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FotoMagico Changelog

What's new in FotoMagico 6.5.8

Mar 12, 2024
  • New:
  • Added new option to suppress watermark rendering on a per-slide basis.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed incorrect build number order of 6.5.7 beta and release versions.
  • Fixed incorrect French and German UI translations.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5.7 (Mar 12, 2024)

  • New:
  • Added Shared Albums to Photos.app in the media browser.
  • The Audio Marker Assistant now has an interactive tutorial. Access it via the help button in the lower left corner.
  • The Audio Marker Assistant now lets you add an inactive marker by pressing the N key. Pressing the M key continues to add an active marker.
  • Change:
  • The audio waveform in the Audio marker Assistant has been slightly changed to be more useful. It now displays slide indexes for each active marker, so that you can find corresponding slides in the Storyboard.
  • Fixed:
  • Dragging royalty free music (with audio markers) to the Storyboard is now more reliable, producing identical results, regardless whether you first add the images and then the music, or the other way round.
  • When adding royalty free music (with audio markers) to existing slides, the transition durations are now modified in a way that they match the beat of the music.
  • Hopefully fixed occasional crashes when using the recently introduced deflickering option for animated image layers.
  • Installing a FotoMagico license by clicking on the link you received in the email from Fastspring is now more reliable if the original purchase was some time ago.
  • The Shuffle transition now renders correctly when sharing the slideshow as a QuickTime movie file.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5.6 (Feb 16, 2024)

  • New:
  • The Audiomarker Assistant now permanently shows the scrollbar below the audio waveform while music is playing. This provides better visual feedback how far along you are in a song.
  • Fixed:
  • When closing a document window while a slideshow is playing, playback is now automatically stopped.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when using the new deflickering feature for image layers, that was introduced in 6.5.4.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5.5 (Feb 14, 2024)

  • New:
  • Added a new interactive "Getting Started" tutorial. Access it from the Help menu. Available on macOS 12 and newer.
  • Fixed:
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5.4 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • New:
  • Added new layer options to reduce moire flickering for pan & zoom animations of very high resolution image or map layers.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed occasional crashes when scrolling or zooming in the Audio Marker Assistant.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5.2 (Oct 5, 2023)

  • FotoMagico 6.5.2 is compatible with macOS 14 Sonoma.
  • Editing text layers works again on macOS Sonoma.
  • Fixed several layout glitches of controls in the Options sidebar on macOS Sonoma.
  • When pressing the control key while dragging an audio marker in the Audiomarker Assistant, you can now move all markers to the right of the clicked marker. This is useful, if a song does have a steady beat, but contains an irregular pause and the beat commences after the pause but is no longer in sync with the following markers.
  • Improved importing of metadata information from audio tracks.
  • Added more metadata to audio Get Info popover.
  • Any audio preview that was playing in the media browser is now stopped before slideshow playback is started.
  • Fixed edge case problems with audio track when dragging slides in the Storyboard.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5.1 (Sep 15, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Fixed undo-related crashes when dragging items in the Storyboard on macOS Catalina.
  • Fixed playback hiccups after pausing and continuing live playback.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.5 (Sep 6, 2023)

  • New:
  • Improved Comic effect rendering algorithm, with better quality and faster rendering. Newly created layers will automatically use the new algorithm (Version 2), while existing layers will keep the old algorithm (Version 1) to avoid unintended changes. You can switch to the new rendering algorithm manually by selecting "Version 2" from the action popup menu in the Comic Effect inspector.
  • Added the new Page Curl transition in the 3D category.
  • Video layers can now have playback offset from the start of a slide. Checkout the Options subgroup in the sidebar.
  • Video layers now support looped playback. The checkbox to enable looping is also in the Options subgroup in the sidebar.
  • Added custom magnetic guides to make repetitive layout tasks in the Stage easier. Guides can be edited in the Slideshow Settings.
  • Pressing the shift key while dragging a curve point in the sidebar inspectors (e.g. Opacity) now moves the whole curve horizontally.
  • Change:
  • Selecting a layer in a collapsed chapter now selects the whole chapter.
  • If all slides in a chapter are selected, then dragging those slides moves the whole chapter.
  • When dragging a slide at a chapter start, then chapter will be moved to the next non-selected slide, to avoid confusing situations.
  • Fixed:
  • Rendering speech bubbles in text layers is now more robust, with nicer rendering and avoiding occasional crashes.
  • Improved performance when editing layers in the Stage with multiple effects applied.
  • Improved rendering of snippet placeholder layers.
  • Avoid crashing when using unsupported audio sampling rates with AAC codec when sharing slideshow with "Custom".
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.4.3 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Software Update should work correctly again.
  • Various operations that relied on image or video size to calculate correct layout, were broken in 6.4.2. These issues have been fixed.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.4.2 (Jun 6, 2023)

  • New:
  • Added a checkbox to Settings that let's you start fullscreen playback from the beginning of the slideshow, instead of the current playhead position.
  • Fixed:
  • Route head icons of a map layer are now displayed in the correct location, even if a route segment is customized.
  • Added a Restore Purchases button in the App Store version of FotoMagico to fix cases of missing license files.
  • Purchasing a subscription in the App Store version of FotoMagico now works again.
  • Use count badges in the modern media browser now work for Lightroom Classic.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.4.1 (Jun 6, 2023)

  • New:
  • Added a "Reveal in Slideshow" command for used media files in the media browser.
  • Fixed:
  • Audio volume in shared slideshows is no longer affected by the setting of the master volume slider.
  • Automatic scrolling when getting close to the left or right edges of the Storyboard now works better.
  • Matching slide durations to audio now works correctly, even if some slides are locked and cannot not be modified.
  • The media browser is now correctly updated when folders are renamed in the Finder.
  • Thumbnail loading in the media browser is now more robust. Missing thumbnails are reloaded when scrolling the browser.
  • The audio browser now also displays the green use count badges, like the image or video browser does.
  • Audio track duration warnings in the Timeline are now more precise.
  • Video layers with vertical video (e.g. from cell phones) now behave correctly when adding a mask.
  • Potential stuttering during playback of video layers has been fixed.
  • Previews for slides with video layers are now rendered correctly.
  • Cursors in the Timeline are displayed correctly again when running on macOS Ventura.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.4 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • New:
  • Added AI based background removal effect for image layers that contain persons.
  • Added support for image masks, in addition to rectangular and oval masks.
  • The Sharing Assistant now offers the option to export the whole slideshow, just the selected slides, or a specific chapter.
  • Change:
  • Changing the length of an audio track (by dragging its left or right edge) will now only adjust the continue type of the slides above, if the audio track contains audio markers that are actually being used. That way unwanted side effect are avoided.
  • Fixed:
  • Audio ducking now produces correct results for shared slideshows.
  • Resizing the Storyboard height by dragging the toolbar vertically is now more reliable.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.3.3 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • New:
  • Selecting a range of images in the new media browser is now possible by clicking on the first image and then shift-clicking on the last image.
  • Fixed:
  • When sharing a slideshow with ProRes or Custom, automatic flicker reduction can now be disabled. Flicker reduction may cause reduced image sharpness in some situations.
  • Fixed incorrect rendering of the Barn Door transition when sharing a slideshow.
  • Fixed some UI issues in the Map Assitant when using custom maps.
  • Tweaked some German menu translations.
  • Fixed a crash on macOS Catalina when using map head icons.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.3.2 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Replacing placeholder images in snippets with smart groups (e.g. many in the Splitscreens section) now works correctly and no longer messes up the animation.
  • Dragging around layers that belong to a smart group no longer breaks the smart group. This bug caused some Splitscreen snippets to misbehave after being manually modified.
  • Searching for locations (e.g. cities) in the Map Assistant now also works on macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • Looped chapters that contain only a single slide now work correctly. Animations are reset to the beginning when looping around.
  • Audio with locked timing in a looped chapter now gets reset to the start when looping around.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.3.1 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Playback variants now work correctly.
  • The last used slide duration and animation setting is now used when creating new slides.
  • When creating new map layers the default value of slide animation (enabled or disabled) is now respected.
  • Eliminated a crash when saving an empty slideshow document.
  • A corrupted undo history now longer crashes the application.
  • Internal stabilty improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.3 (Dec 16, 2022)

  • New:
  • FotoMagico 6.3 is compatible with macOS Ventura.
  • Introducing route head icons for animated routes on map layers.
  • Introducing custom map layers with user-loadable images.
  • Added new styling options for route waypoints in map layers.
  • Added the option to reduce opacity of a travel route for certain sections to achieve special effects like occlusion (e.g. by buildings on a 3D map or custom map images).
  • Added the option to endlessly loop a chapter. This is useful for an intro chapter, while the audience is being seated, or a credits chapter when everybody is leaving again.
  • Introducing playback variants for a slideshow. Using different playback variants for each chapter, you can create long and short versions within a single slideshow document, e.g. a full show and a short trailer.
  • “Save Snippet…” now offers the option to save only the selected slides, instead of the whole slideshow.
  • Fixed:
  • Starting playback close to the end of very long slideshows is now more robust and no longer leads to the slideshow getting stuck.
  • Using snippets with locked layers now works correctly when inserting into a slideshow with a different stage format.
  • Rendered slide previews are now more accurate (depicting the correct time).
  • Toolbar buttons (and other controls) are no longer disabled after sharing a slideshow.
  • The animated setting of slides is now correctly remembered when creating new slides.
  • Downloading your FotoMagico license from Boinx Connect is now more reliable.
  • Internal stabilty improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.2.3 (Oct 19, 2022)

  • Fixed:
  • Pressing the right arrow key during playback now works correctly again, no longer causing incorrect rendering of upcoming slides.
  • Matching slide durations to audio now works correctly.

New in FotoMagico 6.2.2 (Sep 25, 2022)

  • Fixed:
  • Introduced a new more robust version of the playback engine that is less prone to occasional stuttering.
  • Fixed a bug that caused occasional hangs or black frames during slideshow playback in the vicinity of slides that are set to continue "Interactive".
  • Jumping to the next slide with the right-arrow key no longer skips any slides, if a sequence is synced to music with audio markers.
  • Jumping ahead beyond the start of an audio track now works correctly.
  • Smart groups for text layers now work correctly.
  • Text placeholders are now reliably replaced when inserting text snippets into a slideshow.
  • Text placeholders for Settings metadata no longer show up empty if the corresponding info is missing in the Slideshow Settings.
  • Opening multiple slideshow documents at once is now compatible with Stage Manager on macOS Ventura.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.2.1 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where the new media browser was rendered unusable when running on macOS Catalina or macOS Big Sur.
  • Fixed several incorrect icons in the new media browser when running on macOS Catalina.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.2 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • New:
  • The new media browser is now enabled by default. You can still revert to the old media browser in the Preferences window if desired.
  • The modern media browser now supports Lightroom CC in addition to Lightroom Classic.
  • The modern media browser offers downloading of royalty free images or videos from Unsplash.com and Pexels.com.
  • The modern media browser can be opened in a separate window that can be dragged to a second screen. That way the sidebar can always display the Options.
  • Change:
  • The modern media browser now lists music snippets in the Audio tab instead of the Snippets tab.
  • Fixed:
  • The Storyboard now provides authoring alerts for slides set to "continue at audio marker", if audio markers are missing.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1.6 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • Change:
  • The search UI for Unsplash and Pexels in the new media browser has been overhauled to be more intuitive. Search field and filtering is now inline with the Unsplash or Pexels source.
  • Fixed:
  • Music.app in new media browser now supports audio files that are stored outside the user's "Music" folder, e.g. on an external disk. If read access rights are not available, the user is alerted to grant access rights to the folder containing the audio files.
  • The new media browser no longer crashes with playlists containing duplicate songs.
  • Changing a transition via the context menu in the Storyboard now applies to the whole selection, instead of just the clicked transition.
  • Using the "Duplicate" command in the File menu now works correctly.
  • Fixed several issues when using Stage Manager on macOS Ventura.
  • Got rid of some memory leaks after closing a slideshow document.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1.5 (Jul 20, 2022)

  • Sections in the new media browser can now be collapsed/expanded.
  • The new media browser can now sort media files by use count.
  • You can now drag & drop folders from the Finder to the new media browser to add this folder.
  • The new media browser should now be able to load libraries from older versions for Adobe Lightroom Classic.
  • Fixed issues in Snippets section of the new media browser.
  • Adding a text layer to a slide now updates the Stage area correctly again.
  • Fixed some UI issues in the new media browser when running on macOS Catalina or Big Sur.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1.4 (Jul 5, 2022)

