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What's new in gPhotoShow Pro 9.0.9 Build 1404

Jan 1, 2024
  • Added Hardware accelerated transitions
  • Hardware accelerated animated gif playback
  • Internal OpenGL viewer for 360 degrees spherical panoramas
  • Video recording of slideshows created with gPhotoShow Pro
  • System wide hotkeys
  • Improved filters
  • Desktop slideshow, a slideshow on your desktop !

New in gPhotoShow Pro 9.0.8 Build 1400 (Dec 16, 2023)

  • New: Added an option in System Settings page to set auto start as desktop slideshow

New in gPhotoShow Pro 9.0.7 Build 1368 (Jul 17, 2023)

  • Fixed: When using VLC the duration for some types of videos is not read correctly, this prevents playing from random point or repeating videos

New in gPhotoShow Pro 9.0.0 Build 1298 (May 6, 2023)

  • Added Hardware accelerated transitions
  • Hardware accelerated animated gif playback
  • Internal OpenGL viewer for 360 degrees spherical panoramas
  • Video recording of slideshows created with gPhotoShow Pro
  • System wide hotkeys
  • Hardware accelerated animated gifs playback
  • Improved filters
  • Desktop slideshow, a slideshow on your desktop !

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.5 Build 1254 (Mar 15, 2023)

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.4 Build 1230 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • Fixed: The option "When scrapbook is enabled navigation to next image doesn't reset scrapbook" is not saved
  • Fixed: In "Panoramic Images" page if "Delay after scrolling" is set to 0 images are not displayed

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.3 Build 1193 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • Fixed: Cosmetic bugs on Windows 11
  • New: On high dpi monitors text over images is now resized according to windows settings

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.2 Build 1180 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • Fixed: Sometimes new scrapbook photos are added behind existing ones

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.1 Build 1176 (Sep 6, 2021)

  • Fixed: Program crashes when started as logon screen saver (64 bit only)

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.0 Build 1167 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • New: Sharpen option added to Images Display Options
  • New: Automatically detect (and play) 360 degrees pano images using keywords

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.5.0 Build 1167 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • New: Sharpen option added to Images Display Options
  • New: Automatically detect (and play) 360 degrees pano images using keywords

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.4.2 Build 1159 (Mar 11, 2021)

  • Fixed:
  • Trailing and ending spaces are removed from keywords delimiters configured in Filters page
  • New:
  • Transition time added to Image Properties
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.4.1 Build 1148 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.4.0 Build 1140 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • New: Added options for slideshow window when used as slideshow maker
  • Fixed: Filters, if images are not excluded if Panoramic Images are also excluded
  • Fixed: On some systems when DirectX transitions are used gPhotoShow takes a long time to start

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.3.1 Build 1130 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • New: Added LensInfo and LensModel to Exif tags in Advanced Information page
  • Fixed: Program crashes when displaying the preview in control panel display applet

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.3.0 Build 1125 (Oct 2, 2020)

  • New: Improved DirectX rendering to reduce cpu usage (and power) when displaying static images
  • New: Permanent logging of errors during slideshow
  • New: Added new features for plugins
  • New: Added a command to automatically start a slideshow on windows startup
  • New: Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.2.0 Build 1100 (Oct 2, 2020)

  • Fixed: Improved animated gif performances when played full screen
  • Fixed: Keyword filter using wildcards doesn't work correctly
  • New: Added Photowall option. During normal slideshow it is possible to display a photowall image with the last viewed pictures

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.1.1 Build 1088 (Jul 7, 2020)

  • Fixed: When using multiple monitors and one monitor is excluded the option to fill unused monitor doesn't work as expected

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.1.0 Build 1084 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • New: Added a button to easily identify monitors

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.11 Build 1082 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • Fixed: Slideshow Options page, an error message is displayed is Mouse Button + Ctrl or Mouse Wheel are the only exit options selected
  • New: Added an item to Tools menu of Slideshow Maker to restore .gss file type association to its default value

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.10 Build 1078 (Feb 24, 2020)

  • Fixed: When monitor is powered off by Windows PM sometimes last picture is not set as wallpaper

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.9 Build 1073 (Dec 24, 2019)

  • Fixed: Folders configured in "Global Exclusions" page sometimes are not excluded

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.8 Build 1067 (Nov 11, 2019)

