What's new in PhotoInsight 1.4.0
Jan 6, 2021
- Video file support (new):
- Organize your video files like you would do with photos: rating, comments, keywords and even geotagging! You can also auto-play on mouse over (can be changed in the application settings).
- Drag & Drop (new):
- Add one more multiple folders to scan with a simple drag&drop on the photo wall. You can then automatically filter by the selected folder as soon as the scan is completed.
- UI improvements:
- Shooting parameters now stand out compared with other information
- When the map is hidden a separator is added to visually split the shooting parameters with the GPS info
- Context menu separators are a bit nicer
- See the scan progress in the top left corner below the application logo
- Performance:
- No more freeze when changing an application setting (especially when adding/removing a folder to scan).
- Thumbnails quality:
- You can now choose even higher thumbnail quality (1024px et 2048px). It can be pretty useful if you have a large screen and that you setup big thumbnails in the photo wall.
- Batch renaming:
- File name preview now displays a thumbnail in each item tooltip and lets you reorder files as you want with a simple drag and drop.
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed a file access issue with the country codes file (preventing from detecting images with GPS info)
- After renaming the selected file name was not refreshed immediately
- Fixed an issue while reading metadata on some photos (especially NEF files)
- Fixed a potential freeze at application startup
- Fixed an issue when reading camera maker or body if it contains a question mark character
- Visible thumbnails are immediately re-processed when the quality setting is changed
New in PhotoInsight 1.1.0 (Sep 24, 2020)
- Batch renaming: thanks to configurable placeholders you can easily rename a selection of images at once
- Keywords auto-completion: never type twice the same keyword and avoid tagging with similar words
New in PhotoInsight 1.0.5.0 (Jul 2, 2020)
- Features:
- Take images modification date into account to update database
- Images displayed in home screen can be clicked to open the search screen with a matching filter
- Calendar can now handle shot dates, modification dates, creation dates and added dates
- calendar
- Added a built-in filter to search for images with no keyword set
- Added a button to open the online documentation
- The sort popup now displays a hint to better understand how images will be sorted
- Added built-in bookmarks to search for recently shot photos (today, this week, this month, this year)
- Network shares credentials can now be updated or removed
- Delete key can be used as a shortcut to delete an image
- Improved log messages
- Bug fix:
- Fixed missing French localization in the calendar picker
- When database update is unexpectedly interrupted it can now recover properly on next start
- Layout buttons (Single image, Filmstrip, Photo Wall) were missing highlight behavior
- Context menu is now available in Single Image and Filmstrip layouts
- Home screen cover images could be cropped depending on their ratio
- Fixed many credential issues related to network shares
- Display the image's thumbnail (if it has been processed) even when the image is not available (because the disk is disconnected)
- Tiff images could not be read anymore
- Sort direction was inverted when the view was refreshed
New in PhotoInsight 1.0.4.0 (May 22, 2020)
- Installer is now available in French and English
- Desktop icon can be created on user's choice
- Downloading Microsoft VC++ Redist 2019 during installation could fail on some computer
New in PhotoInsight 1.0.3.0 (May 18, 2020)
- Features:
- Added support for network shares (ex: \myserversharename)
- Added support for FAT32 disk (it should have been there from the beginning)
- Side bar is simplified with big visual tooltips
- Unavailable images now have an explicit icon with a tooltip
- When files are removed from disk they are also removed from PhotoInsight (unless the disk is disconnected)
- If PhotoInsightService is stopped or crashed the home screen warns the user and let him restart the service
- Save / restore photo sort criteria and direction
- Bug fix:
- Installer will now install Microsoft VCRedist 2015-2019 which is needed to see Raw files (and can be missing on some computers)
- Fixed some icons were not visible because of a missing font
- Fixed an issue preventing thumbnails from being processed
- Allow only single instance of PhotoInsight
- When the user deny running PhotoInsightService an explanatory message box is displayed and the application is properly closed
- Fixed a potential crash when there's no image in the database
- Fixed missing localization in French when adding custom external tools
- Fixed missing localization in French in the calendar picker
- Fixed a crash with context menu in the Photo Wall
- PhotoInsight Service did not start scanning automatically after reboot
- Fixed several rare crash gathered through telemetry
New in PhotoInsight 1.0.2.0 (Apr 24, 2020)
- Features:
- Added support for Canon CR3 Raw format
- When scanning process takes a long time, newly added images are visible on the fly (every 1000 images)
- Rating and pick&reject is now supported with multiple images selection
- You can now delete an image or multiple images (Pro only), batch rename will be available soon
- Added an Iso Speed search criteria (and better iso value identification)
- Compatibility with Windows 7 and 8
- Improved first time photo wall discoverability
- Bug fix:
- Fixed removing a folder to be watched was not removing images from the database
- Switching from hand picked folders to all disks scan now triggers the full scan
- Fixed filters popup could remain visible on top of another application
- Fixed random crash while trying to buy the product
- USB are better detected (only NTFS drives were detected before)
- Switching view mode (single image->filmstrip or image wall) now keeps the selected image visible
- Adding/removing keywords to multiple images is now instantaneous
- Applied filters counter could disappear when going to the home/settings/statistics page and coming back to Search page
- Improved camera brands and bodies classification
- Some camera bodies filters could provide empty results (because of a sneaky space)
New in PhotoInsight 0.9.4.0 (Feb 25, 2020)
- Thumbnail cache size can now be constrained to a limited size
- Thumbnails quality can be chosen between 128/256/512 pixels (it was 128px before)
- Keywords can now be added in chain which improves productivity
- Keywords can be added/removed to multiple images at once thanks to multi-selection
- Images can be filtered by pick and reject criteria
- More keyboard shortcuts added, and they are now displayed in tooltips
- A zoom level indicator is now displayed when zooming in/out in single or filmstrip mode
- Creation date and modification date are now displayed in the detail panel
- Improved search criteria popup windows readability