History
17 February 2024 - New Release 3.53.4 Beta
News:
- Updated macOS Support.
30 November 2023 - New Release 3.53.2 Beta
News:
- Updated macOS Support.
30 June 2023 - New Release 3.53.1 Beta
News:
- Updated macOS Support.
22 May 2023 - New Release 3.53.0
News:
- New #PriorityWide and #PriorityCenter Hashtags in the Filename/Folder will require those images in the 70% and 40% central area of the Mosaic.
Changes:
- Improved support for macOS with a dedicated native Installer.
- Raised Timeout native Open File under Mac.
2 April 2023 - New Release 3.52.5 Beta
News:
- New #PriorityWide and #PriorityCenter Hashtags in the Filename/Folder will require those images in the 70% and 40% central area of the Mosaic.
22 March 2023 - New Release 3.52.4 Beta
Changes:
- Improved support for macOS with a dedicated native Installer.
28 February 2023 - New Release 3.52.1 Beta
Changes:
- Raised Timeout native Open File under Mac.
28 February 2023 - New Release 3.52.0
Changes:
- Support for macOS Ventura.
- Improved performance on macOS.
- Fixed various minor Bugs.
15 February 2023 - New Release 3.51.2 Beta
Changes:
- Support for macOS Ventura.
- Improved performance on macOS.
- Fixed various minor Bugs.
11 February 2023 - New Release 3.51.0
Changes:
- Up to 2 million images in the image collection.
- Faster User Inteface with large image collections.
5 June 2021 - New Release 3.50.2 Beta
Changes:
- Up to 2 million images in the image collection.
- Faster User Inteface with large image collections.
30 May 2021 - New Release 3.50.1
Fixes:
- Improved macOS support fixing a few issues.
- Fixed WebMosaic issue on Safari.
7 April 2021 - New Release 3.50.0
Changes:
- Added WebMosaic feature.
- Faster performance when building the Image List.
- Added Code Signing for improved security (only Windows).
- Support for macOS Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey.
15 March 2021 - New Release 3.39.12 Beta
Changes:
- Improved WebMosaic feature
- Faster performance at the Build Image List
- Fixed main Image size reporting
7 February 2021 - New Release 3.39.11 Beta
Changes:
- Improved WebMosaic feature
26 January 2021 - New Release 3.39.5 Beta
Changes:
- Added WebMosaic feature
11 November 2020 - New Release 3.39.4 Beta
Changes:
- Improved Support for macOS Catalina
4 October 2020 - New Release 3.39.3 Beta
Changes:
- Improved Support for macOS Catalina
3 October 2020 - New Release 3.39.2 Beta
Changes:
- Minor Improvements.
- Added Code Signing for improved security.
8 December 2019 - New Release 3.39.0
Changes and Fixes:
- Play Sound at end of Mosaic creation.
- Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
- Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
- Updated Setup DLLs.
- Fixed a rare crash.
- Added List of Unused Images in Text Report.
- Added Tile# and Image# in the Text Report.
5 June 2019 - New Release 3.38.6 Beta
Changes:
- Added Tile# and Image# in the Text Report.
24 April 2019 - New Release 3.38.5 Beta
Changes:
- Added List of Unused Images in the Text Report.
18 March 2019 - New Release 3.38.4 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed a rare crash.
21 February 2019 - New Release 3.38.3 Beta
Fixes:
- Updated Setup DLL's
24 January 2019 - New Release 3.38.1 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
- Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
9 August 2018 - New Release 3.38.0
Changes and Fixes:
- Updated Build System and latest Libraries
- Added Turkish translation and minor UI changes.
31 May 2018 - New Release 3.37.5 Beta
Changes:
- Updated Build System.
12 January 2018 - New Release 3.37.4 Beta
News:
- Added Turkish translation and minor UI changes.
24 March 2017 - New Release 3.37.1 Beta
Changes:
- Updated Librares and Development Environment.
12 March 2017 - New Release 3.37.0
News:
- Background Transparency
option in TIFF and Photoshop File Format.
- Tile Layers option in Photoshop File Format.
- New advanced option for Web Page creation. Tiles can be copied in a subfolder or linked to the original location.
- New main option Adapt Size which replaces Integral Tiles and Adjust Tile Size.
