What's new in Costco Photo Center (USA) 4.5.3

Aug 9, 2016
  • Another quick compatibility fix - addresses the issue with creating new albums.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 4.1.0 (Apr 7, 2015)

  • Added a configuration option allowing to suppress upload errors until the very end of export operations.
  • Export Settings: added low/high pixel threshold options for automatic validation of the image size.
  • Publish Service: album-specific resolution settings didn't stick.
  • Fixed the issue with dropping suffixes from filenames containing a period.
  • Fixed issue: when the user enters an invalid username or password and the login attempt fails, the plugin won't display an error message.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 4.0.1 (Jan 7, 2015)

  • Export Dialog: improved the album caching algorithm.
  • Publish Service: impreved performance of the album delete operation.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 4.0.0 (Dec 16, 2014)

  • Implemented "POODLE" (SSL Vulnerability) detection and remediation.
  • Export Dialog: implemented persistent caching. Once loaded from the server, album information is stored locally for quick access.
  • Export Dialog: new Quick Filter feature which enables you to search albums using a text string.
  • Export Dialog: improved the layout.
  • New Album Dialog: Now you can apply the name of the currently selected folder or collection with a single click.
  • Publish Service: Improved support for watermarks when Lightroom presets are stored with the catalog.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 3.0.3 (Aug 1, 2014)

  • Another change at Costco's back-end required a minor change in the authentication sequence.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 3.0.2 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • Fixed the "Unable to access the Album on Costco, it may have been deleted" error.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 3.0.1 (Jul 11, 2014)

  • Fixed the "Unexpected server response" error.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 3.0.0 (May 28, 2014)

  • Publish Service: New major feature - Reclaim Photos. Now you can download your photos from Walmart back to your computer and rebuild your publish service. Available to registered users only.
  • Implemented the ability to upload photos in the original format without any additional resizing or processing (as long as they are already in JPEG or TIFF format).
  • Implemented better default settings in Export and Publish dialogs.
  • Fixed the "attempt to index global 'params' (a nil value)" error when re-exporting or deleting previously uploaded photos.
  • Publish Service: Fixed the "?:0: attempt to compare string with number" error when using album-specific resolution settings.
  • Fixed the "bad argument #1 to 'ipairs'" error when installing plugin updates in some situations.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.12.1 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • Resolved the issue with uploads after a recent change at Costco.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.12.0 (Jan 4, 2014)

  • Improved session management (the user is prompted to authorize less frequently).
  • Improved performance.
  • Publish Service - added the ability to customize sharpening options for individual albums.
  • Fixed: Create Album - the Apply Output Profile option remained disabled until the user selects the Resize to Fit checkbox.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.11.1 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Fixed the issue with renaming albums.
  • Improved the Automatic Update feature for future plugin versions.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.11.0 (Oct 18, 2013)

  • Publish Service - added pre-configured profiles with export settings for various standard print and canvas formats.
  • Improved the handling of time-out errors when uploading very large files.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.10.3 (Aug 13, 2013)

  • Another compatibility update fixes the issue with constitutive uploads.
  • This update restores service compatibility after a number of recent changes at Costco Photo Center.
  • Fixed the issue with creating new albums.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.10.2 (Aug 8, 2013)

  • This update restores service compatibility after a number of recent changes at Costco Photo Center.
  • Fixed the issue with creating new albums.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.9.2 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • Fixed the "You are currently not logged in, or your session with Costco has expired" error in some situations.
  • Publish Service: Fixed a couple of issues with using per-album image settings.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.9.1 (May 14, 2013)

  • Opening the Lightroom Publishing Manager panel and logging into Piwigo no longer trriggers the "Not Saved" status unless you actually modify one of the publishing options.
  • Increased the default timeout period from 30 seconds to 180 seconds to give the server more time to handle very large uploads (over 15 Mb).

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.9.0 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • The plugin is now compatible with the recent changes implemented at Costco Photo Center.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.8.0 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Publish Service: now image settings (size, resolution, quality level, image format, color space) can be individually customized for each album.
  • Publish Service: Check Photos now puts out-of-sync photos in the Quick Collection for your review.
  • Publish Service: Fixed the issue with renaming unpublished albums.
  • The "Upload Failed" dialog now has the option to ignore upload errors for all remaining photos in the export session.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.7.1 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • Publish Service: now "Associate Images" populates Piwigo Metadata fields correctly.
  • Publish Service: the "Associate Images" dialog has been redesigned to fit 13" laptop screens.
  • Publish Service: now "Check Photos" clears Piwigo Metadata fields if photos are not longer published through the Costco publishing service.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.7.0 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • Publish Service: Now you can import existing online albums into the Costco Photo Center publish service.
  • Publish Service: Added the ability to associate existing online photos with photos in the publish service.
  • Publish Service: Added the ability to check the publication status for existing photos.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.6.2 (Nov 16, 2012)

  • Fixed the "Error parsing server response" error when creating new albums.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.6.1 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Improved the display of photo rendering and uploading phases on Lightroom's progress indicator.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.6.0 (Oct 2, 2012)

  • Gallery Settings Dialog: the description field now resizes automatically so that it fills the available space as you resize the window.
  • Implemented validation of album names.
  • Implemented validation of file names.

New in Costco Photo Center (USA) 2.5.1 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • Added TIFF support for the Image Format option.
  • Removed the "Video" section.
  • Added the "Album URL" metadata field to the "Costco Metadata" fieldset. This new field contains the album URL of the most recent upload for each photo.