piQtility Changelog

What's new in piQtility 5.5.1

Aug 30, 2018
  • Bug fixes:
  • Add tint: resolves an issue using render method: normal.
  • GUI fixes on some predefined color swatches.

New in piQtility 5.4.0 (Jun 29, 2018)

  • NEW: Add rounded corners inside or outside current photo dimensions.
  • Bug fix: adding rounded corners is working great again.

New in piQtility 5.3.0 (Jun 23, 2018)

  • Maintenance update:
  • NEW: Add frames inside or outside current photo dimensions.
  • Upload to Photos: Resolves an issue on uploading an edited picture that you made active in the viewer, typing: ctrl+click on the selected log line.
  • GUI improvement on selection of 'Background color' under 'Window' menu.

New in piQtility 5.2.0 (Apr 2, 2018)

  • Enhancement:
  • on 'rounded corners' effect.
  • on logging at 'crop' and 'file type conversion'.
  • on the GUI

New in piQtility 5.1.0 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Some GUI improvements.
  • Bug fix:
  • Resolves an issue when you applied "Rounded corners" to images with a variable resolution.

New in piQtility 5.0.5 (Nov 24, 2017)

  • Faces: autodetect faces and store as separate photos.
  • Watermark module: multiple additions and live preview option.
  • Enhanced function: rounded corners.
  • Bug fix: on logging and rotating images with transparant background.

New in piQtility 4.9.7 (Oct 11, 2017)

  • Batch upload to Photos:
  • Checkbox added: weather or not to check for duplicates on photo upload.
  • Fixes an issue with batch upload of pictures to Photos 3.

New in piQtility 4.9.6 (Oct 7, 2017)

  • Fixes a critical issue on application startup.

New in piQtility 4.9.5 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Resolves a compatibility issue with the image viewer under macOS High Sierra.

New in piQtility 4.9.4 (Aug 23, 2017)

  • Improvements on crop simulation mode.
  • Multiple code enhancements.
  • NEW on text watermark:
  • Font property: Italic
  • Adjustable outline thickness
  • Improvements on text watermark position property
  • Fixes:
  • on dia show functionality
  • on Strip file names: option "Remove after text fragment"

New in piQtility 4.9.3 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Strip file names: option "Remove after text fragment" is working correctly again.
  • Framing pictures.
  • HTML tab: An issue on storing certain values in presets.
  • Further on:
  • Minor GUI improvements.
  • Multiple code enhancements related to the latest macOS versions.
  • Remark: The outdated iPhoto is no longer supported.

New in piQtility 4.9.2 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Maintenance update:
  • Contains multiple code enhancements related to the latest macOS version.
  • Fixes:
  • Resolves an issue when using file and folder paths containing white spaces in the 'export html' function.
  • The 'perfect circle (auto)' option when you apply 'rounded corners' to a picture is working correctly now.

New in piQtility 4.9.1 (Mar 24, 2017)

  • Code enhancements related to latest macOS 10.12 Sierra.
  • Bug fix on web gallery creation.
  • Minor GUI improvements.

New in piQtility 4.9.0 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • Extended photo filter options:
  • Apply customized sepia filter
  • Apply customized posterize filter
  • Extended dot/line/circular screen filters
  • New watermark functionalities:
  • Store file in one of these file types: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, JP2, GIF, and BMP
  • Add filters to the watermark image:
  • Black and white, negative, dot/line/circular screen;
  • depending on choosen filter, you are able to specify your own values

New in piQtility 4.8.1 (Jan 10, 2017)

  • Duo Tone effect added.
  • Enhanced color profile conversion.
  • Picture overwrite: In all circumstances you are allowed now to overwrite a picture,
  • which makes it a lot user friendly and easy to apply multiple image manipulation after each other on the same image.

New in piQtility 4.8.0 (Nov 15, 2016)

  • Enhancements on the watermark module:
  • Text watermark: outline property.
  • Image watermark: watermark size.
  • Pixel dimensions of the watermark is shown.
  • GUI:
  • Slightly repolished.
  • Canvas background color can be set to: black, dark grey, light grey and white.
  • Ctrl + click on a selected row in the application log and jump directly to the original or resulting file in the Finder.
  • Bug fix:
  • Correct an issue on the watermark logging.