- Added Advanced option on OS X to disable native file open dialog.
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
- Added new advanced option Adjust Tile Size. If enabled it is not necessary to use Integral Tiles for avoiding the last column/row to be cropped. This feature is not enabled with Parquet Pattern.
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
Changes and Fixes:
- Translation upgrades and minor changes.
- Minor Bug Fix.
- Updated German translation and minor changes to User Interface.
- Added German Manual in the installation folder.
- Updated TIFF library to version 4.0.6.
- Fixed bug which prevented to save very big JPG.
- Fixed bug on OS X when file name contains non latin characters.
- Fixed minor bug when creating gigapixel mosaics.
5 March 2017 - New Release 3.36.15 Beta
Changes:
- Translation upgrades and minor changes.
25 February 2017 - New Release 3.36.14 Beta
News:
- Background Transparency
option in TIFF and Photoshop File Format.
- Tile Layers option in Photoshop File Format.
10 February 2017 - New Release 3.36.13 Beta
News:
- Minor Bug Fix.
6 December 2016 - New Release 3.36.12 Beta
News:
- Updated German translation and minor changes to User Interface.
12 November 2016 - New Release 3.36.11 Beta
News:
- New advanced option for Web Page creation. Tiles can be copied in a subfolder or linked to the original location.
- Added German Manual in the installation folder.
Fix:
- New Beta version for OS X.
31 August 2016 - New Release 3.36.9 Beta
Fix:
- Updated TIFF library to version 4.0.6.
9 July 2016 - New Release 3.36.8 Beta
Fix:
- Fixed bug which prevented to save very big JPG.
24 March 2016 - New Release 3.36.7 Beta
News:
- New main option Adapt Size which replaces Integral Tiles and Adjust Tile Size.
18 March 2016 - New Release 3.36.6 Beta
Fix:
- Fixed bug on OS X when file name contains non latin characters.
13 March 2016 - New Release 3.36.4 Beta
News:
- Added Advanced option on OS X to disable native file open dialog.
15 February 2016 - New Release 3.36.2 Beta
News:
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
- Added new advanced option Adjust Tile Size. If enabled it is not necessary to use Integral Tiles for avoiding the last column/row to be cropped. This feature is not enabled with Parquet Pattern.
- Fixed minor bug when creating gigapixel mosaics.
9 October 2015 - New Release 3.36.1 Beta
News:
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
7 October 2015 - New Release 3.36.0
News:
- New Mosaic Processing "Sequential by Date". It will place all images sequentially ordered by shooting date/time.
- New custom Tile Priority based on a grayscale image map.
- New improved 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split selection algorithm.
- New advanced option for selecting 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split algorithm.
- New Experimental Algorithm (only with No Duplicated Images setting).
- Better support under Linux through PlayOnLinux software allowing easy install/uninstall.
- Improved OS X User Interface and compatibiltiy with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- Updated license usage.
BugFix:
- Improved Memory usage and minor optimization and improvements.
- Fixed various minor bugs
- Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files.
- Fixed bug when writing PSD/PSB files over 12 Gigabytes.
- Fixed bug when loading settings file.
5 October 2015 - New Release 3.35.11 Beta
News:
- Compatibility with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
25 August 2015 - New Release 3.35.9 Beta
News:
- Improved User Interface under OS X.The native OS X File selection window is used.
Fixes:
- Fixed bug when loading the settings file. Some setting values where not read correctly.
- Updated license usage (minor correction).
9 August 2015 - New Release 3.35.8 Beta
News:
- Updated license usage.
Fixes:
- Better support under Linux through PlayOnLinux software allowing easy install/uninstall.
15 May 2015 - New Release 3.35.7 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed bug when writing PSD/PSB files over 12 Gigabytes.
8 April 2015 - New Release 3.35.6 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files.
23 February 2015 - New Release 3.35.5 Beta
News:
- New custom Tile Priority based on a grayscale image map.
- New improved 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split selection algorithm.
- New advanced option for selecting 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split algorithm.
- Minor improvements.
Fixes:
- Fixed various minor bugs.
1 February 2015 - New Release 3.35.4 Beta
- New Experimental Algorithm (only with No Duplicated Images setting). It's ok but too slow.
