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Ashampoo Photo Commander 5 - Changes and Improvements   
  • New Features:
    Enhanced speed and ease of use:
    • The entire viewing engine has been improved with a new intelligent automatic background cache for faster and smoother image rendering and display. Working with images of any size is now faster, smoother and easier.
    • A new caching system significantly speeds up thumbnail display.

  • New creativity tools:
    Frame Style Center:
    • Tool for adding artistic picture frames and vignettes to photos and for quickly creating high-quality greeting cards. Includes a wide selection of vignette styles and greeting card templates. Greeting cards can be mailed from within the program.
    Collage Tool:
    • Select photos and generate artistic collages complete with background images with a couple of clicks.
    Calendar Tool:
    • Create and print 12-month photo calendars (one month per page) in three different styles as novel gifts.

  • New and improved editing tools:
    • New mouse tools bar enables image editing in full screen mode.
    • Unlimited undo/redo - all editing operations can be reversed. Undo can now be used with the Crop tool.
    • New slider controls for adjusting color temperature, hue and saturation.
    • New effects: Drop shadow, radial blur and sepia.
    • New mouse tools: Callout tool for creating text bubbles, clone tool for retouching photos, eraser tool.
    • All tools improved for smoother action with quality anti-aliasing and smooth shadow effects. All tools now automatically move/resize with the main window and can be moved/resized with the SHIFT + cursor keys.
    • Selection tool improved and now has useful quick command buttons.
    • Selection dimensions now displayed above the image.
    • Old scroll tool replaced with a more practical hand cursor/scroll tool.

  • Presentation and display:
    • Attractive new transition effects.
    • Image/Video tools bar for easier navigation.
    • New status bar.

  • Audio and video:
    • Player controls now include a Repeat button.
    • Support for 6.1 surround sound in videos and for FOURCC DivF and FOURCC FMP4 video codecs.
    • Autoplay disabled automatically for files with durations less than 3 seconds.

  • General features:
    • Collect Files screen for assembling slideshows can display either thumbnails or a simple file listing. Now includes information on file sizes, total number of files and total size.
    • Better support for Canon RAW 2.0 files (e.g. Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT), including faster loading.
    • Completely new wizard for saving images to CD or DVD.
    • New and improved burning technology for saving images and slideshows to CD/DVD.
    • Batch processing now includes an option for adding drop shadows and some user interface enhancements.
    • Improved printer support: DPI settings can be adjusted and are automatically saved and reloaded for PNG, JPG and TIF images. New Original Size print option uses the DPI setting.

  • User interface:
    • The entire user interface has been overhauled for more ease of use and efficiency. Improved and more attractive message boxes and dialogs.
    • The design and position of all elements has been checked and adjusted where appropriate. More context-sensitive help buttons have been added.
    • Editing fields now include plausibility checks (e.g. only accepting numbers where applicable).
    • The skinning system has been improved. New support for user-created buttons and buttons can now use graphic images. Menu colors are skinnable and the color handling of dialogs has been improved. Configuration of the skinning system has also been improved.
    • New introduction windows have been added to help first-time windows to explain Browse mode and Presentation mode.
    • Completely new color picker tool (HSV, RGB).
    • Single-click option for resetting the entire program's factory default settings.
    • Zoom bar includes additional steps (40% and 60%)

  • Other miscellaneous changes:
    • Small national flags displayed in the language selection dialog.
    • Full-Screen button hidden when playing audio files.
    • QuickTime SDK 7 is now integrated.
    • Correction of a number of rare bugs reported by individual users.


Publisher
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG, Felix-Wankel-Str. 16, 26125 Oldenburg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)441-93379-0, Fax: +49 (0)441-93379-79
Email: info@ashampoo.com
Website: www.ashampoo.com