Qimage One Windows Change Log

– Fixed: Unable to rotate some prints in the live view (rare).

– Fixed: After deleting the last print, the current print size may revert to a prior size.

– Fixed: Print cropping could initially show the wrong crop orientation on square images.

– Expanded the functionality in the full page editor to include new cropping and test strip tools.

– Various optimizations to internal components of Qimage One.

– Minor bug fixes.

– Added a new print size called Fit to Margins. This size provides a convenient way for the user to add a print to the paper by defining the space between the print and the paper’s edge. When Fit to Margins is selected, the Margins window will be displayed to the user. Once the margins are set, the selected images will be added to the print job using the margins defined and with Auto Crop turned ON. These margins will be applied to the whole print job and may affect other prints already in the layout.

– Added Special Text substitutions which are available in floating text linked to a print. When adding floating text, the Advanced section displays the available substitutions. These include: print number, file name, file name and extension, full file path, folder name, date and time, date, time, camera model, focal length, aperture, shutter speed, print resolution/ISO, flash, page number, printer name, media type, ICC color profile and print size.

– Added a new menu item to the View menu called Include File Types. Clicking on this menu item opens a window where the user can select which image file types Qimage One will display. This allows the user to filter image file types and include only file types they intend to print.

– When Qimage One becomes the active application it will check to see if images in the current folder have changed. If it detects files have been added, removed, or modified, it will automatically refresh the thumbs to reflect the current folder contents.

– Added a new preference to automatically remove all pages from the print job after printing is complete. This preference is OFF by default and can be turned on via the Edit > Preferences > Remove Prints Automatically menu item.

– Minor bug fixes.

– Added a new print position feature which can center the selected print(s) in one half or one quarter of the paper.

– Added new print size ordering functionality. Print sizes can now be ordered by size or name, in ascending or descending order. Right-clicking on the list of print sizes allows for quick access to this new feature.

– Updated color management to LCMS 2.16.

– Improved visibility of help tool tips on 4K monitors.

– Fixed “original size” for TIFFs saved with image pyramid option.

– Fixed prints not showing in jobs that contain photos from certain Android phones.

– Fixed a bug related to using the auto roll length feature with Canon roll printers in borderless mode.

– Color management engine updated to latest LCMS 2.15.

– Raw photo support for many new camera models.

– Fixed a bug where very large images (>1 GB) may spontaneously print mirrored under certain conditions.

– Fixed the thumb sort option so it does not revert to Name sorting.

– Fixed floating text being larger than expected on systems with > 100% Windows display scaling.

– Added a new Print Info option called Media & Profile. This print information will be the same for each print in the job. It is a useful way to record what color options were used, and can be helpful when comparing different choices when printing. The data that will be printed is: printer name, media type, ICC profile name, rendering intent, black point compensation, and sharpening.

– Updated LCMS to version 2.14 which supports the ICC 4.4 specification.

– Added the ability to load/process larger images: high resolution, larger file size, etc.

– Optimizations such as faster live view, etc.

– “Suggest profile” accuracy (relevance sort) improved.

– Added a color control adjacent to the Cut Marks option to control the color of user-defined cut marks. The cut mark color is black by default and is stored along with the print job.

– Updated the color management engine.

– Fixed a bug that could cause the first unclog job in a schedule to be skipped.

– Improved rendering of the thumbnail grid.

– Various under the hood UI improvements and bug fixes.

– Added a new feature where a user-defined text annotation can be added to each print. Text can be added by opening the Full Page Editor (see above), selecting prints, and typing text in the “Annotation” box on the right side of the window. If multiple prints are selected, each one will have its text annotation modified. The text annotation uses the same font and alignment settings as Print Info and is displayed in addition to any Print Info which is enabled. Text Annotation is saved with print jobs and can be added to templates and Custom Layouts.

– Added a new feature where floating text can be added to a page. The Floating Text controls are found in the new Full Page Editor (see item 1 above). New floating text can be added using the “+ Add floating text” feature on the right side of the Full Page Editor. Each piece of floating text can have its own alignment, font height and color, rotation angle, shadow color and depth defined, using the Floating Text dialog that appears after clicking a text location on the page. Text can be added directly to a page, or linked to a print. Linking is implied if text is added with a print selected. Text can be linked to a print after adding, by selecting a print, right clicking the text’s anchor to edit the text, and using the “Link to” controls on the text dialog. More than one piece of text can be linked to each print. Linked text will move, size and rotate with the print. Floating text is saved with print jobs and can be added to templates and Custom Layouts.

– Added raw photo format updates to support the latest cameras.

– Improved EXIF compatibility to support more cameras and smartphones.

– Dropping prints into a predefined template no longer “misses” the template if you drop near the edge of the template.

– Fixed a bug that caused an empty list of files when trying to open a printer setup while printing to file.

– Fixed a bug that made the default print crop display incorrectly when using borders in some cases.

– Fixed a bug that could cause the the wrong saved crop to be applied when using borders with auto print cropping off.

– Minor user interface changes.

