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Phototheca X Changelog

What's new in Phototheca X 2023.12.25.4308

Dec 31, 2023
  • This performance update brings a lot of new improvements and bug fixes to Phototheca. In this update:
  • Phototheca becomes fully x64 bits application. The program works faster on all modern PCs and utilizes all the power of modern CPUs, both Intel and AMD.
  • Increased thumbnail size to 512px to have a better look on high-resolution displays
  • Faster and more accurate facial recognition, accelerated on multiple CPUs cores
  • Exteded range of supported RAW formats, including modern Canon CR3 and Apple HEIC RAW formats
  • Improved metadata support for both reading and writing. Better support for side-car XMP files
  • Various user interface improvements
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes

New in Phototheca X 2023.12.10.4273 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • Phototheca becomes fully x64 bits application. The program works faster on all modern PCs and utilizes all the power of modern CPUs, both Intel and AMD.
  • Increased thumbnail size to 512px to have a better look on high-resolution displays
  • Faster and more accurate facial recognition, accelerated on multiple CPUs cores
  • Exteded range of supported RAW formats, including modern Canon CR3 and Apple HEIC RAW formats
  • Improved metadata support for both reading and writing. Better support for side-car XMP files
  • Various user interface improvements
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes

New in Phototheca X 2023.11.20.4239 (Nov 22, 2023)

  • Phototheca becomes fully x64 bits application. The program works faster on all modern PCs and utilizes all the power of modern CPUs, both Intel and AMD.
  • Increased thumbnail size to 512px to have a better look on high-resolution displays
  • Faster and more accurate facial recognition, accelerated on multiple CPUs cores
  • Exteded range of supported RAW formats, including modern Canon CR3 and Apple HEIC RAW formats
  • Improved metadata support for both reading and writing. Better support for side-car XMP files
  • Various user interface improvements
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes

New in Phototheca X 2023.8.15.4108 (Aug 14, 2023)

  • New look for the People section, with larger covers and Favorited people
  • A new way to sort faces
  • A new way to sort albums
  • Horizontal tabs for better navigation
  • New Calendar and Moments sections
  • Many minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Phototheca X 2023.1.7.3835 (Jan 8, 2023)

  • This is a service update with bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Phototheca X 2022.12.1.3824 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • New look for the People section, with larger covers and Favorited people
  • A new way to sort faces
  • A new way to sort albums
  • Horizontal tabs for better navigation
  • New Calendar and Moments sections
  • Many minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Phototheca X 2022.8.24.3800 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • In this update, we greatly revised and reworked the user interface and look&feel of Phototheca. We removed visual noise and overwhelming elements and refreshed icons and colors. Besides visual changes, this update also includes:
  • New look for the People section, with larger covers and Favorited people
  • A new way to sort faces
  • A new way to sort albums
  • Horizontal tabs for better navigation
  • New Calendar and Moments sections
  • Many minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Phototheca X 2022.8.20.3784 (Aug 21, 2022)

  • New look for the People section
  • Favorited Persons appear before all others on the top row
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 2022.4.25.3596 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • New look for the People section
  • Favorited Persons appear before all others on the top row
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 2021.5.1.3520 (Dec 19, 2021)

  • This is a service release with minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Phototheca X 2021.4.3.3509 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • Added integration with SmugMug platform. Now you can upload photos to your SmugMug account from Phototheca directly
  • Added quick filter to narrow down keywords list in Keywords Search panel

New in Phototheca X 2021.1.1.3476 (Aug 2, 2021)

  • Thumbnail size is increased x2 for high-DPI (4K) displays
  • Import from iPhones is improved
  • Better support for Olympus RAW formats (ORF)
  • Better support for DNG formats
  • A feature to view and change the list of known(tracked) folders is added

New in Phototheca X 2020.22.1.3369 (Jun 20, 2021)

  • Thumbnail size is increased x2 for high-DPI (4K) displays
  • Import from iPhones is improved
  • Better support for Olympus RAW formats (ORF)
  • Better support for DNG formats
  • A feature to view and change the list of know(tracked) folders is added

