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Photo Supreme Changelog

What's new in Photo Supreme 2.2.5

Jul 17, 2014
  • Improvements:
  • When assigning multiple catalog labels that have GPS attached to them then the one will be used with the smallest radius. If multiple exists with the same smallest radius then the lowest in the catalog hierarchy is used.
  • Added a new Quick Manual about "Searching" to the Help Menu
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with pressing the spacebar in the Catalog Explorer, which only added one selected item
  • Fixed an issue with partial text searches not working "as the default" in the search bar
  • Fixed an issue in saving a Controlled Vocabulary file that contains special characters
  • Fixed an issue when using color label definitions that are identical to the color name (e.g. Red for the red color label)
  • Fixed an issue with sort order when using the Flickr Portfolio Sync features
  • Fixed an issue with case sensitivity when creating a PostgreSQL catalog database

New in Photo Supreme 2.2.3 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Tone Curve drawing and handling when using custom curves
  • Improved painting of the Tone Curves (no longer outside the bounds)
  • You can drag/drop thumbnails to a catalog label box in the Label Assignment Panel
  • You can drag/drop a catalog label box from the Label Assignment Panel to a thumbnail
  • Added support for preview proxy files. These are JPG files that are renamed to the ".preview" extension (without quotes) and preview file completely represents the display of the original file.
  • Camera Make, Model, Date Stamp and GPS Location are read for movies recorded with Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad)
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with exact phrase searching in the search box
  • Fixed an issue with clipped text in the Info Panel when the text was wrapped over multiple lines
  • Fixed an issue with using the "Back in history" feature while in FOLDERS. That would hang the application when a first level below the root was selected
  • Fixed an issue that allowed entering an empty password for the database
  • The favorites star wasn't displayed for Metadata groups

New in Photo Supreme 2.2.1 (Jun 4, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Added an “Add to Image Basket” option the Image Viewer’s context menu
  • Improved change handling when closing the Image Editor while edits are still unsaved
  • Added Alt+Left and Alt+Right shortcuts to allow changing the selected thumb when inside any of the image details text field
  • Faster JPG reading
  • When editing Custom Metadata Fields then the file sync won’t interrupt the typing experience
  • Several improvements for Unicode file names and descriptions
  • Custom Fields refresh faster; noticeable with a large list of custom fields
  • When using “Export to CSV” then the last used export folder is remembered for the next invocation
  • You can now map individual files to a correct physical file when they have been moved on the file systems
  • The Compact Database buttons are removed from the Preferences
  • Improved scroll speed in the Grid view
  • Improved detection of installed Adobe software
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with using a database that is stored outside of the Sandbox
  • Fixed a painting issue in the Tips system
  • Fixed an issue with Highlights/Midtones/Shadows in a recipe…on reopen, the Luminance light would stay off
  • Fixed an issue with removing Dynamic Range effect from an existing recipe after setting the slider back to to 0
  • Fixed an issue with the non-image formats list in the preferences
  • Fixed an issue with not reading the icon for some applications
  • When in Full Screen mode and editing Info Fields and then moving to the next file would apply the edits to the new selected image
  • Fixed an issue when deleting all areas of an image then the last area would remain in the MWG section of the metadata
  • Fixed an issue when updating areas with auto-sync switched on then the changes weren’t always updated directly in the MWG metadata until after a manual Save Metadata
  • When deleting an area then sometimes a small leftover of the deleted area remained visible
  • Fixed an issue when selecting a Placeholder icon in the Preferences then sometimes the new icon wasn’t painted after selecting a new icon file
  • When switching to Maximized mode while there are no “External Apps” defined then the search bar would be at a wrong offset
  • When auto-sync is switched on then you’d get a verification error when making metadata changes for offline images
  • When using the White Balance temperature/tint sliders could give a wrong result on screen until after saving the recipe
  • When configured to use Hierarchical keywords the in the case where a dot is used in a keyword, it would be treated as a dotted keyword
  • Saving the settings in the “Filter By Macro Command” filter script didn’t work as designed

