~6.00,0,0,0, ,ThumbsPlus 6.0 introduces many new features and file types. If you leave "Tip of the Day" enabled, you'll be able to learn about the new features. Most tips displayed have direct help file access via the [More Info] button. If a tip relates to a function or option setting directly, the [Do] button will be visible. Click it to run the function or to change the option setting.
~6.00,1152,1152,0, ,The Web Page Wizard can show a preview of your generated web pages and images. Use it to determine the look and feel of your pages BEFORE you actually create them! Also, many other features have been added. Click the [More Info] button to read more.
~6.00,1330,620,620, ,ThumbsPlus has extensive support for Image Color Management. You can set, convert, and remove embedded image color profiles as well matching monitor profiles and previewing printer colors. To configure color management, select Options | Viewing | Color Management.
~6.00,1567,1567,0, ,You can assign or remove color profiles to multiple images at once via Image | Quick Process | Modify File Info.
~6.00,1330,1330,620, ,You can now assign color profiles to scanners and digital cameras under Options | Viewing | Color Management. These will be applied when acquiring images using TWAIN Acquire functions.
~6.00,1700,0,0, ,You can enable a loupe window display in any open view window. The loupe window acts like a photographer's loupe by displaying enlarged pixel data from the image area under the current cursor position.
~6.00,1187,1187,0, ,Added the ability to convert, resize and zip images in File | Send to... This also shows the number of files selected, the original size, the attachment size, and the encoded attachment size.
~6.00,1121,1121,306, ,To prevent excessive memory or CPU use, you can limit the number of concurrently running tasks by setting the "Max. concurrent tasks" value under Options | Preferences | Advanced. When more than this number of background tasks are started, the later ones will queue up and wait for earlier ones to finish.
~6.00,572,1122,572, ,Audio data waveforms can be shown while playing sound files. You can use the waveform as the thumbnail (both options are available on Options | File Loading | Movies & Sound).
~6.00,1679,0,0, ,There is a Compare Image feature that shows the computed similarity between two images. This is most useful for seeing how much lossy compression affected an image. The following values are computed: Mean Square Error (MSE), Peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and an approximated Wang & Bovik quality index. Also shown are the number of identical and different pixels.
~6.00,1390,1390,0, ,The Assign User Fields dialog has a drop-down list for assigning frequently entered user field values. The list values come directly from the current database and are not retrieved until the drop-down arrow is clicked. A similar list is available for searching under Edit | Find by Query | User Fields.
~6.00,389,1121,389, ,The maximum thumbnail size (available under Options | Preferences | Thumbnails) has been increased to 600 x 600 pixels.
~6.00,15000,0,0, ,You can now display up to 9 user-defined fields in the thumbnail view. User fields are available for the thumbnail views under Options | Show for Files | User Fields.
~6.00,1689,1689,0, ,There is a File History menu option (File | View Recent) and toolbar button to quickly open any of the last 32 files viewed in ThumbsPlus.
~6.00,1127,1127,0, ,Several new categories were added to Edit | Find by Query - Restrict search to. The new options are: current disk, local drives only, network drives only, removable drives only. Also, new buttons were added: Clear All (clears the current search criteria) and Count (counts the thumbnails matching the query before clicking OK).
~6.00,1074,0,0, ,Image editing now comes with multiple step undo/redo capability. It is limited only by the amount of available memory. You can set a specific memory limit in Options | Preferences | Advanced. The default is 200,000 Kb; however, when Undo is enabled, ThumbsPlus will always save at least one Undo/Redo step, regardless of image size.
~6.00,1697,0,0, ,When a selection is active in a view window, pressing Delete (or Edit | Delete) will replace the selected area with the current view window background color. Ctrl+Delete is the keystroke to delete a file. There is also an option in Options | Viewing | Other to enable file deletion (via the Delete key) when there is no selected area.
~6.00,1691,0,0, ,Any image operation that does not change the image size (i.e., filter, color adjust, color balance, cut/paste) can now be faded. The image is combined with the Undo image at a user-entered opacity level. Undo must be enabled (Options | Viewing | Other) for this feature to be available.
~6.00,1598,1598,0, ,Modifying IPTC info on multiple files is now supported. When editing IPTC info with multiple files selected, each field on the IPTC dialog has a checkbox to indicate whether it's value should be changed in each file.
~6.00,1567,1567,0, ,You can copy annotations from the database to image file comments via Image | Quick Process | Modify File Info.
~6.00,0,0,0, ,EXIF Version 2.2 fields are supported. Also, Maker Note information is supported from more file types, including Minolta and Olympus.
~6.00,571,1121,571, ,An option to remember Zip passwords is available under Options | Preferences | Disks & Folders). Remembered passwords are saved in the Thumbs.Ini file.
~5.01,1006,0,0, ,The 'Favorites' folders are available on the "Save As" dialog box. Use them to quickly locate a favorite folder when saving files.
~5.01,0,0,0, ,You can drag a thumbnail from the thumbnail view into an open view window image to quickly copy and paste.
~5.01,602,0,0, ,ThumbsPlus supports an extensive list of displayable items (including EXIF, IPTC and User Fields) for functions such as Web Page Wizard, Print Catalog, Contact Sheets, Image Stamp and more.
~4.10,0,0,0, ,The "What's This" menu option is enabled for all windows and dialogs. Simply click the [?] at the top right corner of any window. Use it to learn more about the windows, dialogs, settings and controls in ThumbsPlus. Try it -- you'll like it!
~4.00,20007,0,0, ,The thumbnail view supports five configurable display views: Small, Large, Custom, List and Report. You can switch quickly between these views by pressing the respective hotkeys: [Ctrl]+1 through [Ctrl]+5.
