Digital Photo Album Software Updates

Feature Releases

• Version 3.6.1

CyPicsVersion 3.6.10

EXIF and IPTC aware

EXIF is a standard for image files created with digital cameras and other input devices. The standard is set by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, and formally it is called the Digital Still Camera Image File Format Standard. EXIF files contain either uncompressed TIFF images or compressed JPEG images.

The IPTC-NAA comments are standardized by the International Press Telecommunications Council in collaboration with Newspaper Association of America. More information about these comments can be found on IPTC’s web site (http://www.iptc.org). IPTC comments can be saved inside TIFF and JPEG files.

• Access to EXIF and IPTC information contained in images
• Inclusion of user selected EXIF/IPTC items as fields in CyPics albums
• Optional image date from EXIF / IPTC with selectable accuracy display
• Optional image description taken from the EXIF / IPTC information
• EXIF subject distance converted from meters to a selectable unit of measurement 
• Maintenance function under Tools to retrofit EXIF/IPTC data to existing album images
• Use of EXIF/IPTC in image selection
• Display and printing of EXIF and IPTC information in all areas where other cataloging information is available

Upgraded Text Selector

• Upgraded to include EXIF and IPTC
• Provides text formatting options
• Preview window with field samples to assist in selection
• Common text selector for all operations: Captions, Popups, slide shows, Printing, Emailing and CD Export

Customized Captions and Popups

• Captions and Popup content in the browser and Picture Sets is now fully  selectable

Picture Set Definition

• Upgraded to include EXIF and IPTC
• Source, Popup and  CD friendly name now available for selection

Printing

• Save and load print settings to a default configuration
• Select the printer to use and the printer to revert to at end
• Preview all pages
• Selectable print ranges
• Full size preview for text selector

Albums

• Specification of the thumbnail width

Image Registration

• New keyword insertion field integrated with existing keyword selection
• Hotkey selectable in preferences for inserting the currently selected existing keyword
• Preferences option to pre-populate the most frequently used keywords
• Visible EXIF/IPTC options during an update when the image is online

slide shows

• New Timeline standard option added
• Optionally increase the screen resolution slide shows are played at
• Selectable font for the popup note
• A slide show initiated from popup menus now show popup text and regions
• Panning pause with the space key

Export Autorun CD Player

• Generation uses CD sequencing but the play order is now based on the native sequence
• Uses originators color scheme in the player
• Suppresses the player initial transition to the splash screen
• Suppresses the player circular transition to the slide show
• Allows for a preset suppress transitions setting
• Takes  restricted maximum enlargement from the originating album settings
• Attempts to use the specified fonts if they exist
• Option to auto-start an exported CD with only a single slide show (shift key override)
• Panning of panoramas using settings from the album. Panning pause with the space key

Preferences Changes

• Expose menu items for both new album and current album settings
• Ability to apply the settings made for new albums to the current album
• Access to individual Picture Set slide show preferences from the preferences menu

Maintenance

• Yes to All and No to All options when matching thumbnails.
• Filename and size match added to assist with hard disk recoveries
• Filename without extension match added to assist with bulk format changes

LAN Installations

• Configurable local email address for central local management of error reports