  • Fixed: on multiple monitors when the option to display some images spanned on all monitors is set panoramic image detection may occasionally fail

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.7 Build 1065 (Oct 11, 2019)

  • Fixed: when images are displayed grouped by folders and images list finishes a division by zero exception may be throwed
  • Fixed: on multiple monitors when the option to display some images spanned on all monitors is set a false mouse movement may cause the slideshow to close

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.6 Build 1054 (Sep 4, 2019)

  • Fixed: Monitor positions in Filters page are wrong when using custom layout

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.5 Build 1049 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • Fixed: On some system with multiple high dpi monitors image size is not correct

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.4 Build 1045 (Jun 7, 2019)

  • Fixed: Touch gestures cause multiple event activation
  • Fixed: In some cases while gPhotoShow is preloading next image hotkeys to change image are ignored

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.3 Build 1039 (May 9, 2019)

  • Fixed: 64bit version can't set logon screen saver from screen saver settings window

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.2 Build 1031 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • Fixed: Unrecoverable errors caused by video clips shorter than 1 second or when gPhotoShow can't get video duration.

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.1 Build 1020 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • Fixed: Custom monitor delay window causes an "Out of memory" error on 64 bit version

New in gPhotoShow Pro 8.0.0 Build 1016 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • New: It is now possible to configure a custom layout for the slideshow windows, in this way it is possible to have a window spanned across several monitors and others on a single monitor
  • New: Files and folders can be excluded from slideshow by using a hotkey or a configuration window
  • New: Added max. number of images for each folder when files are displayed in random order but grouped by folder
  • New: Keywords can be extracted from filename or file path
  • New: For images smaller than screen it is possible to fill background using the same image blurred instead of a solid color
  • New: Touch screen gestures handling: Pan (left,right,top,bottom),Zoom (in,out),Two finger tap,Press and Tap
  • New: Hotkey to toggle audio from video
  • New: Added an option to scrapbook to allow pictures to pile up until max number is reached
  • New: Multiple monitors, instead of displaying images on all secondary monitor now it is possible to exclude a specific monitor
  • New: multiple monitors, now it is possible to configure image display time for each monitor
  • New: Filters, added "contain"/"don't contain" operators for keywords (with or without wildcard characters)
  • New: Photowall scroll direction upward or downward
  • New: Basic support to play video with MPC-HC player
  • New: Removed panoramic images size limit when using DirectX
  • New: Do not disturb: automatically mute music and audio from video during a period of the day
  • New: Automatically repeat video clips shorter than a preset time
  • New: Image display time can now be configured using hours,minutes,seconds
  • New: Added an option to repeat images with weight greater than 1

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.10 Build 1009 (Mar 1, 2019)

  • Fixed: Empty items in cached files list can cause errors on program start
  • Fixed: VLC Video title is displayed in wrong positions
  • Fixed: minor bugs

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.9 Build 998 (Mar 16, 2018)

  • Fixed:
  • IPTC date and time fields are not formatted correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.8 Build 992 (Oct 26, 2017)

  • Fixed: Panoramic images scrolling is very slow when using standard 2D transitions

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.7 Build 923 (Apr 13, 2017)

  • New: In order to prevent burn-in damage to plasma screens when images are displayed with colored bars it is now possible to change their position randomly
  • Fixed: When images bigger than screen size are displayed and reduction is disabled they are now centered on the screen. This means the central area of images is displayed instead of top-left corner.

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.6 Build 922 (Feb 1, 2017)

  • Fixed: On some systems aspect ratio for automatic panorama detection can accept only integer numbers
  • Fixed: Filters: some images are not correctly detected as landscape or portrait oriented

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.5 Build 904 (Dec 4, 2016)

  • New: Added logical file name order where numbers inside file name are considered as numeric content instead of text
  • Fixed: Copy/Move button in Thumbnails window during slideshow doesn't work correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.4 Build 893 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Fixed: The window to calculate Auto-Resize limit has been improved for wide monitors
  • New: In order to better identify each monitor the Filters page now displays position and size of the selected monitor
  • New: Support for Xmp tags "People Names" added by Microsoft programs

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.3 Build 885 (Sep 3, 2016)

  • New: MOV video files are automatically played using VLC or WMP 12 if one is present, this avoids error messages when Quicktime is not installed
  • Fixed: Skipping to next or previous image when a panoramic image is scrolling with Standard transitions causes screen corruption and program to freeze for some time

