now work much better with touch screen gestures. Contextual menus now respond to two finger taps and tab and hold. Once opened, the contextual menu items can be chosen by touch.
Added HTTP proxy settings for activation and HTTP-based uploaders like Photoshelter, Flickr, Zenfolio, etc. You can set your HTTP proxy server in the Files section of the Preferences dialog.
Added a workaround for a bug in Windows 8.1 64-bit systems that was preventing Photo Mechanic from sending photos to some 64-bit applications, in particular, Adobe Photoshop CC 2014.
Added support for High DPI displays. Layouts are much improved in general, though there are still user interface elements (radio buttons, checkboxes, sliders, etc.) that are incorrectly sized.

New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 15800 (Jul 12, 2014)

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Find and Replace in file names now does a two-pass rename, first to a temporary name, second to the final name. This allows change in case of a file name.
Crop changes: clicking outside of a crop while the Crop tool is active no longer clears the crop and starts a new one. Instead it rotates the crop. Resizing crops from the edges is now easier due to a proportionally sized hit box on the inside of the crop rectangle. When Preview crops are present but the Crop tool is inactive, the sizing corners, grid overlay, and cross-hair are not drawn in order to give feedback that the crop is not currently editable.
Added new contextual menu items for Crops. Copy/Paste/Clear Rotation/Remove/Make Unconstrained
and Settings are all accessible from the Crop submenu.
The ‘C’ key no longer toggles Color Management. It has been repurposed to turn the Crop tool on and off. If a crop exists on a photo, pressing Modifier-C (Shift on Windows, Option on Mac) will remove the crop.
Crops can now be nudged via the keyboard. Modifier-arrows while the Crop tool is active allow movement of the crop. Holding down the Shift key on Mac or Ctrl key on Windows and using the arrow keys will move the crop by ten pixels at a time.
Contact Sheet tabs now have right-click contextual menus that offer several commands.: Close this tab; Close ALL BUT this tab; Add to Favorites; Copy selected items here; Move selected items here.
Favorites and Navigator both offer Copy selected items here and Move selected items here commands on their contextual menus.
On quit, if emptying the disk cache takes longer than one and a half seconds, then a progress dialog is displayed. This is intended to discourage users from force-quitting PM while it shuts down.
Find panel snapshots now save and restore the Find: popup selection.
Added {pagecount} variable: Total number of pages for printing.
The User/Client dialog now checks for changes on Cancel and warns on changes. It gives the option to save the changes.
The User/Client dialog now stores/loads the Job name with the Client snapshots. The User and Client sections have been swapped to reflect this new relationship.
Slide Show now allows fractional seconds for display duration.
Slide Show now prevents screen saver and system sleep while it is playing.
Slide Show no longer exits when a single item is selected and loop mode is active.
Fixed a problem with Capture Time subseconds that would cause images that differed only in capture time by the subseconds value to sort incorrectly.
Thumbnails in IPTC and other dialogs now show crop outlines when present.
Drag and drop of a camera disk now ignores any Canon “MISC” folders when present in the camera disk’s DCIM folder.
Fixed an issue in the Ingest dialog where loading a snapshot with a different type (folder/disks) from the current Ingest type would cause the radio buttons to change, but not the list view.
Fixed an issue in the Live Ingest dialog when the Copy Photos combo was set to “into dated folder then folder with name” and the user typed new path information in the Folder Name text field.
Live Ingest now warns when the Rename string on the Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary destinations is empty and renaming is enabled.
Added new Contact Sheet contextual menu items for copying and pasting crops to a single item or in bulk to selected items.
Added Overwrite capability to the Copy/Move Photos dialog. When set, files at the copy/move destination with the same file names as the ones being transferred will be overwritten with the source files. Name collision resolution will not be performed and the files at the destination will be destroyed in the process. The Overwrite option is off by default and the option is set to be cleared by default each time the Copy dialog is opened.
Renaming with the Rename Photos dialog no longer allows renamed filenames to be zero length (empty).
New uploader for Retouchup.com added to the list of uploader templates. Create new orders and add photos to non-submitted orders. The team at Retouchup urges users to use Photo Mechanic for image culling on their orders.
Flickr uploader updated to accommodate SSL-only requests to their API.
Parsing of ISO8601 Date/Time strings now handles subseconds.
Windows:
Favorites contextual menu now offers Delete and Properties commands for folders. Added keyboard
shortcuts for various contextual menu items.
Added a new Slide Show implementation that uses the same core rendering engine as the Mac OS X version. Supports full-screen and windowed modes. (Press f to toggle between the two modes.) When going from windowed mode to full-screen mode, the full-screen slideshow will resume on the monitor that the windowed mode slide show was running on. This means you can run the slide show on any monitor you choose.
The folder chooser dialog now scrolls to make the last selected folder visible. We have written a workaround that physically scrolls the scrollbar until the selected folder comes into view. This bug has been known to Microsoft for several years now and they show no signs of fixing the problem, thus we coded our own workaround for Microsoft’s folder chooser dialog.

