Contact Information

Picture Information Extractor Website:

http://www.picmeta.com

For questions, comments, bug reports or suggestions, write to:

info@picmeta.com

Send snail-mail requests, comments, postcards, money, real estate title deeds etc. to:

Holger Jungk

Spessartstr. 15a

D-14197 Berlin

Germany


History
PIE History

3.30.210

Added thumbnail caching

Support for Windows XP visual styles

New install routine

3.2.2.206

Added support for PNG-format

Zoom value is now the real focal length if not 35mm equivalent

Added DEL and SHIFT+DEL shortcuts in list view and fullscreen mode

3.2.1.204

Added German language user interface

3.2.0.195

Added slide show feature

Transfer from memory card now includes subfolders

Support for Canon THM-files. Used for renaming and picture info for CRW and AVI files

New option for setting the initial folder

New option for setting the default open/double click action

Fullscreen mode now displays advanced information

Improved WAV file support

More cameras supported, minor fixes and UI changes

3.0.4.188

Fixed problems with certain Exif readers after lossless transformation

Minor fixes

3.0.1.184

Allows disabling reading of thumbnails in advance

Backspace key enabled in fullscreen mode

Minor fixes

3.0.0.180

Added different listview styles, including thumbnail browser

File list compatible with copy and paste

Added file properties item in listview popup menu

Added directory header

Allows hiding of the picture preview pane

Support for more cameras

2.8.9.162

Added support for GIF-files

Support for Olympus C3000, C960/D460, C860/D360, C920/D450

2.8.9.160

Added new rename options: 4 Digit year and 12 Hour time format

Added support for audio files: transfer, auto rename and play

Added new Exif-Only option for more speed

Added LAN support

Minor bugfixes

2.8.8.153

Support for Olympus 2020/3030, Nikon 990, Canon S10/S20

2.8.6.143

Support for Olympus C-2500L, Fuji MX-2900, Sony DSC-700

2.8.5.140

Added ISO field to Advanced Information

Fuji MX-2700, HP C30 quality modes

Canon Powershot A50

Minor bugfixes

2.8.4.138

Olympus C-2000L

Fixed: Access Violation with Epson HyPict-pictures

2.8.3.134

Message beep after completing Memory Card transfer

New option to force small/capital letters for the file extension

Fuji MX-600 Zoom

Minor changes

2.8.1.124

Support for Nikon Coolpix 950

Sorting by name now case insensitive

2.8.0.120

New and improved fullscreen mode

Very fast viewer, zooming, panning

View different graphic file formats

Support for jpeg, tiff, bmp, pcx, dcx, dib, targa file format

Display image dimension

Rename by file date/time (useful for Sony Mavica for example)

Read exposure information in uncompressed TIF-files

Reading file list of large directories can now be interrupted

Shareware version full-featured but time limited

2.6.5.115

Added 'Subject Distance' to Advanced Information

Support for Hewlett Packard C20

2.6.4.114

New option 'Instant view new files' in the View-Menu

(View files during Memory Card transfer or while downloading from your camera with the camera software)

Rotate Left/Right available in fullscreen mode

Agfa ePhoto1680

Create program shortcuts when starting the first time

Enter-Key for Fullscreen Mode

Display of total number and size of files

2.6.3.109

Support for Agfa ePhoto307

2.6.3.108

Support for Ricoh DC-4T, Sanyo VPC-X300

Keep original filedate for transformed pictures

Minor changes

2.6.2.103

Support for Ricoh DC-3Z/DC-4, Fujifilm Cameras

Added 'Delete file' to fullscreen mode

Save and restore sorted column

Correct sorting of shutter values >1sec

Create destination directory if it does not exist (Memory Card Transfer)

Renaming of files without exposure information

Fixed: After moving a file, it was still selected

Added some shortcuts

2.6.1.98

Kodak DC220/260 correct renaming with Flash value

Shutter value >1sec possible

Minor bugfixes

2.6.0.94

Kodak DC220/260 Quality setting, Zoom now recognized

Shutter speed value for Kodak cameras more precise

2.6.0.83

Sorting by name, date, shutter, zoom, etc.

