PhotoStudio - Version History

New Features

• Drag & Drop in Explorer now with thumb cursor and insert indicator
• Database cleanup now detects invalid or asynchronous thumbs
• Explorer now opens much faster, if the user has many entries in many catalogs
• Thumbs for multimedia and RAW files are now generated much faster
• In thumbs panel, the mouse wheel can now be used for scrolling
• New image format: TIFF Planar CMYK
• New image format: MS-HD
• Image Editor: save as Photoshop PSD format
• Open AVI in editor now shows progress dialog for frames
• Can now save IPTC/EXIF information in TIFF files
• MPEG, WMV movies can now be opened in the image editor
• VISTA/XP thumbs are now shown for media files (speed)
• Drag & Drop: thumb is displayed
• Exporer: images of subfolders can be viewed at once
• Image Editor: new frames and masks
• Image Editor: alpha channel now displayed correctly
• Image Editor: image shadow intensity can be adjusted
• Image Editor: better quality for small rotations
• Image Editor: improved stability, fixed memory leak
• Image Editor: improve dialog is now bigger
• Fast forward/backward of movie frames in fullscreen and explorer (similar to chapters)
• Explorer: faster browsing of large image/movie folders
• Explorer: faster browsing of CDs/DVDs
• Explorer: faster viewing of RAW images
• XP/Vista now lists CodedColor in "Open with" dialog for removable media
• F11 now maximizes the working area of explorer and image editor

Fixed bugs

• Numerous bugfixes in CodedColor Publisher
• Statusbar in Explorer disappeared when clicking on broken link
• Explorer stability improved
• Helpfile did not open with right topic
• Fixed performance problem after installation and when first opening an image folder
• Fixed performance problem when switching between large image folders
• Installer now asks if you want to install BYNGO
• Skinning turned off for VISTA
• JPG Quality was not saved in Image Editor
• Limit in database size fixed
• Empty IPTC/EXIF field was not stored
• Batch: IPTC/EXIF changes and type conversion did not work simultaneously
• DCX multi frame format now handled correctly
• Rename file: upper/lowercase letters now recognized
• Image Editor: layers merge faster
• Print Preview: fixed big memory leak
• Batch conversion: EXIF/IPTC was not copied correctly
• Image Editor: layers transparency now supported
• Image Editor: shadow feature now has progress meter
• Album export can now handle unicode filenames
• Image Editor: rotation of an image layer cut off the image
• Panorama: different sized frames caused program crash
• Fullscreen: no navigation if soundfile is played
• Fullscreen: deleting movie file not possible
• Fullscreen: movie not always displayed in correct size
• Attached soundfile was not considered during dragging and deletion of images
• Bug in "Copy to Clipboard" fixed
• Fixed error messages if no default printer is installed

10/16/2008: CodedColor 5.6.0

New Features

• Image editor: select standard formats now also for portrait images
• Image editor frame dialog: many new frames and masks
• Image editor brushes: many new textures
• Image Editor: added standard sizes for widescreen monitors
• Explorer: view all images in (selected) subfolders at the same time
• Explorer: view recent folders
• Explorer: ZIP only selected files
• Explorer: progress meter for annotation and keyword changes on multiple imgages
• Explorer: feature to restore original EXIF creation filedates
• CodedColor Publisher: numerous new features
• Cleanup up application menu structure

Fixed bugs

• Fixed several bugs in "Export to PDF" dialog
• Filedate preserved when changing EXIF image title
• Image editor fill tool: userdefined colors were not loaded
• Image editor frame dialog: fixed minor bugs
• Explorer: bug when renaming files with same name and different extensions
• Explorer: bug when renaming files with lower/uppercase characters
• Explorer: fixed alpha channel for PNG files
• Explorer: Search for EXACT PHRASE now works as expected
• CodedColor Publisher: numerous bugfixes
• Fotowire service discontinued (HP merge)

12/06/2007: CodedColor 5.4.0

New Features

• Image editor now stores changed EXIF thumbnail
• Annotation Editor now updates EXIF thumbnail, if missing or wrong orientation
• Batch conversion now writes the EXIF thumbnail into generated images
• Contact sheet: show filepath
• HTML indexpage: link to original image
• Screenshow: customize titlebar in program settings
• CodedColor Publisher: numerous new features
• EXIF DateTimePhoto ($9003) now editable, also in batch processing
• EXIF orientation flag ist corrected when saving the image
• Album Export now allows link to original image