New in Photo Supreme 2.2.0 (May 21, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • The options are now stored in the database and no longer as a configuration file
  • Verify Folder now uses a single progress bar, so it can be cancelled easier
  • More uniformity in how the dialogs display
  • Completely rewritten import for iPhoto and Aperture data
  • Added support for the new Nikon D3300 resolution
  • The Offset for %ImageNumber in rename rules is now 1 based instead of zero based (when zero is specified, then 1 will be used)
  • When updating custom fields for more than 20 selected images then a progress line is shown in the Activity Box
  • Shortcut for Light Table changed to Cmd+Y
  • Some User Interface clean up in the main windows (title area of the Collection Viewer, Zoom slider moved to the View button)
  • Added the macro command �talogPlaceholderList which returns a comma separated list of assigned placeholders for a versioned image
  • Added shortcut Alt+D to toggle Dynamic Search
  • You can now drag/drop Favorites Items to Dynamic Search
  • You can now drag/drop Dynamic Search Items to Favorites
  • Added Cmd+R shortcut to refresh the Collection Viewer (optionally re-filters if filter is active)
  • Improved speed when stepping through images in the Image Viewer
  • All communications to Flickr now take place over a secured line (https), this is required by Flickr per July 2014
  • The shortcut for saving metadata to file is changed to Cmd+S
  • The shortcut for loading metadata from file is changed to Cmd+Alt+S
  • You can now hold down the Cmd key when starting a Verify Folder to verify that folder without its sub folders
  • Improved support for Unicoded characters from within Scripts
  • When many custom fields are created, they could run out of the screen space and not accessible. Now a scrollbar is displayed
  • Improved thumbnail paint speed while dragging the scrollbar thumb
  • Faster loading of the presets in the Editor
  • Added a shortcut to the Light Table to add a focused image to the Image Basket with Shift+B
  • You can now use the mouse "back" and "forward" button as a shortcut for the history back/forward
  • Fixes:
  • DNG files from Nokia Cameras don't contain a useable preview and so PSU will no longer try to find a preview but use a full RAW conversion
  • When an import session was cancelled during the copy process then the copy process would still continue in the background
  • When photo date/time contains milliseconds then that was written to IPTC time field with milliseconds also. That could make some tools trip over this time
  • When Travel Mode was selected and FOLDERS was active, then the folder icon colors wheren't updated
  • Fixed an issue when a negative or zero year was entered in the date fields
  • Fixed some Unicode issues for special characters in file names for configuration files
  • Fixed an issue with dragging an existing crop area to a new location
  • Fixed an issue with uploading files with special characters in the file name to SmugMug
  • Fixed an issue with opening files with special characters in an external application

New in Photo Supreme 2.1.1 (Apr 24, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now specify if Favorites or Dynamic search items are hierarchical or not (where applicable)
  • Improved the clarity effect implementation
  • Added a new editing Luminance effect: Exposure
  • In the Tone Curve you can now double click on a point to remove that point
  • Added a "cross processing" preset for Tone Curves
  • The settings in the advanced Import Module are more responsive
  • You can now use Macro commands to enter data for custom fields
  • You can now re-define custom fields that have a non-standard definition
  • Custom Field definitions are now stored in the database
  • The Straighten Horizon effect now automatically crops the result
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a naming issue that could occur when saving an edited image to a different file format
  • Fixed an issue when using the "crop" option in the Image Rotation effect
  • Fixed an issue with uploading videos to photo sharing sites (e.g. Flickr)
  • Fixed an issue with the display of the edited image when opening the Tone Curve effect settings
  • Fixed an issue with counts for folder names containing Unicode characters
  • Fixed a crash during thumbnail building for images with a shortest side of 1 pixel and a largest side of over 360px
  • Fixed some user interface issues with adding file extensions to the "non image formats" list in Preferences
  • Fixed an issue in the Import Module where the scrollbar would not become visible on low screen resolutions

New in Photo Supreme 2.1.0 (Apr 3, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Import for large image sets (5000+) is faster
  • Added Portuguese (Brazilian) locale
  • You can use the Mouse Wheel on the Loupe to zoom in/out
  • Compact Database now has an option to also vacuum the thumbnail database
  • The list of File Types in CATALOG is now alphabetically sorted
  • Caption Titles can now have larger font- size
  • Added XMP mapping to a few more exifEX schema tags
  • Added support for Nikon NX-D .nks sidecar files
  • You can now change the stored preview quality in the Preferences
  • The Backup feature no longer includes the thumbnails database. You can hold down the Alt key while starting the backup to include the thumbnails
  • The Lookup button in the GEO Tag panel works more transparent
  • Added a new Luminance effect to the editor: Clarity
  • Fixes:
  • When browsing through a set of filtered images in the Image Viewer it wouldn’t respect the filter when using a filter script
  • The Import Module didn’t respect the setting the set the file date of imported files to the photo date
  • Fixed an issue with saving color profile to the Exif of a PSD/PSB file
  • The preview wasn’t updated “live” for the Tones adjustments
  • The Dynamic Range effect didn’t work as designed
  • Fixed an issue in re-authenticating a Facebook Share Profile