New in piQtility 4.7.6 (Aug 6, 2016)

  • Bug fixes on file renaming:
  • Add: Corrects an issue where a prefix or postfix character was added wrongly
  • when there was no picture meta data available or the "MetaData" option was not selected.
  • Numbering: Corrects an issue where sorting was not working correctly.

New in piQtility 4.7.4 (Jul 22, 2016)

  • Add a custom color tint to your photo.
  • Extended framing options.
  • Multiple code enhancements.

New in piQtility 4.7.3 (Jul 2, 2016)

  • Bug fix:
  • Crop box preview works correctly, resolution independent.

New in piQtility 4.7.2 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • Bug fix:
  • Resolves an issue where images became twice as big in pixel size after you applied a watermark or rounded corners.

New in piQtility 4.7.1 (Jun 2, 2016)

  • Multiple enhancements on web gallery creation:
  • enhanced image handling
  • more crop options

New in piQtility 4.7.0 (May 19, 2016)

  • Multiple code improvements: better performance in rotate, crop, flip, browse pictures.

New in piQtility 4.6.6 (May 3, 2016)

  • Bug fix: resolves an issue where in some cases the application could crash on picture resizing. Hardly recommanded to all current piQtility users.

New in piQtility 4.6.5 (Mar 26, 2016)

  • New feature:
  • Apply rounded corners to pictures, or make perfect circles or ellipses AND add custom background color and/or border.

New in piQtility 4.6.3 (Feb 24, 2016)

  • Remarkable stability improvements, better performance.
  • New functionality:
  • Add rounded corners to your pictures or create a perfect circle or ellipse.

New in piQtility 4.6.2 (Feb 4, 2016)

  • Extended features on resizing and cropping images.
  • More functionality, better performance.
  • Picture browser window shows file size of shown picture.
  • Bug fix: on file type conversion when applying to folders.

New in piQtility 4.6.1 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Watermark:
  • Full control shadow property.
  • File type conversion:
  • Batch mode: alignment with the “save as” function.

New in piQtility 4.6.0 (Jan 5, 2016)

  • Photo Filters: multiple sepia, black & white and vintage filters, chrome and negative filter.
  • Rotate picture watermark.
  • Enhanced picture rotation, also in batch.
  • Several code enhancements.

New in piQtility 4.5.4 (Oct 16, 2015)

  • Watermarking:
  • add pictures/logos/illustrations as watermark
  • additional positioning options in watermarking images
  • Bug fixes:
  • destination file paths are stored and retrieved correctly again
  • image well is working well on restoring color information

New in piQtility 4.5.2 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • Introduction of c-actions:
  • Export c-actions to import and use in Centurion.
  • Code enhancements on renaming.

New in piQtility 4.5.0 (Aug 18, 2015)

  • Added Watermark functionality.
  • GUI improvements
  • Code enhancement

New in piQtility 4.1.0 (Jul 25, 2015)

  • Bridge to share picture in multiple social media and services.
  • Print support.

New in piQtility 4.0.3 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • JamesJr interacts with Apple Photos.
  • Upload pictures to Photos while browsing thru or
  • batch upload pictures to Photos both possibilities with the option to add keywords,
  • title postfix, comment and favorite label.

New in piQtility 4.0.2 (Jun 11, 2015)

  • Save your picture with file tags (type of file tags introduced in Mac OSX 10.9)
  • Batch sorting: code enhancements, better performance.
  • Minor GUI improvements.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Presets: stored destination paths are correctly reusable.
  • iPhoto upload module handles duplicate pictures correctly.

New in piQtility 4.0.1 (Apr 29, 2015)

  • Bug fix:
  • Bug fixed where files could not be moved to other folder or to trash, when they were loaded thru drag 'n drop.

New in piQtility 4.0.0 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Drag and drop your pictures on the application icon, to open.
  • Open your pictures thru the Finder's contextual menu item: open with.
  • Browse thru your pictures using your proper scaling factor.
  • Extended logging feature: f.e. store your application log automatically on quit application.
  • GUI improvement as specially for our MacBookPro users with Retina display.

