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New features in version 3.6
- Thorough tidy-up on apple scripting now supports import/export of annotations,
and export of media info and photo format data, to and from 3rd party data base
and spreadsheet applications.
- Improved rendering for 24bit JPEG’s.
- Improved html export and movie export functions.
- Improved animation/sound playback now works in all views.
- Improved slide show (added - Manual mode & CapsLock to freeze slide show).
- More image conversion options (QT4)
- Added support for Electric Image and Electronic Arts IFF formats.
- Support for the EXIF format (JPEG) "Minolta Dimage V/Flashpoint Camera Access"
- Added stop-search button in toolbar
- Added “Revert catalog” command
- Catalogs can now be shared safely accross remote volumes (read only).
- Added personalisation splash screen (contact: info@iview-multimedia.com)
- Added Italian langiage extension.
Bug fixes from earlier versions
- Fixed minor window zooming/resizing problems.
- Movie export: use image previews if it can’t locate the image
- Fixed printing bug when no printer is available
- Fixed catalog locking problem after a catalog save.
- Fixed minor problem with data fork-based annotation
- Fixed lock file problem when opening/saving jpegs/tiffs with cretor applications.
- Fixed bug when resizing columns to minimum setting
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Maintenance Release 3.5.3
- Manual in the French language.
- Support for the EXIF format (JPEG) "Minolta Dimage V/Flashpoint Camera Access"
- Improved rendering for 24bit JPEG’s.
- Improved html index performance.
- Fixed catalog locking problem after a catalog save.
New features in 3.5+
- New version for the French language.
- Added support for most digital camera formats including: Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Agfa, and others.
iView Multimedia presents photographic information capture with your images.
Supported protocols iclude: Exif, Kodak professional TIFF-based, and JPEG based.
- html export: added link color and htm/html options.
- added option for picture icon in info view
- added support for, Camera Bits Photo Mechanic and Camera Bits AP Viewer images, including annotations and exif style info.
- added support for the Seattle FilmWorks file format.
- added support for the Canvas 6 & ClarisWorks file formats (preview only).
- “Export URL” renamed to “Make Finder Comments” now exports image captions if no URL information exists.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Catalogs created by version 3.5+ are not backwards compatible, due to the additional (photographic) information they may contain.
Version of iView Multimedia prior to 3.2 may not open catags properly.
Bug fixes from earlier versions
- Fixed problem of not recognising apple share volumes.
- Fixed performance issues when acting on marked files.
- Fixed rare image drag problem in media view.
- Fixed problem with chapter list ("image index") when exporting as QuickTime movie.
- Fixed problem when batch renaming files on locked volumes.
- Fixed import crash with ‘TEXT’ files larger than 20K.
- Fixed import crash with Kodak PhotoCD files.
- Fixed problem when importing PC media files with OSType TEXT.
- Fixed problem of importing multiple items from the finder, when a catalog is importing.
- Fixed truncating captions on html export.
- Fixed export text problem with captions and categories.
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Feature list in 3.4
- multi-document
- support for apple events (scriptability)
- added tile view option (media view and slide show)
- added option to sort catalog on any view (edit menu & contextual menu).
- added "quick" import mode for fast import without info/annotations. (see filter mode menu).
- added option to change the default pixel dimensions/resolution to cm, inches, points, picas.
- added label column in info view (sort and display). label color and names are now user configurable.
- added option for footer sum to switch between counters and catalog sizes
- added "writer name" and "label" fields for the (display/search/sort/filter).
- added option click on an item to launch with creator.
- catalogs lock can now be locked (catalog info)
- drag and drop acts on one or a colored set of images.
one or multiple images can be dragged to the finder or trash (can also use finder key modifiers)
one or multiple images can be dragged to another window.
(option key to copy, otherwise items are cut from source catalog and pasted into the destination catalog).
- import of URL clippings (navigator and the other one).
- drag flavors were replaced by "copy special" that offers the same features.
- the copy command copies a reference of the cell which can then be pasted onto another window.
- import parent folder structure as keywords (or categories).
- slide show:
added fade transition and rearranged panel to include an exit button
added random option
added button to start movie animation
- added function keys to select mark color and command+arrow to mark consecutive files.
- added 'find' menu option to show unmarked only.
- added toolbox rotate function on marked files. can now rotate 180 degrees.
- added option to export previews (marked items)
- added option to print on reduced paper size (cd jewel case)
- added preference option to resolve aliases when importing files.
also file reference recovery now examines catalog relative paths.
- the rebuild preview command in the edit menu now allows for manual search of missing items.
- import annotation now imports finder comments (unless they contain http).
- rework catalog item drag and drop within a catalog.
- added support for adobe illustrator versions 6 & 8.
- number of custom keys and categories increased from 16 to 50 and list is sorted.
- added command+click title bar ‘finder’ functionality.
- over 20 application features were re-worked and refined.
- support for ISO-8859-1 character set on HTML export.
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