Improved directory tree

Improved drag & drop, now possible from and into PIE

Added destination path option for Memory Card transfer

Added transfer information window

Delete original file after transformation / keep filename

Many minor improvements

Bug fixes

2.5.3.77

Fixed Win NT 4.0 resource problem

2.5.3.75

Progress bar works while reading directory picture info

2.5.3.74

Fixed directory-tree flicker when selecting certain subfolders

2.5.3.73

Support for pictures with Motorola-Byteorder (Macintosh)

2.5.3.69

Added 'Advanced Information' to the view-menu

(note: not all cameras provide these information)

2.5.2.66

Fixed bug 'Invalid date argument'

2.5.2.64

Support for cameras which comform to the Exif-Standard.

Not completely finished yet, but should work ok with Fuji MX-700, Nikon Coolpix 900

2.5.1.60

Added Copy/Move option to SmartMedia-section

Bug fixes

2.5.0.54

Full screen mode (registered version)

Automated file transferring/renaming from SmartMedia-card (registered version)

Directory tree and file list are updating automatically

Copy/Move/Delete more 'explorer-like',

Delete uses the Windows95 recycle-bin

Directory tree is exactly like the explorer left pane, showing desktop and network drives

Add new folder / delete folder

Support for batch transformation

New counter setting (start value, minimum number of digits)

Deleting ReadOnly-attribute before writing to picinfo.txt

Faster reading of the file list (report-style)

2.0.3.46

Support for Agfa ePhoto 1280 (quality mode, zoom)

2.0.2.45

Support for japanese fonts

2.0.2.44

Recognizes 'Aperture'-Value in Cameras other than Olympus C1000/C1400 (D500/D600)


PIE Registration

The Picture Information Extractor is "Shareware".  This means that this software is available to you for free evaluation.  You are entitled to evaluate the software for up to 15 use days without obligation to pay.  After 15 days used, if you decide to keep the software, you must register your copy for a small fee.

Registered users are entitled to free updates for an unlimited period of time by downloading the latest versions. If a new authorization code is required it will be issued upon request at no charge to users. Registration benefits also include free technical support by e-mail, notification of upgrades and other products via e-mail, etc.

Finally, by registering the software, you provide us with the resources and incentive to support the software with updates and to develop additional quality shareware products in the future.

How Can I Register?


How Can I Register?

Please look at our website at http://www.picmeta.com for ordering information. The easiest way to receive your personal password is to submit a secure online order.

The price of a Single License of PIE is only US $19.95.

German users: Sie können PIE auch per direkter Banküberweisung in EURO registrieren. Details hierzu finden Sie auf http://www.picmeta.com/register-d.htm.


Licensing Details

1. Distribution

This shareware software may be freely distributed, provided that:

Such distribution includes only the original archive. You may not alter, delete or add any files in the distribution archive.

The distribution does not include a registration number.  In particular, you may not distribute a registered version of PIE.

No money is charged to the person receiving the software, beyond reasonable cost of packaging and other overhead.

2. License

By receiving and/or using PIE, you accept the following Evaluation and Registered User Agreement. If you do not intend to honor this agreement, remove the Picture Information Extractor software from your computer now.

3. Evaluation (Unregistered) and Registered User Agreement

You may evaluate the Shareware program for maximum of fifteen calendar days, after which you must register the program or remove the software from your computer.

Users of PIE must accept this disclaimer of warranty: PIE is supplied as is.

The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.

The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of 'PIE'.

Each registered copy of PIE may be used in only one single location by one user.  Use of the software means that you have loaded the program and run it or have installed the program onto a computer.  If you install the software onto a multi-user platform or network, each and every individual user of the software must be registered separately.

If any person other than yourself uses PIE registered in your name, regardless of whether it is at the same time or different times, then this agreement is being violated!

The sale of and or distribution of registered copies of this software is strictly forbidden.


