Photodex - CompuPic Revisions

CompuPic Version 5.x Revision History

Version 5.3.1113

All new PictureCD.com photo sharing support

Faster, higher quality JPEG saving

Faster lossless image rotations and transforms

Higher quality thumbnails

Higher quality picture indexes

CompuPic now appears on the Windows 'Open With' menu

Improved TGA file display

Many general speed improvements

Improved display of losslessly rotated images

Fixed several known issues and annoyances

Version 5.3.1103

Added Configurable Launching

Added Batch Rename

Added support for Printroom.com uploading

Greatly Improved JPEG quality

Added 'Check for upgrades' function in Help menu

Added 'Home' and 'End' shortcut keys in viewer

Added File Properties to the viewer 'File' menu

Added ability to skip file associations in the installer

Added file association preferences to Preferences

Added new text macros \o (for 'folder name') and \C (for 'formatted color')

Added options for configuring the statup location (see Startup preferences)

Added preview to overwrite window for copy and move operations

Added File type icons

Added Scrolling Mouse Support

Added Scrolling mouse actions in the viewer.

Changed - CompuPic now defaults to showing all files in the file list

Added option to have CompuPic not change to the folder from which an association happened on startup (see Folder List preferences)

Fixed file association descriptions - CompuPic now uses file-type-dependant descriptions for file associations

Fixed crash caused by opening multiple Web Page Color Selectors without an image selected

Fixed crash problem caused by using SHIFT+DEL on an already-deleted file in the viewer

Fixed problem where CompuPic does not minimize after a file association

Fixed problem where preview window size was not saved between program runs

Fixed problem where preview window would hog processor usage

Fixed problem where typing in the file list wouldn't work unless the files were sorted properly.

Fixed problem with small tmp files

Fixed problems with window activation

Fixed some JPEGS which display incorrectly.

Version 5.2.1085

Added lossless JPEG rotation

Added new high quality 24-bit thumbnailing

Added file properties window

Added optional thumbnail compression

Added multiple levels of Undo to editing functions in the viewer (see 'Edit' menu)

Added Redo to the editing functions in the viewer

Added 'View menu' with options for controlling the main interface

Added optional background texture to toolbar

Added ability to have a small size toolbar

Added sound effect option for slide show image change

Fixed problem with installation crashing under Windows ME

Fixed problem with adjusting blackpoint on 8-bit grayscale images

Improved, more robust TWAIN support

Changed layout of some menus to enhance usablity

Changed 'Utilities' menu to 'Tools'

Changed e-mail attachment line to only show file names (not paths)

Changed the 'Image Modified' prompt in the viewer to work differently

Version 5.1.1061

New and improved look and feel!

Added AmazingMail Postcard function

Added Fotki uploading function

Added all new TWAIN scanning interface: supports multiple simultaneous scans, allows for custom file naming, batch scanning, and more.

Added image count to viewer (displayed with the image name), which shows the current image number of the total items in the file list

Added ability to run slideshows and maxi shows in a window (see slideshow preferences)

Added new cropping functions:

Holding CTRL allows you to move the crop rectangle
Holding SHIFT allows you to size the crop rectangle while maintaining aspect ratio
Holding CTRL+SHIFT allows you to size the crop rectangle in a 1:1 ratio

Added automatic folder expansion in folder list during drag drop (requires hovering over a folder for 2 seconds)

Added 'keyboard seeks file entries' - typing a letter (or letters) on the keyboard will move the file list to files beginning with that letter

Added sound effect preferences - CompuPic can now have sounds associated with the following actions:

Completion of any task (uploads, conversions, etc)
Completion of thumbnailing process
Creation of a thumbnail
Bad thumbnail creation (unable to create thumbnail for file)
Removal of a thumbnail
Display of a dialog
Closing of a dialog
Opening of the viewer
Closing of the viewer
'Next File' view action
'Previous File' view action