25 January 2015 - New Release 3.35.3 Beta
- Improved Memory usage and minor optimization.
14 January 2015 - New Release 3.35.2 Beta
- New Mosaic Processing "Sequential by Date". It will place all images sequentially ordered by shooting date/time.
10 January 2015 - New Release 3.35.1
Bug Fix:
- Fixed orientation of images generated with IPhone.
12 December 2014 - New Release 3.35.0
News:
- New option Integral Tiles enabled by default which reduces the crop of Tiles in last row/column.
- Improved Text Report and changed Tile Size default parameter.
- Improved Error Messages when saving the Tile List. Bad images are saved in a Text Report file.
Bug Fix and minor changes:
- Fixed a memory management issue with TIFF Files.
8 December 2014 - New Release 3.34.4 Beta
News:
- Improved Text Report
- Changed Tile Size default parameter for reduced Tile cropping.
- Renamed Integral Height to Integral Tiles in the saved parameters.
14 April 2014 - New Release 3.34.3 Beta
News:
- New option Integral Tiles enabled by default which reduces the crop of Tiles in last row/column.
13 March 2014 - New Release 3.34.2 Beta
News:
- Fixed a memory management issue with TIFF Files.
19 November 2013 - New Release 3.34.1 Beta
News:
- Improved error messages when saving the Tile List. Bad images are saved in a Text Report file.
6 November 2013 - New Release 3.34.0
News compared to the previous stable version:
- New "Folder Tile Variation" algorithm.
- Improved Memory Management (3 GB support and available memory detection).
- Border Color is now specified in R,G,B values.
- PNG File Support for Tile Images, Main Image and MaskFile.
- Main Image can be irregular through a transparency layer (PNG File).
- New special MaskFile*n size for a bigger Mosaic size.
- Multisized Tiles: 1/2 and 1/4 sized tiles.
- Tile Priority for position and tile size.
- Import/Export of all the Mosaic Settings.
- VideoMosaic export as a sequence of Images.
- User Interface improvement with new layout and graphical buttons..
- Automatic check and download of new versions.
- Ability to add individual Images to the Tile List.
- All the settings are saved in a local folder/per user for a improved Portable Usage.
- Added some MaskFile examples and improved MaskFile creation (bmp+jpg).
- Text Report contains also a list of unique files with usage count.
- The Web Page HTML option will create now a sub-folder with all the required files to publish the mosaic with a simple FTP transfer.
- Multiple Mask Files supported for each main image.
- Mosaic can be saved in Photoshop PSD and PSB format.
- Tile Images of the Mosaic can be saved individually.
- Maximum Duplication count parameter can be specified for individual images or group of images (by folder).
Bug fixes and minor changes:
- Minor Bug Fix: F1 Key for Online Help and corrected a Warning Message.
- Minor Improvements in the User Interface.
- Fixed bug in the Video Frame Extraction.
- Improved Russian Translation and Plural forms for the other languages.
- New advanced option showing a MessageBox at the end of the Mosaic Process.
- Fixed AVI file creation bug over 4 Gigabytes.
- Improved Text Report
- Improved Mosaic Information Area
- Mac OS X settings are saved in the Application Support folder of the user.
- PPM file format has now a fixed header of 100 characters for easier importing as RAW image.
- Fixed (a rare) random crash with multicore CPU.
- Added Button to load settings from a Mosaic Settings file.
- Removed support for Deep Zoom Composer (since it's a dead project).
29 September 2013 - New Release 3.33.17 Beta
News:
- Updated Chinese Translation.
- It is possible to add multiple files in the main screen and Tile list window with multiple selection.
- Configurable Font Quality option.
23 August 2013 - New Release 3.33.16 Beta
News:
- Updated Russian Translation.
- Allow creation of PSB files over 300.000 pixels width/height. But TIFF (Big64) is more portable.
BugFix:
- Fixed Custom Tile Variation bug and Custom Maximum Duplication parameter MAX[n].
4 August 2013 - New Release 3.33.15 Beta
News:
- Mosaic can be saved in TIFF with JPEG compression.
- Updated TIFF, JPEG, EXIF libraries.
3 August 2013 - New Release 3.33.14 Beta
News:
- Mosaic can be saved in Photoshop PSD and PSB format.
