Build 2234
Build 2232
Build 2231
Build 2230
Build 2228
Build 2225
Build 2222

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• Image filters will now use multiple threads on multi-processor or HT systems.
• You can now zoom in or out of an image with Ctrl + Mouse Wheel.
• You can now scroll an image horizontally with Shift + Mouse Wheel.
• Added the ability to save a color profile from an image to a .icm file in Image | Color Profile.
• Added a new menu item Edit | Remove Alpha Channel. This can also be used in Batch Processing to avoid warnings about not saving alpha when saving as 24-bit images (such as JPEG).
• New menu items and toolbar buttons were added for showing Alpha Only, RGBA, and All channels.
• Image | Process | Video Deinterlace has been added (view window and batch processing). This removes alternate scan lines and interpolates the full image size from them, eliminating jagged edges in video capture frames.
• Image | XE847 Autocorrection has been added (view window and batch processing).
• Fixed many pasting and image stamp problems (resize, pan, pasting while zoomed, vanishing selection). You can now force the pasted area to overlap the edges of the image by holding SHIFT while dragging.
• Fixed the "Favorites" drop down in the File | Save As dialog so that it correctly changes the folder.
• Made Reverse Mouse Wheel Zoom the default for consistency with Microsoft applications and guidelines (this will not change current preferences on an upgrade).
• The option for turning images based on thumbnail orientation (Options | Viewing | Other) now works for all image loading, including the slide show.
• Applying color adjustment to shadows, highlights or midtones now works properly for 16 bit per channel images.
• Fixed problem when MP3 or WAV files are selected for viewing in the thumbnail window and a slide show is done with them.
• Fit-to-width and fit-to-height windows are now properly resampled.
• ThumbsPlus will no longer attempt to save Undo/Redo information when the image is larger than the maximum Undo/Redo size.

• Improved font support considerably, eliminating many messages about invalid fonts. Freetype 2.1 is now used to render fonts for thumbnails and the view window
• Font thumbnails are slightly different now (left-aligned rather than centered).
• Font thumbnail generation is significantly faster.
• Added support for OpenType (.OTF) and Windows (.FON) fonts.
• Adobe software is no longer required to thumbnail and view Adobe Type 1 fonts (.PFB) on Windows 95/98/ME.

• Added Options | Sort By | Image number to sort by the first number found within the file name.
• Fixed memory size computation for 12 and 36-bit images (as in memory they require 16 or 48 bpp).
• Improved the appearance of the file context menu in the thumbnail view.
• Sorting by a user field now sorts properly for fields of type Numeric and Decimal.
• When making thumbnails, ThumbsPlus now notes in the database images that have an alpha channel. In the thumbnail view, these images will be marked with an alpha symbol: α

• Added an option to minimize the startup progress window (in Options | Preferences | Startup) and prevent it from changing size (e.g. maximize).
• Moved the list of ignored drives (Options | Preferences | Disks and Folders) to the database-specific options. Note that you will have to reset ignored drives after upgrading to SP1, but now you can select different drives to be ignored for different databases.
• In Options | Preferences | File Types, fixed Load Using: Command to work properly.
• Added "All" list to Options | Preferences | File Types, so that you can view all defined file types in alphabetical order.

• Added TIFF tab to File Loading (Options | File Loading | Tiff).
• JPEG-compressed TIFF (written according to the TIFF technical note) files now load properly.
• Fixed problem crashing when loading JPEGs with invalid EXIF pointers to private tags.
• Fixed a bug that prevented loading many Targa (TGA) images.
• You can now view and edit IPTC info in DNG (Adobe Digital Negative) files.

• Options | File Loading | Exif has been moved to Options | Preferences | Metadata, with several additional options for importing image comments.
• You can now view and edit IPTC info in DNG (Adobe Digital Negative) files.
• Added an option in Options | File Loading | Tiff to ignore the Image Description (not use it as the image comment).
• Improved performance of editing IPTC info.
• Added additional options for generating keywords from the IPTC caption and EXIF user comment.
• The IPTC editor is now easier to use and displays keywords when editing a single file.
• Fixed problem in Thumbnail | Assign User Fields not check marking the user field when a value was selected from the drop-down.
• Fixed problem using Alt+C to position to the Caption field in Edit | Edit IPTC Info.
• Options | Preferences | Metadata: "Don't rotate portrait images" now works properly.
• If an EXIF field appears more than once, the first occurrence is now used. (This also fixed a problem with EXIF orientation in saved files.)
• Fixed problem where EXIF information was not always being updated properly when saving an image.
• A problem with some EXIF proprietary data (Maker Note), especially in some Canon models, was corrected

• You can now configure the locations for templates and schemes separately, in Options | Preferences | Schemes & Sets.
• Implemented {{Heading}} in image Web Page Wizard page templates (.tptp files).
• In the web page wizard, updated generated HTML <img...> and <br> tags to use <img... /> and <br />.
• Fixed a problem with the generated table formatting in the web page wizard.

• The ThumbsPlus startup code has been rewritten. You can now press and hold L to initiate ThumbsPlus logging (Thumbs.log), which can be useful for diagnosing startup, database and other problems.
• The latest release of the PolyImagePro library (2.19) has been incorporated.
• PolyImagePro version numbers should no longer be an issue; T+ will always use the DLL located in the ThumbsPlus folder.
• Moved the auto rename pattern (File | Auto Rename) to the database-specific options, so that it will remember different patterns if you use multiple databases.
• Fixed the registration code checking in the installer for non-English characters.
• Fixed a problem when loading/saving JPEG files on some Intel processors.
• A performance problem after any lengthy operation with messages (move files, copy files, etc.) has been corrected.
• Check for Updates now checks for plug-in updates also, and no longer displays the progress bar for each component.
• 48 and 16-bit images will now print properly in the catalog.
• Many additional reported bugs, crashes, and aesthetic issues have been fixed.

