CompuPic Pro 5.x Revisions

Version 6.x | Version 5.x

Version 5.3.1113

May 6, 2001

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

Feburary 1, 2001

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

December 4, 2000

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

June 25, 2000

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
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
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

January 26, 2000

Improved photo uploading performance

Version 5.0.1033

January 6, 2000

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

November 12, 1999

First release of CompuPic Pro.

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