Photonizer Changelog

What's new in Photonizer 2.0.0.0

Mar 2, 2011
  • Whenever you move albums and photos together to a new location, Photonizer will try to find the correct paths to the photos upon opening the album from the new location;
  • in the photo window:
  • more rotate options are available;
  • more delete options are available;
  • photo can be used as a desktop background.
  • lists with folders and files can be refreshed.
  • the album extension 'pfa' is shown in file lists.
  • support for the german language.
  • the english and dutch manuals are updated.

New in Photonizer 1.19.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • in case of using Photonizer for the first time, the selected language will now be used immediately (a restart isn't required anymore);
  • extended functionality for folder and file browsing;
  • when you move an album to a different location and the photos are still in the same folder as the album, the paths to photos are renamed automatically upon opening the album in Photonizer.
  • corrected an error in case thumbnails are no longer available on disk but user tries to show them again
  • corrected an error in case currently opened album is to be overwritten by an album with same name and path and consequently closed
  • html generation (photo to photo navigation):
  • option added for starting slideshow automatically upon viewing html pages
  • corrected size of window when images are too small and navigation buttons need more width to be displayed

New in Photonizer 1.18.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • html output: added random option in photo to photo navigation;
  • viewing a photo: you can copy it to clipboard (button 'more options >>');
  • each photo/thumbnail can be viewed in its own window.

New in Photonizer 1.17.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • some minor screen improvements;
  • descriptions containing only spaces are now regarded as empty descriptions;
  • editing list of objects has more features now;
  • editing list of events has more features now;
  • dragging and dropping of photos have been improved;
  • removed a bug when double clicking on a photo album file in windows explorer;
  • resizing photo size for html output is now extended to widths and heights of 1000 pixels;
  • added some small changes to user interface in the search tab;
  • added button 'open album' in tab 'Albums';
  • included option to add scrollbars to html output for photo viewing in pure photo to photo navigation.

New in Photonizer 1.16.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • added feature to create folders upon selecting a folder;
  • corrected slide show error in html photo to photo navigation;
  • clicking on a single html page, which is part of the html output with thumbnails, will show the index file (the start page of the html output), if the name of 'index.htm' isn't changed;
  • added full support for spanish language.

New in Photonizer 1.15.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • a smoother and cleaner lay out for the html photo viewer (without thumbnails);
  • fixed a screen updating problem.

New in Photonizer 1.14.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • it is now suitable for easy integration with other languages. I expect support for Spanish language soon.
  • generating html photo viewer (without thumbnails):
  • photo descriptions are now also displayed;
  • added slide show feature.
  • general html generation options:
  • fixed bug concerning using photos for html output;
  • you can decide to allow all photos to be used in html albums or none or invert these settings;
  • you can sort the table in sub tab 'html settings', click on a caption of a column;
  • you can create and delete folders upon defining the directory of the html output.
  • small lay out improvements;
  • renaming albums in album tab;
  • photo window:
  • you can view the image in full size and pan the image with the left mouse button;
  • you can save the photo after rotating it (use 'more options >>').
  • fixed some errors ocurring during searching for photos in the search tab.

New in Photonizer 1.13.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • Creating html & photo information:
  • you may determine which photo may or may not be included in a html album;
  • table with previous saved html settings is now properly sorted.
  • error solved concerning removing thumbnail files of albums with no thumbnails;
  • button 'create new album' is always available now;
  • navigating through photo window with home,end,ctrl+up,ctrl+down;
  • extra info in photo window and in slide show window about photos;
  • you may drag and drop items up and down in the list with 'photos in album'.

New in Photonizer 1.12.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • some small layout corrections.
  • Html generation:
  • index and quantity of photos is shown upon viewing a photo;
  • photo description in html is now limited to 250 characters instead of 150.

New in Photonizer 1.11.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • some small layout corrections;
  • the next photo is shown automatically after removing a photo;
  • error solved concerning moving to a previous or to a next photo in html viewers;
  • clicking in an empty photo list raised an error, this has been solved.

New in Photonizer 1.10.0.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • Generating html:
  • links to original photos can be added;
  • 100% for jpg quality can be entered in tab 'Step 2: Specify details';
  • 'previous', 'thumbnails' and 'next' buttons are replaced by hyperlinks;
  • album description has been moved to the right for better layout and bigger photos;
  • added borders to thumbnails and to photos;
  • corrected small html error;
  • colorized and improved screen layout;
  • added a slider for selecting photo quality and disk storage;
  • texts on photo pages are limited to a maximum length preventing mixed up layouts;
  • fixed small problem in case of navigating through photos based upon descriptions;
  • selecting previous saved settings and generating html will result in background color being displayed in 'specify details';
  • title can be specified;
  • more options for width and height of thumbnails;
  • default text above thumbnail overviews has been changed for better overview;
  • frame of thumbnail overview is now better aligned to the right.
  • solved a bug during html generation concerning file names;
  • added a new way of html generation;
  • corrected an image resize problem.
  • - Tab Photos - Available photos:
  • you may now convert non jpg files into jpg files;
  • filelist displays hidden files in a non hidden folder too;
  • refresh button refreshes the filelist;
  • some buttons have more meaningful names;
  • add or convert a subset of photos.
  • - Tab Photos - Photos in album:
  • remove buttons are replaced by one button which shows a popup menu;
  • show button and a popup menu added for selecting all photos or photos without information attached;
  • remove a subset of photos from album, storage or both;
  • added the del key for deleting selected photos;
  • drag and drop files onto this tab from windows explorer;
  • move a subset of photos up or down at the same time;
  • save changes in this tab with new button 'save changes';
  • message about saving changes no longer appears in case of viewing photos only;p
  • rename file names of selected photos all at once;
  • CTRL+A selects all photos;
  • left and right cursor keys show the previous and next photo.
  • - Tab Photos - Thumbnails:
  • clicking on a thumbnail will now always show the photo directly.
  • - Added icons and colors to the following parts of the user interface:
  • main tabs;
  • tab 'photos in album';
  • tab 'recently used albums';
  • tab 'import albums';
  • tab 'objects';
  • tab 'events';
  • tab 'select albums' in tab html generation.
  • - Search tab:
  • added search on text in file paths of photos;
  • made corrections to the tab order of fields.
  • - Other features & fixes:
  • application starts with tab 'recently used albums' in case one or more recently used albums exist;
  • photo window is moved automatically to the top right position for a better view of the main window;
  • extra list with objects in tab 'photos in album', shows selected objects;
  • extra list with objects in tab 'search', shows selected objects;
  • extra list with events in tab 'search', shows selected events;
  • solved small problem after closing an album and then selecting a folder;
  • sets folder in tab 'available photos' to album folder, after opening and creating an album;
  • activates tab 'available photos' after creating a new album;
  • solved an access violation problem during importing albums;
  • some small corrections to the user interface.