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.2 Build 875 (Jul 20, 2016)

  • Fixed: On Windows 10 when gPhotoShow is set as logon screen the "Restore Default" function doesn't work

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.4.0 Build 820 (Feb 14, 2016)

  • New: Added a hotkey to open the folder containing current image
  • New: Added video file types supported by Windows Media Player 12 (3g2,3gp2,3gp,3gpp,mts,m2ts)
  • New: Added an option to play mov files using Windows Media Player (version 12 required)
  • New: Added options to "Text Settings" dialog to add a random offset to text position, this is useful to avoid burning crt and plasma displays. The offset is a random value from 0 to text height/2
  • Fixed: Reduced memory allocation when scanning folders

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.3.0 Build 787 (Oct 8, 2015)

  • New: Global Weights. Added on option to set a weight for photos taken in the same period of the year, for example during Christmas this function will display Chrismas photos from previous years.
  • New: Compiled with updated DirectX SDK

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.2.3 Build 775 (Sep 17, 2015)

  • New: Added file size and image width/height to advanced information items
  • Fixed: Sometimes image filename is lost when skipping to next image using hotkeys
  • Fixed: descript.ion text using unicode or utf-8 chars is not displayed correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.2.2 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • New: Text over images, added an option to fill whole row with background color
  • Fixed: Sometimes when sequential image display is selected standalone slideshows may close unexpectedly at startup

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.2.0 (Jan 30, 2015)

  • Fixed: Exif, IPTC and XMP tags from digital camera raw files are now read correctly by gPhotoShow
  • New: gPhotoShow is now able to read jpeg preview embedded in raw files. This feature must be supported by the windows codec. Adobe DNG codec doesn't allow to load the full size preview.
  • New: Mute/Resume audio hotkey now can be configured to work only on internal gPhotoShow players instead of the windows master volume control
  • New: Added hotkey to enable/disable maximum video duration time
  • New: Added hotkeys for basic video commands (pause/resume, fast forward, rewind)
  • New: Added a width limit for text over images
  • New: Animated GIF files can now be enlarged to fit the screen using the same settings of static images

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.1.4 (Dec 23, 2014)

  • Fixed: The setting to display only background color on main monitor is ignored by gPhotoShow
  • Fixed: When using the Hotkeys plugin to change slideshow if they have different DirectX settings gPhotoShow doesn't work correctly and may crash

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.1.3 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Fixed: Improved global filters speed on slow media
  • Fixed: On multiple monitors systems when displaying the same image on all monitors using an hotkey to delete current image may cause a program crash

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.1.2 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • Fixed: With some Pan&Zoom settings gif files are not played and P&Z always animates the same image
  • New: Gif animations now have their own maximum display time

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.1.1 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Fixed: On Windows 8.1 when running as screen saver gPhotShow can't change wallpaper or start external tools

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.1.0 (May 30, 2014)

  • Fixed: Sometimes gPhotoShow display a wrong background color before loading images.
  • Fixed: Improved image load time when using DirectX transitions
  • New: When using sequential image display the slideshow control window allows to jump back and forward by a configurable number of pictures

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.0.1 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • Fixed: ESC key action doesn't work as expected
  • Fixed: Standalone screen savers sometimes crash on exit
  • Fixed: Standalone screen savers setup doesn't install a required DirectX component

New in gPhotoShow Pro 7.0.0 (Apr 11, 2014)

  • New: Photo Wall mode
  • New: DirectX 3D transition effects
  • New: Animated GIF files support
  • New: Weighted Randomization. Now it is possible to display some files more often than others. Weights can be assigned to folders or to images with a specific rating or containing specified keywords.
  • New: Metadata cache. Exif/XMP/Iptc info are now cached, after the first directory scan gPhotoShow reads metadata info only for new files.
  • New: Incremental directory scanning. When background files list synchronization is enabled gPhotoShow starts displaying a limited set of files while directory scan is performed as a background task. This feature greatly improves startup time in particular when gPhotoShow needs to read exif tags.
  • New: Preview button to start the screen saver without leaving the settings window
  • New: Added a window to easily set the limit for stretch/crop
  • New: Added an option to start video playback from a random point also for windows media player
  • New: Photo rating can be displayed graphically as stars
  • New: Scrapbook background effect can be choosen randomly
  • New: Added new scrapbook options
  • New: Improved panoramic image detection, now gPhotoShow can detect vertically oriented panos
  • New: With sequential display when pressing the restart hotkey gPhotoShow asks for starting image number
  • New: Added optional date to time display
  • New: It is now possible to specify on which monitor to display the slideshow
  • New: Slideshow control window to perform basic operations during the slideshow
  • New: Configurable actions for mouse move and mouse button click during the slideshow
  • New: Hotkey to toggle video from beginning or from random position
  • New: Hotkey to mute/resume audio
  • New: gPhotoShow can now create a text file with the list of all images displayed
  • New: On multiple monitors systems gPhotoShow can display panoramic photos (or photo larger than a specified size) spanned on all monitors even if it is configured to display a different image on each monitor.