  • New:
  • The image size alert in the Storyboard now has a button to scale down all images that are larger than necessary at once.
  • Added "Playback Diagnostics" window to track down playback issues or performance problems.
  • Added support for PowerPoint compatible remote clickers (e.g. Logitech) for controlling the slideshow while on stage.
  • Fixed:
  • Keyboard short for various functions now work correctly again, when the new media browser is enabled.
  • Any background loading activity by the new media browser is now suspended during slideshow playback.
  • Across the board performance improvements during slideshow authoring.
  • Improved document loading performance.
  • "Save As..." and "Save & Compact" are more robust now.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1.3 (May 29, 2022)

  • Change:
  • DRM protected files can no longer be dragged into the slideshow, because macOS doesn't support playback of protected files anymore.
  • Updated some snippets in the Intros and Credits folders.
  • Improved login for Adobe Lightroom CC in the new media browser (beta).
  • Added support for Adobe Lightroom Classic in the new media browser (beta).
  • Fixed:
  • Improved stability for browsing Apple Music in the new media browser (beta).
  • Snippet previews (QuickLook) in the media browser are now more reliable.
  • Looped audio now plays correctly, no longer applying the volume fade-in every time the audio is looped.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1.2 (May 10, 2022)

  • New:
  • The preferences window now contains a section to enable a new media browser (which is still in beta testing).
  • Fixed:
  • Text layer alignment (left, center, right) now works correctly on Macs with an M1 processor.
  • Printing a slideshow script no longer crashes and now prints neutral text colors correctly.
  • When creating a new slideshow, the previous slideshow title isn't reused anymore.
  • Fixed crashing issues in the media browser.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1.1 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Added new text placeholder tokens for automatic image credits.
  • Sharing slideshows on Macs with M1 Pro or M1 Max processors is now significantly faster.
  • Sharing a ProRes video now actually uses the choses ProRes codec instead of H264.
  • Colors of video layers are now more accurate.
  • Eliminated spinning beachball during prepare phase of sharing a slideshow.
  • PNG Image layers with “exotic” bit-depths are now rendered correctly when sharing the slideshow.
  • Setting layer zoom values to 0% no longer leads to a crash.
  • Fixed a crash when dragging incompatible or corrupted video files to the Storyboard.
  • Eliminated occasional crashes during slideshow authoring.
  • Dragging the left or right edges of an audio track in Storyboard view is now more reliable.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.1 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • New:
  • Added printing of slideshow script, contact sheet, and shot list (for story snippets).
  • Added new transtions "Defocus" and "Barn Door".
  • Added a QR-Code to the Subscription window, so that the user can manually transfer an existing license to an iPad, should the regular installation fail for any reason.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed a memory leak during slideshow playback, that could lead to sluggish behavior in long running shows.
  • Fixed an internal issue where Quicklook thumbnails where sometimes omitted when saving a slideshow.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.6 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • New:
  • Due to popular demand the random transition feature is back!
  • Fixed:
  • Dragging audio markers in the Audio Marker Assistant no longer causes the app to stall on M1 Macs.
  • The audio credits text token now picks up songs in all three audio tracks instead of just the first track.
  • The new Blend Mode effect is no longer turned on by default.
  • Added missing German & French translations in Connect menu.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for several menu items were changed because their previous shortcut keys were only available on external extended keyboards (but not on MacBooks).
  • When deleting a slide with short audio, the audio no longer gets left over in the Storyboard.
  • The animation of the FotoMagico intro snippet no longer gets messed up when being combined with a music snippet (that contains audio markers).
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.5 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • New:
  • Added "Blend Mode" effect. This rarely used effect can be used to achieve interesting creative effects for text layers placed on top of image or video layers.
  • Fixed:
  • Replacing image layers in complex splitscreen snippets that use smart groups no longer results in weird zoom jumps. For existing slideshows that still exhibit this bug, simply drop in the images again to fix the problem.
  • When applying effects to a layer in a smart group, the effects are now synced to all other layers in the same smart group.
  • Fixed a bug where Storyboard thumbnails were sometimes too bright when applying layer effects.
  • Experimental changes to hopefully fix black exports on some customer Macs.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.4 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • New:
  • The Audio Marker Assistant now has an "Analyze" button to automatically create audio markers for music with a steady beat.
  • Added strength curves to mask and border effects. That way the opacity can be animated over time.
  • User-created snippets from FotoMagico 5 can now be imported into FotoMagico 6. If any snippets from FotoMagico 5 are found, you will automatically be asked whether you want to import them when launching FotoMagico.
  • Change:
  • Searching in the Map Assistant has been improved. It now finds more places and displays all search results in a dropdown menu.
  • The behavior of the zoom range slider in the Map Assistant has been changed to be more intuitive.
  • The teleprompter now shows thumbnails of upcoming slides and has a better preparation progress bar.
  • Fixed:
  • Colors of non-sRGB image files are now displayed correctly.
  • Rendering of text layers that contain emoji characters is now more robust.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.3 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • The color picker style can now be selected in the preferences window, or with the context menu by right-clicking on a color picker.
  • The RGB and HSL color sliders now work correctly for text colors.
  • The audio waveform for looped audio tracks is now displayed correctly in the Timeline view.
  • The authoring alert popover informing about excessive image file sizes is now automatically closed when clicking on the "Scale Down" button.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.2 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • Color pickers now offer a grid view of color patches by default. The previous color picker styles are still available and can be used when needed.
  • Improved opacity, animation speed, or effect strength curve editing:
  • In addition to dragging curve points, line segments can now also be dragged (vertically).
  • Numeric editing of curve points in the popover window can now be done in seconds, if only a single curve is selected.
  • Right-clicking a curve point shows a context menu to delete the point.
  • Deleting curve points via command-clicking is now more reliable.
  • Single channel grayscale, CMYK, or LAB image files can now be used.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.1 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • Added quick fix buttons to various inline authoring alerts the Storyboard.
  • When opening a slideshow document on macOS 12 Monterey, the document is no longer immediately marked as modified.
  • When opening or saving a slideshow document with missing media files a warning is now displayed.
  • Save & Compact is now more reliable. It no longer fails if a slide is missing some media files.
  • Playback of looped audio is now more precise.
  • Audio markers for looped audio tracks are now correctly displayed in Timeline view.
  • Fixed incorrect behavior after replacing media files of layers or audio tracks.
  • Slide previews for map layers are now rendered correctly.
  • Slide previews are now a bit more detailed.
  • Internal stability improvements.

New in FotoMagico 6.0.0 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • Map layers with animated travel routes provide new possibilities for travel slideshows.
  • Visual effects for image, video, text, and map layers bring new creative options to spice up your slideshows.
  • Downloadable content like slideshows snippets, demo slideshows, and tutorials.
  • The new pan & zoom fix point indicator helps to create perfect Ken Burns style animations more quickly.
  • Use a single subscription on all your Macs and iPad devices.
  • The user interface has been streamlined to look familiar on Mac and iPad devices.
  • Rewritten from scratch with modern technologies including Swift, SwiftUI, CoreAnimation, and high performance Metal rendering.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.14 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • FotoMagico is now compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Fixed occasional crashes on macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Fixed various visual glitches on macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.13 (Jan 27, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Accessing Lightroom Classic CC9 libraries now works again.
  • Access to images from Lightroom libraries works again on macOS Catalina.
  • Fixed occasional visual glitches during playback on macOS Catalina.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.12 (Nov 11, 2019)

  • Fixed a potential crash when exporting slideshows that contain videos.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.11 (Nov 1, 2019)

  • Fixed occasional visual glitches during playback on macOS Catalina.
  • Fixed random failure to display first slide correctly during playback on macOS Catalina.
  • Movie in and out points are now more precise during playback.
  • Record narration works again on macOS Catalina.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.10 (Oct 18, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • The Photos library is now displayed again in the Images browser on macOS Catalina.
  • The Music library is now displayed again in the Audio browser on macOS Catalina.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.9 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • Eliminated a potential crash on macOS Catalina after playback, closing a document, or when opening the sharing assistant.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.8 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • New:
  • FotoMagico is now compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • Change:
  • Since support for converting legacy video files was removed from macOS 10.15, these legacy video files now have to be re-encoded with third party software (e.g. Handbrake).
  • Fixed:
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.6 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • FotoMagico now launches again on Macs set to Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.5 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • Fixes:
  • Recording narration now works again on macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • Fixed several visual glitches in dark mode user interface.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.4 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Several media browser fixes for macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • Added missing German and French translation of a menu item.
  • Fixed incorrect bright line in the middle of the window in the German and French versions of FotoMagico.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.3 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • FotoMagico is now compatible with macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • Added support for macOS 10.14 Mojave dark mode user interface.
  • Added sharing support for 2018 iPhone models.
  • Fixed various drag and drop related bugs in the media browser.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.2 (Jul 31, 2018)

  • Improved reliability with Lightroom 7 Classic libraries.
  • Fixed a bug concerning audio ducking.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6.1 (Jun 28, 2018)

  • Fixed a potential crash when opening a document.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.6 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • The oldest OS version that is still supported is now macOS 10.10 Yosemite.
  • Added support for Roxio Toast 17 licenses.
  • Improved reliability with Lightroom 7 Classic libraries.
  • Fixed a bug concerning audio ducking.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.5.3 (Nov 30, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Added support for displaying Lightroom 7 Classic libraries.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.5.2 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • Fixed incorrect rendering of zoomed Text layers on macOS 10.13.
  • Fixed drawing glitches of chapter background colors in the Storyboard/Timeline on macOS 10.13.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.5.1 (Oct 29, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed a crashing bug in Audio Marker Assistant.
  • Fixed UI inconsistencies in Custom Video sharing.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.5 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • FotoMagico 5.5 is compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
  • Support for exporting to new iOS devices and HEVC codec has been added.
  • Pressing the option key while dragging a music snippet to the Storyboard now suppresses the automatic syncing with audio markers.
  • Applying shadows to text layers is now more reliable. In addition the "More…" popover in Title Options has been improved.
  • Slide numbers are now correct after re-arranging slides in the Storyboard.
  • Double clicking on zoom jogwheel to reset to default value is now more reliable.
  • Fixed a potential crash on some computers when opening documents on macOS 10.13.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.4.3 (Jul 14, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Adding snippets to a slideshow is now more reliable.
  • Added "Reset FotoMagico…" entry to Help menu.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.4.2 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Adding a new title now works again.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.4.1 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Improved reliability of displaying Lightroom libraries in the images browser.
  • Text with apostrophes can now be used in localized snippets.
  • Assigning random transitions is now more reliable.
  • Nikon Raw files (NEF) are now handled correctly.
  • Fixed a crash when quitting or closing very quickly after saving a slideshow document.
  • Fixed a crash in printing when both slideshow author and copyright are empty.
  • Fixed incorrect view layout in Movie Options.
  • Menu icons are now displayed correctly in dark UI mode.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.4 (Feb 24, 2017)

