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After a period of intensive bug fixing and optimization we are proud to present today the final release of Pictomio 1.0. As promised this version is still freeware and you can download it and organize your photos, create fancy slide shows or just view your photos with it. Though we fixed a lot of bugs and improved the performace, there might be still a few flaws and for sure there are a lot of features you'd like us to add (also we have a lot of new features in mind). Therefore we are still happy to receive your comments, suggestions and bug reports. The best way to let us know is to post them in the forum under the appropriate topic.
Though the release of this final version is of course an important step for Pictomio and the development team, this is not the end of the story. So be sure to stay tuned and watch out for new versions, updates and even new exciting products. We will use this newsletter to inform you about every major issue related to Pictomio. Please feel free to also subsribe to the RSS feed in our blog where we announce version updates and patches.
Thank you for your support so far and we hope you enjoy Pictomio
Your Pictomio Team
Optimizations + additional features
- Improved and renamed transition 'Burn' (now 'Dissolve')
- Added option 'Show offline files' to file attributes filter that toggles the display of files on detached media
- Double click on thumbnail in slide show editor now appends the picture to current slide show
Bug fixes
- Crash when changing filter setting
- Blocking in carrousel while indexing a folder
- File dialogs can be confirmed with enter key now
- Context menu in TreeView offers 'Update database' and 'Rename' for all library folders
- Last displayed image is still shown after changing to a folder with no pictures
- Folder icons are not displayed sometimes in file and import dialog
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Today we released the Release Candidate for the final version of Pictomio. Hopefully next week we will release the final version. Any bug reports or comments about this release are (as always) welcome.
Optimizations + additional features
- Startup time speedup
- Improved drawing speed by optimizing draw calls to graphic adapter
- Added page turn transition for slide show
- Support for Russian (thanks to Viktoriya Kolesnikova and Alex Roschenko)
Bug fixes
- Stabilized slide show functionality
- Crash and wrong lighting after device lost (workstation lock)
- Dragging albums crashes
- Crash when trying to print some high resolution images
- Deadlock while indexing and changing folders
- High memory consumption for big slide shows
- New album/category does not work
- Some texts show cut letters in some fonts (Vista)
- Many minor bugs
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During the review process for some beta bugs we recognized that in particular our thumbnail image view would require a major rework if we wanted to fix the defects sustainable. In this situation I made the decision to change greater amounts of our code in order to allow a notably higher rendering speed and more visual effects. Unfortunately this means now for our users that we will not be able to release a final version of Pm 1.0 by end of March.
I hope we can bring you a fresh style of presentation that you will feel was worth the effort and release-delay. As soon as our new implementation reaches a presentable stage we will make it avaiable for download.
Thanks for your support and your understanding!
Andreas Köpf
Chief Developer
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Optimizations + additional features
- Added new mouse cursor for skimming
- First application start faster because binary model files (PMSF) are compiled by installer now
- Removed vertex shader check for software vertex processing graphic cards (for example Intel 945 GM)
Bug fixes
- Crash when accessing menus
- Checkboxes show wrong check states
- Low resolution images in slideshow
- Files that are moved and renamed don’t keep their properties (color mark, tags, rating, etc.)
- Floppy access when starting the application
- High latency when dragging many files over file browser tree items
- Crash when setting rating for directory (context menu)
- Can start quick slideshow when only videos are available
- Non-media files don’t show correct symbol in thumbnails view
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Optimizations + additional features
- Improved loading speed and overal performance by changing the texture allocation behaviour
- Ability to use VSync (will reduce tearing effects when animating, like in the carrousel mode)
- Support of graphic cards without hardware vertex processing capabilities (for example some mobile graphic chips)
Bug fixes
- Crash on exit after using fullscreen slideshow
- Crash when solving a device lost problem while playing a video
- Crash when switching between viewmodes while playing a video
- Crash when exiting the application while decoding an image
- Slides in the slideshow cannot be moved
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Optimizations + additional features
- Optimized starting speed by introducing binary file formats for 3D models (PMFS - Pictomio Scene File) and UI elements (BUI - Binary XUI), will be generated at first start
- Reduced Video RAM usage significantly
- Reduced memory consumption of Slideshow
- Added support of navigation by special keys (multimedia keyboards) and mouse buttons
- Decreased recovery time after fullscreen/screensaver (DirectX device loss)
Bug fixes
- Problem with Undo/Redo in EXIF editor
- Crash when trying to copy/move files from removed media
- Deadlock while indexing and exiting
- Crash when importing and adding to an album
- Artifacts after fullscreen switch and device lost
- Several smaller bugs
- Images disapear from album if they are moved to the same album
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After a long period of intensive development and bug fixing we finally released today our first beta version of Pictomio. All main features for the final version are integrated now and we are focusing on bug fixing and perfomance optimization for the next few weeks until we release the final version.
If you encounter bugs or defects please report them in our forum. When we release a new version (beta or final) you should be informed automatically after the application started. You can also check manually for new versions in the help menu.
New Features
- 3D models for album and category
- Improved models for drives
- Album/Category sidebar to quickly drop your images
- Check for new versions at application start or on demand
- Filter drop down menu for thumbnail view
- New container (next to favorites) allows quick access to shortlist items
- Currently indexed images are shown in a floating window
- User settings (positions and sizes of UI elements, view mode, filter settings, etc.) are saved and restored at next start
- Direct rename in thumbnails view now possible
- New option to show and hide hidden files
- Screensaver is deactivated when slideshow plays in fullscreen mode
Bug fixes
- Several menu bugs fixed
- Explode effect improved
- Crash when video is inserted into slideshow
- Crash when trying to access not ready drive
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