BreezeBrowser Pro - Software Release History

BreezeBrowser Pro - Release History

2 October 2008: v1.9

Added Nikon D700, Nikon D60 and Canon EOS 1000D/Rebel XS support: raw conversion, shooting data display and focus point overlay

Added geo-tagging of images using GPS track logs or manually using Google Earth™

Added auto display of image locations in Google Earth™ when browsing images

Added "Copy Actual Images to Folder..." right click option in thumbnail view to allow the actual images to be copied rather than shortcuts when the selection contains one or more shortcuts

Magnifier window now supports 1x, 2x, 3x and 4x zoom (use Ctrl+cursor up/Ctrl+cursor down to zoom in and out)

Added the following new tokens for extracting parts of strings: {left,n,str}, {mid,n,m,str}, {right,n,str}, {first,str}, {last,str}

Added image sort by file created or file modified date options to View->Image order->Sort by shooting data...

Raw conversion window can now be resized to allow larger previews

26 June 2008: v1.8.1

Added "Allow partial file name matches" option to EXIF copy

Improved the reading of unusually formatted XMP data

Added a workaround for Network Magic when a PC is not connected to the internet

Fixed a problem with proofs and "View actual image" with Canon PowerShot G9 raw files

7 May 2008: v1.8

Added support for Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Pentax K20D, Pentax K10D, Olympus E-3, Sony Alpha DSLR-A700, Canon EOS 450D/Rebel XSi and Canon PowerShot G9 raw conversion.

Shooting data display for Nikon DSLRs has been improved and now includes focus point overlay display for D3, D300, D200, D2X, D2Xs, D2H, D2Hs and D80

This release also includes a new HTML template which uses PicLens for dynamic viewing of web galleries.

Tags can now be imported by dragging a .txt file containing a list of image filenames and dropping it on to the BreezeBrowser Pro window

1 February 2008: v1.7.3.1

Added %![n-m] batch renaming options to match all except the specified characters in the original filename

Now displays thumbnails for compressed raw files as well as uncompressed raw files from the Sony Alpha DSLR-A700

More robust handling of badly formatted EXIF data in JPEG images e.g. Nikon images with mixed II and MM alignment

Fixed a problem reading Canon EOS-1D Mark III and Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III focus point data and custom functions from DNG files converted from CR2 raw files

Removed debug code which was writing BreezeBrowserPro.log files in version 1.7.3

11 January 2008: v1.7.3

Added the ability to print multiple full size images from thumbnail and filmstrip views

Added support for Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III raw conversion

Now displays full size images using the embedded JPEGs for Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3 and Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 raw files

Faster display of raw files from recent Nikon DSLR cameras

Added an option to rename output files when running proofs

Now displays lens zoom range and maximum aperture for images from the Olympus E-3 and Fuji FinePix S5Pro

Fixed a problem copying maximum size EXIF data blocks to JPEGs

Fixed a problem when clicking white balance when converting Canon EOS 40D sRAW files

Fixed a performance problem reading information from some color profiles embedded in images

Fixed a problem browsing network shares via "My Network Places" on Windows XP

Fixed a problem updating XMP data in .XMP sidecar files written by Lightroom

7 September 2007: v1.7.2

Added full support for the Canon EOS 40D: high quality raw conversion, focus point overlay and detailed shooting data display

Added 9 preset keyword shortcuts to allow common keywords to be added to images by pressing Alt+1 through Alt+9

21 July 2007: v1.7.1

Now displays detailed shooting data and focus point information for the Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Added word wrapping of captions when printing contact sheets

Added logarithmic scale option for histogram display

Now supports the display of Mamiya ZD raw files

21 June 2007: v1.7

Added support for images containing GPS location data:
- New "GPS" HTML template for generating online galleries with standard thumbnail display and map with thumbnail display.
- New "View map" right click menu option in main view to display a map in a web browser showing the location where images containing GPS data were taken. The URL used to display the map is definable in BreezeBrowser Pro's ppreferences.