- Tile Images of the Mosaic can be saved individually.
- Maximum Duplication count parameter can be specified for individual images or group of images (by folder).
- Added Button to load settings from a Mosaic Settings file.
- Removed support for Deep Zoom Composer (since it's a dead project).
- Minor changes (User Manual, Chinese Traditional Translation).
BugFix:
- Minor Bug fixes.
24 June 2013 - New Release 3.33.13 Beta
News:
- Minor changes (User Manual, translations).
- MaskFile name saved in Text Report.
10 September 2012 - New Release 3.33.12 Beta
News:
- Multiple Mask Files can be used for each Main Image. Place all the Mask Files in a Folder and submit that folder when asked.
- The Web Page HTML option will create now a sub-folder with all the required files to publish the mosaic with a simple FTP transfer.
2 July 2012 - New Release 3.33.11 Beta
News:
- The Create MaskFile option will save a Image Map with the score/quality of each tile.
- With the MaskFile feature if there is a main image with suffix " Mask.png/jpg" then it will be used as a MaskFile.
BugFix:
- Fixed the Tile Choice algorithm error introduced in previous Beta version.
- When creating multiple mosaics the final size of each mosaic was not independent from the current main image.
14 June 2012 - New Release 3.33.10 Beta
News:
- Improved algoritm with Required Images and the Use All Images feature.
- Improved OS X version.
- Added some warning Message with Inconsistent parameters or other errors.
BugFix:
- Distance between duplicated tiles where not always respected (bug of a previous Beta)
- Sometimes not all Tiles are filled when Rotated 90 degrees where disabled.
- Was unable to save RAW file format if the filename contained Unicode characters.
10 February 2012 - New Release 3.33.9 Beta
News:
- Text Report contains also a list of unique files with usage count..
- Improved OS X version (new package, settings are saved in the Application Support folder of the current user).
BugFix:
- Various minor fixes
- Minor Improvements (multilanguage file handling and EXIF orientation).
27 August 2011 - New Release 3.33.8 Beta
News:
- Improved performance with multicore CPU.
- Added MaskFile examples and improved MaskFile creation (bmp+jpg) format.
- Minor improvements to the User Interface.
BugFix:
- Fixed (a rare) random crash with multicore CPU.
- Minor bug fixes (check for update, open folder on finished mosaic).
- In some cases the reported Width/Height in the Text Report was incorrect.
29 July 2011 - New Release 3.33.6 Beta
News:
- Mac OS X settings are saved in the Home folder of the user.
- PPM file format has now a fixed header of 100 characters for easier importing as RAW image.
BugFix:
- Settings where not saved/loaded correctly..
- Improvement of some error messages.
- Creation of MaskFile should not include white and black color.
- OS X Web Links are opened only once per click.
17 July 2011 - New Release 3.33.5 Beta
News:
- User Interface improvement with new layout and graphical buttons.
- Automatic check and download of new versions.
- Ability to add individual Images to the Tile List.
- All the settings are saved in a local folder, for each user or specified through environment settings for a improved Portable Usage.
1 July 2011 - New Release 3.33.4 Beta
News:
- Multiple Tile Size feature for improved Mosaic quality..
- Tile Priority based on size and location.
- Improved Text Report in CSV format.
- Easy Export/Import of all the Mosaic settings for each created mosaic.
- Improved Mosaic Information Area..
- VideoMosaics can be saved as a sequence of JPG images.
BugFixes:
- Fixed AVI file creation bug for files greater than 4 Gigabytes. They are split in 2 GB chunks..
10 June 2011 - New Release 3.33.3 Beta
News:
- PNG File Support for Tile Images, Main Image and MaskFile.
- Main Image can be irregular through a transparency layer (PNG File).
- Minor Improvements in the User Interface.
- Improved Russian Translation and Plural forms for the other languages.
- New advanced option showing a MessageBox at the end of the Mosaic Process.
- New special MaskFile*n size for a bigger Mosaic size (Professional Version).
BugFixes:
- Fixed minor bug in the Video Frame Extraction.
27 May 2011 - New Release 3.33.2 Beta
BugFixes:
- Fixed a crash in the previous Beta when creating a new Tile Collection.