Fixed bugs

• HTML album did not work under IE 7.0 or VISTA
• Fixed error in broken link detection (resulted in lost annotations)
• Copy/Move into same folder resulted in crash
• Album Export starts faster now
• Error in several dialogs for non-existant export paths. Are now created
• Image Editor: Curves tool: GPF when sliders are moved to maximum or minimum
• Fixed several errors in BYNGO addon

09/03/2007: CodedColor 5.3.1

New Features

• Fully Windows VISTA compatible
• LZH replaced by ZIP compression format
• Output destination filenames can now have custom prefix AND suffix
• RAW support updated
• Skype dialog: can now send zoomed images
• Clone source and fill texture sizes now more flexible
• Relative date values in EXIF batch processing
• Option "JPEG quality" in the filesave dialog now remembered
• Publisher: "Add multiple images" dialog allows insert, delete and positioning of images
• Publisher: multiple enhancements

Fixed bugs

• All security issues concerning Windows VISTA resolved
• Byngo now only started once, if already in tray
• Byngo now sees CodedColor license, if existing
• Scanning did not work anymore
• Scanning dialogs now remain unskinned
• Organizer locked up sometimes
• Fullscreen: "Add To Catalog" did not work correctly
• Byngo: userdata now editable
• Editor tools lost function after 2nd editor is closed
• Editor slidebars sometimes locked up
• Tree in catalog panel was outside of panel bounds
• Quality setting in batch processing was without effect
• Histogram did not refresh in thumbs view
• Album Export now allows special characters in image filenames
• Editor: paint access violations resolved
• Windows dialogs no longer skinned (fixed crashes during file delete)
• Batch progress window didn't close
• Apostrophe can now be used in export filenames

08/01/2006: CodedColor 5.2.2

New Features

• Panorama Stich with resize and gamma correction
• Multipage PDF album export
• Compress images to PDF for mail attachments
• Share photos using Skype
• Now supports ALL existing RAW Formats: CRW, NEF, RAW, PEF, RAF, X3F, BAY, SRF, MRW, DCR, CR2, ORF, etc. Click here for a complete list.
• Explorer: Keyword View to add and search keywords
• New application: CodedColor Publisher for versatile photo layouts
• New application: CodedColor Toolbox for PDF export and image labeling
• Editor: add individual frames to images
• Editor: add text labels to images (incl. arrow pointers)
• Editor: create image collages using layers
• Editor: save image as PDF format
• Editor: new "White Balance" tool
• Editor: option to turn off EXIF/IPTC injection after editing images
• Editor: cut with lasso and paste as layer into other image
• Annotation: display readonly EXIF/IPTC fields in red
• Batch: write IPTC/EXIF data to multiple images
• Explorer: clickable Splitters
• Explorer: thumbs now scroll during drag & drop in custom sorting
• Fullscreen: titlebar now customizable via program settings
• Personal online account can now be accessed directly from CodedColor
• Modern skin
• Online news messages

Fixed bugs

• Stack overflow bug in Organizer fixed
• Display problem with some GIF images in thumbsview fixed
• Sporadic rotate warnings in fullscreen fixed
• Thumbs lost after cancelling rename folder operation
• Compress files to ZIP: filename error fixed
• Editor: layer transparency and rendering bugs fixed
• Endless "Correct records" loop after renaming or moving directory fixed
• Annotation: EXIF/IPTC tabs now disabled, when multiple images are selected
• Explorer: immediate drag & drop of nonselected thumbs
• Batch: Output tab is now deselectable, so originals can be overwritten
• Custom colors from color selection dialog now same throughout CodedColor
• Shortcut collision between screen capture and "Save Image" fixed (CTRL+S)
• Fullscreen: lower right navigation buttons flickered
• Fullscreen: Some movies run smoother now
• Web album: filename bug fixed
• Editor: "save as ICO" changed color palette
• Editor: no more annoying hint box for lasso, circle and wand selection
• IPTC text fields containing commas could not be read by other programs
• Many bug fixes and enhancements in CodedColor Publisher