New in Photo Supreme 2.0.4 (Mar 18, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now hold down the Shift key to select a range of items in the Catalog Explorer
  • The GEO Tagging panel now uses the Preference setting for Altitude unit (meters vs feet)
  • Improved quality painted inside the Loupe
  • The Loupe now defaults to 100% of the original bitmap instead of 2x the displayed bitmap
  • Changed the sizing implementation for the Batch Watermark command
  • Added shortcut Shift+Ctrl/Cmd+F to verifiy folders for selected files
  • Added support for import of MediaPro export file that contains semicolons as directory separator
  • Improved Version Detection based on bi-directional file name matching
  • Improved support for file system permissions on MacOS
  • The Exif Software Tag is now updated with the software name and version instead of the website URL
  • Added macro parameter parsing for XMP macros
  • Fixes:
  • Sometimes, when switching from FOLDERS to CATALOG, there would be random selected nodes
  • Fixed an issue with assigning GPX Track Points to multiple selected images
  • The Grid display could raise an Access Violation
  • Sometimes the Grid view would show incorrect results when it displayed images for a catalog which had sub labels by itself
  • In some cases the play-icon for Video Files would be mis-located on the thumbnail for versions

New in Photo Supreme 2.0.2 (Jan 28, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now do cumulative re-dating
  • When cascading meta information to a version set, you can now also opt to cascade GEO coordinates
  • Renamed the Title field to "Document Title" and moved it lower in the editor
  • Added support for hasselblad 3FR files
  • Fixes:
  • More accurate thumbnail painting
  • Fixes in the redate algorithm when using versions
  • Some fixes for "international" strings (unicode)
  • Fixed an issue with altering file dates for Unicoded file names
  • Fixed an issue with color selection buttons
  • Fixed an issue with synchronizing a collection to Flickr where main versions were uploaded instead of the selected version
  • Fixed an issue with "Show more from folder" not working for Offline folders
  • Fixed an issue for manually ordening top level Collections within a Portfolio
  • Fixed an issue with opening script files in the Scripter

New in Photo Supreme 2.0.0 (Jan 9, 2014)

  • GEO Tagging:
  • The GEO Tagging Panel makes it easy to pin point your images on the map and add location details by doing online lookups. It also supports tagging with GPX tracks. With Favorites you can reuse your frequently used locations.
  • Location details are also mapped and stored to the IPTC Extension fields.
  • In the Import Module you can use GPX tracks.
  • There are new Batch commands for GEO removal, GEO Reverse Lookups, and GPX tagging.
  • Area Tagging:
  • You can specify areas of the image and optionally link a “people” catalog label to an area. Areas can be read from both Metadata Working Group regions, and Microsoft Regions.
  • When writing areas to the metadata, then they are written in the most standardized MWG format.
  • Multi Selections:
  • In every section of the CATALOG, it is possible to make multiple selections. This makes it convenient to perform repetitive operations, whether that’s drag & drop, copy/cut/paste operations, delete, move, or just quickly select several items for display.
  • In addition to multiple selections in the CATALOG, version 2 also brings multiple selection in the Grid view.
  • Sharing:
  • The Sharing Panel provides instant access to the profile details by right clicking on the icon. Profiles can also be duplicated.
  • You can not only opt to keep/remove metadata but when you keep metadata it’s now also possible to specify if EXIF or GEO coordinates should be removed
  • or not.
  • When Flickr is your favorite sharing site then you can create Portfolios and keep those in-sync with your Flickr account. When synchronizing a Portfolio, Photo Supreme will create Flickr collections, Flickr photo sets, add descriptions, tags, etc. And when you re-sync the portfolio, Photo Supreme will only upload changes, remove deleted images, and add new images. This new full Flickr-Sync service makes it a breeze to keep your Flickr pages up to date.
  • Image Details:
  • It is possible to copy/paste image details to other images, even select which of the fields should be copied.
  • For copyright purposes, version 2 embeds Creative Commons to allow more standardized copyright and usage terms.
  • Cascade Version Info:
  • When working with version sets, you can opt to cascade Image Details, Ratings, and/or Color Labels from one image to all other images in a set.
  • More Performance:
  • Scrolling thumbnails is faster, large sets load faster, assigning/revoking catalog labels is faster, and many other performance improvements.
  • Grid Display:
  • You can work with multiple selections, the display is optimized to contain more rows, you can move columns around, and your custom fields will also appear as grid columns. Of course columns can be toggled on and off.
  • Portfolio Improvements:
  • You can organize the images inside a portfolio by dragging them to a new position. When you’re using version sets then you can now select which version should be used for the Portfolio. This makes it more flexible to control which version from a version set is to be used.
  • FOLDERS:
  • You can select which of your folders should be displayed as the top-level folder. You can select a top level folder for every drive that you maintain in Photo Supreme.
  • Some of the other additions and improvements include:
  • lossless rotate when rotating JPEGs from the thumbnails
  • integrated Maps
  • In Full Screen View, the Info/Histogram Panel can be repositioned
  • Filter on GEO Tagged images
  • Portfolios show collections as group icons in the Collection Viewer
  • Improved Sort Scripting support and a “Sort By Macro Command” is included
  • Drop a new version on a version set and you can select the placeholder
  • Add two caption titles to your transfer profile
  • Drag & drop within the Label Assignment Panel
  • And many more