Added new GPS latitude and longitude tokens (@latitudeAsDecimal@ and @longitudeAsDecimal@) to facilitate the linking of web galleries to online maps

Added Canon EOS-1D Mark III raw conversion

Added Nikon D40 and D40X raw conversion

Keyword editor now supports keyword synonyms

Improved the layout of thumbnails when printing contact sheets

Added option to select read-only (e.g. protected in camera) images

Added a "Jump to Source Folder" right click menu option when viewing shortcuts to images

Added raw+JPEG linking of Pentax PEF raw files

Fully supports Windows Vista (including data execution prevention)

HTML generator now suppresses thumbnail image generation if thumbnail size is set to 0

HTML window now displays a short description of the template which can be defined in the config.dat file

Added option to add IPTC/XMP or EXIF and IPTC/XMP data to JPEGs when emailing

Changes to XMP metadata handling to avoid XMP structs being written incorrectly

Fixed a problem color managing images referenced using shortcuts

21 December 2006: v1.6.3

Added linking of DNG + JPEG files

Now reads detailed shooting data from Canon and Nikon raw files that have been converted to DNG using Adobe's DNG converter

Fixed a number of crashes caused by corrupted or invalid shooting data in JPEG images

Fixed a crash when viewing NEF files that have been updated by Nikon Capture NX

Fixed LP5 error on startup on some systems

30 October 2006: v1.6.2

Fixed batch rename problem when some but not all images were selected in a folder

TIFF output in proofs now detects grayscale images and writes them as grayscale not color

17 October 2006: v1.6.1

Added support for Nikon D80 and Nikon D2Xs raw conversion

Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi/Kiss Digital X raw conversion no longer requires Canon ZoomBrowser EX 5.6 to be installed

Improved loading of multiple images into editors such as Adobe Photoshop CS2

Added options to copy Adobe ratings to and from BreezeBrowser Pro rankings

Tooltips in thumbnail view now support multiple lines

15 September 2006: v1.6

Added support for Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi/Kiss Digital X raw conversion (requires Canon ZoomBrowser EX 5.6 or later)

Full support for Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi/Kiss Digital X shooting data and focus point overlay display

Added tokens for GPS latitude, longitude and altitude

Spacebar can now be used to toggle tags in slideshow

"Advance on ranking/tagging" option in slideshow now advances when an image is ranked or tagged/untagged

1 September 2006: v1.5.2.3

Added "Advance on ranking" option in slideshow for fast ranking of images

Enhanced keyword editor to allow keywords to be deleted from batches of images

Added tabs for shooting data and IPTC/XMP data display to image properties window

Added initial support for displaying Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi shooting data and focus point overlay

Fixed a problem with smart noise reduction when applied to 8-bit images in proofs

Fixed a problem using PNG images with alpha channels for watermarks when the PNG is larger than the image

Fixed a problem writing legacy IPTC IIM data to Canon CR2 raw files

3 August 2006: v1.5.2.2

Fixed a problem writing IPTC/XMP data to TIFF files which already contain IPTC IIM data but don't contain XMP data

Fixed a problem converting Canon EOS 1D Mark II N, 5D and 30D raw files using user defined picture styles

Recursive HTML generation now includes shortcuts to images when processing subfolders

2 August 2006: v1.5.2.1

Fixed a problem in BBPro v1.5.2 which could cause it to crash when writing TIFF or JPEG 2000 images

1 August 2006: v1.5.2

Added legacy IPTC IIM tab to IPTC/XMP editor to allow editing of legacy IPTC IIM fields which have no XMP equivalents

Added @EV@ and @EV1@ tokens which return the exposure value calculated using the picture's Av, Tv and ISO values

Added @IPTC@ token which returns a summary of IPTC/XMP data

Added @AdobeRating@ and @AdobeLabel@ tokens which return the Adobe Bridge image rating and label respectively as read from the XMP data in the image

Improved the display of token in the "Show tokens" window and added the ability to copy values to the Windows clipboard

Fixed a possible problem in proofs and raw conversion when writing XMP data and legacy IIM data to JPEGs

18 July 2006: v1.5.1

Added new IPTC subject code and scene editor which uses XML NewsCodes topicsets defined by the IPTC