New in piQtility 3.0.8 (Feb 17, 2015)

  • Picture browser additions:
  • Slideshow functionality added. Can also be used as automatic browser, while sorting in sub-folders.
  • Added support for .tga, .targa, .psd files.

New in piQtility 3.0.7 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • iPhoto® upload module:
  • Duplicate images are handled correctly now under 10.8 and 10.9.
  • Upload pictures much faster and stable.
  • Image sorting module: email with attachment is created correctly now under Mountain Lion®.
  • File renaming: bug fixing.
  • Minor GUI improvements.

New in piQtility 3.0.5 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • Save active picture in picture browser in the most common file formats: jpeg, png, tiff, pdf, psd, jp2, gif or bmp.

New in piQtility 3.0.4 (May 8, 2014)

  • New feature at batch sorting:
  • Added a condition parameter on label color filter.
  • Bug fix on iPhoto module.
  • Minor code enhancements.

New in piQtility 3.0.3 (Apr 12, 2014)

  • New feature:
  • Send email from out the image browser, with the actif image in attachment.
  • GUI enhancements

New in piQtility 3.0.2 (Mar 22, 2014)

  • Highly recommended update for all JamesJr 3.0.0 and JamesJr 3.0.1 users.
  • Bugfixes on file editing such as scaling, cropping, color and file conversion.
  • New: Save and rename files in a folder of your choice, in one single step.

New in piQtility 3.0.1 (Feb 15, 2014)

  • HTML export enhancements:
  • possibility to store your HTML files where you want (on desktop before)
  • possibility to customize the HTML files name
  • Bug fix:
  • restore full screen support
  • application splash image updated
  • batch sorting: avoid "missing destination folder" alert, when option: "move to trash" is selected.
  • now also compatible with iPhoto version 9.5

New in piQtility 3.0.0 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Major code enhancement.
  • Entirely sandboxed.
  • Introduction to the appStore.

New in piQtility 2.9.2 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Minor bug fixes on HTML export presets.
  • Batch sorting image files:
  • Sort criteria: EXIF user comment field, ICC color profile, pixel width, pixel height, file name, file extension, label color.

New in piQtility 2.8.2 (May 2, 2013)

  • General:
  • Code enhancement on Version reminder
  • Image editing tab:
  • Colorwell fully updated on manual value change
  • Export HTML tab:
  • Colorwell fully updated on manual value change
  • Sorting tab:
  • prevent rotation of images when not RGB
  • improved stability on selection images, using "choose folder"
  • improved stability when user canceled selection of images
  • Bug fix:
  • logging on English version of the application.

New in piQtility 2.8.1 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • Full Screen view support for Mac OS X 10.8 version.
  • •iPhoto module enhancement.
  • •Automatic version update detection, for registered users.
  • •Bug fix on logging (English version).
  • •Bug fix on file renaming: numbering.
  • •Bug fix on file renaming: search and replace (simulation mode).

New in piQtility 2.8.0 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • File sorting tab:
  • select items in a folder and their sub-folders in one click
  • File renaming tab:
  • performance boost, up to 100% faster and even more
  • apply file renaming on folders and their sub-folders
  • additional case change option
  • 'allowed characters' option
  • strip from left/right option
  • File edit tab:
  • code optimization, better performance

New in piQtility 2.7.0 (Apr 2, 2012)

  • Extended HTML export:
  • additional image manipulation
  • predefined templates
  • Additions on photo editing:
  • cropping
  • framing
  • GUI improvements
  • Bug fix:
  • Bug fix at HTML tab level.

New in piQtility 2.6.4 (Feb 24, 2012)

  • Addition on HTML export: option 'valign' added
  • Bug fix on apply presets on HTML tab.
  • Bug fix on export log file.

New in piQtility 2.6.3 (Jan 24, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Export module to create HTML photo gallery pages.
  • GUI improvements: f.e. you can now save individual images from within the image sorting module to a specific location using an even more specific file format. Reachable under the 'save as' menu item.
  • Functionality to create HTML based photo galleries in seconds!
  • Fully compatible with iPad.