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.6.3 (Feb 13, 2014)

  • Fixed: When DirectX Antialias option is enabled wallpaper creation fails
  • Fixed: When using DirectX transitions sometimes the wallaper is created with two images mixed together. Now before creating the wallpaper gPhotoShow waits until the transition is finished
  • Fixed: When the option "One image spanned on all monitors" is selected and the primary monitor has negative coordinates no image is displayed.

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.6.2 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Fixed: When VLC is used to play video files the option to disable audio sometimes doesn't work
  • Fixed: On windows 8.1 some high DPI monitor configurations are not handled correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.6.1 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • New: Added options to show/hide video media title when using VLC player
  • New: It is now possible to add custom options to VLC startup

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.6.0 (Aug 30, 2013)

  • New: Added format options for the time display (time without AM/PM and in 24-hour format)
  • New: Added an option to avoid disabling the Aero Glass interface on Windows Vista and 7
  • New: ControlSS has been improved. Now it can be used to start gPhotoShow on a remote desktop session where normally the screen saver is disabled
  • Fixed: When skipping to previous image it isn't possible to delete the displayed image
  • Fixed: On some systems after resuming from sleep DirectX is not restored correctly and gPhotoShow stops working

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.5.0 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • New: Added comparison operators to the rating based filters
  • New: Added an option to external tools configuration to wait tool execution and reload image
  • Fixed: A message box is displayed when web pages contain scrip errors

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.4.0 (May 7, 2013)

  • New: After a standalone slideshow is created gPhotoShow can optionally open an explorer window on the destination folder
  • New: When using effects on scrapbook background the photo used as background is first displayed without any effect then when the first small image appears the effect is applied.
  • New: Blur effect on scrapbook background
  • New: Added 2 external tools and improved their configuration with optional parameters. In addition external tools can be started from the Copy/Mode window.
  • New: Added option in thumbnails window to enable/disable raw files deletion and confirmation message
  • New: Added an option to Pan&Zoom settings to perform image transition across the nodal point
  • New: Addes support for shortcuts created by Internet Explorer 9 and 10
  • Fixed: Playing audio files when a specific image is displayed doesn't work when the audio files list is empty
  • Fixed: Web files can be displayed when file sort is set to date/time
  • Fixed: Implemented a workaround to avoid a crash of the Quicktime ActiveX used to play mov files

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.3.0 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • New: Added options for random modes on multiple monitors systems: 1) Always choose pictures for the secondary monitors from the same folder selected for the primary one 2) Always choose a different folder for each monitor
  • New: Added an option in the "Global Exclusions" page to exclude hidden files and folders
  • New: Added an option to delete companion raw file when an image is deleted, sidecar xmp file is deleted too.
  • New: Added an option to avoid resetting scrapbook when navigating to next image (with hotkey or mouse).

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.2.1 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • Fixed: gPhotoShow is unable to load images when scrapbook is enabled and there are not filters

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.2.0 (Dec 20, 2012)

  • New: Now it is possible to set different filters for files displayed as background and files displayed as scrapbook
  • New: By using filters it is possible to use scrapbook mode without a background image
  • New: The hotkey to display current image filename now shows the filename for all monitors
  • New: Improved Plugins window
  • New: Plugins can now be used by standalone screen savers
  • Fixed: Sometimes navigation to previously displayed files doesn't work correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.1.2 (Oct 24, 2012)

  • Fixed: When using DirectX transitions and scrapbook mode if a monitor is turned off gPhotoShow may crash unexpectedly
  • Fixed: GSP coordinates are always displayed in the format degrees minute seconds