Copy EXIF data now copies IPTC/XMP data as well as shooting data

Legacy IPTC IIM data can optionally be stored in Canon CR2 and nikon NEF raw files in addition to the XMP data stored in sidecar files

Contact sheet now uses main image data from TIFFs for improved quality if the thumbnail data is too small

Fixed a problem reading UTF-8 international characters from XMP data

Fixed a problem displaying raw+JPEG images from Canon EOS-1D and !Ds cameras (original models, not Mark II models)

Fixed a rounding error when resizing images in proofs which could result in the resized image being one pixel too small

30 June 2006: v1.5

Added support for reading and writing Adobe XMP data for raw files (using XMP sidecar files) and JPEG, TIFF, DNG, PSD, PNG and JPEG 2000 image formats

Added picture frame from image option to proofs and slideshow

Added Adobe Photoshop PSD 8-bit and 16-bit file output options to proofs and raw conversion

Added new keyword editor

Updated lens distortion correction to use the new PTLens.dat definition file (Note: requires purchase of a license from epaperpress.com to use lens distortion correction with some newer cameras and lenses)

Improved color when converting Nikon D200 raw files

Fixed problems converting non-Canon raw files to JPEG

Fixed problem with passing multiple files to image editors

No longer requires Canon ZoomBrowser EX for Canon EOS 30D raw conversion

Improved storage of shooting data when converting Canon EOS 30D raw files

Slideshow now hides the mouse pointer automatically when it is not moved

23 March 2006: v1.4.2

Added support for Canon EOS 30D raw conversion (requires Canon ZoomBrowser EX 5.6 or later)

Improved the quality of color managed printed output

Fixed problems displaying PSD and NEF images

10 February 2006: v1.4.1

Minor update to fix a problem with dragging and dropping images to change the thumbnail display order and to fix problems displaying the embedded JPEGs from raw files from some cameras

8 February 2006: v1.4

Added slideshow transitions

Added support for the Nikon D200 and improved reading of shooting data from Nikon digital SLRs

Fixed a problem where color profiles embedded in JPEGs by some apps cause BBPro to crash

Fixed a problem reading large profiles from PSD files which could cause BBPro to crash

Batch rename dialog is now resizeable

Rewritten interface to PolyImagePro.dll graphics library to avoid problems with other (badly written) apps preventing BBPro from being installed and run

Added new PTLens profiles for lens distortion correction

14 November 2005: v1.3.2

Fixed problem with lens distortion in locales which use comma for the decimal point

Corrected Canon EOS 5D custom function display

Fixed a problem with color managed raw previews

Fixed error using proofs on non-Canon raw files

Fixed a crash with empty PNG files

Fixed problem with Canon raw conversion sharpening defaulting to "High2" after converting with it set to "No sharpening". Also fixed a problem with Canon EOS 5D and Canon EOS-1D Mark II N raw conversion saturation settings.

14 October 2005: v1.3

Added Canon EOS 5D and Canon EOS-1D Mark II N raw conversion

Added lens distortion correction in proofs and when converting raw files

Improved IPTC keyword editing using controlled vocabularies

Improved support for Windows shortcuts

New tooltip display showing shooting data when the mouse pointer hovers over thumbnails

3 August 2005: v1.2.2

Fixed problem displaying large images in the magnifier window on Windows 95 and Windows ME

Proofs now converts Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel raw files instead of using the embedded JPEG

Minor changes to the reading of EXIF shooting data

9 July 2005: v1.2.1

Minor update to fix a problem reading shooting data from Canon CRW raw files with no associated THM file. This caused raw conversion and image rotation to fail with these images.

