Thumber What's New ================== Here's a brief list of some of the major new features incorporated into Thumber. Minor features, cosmetic changes and small bug-fixes are not listed. For the latest version of Thumber, check http://www.tawbaware.com/thumber.htm Version 3.35 (January 2004) ======================= Bug Fix: Fixed overflow problems that could occur with EXIF files with unusual MakerNote sections. Change: Migrated to VB Service Pack 5. Updated run-time files. Version 3.34 (March 2002) ======================= Feature: Updated web-link URL Feature: Minor bug fixes to EXIF parsing code. Feature: Added rudimentary support for Maker Note in Olympus E-10 cameras. Version 3.33 (November 2001) ======================= Feature: Added support for Fuji 6900 Feature: Updated JPEGTRAN to include Guido Vollbeding's JPEG EXIF Patch. See http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/exifpatch.html for details. Version 3.32 (August 2001) ======================= Bug fix: Missing image data for "non-EXIF", "non-APP12" files corrected. Bug fix: Removed extraneous tag from HTML code. Version 3.31 (August 2001) ======================= Feature: Added "fancy" Javascript horizontal and vertical frame web-pages. Allows presentation of image date beneath resized/full-size images. Javascript pages may not work on older browsers. Feature: Added color option for web page comments. Feature: Added ability to make recursive directories via FTP. Feature: Added existing information on Camera Database Update screen. Feature: Added focal length conversion for Minolta Dimage 7. Feature: Image name (without path) displayed under image. Tool-tip help shows path. Feature: Added support for Minolta DiMage 5 and 7, Sony DSC F707, 505v, S85, Canon G2, Nikon 885 Bug Fix: Correct reporting for infinite focus setting on Nikon 880/990/995. Bug Fix: Stopped "overflow" error (Windows 2000 systems, using APP12 images). Bug Fix: Corrected file-size reporting on web page for resized images. Bug Fix: Link to full-sized image did not appear if image data display was turned off. Bug Fix: Corrected links to full-sized images when creating web page in a directory other than image directory. Bug fix: Speeded up processing of EXIF images with a lot of data in the MakerNote tag. Notes: 1. Removed the "create web page using thumbnails" option. I don't think anyone uses Thumber to create thumbnails without a web page any more! Version 3.30 (May 2001) ======================= Bug Fix: Fixed problem writing web page to disk. Version 3.29 (May 2001) ======================= Feature: Added FTP upload capability. Feature: Added Maker-note tag decoding for Nikon 995. Feature: Added ability to compute JPEG compression ratio (e.g. 10:1) from EXIF data. Feature: Added focal length conversion for Nikon 775, Nikon 995, Olympus 3040, Olympus 2040, Olympus 490/990, Olympus E-100, Canon S300, Canon S100, Kodak DC3200, Kodak DC3400, Fuji S1, Sony DSC S75. Bug Fix: Fixed problem determining coordinates of hot pixels. Bug Fix: Fixed problem reading from Nikon D1 files modified by Bibble. Version 3.28 (January 2001) =========================== Feature: Split "Zoom" reporting into "Zoom" and "Focal Length". Feature: Added option to report "actual" or "35mm equivalent" focal lengths. Feature: Added "Field of View" data to screen, reports, web pages. Feature: Added Shutter Speed, and ISO data to Noise Analysis report. Feature: Support for Olympus 2100 Bug Fix: Fixed problem reinserting comments when saving edited image. Bug Fix: Stopped Thumber from failing if it tried to parse a directory with no images. Bug Fix: Stopped Thumber adding a "/" to undefined output/thumbnail directories in options dialog. Version 3.27 (January 2001) =========================== Feature: Added ability to specify output directories for web pages, thumbnail images and resized images created during web page creation. Feature: Added parsing of Canon G1, Pro 90, A50, S10, S20, S100 MakerNote Tags and detailed information within MakerNote sub tags. (Thanks to Chris Breeze and David Burren for specifications). Feature: Added support for Canon Pro 90,Canon EOS-D30, Ricoh 6000, Toshiba PDR-M60. Bug Fix: Minor change to comment insertion/placement. Version 3.26 (December 2000) =========================== Feature: Added Hot Pixel report to Noise Analysis report. Feature: Upgraded to Intel JPEG Library version 1.5 (improves JPG quality/fixes minor bugs). Feature: Rearranged