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.1.1 (Oct 4, 2012)

  • Fixed: playback of video files may fail when files are stored on slow devices that takes several minutes for a directory scan. After background scan is completed files are played correctly
  • Fixed: some standard 2D transition don't work correctly on portait oriented monitors
  • Fixed: On Windows 8 text overlaid on images is not displayed correctly when antialias option is not enabled

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.1.0 (Sep 5, 2012)

  • Fixed: Nikon and Canon raw files are not rotated correctly
  • Fixed: When scrapbook mode is enabled and Pan&Zoom option "Image change at the end of each movement" pan&zoom may not be performed correctly. Now this Pan&Zoom option can't be set when Scrapbook mode is enabled.
  • Fixed: Improved compatibility with Windows 8

New in gPhotoShow Pro 6.0.1 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • New: Scrapbook mode. Pictures are piled up like a scrapbook
  • New: Added option to first display newly added files in random mode
  • New: Added options to split any monitor into a configurable number
  • of parts
  • New: Added options to combine stretch and crop to fit images to screen
  • New: Added more options for automatic color calculation for frame
  • and background
  • New: Added options to filter images for their size (width or height)
  • New: Added options to exclude files older or newer than a specified date
  • New: Image information can be displayed for a limited time (DirectX only)
  • New: Sounds can be paused together with slideshow
  • New: Now it is possible to perform real pause/resume operation on sounds
  • instead of stop/play next
  • New: Pan&Zoom, zoom level now can be set at a fixed value
  • New: Pan&zoom, animation nodal points can be customized
  • New: Added an option to limit video play to only one file even on system
  • with more than one monitor
  • New: Added an option to start video playback from a random point (VLC Only)
  • Fixed: When filters exclude a high number of files they are displayed
  • almost sequentially
  • Fixed: The option to stop sounds when video is playing often
  • didn't work correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 5.2.1 (May 26, 2011)

  • Fixed: In some rare circumstances windows is not able to use the wallpaper created by gPhotoShow Pro and displays a black desktop
  • Fixed: Sometimes when using DirectX transition the created wallpaper is empty

New in gPhotoShow Pro 5.2.0 (May 17, 2011)

  • New: Improved DirectX rendering on Windows Vista and 7 with Aero enabled. Now on systems with Aero interface Pan&Zoom should be much smoother with higher frame rate
  • Fixed: When monitor is turned off by windows power management DirectX rendering is stopped
  • Fixed: Video files containing accented or non-ASCII letters are not played by VLC

New in gPhotoShow Pro 5.1.0 (Apr 13, 2011)

  • New: Color Management
  • New: RAW files codecs support. Now gPhotoShow can use RAW codecs installed in the system to load digital cameras raw files
  • New: Added an option to ignore swf playing status and display them for a specified time
  • Fixed: When DirectX cross fade transition is selected on some multiple monitors systems images are not resized correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 5.0.2 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • New: Flash and WhiteBalance exif tags

New in gPhotoShow Pro 5.0.1 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • Fixed: When error log is enabled in the logon screen saver it may crash on startup
  • Fixed: standalone screen savers and slideshows require dx9 dlls even if directx is not used
  • Fixed: files listed in "Web and 360 panoramas" are not counted correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 5.0.0 (Oct 21, 2010)

  • New:
  • Pan&Zoom animation using DirectX
  • Cross Fade transition using DirectX
  • When DirectX is used images are preloaded by a background task improving delay accuracy
  • Stretch & Crop to fit screen for video played with VLC
  • Synchronized image change on multiple monitors when DirectX is used
  • Hotkey to create shortcuts to favorite images
  • Confirmation message after hotekey is pressed
  • Improved display of audio files info, now they can have their own settings, position and display time
  • Fixed:
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.7 (Oct 21, 2010)

  • Fixed: gPhotoShow may stop working when an image contains broken exif date/time fields

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.6 (Oct 12, 2010)

  • Fixed:
  • Improved compatibility with UltraMon

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.5 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Fixed: Improved compatibility with UltraMon
  • New: Automatic updates check

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.4 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Fixed: VLC doesn't load its default configuration

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.3 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Fixed: Sometimes when background synchronization is active gPhotoShow stops working with a fatal error

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.2 (Sep 18, 2010)

  • Fixed: Installer for v4.8.1 didn't create some registry key correctly, this prevented installation of plugins