New in Photo Supreme 1.9.8 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Solves Open Panel issues on OSX-Mavericks

New in Photo Supreme 1.9.6 (Oct 21, 2013)

  • Additions:
  • "Convert Metadata to XMP" is added to the thumb context menu -> Metadata
  • PhotoSupreme is now also available in Italian
  • Improvements:
  • Improved readability for the Display in the Info panel
  • You can now delete suggestion items in the Image Details fields by right clicking on them
  • Improved behavior for the Adjust feature when the Viewer is set as either "Floating" or "2nd Monitor"
  • The thumb context menu is now also available in the Grid view
  • When selecting a direct XMP field in the Custom Fields, it is no longer added as a XMP macro but as a direct XMP field (and it will then also appear in the Catalog Explorer)
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with boolean types fields in the Image Details

New in Photo Supreme 1.9.4 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Additions:
  • You can now lock/unlock collection in a portfolio to prevent accidental changes
  • Improvements:
  • Updated German translations
  • Updated French translations
  • You can now rename/delete label sets in the Catalog Label Details by right clicking on a label set from the Membership drop down
  • You can now also select macro-custom fields to be exported to CSV
  • Improved checking for locked collections
  • Fixes:
  • Migrating an IDimagerV5 database to PSU would give an error on idCreatorGUID
  • Fixed some Unicode translation issues
  • Fixed an issue with reading image resolution
  • Fixed an issue with changing Color Management setting in the batch command for File Format Conversion
  • Deleting lots of images in one go could give a runtime error
  • Fixed an issue with Verify Folder; unfortunately this means that all signatures will be invalidated and need rebuilding
  • Fixed some non-translated strings
  • Fixed some bugs in Slideshow display, including the slideshow not closing with ESCAPE
  • Fixes an error in the Preference saving for the French version
  • *Fixes a bug with the thumb selection after deleting images from inside the Image Viewer

New in Photo Supreme 1.9.3 (Sep 2, 2013)

  • New in this version:
  • You can now lock/unlock collection in a portfolio to prevent accidental changes
  • Improvements in this version:
  • Updated German translations
  • You can now rename/delete label sets in the Catalog Label Details by right clicking on a label set from the Membership drop down
  • You can now also select macro-based-custom input fields to be exported to CSV
  • Fixes in this version:
  • Migrating an IDimagerV5 database to PSU could give an error on idCreatorGUID
  • Fixed some Unicode translation issues
  • Fixed an issue with reading/writing resolution tags
  • Fixed an issue with changing Color Management setting in the batch command for File Format Conversion

New in Photo Supreme 1.9.2 Build 152 (Aug 26, 2013)