presentation of option/settings screens to make more consistent. Feature: Added "always on top" option. Bug Fix: Increased the time that Thumber waits for JPEGTran to finish on slow machines. Bug Fix: Changed "Quality" to "Resolution" on main screen. Version 3.25 (December 2000) =========================== Feature: Added Noise Analysis report. Version 3.24 (November 2000) =========================== Feature: Added batch image processing. See help file for details. Feature: Added "bad"/"stuck" pixel removal. Feature: Added more details on filtering and other subjects to Thumber's help file. Feature: Rearranged some menu items, created some "sub-menus". Bug Fix: Solved problem restoring preferences on some systems. Version 3.23 (September 2000) ============================= Feature: Improved ability to read maker-note data for some cameras. Feature: Focal length reported by Nikon cameras is now adjusted by Telephoto/Wideangle settings. Feature: Added "URL-safe" encoding...(e.g. spaces are replaced with "%20", etc.) Feature: Hold cursor over image to see short filename (without full directory path). Feature: Added support for Nikon 880, Ricoh RDC-7, Casio 2300, Kodak 4800, Sony Mavica CD1000, Sony DSC S30, S50, S70, P1, Oly E-10, Pentax EI-200, Fuji 4900, Canon G1. Bug Fix: Corrupted resized/thumbnail JPEG image problem solved. Version 3.22 (July 2000) ======================== Feature: Merge data during transfer if source and destination contain a text file with the same name (e.g. info.txt) Feature: Customizable month/day/year format for subdirectories created during transfer. Feature: Added support for Olympus 460, Olympus 3000. Feature: Updated help file. Bug Fix: Stopped Thumber exiting if Image Properties window is minimized. Version 3.21 (July 2000) ======================== Feature: Added drag-and-drop capability from Windows Explorer to Thumber: * Drop on image panel to display image. * Drop on information panel to display image and open properties window. Feature: Added interpretation and reporting of some camera-specific (Nikon 990, Nikon 950, Casio QV2000, Casio QV3000, and some Olympus models) information contained within MakerNote tag. Feature: Added ability to read Interoperability EXIF Tag. Feature: Added reporting of EXIF Byte Order (Motorola "MM", or Intel "II") on properties window. Feature: Added font size controls to Image Properties screen. Feature: Image Properties window no longer resets to top of page when loading new data. Feature: Image Properties window size is remembered when saving options. Feature: Added support for Nikon D1 (See cameras.txt for important details) Bug Fix: Trying to launch a second instance of Thumber no longer generates an error message. Bug Fix: Increased DDE timeout for slow machines. Bug Fix: Fixed web-page creation problem where final "" tag was ommitted if no end-of-page text was specified. Version 3.20 (July 2000) ======================== Feature: Thumber now uses DDE to accept additional filenames passed on the command line. Feature: Added ability to read the data within the "MakerNote" tag if it appears to follow EXIF structure. Feature: Tidied up presentation of EXIF data in image properties window, and "text" imageinfo reports. Feature: Full path of currently loaded image is now displayed on main window. Feature: Added subject distance to display window. Feature: New installation program should eliminate warning messages about files being in use and/or older than current version. Feature: Added "Open Current Image Directory In Explorer" menu item. Feature: Added ability to transfer "txt" and "mov" files -- for Nikon 990 users. Feautre: Added Support for Nikon D1 (see cameras.txt for more details) Bug Fix: Thumber now "unmangles" short file names such as "C:\myimag~1\pictur~1.jpg" to "C:\my images\picture 1.jpg" which solves problems when using marked images. Bug Fix: Updated comment reading routine to find comments better within file. Bug Fix: Changed placement position of comments within file to comply with JFIF specification. Bug Fix: Fixed problems where framed pages did not work correctly on Netscape Navigator. Bug Fix: Fixed problems (hopefully) with Thumber crashing during creation of web page (resample.dll error). Notes: 1. Because of the new DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) feature, an existing instance of Thumber can now accept additional filenames passed on the command line once it has been launched. This is useful for using Thumber in conjunction with other programs, such as IrfanView, that pass a filename on the command line to an existing instance of an application. 