11/09/2005: CodedColor 4.4.0

New Features

• Shortcuts to Studio image editing tools from Explorer
• Image Editor: Select standard crop sizes
• Image Editor: now images are antialiased when zooming down
• Image Editor: option to backup originals (changelog, see program settings)
• New application: Panorama Viewer for animated and realistic viewing
• Using new memory manager to handle resources more efficiently

Fixed bugs

• Print dialog now remembers printer orientation
• Could not drag images to empty order or catalog panel
• Fixed bugs in histogram panel of Explorer
• Batch conversion: not all images were converted
• Webalbum export: cancel FTP upload, if password is incorrect
• Keywords popup in annotation editor sometimes not visible (in front)
• Explorer: Several Drag & Drop bugs fixed
• Explorer: custom sorting bugs fixed
• Editor: Multi-image frame pasting fixed
• Explorer & Fullscreen: speed improvements

07/01/2005: CodedColor 4.3.0

New Features

• Explorer timeline views
• Screenshow: transitions also on manual browsing
• Screenshow options: transitions can be selected
• "Always add images to database" option
• Option for "deep" database cleanup
• DB cleanup option inside search dialog
• Image editor: new dropdown menu for some selection tools
• Differentiated "Save changes" on closing of image editor
• More defensive AutoUpdate and option to deactivate it
• DB search, DB cleanup: status dialogs with Cancel option
• Batch conversion: SmartFix, AutoFlash
• Batch conversion: more userfriendly dialog
• SmartFix batch processing: status dialog with Cancel option
• Rotate images: align horizon
• Rotate images: suggest crop frame
• LiveUpdate: proxyserver options
• Editor: checked background to distinguish image borders
• New option: open organizer on program start
• Editor: add soft shadows
• Editor: video capture (single frame or collage)
• Editor: extend workspace
• Editor: SmartFix now with options
• Fullscreen: significant increase in viewing speed
• Image shadows for batch conversion and screenshots
• Editor: empty woring area
• Editor: paste several images into working area
• Contactsheet, print & album export: EXIF and IPTC individually selectable, incl. field selection
• Batch conversion and thumb creation: new image progress meter

Fixed bugs

• Explorer: Move & Copy to folder did not work for multiple selections
• IPTC Keywords from other programs were not correctly displayed in CodedColor
• DB values and IPTC section in image could become async
• DB search: length limitation of SQL statement fixed
• Annotate multiple images did not work for broken linkfiles
• Complete deinstall (incl. workdirectory files) now possible
• Start problems with hyperthreaded CPU's fixed
• Minor Drag & Drop bugs fixed
• Minor screenshow bugs fixed
• Explorer: navigations bugs with hyperthreaded CPU's fixed
• Memory losses fixed: threads were not cleared, when moving to taskicon
• ..resulting "Out of Memory" and "Scanline index out of range" bugs fixed
• Loading time for large images improved (IEBitmap instead of Bitmap)
• Loading time optimized: antialias starting at 20% zoom factor
• Screenshow display notably faster
• Editor: "Save" or "Save As" dialogs did not always update the current image filename
• Program setting to "preserve original filedate" did not work for image annotation editor
• IPTC/EXIF fieldselection: changes were not reflected in the info panel
• Changes in Editor were not reflected in Explorer, if "Preserve filedate" was turned on
• Improvements in LAN browsing and viewing speed
• Could not delete images in the recent list
• SHIFT+DEL (delete without bin) did not work in thumbs and image view
• Win98 related bugs fixed
• Corrupted images in folder caused Explorer items to flash

