Move/Copy To Location now retains finder label and comments. Other minor bug fixes.
ImageViewer 5.3 release notes(9.18.00)
Open Dialog Shows Previews & Images!
The Open or Choose File Object dialog has been enhanced to include preview and image display, based on the current selection in the navigation list. Double-clicking an image or preview will open the file in a new window.
Print List Settings!
You can now specify the appearance of printed pages, including margins and number of rows and columns. See Help file for details.
Custom List Views!
ImageViewer list views have been changed from a pre-defined, "hardwired" approach, to a flexible, custom definable approach. List views now exist in the files Standard Views and Custom Views in the folder ImageViewer¬/Views.
Note: These files must exist in this location for list views to be available!
The menu location of the available list views (in View menu), has been moved to the bottom of the menu, in order to accomodate a variable number of such views. Views are provided that mimic the previously available choices. If you have need of a new view or would like the details of how to create custom views, please send email to <kevinw@imageviewer.com>.
List View Icon Buttons
The 5 icon buttons at the top of the document window have been replaced. There are now 2 such buttons, one which toggles to the last list view(there could be any number of such) and another that toggles to single image list view(same behavior as before).
Window Auto-Resizing Off
Windows no longer "snap to grid" to match the size of list view elements.
Keywords & Finder Comments
While editing keywords or finder comments, if the custom list view has a field containing either, updating will occur when you click on another list element(i.e. make a new selection).
Note: For keywords, updating will not occur properly unless the Prefs setting "Auto Save Changes To Keywords & Comments" is turned on. This is now the default setting.
Keyword Find & Replace
A new feature has been added (List menu) to find and replace keywords in the current list.
Preferences Additions
A new panel has been added: HTML General, which contains the following items:
ÑMain File Name: Allows you to specify the main file name used for generated html pages(current default is index.html).
ÑMake Table Of Contents: Check to include as part of output files.
ÑSlide Show: Check to include tags to automatically display next file.
ÑRefresh seconds: Allows you to set the pause between the display of the next image when slide show is enabled.
ÑPlace text after </TITLE>: Check to include text in the <HEAD> section of html pages.
ÑText field: Enter the text you would like to include(e.g. style sheets).
ÑInclude Image Links: Check to include links within image files.
ÑInclude Table Pages: Check to include files of preview tables.
Effects Menu
A new menu has been added, which contains the QuickTime Effects, previously located in the Modify menu.
ImageViewer 5.2 release notes(5.1.00)
New Video and Sound Support!
Full support for QuickTime movie conversion. Files such as MPEG and WAVE, as well as many others, are translated to movies, for viewing and sound playback.
Locations Window
Double-clicking on a location now opens the contents of that location as a new document file list.
ImageViewer 5.18 release notes(3.27.00)
This release fixes bugs associated with version 5.17.
File Information Overlay Interface Change
A new item has been added in the View menu to toggle information overlay. Command-0(zero).
All dialogs have been converted to Navigation Services. This now includes:
1) Save List As Catalog
2) Add Location
3) Apply Color Table
4) Save Color Table
5) List/Add
File Information Overlay
Hitting the Space Key toggles the information overlay. Identical text to that found in the Info
window, is overlayed in the top left corner of the document window. In this way, you can get file information, without showing the Info window, therefore saving screen space.
Save List As HTML
Now includes a command to display the next .html image page in the lists after 5 seconds, producing a web page "slide show" of sorts. This command is included at the bottom of each image .html file. The command is currently commented out, so in order to activate this feature you will need to uncomment it. The easist way to do this, is to modify the STR# resource named HTML, strings 53 and 54. In this way, you can both uncomment and customize information about your specific URL.
Backdoors
At startup, holding the following keys down will change defualt behavior.
Space Key: Disables Open dialog at startup(carries over to next startup).
Option Key: Disables Navigation Services(uses old Standard File dialogs).
Now generates a "table of contents" page, which lists all image files and their pages as links.
Note: No specific translation is done when saving as html. If your files are not of format GIF or JPEG(read by most web browsers), you should convert them to one of these file formats first. This can easily be accomplished using the Batch feature, see below.
Finder Comments
A new floating window has been added to display and edit finder comments(i.e. comments that can be accessed in the finder "Get Info"). An additional Find item has been added to include these comments.
Note: Although finder comments can be accessed from catalog files, they are not stored as part of catalog file data.
Batch
The Save To Location choice in the File Save options has been restored. By Setting a Save Location(folder), you can now convert files to a convenient location.
Bugs
*If standard file dialog was used to Open Folder, a crash would occur.
*An error may have occurred at startup with pre-3.0 versions of QuickTime.
The help files and guide files have been replaced, with new HTML based help. See the file "Installing Help Files" in order to install.
QuickTime Video Effects
You can now modify images with any available effect and display a transition effect when moving between files. In order to use effects, the following must be true:
1) QuickTime 3.0 or greater is installed.
2) Prefs/File/Use QuickTime Effects must be set.
3) An effect must be chosen or the Random Transition menu item must be set(default is on).
4) For transition effects, a source/previous image must be present. This will occur automatically, when moving from one file to another. So, to use a transition effect to modify an image, you need to have moved to another image(i.e. when you first open a file list, there is no source/previous image).
5) For transition to display when moving between files, the menu item Modify/Use Transition Effect must be set.
Note: Effects can use a lot of memory(temporary buffers etc.). It is strongly advised, you give ImageViewer at least 16 MB to use effects.
The menu item Modify/Set QuickTime Effects Steps, allows you to set the number of times the effect is run. This value can have a great impact on the output from an effect. Some effects work well with a few steps(5-10), while others require a greater number to produce a noticeable change.
While an effect is running, you can use command-period keys to stop it. For example, you might choose Fire effect and set steps to a very high number. You can then run the effect and stop it when it has reached the point you want(i.e. desired result).
By default, random transitions will run while moving between images.
Browser Controls Window
The slider is back! A new floating window has been added, which includes the increment/decrement, start/stop auto-browsing controls previously located at the top of the document window. A slider has been added for quick browsing. While you move the slider, the file name and preview(if one exists), are updated. If you release the slider on a new file, the current document is updated accordingly.
Navigation Services
Navigation Services dialogs for Open/Save have replaced the previous standard file dialogs.
QuickTime as default decompressor
If the Prefs/Display/Try QuickTime First To Decompress Images is set, ImageViewer will try to decompress images via QuickTime, rather than using its internal decompressosrs. This can be helpful to view certain files that ImageViewer doesn't decompress as well(e.g. TIFF CMYK).
Multi-Page TIFF Files
ImageViewer now reads multi-page(image) TIFF files, similar to the way it reads multi-image GIF files. Currently, you cannot Save these files(they are treated as read-only). If you choose Save As, only 1 image(frame) will be saved.
Note: These files can use a lot of memory. ImageViewer will read as many pages/frames as it can, so the number of frames displayed might not be the total for the file. It is strongly advised, you give ImageViewer as much memory as you can, when viewing such images.