New in piQtility 2.6.2 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • General:
  • An improved, more functional logging, which can be exported to a text file.
  • store and retrieve multiple presets, store your most commonly used settings of sorting, renaming, editing or archiving.
  • Addition on file renaming:
  • General:
  • simulation mode, let you preview your modifications
  • Strip tab:
  • remove given character
  • remove given range of characters
  • Change tab:
  • change characters to upper or lower case
  • change given range of characters
  • Add tab:
  • extended metadata support
  • Numbering tab:
  • flexible number of digits
  • Archiving:
  • added store and retrieve functionality
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix on Strip tab, where foldernames were not changed when neccessary
  • fix on logging at the Replace tab

New in piQtility 2.6.0 (Oct 24, 2011)

  • General:
  • An improved, more functional logging.
  • Addition on file renaming:
  • General- simulation mode, let you preview your modifications
  • Strip tab:
  • remove given character
  • remove given range of characters
  • Change tab:
  • change characters to upper or lower case
  • change given range of characters
  • Add tab: extended metadata support
  • Numbering tab: flexible number of digits
  • Archiving:
  • added store and retrieve functionality
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix on image browsing when looping thru a collection of images
  • fix on error reporting at the Numbering tab
  • some improvement on scaling slider at the imagesorting tab
  • fix on logging at the Strip tab

New in piQtility 2.5.2 (Aug 25, 2011)

  • The introduction of the "Archive" tab: the archive tab let you easily ZIP your files, individualy or in one ZIP file, one by one or in batch and let them give you the name you like in one action.
  • Some minor GUI improvements.

New in piQtility 2.5.0 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • What's new:
  • a better integration of the different modules.
  • a more ergonomic interface
  • extended logging
  • a better, even extended, language support: English, French and Dutch
  • Sorting module:
  • a better metadata support
  • iPhoto® module:
  • compatiblity with iLife 11
  • bugfix if image already existed
  • File renaming module:
  • bugfix on numbering
  • Photo editing module:
  • bugfix on rotate images an JPEG compression

New in piQtility 2.3.1 (Sep 4, 2010)

  • French localization.

New in piQtility 2.3 (May 18, 2010)

  • New "Edit"-module:
  • Consists of 3 tabs
  • Scaling:
  • Allows you to scale images on 4 criteria:
  • height
  • width
  • max value height/width
  • percentage
  • Color:
  • converting color to selected color profile
  • remove actual color profile
  • Convert|Rotate:
  • converting to TIFF, JPEG, PSD, PDF, JP2, PNG, GIF
  • rotate images
  • iPhoto module adjustments:
  • possibility to add postfix to title, while importing images
  • possibility to add comments, while importing images
  • possibility to add rating, while importing images
  • Those 3 features makes it easy to sort imported images fast and easy afterwards.
  • major bug fix on importing images
  • adding progress bar functionality

New in piQtility 2.0 (Mar 19, 2010)

  • A complete redesign of the graphical interface, which gives JamesJr the look of a tool palette you can put at the left or right side of your panoramic screen.
  • Completely redesigned code, optimized to run under Snow Leopard (64bit), and prepared to take advantage of new technology.
  • Some new features:
  • file handling - store and retrieve of last settings
  • image sorter:
  • store and retrieve of last settings
  • up to 6 destination folders
  • possibility to magnify the shown images, which let you inspect fast and easy their sharpness, quality and much more...
  • iPhoto - a smooter interface

New in piQtility 1.3 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • iPhoto link: a new module which let you upload images to an iPhoto album while adding a keyword and/or changing their names.
  • Image sorter:
  • Much better performance when using folder containing a large amount of images.
  • Additional functionality: rotate images and/or flip horizontal/vertical.
  • File handling: added progressbar to follow the progres of the file manipulation.
  • Global: a more compact interface, making the tool more “screen friendly”.

New in piQtility 1.1 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • Fix on donation reminder.

New in piQtility 1.0 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • First release.