  • Added layer blend modes for new creative possibilities.
  • Added new text placeholder tokens for dates.
  • Fixed broken login in to YouTube in the Sharing assistant.
  • Exporting slideshow with MP3 audio files is now more reliable (and yields audio with the correct duration).
  • Image EXIF data is now reported more accurately with text placeholder tokens.
  • Play buttons in the Touch Bar are now correctly disabled for empty slideshow documents.
  • Slide notes are now properly localized when dropping snippets into a slideshow document.
  • When dropping a movie file onto a placeholder layer in a slide that is not synced to audio with a marker, the slide duration is now adjusted to the length of the movie.
  • Edge case bugs related to clicking and selecting masked layers in the Stage have been fixed.
  • Fixed a couple of bugs related to empty title texts.
  • Improved drawing of dashed outlines of placeholder layers.
  • Zoom to fill stage is now more reliable for rotated images.
  • Fixed a bug where hidden layers were no longer grayed out in the Storyboard, after expanding and collapsing a stack.
  • Audio waveform in the Audiomarker Assistant is no longer cropped.
  • Saving a slideshow to a iCloud or Google Drive folder should now be more reliable and not lead to missing media files anymore.
  • Fixed issues when closing documents after saving.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.4 Beta 3 (Feb 23, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed issues when closing documents after saving.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.3 (Dec 16, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added support for the Touch Bar in the new MacBook Pro.
  • Timing alerts are now correctly hidden when switching to a Cut transition.
  • Toggling the selection in the Storyboard with the command key now behaves correctly.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.2.3 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • Links to the snippets store will no longer be displayed in FotoMagico version bought from the App Store.
  • Automatic fade-in and fade-out can now be configured for ProRes and Custom Video sharing.
  • The movies browser now correctly displays the green badges indicating which movies are used in a slideshow document.
  • Copying and pasting title layers to different slides now produces correct results when exporting a slideshow.
  • Eliminated another potential crash in BPM detection in the Audio Marker Assistant.
  • Adding a music snippet to a location that already contains music in no longer allowed.
  • Text layers are now imported correctly when opening certain older slideshow files.
  • Localized text in snippets now once again displays the correct language, depending on the users choice of language in System Preferences.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.2.2 Build 22416 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • Dragging or deleting a selection that starts with a chapter now moves the chapter start to just after selection.
  • The color correction algorithm was changed - corrected images and movies may look differently now in the shadows.
  • Audio markers in the Audio Marker Assistant are now always draggable, regardless of whether they are active or not.
  • Fixed potential crashes when using automatic BPM detection in the Audio Marker Assistant.
  • Start of movie playback is now smoother and more reliable.
  • Fixed Audio Marker Assistant menu item in German and French.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.2.1 Build 22392 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • Added French help.
  • New experimental audio player that can do seamless audio loops.
  • Videos from Adobe Lightroom are now correctly displayed in the Movies browser.
  • Excessively slow opening of documents in some situation has been fixed.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.2 Build 22382 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added "Smart Group" feature for more convenient authoring of complex snippets.
  • All groups in the Options panel can now be locked to guard against unintentional changes.
  • An alert is now displayed when trying to delete locked items.
  • The Audio Marker Assistant can now analyze music and detect BPM (beats per minute) by clicking on the "Auto" button.
  • When adding a new audio file to the slideshow, a music credits slide is automatically added if not already present.
  • When adding a new snippet to the slideshow, duplicate music credits are removed automatically. Only the last one is kept.
  • Story snippets now also contain music credits.
  • Simultaneous dragging or zooming of all layers in a slide is now possible with pressed caps lock key.
  • Added new devices to iPhone and iPad sharing assistants.
  • Deleting items from the slideshow by dragging them outside the Storyboard is no longer supported.
  • The Audio Marker Assistant will now only create a maximum of 2000 markers, so that FotoMagico doesn't collapse beneath the burden of too many slides.
  • Experimental changes to reduce playback stuttering on older machines.
  • The animation speed slider in the preferences now works correctly again.
  • Drag and drop in the Storyboard is now more reliable.
  • Reversing an animation now works for multiple selected layers in a single slide.
  • Reversing an animation now also affects the mask geometry.
  • Duplicate entries in audio credits are now filtered out.
  • Renaming an open document in the Finder no longer results in missing media files.
  • Deleting audio markers is now properly undoable.
  • When choosing "Custom" from the stage size popup in the New panel, the Settings sheet is now automatically opened.
  • Replacing the media file of placeholders in snippets is now more reliable. Cases where the replaced file didn't get rendered during export have been fixed.
  • Zooming or rotating a layer via trackpad gestures is now more reliable.
  • Zooming or rotating a layer via mouse scroll wheel is now more reliable.
  • Improved detection of meter in the Audio Marker Assistant.
  • Changing the in or out points of a movie is now more responsive and more robust.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when setting audio in or out points in the fine-tuning popovers.
  • DVD sharing is now only supported with iDVD 6 or later.
  • Combining visual and music snippets is now more reliable and doesn't lead to inconsistent slide durations anymore.
  • Random crashes related to undoing have hopefully been fixed.
  • Various stability improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.2 Build 22348 Beta 8 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added new devices to iPhone exporting.
  • Controls in the Audio Marker Assistant are now disabled while automatic beat detection is in progress.
  • Improved detection of meter in the Audio Marker Assistant.
  • Canceling the Audio Marker Assistant is now more robust.
  • Fixed a problem with 100% CPU load when selecting a layer in the Stage.
  • Changing the in or out points of a movie is now more responsive and more robust.
  • DVD sharing is now only supported with iDVD 6 or later.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.1.3 Build 22191 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • The printing feature that was introduced in 5.1 now works for FotoMagico that was purchased on the Mac App Store.
  • Using the "Replace Media File…" command now works correctly on placeholder layers. When exporting the slideshow to a QuickTime movie, these layers are now rendered correctly.
  • The "Reverse Animation" command now works correctly in all situations.
  • Possible stuttering during playback has been reduced.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.1.2 Build 22183 (Jun 17, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Adds support for FotoMagico 5 Roxio Edition.
  • The "Upgrade to Pro" window now displays correctly when being opened more than once.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.1.1 Build 22178 (Jun 13, 2016)

  • Printing now works with German and French user interface.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.1 Build 22176 (Jun 1, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added Storyboard printing feature.
  • Added 4K resolution to Vimeo sharing.
  • Slide notes can now be styled text with colors, bold, italic, and underlined.
  • Slide notes text field is now scrollable, so that long notes can be entered.
  • Slide notes can now contain the and placeholders.
  • The teleprompter now uses the styled slide notes.
  • Anamorphic videos are now correctly rendered when sharing a slideshow.
  • The "More…" title options popover now stays open while editing a title.
  • The selection no longer gets lost, when previewing snippets in the browser.
  • Improved audio credits when sharing a slideshow on YouTube.
  • Fixed a crash when doing drag and drop in the Storyboard.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.1 Build 22169 Beta 6 (May 31, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added new print layout for viewing as PDF on small mobile phone screens.

New in FotoMagico 5.1 Build 22167 Beta 5 (May 31, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed a crash when doing drag and drop in the Storyboard.

New in FotoMagico 5.1 Build 22165 Beta 4 (May 31, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Added 4K resolution to Vimeo sharing.
  • Anamorphic videos are now correctly rendered when sharing a slideshow.
  • The "More…" title options popover now stays open while editing a title.
  • The selection no longer gets lost, when previewing snippets in the browser.
  • Improved audio credits when sharing a slideshow on YouTube.
  • Various stabilty improvements and small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.1 Build 22113 Beta 3 (May 5, 2016)

  • New:
  • Print speaker notes, contact sheets and shot lists for Snippets.
  • Double sided printing adjust layout so that binding the pages is possible without obscuring page content.

New in FotoMagico 5.0.6 (May 5, 2016)

  • NEW: Audio credits are now automatically added to description when sharing a slideshow on YouTube.
  • FIXED: Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.0.5 (Apr 27, 2016)

  • FIXED: Background and foreground images are now correctly rendered when sharing/exporting a slideshow.
  • FIXED: Fixed a crash when entering bogus value in text fields of a popover window.
  • FIXED: When saving a slideshow document, the current language is now always stored, so that multi-lingual titles are always correctly displayed.
  • FIXED: Various performance and stability improvements.
  • FIXED: Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.0.4 (Apr 15, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed potential freezing when saving a slideshow.
  • Various performance and stabilty improvements.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.0.3 (Apr 12, 2016)

  • Fixed potential freezing when saving a slideshow.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.0.2 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Better feedback after installing downloaded snippets.
  • Snippet preview is now more convenient to use.
  • Snippet preview is now more reliable.
  • "Save as Snippet" now works in the German and French versions of FotoMagico.
  • The demo overlay during playback no longer appears after a valid license has been entered.
  • Selecting the Print command from the Finder no longer causes a crash.
  • Various performance and stability improvements.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.0 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • FotoMagico 5 now has a Snippets browser in the sidebar. You can drag pre-built snippets from the browser to the Storyboard or Stage to create slideshows more quickly.
  • FotoMagico 5 now sports a new dark user interface theme that de-emphasizes the UI and lets you images takes center stage.
  • FotoMagico 5 has new, more powerful title editing and formatting options.
  • Volume envelopes are now available for audio in the Timeline. Audio fades are drawn somewhat differently to distinguish them from the volume envelope.
  • Added an Audio Marker Assistant. This assistant is much more precise and also easier to use than working directly in the Storyboard.
  • Added an Animation Assistant, which lets you bulk apply animation to multiple items at once. These settings are also automatically applied to all images or movies that are newly added to a slideshow.
  • FotoMagico 5 now requires OS X 10.10 Yosemite or newer.
  • FotoMagico 5 now features a free 14 day trial period. A demo badge will be displayed during this trial period.
  • FotoMagico now comes in two versions: EXPRESS and PRO. The PRO version contains all features and is available via in-app purchase. Features that are not available in the EXPRESS version are visually marked.
  • Creating a new document now shows a chooser panel that either lets you create a new document or open one of the recent ones.
  • Added support for marking favorite files in media browsers.
  • Color correction is now more powerful. When brigthening images we no longer get washed out images, and the new Apply checkbox lets you compare before and after color correction.
  • Added an 'Edit Geometry' command.
  • Added cursor info to all mouse interaction in the Stage.
  • Layers can now be locked, flipped, and invisible.
  • Added slide names, which can be used as secondary structuring, besides chapters.
  • Pressing the P key while scrubbing in the Timeline now sets a poster frame that is used for the snippet thumbnail.
  • Dragging new slides or music snippets to a slideshow that is synchronized to audio now tries to preserve this synchronization and animation speeds as well as possible. That way it is easier to experiment with different moods.
  • The user interface is now more intuitive and consistent. Various menu commands or controls in the sidebar have been moved to a more logical place.
  • The new demo slideshow is now downloaded on-demand from the web the first time it is opened. It will be re-downloaded when an updated version is available.
  • License entry has been simplified. The user now only has to click on a URL link in the purchase email.
  • Volume slider in Audio Options now ranges from 0% to 100%. In the past it went up to 200%. It's still possible to enter values larger than 100% in the text field.
  • Opening and saving documents is now much faster.
  • Opening documents from readonly disks is now possible.
  • Added background saving for newly added media files, thus eliminating the need for a full save when closing the document.
  • Recovering documents after a crash is now more reliable.
  • DRM protected m4p files from Apple Music are not displayed in the Audio browser, because they cannot be used by FotoMagico.
  • Dragging right edge of audio in Timeline past duration of audio now automatically turns on looping instead of showing red warning area.
  • Improved audio timing accuracy when starting playback somewhere in the middle of a song.
  • Various performance and stabilty improvements.
  • Various small fixes.
  • Editing titles with accented characters (e.g. French) now works again.
  • Volume envelopes are now applied correctly when sharing (exporting) a slideshow as a QuickTime movie.
  • Fixed a bug where slides sometimes failed to render during exporting, if the preceeding slide has a transition duration that is equal to the slide duration.
  • Get Info window is no longer closed automatically when opening the Slideshow Settings.
  • The scrollbar in the Audio Marker Assistant is now displayed correctly.
  • Audio marker active state can now be toggled quickly by shift-clicking.
  • Various performance and stabilty improvements.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.9 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Opening documents is now a lot faster is certain cases.
  • Fixed a bug where exporting slideshows with movies sometimes got stuck.
  • Several random crashes have been fixed.
  • Various stability improvements.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.8 (Jan 19, 2016)

  • Using the mouse scrollwheel no longer changes master volume during playback.
  • Creating Standalone players now works again.
  • Movie playback is now more reliable on OS X El Capitan 10.11.
  • Fixed stuttering problem when exporting slideshows with movies.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.7 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Saving and loading slideshows with audio volume envelopes is now more robust.
  • Made audio waveform loading in Timeline more robust.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.6 (Nov 18, 2015)

  • Made movie playback more robust on El Capitan.
  • Opening a slideshow document from readonly disks is now possible.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.5 (Oct 23, 2015)

  • Fixed serious crash on El Capitan switching to Timeline (with mp3 or m4a audio files).
  • Fixed occasionally stucking slideshow on El Capitan when getting to a movie slide.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 5.0 Beta 30 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Various small fixes.
  • Added Museum story snippet.
  • Help to menu. Help for FotoMagigo 5 is a work in progress.
  • The demo slideshow is now downloaded on-demand from the web the first time it is opened.
  • Software Update should now work correctly again.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.3 (Sep 23, 2015)

  • Fixed serious crash that could occur at random times.
  • Fixed a bug that could freeze the application using the C key to cut movies.
  • Fixed exporting on Mac OS X 10.8.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.2 (Jul 2, 2015)