Added 'Internet' menu to right mouse menu in main interface (file list)

Added CTRL+SHIFT+V as keyboard shortcut for REVERT

Added options in preferences for turning on/off folder colorization

Added support for FITS image format

Added option to turn off plus sign in folders (defaults to not shown) in the right mouse menu 'Style' for folder list

Added option to not have a folder drawn as open when it has no sub-folders (defaults to on) in the right mouse menu 'Style' for folder list

Added option to turn off colorization of folders containing thumbnails in the right mouse menu 'Style' for folder list

Added option to turn off colorization of folders containing sub-folders with thumbnails in the right mouse menu 'Style' for folder list

Added support for copying and moving entire folders

Added function to change the background color of the image viewer

Added advanced text macros for path name (\d,\D)

Added advanced text macros for file size (\s,\S)

Added option to turn off image revert confirmation

Added duplicate file function to FILE menu and right mouse menu.

Added support for several more JPEG variants

Greatly improved startup time.

Fixed problem with background images in Web Page Generator

Fixed Ofoto uploading

Fixed problem with copying and pasting images into other applications

Removed 'E-mailed with CompuPic' message on outgoing e-mail from CompuPic

Added attachements line to outgoing e-mail

Updated icon used for files associated with CompuPic

Preview window no longer loads files when the preview area is hidden

Fixed problem with screen captures on 32 bit displays

CompuPic now skips drive scan when starting for installation

Fixed XPM decoding and encoding

Fixed SBIG decoding and encoding

Fixed problem with uninstaller under Windows 2000

Web page generator now uses the user-specified extension for image pages

Fixed problem where drive icons would get replaced by folders in path list

Fixed problem where deleting a path would cause expansion knob of parent folder to disappear

Keywords are now copied and moved along with files

Fixed coloring problem with toolbar on 16-bit displays

Fixed problem with raw data window leaving files open

Fixed problem with thumbnailing pagefile.sys under Windows NT

CompuPic can now rename a file involving only a case change

Fixed problem where drive letter did not appear in folder selection dialog

Fixed crash problem when saving to CUR or ICO (caused by trying to save an image of an invalid size - CompuPic will now remove the CUR/ICO saving options when the size is invalid)

Fixed problem where 24 bit images being scaled result in horizontal lines in the image

Sorting and Thumbnail sizing options now accessible through the Listing menu.

Fixed problem where icon files (.ICO) are not displayed properly in a Maxishow

Fixed problem with folder name highlighting in the Folder List when 'arrows' are displayed

Fixed problem where right clicking while a selection box was visible caused parts of the selection box to remain in the window

Fixed problem where a folder who's name is 1 character long could not be renamed in the Folder List

Fixed problem where CompuPic would not generate an error if trying to save a picture index to a read-only device

Fixed slider highlighting problem.

Fixed problem where restoring minimized help caused the help display to become jumbled.

Fixed problem where the state of 'save as default' for the Picture Index file setup was not getting saved.

Fixed intermittant problem with a black line under the viewer menu bar

Fixed problem where 48x48 thumbnail size actually resulted in 48x0

Fixed problem preventing read-only files from being used as picture index backgrounds

Fixed problem where date/time was not kept when a file was copied or moved

Version 5.0.1036

Improved photo uploading performance

Version 5.0.1033

Thumbnail browse text files!

Upload photos to PhotoPoint.com

Upload photos to PhotoIsland.com

Upload photos to Ofoto.com

New colorize utility!

Convert images to sepia color tones!

Color picker now supports HTML hex colors!

New color picker now allows color selection using an eye dropper!

New web page generator in CompuPic standard edition!

Version 5.0.1026

All new look!

New 'Internet' menu for instant access to web features

Added status bar for PhotoLoft.com uploads

Added 'Sticky fit' viewing mode

Improved support for PNG files

Fixed occassional font crashes due to Windows font rendering

Fixed problems with folder browsing window used by 'Browse' buttons

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