New in Photo Mechanic 5.0 Build 13217 (Sep 28, 2012)

New in Photo Mechanic 4.6.6 (Oct 17, 2010)

New in Photo Mechanic 4.6.5 (Jul 26, 2010)

Added an option in Live Ingest to wait no longer than X seconds for JPEGs that don't appear to be complete. This prevents a Live Ingest process from stalling on a dropped JPEG transmission. However, Live Ingest will not wait this long for all JPEGs because the moment they are complete they are processed.
Added support for RAW "SRW" files from the Samsung NX10.
Made watermarking able to have scaling options for any of the nine locations, as long as there is only one location checked.
Slideshow no longer occasionally skips a fade transition when applying crops.
Changed the evaluation of variables when being used as part of a folder path (e.g. Ingest folder path field) to prevent certain variables such as {date} from creating unwanted nested folders such as year/month/day. This essentially reverts to 4.6.3 behavior in certain circumstances (changing illegal folder name characters to '-') while still allowing nested folders to be created when variables are used in code replacements. When a variable is evaluated before it is used as a code lookup, and when being used to create a path, any illegal folder name characters are now converted to dashes.
Fixed additional issues when handling images (e.g. TIFF or PSD) with file sizes greater than 2GB but less than 4GB. Also, files larger than 4 GB are now "disabled" by making the file a "proxy" if this feature is enabled (otherwise the file is not visible).
Added {artist} (or {arti}) variable for TIFF Artist field that is set by some cameras. If you are using a camera that writes the TIFF Artist field, then you can put this variable in your IPTC Stationery Pad for the "Photographer" field to transfer this setting to IPTC/XMP during ingest, for example.
Added {tiffcopyright} (or {tifc}) variable for the TIFF copyright field that is set by some cameras. As above, you can put this variable in the IPTC Stationery Pad for the "Copyright" field to transfer this setting.
Reverting TIFF-based RAW files now removes any end-of-file preferences when the File settings call for RAW files to be unmodified and the appended EOF prefs are the only difference compared to the original RAW file. However, you must check the "Backup IPTC/XMP to XMP sidecar files" option in the Revert dialog.
The Zenfolio uploader template now automatically selects new galleries created at the root level.
The Save As dialog is now hidden during the save process.
Structured Keywords no longer crashes when searching for an exact match for the word 'root'.

New in Photo Mechanic 4.6.4 (Jul 26, 2010)