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.1 (Sep 1, 2010)

  • Fixed: When sort by date/time is selected videos are not played
  • Fixed: When clicking on the browse for file button to enter the name of an external editor or utility the program displays an error or crashes
  • Fixed: gPhotoShow is now compatible with VLC 1.1.0 and newer
  • Fixed: Confirmation window on image deletion is not displayed
  • New: on Windows 7 mp4 file type is added to video mpeg file types

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.8.0 (Mar 12, 2010)

  • New: Command line option to create standalone screen savers
  • New: Added new sort options
  • New: Added a new random/sequential mode
  • New: it is now possible to specify background color by using a special file name

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.7.0 (Mar 8, 2010)

  • Fixed: Image filter function always rotates images size according to exif orientation flag. Now it works according to the "Automatic image rotation" setting.
  • Fixed: when multiple monitors are used and selected display method is "Only one image spanned on all monitors" it is not possible to exclude the primary monitor
  • New: Added an additional hotkey to start an utility program on the currently displayed picture
  • New: Added options to start external editor or utility with a hotkey without closing gPhotoShow
  • New: Improved panoramic images handling, now they quickly fill the screen then scrolling starts. In addition scrolling can be paused/resumed
  • New: Added transition effect "Fade Out/Fade In"
  • Fixed: Improved detection of corrupted exif tags that could cause the program to crash and stop working

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.6.1 (Dec 2, 2009)

  • Fixed: when only secondary monitors is specified and the primary is set to be empty and the screen savers is started when there is no secondary monitor gPhotoShow exits. Fixed by starting the screen saver on the primary monitor
  • Fixed: When using the hotkey to copy/move images during the slideshow it is not possible to use the Browse button to choose the folder

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.6.0 (Nov 28, 2009)

  • Fixed: On Windows 7 Exif User Comment is not displayed correctly
  • Fixed: Improved detection of Unicode Exif User Comments
  • Fixed: Sometimes MP3 song title is not read correctly
  • New: Added an option to wait for new images when slideshow is finished

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.5.1 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • Fixed: VLC configuration set through VLC interface is ignored by gPhotoShow
  • Fixed: Sometimes the background files list synchronization could finish subfolders scan too early and remove almost all files from the list

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.5 (Oct 20, 2009)

  • New: gPhotoShow can now read files lists from text files with .glst file extension
  • New: added an option to fill main monitor with background color and display images only on secondary monitors
  • Fixed: Sometimes the background files list synchronization could cause image filters to behave erratically
  • Fixed: when only secondary monitors is specified but the screen savers starts when there is no secondary monitor nothing is displayed. Fixed by starting the screen saver on the primary monitor
  • Fixed: standalone screen saver doesn't work correctly when it doesn't have write permissions on the windows folder for temporary files or it doesn't exists

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.4.1 (Sep 25, 2009)

  • Fixed: Sometimes when option "Each monitor has its own timing" is enabled at the end of a video gPhotoShow doesn't skip to the next file

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.4.0 (Sep 16, 2009)

  • Fixed: when running as logon screen saver sometimes windows is not able to shutdown
  • Fixed: when running as logon screen saver under windows vista gPhotoShow may not see the registration and run as trial
  • Fixed: filter settings in some cases can't be set back to default values
  • New: added Gps Info to available exif tags
  • New: it is now possible to specify transition duration and type for each image by using a special file name

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.3.2 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • Fixed: sometimes files list cache on disk is not cleared when a configuration is saved and one or more folders lists have been changed
  • Fixed: settings gPhotoShow as logon screen saver may not work on windows Vista

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.3.1 (May 8, 2009)

  • Fixed: in some cases the registration key is flagged as expired
  • Fixed: improved standalone setup script under Vista x64

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.3.0 (Apr 25, 2009)

  • Image info are now written over the resized image and fade in together
  • with the image
  • Fixed: in some cases images rotated manually are not rotated correctly
  • Fixed: in some cases ID3 tags from mp3 audio files are not read correctly

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.2.1 (Apr 8, 2009)

  • Fixed: the option "Screen Saver exit on Key Press" can't be changed, when settings are reloaded that option has the old value
  • Fixed: files list cache on disk is cleared when a configuration is saved and one or more folders lists have been changed

New in gPhotoShow Pro 4.0.0 (Nov 7, 2008)