New in Phototheca X 2020.19.1.3336 (May 30, 2021)

  • Options to flip images horizontally and vertically are added
  • Better support for TIFF metadata
  • Added support for 1-bit color(black and white) images
  • Batch editing for captions and descriptions is added
  • Option to trash all duplicates is added
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Phototheca X 2020.18.8.3312 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • In this update:
  • Interface is translated to French and Polish languages
  • New feature to export all photos with a specific person or export person’s faces clips
  • Added the feature to specify a target file format and quality options when saving edited photo

New in Phototheca X 2020.18.6.3283 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • Interface is translated to French and Polish languages
  • New feature to export all photos with a specific person or export person’s faces clips
  • Added the feature to specify a target file format and quality options when saving edited photo

New in Phototheca X 2020.17.4.3241 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • Duplicates module is improved
  • Restore expanded folders from the previous session
  • Improved work with video files metadata, both MOV and MP4 formats
  • Captions of photos appear in a slideshow
  • Favorites” feature is added
  • Save Library” menu action is added
  • The option to show disk folders as a flat list is added
  • The option to show covers of folders is added

New in Phototheca X 2020.14.6.3183 (Jan 6, 2021)

  • Facial Recognition:
  • The Facial Recognition feature was revisited and reworked a lot
  • It is possible to operate with multiple faces at once – assign a name, move out of a stack or delete from the library
  • Precision and performance of recognition and matching functions are improved
  • Quick Filter is added to the corkboard. Type a part of a person’s name to get instant search results and locate a person immediately
  • A person name is being added to the IPTC metadata block when tagging files
  • Files Import:
  • A better experience with import from iPhones and memory cards. Photos appear grouped by the date of the shoot when browsing a smartphone
  • Import Options dialog appears on every import, with a clear explanation of how and where photos will be imported to
  • Files Formats:
  • Better support for HEIC/HEIF format on Windows 7 and Windows 10
  • Faster import of RAW files
  • Support for many new cameras and RAW formats
  • General Functions:
  • More space for keywords when displaying keywords beneath a thumbnail, up to four lines
  • Option to show and hide face boxes, when viewing full-size photos
  • Option to add person names as keywords to files automatically
  • Metadata:
  • A new option to adjust the date and time of photos is added. The option lets to set the same date and time for a batch of files(instead of shifting the time of every file)
  • Info Panel:
  • The box “Appears in” is added to the panel. This box shows all Events and Albums where a photo appears and let navigate to the Event or Album with a click
  • Duplicates:
  • The Duplicates feature is reworked to provide a more clear and streamlined way to deal with duplicates
  • Look & feel:
  • The general look and feel were optimized for high-DPI displays and tablets, up to 4K resolution

New in Phototheca X 2020.1.1.2894 (May 17, 2020)

  • In this update:
  • Facial Recognition feature is improved
  • Fixes for high-DPI displays

New in Phototheca X 2019.15.1.2726 (Feb 3, 2020)

  • Facial Recognition feature is improved
  • Fixes for high-DPI displays

New in Phototheca X 2019.12.4.2686 (Dec 30, 2019)

  • In this update:
  • Improvements to Face Recognition feature
  • Better support for high-DPI displays

New in Phototheca X 2019.11.1.2612 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Added in this update:
  • Face Recognition feature
  • Support for faces metadata standards - XMP MWG and Microsoft Photo
  • Support for maker notes metadata
  • Better detection of lense models
  • Support for Affinity Photo file format
  • Support for iPhone media types: selfie, Instagram post, long exposure photo and screenshot
  • Streamlined UI and improved look&feel
  • Dozens of fixes and optimizations

New in Phototheca X 3.3.0.2584 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • Improved support for HEIC files
  • Fixed issues with iPhone support
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 3.3.0.2531 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • Improved support for HEIC files
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 3.2.0.2434 (Aug 2, 2019)

  • Added Text writing tool. Add text to photos and bring new meaning to your images. Our text editor comes packed full of fonts, styles, and everything else you'll need to add text to photos!