(Win) Launching photos into Photoshop CS5 on Windows now works properly.
Added a plugin for PhaseOne TIFF (RAW) files so that they are treated as RAW files and will allow the use of XMP sidecar files.
Added support for RAW files from the Olympus E-P2 and E-PL1.
PM Classic Exporter template now can generate hierarchical galleries with an index page. Just open a single contact sheet with multiple folders and each folder will be represented in a separate gallery.
Variables and Code Replacements now support multiple levels of indirection. You can now create a code that maps to a replacement that includes variables, which expand to another code, etc.
Ingest's Folder Name field now supports using variables as codes for Code Replacement where the replacements contain folder hierarchies. For example, by using {mediatype} as a code, one can cause video files to be copied to a different path than the path for still photos (e.g. videos go into a separate folder with DCIM folder hierarchy needed by some software like Canon's E-1 plug-in for Final Cut).
When using the "Revert TIFF-based RAW to original" command, if the option to backup to an XMP sidecar file is checked then the end-of-file preferences added by Photo Mechanic will also be removed from the RAW file and stored in the XMP sidecar. This end-of-file data was causing checksums (such as MD5) to fail when compared to the checksum of the original RAW file.
To be consistent, Photo Mechanic no longer loads ACR crops in XMP for RAW files (it used to only load these if the crop angle was 0). Photo Mechanic now uses its own namespace for loading and saving crops in XMP.
Fixed various issues when handling images with file sizes greater than 2GB.
(Win) Improved speed and control of scrolling while drag-selecting images or arranging photos in the contact sheet.
Fixed an issue in the Zenfolio uploader that made it impossible to upload photos to galleries containing the '&' character.
Added an interim fix for SmugMug uploading issues.
Improved speed of loading XMP during scanning by allowing multiple threads to access XMP simultaneously.
Renaming files without using renaming variables like {seqn} is now allowed as long as all renamed files will have unique names.
Fixed an issue when renaming with {variables} that evaluate to invalid filename characters.
Code Replacement code parsing is now more intelligent.
Codes in Code Replacement are now trimmed of whitespace before being loaded for evaluation.
Fixed an issue with very large files (>2GB) and the use of the {filesize} variable.
Fixed an issue in the HTML Template Exporter where the last selected image's variables would be expanded as if it were the first selected image.
Extended range ISO values (Lo and Hi) for Nikon cameras such as the D3S are now recognized to derive high (and low) {iso} values such as 102,400.
Inline renaming on Contact Sheet thumbnails now accepts the use of {variables}.
Corrected an issue where the Ingest sequence variable would not be evaluated correctly for unknown file types during Ingest. Now other variables like date-related variables can also be used with unknown file types during Ingest.
(Win) Added code to retry renaming to workaround virus scanning applications that temporarily take exclusive control of files while they scan them.
(Win) Fixed an issue where a message box would appear warning that "A parameter is incorrect" when interacting with the Ingest dialog's 'Folder sequence' value if Autocomplete was enabled.
Using variables in the form of {variable:N,M} in the Keywords field no longer causes the variable to be interpreted incorrectly when the comma character is used as the keyword separator.
Photo Mechanic Preferences are now saved far more often to correct issues where improper shutdown would cause a loss of preferences.
Photo Mechanic Disk Cache parent path is no longer created if it does not already exist. This is now an error condition and the user will be prompted to choose a new valid path.
(Win) It is no longer possible to leave the modal state of a copy operation.
(Win) In the Structured Keywords windows, creating a new item now preselects it for editing.

New in Photo Mechanic 4.6.3 (Jul 26, 2010)