  • Fixed a possible crash when entering the license key.
  • Fixed some issues that could result in missing media files.
  • Made assistant that helps with locating missing media files more robust.
  • Fixed an issue related to dragging the audio volume in the Timeline.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.6.1 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • New: Support for Apples Photos Library.
  • Fix: Better progress information during movie conversion.
  • Fix: Better information if movie is not compatible and not convertible.
  • Fix: Avoid multiple values in timescale slider.
  • Fix: Fixed some timing issues when inserting slides near a fade out of linked audio.
  • Fix: Fixed flickering when dragging the right edge of audio in the timeline.
  • Fix: Fixed a crash related to titles.
  • Fix: When exporting a slideshow, illegal characters in the filename are now automatically replaced.
  • Fix: Fixed a not opening settings panel.
  • Fix: Fixed a bug that could stop export in some cases.
  • Fix: Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.5.5 (Mar 26, 2015)

  • Volume Envelopes in Export are now more precise.
  • Automatically set the in point of a movie to the first frame of the video track.
  • Fixed a crash when open an existing slideshow on OS X Yosemite 10.10.2.
  • Fixed a crash when editing titles while in fullscreen mode.
  • Show the correct configuration state of the Vimeo account in sharing menu.
  • Fixed a rare bug were dragging images in the Storyboard would sometimes lose track of image files.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.5.4 (Jan 6, 2015)

  • Fix: Avoid crashes on OS X Yosemite when closing a document.
  • Fix: Edges of movies and images are now correctly antialiased again.
  • Fix: Messed up zoom values (e.g. infinite) are now reset to 100% when opening a FotoMagico document.
  • Fix: Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.5.3 (Nov 22, 2014)

  • Avoid crashes on OS X Yosemite when closing a document.
  • Edges of movies and images are now correctly antialiased again.
  • Messed up zoom values (e.g. infinite) are now reset to 100% when opening a FotoMagico document.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.5.2 (Oct 21, 2014)

  • Early versions of OS X 10.10 Yosemite contain an OpenGL bug on Macs with retina displays, which caused the Stage to display at a wrong scale. FotoMagico 4.5.2 contains a workaround for this problem, until Apple fixes the bug.
  • When closing slideshows, you are no longer required to do a full save if you didn't add any new media files.
  • Fixed a visual bug for slides with multiple layers and Cube transitions.
  • Various small fixes.
  • When closing slideshows, you are no longer required to do a full save if you didn't add any new media files.
  • Fixed a visual bug for slides with multiple layers and Cube transitions.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.5.1 (Sep 25, 2014)

  • Incorrect audio fade-ins and fede-outs have been fixed.
  • The profile popup menu in Custom Video export now behaves correctly when runngin FotoMagico in German or French.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.5 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • FotoMagico 4.5 drops support for Os X 10.7 and 32bit Macs. OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) is now required.
  • FotoMagico can now handle 4K content.
  • New 4K presets were added in the New… and Settings… dialogs. Older small resolutions were eliminated.
  • YouTube export now supports 4K uploading.
  • Saving or exporting slideshows to external harddisks is now more reliable.
  • When closing slideshows with titles, you are no longer required to do a full save if you haven't added any new media files to the slideshow.
  • Fixed a bug where very narrow images (smaller than 4 pixels) didn't show up during playback or export.
  • Fixed an obscure issue where slides after a cut transition sometimes didn't show up in exported slideshows.
  • Anamorphic exporting in the DVD export plugin now works correctly again.
  • Fixed some export problems in 'Custom Video'.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.8 (Aug 9, 2014)

  • Fixed a possible issue when opening slideshows on a different computer.
  • Exporting slideshows with videos is now more reliable, especially when using vertical videos.
  • Audio of movies is no longer looped when exporting a slideshow.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.7 (Jun 27, 2014)

  • Fixed a possible issue when exporting a slideshow with certain combinations of transitions and movies.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.6 (Jun 12, 2014)

  • Fixed problems with German and French localizations of FotoMagico user interface.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.5 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • FotoMagico can now handle 4K content.
  • The App Store version of Fotomagico now requires a small helper application to create standalone players. This helper application is available for download at the Boinx server.
  • Full Save is now available in the File menu when pressing the option key.
  • Slideshows that contain movies now export much more quickly when running on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or newer.
  • Fixed a bug where exporting slideshows with movies occasionally dropped frames.
  • Fixed a bug that caused recording of narration to fail after closing the recording window.
  • Fixed a bug that caused video to occasionally stutter.
  • Fixed a bug that caused occasional inconsistent timing in slideshows.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.4 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • New: Added command to reset slide duration to movie duration.
  • New: Exported slideshow now once again contain chapter information.
  • New: Custom Video export now offers new options on OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • Change: Sharing a slideshow as a standalone player is now more reliable.
  • Fix: Standalone players are no longer quarantined and reported as unusable by the Finder.
  • Fix: Fixed a bug when exporting slideshows with custom size resulted in squeezed videos.
  • Fix: Fixed a bug when exporting a slideshow that contains movies without audio resulted in an error message.
  • Fix: Exporting for AppleTV 3 in 1080p now yields better quality on OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • Fix: Fixed a bug where thumbnails for Lightroom 5 libraries were sometimes missing.
  • Fix: Standalone players that contain movies no longer crash on OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Fix: Corrected some mistakes in the online help.
  • Fix: Dragging many media files from the media browser to the Storyboard now preserves the correct file order.
  • Fix: Audio with locked timing now behaves correctly when jumping around (e.g. via arrow keys) during playback.
  • Fix: Audio waveforms for looped audio is now displayed correctly when used together with collapsed chapters.
  • Fix: Starting playback somewhere in the middle of a slideshow now starts audio at correct time.
  • Fix: Default burning app in DVD sharing is now disabled if that app is no longer installed.
  • Fix: Vertical videos (e.g. shot with mobile phones) are now correctly displayed in FotoMagico.
  • Fix: Looped audio is now handled correctly when exporting slideshows.
  • Fix: Recording narration is now more reliable.
  • Fix: Cutting slides with the C key while scrubbing in the timeline is now more reliable.
  • Fix: Fixed a problem where some settings in Custom Video export failed.
  • Fix: Sharing for DVD is now more reliable and produces better image quality.
  • Fix: Fixed a crash in German and French versions when recording narration.
  • Fix: Fixed a crash on OS X 10.7 when saving slideshows that contain movies.
  • Fix: Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.2 Build 19238 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Sharing a slideshow as a standalone player is now more reliable.
  • Added command to reset slide duration to movie duration.
  • Dragging many media files from the media browser to the Storyboard now preserves the correct file order.
  • Audio with locked timing now behaves correctly when jumping around (e.g. via arrow keys) during playback.
  • Audio waveforms for looped audio is now displayed correctly when used together with collapsed chapters.
  • Starting playback somewhere in the middle of a slideshow now starts audio at correct time.
  • Default burning app in DVD sharing is now disabled if that app is no longer installed.
  • Vertical videos (e.g. shot with mobile phones) are now correctly displayed in FotoMagico.
  • Looped audio is now handled correctly when exporting slideshows.
  • Recording narration is now more reliable.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4.1 Build 19204 (Dec 21, 2013)

  • Standalone players are no longer quarantined and reported as unusable by the Finder.
  • Cutting slides with the C key while scrubbing in the timeline is now more reliable.
  • Fixed a problem where some settings in Custom Video export failed.
  • Sharing for DVD is now more reliable and produces better image quality.
  • Fixed a crash in German and French versions when recording narration.
  • Fixed a crash on OS X 10.7 when saving slideshows that contain movies.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.4 Build 19182 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • FotoMagico 4.4 is now 64bit compatible on OS X Mountain Lion and newer.
  • FotoMagico now uses AVFoundation instead of QuickTime for movie playback when running on OS X Mountain Lion and newer. This helps to make movie playback much smoother and reduces stuttering.
  • FotoMagico is compatible with OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • Sharing slideshows has been completely rewritten using AVFoundation. Sharing is now faster and more reliable.
  • Pressing the C key while scrubbing in the Timeline cuts a slide at the playhead. This is especially useful to cut long video clips into shorter segments. The parts that are not needed can then be selected and deleted.
  • If an audio file is too short a shaded red area at the end of an audio item now warns you.
  • Looped audio now has dashed divider lines whenever a new loop starts.
  • Since AVFoundation doesn't offer all the codecs that QuickTime had, some export options had to be removed.
  • For the same reason some legacy movie files need to be converted to more modern formats. FotoMagico will offer to do this conversion automatically, but you can also do this manually in an external application.
  • The option to encrypt image files in a standalone player has been moved from the Debug Preferences to the Sharing Assistant.
  • Opening slideshows that contain audio or movies is now more reliable and a little bit faster than before.
  • Opening slideshows with multiple problems (e.g. missing media files, incompatible movies, timing problems) will now present multiple conecutive alerts that explain the problem (and optionally offer to fix the problem). In the past only one such alert would be displayed and the others were ignored.
  • When opening an old slideshow document and then quitting without making any changes, you are no longer prompted to resave the slideshow.
  • When opening a slideshow document and then closing it without making any changes, you are no longer prompted to resave the slideshow.
  • FotoMagico no longer displays a slow hard disk warning when reopening an untitled document with auto-save enabled.
  • Fixed a potential crash when opening slideshows that contain movies.
  • Movies are now correctly displayed in the Stage when changing the zoom value.
  • The 'Match slide durations to audio' command has been rewritten to be much more versatile.
  • Fix an inconsistent state when reducing the length of audio via the automatic assistant.
  • The out point of a movie is now correctly displayed in the Stage during authoring.
  • Pasting Geometry onto multiple slides now works again.
  • A bug where titles that have been changed were sometimes not properly saved has been fixed.
  • When tweaking the position of a mask via arrow keys, the layer image is no longer randomly moved around when close to guidelines.
  • When replacing the image of an existing layer, the new zoom and rotation values are now set more reliably.
  • Waveforms and audio markers for looped audio are now displayed correctly.
  • Quicklook in the media browser now work again.
  • Albums and smart albums inside an Aperture project are now correctly displayed in the media browsers.
  • Preparing the teleprompter for the Demo slideshow now works again.
  • Scrolling in the Storyboard or Timeline on OS X 10.9 Mavericks now behaves correctly again.
  • Some transition used to display with reduced resolution. This has been fixed.
  • Antialiasing of image and movie edges is now a bit smoother. Edges of titles are no longer antialiased (since it's not necessary anyway).
  • Transitions now work correctly on Macs with two graphics cards.
  • A visual glitch when moving a document window from one screen to another (on dual screen Macs) has been fixed.
  • AppNap is now prevented on OS X 10.9 Mavericks while exporting or playing a slideshow.
  • Exported slideshows now display the correct colors, i.e. they look the same in QuickTime Player as they did in FotoMagico.
  • A bug that caused export of slideshows with complex audio arrangements to fail has been fixed.
  • Added new links to Boinx Connect in the Help menu.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.3.1 Build 18650 (Jul 19, 2013)

  • FotoMagico now optionally sends usage and diagnostic data to Boinx Software, to help it improve its products and services.
  • Borders around layers or masks are now drawn antialiased to avoid jaggies.
  • When adding a mask to a layer, a bit of softness is automatically applied, so that the edges are antialiased and jaggies are avoided.
  • Edges of layers are now nicely antialiased. This helps to avoid jaggies when rotating layers.
  • Oval masks with softness now look much nicer.
  • A border is no longer overlapping the layer. This avoids visual artefacts when the layer is semi-transparent.
  • Reversing animation now works again.
  • Reducing the length of audio to the duration of the audio file now works reliably again.
  • Cursors during drag and drop in the Storyboard are now correct and indicate the intended action.
  • The selection frame in the Stage now looks much nicer and separates better from various backgrounds. This helps when working with multiple layers.
  • When working with multiple layers in the Stage, the selected layer is now given priority over the topmost clicked layer. A single click still selects the topmost layer. This makes working with multiple overlapping layer much easier.
  • Cursors in the Stage are now more reliable (especially around the corners of layers).
  • Get Info now works again for audio files.
  • Get Info can now always be opened, even if there is no selection.
  • Getting info for movie files is now more reliable.
  • Starting playback somewhere in the middle of a slideshow is now more reliable.
  • Sharing for iPad now also works for the iPad mini.
  • If Toast 11 is installed, Toast is now disabled in the DVD sharing options (because Toast 11 has a bug in its AppleScript implementation). If you want to use Toast 11 to burn DVDs, you need to drag the exported QuickTime file manually into Toast.
  • The teleprompter is now more reliable if two slideshow document are open at the same time.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.3 Build 18574 (Jun 25, 2013)

