What's New in this Version?

Version 1.5.0 of PhotoSmacker introduces the following new features:

• The ability to apply edits to multiple photos. Learn more...
  
  
• The ability to level tilted photos. Learn more...
  
  
• New cross-fade options when displaying photos in slideshow mode. Learn more...
  
  
• Improved handling of TIFF files with alternate compression methods.
  
  
• The option to streamline file names auto-generated from the caption by removing uninteresting words like the, and, a, etc. Learn More...
  
  
• The option to remove spaces from auto-generated file names and capitalize each word instead. Learn More...
  
  
• More intuitive behavior of the auto-naming feature.
  
  
• A number performance enhancments and bug fixes that improve the speed and stability of the program.
  
  

Changes in 1.0.4

PhotoSmacker was a complete rework of the original Captioner program, and introduced the following new features:

• The ability to display small, medium, or large thumbnail images in the Photo list. Learn more...
  
  
• Three types of automatic color/contrast correction that make good photos look even better. Learn more...
  
  
• An auto-sharpen feature that removes the slight blurring introduced my most digital cameras. Learn more...
  
  
• The ability to remove Red-Eye (or animal green-eye) quickly and easily. Learn more...
  
  
• The option to backup your original (unedited) photos when applying color/contrast correction, auto-sharpening, or red-eye removal to an image. Learn more...
  
  
• The ability to caption/correct TIFF files in addition to JPEG files.
  
  
• A smart EXIF backup/restore that merges external changes to the EXIF info with the information backed up by PhotoSmacker.
  
  
• A new Slideshow Mode that provides quick and easy full-screen viewing of your photos. Learn more....
  
  
• The ability to speed up the captioning process by preloading additional photos in the background as you work (uses more memory.) Learn more...
  
  
• A cool new user interface that makes the program a little less boring, and a lot more fun to use!
  
  
• Lots of small bug fixes and usability improvements.
  
  

Changes in 1.0.3

• Fixed bug that caused certain infrequent EXIF tags to get skipped.
  
  
• Changed look of radio buttons in options menu to make them a bit more distinguishable from checkboxes.
  
  

Changes in 1.0.2

• Fixed missing "make folder" button for file copy and move operations.
  
  
• Fixed bug where moving/deleting files would leave the photo list in a bad state, causing a hang when switching to a new directory.
  
  
• Fixed a problem where images from a Minolta DiMAGE Xt camera included invalid tags in the header (value 0x7F), causing images to not appear in the List of Photos.
  
  
• F ixed bug where exiting before all the thumbnails were loaded would stall the program until all the thumbnails were loaded.
  
  
• Changed red-eye removal so that it does less damage to the iris color when the removal circle expands beyond the pupil.
  
  
• Fixed a small memory leak that occurred if you applied red-eye correction and then answered No to Save Changes.
  
  
• Tweaked sharpening algorithm to be a bit less extreme on images with smaller features.
  
  
• Fixed a prompt in the Fix Files dialog that was being cut off.
  
  
• Sped up sharpening correction by about 15%.