– Changed the Image Rotation Lock button to an Auto Rotate button with the opposite logic. When auto rotate is turned on, prints can rotate. When it is off, they will maintain the same orientation as the source image. The Auto Rotate button also displays the rotation state of any selected print. This change was to make auto rotation closer to the functionality of Auto Crop.

– Added a new Freehand placement method. Unlike the automatic placement methods, all pages and prints are set to freehand by default. To support adding prints to pages other than the first, the Live View context menu now includes an Insert Page menu item. Also, clicking on the Next Page icon will prompt the user whether to add a blank page at the end of the job. Each print job can only contain at most one blank page for the purposes of placing new prints.

– Added a new thumb called [Template]. Adding this thumb creates a place holder in the layout which behaves the same way as a print except it does not reference an image file. Thumbs can be dragged onto Templates and assume its characteristics. This makes it easy to define the templates first and then select images to add.

– Added a new Custom Layout placement mode. This mode supports saving pages of templates as a custom layout, which can then be loaded and filled with thumbs. In Custom Layout mode, simply adding a thumb, or thumbs, will fill in the next available template. New pages are added as needed. Custom layouts can be mixed together. When deleting a print in Custom Layout mode, the template is left in place so it can be reused. Even in Custom Layout mode, the user is free to customize each page as required.

– Added another Print Info option to display the full path to the image file name.

– Added minor fixes and optimizations.

– Added an Out of Gamut option to the soft proof controls. When Out of Gamut is checked, the soft proof will flag all colors in the soft proofed image which can not be accurately recreated using the selected ICC profile.

– Added new menu items to the Thumbs and Prints right-click menus to show all previous print jobs that contain the selected thumb/print, or all previous print jobs that contain any image from the selected thumb/print folder.

– Updated the raw photo engine to support latest cameras.

– Added minor fixes and optimizations.

– Added an option to the Manage Disk Usage dialog to allow the deletion of previous print job files. Deletion can be by date, and optionally when Qimage One prints an unclog pattern or exits.

– Added controls to the Printer Settings tab which control the size of the ideal gap between prints and if that gap should be enforced. The gap settings can be used with all layout modes, including Auto Roll Length. It is particularly useful for controlling exact spacing between prints on the page, or for arranging prints on a grid.

– Added controls to the Preferences to support naming jobs either by date and time (the default) or by the first name of the print in the job. Also added a control to automatically save a copy of all print jobs (on by default).

– Added a right-click context menu to the thumbs view. The menu supports selection and deselection of all thumbs, and deletion of selected image files.

– Added a new Cut Mark option called ‘Corner marks’. Corner marks is the reversal of the Crop marks option. Marks face inwards towards the print. This option is useful for prints with white borders which are arranged in Intellicut mode or on borderless media.

– Added new preferences to Edit > Preferences menu. The supported preferences are:

a) To display advanced Print Resolution settings, which include Overdrive [1200/1440], Medium [200/240], and Low [150/180]. These resolutions are not commonly needed since they either require more system resources with little difference in output (Overdrive), or produce a lower quality image (Medium/Low). These options have been provided to give more flexibility in print output. The default Print Resolution for unverified printer settings will remain at Max [600/720]. This option is off by default.

b) To automatically switch between the Printer Settings and Prints tabs depending on what the user is doing in Qimage One at the time. For instance – switching to the Prints tab when a thumb is selected in preparation for selecting print size, number of copies, etc. Alternatively, select whether the Printer Settings or Prints tab is displayed when Qimage One starts.

– Added support for the CR3 raw photo format.

– Added a button to the ICC Profile selection window which when pressed sorts the list of available ICC profiles intelligently to match the current selection of printer and media type. In addition, the top ICC profile in the list will be automatically selected. This enables the user to quickly identify and select the most appropriate profile based on the printer and media type being used.

– Fixed a bug that was causing the unclog scheduler to not start on Windows startup.

– Fixed a bug that was causing distortion on Sony raw photos when using a 28-70 lens.

– Added a Rulers menu item to the View menu. When enabled, this option displays a ruler along the top and left side of the Live View.

– Added a Grid menu item to the View menu. When enabled, dashed grid lines at 0.5 inches or 10 mm are displayed on the Live View. The grid may indicate higher spacing for large sheet or roll paper.

– Added a Snap menu item to the View menu. This menu item provides a submenu to set the snap to OFF, 1/2 “, 1/4″ and 1/8 ” if using inches, or 10 mm, 5 mm and 1 mm if using metric units. When prints are moved on a Freehand page the closest corner to the click point will snap to the measurement defined. Prints being resized using a drag will snap to the closest horizontal or vertical point depending on which side of the print the drag operation is happening.

– Added new menu items to the File menu: Load Print Job and Save Print Job. These two menu items are similar to loading and saving printer settings, but also include the pages, prints, borders, layout and auto-sort settings. This permits the user to save a complete print job and load it at a later date to make an accurate recreation of the print job in the future.

– When a print job is run, it will be automatically saved, and available for loading at a later date.