  • New:
  • You can now create a new parent label in the Catalog Label's details by right clicking on the parent and select "Add New"
  • You can now export Metadata to CSV files (thumb content menu -> Metadata -> Export Metadat to CSV File)
  • You can now define Catalog Labels as completely "private"
  • Improvements:
  • Portfolio Collections can be dragged in the Portfolio Structure to re-organize it
  • The Info Panel in the Full Screen display (press the i-key) now also shows your custom fields
  • Improved overall stability (more precise during import)
  • Shorter response time when looking for suggestions in the Search box's drop down
  • Captions for Image Areas are now also searchable with the Search Bar
  • You can now also map Catalog Labels to custom fields
  • Fixes:
  • When a corrupted Import Profile file was loaded, that would give a blank Import screen, preventing any further import activity
  • Fixed an issue when the selected database in the login dialog contains special characters in the file name

New in Photo Supreme 1.9.0 (Aug 6, 2013)

  • Added features:
  • You can now manually order images in the Downloader by using the Cmd/Ctrl+Arrow keys
  • You can now manually change the thumb order in the Image Basket by using the Cmd/Ctrl+Arrow keys
  • You can now manually change the thumb order for collections inside a portfolio by using the Cmd/Ctrl+Arrow keys
  • Improvements:
  • When excluding multiple items in a Dynamic search, they are now excluded OR style instead of AND style
  • Improved results when using Filters from Favorites
  • Faster and improved results when Inverting filters
  • Fixes:
  • Sometimes an error would be raised when including version placeholders in filters or dynamic searches

New in Photo Supreme 1.8.4 Build 140 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • You can now add selected thumbs to a portfolio from the thumb context menu -> Operations
  • Integrated the Quick Start download option in the Tools Menu

New in Photo Supreme 1.8.3 Build 139 (Jul 20, 2013)

  • Editor fields in the Image Details can now call a macro list from the right click context menu
  • You can now drag/drop multiple catalog labels to another catalog label by dragging from the Collection Viewer
  • Added shortcut Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+V to get a list of all versions for the selected thumb(s)
  • Fixed a bug that caused some edit fields in the Image Details not to record the changes while typing
  • Several stability improvements

New in Photo Supreme 1.8.2 Build 137 (Jul 2, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now press the P key to toggle the pause state of a slideshow
  • Slideshows now display without transition effect by default
  • Simplified ColorManagement settings
  • The Image Details now also got an Apply button when just one image is selected
  • Overall improved support for special and international characters in metadata
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with using the "Save" command in Batches
  • Fixed an issue with album population on Picasaweb (occurred in specific cases)
  • Fixed a bug that caused some metadata not to be converted from Exif to XMP
  • Fixed an issue with auto-rotate usage in the Import module

New in Photo Supreme 1.8.1 Build 129 (May 11, 2013)

  • Image Details Fields now remembering Previous Entries
  • Improved support for MOV files
  • Auto-Expand nodes when dragging over the Catalog Explorer
  • Added Right click -> Show More -> Show on Maps
  • Added "Scan for Missing Folders" to the context menu of a Folder
  • Added support for the newest RAW cameras
  • The Catalog Explorer now shows the number of images in the catalog
  • Improved support for Unicode/Umlauts
  • Fixed an issue with folder authorization checking within a MacOS-Sandbox for folder names that contain special characters
  • Improved import routines from MediaPro XML

New in Photo Supreme 1.8.0 Build 119 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed the sort order for collections in portfolio's
  • When selecting a Flickr photoset in the transfer feature then that would raise an error
  • Improvements:
  • Support for the latest RAW file formats/cameras
  • When an error occurs during transfer, it's now raised as feedback
  • Now reads metadata from Nikon movies (D800)
  • Selecting a version rule in the Importer (RAW-JPG or JPG-RAW) then that wouldn't get stored in the profile
  • The display of PDF files is now natively supported on MacOS (optionally remove the PDF extension from the Preferences' non-image formats
  • Improved Delete Handling in the user interface
  • Improved speed when deleting images from the database

New in Photo Supreme 1.6.0 Build 103 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed the sort order for collections in portfolio's
  • When selecting a Flickr photoset in the transfer feature then that would raise an error
  • Improvements:
  • Support for the latest RAW file formats/cameras
  • When an error occurs during transfer, it's now raised as feedback
  • Now reads metadata from Nikon movies (D800)
  • Selecting a version rule in the Importer (RAW-JPG or JPG-RAW) then that wouldn't get stored in the profile
  • The display of PDF files is now natively supported on MacOS (optionally remove the PDF extension from the Preferences' non-image formats
  • Improved Delete Handling in the user interface
  • Improved speed when deleting images from the database