| OVERALL |
| Feature/Benefit |
Type |
| Improved load times through optimized processing methods and moving processing of Printing and Viewing images to background processes. |
New/Enhancement |
| Ability to tether camera to Loader computer, monitor a source folder and either manually or
automatically process images at specified intervals (1 to 60 minute interval) - (does not do actual image transfer from
camera to server - transfer images using camera mfg or other software to drop images into a folder on Loader/Server to be monitored and processed by Loader) |
New |
| Improved error trapping and handling of network errors, slow server response, missing images, denied access, etc. |
Enhancement |
| Improved Album/Cart saving/recall/ordering/printing features (see below) |
New/Enhancement |
| LOADER |
| Feature/Benefit |
Type |
| Ability to delete individual/bad images without having to exit Viewer or shut down Viewing stations. |
Enhancement |
| Deleting individual images by number shows image allowing you to confirm whether you want to
delete image or not. |
New/Enhancement |
| Ability to delete/rename Game/Competition folders without having to exit Viewer or shut down
Viewing stations. |
Enhancement |
| Folder and Image manage dialogs (delete images or delete/rename folders) now stay open for
quicker processing of multiple deletes/renames. |
Enhancement |
| Ability to process additional images into an existing game/competition by selecting game/competition from a list of available games/competitions and pre-loaded games/competitions. |
New |
| Ability to Pre-Load games/competitions and quickly select a pre-loaded game/competition from a
list when ready to load cards/images. |
New |
| CD Copy Utility now has option to copy images to other locations/folders on Loader/Server or
network. Useful to copy images that are ordered to a network folder when printing from a different computer than Loader. |
New/Enhancement |
| Improved/enhanced method of monitoring/renaming of Viewing temporary "~" folders. |
Enhancement |
| Ability to load multiple CF Cards simultaneously into either the same or different game/competition.
Requires running multiple instances of Loader (one instance per card reader/source folder). Beta
allows 4 instances to run concurrently. |
New/Enhancement |
| Processing of Viewing and Printing images have been moved to run in the background AFTER the
source images have been copied to the original and optionally erased, allowing CF Cards to be
available for re-use within seconds vs minutes after beginning process. Viewing and Printing images
are not available for use/viewing until background processing is completed. Status bar on Loader
shows whether background processes are running and prevents exiting the Loader until all
background processing is complete. |
New/Enhancement |
| Added different date formats (including Windows custom regional date/time formats) for auto
Generate link in Loader. (ie. just show time, without date for 1 day events, etc.) |
Enhancement |
| Manage Saved Albums, Orders, and Available Print Sizes/Prices from Loader. |
New |
| Loader status bar dynamically shows number of New orders that have been submitted by
customers from Viewing Stations and not processed so Table Tech will know how many orders need to be processed. |
New |
| Print or View Customer Orders from Loader for processing. Control size of thumbnails when printing orders (Loader/Viewer independently configured) by configuring # of images per page (3 to 8). |
New |
| Web Utility now allows the ability to create a folder of full size Originals (optionally watermarked)
along with Thumbnail and Preview Images. If only one size (Thumbnail, Preview or Original) is
chosen, then images are placed directly in game/competition folder vs sub-folder. |
New/Enhancement |
| Improved sizing of watermark text of watermarked images with extra short/long text and images taken at higher camera resolutions. |
Enhancement |
| Web Utility allows Preview images to be up to 3072 pixels wide allowing creation of images to be
uploaded to order fulfillment sites (smugmug, exposuremanager, etc.), yet keeping file size smaller/more compressed
than originals, etc. Reduces upload time to web site. |
Enhancement |
| Option to append Camera ID "A" to images (default leaves "A" suffix off). |
New/Enhancement |
| 26 available Camera IDs vs 10 (A through Z) - useful for assigning multiple IDs to same camera at large events when rolling over camera's sequential numbers (10,000+ images per camera). |
Enhancement |
| When using "Multi-Select" processing option, "Multi-Select" checkbox stays checked after processing images until user de-selects. |
Enhancement |
| VIEWER |
| Feature/Benefit |
Type |
| Added another level of hierarchy of folders allowing Viewing Stations to be able to view 1 or Multiple
events (previous events). This can be optionally selected by either customer or just table
tech/photographer. This option can also be used for setting up multiple categories, classes, or
divisions at a single event and loading images into different events based upon category, class or
division. |
New |
| Ability to Lookup images from Event by Image # using onscreen keyboard. For those customers
that recorded an image # but don't remember what game/competition it was in and want to look at it
"one more time". (this should have been in there all along). |
New |
| Customizable background color setting for color behind Thumbnail, Album and Preview images
(defaults to Gray). |
New |
| Control order of games/competitions listed on Main screen - either most recent last (default) or
most recent first. |
New |
| Changed random slide show to either show all images or only the (4-2000) most recent images.
Great for theme parks, kiddy rides, wall climbs and other similar events. |
New/Enhancement |
| Fixed problem with slide shows trying to display in-process images from temporary "~" folders. |
Fix |
| Removed 5 Minute Photo copyright from main Viewer screen (Darn, we ought to raise the price for
this one since your competition will now have to search the internet to find us!!!) |
New/Enhancement |
| Changed "Exit" button on Viewer to just text to make less obvious (so customer doesn't try to
exit-see tip in next feature). |
New/Enhancement |
| New "Language" configuration tab. Use to set headings, instructions and button text to a foreign
language or custom terminology and instructions for specials events or photographer's preferences.
(Feature NOT currently available in Album/Cart/Ordering screens). Tip: want to hide the "Exit" button
on the main screen so customer doesn't try to "Exit" - just set the language/text to a period (.) or
something else -a space works but makes it really hard to find to exit or configure Viewer. |
New |
| More full featured Album/Shopping Cart. |
New/Enhancement |
| Option to allow user to Save/Recall unique ID/password protected Albums for
viewing/modification/ordering at a later time. |
New |
| Album now allows hovering over image to see enlarged image (uses click on touch screens). |
New |
| Allow customer to place an order for prints by selecting quantities and sizes of desired images in
Album and then Submitting and optionally printing order. Photographer defines print sizes available,
prices, sizes printed on-site via Available Print Size Manager in Loader. Control size of thumbnails
on printed orders (Loader/Viewer independently configured) by setting # of images to print per page
(3 to 8). |
New/Enhancement |
| Options to allow Preview images to auto-scale to use most of screen (default) or new option to
show Preview image at actual resolution/size of Viewing image at resolution set in Loader when
images were processed. |
New |
| Option to show watermark on Preview images (to help prevent cell phone theft of images). |
New |
| Option to show photographer's logo (path set in Branding tab) randomly positioned over Preview
image (alternate method to help prevent cell phone theft of images). |
New |
| Option to allow customer to view Preview image with a "custom" border/template to help sell
images with custom borders/templates. Photographer must design a Portrait and a Landscape
border/template that supports transparency (ie. GIF, PNG) and have available on Viewing Station or
network. (Just 1 border/template this version - if this option is popular we'll add the ability to have
more in future versions.) |
New |
| Fixed problem with images showing in incorrect order when card contained images before (9999
and below) and after (0001 and up) camera sequential number rollover. |
Fix |
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