• Corrected several movie issues and improved movie performance significantly.
• Added an option to initiate logging in Options | Preferences | Startup.
• Added an option to disable TWAIN in Options | Preferences | Startup.
• Fixed hang when stretching histogram on some 16 and 48-bit images.
• Fixed several crashes.
• Updated to latest version of PolyImagePro (2.22).
• Fixed possible buffer overruns when reporting database errors.
• Fixed "local drives" for find by query.
• Provided for separate GIF background color in Options | File Loading | GIF.
• Changed GIF rendering to handle bi-level images on a background that doesn't match the original GIF palette.
• Added Canon Image Type EXIF field.
• Fixed Random and Include Sub-folders options in Slide Show.
• Updated to latest version of freetype.
• Updated system info to reflect more operationg systems and processor type.

Changes in build 2230:

• Fixed multi-byte character set entry problem in property sheets (Edit | Find by Query, Options | File Loading | Fonts).
• Fixed problem where files copied to a Zip folder were moved instead.
• Fixed problem where files moved to a Zip folder were deleted even if the Zip file was locked by another program.
• Restored behavior to truncate IPTC keywords longer than 32 characters when adding to the database, rather than ignoring them.
• Fixed image filter slider values being confused between different filters.
• Fixed "access denied" problem renaming folders after moving them.
• Fixed problem where folder tree changes would not be seen automatically after some folder drag operations.
• Fixed slide show Audio Wait mode. Note that Audio Wait mode depends on the order of files in the thumbnail list, so galleries are the easiest way to position audio files between images as desired.
• Changed appearance of buttons in Location bar to better match XP.
• Command accelerators now work when focus is on an item in the Tasks list.
• When tabbing between the main window panes, hitting Down Arrow from the Tasks tab will now position you on the task list.
• In the main window, Alt + L will now take you to the Location bar in the folder tree.
• ThumbsPlus now checks for source folder in use when moving a folder and reports an appropriate error message.
• Made invalid JPEG markers a warning rather than an error. This allows lossless turning and other modifications to JPEG files written by broken software or cameras.
• Provide an option for crash and log generation when a system-related error message (i.e [5011/5]) occurs (requires INI setting of SystemErrorCrash=1 in the [Startup] section).
• Improved stack depth of exception reporting.

Changes in build 2228:

• The installer now checks if ThumbsPlus is running and prompts the user.
• Fixed file list performance problem for folders with thousands of files.
• JPEG options are now properly used when converting from 48 or 16-bit images.
• Changing an image to grayscale now removes any color profile.
• Fixed saving and restoring raw file loading definitions (Options | File Loading | Raw).
• Increased the maximum number of recent databases to 32.
• Fixed problem with opening files by association (i.e., from Windows Explorer).
• Fixed a problem where a slide show would end after deleting two files.
• Improved appearance of the Startup window on Windows 98/ME.
• Fixed pasting rectangular selections on Windows 98/ME.
• Fixed a crash when auto-generating keywords for a zero-length file.
• Changed maximum database error length to be able to report more information.
• Fixed memory leak when loading CMYK files.
• Fixed problem with Find by Query and Find Similar for some databases (notably DB2).
• Fixed PNG and TGA loading to handle image heights greater than 32767.
• Fixed an import/export bug that would cause a crash when importing user fields.
• Fixed problem with the slide show when the first file in the thumbnail view was a sound file.
• Fixed pasting elliptical selections.
• Rather than reporting an error, ThumbsPlus will now move files one by one when moving a folder to a location where it already exists.
• Fixed Help for Options | Viewing | Editing.
• Updated Zip file processing so that Zip files can be processed concurrently by multiple threads. Also improved speed and recovery of Zip file errors.
• Fixed problem on forced move (SHIFT+drag) from Zip files.
• Fixed problem removing files with spaces in their names from Zip files.
• Fixed problem printing text on some image size / page size combinations.
• Fixed problem copying keywords and user fields with some databases (DB2).
• Fixed possible crashes when changing between databases with different numbers of user
  fields.
• Eliminated spurious error messages generated when a TIF files are set to load using a plug-in (i.e., Digicam) but are not compatible with it.
• Improved support for the following databases: DB2, PostgreSQL, Firebird, ASA.

Changes in build 2225:

• Fixed remote mapped drives not showing when browsing for folders.
• Fixed handling of batch sets with periods in the set name.
• Fixed problem with grayed-out Which Files | Selected and Which Files | By Mask after some right-click operations on the location tree.
• Unsorted the drop-down lists of previous selections in "Move" and "Copy" dialogs. This caused too many problems!
• Fixed problems with very long database connection strings. This fixed an issue connecting to PostgreSQL and, in some cases, MySQL.
• Fixed problem recognizing SUBST drives.
• Fixed crash or hang on import.
• Fixed some problems with very long file and path names (256-260 chars).
• Made ActiveUsers table compatible with more databases.
• Fixed crash using IPTC template sets.
• Improved performance of Add Keywords | Regenerate.
• Fixed crash when loading JPEG files with invalid IPTC data.
• Fixed slide show problem when WAV or MP3 files are in the file list.

Changes in build 2222:

• Renaming a file in a zip folder now works properly.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a hang or crash in image filtering.
• Keywords were not being exported.
• Fixed crop by value/add borders preview for %, inches and cm.
• Sorted the drop-down lists of previous selections in "Move To" and "Copy To" dialogs.