Overview
Overview of Features

Flexible renaming of digital photos

Lossless JPEG-Rotation

Rotate single pictures or rotate in batch mode

Automated file transfer from your SmartMedia/CompactFlash/Memory Stick card adapter with renaming/redating

Picture preview

Thumbnail browser

Adjustable thumbnail size

Instant view/auto select of new files

Very fast picture viewer with zooming and panning

View pictures and their exposure information in full screen

Cycle through the pictures (with PgUp/PgDown keys)

Drag displayed text to your preferred screen position

Slide show mode

Audio file support

Play camera wav-files while viewing pictures

Automatic renaming of wav-files dependent on picture file renaming

Transfer audio files along with picture files

Saving picture information in standard textfiles

Automatic monitoring of the 'picinfo.txt'-files

Advanced picture information

Canon .thm-file support

Enables displaying picture information and renaming of .crw and .avi files

File sorting by name, date, shutter, aperture, zoom, ..

Move and Copy picture files per Drag&Drop

Drag from and into the PIE window (OLE Drag)

Manual renaming of files

Exposure info file 'picinfo.txt' will be automatically updated

Not necessary to retype the file extension

Delete files

Open pictures with your favorite editor (Double click or right button click)

Supported file formats: JPEG, TIFF, PCX, DCX, BMP, DIB, PIC, TARGA, GIF

Improved file handling

Increased performance

and many more, as you will see...


What is PIE?

•	PIE is a file renaming utility that extracts the camera information from the raw .jpg or .tif and renames the PIC000XX.JPG filename to a more computer friendly name keyed to the date and time as well as other photo information. This lets your favorite picture viewer display your photos in correct chronological order.

•	Because PIE shows you exposure information for each picture, you can better understand digital camera functions by analyzing shutter, flash use, aperture, zoom position, and quality settings

•	The exposure information is saved in the .jpg file - as long as the file is not modified. Any modification to the JPG  file will destroy this data. To prevent loss of picture information PIE records exposure data in standard text files, which also may be imported into a spreadsheet or database.

•	PIE is a file manager. Move, Copy, Delete and Rename JPG files.

•	The new PIE has an integrated picture viewer.

•	The new PIE is one of the first programs which allow you to rotate JPG pictures without any loss of quality! Rotation is done without decompression/compression. The so-called »lossless rotation« makes it easy to take pictures in portrait mode.

•	PIE is simply the best way to transfer your photos from SmartMedia/CompactFlash-card or Floppy Disc to your computer.


Lossless Jpeg-Transformation

PIE is one of the only applications available which allows you to rotate Jpeg-Images without any image degradation or increase in file size.

It works by rearranging the compressed data (DCT coefficients), without ever fully decoding the image. Therefore, its transformations are lossless: there is no image degradation at all.

The transformation has no restrictions regarding image dimensions. But it will operate rather oddly if the image dimensions are not a multiple of the iMCU size (usually 8 or 16 pixels), because they can only transform complete blocks of DCT coefficient data in the desired way. The default behavior when transforming an odd-size image is designed to preserve exact reversibility and mathematical consistency of the transformation set.

For practical use, you may prefer to discard any untransformable edge pixels rather than having a strange-looking strip along the right and/or bottom edges of a transformed image. This is the meaning of the 'Trim Edges' Menu. Obviously, a transformation with checked 'TrimEdges' is not reversible, so strictly speaking Rotation with this switch is not lossless.


Fullscreen Mode

The fullscreen mode allows you to display a photo in fullscreen size, with its information, and to cycle through the files with the Page-Up/Page-Down keys.

Useful keybord shortcuts:

PgUp / PgDown	Previous picture / Next picture

Spacebar	Next picture

ESC or Enter	Close fullscreen mode

+ / -	Zoom In / Zoom Out

Cursor keys	Panning

0	Fit to screen

1	Actual size

Tab / Shift+Tab	Rotate view 90° right / left

Ctrl+R / Ctrl+L	Rotate jpg-file right / left (Lossless Rotation)

F1	Toggle on/off filename

F2	Toggle on/off file data

F3	Toggle on/off basic picture information

F4	Toggle on/off advanced picture information

F8	Start/Stop slide show

P	Pause slide show

Using the mouse:

Right click 	Open popup-menu

Left click	Pan image (if image greater than screen)

Ctrl+Left click	Zoom In

Ctrl+Right click	Zoom Out

Shift+Left click	Zoom Rectangle

Shift+Ctrl+Left click	Magnifying glass

Left click on the filename/file data/exposure info fields and dragging lets you change their screen position. Right click opens a popup menu where you can change the color.