12/01/2004: CodedColor PhotoStudio 4.1.0

New Features

• Watch movies in Explorer & Screenshow, incl. sound, speed control (based on DirectX), userdefined thumb creation
• Multimedia filetypes AVI, MPG, ASF, WMV, MOV, MP4, etc
• New image filetypes: WBMP Wireless Bitmaps, ICO, PDF & Postscript (only write), PSD Photoshop (single layer)
• EXIF/IPTC field editor for userdefined display
• EXIF/IPTC input mask with full R/W of all IPTC fields
• EXIF/IPTC database search
• Windows XP program and toolbar icons, enhanced interface design
• Editor: feather option for all selection tools
• Editor: "SmartFix" single click photo enhancement
• Editor "Exposure" dialog: Auto Contrast, Brightness, Smart Flash
• Editor "Color" dialog: Auto Correction, Balance, Levels, Color Cast, HSL
• Editor "Sharpness" dialog: Sharpen/Blur, Edge enhance, Unsharp mask
• Editor "Curves" dialog: Manual histogram curves, Shadow/Midtone/Hilight levels
• Editor "Noise" dialog: Noise reduction, JPEG artefact removeal, Moirée Despeckle
• Editor: Paintbrush with opacity, radius, feather, blend modes and textures
• Editor: Retouch brush for blur, sharpen, dodge, burn, lighten, darken, saturate and desaturate
• Editor: Fill bucket with tolerance, opacity, blend modes and textures
• Editor: Clone brush with opacity, radius, feather, blend modes and local/external source points
• Editor: Eraser brush with opacity, radius and feather
• Thumbs can be generated on demand during album creation (improves viewing speed)
• Play sounds attached to images
• Navigator for large images and panoramas in Explorer and fullscreen mode
• Crop image: area outside of selection is grayed for better viewing
• Crop by Selection, Crop by Zoom
• Paste into selection: now bitmap size and aspect ratio can be preserved
• Selections: info panel (size, position) is shown beside selection frame
• Option to antialias (sharpen) zoomed images for better viewing quality
• Web Album: FTP upload of exported album incl. synchronisation
• Web Album: Autorun and StartImage options
• Classic monitor and TV formats for batch processing and image resizing
• Batch processing with "SmartFix" photo correction
• Powerful new Batch Rename dialog
• Custom Sorting now supports drag & drop
• Enhanced Resize Dialog
• Histogram panel in explorer and editor

Fixed bugs

• Thumbs were crunched when title shown
• No more flashing on corrupted image inside folder
• "Index keyviolation" in database fixed
• Batch processing was not possible for some filetypes
• Several Custom Sorting bugs fixed
• Random option for slideshows did not work
• Several speed improvements

08/03/2004: CodedColor PhotoStudio 3.6.0

New Features

• Click on thumb in catalog panel shows image in Explorer window above
• Button "New Folder" in Explorer tree
• STRG+S shortcut for screencapture
• New menuitem "Open in Catalog": show catalogs which contain current image
• Add annotations to multiple images at the same time
• Program option to remember last opened folder in Explorer window
• Option to show thumb shadow
• Improved speed for image loading
• Simplification of registration system

Fixed bugs

• Improved startup speed
• Fixed ZIP error in creation of email attachments
• Automatic LiveUpdate check with acknowledge dialog
• STRG+A selects thumbs in all views
• Selected contact sheet font is printed correctly

01/23/2004: CodedColor PhotoStudio 3.4.0

New Features

• Explorer: annotate Internet Explorer linkfiles (bookmarks)
• Explorer: album and link descriptions now shown in infopanel (lower left)
• Explorer: new button in searchform to refresh old searchresults
• Explorer: enhancements to "Mail Files" dialog
• Web album: layout templates can be loaded and edited
• Web album: new parameter to auto load web album in FullScreen mode
• Web album: infoframe size can be changed
• Web album: set frame background images in addition to color
• Web album: include Autorun file for CD burning

Fixed bugs

• Explorer: thumbnails for offline images from CD's where not shown
• Explorer: search values could not contain special characters like "\" or "?"
• Web album: option "One image per folder" did not always work
• Web album: subdirectories were not always exported
• Registration did not always send email with LicenseID
• PSD images caused memory leak in some installations

06/01/2003: CodedColor PhotoStudio 3.1.0

New Features

• IPTC: automatically transfer IPTC title and description from JPEGs into database
• IPTC: title and description from database stored back into JPEGs on change
• new supported formats: JPEG2000, Photoshop (viewing only), Kodak Picture CD
• red eye correction dialog
• transition effects for the fullscreen slideshow
• enhancements to the user interface and menu structure
• German language version (download in LiveUpdate dialog)
• handbook (download helpfile in LiveUpdate dialog or from webpage)
• webalbum: show image title below image when no infoframe visible
• webalbum: help information is generated into album startpage
• webalbum: option to change color of thumb selection frame
• registration now completely online (solving firewall issues)
• introduction of two licensing models: freeware and full version
• search dialog: keywords can now be selected
• annotation dialog: option to turn off paste query
• explorer: previous and next buttons for selected folders
• explorer: view single frames of animated GIFs and multipage TIFs
• tools: TWAIN interface for scanners and cameras
• tools: Screen capture with conversion
• custom image watermarks in mails, batch conversion, web export, image editor
• custom sorting of image files
• show titles beneath thumbs
• ZIP format now supported (webalbum, mails)