~4.10,571,1121,571, ,You have many options for controlling which drives are displayed (and how) in ThumbsPlus. Also, you can control how ThumbsPlus matches volumes in the database with the disks in your computer (and on your network). These settings can be found under Options | Preferences | Disks & Folders.
~4.10,1393,1393,0, ,By pressing [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Shift]+E, you can generate a detailed technical support report including memory and swap file details, hard drive identifications, database statistics, and more. The file is created in the ThumbsPlus folder and is named TPETECH.LOG
~4.00,0,0,0, ,You can make a freehand selection in the view window by holding down the [Alt] key while you left drag the selection area.
~4.00,1105,0,0, ,You can apply a filter (sharpen, emboss, edge detection, etc.) to an image by clicking Image | Filter | Select Filter on the view window menu. You can filter a selected area (rectangular or freehand) by selecting the image area prior to applying the filter.
~4.00,1018,1018,0, ,You can see real-time statistics on your database by pressing [Ctrl]+T or by selecting File | Database | Statistics from the main menu.
~4.10,1329,0,0, ,User fields are included in the database export and import operations.
~4.02,227,1360,227, ,The selected file's type configuration can be quickly modified by pressing [Alt]+Y or by right-clicking on the thumbnail and selecting "Configure Type..." from the popup menu.
~4.10,0,0,0, ,You can pick custom colors in the popup color picker by clicking on the "Custom RGB" tab and selecting the color from the color window.
~4.10,296,1121,296, ,There is a option for automatically generating keywords from words found in the filename WITHOUT numeric characters. The numeric characters found are skipped.
~4.10,202,1121,202, ,ThumbsPlus has its own Windows Explorer shell extensions. You can enable them by checking "Show ThumbsPlus items in Explorer right-click menus" on the "General" tab of the Preferences dialog.
~4.10,1400,0,0, ,You can quickly convert images from one file type to another by selecting the images from the thumbnail view and clicking on Image | Quick Convert to | (File Type) from the main menu.
~4.10,1218,0,0, ,Batch processing supports setting file dates and times. This batch step function is located under the Add | File Info menu on the "Batch Steps" dialog tab on the Batch Process dialog.
~4.10,1318,1318,0, ,You can quickly find duplicate and similar files using [Ctrl]+[Shift]+F or by selecting Edit | Find Simlar Images from the main menu.
~4.10,1377,1377,0, ,You can sort the current thumbnails displayed in the thumbnail view by image similarity. This sort groups similar looking thumbnails together.
~4.00,296,1121,296, ,ThumbsPlus can automatically assign keywords based on a file's attributes, such as color type, file class and whether the file has associated information. To configure the various options for keywords select Options | Preferences | Keywords from the main menu.
~4.00,202,1121,202, ,You can move, copy and delete folders in ThumbsPlus. To enable or disable this capability check or uncheck "Allow folder operations" under Options | Preferences | General.
~4.10,437,1330,437, ,You can customize the view window status bar display. Just right-click any entry on the status bar and change it to what you want. You can change the default setting for status bar display by selecting Options | Viewing | Appearance from the main menu.
~4.10,297,0,0, ,You can view IPTC/NAA, EXIF and Olympus image information in File Properties for any file.
~4.10,440,1330,440, ,If you have a mouse with a wheel, you can configure ThumbsPlus to use the wheel for zooming in and out in a view window by checking "Use mouse wheel to zoom" under Options | Viewing | Other.
~4.00,1054,1054,0, ,ThumbsPlus can display slide shows of your image files. The slide show function is located under Image | Slide Show from the main menu. Its keyboard hotkey is F8.
~4.00,0,0,0, ,During a slide show, you can have sound files play with images by placing .WAV or .AU files (with the same filename as the image files to be shown) in the folder containing the slide show files.
~4.00,1054,0,0, ,ThumbsPlus will play a MIDI, WAV or MP3 file throughout a slide show if there is a file named SLIDE.MID, SLIDE.WAV or SLIDE.MP3 in the folder containing the slide show image files and you have checked "Play background audio file" under Options | Viewing | Slide Show.
~4.10,1123,1123,0, ,Changing the folder font (Options | Main Font) also controls the font used for the status line in the main window and view window.
~4.10,437,1330,437, ,You can select a CAD-like crosshair cursor instead of a standard Windows cursor in Options | Viewing | Appearance.
~4.00,389,1121,389, ,ThumbsPlus makes thumbnails automatically whenever you change folders. You can disable this feature by unchecking "Make thumbnails automatically" in Options | Preferences | Thumbnails.
~4.00,389,1121,389, ,ThumbsPlus can look for watermarks in images while making thumbnails and show which thumbnails have watermarks. See Options | Preferences | Thumbnails | Check for Digimarc watermarks.
~4.00,358,1177,358, ,You can limit your context menus to the items you want to use. Use Options | Customize | Menus to change which commands appear on each context menu.
~4.10,1394,0,0, ,You can turn and flip one or more JPEG files without recompressing them using the Image | Quick Process commands on the main menu.
~4.10,1152,1152,0, ,You have more control over the web page tables generated. You can set column spacing and padding and table background color, file extension to use, frame or window target for images, and more. The Web Page Wizard is located on the main menu from Image | Web Page Wizard. Its hotkey is [Alt]+F9.
~4.00,1339,0,0, ,Synchronized view windows are perfect for comparing similar images. You can view multiple images synchronized by selecting them, then using File | View Synched. You can synchronize already-open view windows using View | Synch Views.
~4.00,440,1330,440, ,ThumbsPlus can view images while loading. Sometimes images load faster with this option off. You can disable this option by unchecking "View images while they are loading" in Options | Viewing | Other.
~5.01,1660,0,0, ,You can refresh a found list by right-clicking on its name in the folder tree and selecting Requery Now from the popup menu.
