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[ANN] BETA GraphicConverter 11.3.3 Build 4675

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We released today a new BETA at:

I released a new beta.
Please check:
http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

The new version adda a lot of new features.

You can now view the direction and altitude of a photo (if stored in the Exif data):
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New features
• export of IPTC/XMP as XLS and XLSX
• import of IPTC/XMP as XLS and XLSX
• saliency filters
• Export of filled Group Registration document for Copyright Office
• IPTC/XMP: keyword: analyze and show keywords
• browser: map: optional display of direction and altitude of a photo (if stored in the Exif or XMP data)
• image: map: optional display of direction and altitude of a photo (if stored in the Exif or XMP data)
• import of Photoshop .PSB

Updated features
• improved arrow handling in keyword palette
• updated FaceSDK
• position of slideshow commands in the menubar can be adjusted in the prefs
• RISC sprite import
• improved batch conversion speed of PDF -> TIFF in case of no used actions
• improved window title display under Big Sur
• improved import speed of Pages/Numbers/Keynote preview
• alerts use a red button text for possible destructive actions (only under Big Sur)
• alerts support command + first character for third, fourth etc. button
• preferences: general: more misc: option to adjust display of exif date
• the color mode, depth and pixel size is displayed as subtitle under the window name on Big Sur
• Byte Header export: added support for 16 bit 5-6-5

Bug fixes
• fixes possible issue during flatten some texts
• fixed issue with Xe8472 filter on Big Sur
• fixed possible crash during opening Pages/Numbers/Keynote file
• fixed failure during mrsid import
• fixed a crash during opening JPEG2000 files which use a very rare line encoding

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[ANN] GraphicConverter 11.4.1 Build 4863

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We released a new BETA at:

http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

The final version will be available soon. So, please report any issues ASAP.

New features
• edit: copy: copy GPS and location data - copies gps and location iptc/xmp
• iptc/xmp: persons: append
• iptc/xmp: persons: remove duplicates
• edit shortcuts
• batch action: texturize
• File: New: Image from Photoshop Thumbnail (also in image context menu)

Updated features
• browser summary: added option for localized display of Exif dates
• browser summary: added Canon focus mode
• FITS import speed
• find duplicates: save and continue later
• find duplicates: exclude buttons
• autocomplete suggestions for keyword editing (if keyword palette is filled)
• dynaPDF
• preferences browser: thumbnails: bounds adjustable with a slider
• HTML catalog: options larger space between buttons
• display of face rectangle names at the top border
• preferences slideshow: switch between fullscreen and window mode
• browser: thumbnails: frame
• pdf export: support for 16 bit per channel
• browser: additional sort options
• ExifTool
• Exif: Date: Set date from filename supports RAW files
• HTML catalog: option for links to all pages
• browsing speed of large PSDs
• browser folder tree supports display of folder aliases and symlinks
• pdf import: support for CMYK
• browser: optional display of persons and location below thumbnails in grid view

Bug fixes
• fixed set gps issue with AVI files
• fixed a possible crash during opening very large FITS files with naxis3 > 1
• fixed issue with default save settings path of multiscale and multicrop
• fixed issue with saving the resolution into webP files if the file has no Exif record
• fixed rating issue during editing IPTC
• fixed pdf export issues (caused by bugs in the pdf sdk)
• fixed fits crash during import with bayer pattern and uneven rows
• fixed possible issue with Flickr upload after using Edit with from Photos
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[ANN] GraphicConverter 11.5 (Build 5062)

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We released a new BETA at:

https://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

The final version will be available soon. So, please report any issues ASAP.

New features
• Import of bioformats with bftools as helper tool
• Display of GPX tracks onto a map
• Edit: Select and toolbar item for exact creation of a new rectangle selection
• Effects: Channels: Join from Windows
• Metadata: Metadata specifics: Copy all metadata to matching files in destination folder
• Import and export of JPEG XL
• Import and export of AVIF
• Exif: Exif Special: Copy all Exif data from another file
• Edit: Smart Crop: Scanned Photo onto white Plate
• File attributes: Extension: Verify and correct
• Edit: Find: Jump to Item at Index…
• Metadata: Comment (Legacy): Remove
• Batch Action: gray point
• Batch Action: black point
• Batch Action: Resave as JPEG with size check
• Batch Action: Resave as HEIC with size check
• Caliper Rule: Polygon measurement (points, circumfence, area)