  • FotoMagico 4.3 introduces a new file format (still called .fms) which improves reliabilty in the sandbox environment. Older fms files can be openend with this version. However files saved with 4.3 cannot be opened in older versions of FotoMagico.
  • The new file format avoids the missing media files problem which occurred for some users in prior versions.
  • FotoMagico 4.3 tries to automatically repair any missing media files. However, in some cases manual assistance is required.
  • FotoMagico 4.3 has an assistant that helps to locate any missing media files in existing slideshows. This assistant is automatically launched when opening, playing or sharing a slideshow that has missing media files. It can also be manually launched from the File menu.
  • If a slideshow has missing media files, an alert is now shown before playback is started. In case of fullscreen playback, the screen doesn't fade down until this alert is dismissed.
  • After replacing the media file of a slide with missing images, the zoom value is now reset to a reasonable value.
  • Missing audio files no longer freeze up slideshow playback.
  • Scaling down images now also works for grayscale or CMYK image files.
  • Encrypted standalone players that contain duplicate images no longer freeze up.
  • FotoMagico now warns you when trying to open documents from very slow volumes like USB sticks.
  • FotoMagico now warns you when trying to save documents to very slow volumes like USB sticks.
  • When FotoMagico is launched again after a crash, it will now offer to recover the last saved version of any documents that were open during the crash.
  • Closing a document now behaves more logical. If there are still some media files that have not been copied to the document yet, then the user is warned and given a choice to save or cancel.
  • Fixed a possible crash when closing documents.
  • Fixed a possible crash during saving.
  • Fixed a possible crash when minimizing windows.
  • Copying and pasting parts of a slideshow to another now preserves the relative positions and tracks of audio.
  • When adding a movie to a slideshow, the calculated default duration of the new slide should now be correct.
  • The red warning area in the timeline, which appears when changing the duration of a movie slide should now be correct.
  • Creating lots of emtpy chapters (with just a single blank slide) and filling them with images later is now supported.
  • Moving the playhead past the last slide is now possible by clicking at the end of the Storyboard.
  • The demo slideshow can now be modified and saved to a new location.
  • Playback and controlling with the iPhone remote (FotoRemote app) now works again.
  • Playing audio samples in the Audio Browser from Library locations now works again.
  • The aboutbox at the end of a standalone player no longer displays email and webpage labels if the author didn't enter any email or webpage address.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.2.3 Build 18380 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • Fixed a crash when closing documents.
  • Copying slides or audio from one slideshow to another now works again. This was broken in 4.2.2.
  • Fixes for updating FotoMagico to the most recent version.
  • Dragging from the iMediaBrowser to the Storyboard or Stage is now much faster.
  • Badges that indicate which media files are used in a slideshow are nor more reliable.
  • Newly recorded narration is now linked to slides according to the settings in the preferences.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.2.2 Build 18361 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Fixed a big memory leak when changing the selection in the Storyboard. This memory leaked caused version 4.2.1 to quickly become unusable.
  • When a movie is too short for a long slide, FotoMagico no no longer automatically changes the slide duration. Instead it visualizes the problem, displays an alert icon and offers an explanation and solutions in the popover that appears when clicking on the alert icon.
  • The about box is now a regular window with a close box, as opposed to a modal window that can only be closed by clicking inside the window.
  • The file format has been updated to be more efficient with external media files in the OS X sandbox environment.
  • Quick Save used to be broken after the user canceled closing a document. It now works again.
  • Make sure that the Stage gets redrawn when everything is deselected in the Storyboard.
  • Fixed a couple of exceptions that could cause inconsistent states in the application.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.2.1 Build 18303 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • Masks in the Stage are now correctly updated as various options like size, position, zoom, or rotation are changed.
  • Assigning masks via the popup menu now works correctly.
  • Rotating masks used to be weird in some cases. Now it always behaves correctly.
  • The zoom and rotation jogwheels now behave correctly when working with masks.
  • Resizing masks in the Stage by dragging the selection frame handles is now more reliable. Pressing the Shift key keeps a mask centered while resizing it.
  • A mask selection frame is now drawn in blue, so it is more easily distinguished from a layer selection frame.
  • The background and watermark layers are now once again displayed correctly during authoring.
  • Layout glitches in the Stage when adding or removing layers have been fixed.
  • Ducking now respects manual audio fades with custom offsets.
  • Ducking for movies now works again.
  • Custom audio fades are now fixed when dragging or copying/pasting audio to a different location and those custom audio fades no longer work.
  • File size limitations for uploading to YouTube have been removed.
  • Make sure that the system doesn't go to sleep while an export is in progress.
  • Make sure that pressing the spacebar key while we are editing a numeric value in a textfield, actually starts preview playback instead of causing an invalid value error message.
  • Make sure that deleting everything in a numeric textfield doesn't cause FotoMagico to enter an invalid state. Instead revert to the previous value.
  • Made the file format more efficient for the OS X sandbox environment.
  • A bug has been fixed where auto-expanded stacks (slides with multiple layers) in the Storyboard occasionally failed to collapse again when the mouse left the stack. Some users mistook this for an application freeze.
  • Make sure that a full save is performed when the app is quit without first closing a document.
  • The visibility and animation controls now display seconds tickmarks when a single slide is selected. This helps to position the fadein or fadeout triangles more precisely.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.2 Build 18226 (Feb 13, 2013)

  • Layers can now have a mask, which lets you create interesting special effects. Masks can be animated independently from the layer image, movie, or title. Download a couple of sample slideshows here.
  • Layer opacity can now be changed, thus enabling many interesting transparency effects.
  • Auto Save is now supported, thus freeing you from having to select the Save command repeatedly while authoring a slideshow. Auto Save may be disabled in the Preferences window.
  • Saving is now much quicker than before. Average save times for large slideshows have been reduced from a minute to less than a second in most situations.
  • When resizing a title width, the title now stays centered, which is a much nicer behavior.
  • When an audio track is muted, then any ducking occuring in this track is ignored.
  • If a document window is obscured during fullscreen playback, various animations are now suppressed, to optimize playback performance.
  • Color correction is reflected in Storyboard thumbnails.
  • The ducking percentage textfield is enabled when needed.
  • Sharing for DVD now exports 48 kHz audio instead of 44.1 kHz.
  • Audio fades now sound similar in exported movies and live playback.
  • Got rid of a visual glitch where all Storyboard thumbnails would briefly disappear after saving a slideshow.
  • Got rid of a layout glitch in the Stage when a slideshow is first openend.
  • Many edge case situations that led to inconsistent audio fades have been eliminated. These inconsistent states sometimes also caused failures to share a slideshow.
  • Sharing assistant now warns you when chosen filenames contain illegal characters that could lead to problems down the road.
  • Fixed incorrect rendering of layer opacity, if visibility was restricted to a portion of the slide lifetime.
  • Fixed audio volume of a movie layer, that is not visible during whole slide lifetime.
  • Audio timing is now much more reliable if a slideshow is started somewhere in the middle.
  • Adding, moving, or adjusting very long audio files is now much quicker than before.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.1 Build 18014 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • When image, movie, or audio files are dragged to the slideshow document, a small green badge is now displayed in the media browser in the sidebar, to indicate that this media files is being used by the slideshow. This is useful when authroing large slideshows.
  • Added sharing to Vimeo (only available on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and newer).
  • Added sharing as ProRes video files, which are useful for editing in video editing applications like Final Cut. This option is only available if the Apple ProRes codec is installed.
  • Added more framerate options to sharing for AppleTV.
  • Fixed a hang when deleting all slides above audio that was linked to slides.
  • Fixed a color management issue that sometimes caused image to be displayed with inaccurate colors.
  • Fixed an issue where unsaved slides would sometimes end up with missing media files after sharing.
  • Software Update now once again works correctly and discovers new releases.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.0.3 Build 17925 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • Version 4.0.2 contained a serious bug which rendered FotoMagico completely inoperable after it has crashed once.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.0.2 Build 17910 (Nov 6, 2012)

  • Added the German translation of the help pages.
  • Quiet parts of audio waveforms in the timeline are now enhanced (so that more detail is visible). This helps to set audiomarkers more accurately.
  • The alert that informs the user that an image file is larger than necessary (and offers scaling it down) is no more explanatory about what is going to happen when you scale down an image.
  • When adding or removing audio at the end of the slideshow, blank slides are added or removed above the audio as needed. This is the same behavior that was present in FotoMagico 3.
  • When changing the in or out points of a movie, the duration of a slide is now adjusted accordingly.
  • Loading and initial display of very large slideshows has been optimized. The currently vivible thumbnails are now loaded much more quickly.
  • Infrequent crashes when trying to close a document (or canceling opening) has been fixed.
  • Occasional failures to export slideshows which contain movies have been fixed. Exporting slideshows with movies is now also much faster than before.
  • Setting the in or out point for movies now once again works (as it did in FotoMagico 3) if animation on a slide is disabled. In this case the stage alternates between displaying the in or out point image, depending on which parameter was adjusted last.
  • Starting preview playback (via spacebar key) is no longer allowed while we are exporting a slideshow.
  • Layout glitches after certain drag and drop operation in the Storyboard/Timeline have been fixed.
  • Layout glitches after deleting a collapsed chapter in the Storyboard/Timeline have been fixed.
  • Audio fadein and fadeout of movies now once again work as expected.
  • The Apple infrared remote now works again for standalone players.
  • Detection and unloading of incompatible QuickTime components has been improved. This helps to avoid frequent crashes caused by QuickTime components that are not compatible with the sandbox environment.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 4.0.1 Build 17848 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • Erratic behavior like a failure to save document should no longer occur. Improved sandboxing behavior now lets you add far more media files to a slideshow, before the kernel runs out of resources. So save your slideshow frequently, and should your computer run out of resources, just quit FotoMagico and relaunch it again. Then you can add more media files to your slideshow.
  • Slideshow documents no longer grow larger and larger when saving. Media files that are no longer used will be deleted from the document file.
  • Fixed a infrequent random crash in iMediaBrowser.
  • In the previous version iMediaBrowser would sometimes ask for multiple times for access rights to media files. Now it asks only once.
  • All scroller configurations (as set in the system preferences) are now compatible with the Storyboard or Timeline.
  • QuickTime components that are incompatible with the OS X Sandbox are now unloaded to avoid crashing FotoMagico.
  • When switching between Storyboard and Timeline mode, your current focus of attention is now better preserved. In other words, the slide you have been looking at before the switch will also be visible after the switch.
  • In the previous version, titles would sometimes be rendered at the wrong size. This has been fixed.
  • Default animation when adding new slides is no longer so fast. The slower speed is much more appropriate.
  • Chapter hotkey support has been removed.
  • iPhone sharing now also has support for iPhone 5.
  • Slideshows that contain movies now have more accurate audio synchronization when sharing to QuickTime files.
  • Fixed bugs that could cause a crash when closing a slideshow document.
  • Fixed some incorrect user interface translations in the German version.
  • Fixed mistakes in the help documentation.
  • The downloaded demo version is now fully functional again.
  • Licenses can now be printed again.
  • Various small fixes

New in FotoMagico 4.0 Build 17730 (Oct 11, 2012)