Live Ingest now processes RAW files, including RAW + JPEG pairs. You can have the ingest process wait for RAW + JPEG pairs when using the sequence {seqn} variable to keep the RAW + JPEG pair synchronized for renaming etc, or just have it process JPEG and RAW files as soon as they are "stable" (i.e. file is done transmitting and can be moved). Because RAW files are large and have a proprietary format, they are not considered "stable" until they remain unchanged for a period of time (e.g. 30 seconds). You can set a time delay to wait before these "non-JPEG" files are considered stable. The faster your wireless or tethered connection, the shorter the delay you can safely set, but a stalled connection lasting longer than the delay setting may result in image corruption.
(Win) Fixed a hanging bug in the Import GPS Coordinates command.
The Live Slideshow now includes options to redisplay previously shown photos after some period of inactivity.
FTP and SFTP uploader templates now handle destination folder paths with {variables} in such a way that attached files (e.g. XMP and WAV sidecar files) will end up in the same destination folder as the photo they belong to. Also, using variables like {folderpath} now return the path to where the original image resides.
(Win) Star Filter and Color Class Filter now respond correctly when multiple contact sheet tabs are open and one of the tabs is closed.
(Win) Launching multiple photos with Photoshop Elements 7 & 8 now work correctly.
Save As now has limits to the size of saved files in order to maintain stability. Images can be saved at 8000 pixels on a side, maximum.
Added preference to control whether Structured Keywords will be written only to the lr:hierarchicalSubject field or if they will be written to both the hierarchicalSubject field and dc:subject field when updating XMP. All keywords, flat or structured will be always written to the IPTC keywords field since there is no other place to put them in IPTC.
The Amazon S3 uploader template now allows '-' (hyphen) characters in the destination path.
Fixed a crashing bug when adding GPS coordinates to TIFF files or TIFF-based RAW files. This only happened under certain conditions and did not corrupt the files.
Fixed a crashing bug when removing Exif info but not XMP under certain circumstances.
Improved handling of low memory conditions.
Added the ability to utilize a proxy server when activating Photo Mechanic during registration. On a Mac the proxy settings can generally be retrieved from the system preferences. On Windows the proxy settings must be put into a text file and saved in a location depending on your version of Windows.

New in Photo Mechanic 4.6.2.1 (Jul 26, 2010)

New in Photo Mechanic 4.6.2 (Jul 26, 2010)

Improved support for Canon EOS 7D and 500D models.
Added support for RAW files from the Olympus E-P1, E-620, E-450, and E-420 models.
Added a preference to prevent modification of (non-DNG) RAW files when making metadata changes to tag, color class, and crop (although the TIFF rotation tag will be updated when rotating a photo). The crop is now stored in XMP for RAW files and can be read by Adobe applications such as the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in.
PhotoShelter uploader now allows the creation of hierarchical archive folders and uploading into any folder at any level.
Structured Keywords are now read from and written to the lr:hierarchicalSubject bag for better cooperation with Lightroom and other applications using this new de-facto standard.
When deleting Exif metadata with the Delete Metadata tool, if the XMP is not deleted as well then any Exif metadata in the XMP will be removed.
Added {mediatype} or {mtyp} variable for the type of media (e.g. "still" or "video").
Added {parentfolderpath} or {pfpt} variable that returns the full path to the parent folder of the folder of a photo (i.e. 2 levels up). Useful for saving photos to an adjacent folder of the parent folder.
Shortcutting the Uploader dialog now works much faster.
When saving a copy of transmitted photos via an Uploader template, the sub-directory now accepts and expands variables.
Zenfolio Uploader now allows files with multiple periods ('.') to exist in filenames and will now upload them. Widened the "Destination Zenfolio Account" popup menus to allow more room for deeper hierarchies.
Sorting in Contact Sheet is now numerically sensitive (e.g. abc10 comes after abc9). Useful when you don't have leading zeroes before a filename sequence.
The Copy dialog now has an option to clear the Move checkbox each time the Copy dialog is opened. The Copy dialog now changes button and window titles when the Move checkbox is changed.
(Win) Child dialogs created by Uploader templates now operate modally correctly and no longer allow access to the parent Uploader window.
(Win) Revealing paths in Windows Explorer now works with paths that contain non-ascii characters.
In the Preview window, you can swap the W and H constrained crop dimensions with the keyboard shortcut Option-X (Mac) or Shift-X (Windows).
Convert RAW to DNG now works correctly when a specific output folder is chosen.
Fixed an issue where XMP sidecar files would be assigned to DNG files. This had the side effect of causing file naming collisions when burning a disc containing a DNG file, XMP file, and a RAW file with the same base filename.
Now recognizes little endian marker when parsing Photoshop's Exif data.
Updating XMP now sets Exif date/time if they exist already.
{cropwidth}, {cropheight}, {xc}, {yc}, {aspectcrop}, and {aspc} variables now work correctly on RAW photos that have crops on them.
Filenames of Proxy files are no longer converted to lower case.

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