Updated features
• New Image: added warning if resulting image will require more than 1GB
• Unskew command: support for save and text in toolbar (next image will be opened in unskew mode after save)
• autocomplete in append keywords and persons can be disabled
• Automator: Scale action
• Animation palette: Save as buttons
• Support for TIFF import with RGB 64 float samples
• Alpha channel opacity setting in the toolbox
• Textsize of information window adjustable in the prefs
• ExifTool
• font list in text palette shows the last five recent fonts at the top
• improved FaxSTF import
• optional display of selection dimensions
• optional display of line, rectangle and circle dimensions during creation
• optional opaque display of tool windows
• File: Slideshow: Slideshow with Find: search for tags
• File: Slideshow: Slideshow with Find: search for keywords
• File: Slideshow: Slideshow with Find: search for multiple file extensions
• Browser: sorting by path (useful for sorting by folder and name in flat view)
• Preferences: Browser: Edit: QuickLook can display last selected item (instead of first)
• Preferences: Browser: Thumbnail & Icons: Percentage display
• Browser: filter by orientation option
• Browser: Export: Crop for Photo Service: option Save to Move folder and Trash original after saving
• Export: csource: variant ARGB1555
• Text palette: preview, disclosure triangle for suboptions
• Crop for digital service: trash and move folder access, custom squares color
• Line palette: preview
• Metadata dialog: option to open and save presets
• Browser: Filter popup: option to load and save settings of the menu

Bug fixes
• fixed manual sort order issue in the browser
• fixed display issue with overwrite and deletion of saved searches
• fixed possible crash on M1 Macs with very large labels
• fixed refresh issue with RAWs and sidecar only option
• fixed issue with saving tags upon save as command
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[ANN] GraphicConverter 11.5.1 Build 5091

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I release a new BETA at:

http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

The final version will be release in around two days. So, please report any issues ASAP.

Thorsten

New features
• Edit: Copy: Copy recognized Text
• IPTC/XMP: Caption: Append recognized Text
• browser: action: export: quick scale
• browser: toolbar: quick scale
• Added CLI documentation to the help menu
• recognize and display text
• recognize and display qr codes/barcodes
• batch action: normalize

Updated features
• Resize: Scale and Crop: allows moving of the crop area
• improved metadata support in CR3
• Edit: Selection: Enlarge/Shrink shows the resulting size in pixel
• Browser context menu: Quick convert: JPEG quality adjustable in the prefs
• Browser context menu: Quick convert: Option delete original after conversion
• Export TIFF: support for ZIP with prediction
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[ANN] GraphicConverter BETA 11.5.2 Build 5149

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I released a new BETA at:

http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

Thorsten

New features
• GPS: GPX export of waypoints
• File: Browse Flat: Multiple Folders
• IPTC/XMP metadata:XMP Specifics:Copy ACDSee Tags into standard XMP Tags
• Convert & Modify: Conversion from GEM to PDF (vectors)
• Batch Action: Launch Application after Execution
• Effect: Trapezoid Correction
• Faces menu:XMP Faces/Regions: Rotate left/right
• Exif: Exif specifics: Copy AVI date to matching MP4/MOV files

Updated features
• Flickr upload: option convert to sRGB
• improved CR3 Exif support
• improved feedback upon changing rating or label in the browser thumbnail area
• Exif: Set userdefined Exif date - option to exclude Exif Datetime digitized
• Browser: Summary: display of GPS items
• improved performance of Adjust command in fast mode
• improved text codepage support in GEM import
• ExifTool
• sorting of faces database
• added relative move option to move folders
• support and option for saving depth data back into HEIC
• Browser: Search with sub options can ignore top search term
• Browser:Drop area context menu: export to movie
• Reverse geocoding can use Apple as option
• abr imported of version 10 and uncompressed variant

Bug fixes
• fixed an issue with embedding XMP metadata into ORF files
• fixed crash upon focus stacking with more then 20 files
• fixed an issue with erase in alpha channel
• fixed alpha channel import from JPEG2000 files
• fixed possible hang during export for Apple TV
• fixed possible thumbnail orientation issue for very small previews
• fixed a memory leak during the import of FITS with bayer pattern
• fixed crash during import of some BigTIFF variants
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[ANN] GraphicConverter 11 Build 52521

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I released a new BETA at:

http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

Thorsten

New features
• Effect: Black&White: Adaptive Threshold
• Rename (advanced method): Cut and insert at
• Filter: Apply Histogram from other open Image
• Picture: Contrast Stretching
• Effect: Red Eye Correction with internal algorithm
• Batch Action: Red Eye removal
• Finder Service: GraphicConverter 11: Rename
• Edit: Selection: Move…
• Filter: LUTs: Create LUT from two images
• Faces: Mask People (with alpha channel)