25 May 2011 - New Release 3.33.1 Beta
News:
- New "Folder Tile Variation" algorithm.
- Improved Memory Management (3 GB support and available memory detection).
- Border Color is now specified in R,G,B values.
BugFixes:
- F1 Key for Online Help and corrected a Warning Message.
28 March 2011 - New Release 3.33.0
News:
- Updated some Translations.
20 January 2011 - New Release 3.32.18 Beta
News:
- Updated Russian and Dutch Translation.
- Mac version includes the Wine Library.
3 November 2010 - New Release 3.32.17 Beta (more info here)
News:
- Updated French Translation.
- Minor changes.
20 October 2010 - New Release 3.32.16 Beta (more info here)
News:
- Improvement in the user interface: a new main menu.
- Minor bug fixes and changes.
07 October 2010 - New Release 3.32.15 Beta (more info here)
News:
- New user interface for Load/Edit/Save all the Advanced Settings.
- Minor bug fixes and changes.
19 August 2010 - New Release 3.32.13 Beta (more info here)
News:
- It is possible to Load/Save all the Settings.
- It is possible to create the MaskFile from the current Pattern.
BugFixes:
- Minor issues and changes.
16 March 2010 - New Release 3.32.12 Beta (more info here)
News:
- It is possible to create Mosaics with tiles placed Sequentially or Randomly (see More Options - Mosaic Processing).
- It is possible to see a Mosaic Preview before saving the final Mosaic (experimental feature).
- It is possible to specify a different MaskFile for each Image. If you added image "MyImage.jpg" then the associated Maskfile should be "MyImage Mask.jpg".
- Minor Improvements in Messages, Text Report, and Settings.
- Portugues Brazilian translation of the User Interface (Thank you Juliana Vermelho Martins).
- German User Manual (Thank you Frank Winkler).
BugFixes:
- Minor issues.
23 February 2010 - New Release 3.32.11 Beta (more info here)
The Video Extraction feature was rewritten and tested,
so the Video Extraction News are:
- Support for multiple CPU's.
- Improved Video Clip selection.
- It is possible to exclude Video Clips made of Static scenes.
- Button for Automatic Crop in the Video Extraction Window.
- Partital translation for Portugese language.
BugFixes:
- The Forward/Backward loop wasn't calculated correctly near the end of the produced Video Mosaic.
11 February 2010 - New Release 3.32.10 Beta (more info here)
News:
- Initial Support for VideoMosaics (Windows only, no Mac/Linux).
- Support for PPM and Photoshop RAW file format.
- Professional version supports up to 100 Gigapixel mosaics.
- Improved memory usage.
- Russian and Ukrainian translation of the User Interface (Thank you Vasily Nadolsky)
Changes:
- Improved keywords and terms used in the User Interface.
- Working thread priority changed from Idle to Lowest, and configurable.
- Removed [x] Original Tile Variant option.[/list]
BugFixes:
- On small screen resolutions AndreaMosaic is resized properly.
- Minor issues.
4 January 2010 - New Release 3.32.8 Beta
Bugfix:
- Corrected minor Bugs (http links, open folder links) under Mac OS X.
16 December 2009 - New Release 3.32.7 Beta
News:
- German Translation of the User Interface (Thanks to Frank IDK)
Bugfix:
- Corrected minor Bugs under Mac OS X.
9 December 2009 - New Release 3.32.6 Beta
News:
- Automatic Orientation of JPEG Images based on EXIF Settings (usually those created directly with Digital Cameras)
Changes:
- Updated Internal Image Library (LibJpeg version 7.0)
7 December 2009 - New Release 3.32.5 Beta
News:
- Improved performance on Multicore CPUs (Multithreading support).
- Mosaic's can be saved as TIFF files (useful for saving without compression or with very large mosaics)
- Video Extraction support for 8 bit video files (some Flash Videos for example).
19 June 2009 - New Release 3.32.3
BugFix:
- Corrected problem with the Add Folder button on Mac OS X / Linux.
16 June 2009 - New Release 3.32.2
News:
- Full support for Mac OS X.
25 April 2009 - New Release 3.32.1
News:
- Dutch Translation and minor text changes.