New in Phototheca X 2.9.0.2292 (Mar 8, 2019)

  • New Phototheca 2.9.0.2292 is released. In this update:
  • Added new section FOLDERS to the library. This section shows a tree of folders, where all images of a library are located. This section is similar to Windows Explorer tree with the exception that it shows folders with imported images only, not all folders of a local drives and doesn't create a clutter.
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 2.8.0.2010 (Nov 4, 2017)

  • You've asked years for this and it's here - feature to rate photos with stars! Set ratings with context menu or hot keys, make Smart Albums with filtering by ratings, search for photos with specific ratings in search bar
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 2.8.0.1989 (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Added support for MTS and M2TS video formats.
  • Enabled view of file extensions.

New in Phototheca X 2.8.0.1985 (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Fixed issues with import from iPhone.
  • Fixed issue when dates of shoot were misinterpreted on specific images.

New in Phototheca X 2.8.0.1981 (Sep 25, 2017)

  • Fixed issues with import from iPhone.
  • Fixed issue when dates of shoot were misinterpreted on specific images.

New in Phototheca X 2.8.0.1972 (Mar 22, 2017)

  • Faster and smoother video import, now from iOS devices also
  • Fresh look for DEVICES section
  • Feature to remove all empty Events and Albums in one click - File->Manage Library
  • Reworked Info panel
  • Remember Timeline scale and position
  • Lot of small improvements and fixes

New in Phototheca X 2.6.0.1904 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • In this update:
  • Better visualization for keywords on the information pane
  • Fixed issue when custom applications to edit photos are not displayed in the menu
  • Cut&paste now works with albums
  • Another handy feature is added — to scan the entire library for changes. Use the link "Scan all images for changes" to refresh a metadata of files that were processed in another software and pickup the latest changes(keywords, descriptions, EXIF, etc.)
  • Exclude keywords
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Phototheca X 2.6.0.1885 (Jan 30, 2017)

  • Added support for penstylus pointing device to select and drag images.

New in Phototheca X 2.6.0.1868 (Jan 26, 2017)

  • Performance of many operations on huge libraries(>50,000 images) has been increased significantly. Phototheca becomes more responsive and fast.
  • You've been asking us for years to release a portable version and finally it's delivered! Check this page for details.
  • Another handy feature is here — support for multiple libraries!
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Phototheca X 2.6.0.1826 (Jan 13, 2017)

  • An option to exclude specific keywords from search results is added.
  • Exclude keywords
  • Keywords fuzzy search feature is added.
  • Help button to show an explanation for search query language is added.
  • Search help button
  • Context menu item to find all Events and Albums containing clicked photo is added.

New in Phototheca X 2.6.0.1795 (Nov 13, 2016)

  • New condition to filter by a full file path is added to Smart Albums.
  • Minor bugfixes.

New in Phototheca X 2.6.0.1782 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Again, you've been asking years for this and it comes — video files support in Phototheca! Import movies made by a camera or regular videos from a hard drive, assign tags and keywords, arrange in albums. Even more — the instant search and Smart Albums work with movies the same way as with photos.
  • Support for Camera Roll folder on Windows 8 and Windows 10 is added. All shoots that you make with your Windows based phone or tablet have own place in the Library.

New in Phototheca X 2.5.0.1713 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • We are thrilling to announce that Phototheca got more features to share your lovely photos to Facebook, Google Photos and Twitter! No more manual upload from a browser! Just select an album, an event or several photos, do the click — and Phototheca immediately starts to upload those photos on your behalf. It's possible to specify a privacy settings and size of uploads. You even can upload RAWs and they got converted to JPEGs on the fly.