2. This version of Thumber requires a new version of resample.dll, included with Thumber's setup file. New versions of Thumber will not work with the old version of resample.dll and vice-versa. 3. Because of the bug fixes in the way Thumber works with comments, you can "reposition" the location of comments within a file placed with earlier versions of Thumber by removing and then adding them again. Version 3.15 (May 2000) ======================= Feature: Added ability to choose which file types are transferred from source directory. Feature: More information is displayed as images are transferring. Feature: Support for Canon S100 ("Digital Elph"). Bug fix: Maximum length for End of Page that can be saved to settings extended to over 2,000 characters. Version 3.14 (May 2000) ======================= Feature: Support for Fuji 1400. Feature: Added log file ability. Bug Fix: Fixed rotation failure on (mostly?) NT systems. Bug Fix: Time stamp feature now understands daylight savings time. Bug fix: Thumber should no longer start up with edges off screen. Version 3.13 (April 2000) ========================= Feature: Added Marked File Browser. Feature: Added crop feature. Feature: Added Hue/Saturation/Value. Note: Saturation needs improving...see next feature. Feature: Added Smart Saturate feature -- wider range of settings and much quicker if not changing Hue or Value. Feature: Added vertical and horizontal frame HTML pages. Feature: Added confirmation prompt before overwriting existing file. Feature: Added support for Intel JPG Library Version 1.1 Feature: Added ability to link to original image as well as resized version. Feature: Moved some web page options to new screen -- interface is too cluttered! Feature: Support for Nikon 990, Olympus 3030, Fuji 4700, Canon S20, Casio 3000. Bug Fix: Better error handling when bad variables are supplied in rename mask. Bug Fix: Comments are now retained in edited/resaved images. Bug Fix: Rename counter leading "0" are now stored properly in preferences. Bug Fix: Custom Rename mask is now stored properly in preferences. Bug Fix: Fixed reporting of file size for resized images on web page. Bug Fix: Remove image from marked image list fixed. Bug Fix: Program Mode and Whitebalance toggle properly. Version 3.12 (December 1999) =========================== Note: Removed editor's crop menu option. Not ready yet! Note: More changes to setup file trying to resolve MSVCRT.DLL when installing Thumber. If you still get this error just hit ignore and continue. Version 3.11 (December 1999) =========================== Bug Fix: Fixed Rename Current Image/File function. Note: Changed the setup file slightly. should remove error about MSVCRT.DLL errors. If you still get this error just hit ignore and continue. Version 3.1 (November 1999) ========================== Feature: Added image editor, with user-defined 3x3 filtering, sharpening, levels, brightness, contrast, gamma and resample capabilities. Feature: Added ability to save JPG files (user defined compression settings). Feature: JPG decoding now handled by Intel JPG library -- much better quality images. Feature: Added help file. Thumber finally has reasonable documentation! Feature: Save EXIF/APP12 data to file / Insert EXIF.APP12 data from file. Feature: Retain EXIF/APP12 data in resized/edited/saved images. Feature: Improved Thumber.ini. No more error messages for future updates! Feature: Thumber now determines focal length and ISO information from a file named cameras.txt. Can be updated/modified by user to add support for new cameras. Feature: Added batch lossless transformation using "marked" images. Feature: Ability to report times/dates in 24 hour format. Feature: Scale thumbnails by percent as well as size. Feature: Light Source (White Balance) and Program (Exposure Program) reporting. Feature: Added support for new cameras (see cameras.txt for details). Feature: Added "smart" EXIF/APEX decoding. Shutter speed and aperture can be displayed as "standard" values. That is, shutter speeds of 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, etc., ...and not 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, etc. (Still experimental.) Bug Fix: Comments now appear on web page, even if image contains no EXIF/APP12 data. Bug Fix: