QPict 5.2 adds new features aplenty
By
Mike Tomkins
(Thursday, November 7, 2002 - 17:24 EST)
A new release of QPict, the MacOS-only imaging utility is now available for MacOS 9 and X, and has a huge list of new features and bug-fixes.
QPict 5.2, which can be downloaded as a free trial version and costs $35 for a single-user license, $300 for a site license and $1600 for a worldwide license, has the following changes from the previous version: - New features:
- Digital Camera Support
- Export to XML
- Quartz text rendering
- Improved performance
- Jaguar optimized
- JPEG 2000 support
- Improved PDF support
- Improved Fonts support
- Batch process variable input
- Sheet Dialogs
- Refined user interface
- Improved image quality
- Customizable fields in extended view
- Contextual menu support extended
- Apple Help
- Retain thumbnail size between detail view and plain view
- Improved quality with small images
- Turning on/off ToolTips does not require relaunch
- More responsive during save
- Live Scrolling Option
- Default View option for new index windows
- Drag icon image instead of frame
- No save prompt when closing an empty index
- Modify Scripts Dialog resizable
- Single application package for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X
- Preferences Shortcut now Cmd-, (comma)
- Divider above Preferences menu item
- Improved appearance of thumbnail extended view
- New default list view columns
- Cycle Through Windows option in Windows Menu
- Close Preferences with escape key
- Contextual menu support in search/batch window
- Contextual Help in index & search/batch window
- Command-S shortcut in Search/Batch window
- Contextual menu items to change view size & columns
- Bug Fixes:
- Index not in modified state after certain changes
- Misc errors when saving index
- Font Display Text Truncated
- Index is not refreshed when removing items during media view
- Text representation of the priority field is incorrect
- Arrow down in index from the second last row does not work
- Sort order is not always in sync between list view & index view
- QuickTime VR navigation does not work
- Visual defects when deselecting items with some themes
- Delete item by cntrl-option-cmd clicking causes crash
- EXIF info lost when moving items between indexes
- Help menu does not work
- Offline browse asks for original volume/CD
- Menubar in fullscreen will not hide
- Draws text over info view
- Source popup search/batch too short
- Backspace delete does not work
- Visual defects in info window Photo tab
- Visual defects in extended view caption
- Double View column menu list
- Cancel sheet crash
- Close index when list view is shown crash
- Delete Script crash
- First thumbnail won't show after import
- Column View Disabled
- Thumbnail quality problems with QT 6
- Column re-order in list view disabled
- Reading version 4.5 index hang
- Search for "doesn´t contain" fails
- Missing thumbnails now created when saving index
- Re-cache after thumbnail creation
- .DS_Store in Help menu
- Autoscroll during drag & drop does not work
- Captions with line breaks in detailed view display incorrectly
- Search EXIF string and bool values fails
- Remove icon does not update index
- Create icon does not update generic icon in index
- Create icons when thumbnail missing fails
- Refresh visible items during batch process missing
- Comment window now displays incorrectly
- File type text when media offline
- Drag images from Explorer does not work
- Doesn't recognize '.jpeg' file extension
QPict 5.2 requires other MacOS 9 or OS X, and can be downloaded from the QPict website.
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