  • FotoMagico now features a completely new Timeline in addition to the previously existing Storyboard.
  • The new Timeline is an addition to the Storyboard. Timeline helps to finetune the timing of a slideshow whereas Storyboard is best suited to quickly organizing your show. You can transparently switch between these modes at any time.
  • Audio waveforms are displayed in the Timeline view.
  • Editing of audiomarkers is now done directly in the Timeline, which makes the feature much more intuitive to use.
  • Storyboard/Timeline are collapsible to make authoring complex slideshows possible on notebook screens.
  • Popover help in the Storyboard or Timeline alert you to authoring problems in you slideshow and also provides solutions to fix those problems.
  • The timescale in the Timeline can be changed with a pinch gesture on the trackpad or by using the slider on the bottom of the window.
  • Visual tracks can be expanded or collapsed with a vertical swipe gesture (two fingers on trackpad).
  • When setting slides to "Continue at Audio Marker", there needs to be audio with markers below it. If there isn't, the user is now alerted to this authoring inconsistency.
  • Audio markers can now also be added by pressing the M key while scrubbing through a slideshow.
  • In previous versions of FotoMagico, audio fade-in and fade-out were always tied to the visual transitions. FotoMagico 4 also lets you customize the audio fades.
  • Editing of audio in and out point is now possible directly in the timeline.
  • Multiple layers of images, movies, or titles per slide. These added capabilities let you create effects that weren't possible before. Each slide can now contain up to 6 elements. All common options like pan, zoom and rotation are available independently to each of them.
  • Each layer (regardless of type) can be faded in/out. Previously this was only possible for titles.
  • Images and movies can now have a border with selectable color and width. This is especially useful for picture in picture effects when using multiple layers.
  • FotoMagico can automatically scale your photos to a suitable size in order to avoid huge file sizes and long loading times.
  • The selected layer in the stage can now be moved with the Cmd-arrow keys.
  • Added a menu item to select the counterpart layer (start or finish) in the Stage.
  • The selected layer in the Stage can be locked (through a menu item). This helps when trying to positioning or zooming overlapping layers of the same size.
  • Template slideshows enhance your productivity.
  • If you find that you are often creating slideshows with the same structure, but different images, this is for you.
  • Create a slideshow, designate some of the images as placeholder items, and save it.
  • When creating a new slideshow, just duplicate the file, and replace the placeholder items by dragging new images on top of the placeholder in the Stage or the Storyboard.
  • FotoMagico is now ready for Retina displays.
  • Enhanced security: FotoMagico is now sandboxed and ready for Gatekeeper on OS X Mountain Lion.
  • Non-destructive color correction is now also available for movies.
  • Slideshows can now also contain a single (non-animated) background layer in addition to the existing foreground (watermark).
  • FotoMagico now has a new, more intuitive menu structure and a streamlined user interface.
  • Direct access to sharing options from a new sharing menu.
  • Audio options now have the ability to preview in and out points. Double click on the triangles to reveal the popovers which contain the play button.
  • The jogwheels now allow modifier keys to slow (option key) or speed up (shift key), and support single stepping by clicking at the left or right ends of the jogwheel.
  • The standalone player now has its own preferences window, which is shown when pressing the option key while launching the player.
  • CYMK image files can now be used, even though they are not recommended.
  • When a slideshow was started somewhere in the middle of a song, the audio sometimes started playing from the beginning. This should now work correctly.
  • Collapsing a chapter that contains only a single slide no longer produces inconsistent behavior.
  • Scrubbing through a slideshow (by dragging the playhead) is now more reliable as we get closer to the window edges.
  • Tabbing between text fields in the sidebar now works again.
  • Export settings for several iOS sharing plugin have been tweaked to conform to Apple specifications.
  • Flickr is temporarily removed from iMediaBrowser until it works correctly within the sandbox.
  • iPhoto Events are temporarily removed from iMediaBrowser until a bugfix is availble for the new iPhoto version.
  • Lot and lots of smaller improvements and fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.8 Build 15583 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • Sharing plugins now always prompt the user to choose a destination for the exported movie files.
  • A crash when showing the Get Info panel has been fixed.
  • Standalone players now work on OS X Mountain Lion again.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.7 Build 15562 (Sep 6, 2012)

  • Bugfixes to show the media libraries in iMediaBrowser on Mac OS X 10.6 again.
  • A crash when selecting chapter options in the contextual menu.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.5 Build 15528 (Feb 28, 2012)

  • A bug where images would disappear in exported movies, if slide duration and transition duration were the same has been fixed.
  • When opening an exported movie automatically in a DVD burning app fails, show the Reveal in Finder button ot locate the file manually.
  • All sharing plugins now automatically open a file panel to let the user choose a file destination. This is necessary to comply with new Mac OS X guidelines.
  • Various small fixes in iMedia Browser.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.4 Build 15521 (Jan 13, 2012)

  • A bug in iMedia Browser which caused the application to crash when hotplugging cameras has been fixed.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.3 Build 15514 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Support for browsing faces in iPhoto and Aperture libraries.
  • A bug in iMedia Browser which caused the application to crash at random times has been fixed.
  • Audio syncronization in exported slideshows that contain movies has been improved.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.2 Build 15486 (Nov 8, 2011)

  • Purchasing licenses from within FotoMagico is now powered by FastSpring.
  • Much improved quality when sharing slideshows to YouTube. Now also supports 1080p.
  • A bug in iMedia Browser which caused the application to crash at random times has been fixed.
  • The new transitions that were introduced with version 3.8 were distorted when being exportted to DVD. This has been fixed now.
  • The progress bar in the dock icon is now displayed correctly again when sharing a slideshow while running on Mac OS X Lion.
  • If old (incompatible) versions of plugins are discovered at startup, the user is now prompted to remove those plugins.
  • Buying a license or upgrading to a better license now works again.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8.1 Build 15430 (Jul 13, 2011)

  • This release has been tested for OS X Lion compatibility.
  • Storyboard thumbnails no longer disappear after saving a slideshow on Mac OS X Lion.
  • Using very short slides (less of 1s duration) with cut transitions now work correctly when exporting to QuickTime movies.
  • The plugins for Aperture, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion, and Adobe After Affects sometimes failed to load in the previous release. This bug has been fixed.
  • Adopted new overlay style scrollers when running on OS X Lion.

New in FotoMagico 3.8 Build 15395 (Jun 16, 2011)

  • This version brings several completely new transitions (Blinds, Flash, Pixelate, Broken TV) and adds new options to existing some existing transitions (Fade, Flip).
  • Improved random transition and added a sheet that lets you exclude certain transitions from randomizing (by unchecking them in a table).
  • When sharing a slideshow, the export progress is now also visible in the Dock icon, so that the FotoMagico window can be minimized.
  • Added display size to options in QuickTime export, so that difference between encoded size and display becomes more clear.
  • All sharing plugins that can send movies to iTunes now have a checkbox that lets you turn off that behavior.
  • Added a HD 720p format option to the iPhone sharing plugin. This lets you display a HD movie from an iPhone or iPad on a HDTV with an appropriate connector cable.
  • All sharing plugins that can send movies to iTunes, now automatically delete the duplicate file if iTunes is set to copy files in its preferences. Previously you have to manually delete the duplicate file.
  • The transition menu is now grouped by transition type to make it quicker to find the desired transition.
  • Internal changes to playback engine.
  • Internal changes to audio playback.
  • When editing audio markers, the correct line in the tableview is selected when an audio marker fires.
  • Master volume is now also resprected when playing audio from the LCD display in the Audio Options.
  • Improved stability in Lightroom support.
  • Adding a new title now stays in edit mode. The previous version would exit edit mode immediately.
  • Selecting titles in a collapsed chapter in the Storyboard now works correctly.
  • A bug that resulted in incorrect title layout or failure to edit titles has been eliminated.
  • When pushing the blue triangles in the animation control directly together, this resulted in images being invisible during playback, instead of showing a hard jump in the animation. This bug has been fixed.
  • MP4 icon is now displayed correctly in the sharing assistant.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8 Beta 4 Build 15350 (May 6, 2011)

  • Putting back 10.5.8 and PPC compatibility.
  • Improved dissolve interval during flash effect.
  • Some minor drawing gliches.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.8 Beta 3 Build 15331 (Apr 29, 2011)

  • All sharing plugins that can send movies to iTunes, now automatically delete the duplicate file if iTunes is set to copy files in its preferences. Previously you have to manually delete the duplicate file.
  • All sharing plugins that can send movies to iTunes now have a checkbox that lets you turn off that behavior.
  • Added a HD 720p format option to the iPhone sharing plugin. This lets you display a HD movie from an iPhone or iPad on a HDTV with an appropriate connector cable.
  • Updated French help for new features.
  • Improved random transition and added a sheet that lets you exclude certain transitions from randomizing (by unchecking them in a table).
  • Adding a new title now stays in edit mode. The previous version would exit edit mode immediately.
  • MP4 icon is now displayed correctly in the sharing assistant.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.7.6 Build 5796 (Mar 11, 2011)

  • iMedia Browser now also displays and lets you skim through iPhoto events. Dragging directly from an event is not yet supported. Simply double-click to open an event, and drag images from there.
  • The Flickr part of iMedia Browser now works again as expected.
  • When dragging local files (e.g. iPhoto images) from iMedia Browser to the Storyboard, previous versions used to makes unneeded copies of the files in a temporary folder. This has been changes to avoid wasting disk space and processing time.
  • The FxPack plugin for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion, and Adobe AfterEffects now works again on 10.5.8. This was broken in the previous release.
  • Fixed a bug where simply pressing the control key while the mouse pointer is over the Storyboard would act like clicking into the Storyboard.
  • When replacing image or movie files, the new filename is now correctly displayed in the Options panel.
  • Upon opening a document, the scroll position in the Storyboard is now restored exactly as is was when the document was last saved.
  • Changing the tint (color correction) now correctly updates all thumbnails of multiple selected slides in the Storyboard.
  • Deleting items in the Storyboard is now much faster, which is especially apparent if you select and delete a lot of items at once.
  • After changing a value in a text field, then textfield is automatically deselected, so that global hotkeys (like e.g. spacebar for preview playback) work as expected.
  • Various internal changes.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.7.5 Build 5753 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • The master volume slider was moved to the lower right corner of the window and is now always visible. It now also affects audio playback in the audio panel.
  • The attenuation of the master volume slider was changed to be more useful in most cases. If this has an impact on the relative volumes of songs and movies in your slideshow, please check that the show sounds as expected.
  • Audio playback is now more efficient and wastes less CPU cycles.
  • The initial setting of the playback behavior radio buttons in the preferences is now immediately respected. In the past you had to change the setting once before it took effect.
  • Stopping playback in large slideshows is now much faster. This is especially helpful as you preview short sections of very long slideshows, since you do not have to wait as long anymore, before you can start modifying the slideshow again.
  • Titles that started with an empty line used to be displayed as an empty box in the Storyboard. This has been improved - now the box always the first couple of words.
  • A crash when quitting the application has been eliminated.
  • Various internal changes.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.7.3 Build 5649 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • The FXPack now supports rendering slideshows with motion blur.
  • Numerous fixes for crashing bugs in iMedia Browser.
  • Images from Lightroom can once again be dragged from iMedia Browser to a FotoMagico document. You no longer get a placeholder image. For those cases where the processed image is truly missing, the placeholder image has been improved to provide a better explanation of how to fix the situation.
  • Bugfix for Aperture plugin failing to export because of missing slideshow notes.
  • Bugfix for black frames rendered by the Final Cut Pro plugin (FxPack).
  • Animations in looped slideshows now render correctly at the loop-around point in the Final Cut Pro plugin (FxPack).
  • Modifications to the demo slideshow can no longer be saved, as this would corrupt the application if it was bought from the App Store.
  • DVD sharing plugin now selects the best format (NTSC or PAL) upon first use.
  • Various small fixes

New in FotoMagico 3.7.2 Build 5631 (Jan 18, 2011)

  • FotoMagico plugin for Final Cut Pro now works again (without quitting FCP).
  • Bugfix in German and French user interface of the Aperture export plugin.
  • Bugfix for launching iDVD after exporting to DVD.
  • Improved first run experience of iMedia Browser by automatically loading those libraries that are allowed by the installed license.
  • Improved stabilty of iMedia Browser.
  • Lightroom libraries in iMedia Browser now display folders correctly again.
  • Lightroom folders no longer display a folder icon at the end of the image list.
  • Double clicking in list and combo view in iMedia Browser should now work correctly again.
  • Preliminary support for iPhoto events in iMedia Browser.
  • Improved user interface for Flickr in iMedia Browser, by adding a smart folder icon for each Flickr query. That way the user can double click the folder icon to display the images of that query.
  • The transition icons now look much better with nicer anti-aliasing.
  • The logo and application icon for of FotoMagico Home for the App Store has been slightly modified so that this version is immediately recognized.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.7.1 Build 5585 (Dec 23, 2010)

  • FotoMagigo can now be used on Mac OS 10.5 again.
  • Audiomarkers now work correctly again when jumping to another slide.
  • Avoid a potential crash when jumping to another slide while a movie was playing.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.6.2 Build 5490 (Nov 3, 2010)

  • Folders in media browser now sort the media items in the same order as the Finder.
  • Version 3.6.1 sometimes crashed when playback of a slideshow with audio ended.

New in FotoMagico 3.6.1 Build 5467 (Oct 27, 2010)

  • The correct order of images, movies, or songs is now retained when dragging from the media browser.
  • Folders in the media browser no longer show a disclosure triangle if there are no subfolders inside.
  • Packages (like iPhoto library) are no longer displayed as folders in the media browser.
  • Bug fixes for some crashes in the media browser.