New in Phototheca X 2.4.0.1635 (Oct 11, 2016)

  • The feature to upload photos, Albums and Events to Flickr is added! Now you can easily upload photos, Albums, and Events into new Sets or Photostream under your Flickr account. Just in two clicks! You are able to specify privacy level and size of uploads as well. Phototheca can perform 2-ways synchronization with Flickr, meaning all your changes made to photos locally or on Flickr appears on opposite side. And all metadatas(EXIF, IPTC, etc.) are preserved on upload as well

New in Phototheca X 2.3.0.1609 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Finally, you've been asking years for this and it comes — RAW file formats support!
  • Single-page TIFF format support is added
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 2.2.0.1588 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Huge UI redesign has been introduced. The look&feel of the main screen became more slick, sharp and nice.
  • Import speed is increased on 20%.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Phototheca X 2.1.0.1547 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Visual quality and appeal of Event's covers are greatly improved.
  • New Welcome screen on the first start.
  • Fixed issue with drag&drop to start import
  • Fixed issue with a first start on Windows 10
  • Fixed issue with Dual View if open an image inside large Event
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Phototheca X 2.0.0.1524 (Sep 3, 2016)

  • Information panel is totally reworked. It shows more image related details about shoot conditions (ISO, aperture, shutter, exposition bias, focus length).
  • New dialog to review all Exif properties of a file is added.
  • Smart Albums got nice covers as other albums have, finally.

New in Phototheca X 2.0.0.1505 (Aug 27, 2016)

  • Fixed issues with safe-boxes.
  • Format of album covers is changed to 3x4.
  • Fixed issue with dates range condition in Smart Albums.
  • Option is added to make a text size bigger for the left pane and menus.
  • The application opens up a full-screen on start-up, if has been closed from a full-screen.
  • Library Management dialog is extended with the option to delete all thumbnails of missing files.

New in Phototheca X 2.0.0.1475 (Aug 15, 2016)

  • Support for 2-in-1 devices on the Windows 10 platform is added. Phototheca can detect switch between clam-shell and slate modes and switch own UI accordingly.
  • New touch UI with gestures support to browse across a library, swipe, zoom in and zoom out with fingers.

New in Phototheca X 1.7.0.1385 (May 6, 2016)

  • Full compatibility with high-DPI displays is added. Phototheca respects Windows settings and uses larger fonts and scales UI accordingly, when fonts are scaled to 125% or 150%.

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1354 (May 4, 2016)

  • Dual display support is added. Now it is possible to use your second screen to show selected photos in full size, while browsing a library on the first screen.
  • Email feature is added. You are able to email photos right from the application
  • Better support for larger fonts on high-DPI displays is added. The left panel(including Library and Info panel) respects Windows settings and uses larger fonts, when fonts are scaled to 125% or 150%.
  • Different minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1331 (Apr 3, 2016)

  • This is service release with bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1312 (Mar 9, 2016)

  • Fix for sorting issue inside Smart Albums
  • New feature "Fix Library" is added into Troubleshooting dialog. This let you fix minor issues with Library by yourself.
  • Default destination of installer is changed to Program Files folder
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1300 (Feb 15, 2016)

  • Filtering suggested keywords while you type
  • "Export Photos" dialog is improved
  • "Import" dialog look is refined with bigger thumbnails
  • Minor bug fixes and speed improvements

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1273 (Jan 8, 2016)

  • Support for Apple devices. Connected iPhone or iPad appears in Devices section of a library and it's possible to import photos directly from a device with nice import dialog.
  • Support for long-long folder names
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1230 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Print feature
  • Change list of external editors
  • Option to do not copy files from removable drives during an import
  • Do not create new events when do re-import from known locations

New in Phototheca X 1.6.0.1054 (Oct 13, 2014)

  • This is service release with bug fixes and speed improvements

New in Phototheca X 1.4.0.970 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • Live Album feature is added
  • Open and edit photos in external application
  • €œImport to Phototheca€ item is added to Windows Autoplay dialog when connect
  • removable drives
  • €œImport to Phototheca€ item is added to Windows Explorer€'s context menu
  • €œDEVICES€ section in the Library let to import photos from memory cards,
  • removable drives, cell phones, cameras and tablets directly, without copying to local drive first
  • Drag & drop photos from Calendar into Library creates Album
  • Highlighting last added item in the Library
  • Detects name of graphical adapter and gives a hint where to find drivers if drivers are not installed
  • Bug fixes and speed improvements