PIE Recent History

4.30  (2008-08-25)

    • New: Change EXIF date/time in RAW files
    • New: Set EXIF date/time based on file timestamp
    • Change EXIF date/time does not change file modified timestamp
    • Now possible to set file created timestamp to EXIF date/time (e.g. for iPod indexing)
    • Redate option in transfer now sets both created and modified timestamp
    • New transfer option to skip files already transferred
    • Support for multiline Image Description tag
    • Tag conversion from UTF8 to ANSI characters
    • Improved support for folder and file names with unicode characters
    • Fixed problems with the transfer dialog under Windows XP
    • Fixed zoom slider display with certain cameras
    • Fixed crash of the demo version under Windows Vista with UAC enabled
    • Minor improvements and fixes

    4.20

    • Added file browser address bar with autocomplete feature
    • Added Back, Next and History functions
    • Changed positioning of the list mode controls
    • Loading of some RAW files slightly faster
    • Width and Height tags now recognized for all supported formats
    • New optional tag 'Width x Height' with column sorting by number of pixels
    • Fixed sorting of ISO column
    • Fixed time lag for list update after auto rename
    • Thumbnail cache and options now shared among all Picmeta applications
    • Improved administrator installation for other users

    4.10

    • Added Photoshop PSD file support
    • Included mp4 files in browser and transfer
    • Auto rename of single file shows new name in the confirmation query

    4.00

    • New: Editor for EXIF strings, single file and batch mode
    • New: General use of the orientation tag makes manual or auto rotation almost obsolete
    • New: Thumbnail list now optionally uses embedded EXIF thumbnails for faster display
    • New: Auto rename now supports many more tags (see "More.." button)
    • Update of EXIF thumbnails after image transformation
    • Tag editor allows to manually update or remove EXIF thumbnail
    • Added write protection check for remove/restore metadata
    • After transfer, file list is scrolled to show the last file transferred
    • Adjust EXIF date/time now also works if there is no EXIF header; it creates one based on the file modified date
    • More tags available for file list and report generator
    • Use correct camera white balance for RAW display
    • Fixed restore columns in the picture information view
    • Fixed mouse cursor reset in the viewer when changing direction

    3.94

    • New option for auto rename using file creation date
    • Transfer now preserves file creation date
    • New options to disable confirmation query and report for auto rename
    • Optimized Tab position in Advanced Information
    • Panasonic mts/m2ts files support for transfer and renaming
    • New option to enable/disable image preview during transfer
    • Transfer file progress bar more exact under Vista
    • Included Ascending/Descending option in menu View/Arrange By
    • Fixed bug that would cause sort column not restored correctly
    • Fixed crash when reading Pentax Makernote
    • Fixed bug that could cause crash if transfer was aborted
    • Fixed bug when transferring .wav files assigned to pictures files
    • Fixed: EXIF Date/Time would show file modification date after editing with some applications
    • Fixed: Floating point overflow error when reading metadata
    • Suppress display of unkown EXIF and makernote tags
    • Added Spanish as user interface language

    3.90

    • Reading EXIF information in RAW files
    • Improved Makernote support (Canon, Fujifilm, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Sigma, Panasonic, Pentax, Sony)
    • Added report generator (enhanced former 'picinfo.txt')
    • Quality tag in basic information replaced by ISO value
    • Auto rename does not produce value prefixes any longer, these can be put manually in the filename mask
    • Various bug fixes

    3.80

    • Redesigned faster file browser
    • Realtime thumbnail resizing 
    • Viewer supports many new file formats including RAW of almost any camera
    • Customizable columns in the picture information list view
    • Thumbnailing of video files using first frame
    • New transfer dialog with progress indicators and picture preview
    • Backup/restore metadata replaces 'picinfo.txt', old picinfo.txt files can still be read
    • Added remove metadata feature
    • Last opened folder now correctly restores the virtual path (Desktop, My Documents, ..)
    • Restores correct window position on multi-monitor systems
    • Added option to reset or keep zoom in the viewer
    • Viewer options "grow to fill" and "stretch" now accessible as menu actions
    • Option to use the mouse wheel for zooming
    • Information display in the viewer now transparent by default
    • Removed option "trim edges" for lossless transformation, is standard now
    • Several user interface changes and revised options dialog
    • Fixed: autorotate tried to rotate other files than .jpg

    3.60

    • RAW, CR2 and NEF files are transferred and displayed in the file list
    • NEF Thumbnails and picture information
    • THM-files linked with MPG (Sony cameras)
    • Unknown maker specific tags are no more displayed
    • Change EXIF-Date/Time now sets new day according to time adjustment
    • Fixed Zoom Definition did not work with some cameras
    • Fixed redate of write protected files
    • Minor GUI changes
    • PIE added to registered AutoPlay applications for transfer
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