Fixed bugs

• explorer: "Open with" did not work for nonimage files
• image editor: "Save as" file extension now remembered
• image editor: image parameters from last image were used when storing changes to a new image
• EXIF information now saved back to file after edit operations
• Web album: images were deleted when exporting into source path
• restore database: thumb database now deleted and catalog linkfiles updated
• workdir could not be changed immediately after installation
• iconview failed under Windows XP

01/14/2003: CodedColor 2.7.4

New Features

• lossless JPEG rotation
• LiveUpdate: now possible to download betas or minor updates
• enhanced "Open File" dialog
• explorer: antialias (sharpness) option for thumbs
• explorer: new thumb algorithm increases speed for most JPEGs
• resolve broken records: UTC times now stored for NTFS files (timezone independent)
• update thumb database: tolerant towards DST (daylight saving time)
• image editor: textual undo list in addition to visual toolwindow
• editing images inside order catalog now keeps originals unchanged
• rotation shortcuts (rotate left, rotate right)
• added XP theme manifest, so CC now has real XP look & feel
• added "Save database now" to main menu and annotation editor
• new menuitem for linkfiles: "Copy original images" (into clipboard)
• broken link dialog now allows for batch correction of all imagelinks inside a catalog
• annotation editor: title can now be selected from a dropdown list
• annotation editor: record can be copied from another image (new navigator button)
• explorer: button to select album location (shortcut) in current browser window
• fullscreen: option to fit small images to screen per default

Fixed bugs

• print single image: better preview colors and paint problems fixed
• image editor: fixed "Toolbar item index out of range" problem
• "Scan line index out of range" problem with some Windows versions
• fullscreen: could not use pageup / pagedown keys after adding image to order or catalog
• fullscreen: mousewheel now used to scroll images
• fullscreen: sort problem with corrupted images
• fullscreen: sort problem after deletion of images
• web album: improvement of slideshow transition effect
• web album: workaround for memory leakage inside IE
• web album: no settings were saved after closing export dialog
• explorer: width of EXIF info columns not always remembered
• after batch conversion, images showed wrong thumb in Windows XP
• order wizzard froze CC on systems with only 256 colors installed
• database search: annotation could not be found right after entry into record
• fixed display issues related to Windows XP
• "Paste files" was not activated for pasting directories in listview
• "Store large images in thumb database" option could not be enabled again
• contact sheet: pagebreaks between image and info rows now avoided
• "Paste original files" did not work for nonimage files
• "Copy image" did not work for linkfiles (referenced images)
• Browsing records in annotation dialog did not work for explorer listview
• "Cleanup database" deleted whole thumb database
• rotation of images in explorer deleted annotation (versions 2.7.2, 2.7.3)
• mail images: fixed problems with MAPI under XP
• image editor: undolist got mixed up

10/18/2002: CodedColor 2.6.1

New Features

• click on thumb annotation icon opens annotation editor
• shaded printicon for images in old print orders
• special handling for drive albums (C:\)
• option in album property dialog to immediately add all images to the database
• several performance issues solved, speed improved

Fixed bugs

• windows background could not be set if active desktop is off
• LiveUpdate tried to connect to internet if Windows is in offline mode
• LiveUpdate fixed problem showing "could not access host" even when connected
• new album: drive info was missing
• print preview: performance improved; cancel (ESC) now works
• print preview: orientation now immediately reflected in the preview pane
• installer: desktop icon was not created during installation
• installer: filetype associations now correctly reset on uninstallation
• installer now checks if CC is already running
• Web Album: Fixed Problem when directory name only contained digits