Updated features
• increased stamp tool radius up to 255
• improved browser preview for some PICT variants
• ExifTool
• Find duplicates: Keep both
• localizations
• Preferences: Move Folder: support for moving/copying pairs (JPEG+RAW) automatically
• modernized internal XMP code
• fetching of GPS from XMP improved
• various effects support now the processing of complete animations (optional)
• improved alpha channel support during copy and paste for smooth channels
• lossless JPEG cropping simplified
• detail window shows selection frame
• red eye tool improved
• rename: adding of xmp/iptc metadata can be limited to a length
• image classification supports now GoogLeNetPlaces, MobileNet and Apple
• browser: glasses icon for negation of filter

Bug fixes
• fixed crash during import of ESM
• fixed CLP import issue
• change flag during setting GPS for an opened image
• fixed preview issue with "Set Color Profile (Legacy)"
• fixed issue with Amber import
• fixed issue with import of cicn, icl8, ICN#, icns from resource
• fixed multipage conversion issue to multipage file in convert & modify
• fixed issue during import of very large TIFFs
• fixed color profile embedding issue into JPEG after conversion from CMYK/Grayscale
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[ANN] GraphicConverter 11 Build 5310

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I released a new BETA at:

https://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

The final will be released next week.

Thorsten

New features
• XMP/IPTC: Keywords: Append Location
• View: Toolbar Style: Option to set the toolbar style on Big Sur and Monterey
• Slideshow: option to recognize the notch area and keep it unused
• Edit: Selection: Highlight with Foreground Color
• Browser: Context Menu: Sort by GPS Position
• Text Palette: Duplicate

Updated features
• support for display of grayscale images with profile
• support for changing grayscale profiles
• Collage: clearing image background can be turned off
• HTML catalog: option for automatic overwriting of existing files
• Image catalog: option to apply batch action to the complete page
• Browser: Filter: Any Label
• improved import of webp animations
• support for native ARM (Apple Silicon) Photoshop filters
• Browser: Advanced Rename: rename from local date to iso and viceversa
• Convert&Modify: Rasterize PDF support B&W with ZIP compression in addition
• Browser Exif: Orientation: Rotate JPEG/HEIC upon Exif supports XMP orientation tag in addition
• Find and replace duplicates: automatic mode supports longest/shortest name
• Editor: Toolbox: size of palette preview enlarged
• apply JSON from Google takeout supports MOVs, too
• PICT import: support for PhotoCD codec
• Text objects palette: option to enable/disable auto fit of the frame during editing
• ExifTool
• dynaPDF
• Window: Animation palette: support for shift click into marking area

Bug fixes
• fixed possible issue with rotation of HEIC depending Exif
• fixed possible crash during import of grayscale PNG with transparent color
• fixed PNG import issue of completely black images with just an alpha channel
• fixed HEIC saving issue on macOS 12.1 with metadata (Apple issue - solved by workaround)
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[ANN] GraphicConverter BETA 11.6.1 (Build 5430)

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I released a new BETA at:

http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

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New features
• Edit: Navigation: Delete and Close
• Browser/Slideshow: Sort by ISO, ISO & F Number, F Number & ISO
• Smart Crop with Options Black&White
• Smart Crop with Black&White batch action

Updated features
• Preferences PhotoRAW: Option for disabling automatic brightness during import with LibRaw
• dynaPDF
• Collage remembers last settings and reuses them for the next collage
• Opening GPX files from browser displays all selected tracks in one map
• Despeckle can now work onto the inverted image
• Preferences Slideshow: Sound and Movie: adjustment of movie volume relative to the system sound
• Histogram dialog displays 16 bit histograms

Bug fixes
• added a workaround for an Apple bug during conversion of 32 bit to 64 bit images onto the M1
• fixed possible crash after Levels (Lightness) with grayscale images
• fixed sort by exif camera model issue
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[ANN] GraphicConverter 11.6.3 BETA (Build 5593)

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I released a new BETA at:

http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

You can also enable the BETA channel in the prefs:
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The final version will be released in about two weeks.