1 April 2009 - New Release 3.31.11
Comparing with the previous stable release 3.30 we have:
News:
- French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese Translation.
- Several new Patterns, mixing Landscape and Portrait Tiles. Extra Patterns available with the AndreaMosaic Bonus Pack
- Improved MaskFile processing. With Black/White color you can define tile boundaries without a border.
- Use All Images in Collection option will not place the tiles on the border
- Black&White mosaics can be saved as colored mosaics with the feel of a black&white mosaic
- It is possible to specify the location of the saved Mosaic.
- Improved algorithm when specifying the Frame distance parameter in the More Options.
- New image resize and new tile building processing for reduced memory usage and improved quality.
- The Faster algorithm support now the Frame parameters and No-Duplicated tiles together.
Changes:
- Minor changes (bigger font for Tooltip, Mosaic Information shows usable/total tiles in Tile Archive, bug fixes)
- When loading/saving files the last used path will be initially shown
- AndreaMosaic Portrait version is integrated into the Standard version.
- System error messages are in English now
Bugfix:
- Fixed bug when extracting frames from a Video/Movie file (was unable to save)
- Fixed wrong rotations of tiles (if main tile is rotated and flipping required)
25 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.10
Changes:
- Spanish Translation updates.
Bugfix:
- Was unable to create mosaics made from Maskfile (fix on 3.31.9)
20 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.9
Changes:
- Translation updates.
Bugfix:
- Sometimes the mosaic had a smaller size than the specified parameters (fix on 3.31.8)
18 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.8
News:
- Several new Patterns for Portrait and Landscape tiles. Extra Patterns available with the AndreaMosaic Bonus Pack
- Improved MaskFile processing. With Black color you can define tile boundaries without a border.
- Use All Images in Collection option will not place the tiles on the border
- AndreaMosaic Portrait version is integrated into the Standard version.
- Added Spanish Translation
- Black&White mosaics can be saved as colored mosaics with the feel of a black&white mosaic
Changes:
- Better Pattern Description for Parquet and Mixed, and translation updates.
- Minor User Interface changes.
- When loading/saving files the last used path will be initially shown
Bugfix:
- Translation and minor user interface fixes
8 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.7
BugFix:
- Fixed bug when extracting frames from a Video/Movie file (was unable to save)
- Minor changes in the translations
23 February 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.6
News:
- New patterns 'Parquet' and 'Mixed' for allowing Landscape and Portrait tiles in the same mosaic.
- Minor user interface fixes
8 February 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.5
News:
- Added language selection in main window
- Added Chinese Language
- Minor changes (bigger font for Tooltip, Mosaic Information shows usable/total tiles in Tile Archive, bug fixes)
6 January 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.4
News:
- Added language selection in main window
- Added French Language
22 December 2008 - New Beta Release 3.31.1
Changes:
- Improved algorithm when specifying the Frame distance parameter in the More Options.
19 December 2008 - New Beta Release 3.31.0
News:
- It is possible to specify the location of the saved Mosaic.
Changes:
- New image resize and new tile building processing for reduced memory usage and improved quality.
- MaskFile use a new algorithm, with White as transparent color and higher tollerance
- Improved Interface for Extracting Frames from Video, with automatic Frame size calculation
- The Faster algorithm support now the Frame parameters and No-Duplicated tiles together.
- System error messages are in English now
- Added Italian Language
BugFix:
- Fixed wrong rotations of tiles (if main tile is rotated and flipping required)
24 October 2008 - New Release 3.30.4
Changes:
- Added support for Windows 98, Windows Millenium, Windows NT (maybe it works on Windows 95 too).
General Known Issues:
- Web Page HTML file has wrong name for the main image if mosaic is splitted.
- improved Tooltip mouse handling.
Windows 98 Known Issues:
- Tool Tip available only on main windows.
- Select Tiles: Image Icon's are shown incorrectly.
Linux Known Issues:
- the ? button doesn’t open the User Manual, but there is a shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
- Web Page HTML file has wrong name of tiles, editing base folder is a workaround.
- When saving a collection the default file extension is not automatically added.
- Drag&Drop from File Manager/Desktop works well on GNOME but not on KDE.
- Internet Web Link to AndreaPlanet web site in ToolTip and AboutBox works only with the Windows 98/ME version.
