Photo Mechanic™ Version 4.5.1 History

Below is a list of changes made to Photo Mechanic for Version 4.5.1, released May 16, 2007.

This version is available as a free update for registrations good through March 2007.

  • Added “Classic” IPTC dialogs as an option to the new IPTC dialogs (under the IPTC/XMP Preferences pane).
  • (Win) All new Navigator with improved stability and speed.
  • Structured Keywords panel now has the ability to accumulate keywords before applying them.
  • Fixed problems with locating system ICC profiles causing an alternate AdobeRGB ICC profile to be used that is incompatible with Windows color management.
  • Fixed a problem with RAW captioning when embedding a Photographer/Byline or Caption field that was less than 4 characters.
  • Added code to handle corrupted Canon 1D and 1DS RAW TIFF files so that they can be repaired with the Revert TIFF-based RAW to original command.
  • Added new variable substring capabilities. For example, {filenamebase:4} skips the first 4 characters and returns rest of the base filename, and {filenamebase:-4} returns the last four characters of the base filename (i.e. a shorthand for {filenamebase:-4,4}). Also, {filenamebase:-8,-4} extracts the characters starting 8 characters from the end and ending 4 characters from the end of the base filename.
  • Added new variables for pixel resolution to force inches/cms: {resolutioninches}/{rsin}, {resolutioncms}/{rscm}, {printsizeinches}/{psin},{printsizecms}/{pscm}.
  • Sinar .STI RAW files can now be browsed.
  • Various tools now ignore any proxy items when doing their work instead of returning errors.
  • Added more keyboard shortcuts for setting Color Class and Rating from within the Preview window using the modifier keys (essentially the same as the Image menu).
  • Single key shortcuts can now apply Color Class or Ratings in the Slide Show and Live Slide Show.
  • Added sharpening to the Slide Show and Live Slide Show.
  • Applying crops in the Slide Show now scales properly when the “Enlarge photos to fit previews and slide shows” is turned off.
  • Ingest snapshots now maintain the IPTC Stationery Pad when the Apply IPTC Stationery Pad checkbox is checked.
  • Ingest now has the options to Use Local IPTC Stationery or Use Global IPTC Stationery.
  • Incremental Ingest now increases sequence number by the amount of photos actually copied.
  • Ingest dialog auto-increment folder suffix sequence value is now preserved when snapshots are loaded instead of loading an old value from when the snapshot was taken.
  • Export now runs faster when “Reuse existing images” is checked.
  • Rendering controls in the Export dialog now reappear properly when switching between Text and HTML exporters.
  • Fixed a problem that could cause the Export dialog to hang when the export is cancelled while in progress.
  • Set Sequence dialog now accepts more than one sequence with identical prefixes.
  • The Adjust Capture Times dialog now restores negative time offsets properly.
  • Rescan speed on network volumes is much improved.
  • Recursively defined Code Replacements no longer hang the application when expanding.
  • (Win) Ingest now preserves file attributes from the source disk when copying non-image files.
  • (Win) Incremental ingest settings now loaded and saved properly on Unicode paths.
  • Added new capabilities to the PM Classic HTML exporter (added “All” link), and when there is only one index page the navigation links are omitted. Also fixed index links from full-size pages to link back to the index page they came from instead of the main index page.
  • For export to SimpleViewer, the grid rows/columns can now be zero to eliminate the grid altogether.
  • Added dialog that explains why opening recursive folders won't open when one or more of the folders in the recursive scan are already open in other contact sheets.
  • (Win) Fixed email (MAPI) problems that would cause Send Photos via Email to fail with Outlook clients.
  • (Win) Fixed certain problems with Burn Photos to Disc related to Unicode conversion.
  • (Win) Fixed certain problems copying and renaming photos with Unicode paths.
  • (Win) Cropping on dual monitor systems when the second monitor is used for the Preview window now works properly.
  • (Win) Droplets now launch correctly.
  • (Mac) Fixed crashing problem when opening or closing contact sheet windows.
  • (Mac) Added warning dialog when deleting folders located on server volumes because they are deleted immediately instead of being moved to the recoverable trash.
  • (Mac) Fixed a problem where the Preview window's panes would get permanently collapsed and could not be made visible again with Restore.
  • (Mac) Fixed non-operational custom sort menu item when two or more custom sorts have the same name.
  • (Mac) Showing and hiding the Info ToolTips is now immediate (you don't have to wiggle the mouse anymore).
  • (Mac) JobMinder users with small screens no longer experience crashes when opening the IPTC Stationery Pad. JobMinder IPTC Info dialog's Copy button now copies the current IPTC data instead of copying from the IPTC Stationery Pad.

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