New in FotoMagico 3.6 Build 5459 (Oct 14, 2010)

  • FotoMagico now uses the new iMediaBrowser 2 framework. iMedia 2 is a completely new rewrite that provides numerous improvements, amongst them:
  • Supports searching for images on Flickr.
  • The various supported media libraries can be enabled or disabled in the Libraries section of the preferences window.
  • Better, more consitent look and feel throughout Images, Movies and Audio.
  • Choice of icon view, list view, or a brand new combined view.
  • Improved display of metadata and easier Quick Look access.
  • Much better performance than the previous version.
  • Libraries are loaded on demand, which means much less memory usage and CPU processing is required.
  • FotoMagico now adds a new option for audio items called "Linked to Slides". In previous versions of FotoMagico 3 audio always stayed in the same place in the Storyboard, regardless of how the slides above were being rearranged. While this behavior is desirable in some cases, it may be counter-productive in other cases. Sometimes it would be better if audio was linked to the slides, i.e. it would move along with the slides, as those slides are being rearranged. For this reason the author of a slideshow can now decide for each audio item which behavior is desired.
  • You may want to link audio to slides when you have completed a chapter in your slideshow with carefully synced audio. If you then add or delete slides before that chapter, the audio moves along with the slides and everything stays in sync.
  • In other cases you may elect to not link the audio. This may be the case for background (ambient) sound where exact synchronization is not needed, or while you are still working on a chapter. Unlinked audio always stays in the same spot, regardless of how the slides above it are being rearranged.
  • Please refer to the Audio Options section built-in help for more information.
  • Added new 27" Cinema Display choice in the New Document assistant.
  • iPad export now also supports the Elgato turbo.264 HD stick.
  • Improved reliabilty of plugin installation in setup assistant.
  • Slideshows that are exported to YouTube can now be up to 15min long (up from 10min previously).
  • Automatically expand teleprompter notes, when selecting a slide that contains notes.
  • The button to hide additional audio tracks is now disabled, if multiple audio tracks are used by a slideshow.
  • Bugfix for mysteriously disappearing FotoMagico slideshow files (fms) from disk.
  • Bugfix for black export movies on late 2010 iMac models.
  • Chapters with empty names no longer result in crash when exporting to DVD.
  • Fixed an obscure bug for saving excrypted images in standalone players and screensavers.
  • When starting playback of a slideshow, all controls in the Options panel are properly disabled now.
  • Fixed an error where opening of fms files would sometimes fail.
  • Images with transparent areas no longer show pixel garbage in the Storyboard thumbnail.
  • Long song titles are no longer drawing past the edges of the LCD panel.
  • Layout was tweaked in various panels of sharing plugins.
  • The custom watermark is now displayed while scrubbing with the Storyboard playhead.
  • The Software Update prefs pane is now loaded if running in French language.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.5.1 Build 5267 (Jun 16, 2010)

  • Option-clicking on a chapter triangle now expands or collapses all chapters in a slideshow.
  • The FxFactory Plug-In for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion, and Adobe After Effects is now also compatible with Leopard (10.5.8).
  • Exporting very long slideshows to iPad should now work fine.
  • Fixed a bug where playback with teleprompter would fail to finish properly at the end of a slideshow.
  • Images in standalone players no longer pose a problem if a single image is used more than once.
  • Internal changes in preparation for upcoming features.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.5 Build 5237 (Jun 3, 2010)

  • Support for rendering slideshows into Final Cut, Motion, and Adobe After Effects projects with the new bundled FxFactory plugin. Requires one of the mentioned applications, FxFactory by Noise Industries, and FotoMagico Pro.
  • The setup assistant now offers installation for the Aperture and FxFactory plugins. If FxFactory is not installed, it will also be downloaded from the Noise Industires server. This assistant is also accessible at a later time with the "Install Plugins…" command in the "FotoMagico" menu.
  • The Sharing Assistant now offers export to iPad.
  • Added preliminary support for Aperture 3, which now can also host audio and movie files.
  • Storyboard can now be scrolled with (vertical) scrollwheels of most mice.
  • Multiple audiomarkers can now be selected and deleted in one step (in the table in Audio Options).
  • Compression quality of HD plugin was increased.
  • Screensavers are now 64-bit compatible and can thus be used in Snow Leopard. However, due to 64bit limitations in the current version of QuickTime, movies cannot be displayed in screensavers. Instead a placeholder image will be displayed, until Apple fixes QuickTime.
  • Lots of internal changes for 64bit compatibility.
  • Look of Setup assistant has been overhauled.
  • Name of the Aperture plugin has been changed to FotoMagicoSlideshow.ApertureExport.
  • Updated logos and font to match the new Boinx Software CI.
  • Bugfix to avoid freezing problem when loading audio files with QuickTime 7.6.4 on Leopard.
  • Popup menu in present sheet is now always enabled, so that the iPhone remote option can be selected even without a Pro license.
  • Aperture export plugin is now 64bit compatible and can now be loaded by Aperture 3.
  • Fixed a bug where opening corrupted document would fail silently.
  • Exporting for DVD should now be possible without an internal error message, even if AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec) is not installed.
  • Dragging the right edge of an audio item past last slide no longer freezes the application.
  • Images are now encrypted by default when creating standalone players.
  • NEF (Nikon Raw) files are now excluded from encryption due to a long standing bug in image I/O that Apple still hasn't fixed since Tiger.
  • Spotlight can now index fms files.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.5b9 Build 5231 (May 28, 2010)

  • Bugfix to avoid freezing problem when loading audio files with QuickTime 7.6.4 on Leopard.
  • Bugfix for exporting to iPad.

New in FotoMagico 3.1 Build 5001 (Feb 15, 2010)

  • Version 3.1 adds full support for chapters in slideshows:
  • Create a chapter at any slide. Each chapter has a name, an optional color and an optional keyboard shortcut.
  • Use name and color to visually organize your slideshow in the Storyboard.
  • Collapse chapters you are not currently working on in the Storyboard for better overview of your slideshow. Just press the up cursor to collapse the chapter the playhead is in, press cursor down to expand it.
  • During authoring navigate between chapters using the next/previous commands or directly jump to a chapter using its keyboard shortcut.
  • Also navigate using the same commands during a live presentation.
  • Chapters are stored in exported movies so that iDVD and Toast can use them for DVD submenus.
  • Version 3.1 brings support for scrubbing, which lets you preview animations and transitions in slow motion - to help you finetune the visual aspects of your slideshow. Grab the playhead and drag across the Storyboard to see a live preview of your slideshow.
  • FotoMagico Remote iPhone app also brings support for chapters (navigation during playback) and adds swipe navigation and master volume control.
  • Sharing to YouTube can now optioally create HD movies in 720p resolution.
  • Documentation has been updated for the new features.
  • The initial setting of the mute checkbox in the Record Narration panel is now respected.
  • Pincode entry in iPhone FotoRemote has been fixed. If no pincode was entered in the FotoMagico preferences, then the FotoRemote app won't ask for a pincode.
  • AppleRemote now should work again when running on Snow Leopard.
  • Audio ducking for for live playback was made more consistent for certain unusual situations.
  • Audio ducking for QuickTime exports has been rewritten to produce identical results as during live playback.
  • Exporting QuickTime movies now uses different timescales depending on framerate to make Final Cut Pro happy. FCP should now always display the correct framerate.
  • Clicking on a in-place editing field in the Storyboard now positions the insertion point as expected instead of ending the editing session.
  • Made file references more robust. In case a file goes missing and it can be found easily, the reference will be fixed automatically without bothering the user.
  • Dragging the width of a newly added title doesn't produce very narrow, but tall titles anymore.
  • Entering negative transition durations is no longer allowed.
  • Master volume is now remembered after end of playback - if volume was set to 0 it will be reset of 0.5 upon next playback.
  • Aperture plugin installer now sets the correct permissions.
  • High quality rendering in DVD plugin now also doubles the framerate, i.e. 50fps for PAL and 59.94 for NTSC, thus giving you twice the temporal resolution.
  • Various small fixes.
  • Screensavers created by FotoMagico cannot currently be used on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. They may still be created because they can be installed and used on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5).

New in FotoMagico 3.0.8 Build 4796 (Oct 27, 2009)

  • Screensavers cannot currently be used on Snow Leopard. They may still be created because they can be installed and used on Leopard (10.5).
  • A memory leak that was discovered in 3.0.7 and previous versions should now be gone. This probably has an impact on a number of other bugs that were reported by users.
  • Playback of movies should now exhibit less stuttering at beginning of long movies.
  • Undo was broken in previous versions after adjusting the length of an audio item (by dragging an edge). This should now work correctly again.
  • Dropping new images after the last slide should now work correctly again.
  • Bugfixes to make opening of some files more robust.
  • Made MobileMe login in Sharing Assistant more secure. Illegal characters in account name are now stripped out.
  • Support for page up/down and b key during playback enables the use of Keyspan remotes.
  • Internal changes to prepare for upcoming features.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.7 Build 4756 (Oct 1, 2009)

  • Screensavers cannot currently be used on Snow Leopard. They may still be created because they can be installed and used on Leopard (10.5).
  • QuickLook in the Sidebar and Storyboard now works again.
  • File references to remote file servers that are no longer reachable now no longer cause long timeouts when opening a document.
  • Web sharing should now respect chosen movie format when using Elgato Turbo264 stick.
  • Drawing of images in Stage has been changed in editing mode to avoid crashes that some users have experienced.
  • Rendering of previews and thumbnails while saving files has been changed to avoid crashes that some users have experienced.
  • Internal changes to prepare for upcoming features.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.6 Build 4721 (Sep 2, 2009)

  • Screensavers cannot currently be used on Snow Leopard. They may still be created because they can be installed and used on Leopard (10.5).
  • Improved performance when saving files.
  • Rendering of previews can now be skipped when saving files. This greatly speeds up saving while you are authoring, but it is still recommended to save with previews once the slideshow is finished.
  • FotoMagico now uses a thumbnail and preview cache that discards the oldest items, so that memory is not flooded. This should help to avoid excessive swapping.
  • The "Preparing" step in the Sharing assistant has been sped up by skipping the thumbnail creation.
  • Cached titles are now correctly stored in .fms files and reused when opening the file again. This should speed up working with lots of titles. Old files will be repaired and the user is prompted to save the file again.
  • Empty documents (without any slides can now be saved and opened correctly.
  • Drag and drop issues in the Storyboard have been fixed.
  • Recording narration now works on Snow Leopard.
  • Copy/Paste Animation now works as expected and displays the results in the Stage accordingly.
  • Fixed a memory leak when dragging from image browser.
  • Audioitems now have a context menu item to shorten them to available slides if the audioitem extends past the end of the slides.
  • Non-looped audioitems now get a warning triangle if they are extended beyond the length of the audio file.
  • The Aperture plugin and its installer is now compatible with Snow Leopard.
  • Updated DVD export settings.
  • Creating encrypted players and screensaver now works again and no longer corrupts the original image files.
  • Movies created with the Web Sharing plugin now work with fast-start again.
  • The iPhone FotoRemote app now once again closes the curtain when playback of a slideshow has ended.
  • Internal changes to network communication between FotoMagico and FotoRemote (iPhone).
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.5 Build 4634 (Jul 7, 2009)

  • Sharing slideshows for DVD has been made more reliable. Exporting to iDVD should now work again.
  • More reliable communication between FotoMagico and export process.
  • Eliminated undefined behavior when deleting slides in certain conditions.
  • Fixed potential crashes at end of slideshow playback.
  • Standalone players with encrypted image files now play correctly when copied to other computers.
  • Title formatting with Font and Colors panel has been made more reliable.
  • A visual glitch in the Topple transition has been fixed.
  • Missing audio fadeouts in exported slideshows should no longer happen.
  • Slideshows containing audio markers failed to save in the ssp format. This is fixed now.
  • Slideshows containing audio markers should now export with the same timing as during playback.
  • Removed support for iDVD 5.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.4 Build 4600 (Jun 29, 2009)

  • Eliminated crashes after canceling export.
  • More reliable communication between FotoMagico and export process.
  • The audio of a slideshow containing only movies (but no audio) is now properly exported.
  • Movies are now rendered much faster during export.
  • Changed a warning to a note in the DVD plugin.
  • Exporting a slideshow with HD Plugin and setting 1080p using Elgato turbo.264 HD now results in the right movie size.
  • Alert triangles in Storyboard are now clickable again. When switching to Cut transition, timing warnings about transition duration are suppressed.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.3 Build 4593 (Jun 9, 2009)