Fixed bug if no name specified for web page -- defaults to thumbs.htm. Bug Fix: Fixed bug in multiple directory renaming (error when renaming files with no image information). Bug Fix: ISO reporting fixed for Nikon 950. (See cameras.txt feature above) Bug Fix: Fixed brightness reporting for Nikon 950. Bug Fix: Improved accuracy of aperture reporting for a few (mostly) Sony cameras. Bug Fix: Aspect ratio calculation corrected for (mostly) Kodak cameras. Bug Fix: Fixed incorrect reporting of minutes in time data. Bug Fix: Fixed launching of HTML page in brower when page was not titled "thumbs.htm" Note: Significant re-write of Thumber's code. A lot of "under the hood" changes! Version 3.03 (August 1999) ========================== Feature: The "Mark All" button now ignores files that are thumbnails or resized images. Bug Fix: When making master index page, thumbnail images are now ignored in file count and directory size. Bug Fix: Stopped display of empty quality and picture number tags (on web pages) for images without information. Version 3.02 (August 1999) ========================== Bug Fix: Fixed information reporting on web page. Version 3.01 (August 1999) ========================== Bug Fix: Renamed files using 12 hour time format include leading zero for times 01:00am - 09:59am. Version 3.0 (August 1999) ====================== Feature: Added ability to generate thumbnails (of any size) from any JPG file, including those without embedded thumbnails. Thus, Thumber can now create web pages and thumbnails from any JPG files, including "rotated" thumbnails for images that have been rotated. JPEG quality setting can be specified by user. User can choose to extract embedded thumbnails, or generate new thumbnails for digital camera images. Feature: Added ability to create resized versions of the original images when making web pages. Image can be resized to specified dimensions (in pixels) or a specified percentage of original image. HTML page can be created with links to resized images or originals (resized versions do not replace originals) and can be of user-defined size and quality. Feature: Added "Create master index web page" option. This creates an HTML index page with links to all thumbnail pages generated in subdirectories. Feature: Added ability to 'mark' images individually as they are viewed, and then build a web page (and/or extract thumbnails) using these marked images. Feature: Added ability to update file time/date stamp for multiple files and/or multiple directories simultaneously. Feature: Added font face and color options to HTML page creation. Feature: Added "hide border" around thumbnail option to HTML page creation. Feature: Added user-defined start number for counter when renaming files. Number of digits in counter can also be specified. Feature: Significantly increased rename speed if the counter (%C) is the only variable used. Feature: Expanded program size to 640x480. Feature: Added/updated Support for Olympus 400, Olympus 2000, Kodak 240, Kodak 265, Ricoh 5000, Fuji 600 (Fuji 1500, 2900 preliminary suport), Nikon 700. Bug Fix: Fixed rotation problem ("File not found" error) on Windows NT systems. Bug Fix: Fixed multiple-directory renaming. Bug Fix: Eliminated 'Error 9' when generating web pages from multiple directories. Bug Fix: Eliminated 'Error 6' when extracting thumbnails from some Kodak cameras. Bug Fix: Thumber now uses the system temp directory for rotation. Bug Fix: HTML pages now correctly show exposure times of greater than 1 second. Bug Fix: Finally fixed ExposureEV/BrightnessEV reporting. Bug Fix: Fixed "zero" bug when renaming files by hour. Bug Fix: Fixed incorrect reporting of am/pm. Bug Fix: Fixed "am/pm" bug when renaming files by hour if filetime is between 12:00:00pm and 12:59:59pm. Bug Fix: Pressing the "Next File" button will display the first image in a directory if no image is currently loaded. Bug Fix: Removed the extra