  • Added IPTC and XMP metadata support. This allows gPhotoShow to read rating, keywords, caption and description added by Windows Vista Photo Gallery
  • Improved image information overlay. Added simplified IPTC/XMP metadata display and advanced settings that allows to display info in two areas on the screen and to mix static text with Exif/Iptc/Xmp metadata from image files
  • Image and files filtering. Now it is possible to choose which file types to display on specified monitors. For example on monitor 1 display only images and on monitor 2 only videos. In addition for each monitor it is possible filter which images to display, 3 filters are available: vertically/horizontally oriented, rating and keywords. In this way it possible, for example, display only images horizontally oriented, with a rating greater than 0 and with keyword Mountain
  • Background folder scan. Background scan is effective the second time you start a slideshow, when exiting gPhotoShow saves current files list to a cache file. On next startup gPhotoShow starts to display images from the cached list in the meanwhile it scans the configured folders, when completed the list is synchronized and newly added files will be available for the slideshow.
  • Periodic files synchronization. If enabled gPhotoShow will periodically scan folders to find new files.
  • Each monitor can have its own timing. This option can be useful in some cases with multiple monitors setups, for example when one monitor is displaying a long video (or an image with its own timing) with this option enabled other monitors can continue to change images.
  • A new randomization option. When this option is selected gPhotoShow will choose the first file randomly, then subsequent files will be picked-up randomly in the same folder until when they are finished. At this point gPhotoShow will choose a new file and the process starts again.
  • Image index displayed over image during slideshow
  • Modified interface with VLC Media Player to fix compatibility problems with v0.9.x and improve integration with player
  • Minor bug fixes

New in gPhotoShow Pro 3.8.0 (Mar 16, 2007)

  • Added support for PlugIns
  • Fixed a problem with automatic image rotation
  • Now images are displayed correctly also when exif tags are corrupted
  • Removed duplicated maker name in exif info display
  • Now gPhotoShow loads default image properties from the file gprop.ini in the folder where the image is stored (format is the same as .gprop files)
  • Added command to add/remove the windows explorer menu item "Start slideshow with gPhotoShow"
  • Improved startup time when GphotoShow is loaded in the windows display properties
  • Now in the windows display properties gPhotoShow displays a preview of the slideshow
  • Fixed a problem in scrolling some panoramic images
  • Fixed a problem in the skip to previous image function when all monitors displays the same image
  • Added support for InnoSetup 5
  • Added an option to display the slideshow only on secondary monitors
  • Added support for AAC files (*.m4a,*.m4p). In order to play them you need to install iTunes or WinAmp with M4P plugin
  • Added support for Apple iTunes
  • It is now possible to specify additional file extensions for sound and music files
  • Sound/Music playing can be suspended while playing a video
  • Added a key to skip to the next audio file
  • Added a key to open a window to copy or move the currently displayed image
  • It is now possible to display ID3 tags for mp3 and wma audio files (only when running on Windows XP)
  • Fixed a problem with wmv files
  • Added an option to crop images in order to fill the screen
  • Automatic detection of panoramic images
  • Alternative setting for image scrolling speed, now it is possible to have a constant speed for all images
  • Added an option to open a confirmation window before deleting images
  • Fixed a problem in displaying JPEG comments
  • Folders added with the button "Add Subdir" are now ordered alphabetically
  • Now it is possible to sort folders lists by clicking on the lists header
  • Added a hotkey to switch off/on monitor
  • Now it is possible to stop sounds and music when monitor is powered off
  • Added a new display method for multiple monitors, now it is possible to display only one image on one monitor, next image is displayed on next monitor and so on sequentially
  • Installation of standalone screen saver now adds shortcuts to configure and uninstall the screen saver. Moreover during installation the screen saver can be set as the default screen saver.
  • Fixed a problem in displaying folder names containing dots
  • Now it is possible to disable audio of played avi and mpeg files.
  • Added commands to set gPhotoShow as logon screen saver
  • Improved compatibility with Windows Vista
  • Improved playing of avi and wmv files
  • Now it is possible to disable audio on mov files
  • Improved support for Apple QuickTime, if QT7 is installed:
  • - it is possible to display mov files full screen
  • - it is possible to display VR files
  • - Autopan of VR files
  • Added a page with system settings
  • In case of multiple monitors desktop wallpaper is now created correctly