- Video Extraction from Movies (require VfW codecs). I tried without success the K-Lite codec pack.
16 October 2008 - New Release 3.30.3
Changes:
- Removed 'beta' from title Window.
8 October 2008 - New Release 3.30.2
Changes:
- Updated User Manual.
- Splitting Window is shown automatically if Mosaic is greater than the limits of the saved File Format
- Fixed minor bug when calculating the size of very large mosaics.
23 September 2008 - New Release 3.30
Changes:
- More messages, tooltips and minor fixes.
22 September 2008 - New Release 3.23.10 Beta
Improvements:
- Improved Mosaic Quality: Tile selection improved colour accuracy.
- Improved Black&White conversion.
- Improved Image Comparison algorithm
- Improved performance when loading large JPG files.
- DPI/PPI Resolution is now saved into the final Mosaic.
Changes:
- More messages, changes to existing messages and tooltip layout changes
- When selecting Black&White tiles the resulting mosaic will be automatically in Black&White
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed several bugs
Known Issues:
- Linux: the ? button doesn’t open the User Manual, but there is a shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
- Linux: Web Page HTML file has wrong name of tiles, editing base folder is a workaround.
- Linux: When saving a collection the default file extension is not automatically added.
- Linux: Drag&Drop from File Manager/Desktop works well on GNOME but not on KDE.
- Web Page HTML file has wrong name for the main image if mosaic is splitted.
- User Manual is not updated.
10 September 2008 - New Release 3.23.4 Beta
New Features:
- New 'High Quality' Mosaic Processing. It produces better mosaics.
- New 'Unique Variations' Mosaic Processing. It is useful for creating mosaics with real tiles.
- New Color Change Processing in the More Options Window
- Full compatibility for Pen Drive deployment. You can use the program on your Pen Drive without installing it.
- Rotation option is split between 90 and 180 degrees rotation
- Professional version allows to create mosaics up to 8 Gigapixels (this is a image made of over 24 Gigabytes)
- Select Tiles: Added Exclude and Required Folder. Required images are always included in a mosaic even if they don't fit well.
- Select Tiles: Added Drag&Drop for multiple directory selecting
- Select Tiles: A preview of all available Images for the Tiles is shown in the fourth list
- Mosaic Information is shown in custom measure units
- Full support for Linux Distributions
Improvements:
- Improved Mosaic Quality
- Improved Performance
- Reduced Memory Usage
- Improved Status Message
- Improved layout when XP Theme is not available (Windows 2000, Linux, etc)
Changes:
- The resulting mosaic is not shown but only saved
- Select Tiles Window: Removed Analyze button, it is done automatically at each Save.
- Parameter Tile Size: nnn Tiles x Row is calculated always on Rows even with Portrait images.
- New ToolTip layout
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed several bugs
Known Issues:
- Large bright images (over 3 Megapixel) in your Tile Archive are used when not needed.
- Linux: the ? button doesn’t open the User Manual, but there is a shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
- Linux: Web Page HTML file has wrong name of tiles, editing base folder is a workaround.
- Linux: When saving a collection the default file extension is not automatically added.
- Mosaic size is shown with a wrong conversion when switching to feet or meter
- User Manual is not updated.
21 August 2008 - New Release 3.23.0 Beta
New Features:
- New User Interface made with a simple and clear design
- Preview of how the original image is splitted into Tiles
- All input parameters are designed to be easy to understand and to insert
- It is possible to specify the parameters in any unit: pixel, inch, feet, meter, cm, tiles, tiles x row.
- It is possible to make mosaics looking like a wall, see Pattern option
- It is possible to specify individually the kind of variations to allow (Flipping, Rotating).
- It is possible to specify a custom color for the Border.
- Increased number of variations with AndreaMosaic Square Version when rotations is enabled.
- Two new Image Compare algorithm: Stronger and Weaker.
- The Image Collection support multiple Folders
- Improved Memory usage.
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Improved Performance in several situations.
- Improved Mosaic Quality.
- Option to Split the final Mosaic in different pieces.
- Option to create automatically a Deep Zoom Composer project file to publish your mosaic on the web using Microsoft Silverlight Technology. Here a sample image.