tag in page title. Buf Fix: Add/Append/Remove comments to multiple file menu items work again. Buttons always worked! Version 2.6 (February 1999) =========================== Feature: Added option to create tab-delimited image info reports with selected information for spreadsheet import. Feature: Added ability to merge image info reports into a "master report". Feature: Added "Append comment" option. Feature: Added ability to work with comments in multiple files simultaneously. Feature: Added "Jump 10 forward", "Jump 10 backward" buttons. Feature: Added open image in default viewer button. Feature: Added open web page in default browser option. Feature: Added option to retain file time/date stamp when adding comments or transforming image. Feature: Added "Fix time/date stamp" option, to apply image's internal time/date stamp to file. Feature: Thumber defaults to open next image in destination directory after transferring files. Bug Fix: Fixed error that occurred when reading files from a root directory. Bug Fix: Fixed incorrect reporting of ExposureEV, BrightnessEV for images that were taken with exposure compensation. Version 2.5 (February 1999) =========================== Feature: New information reported: Exposure, brightness, ISO speed, metering mode, make/model, and software version. Feature: Added support for Minolta 1500 Digita OS 1.1. Feature: Added support for Nikon 950, Olumpus 2000, Fuji 2700 and others. Feature: Added support for comments in EXIF files. Feature: Thumber remembers last directory. Feature: Added image rotation bottons. Bug Fix: Rewrote internal string handling routines for consistency. Bug Fix: Improved routine for determining image dimensions. Bug Fix: Removed inaccurate reporting of Macro data from EXIF files. Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of shutter speed data from Ricoh 4300 EXIF files. Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of zoom setting from Kodak DC 220 EXIF files. Version 2.41 (January 1999) =========================== Bug Fix: Corrected reading of certain variables from EXIF files. (e.g. exposure compensation from Fuji 700 files.) Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of flash setting data from EXIF files. Version 2.40 (January 1999) =========================== Feature: Added image transfer capability. Transfer files between removeable memory card and hard-drive. Feature: Auto-transfer files on program startup. Feature: Added option to display exposure compensation on HTML page. Feature: Refresh display button. Feature: Full install routine. Smaller executable size. Thumber now written in Visual Basic 6. Feature: Added more "tool-tip" help. Bug Fix: Improved error handling for image display. Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of exposure compensation data (and other EXIF "ratio" variables). Version 2.31 (January 1999) =========================== Feature: Added option to open image links in new browser window. Feature: Added rebuild HTML option. Rebuild web page without extracting thumbnails. Bug Fix: Improved ability to detect image dimensions for rotated images. Bug Fix: Fixed was in which Thumber displays "portrait" orientation images. Bug Fix: Thumber now reads image dimensions from JPG header not EXIF data (more accurate for transformed images). Bug Fix: Fixed text formatting on Thumber's interface. Version 2.3 (December 1998) =========================== Feature: Added additional navigation controls -- jump to first and last files in directory. Feature: Added alphabetic sorting routines. Thumbnails are placed on web pages in alphabetic order, files are viewed in alphabetic order, etc. Feature: Added extra option for handling images that don't contain thumbnails -- Thumber assumes that the thumbnail exists, and creates HTML code for a thumbail. Note: You'll need to supply the thumbnail. Feature: Added option for constraining thumbnail to arbitrary size in HTML code -- Can be selected for Thumber-created or user-created thumbnails. Feature: Removed limit on the number of images per directory that Thumber can process (used to be 1,000) Bug Fix: More reliable extraction of thumbnails from multiple directories. Bug Fix: More reliable renaming. Bug Fix: Thumber now remembers page name when saving options. Version 2.0-2.2 (Summer 1998) ============================= Feature: Added support for 'EXIF' images produced by cameras such as Nikon 900, Kodak 260, Fuji 700, etc. Feature: Added lossless JPEG image manipulation. Feature: Added file renaming capabilities. Feature: Added capability to process multiple directories simultaneously. Feature: Added capability to generate image information report. Feature: Added capability to read and insert comments in JPEG files. Bug Fixes: Many! Version 1.0-1.6 (Spring 1998) ============================= Feature: Read image information contained within digital camera JPEG files. Feature: Extract Thumbnails from JPEG files. Feature: Create HTML page using Thumbnails.