09/21/2002: CodedColor 2.5.0

New Features

• floating and dockable toolbars, saved on quit
• XP and stripe themes for toolbars
• set windows desktop image (wallpaper)
• catalogs: panel to drag & drop images to catalog
• catalogs: new catalog, view catalog, add images
• albums: all image files are added immediately to the database and can be searched
• database search: now includes search for filedate
• database search: enhanced value combination
• database search: option to refresh search result
• database cleanup feature to remove broken links
• print client interfaces for: Foto Quelle (Silverlab), Fotowire
• order prints: new order, view order, add images, process order
• order prints: panel to drag & drop images to order
• order wizzard, immediate orders
• immediate printorder of edited image without need to save changes
• LiveUpdate dialog to download and autoinstall components
• LiveUpdate: program settings option for autocheck interval
• album export: view exported files in internet browser or CodedColor organizer
• album export: option to hide tree in exported album
• album export: option to use original images
• album export: intuitive visual layout panel
• batch conversion: convert only checked files
• mail files: option to use original images
• contactsheets: option to use originals for best quality
• contactsheets: abort long operations by pressing ESC
• use pgup/pgdown keys to scroll in print preview
• images dragged to catalogs or orders are now inserted as links
• menuitem to follow link to original image
• menuitem to select checked images
• option to load original image in annotation dialog
• dragging images onto / into catalog folder now always creates links
• enhanced pasting of files: standard handler, paste originals, paste links
• image editor: option to preserve filedate in "Save as"
• image editor: paste clipboard into multi image (TIF)
• filedate automatically preserved on image rotation
• new menuitems in image editor: HSL, RGB, histogram, fourier transformation
• explorer: "edit images" button is now a dropdown with several options
• explorer: image and album descriptions are now threaded to improve performance
• explorer option: thumb creation threaded to improve reaction time
• explorer thumb view: faster scrolling due to delayed image loading
• registration by email for people sitting behind a firewall

Fixed bugs

• contactsheet printing and export: wrong font size
• contactsheet printing and export: missing columns on some systems
• print single image: gamma correction produced "divide by zero" message
• print single image: changing printer in dropdown did not work
• print single image: option "print normal" removed
• album export: directory could not be created
• album export: destination for nonalbum folders was saved and read from inifile
• image editor: print button was missing
• toggle between fullscreen and image editor: annotation dialog froze
• CCA archive did not extract if CC was already running
• closing image editors disrupted selection in explorer
• "Send to" menu did not always work in Windows NT
• toolbars now all docked to mainform to save room when MDI windows are normalized
• mainmenu cleaned up a little
• minor resource leaks fixed
• MDI windows were not activated correctly if minimized
• file associations now reset on uninstallation
• explorer: if small and large imagepanel visible, then large image was sometimes not drawn
• search filesystem did not work on Windows 98
• images in temporary directories are not added to the database anymore

06/12/2002: CodedColor 2.1.3

New Features

• speed optimization for program startup
• speed optimization for sorting folders with many files
• thumbnails now always created for images from remote drives (CD, LAN), ignoring filesize threshhold
• online support forum: see Menuitem "Feedback & Supoprt"
• deletion of images now differentiates between originals and links
• mail body is copied into clipboard, if no MAPI installed
• filetype descriptions no longer contain "CodedColor"
• restart from trayicon (doubleclick or show) with organizer and homedirectory
• standard compression now CCA instead of LZH
• version update only allowed if installed version is started
• automatic daily check for new version if connected to internet
• query if original is to be copied into catalog, when browsing CD
• album export: export path now remembered
• album export: option to export new color settings only
• album export: option to test album export with one image per folder only
• album export: enhanced color selection dialog
• album export: album information fields display URLs and mail adresses as links

Fixed bugs

• fullscreen images now sorted exactly like explorer
• existing thumbnails are now shown for broken links
• size and date columns now always sorted correctly
• album information fields can now store multiple textlines
• version number now always displayed correctly
• viewstyle in organizer now depending on found images
• program refused to start if no printer installed
• MAPI mail failure now results in error message
• buttons were not enabled after closing MAPI mail dialog
• overall performance problem when many files are in the clipboard
• album export: editing album information sometimes opens wrong or new album
• album export: directories now sorted alphabetically
• album export: background color of image now set correct in Netscape 4.*
• album export: menu icons now transparent
• image editor/slideshow: fixed behavior of rotate, delete and move of last image in list