  • Starting movie playback has been changed. Crashes related to movie playback should now be gone.
  • Ducking should now work as expected. In the previous release the end of ducking produced strange jumps in volume.
  • Bugfixes to make exporting slideshows more reliable. The "internal error" message should now be much less common.
  • Fixed error where audio was sometimes missing in exported QuickTime movies.
  • An error message is now displayed when saving large slideshows to a volume that doesn't have enough disk space left.
  • Images or titles that have been zoomed to 0% used to cause trouble. This is no longer the case. Zoom levels of 0% are now ok to use.
  • Replace File menu command in Options panel is now enabled even if file is missing.
  • Match duration to Audio is now smarter: Movies and deselected slides are no longer modified. This way slides that require a certain duration (e.g. pans across long panoramas) are left untouched.
  • Improved drawing performance when selection changes.
  • New Elgato Turbo264 HD stick is now supported in more sharing plugins.
  • Misleading timing alerts in Storyboard are now avoided.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.2 Build 4539 (May 14, 2009)

  • The "Made with Boinx FotoMagico" watermark is no longer applied to exported slideshows once a valid license is installed.
  • Launching iDVD or Toast from the Sharing Assistant now works again.
  • Made starting of export tool more reliable.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 3.0.1 Build 4521 (May 12, 2009)

  • Movie files with non-thread-safe codecs can now be converted to a more suitable file format right inside FotoMagico.
  • Movie files with non-thread-safe codecs can now also be used without conversion in FotoMagico, but converting them is recommended for performance reasons.
  • Added QuickLook support to the Storyboard.
  • Dragging existing audioitems in the Storyboard has been made more consistent. The length of the item isn't changed anymore but now stays fixed.
  • A watermark is now display if FotoMagico is running in demo mode.
  • Drag & Drop in the Storyboard has been made more robust. Crashes should no longer happen.
  • Recording narration with audio markers now works correctly.
  • Exporting files has been made more robust.
  • The cursor is no longer hidden while previewing a slideshow.
  • Working with photos on dual graphics card machines now works.
  • The application is now internally named "FotoMagico3" to allow side-by-side installations of version 2.6 and 3.0.

New in FotoMagico 3.0 Build 4454 (May 5, 2009)

  • FotoMagico has been completely re-written from the ground up to provide advanced features for version 3.0 and beyond.
  • FotoMagico now adds support for movies. Movies can be used like images. You can animate moves, add titles and more.
  • FotoMagico now adds support for multiple audio tracks. Refer to the help for more detail.
  • Recording narration for your slideshow is now possible directly from within the application.
  • Audio ducking automatically lowers the volume of other audio tracks. An common use for this is to attenuate music while a narrator is speaking.
  • A new Instant Slideshow Assistant lets you create nice slideshows with minimal authoring effort.
  • The new Elgato Turbo264 HD stick is now supported in the Sharing Assistant where appropriate.
  • Live playback now supports remote control via an iPhone Remote application (which will be available separately at the App Store).
  • Added new context sensitive authoring guides. Small alert and note icons in the Storyboard help to identify authoring problems in your slideshow and provide useful tips on how to rectify problems.
  • Added new assistant to locate missing media files.
  • Added a "Getting Started" movie to the Setup Assistant and the Help menu.
  • Added menu item to open demo slideshow from Help menu.
  • Added option to choose a random transition type.
  • When new features like movies or multiple audio tracks are used, the app now forces you to save the slideshow in the new .fms file format.
  • Added additional help pages for timing and DRM protected audio problems.
  • Added a focus ring to the Storyboard, to indicate when it is going to respond to keystrokes.
  • Added Quick Look support in Images and Movies panels.
  • Files in iMediaBrowser panel are now sorted like in the Finder.
  • Added improved progress bar when inserting large number of slides.
  • Function of spacebar key can now be configured in the preferences.
  • Audio tracks can now be muted.
  • Added optional names to audio markers. These are for reference only, and do not have any effect during playback.
  • Support for multi touch gestures in recent MacBook (Pro) computers. Zoom and rotate items in the stage.
  • FotoMagico 3 now comes in Home and Pro flavors.
  • The animation algortihm has been changed to achieve constant zooming speeds throughout the lifetime of a slide.
  • The way that shadows are rendered in titles has been completely rewritten. Shadows are now scaled along with the text and thus provide a much more intuitive user experience. Obviously this represents a change from past behavior, and old documet may now look slightly different.
  • The "Made with Boinx FotoMagico" watermark is no longer displayed once user have purchased a valid license.
  • When changing the selection, the playhead now always snaps to the beginning of the selection. This leads to a nicer preview experience, since pressing the spacebar then always starts playback at the selected slide.
  • Selection behavior in Storyboard has been improved. Extending the selection with shift and command keys now work on a per track basis, leading to a much mor intuitive experience.
  • Status overlays are now always displayed when previewing in the document window, but never during a fullscreen presentation.
  • PDF files cannot be imported as slides for now. Will be fixed in a future release.
  • Changed algorithm for rescaling images when stage size of a slideshow is changed in Settings.
  • When previewing a slideshow, the sidebar no longer collapses, so that playback buttons do not move from underneath the mouse.
  • Since title layouting has been changed a bit, when opening documents that were saved with older versions, the layout of title will have to be adjusted accordingly. Please check if the line breaks are what you expected.
  • Title layout behaviour has been improved over version 2.x. A newly added title automatically expands while typing, but once a width is chosen by dragging one of the two horizontal resizing handles, that width remains constant.
  • Rendering of title with large zoom factor has been improved. Text bitmap sizes are now clipped to a maximum size, to avoid hogging the GPU, and text is now always display at the correct size.
  • It is finally possible to enter Asian scripts, French accents, and other special characters into titles!
  • Many small bugs in title formatting that were present in 2.x have been ironed out.
  • Dragging RTF files to the Stage or Storyboard now works correctly.
  • Screensavers are more reliable now.
  • Standalone player and screensaver now works with new file format, enabling it to use movies and multiple audio tracks.
  • Eliminated a potential crash in standalone player.
  • Cursor now is hidden during full screen presentation.
  • Lots of small bug fixes.

New in FotoMagico 2.6.2 (Dec 10, 2008)

  • User can now select in preferences which image libraries get displayed in iMediaBrowser.
  • If multiple Lightroom libraries exist, they are now named in a way, so that they can be told apart.
  • iMediaBrowser now shows outline view instead of popup upon first launch.
  • Reduced memory footprint of iMediaBrowser.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 2.6.1 (Oct 31, 2008)

  • Improved stabilty of iMediaBrowser.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 2.6 (Oct 23, 2008)

  • New: FotoMagico now supports Adobe Lightroom 2 libraries thanks to iMediaBrowser.
  • New: The new FotoMagico Plug-in for Aperture (separate install) lets you create FotoMagico document directly from Aperture.
  • New version of iMediaBrowser. Hopefully more stable now.
  • Screensaver should no longer freeze up the computer when pressing spacebar key.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 2.5.2 (Aug 12, 2008)

  • Another bugfix for a crashing issue with new iMediaBrowser.
  • Bugfix for screensavers failing to load.
  • Improved playback progress display at the start of playback. Bogus elapsed and remaining times used to be displayed before the first slide was fully loaded.
  • Updated the FotoMagico logo in screensavers.

New in FotoMagico 2.5.1 (Aug 1, 2008)

  • Bugfix for a crashing issue with new iMediaBrowser.

New in FotoMagico 2.5 (Jul 28, 2008)

  • Version 2.5 contains many features like the new teleprompter which helps with live narration while presenting a slideshow on stage, by displaying upcoming slides and notes.
  • Furthermore FotoMagico now has the iMedia Browser included which makes browsing your image libraries even easier.
  • On top of that Adobe Lightroom support was added.
  • Direct to YouTube export.
  • The Sharing Assistant now contains a new plugin that lets you export Slideshows for YouTube and upload it to your account.

New in FotoMagico 2.5 Beta 6 (Jul 24, 2008)

  • Teleprompter now works on Tiger.
  • YouTube export now works on Tiger.
  • Added French translation for new features.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 2.5 Beta 5 (Jul 19, 2008)

  • Version 2.5b5 improves compatibility of the YouTube Plugin with Mac OS X Tiger.
  • German Translation was added and various minor bugs fixed.

New in FotoMagico 2.5 Beta 4 (Jul 7, 2008)

  • Fixed a bug in new .fms file format that prevented FotoMagico from opening files after they were copied to another computer.
  • Fixed a bug where FotoMagico would ignore any color correction info during playback.
  • Renamed "Notes" in options panel to "Teleprompter Notes" so that connection between existing UI and new feature is easier to understand.
  • HTML code for embedding YouTube video into your own webpage has been moved to a modal window, which is only shown on demand.
  • Various small fixes.
  • This release is only available in English.

New in FotoMagico 2.5 Beta 3 (Jun 30, 2008)

  • Fixed a bug in new .fms file format that prevented FotoMagico from opening files after they were copied to another computer.
  • Fixed a bug where FotoMagico would ignore any color correction info during playback.
  • Renamed "Notes" in options panel to "Teleprompter Notes" so that connection between existing UI and new feature is easier to understand.
  • HTML code for embedding YouTube video into your own webpage has been moved to a modal window, which is only shown on demand.
  • Various small fixes.

New in FotoMagico 2.2 Build 2767 (Apr 2, 2008)

  • New: Version 2.2 introduces the Sharing Assistant which replaces the old export user interface. Access it via the "Share..." menu item in the "FotoMagico" menu. The old "Export..." menu command is still accessible by pressing the alt/option key.
  • New: The web plugin in the Sharing Assistant now offers direct to web publishing. Choose one of the built-in themes, customize the web page, and upload to .Mac or any web server.
  • New: FotoMagico now offers Elgato Turbo.264 support when sharing your slideshow for iPod, iPhone, or AppleTV.
  • New: Added iChat Theater integration.
  • New: Added QuickLook plugin.
  • New: When using the Sharing Assistant for the first time, the user is now prompted to enable high quality playback in QuickTime Player.
  • New: New and improved about window for standalone players.
  • New: Web themes can be installed by double-clicking them in the Finder.
  • New: Debug logging preferences now expire after a few days and are reset to avoid negative impact on performance.
  • Change: All sharing plugins now use the new 2-pass export, which produces higher quality movies, at the expense of higher disk space usage.
  • Change: New document sheet now sports a recent documents popup menu for convenient access.
  • Change: Made info fields in slideshow settings more consistent with web sharing plugin.
  • Change: Replaced some icons in the toolbar and made playback buttons resolution independent.
  • Some documents with references to a watermark image on missing volumes failed to open. Document now opens again, but watermark will be lost and needs to be set again.
  • Fix to avoid potential crashes when moving a window to different displays while a slideshow is playing.
  • Audiomarkers now use correct timing in exported movies regarless of the transitions being used.
  • Kerning and leading now work again when editing titles.
  • On some slow machines exporting (sharing) a slideshow would sometimes hang. Should no longer happen.
  • Bugfixes for various issues with screensavers. Freezes and flashes in screensaver should now be gone. Audiomarker should work correctly. Please note that screensaver need to be created anew with this version to benefit from these fixes.
  • Wipe to blank slide now produced correct visual results again.
  • Avoid a potential crash after a slideshow finishes playing.
  • Avoid a potential crash when moving/resizing the window while playing a slideshow (preview mode).
  • Sharing a slideshow for web now produces significantly smaller movie files while retaining high quality.
  • Apple remote control now works again on Leopard.
  • Spotlight plugin should now work again.
  • Sometimes title of slideshows saved on Tiger and opened on Leopard would be shifted to the right and cut off. This bug is (hopefully) fixed in this version.
  • Black stage during window resize should no longer happen.
  • Audio timing is now more precise for exported QuickTime movies. A cumulative rounding error has been eliminated.
  • Estimated remaining time now better for all phases of exporting.
  • Feedback assistant no longer prompts users to submit ancient crash reports.
  • Various small and not so small fixes

New in FotoMagico 2.2 Beta 10 (Mar 10, 2008)

  • Added French and German localization for new features.
  • FotoMagico now offers Elgato Turbo.264 support when sharing your slideshow for iPod, iPhone, or AppleTV. Please send us feedback.
  • Replaced some icons in the toolbar and made playback buttons resolution independent.
  • Settings popups in Share Assistant now respect multiple folder domains.
  • Bugfixes for various issues with screensavers. Freezes and flashes in screensaver should now be gone. Audiomarker should work correctly. Please note that screensaver need to be created anew with this version to benefit from these fixes.
  • Improved Feedback Assistant.
  • Various small and not so small fixes.