- Option to save the resulting mosaic as a Windows BMP file for maximum image quality (no compression).
- Support for internationalization. Soon AndreaMosaic can be translated into any world language. Translators Wanted.
- All the produced files are saved in a subdirectory
Bug Fixes:
- Old algorithm used to rotate the tiles even if Flipping was disabled.
- Fixed bug when updating the collection and some images was removed.
- Several minor corrections
12 August 2008
- Updated the User License, AndreaMosaic is now creditware.
- Added List of Artworks created with AndreaMosaic to the home page..
8 May 2008 - 3.22.0
- Updated User Manual.
8 March 2008 - 3.22.0
- Raised limits of the maximum size of your mosaic to 200 MegaPixels.
- Improved Performance and Memory Usage.
17 September 2007 - 3.21.0
- Option for to use all Images in your Collection.
- Option to specify Quality of saved JPG Mosaic.
- Improved Memory Usage.
- Improved Performance.
- Added Progress Bar.
- Smoother User Interface through Multithreading support.
- Improved limits on maximum mosaic size. Maximum 32000 Tiles. 50 MegaPixels Image size.
- Status line for detailed processing information.
- It is now possible to stop the mosaic process at any time.
- Fixed the preview window of the original image, sometimes not working well..
18 July 2006 - 3.20.0
- Added option for specifying the size of the created Web Page.
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The Web Page now zoom automatically the image while moving the mouse
(Thanks to 'aeracryon' ).
- Fixed some bugs.
- Updated the Donation List in the AboutBox!
10 October 2005 - 3.19.0
- Added option for saving an image to Bitmap Format.
- Improved quality on saving the final mosaic.
15 August 2005 - 3.18.5
- Added Sample Image Collection made with over 500 tiny sample images
1 August 2005 - 3.18.3
- Added some Photo Utilities for advanced users only.
- Minor fixes in the Text Report File and Updated User Manual about the Text Report File.
- Change: The Tiles X Row parameter is no longer used as Tiles X Col if Height > Width.
6 July 2005 - 3.17.6
- Updated User Manual
- Image Preview is centered to the Desktop Screen.
- Added Buttons for User Guide and Online Help.
- Added Usage Count in the About Box.
- Improved Mosaic Total Size and Total Tile count.
- Added Quality parameter in the support for very Big Mosaics.
- The Total Size and Tile Count was replaced with two new parameters TileWidth and Tiles per Row. So it is possible to give an exact size for the final mosaic/single tiles.
- New
parameter Maximum Number of duplicated tiles. Together with the parameter Minimum distance between every duplicated tile it is possible to customize tile duplication.
- Minor fixes.
25 May 2005 - 3.16.5
- New release 'AndreaMosaic NTSC' in order to create photographic mosaics with tiles in NTSC video format.
- Drag & Drop Support. If you drag and Image from Windows Explorer to AndreaMosaic it will be added to the Image List.
- The Sequence Algoritm will work only on directories/files of the Image Collection that contain the name "FRAMES".
- Minor improvements for the Square version & flipping problem.
- BugFix: Fixed position of the tiles in the Map of the HTML File.
- BugFix:
The Movie Extraction function now write correctly the JPG files.
- BugFix: When the parameter duplicated tiles was set to 0 then the Sequence Algorithm did not worked.
- BugFix: When creating an Image Collection also images with JPEG and JPE extensions are included.
7 November 2004 - New Release 3.15
- New release 'AndreaMosaic Portrait' in order to create photographic mosaics with tiles in portrait format.
- Now it is possibile to use images files (JPG) in CMYK format
in addition to RGB and Grayscale formats.
1 November 2004 - New Release 3.14
- Now it is possible to save a Report as a Text file or Web/HTML file.
11 August 2003 - New Release 3.13 for Cinescope and Square
- Now it is possible to create mosaics with Cinescope tiles (aspect ratio 16:9) or Square tiles (same width and height of every tile)..
11 August 2003 - User Manual in English
- Finally I wrote some pages on how to use the program!
12 April 2003 - New Release 3.13
- The Extract from Movie window have now a preview feature of the extracted frames.
8 April 2003 - New Release 3.12
- The progress indicator is now more smoother and I added some more information in the About Box. |