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