Thorsten

New features
• Menu General Metadata: Metadata Specifics: Delete Photoshop IPTCDigest
• Menu Window: Option Change Tool for all open Windows
• Menu Effect: HDR: Apply Gain Map
• Menu Effect: HDR: Apply Gain Map…
• Picture Context Menu: Show Gain Map
• Import of INETLOC files with URL key
• Menu View: Display with modified Gamma value
• Menu Exif: Set Exif Date to: Seconds (EPOCH) from Filename…
• Menu Exif: Set Exif Date to: Milliseconds from Filename…
• Menu File: Browse Clouddrivces: Box Drive
• Share: Open with GraphicConverter
• Menu Exif: Software: Remove and XMP Creator Tool
• Menu IPTC/XMP: XMP Specifics: Delete XMP Creator Tool and Exif Software
• Menu GPS: Remove GPS and IPTC/XMP Origin
• Menu Filter: Color Loop
• Menu Effect: Sharpen: Super Resolution
• Batch Action: Auto enhancement w/o red eye
• Batch Action: Contrast Stretching

Updated features
• Caliper rule tool: option to clear comment
• improved DPX import
• Edit XMP metadata writes title and caption as pdf tags in addition
• localizations
• improved custom PDF page label import
• Browser: Summary: support for tag: Sony Color Mode
• Merged Picture:Colors and Picture:Color Mode into one menu
• Slideshow: Command + R reveals the file in the Finder
• Browser: manual renaming of a file will automatically rename any existing pair (i.e. JPG and CR2)
• Resize: Scale: Algorithm selection for grayscale images
• PICT import: support for old 15/16 bit uncompressed PICTs
• Preferences: Folder: File operation for each folder can be defined individually
• Preferences: General: Screens: option to preselect one screen for arrange command
• Application file size optimizations

Bug fixes
• fixed possible error message upon Crop, Save&Next
• fixed possible folder change issue after deletion in folder tree
• fixed possible crash during GPX track creation
• fixed possible truncation of date picker in browser search area
• fixed possible copy issue with alpha channel
• fixed possible issue of BMP import with BITFIELD compression
• fixed save for web as webP issue
• fixed pixel size issue during batch conversion of .3FR files
• fixed possible issue during saving/opening APNG without alpha
• fixed timing issue during reading/saving APNG
• fixed possible crash during saving of SGI files with a large width
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[ANN] GraphicConverter 12.0.4 (Build 6231) BETA

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I released a new BETA:

https://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html

The final will be released shortly.

So, please report any issues.

New features:
Picture: Rotate: Rotate selection onto new layer and clear area
Finder Service: Set default XMP set
General Metadata: FITS: Edit Metadata
Edit: Selection: Deselect and Enlarge Image if necessary
Picture: Vector Elements: Create Line Object
Picture: Vector Elements: Create Ellipse Object
Picture: Vector Elements: Create Rectangle Object
Batch Action: Adaptive Threshold
Exif: Edit Exif: Common Values
Exif: Exif Exif: Lens Values
File: Specials: Save ICC color profile as…
Batch Action: Fit
File: Browse Preset
Batch Action: Hot Cold
File: Save Specials: Save all Slices as Images

Updated features:
Save and Save as of an open image updates the metadata display in the information panel
selection of storing sRGB profile only as tag improved in the JPEG and WebP save as options
menu command which requires a newer macOS are disabled and marked
option to display ratio below the thumbnail in the browser added
ratio display in the information window improved
Preferences Browser: Edit - command 0 to 9 can be disabled
TIFFs with photometric interpretation linearized RAW get automatically a matching color profile assigned
support for mirroring non-rectangular selections
support for rotating non-rectangular selections
support for gpx with only rtept lines
Tools: rectangle, ellipse and rounded rectangle support line dash
support for alpha channel in unskew function
Edit: Convert to Profile: added support for black point compensation
GPS: Reverse Geotagging: allows directly selection of the used method
Edit IPTC/XPMP dialogs: added support for hierarchical keywords
dynaPDF updated
Save: Split: option for saving only completely filled parts
improved progress bar in Apple GPX command
ExifTool updated
dynaPDF updated
Sparkle updated
Batch Action: Change Color Mode: support for 32 bit per channel
improved wpg import
Exif: Modify Exif Date: Set Exif Time Zone: displays existing time zone of first selected file

Bug fixes:
added workaround for crash upon import of some VueScan DNG variants (caused by the macOS)
fixed preview issue with some grayscale images in the browser
fixed quicklook issue with HEIC/JPEG with Exif orientation of 3
fixed issue with default map zoom
fixed possible crash upon reading very long metadata
fixed movie playing delay in slideshow
preview issue in rename dialog fixed
fixed possible hang upon launch of convert & modify in list view
fixed possible concat issue
fixed detection issue of JPEGs with non standard codec
fixed memory leak during combining folder into pdf
fixed batch conversion issue with bitmap.h file format
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