8 July 2005: v1.2

Cropping added to raw conversion

New image magnifier added

Improved raw conversion for non-Canon images (Nikon, Olympus, Fuji, Pentax and Konica Minolta)

Added crop size option to grid overlay display

Added custom sort using image shooting data

Added HTML tokens to access image sizes defined in the HTML generation dialog

Now displays larger preview image when displaying Nikon D2Hs raw files

Improved handling of shortcuts: better support for relative links and "Ignore file extensions" option when loading and merging tags and rankings now ignores the .lnk file extension

Fixed the problem where updating to Canon's ZoomBrowser EX 5.2 breaks BBPro's EOS 350D/Rebel XT raw conversion

Reads IPTC data from the XMP section of JPEG files if it isn't present in the IIM section (e.g. from JPEGs written by Photoshop CS2)

Fixed a problem which caused BBPro to run very slowly when reading the shooting data from some JPEGs

20 April 2005: v1.1.3

Added B&W filter effect settings for Canon EOS 20D and 350D/Rebel XT raw conversion

Added "Hold" option in image comparison window

Ranking information can optionally be stored in the IPTC Urgency field of images that support IPTC data

Shortcuts to images can now be used when generating web pages

Fixed a problem saving ranking and tagged image values

Fixed @ranking@ token when used in HTML pages

31 March 2005: v1.1.2

Minor update to fix a problem reading shooting data from Nikon images which caused BBPro v1.1.1 to crash if the hue adjustment was set.

24 March 2005: v1.1.1

Fixed bug in BBPro v1.1 where only partial IPTC data was read from JPEGs

Added menu items and keyboard shortcuts for adding ranked images to the current selection

Added tokens @numRanked1@ to @numRanked5@ to allow the number of images of a particular ranking to be displayed

Added Shift+cursor up/down shortcut in slideshow to increase/decrease an image's ranking

Fixed image sizing problem when viewing Fuji FinePix S2Pro raw files

Fixed problem where the file open dialog was not displayed on Windows 98 SE

18 March 2005: v1.1

Added image ranking

Added shortcuts/links to images

Added Canon EOS Digital REBEL XT/350D raw conversion

Added the ability to add a list of keywords separated by , or ; in the IPTC editor

Now displays the largr preview JPEG stored in DNG files created by Adobe's DNG converter v2.4

Added option to use the default color profile for the monitor in color management

Added the ability to specify the amount of sharpening applied when using the custom settings in the email images dialog

Added option to specify a secondary editor for editing images

Added workaround for invalid JPEG images from some apps which caused BBPro to hang

Fixed a problem reading shooting data from images saved by Photoshop Elements 3 which could cause BBPro to crash

Fixed a problem with custom white balance when converting non-Canon raw files

25 January 2005: v1.0.2

Includes sample profiles for Canon ESO 20D and Canon EOS-1D Mark II kindly supplied by AboutDigicam.com

Now displays Leica Digilux 2 and Panasonic DMC-LC1 raw files

New @numTagged@ token added

No longer requires Canon's ZoomBrowser EX software to be installed in order to convert Canon PowerShot G6 and S70 raw files

Fixed problem converting Canon raw files with UNC pathnames

Corrected the rotation of JPEGs rotated using EXIF orientation when using proofs

Fixed problem where new tags were lost if Downloader Pro refreshed the folder

Corrected histogram display when PC's display is set to 16-bit color

Fixed the reading of comments from Canon PowerShot cameras

Installer now adds an entry to the Start menu

22 December 2004: v1.0.1

Support for viewing Kodak PhotoCD images added

Now displays Epson R-D1 raw files (thumbnails only)

Improved caching of images in main and filmstrip views when color management is enabled

New "Show Tokens" window added to display the values of the HTML tokens for the selected image

Option to regenerate thumbnails for 16-bit TIFF files added to repair black thumbnails written by some third party raw converters

Now supports Canon PowerShot G6 and S70 raw conversion without requiring Canon's ZoomBrowser software

Linear raw conversion now available when running proofs on Canon CR2 raw files

Spacing and color of the grid overlay is now user definable

Fixed screen flicker when flashing highlights is selected

Ctrl+left/right cursor now rotates images in main and filmstrip views

Fixed possible crash when selecting next image in image comparison window

Fixed a problem sharpening images when using "Fast mode" in the HTML generator

Fixed problem where the red and blue channels were swapped when copying EXIF data to TIFF images

6 December 2004: v1.0

First public release of new product.

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