Slideshow Disk Creation Enhances Multimedia Management and Viewing Solution
Released on = August 31, 2006, 9:46 pm
Press Release Author = Xequte Software
Industry = Software
Press Release Summary = Image and Multimedia Viewing and Management Software
Press Release Body = Wellington, NZ - 2 April 2005 - Xequte today announced the release of Smart Pix Manager v8.0, a major update of their popular multimedia management and viewing software.
Xequte\'s flagship product, Smart Pix Manager, enables organizations and end-users to manage their image, multimedia and document collections with an efficient database solution incorporating keyword, description and content searching and viewing support for an extensive range of file types.
With over 200 enhancements, version 8 represents a significant upgrade in functionality, with particular areas of development including slideshow disk creation, digital camera format support and performance optimization.
The most powerful addition in the update is the creation of auto-playing slideshow CD\'s and DVD\'s from a selection of image and video files. Full support is included for multiple background music files, descriptive captions and over 160 transition effects.
Format support has been further enhanced to include raw image files from popular cameras, including Canon, Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus and Minolta, XJPEG 128bit AES Encrypted JPEG Images and Dicom Medical Imaging Format.
Image batch conversion and editing has been completely overhauled with a simpler interface for selection of conversion functions and more control over the specification of the output format and filenames.
Other editing improvements include a new function to instantly add realistic photo frames to your images.
Multimedia functionality has also been improved with features aimed at digital music collectors. A new MP3 and WMA batch renaming tool automatically names files based on their embedded music fields (genre, artist, song title, etc) and a \"Search for Song Lyrics\" function uses the embedded fields to return the lyrics for the current file.
A \"Ratings\" toolbar allows users to rank their images and multimedia files. Ratings can be used to reorder files by preference or to hide those of a particular rating.
The database now also records which files are viewed the most often, providing another avenue for the quick location of files that a user finds most interesting.
Version 8 is now significantly faster due to optimizations of many database functions including searching and keyword insertion. Thumbnails are now loaded in a separate background thread so the user interface is not held up during their creation and rendering.
Other thumbnail improvements include a new \"Large Thumbnails\" file display mode, allowing users to quickly scroll through all their images at a viewable size, and new options to display file information with the thumbnails (size, date, dimensions, etc).
A number of enhancements have been made to the keyword addition functionality to speed up the cataloguing of a multimedia collection. These include the ability to cut, copy and paste keywords and dragging of keywords and dropping them onto files.
New automatic keyword options also allow users to add common digital camera fields (camera model, exposure time, etc) as keywords when adding new files to their database.
Other enhancements include improved control of image captions during a slideshow, such as font styling and the display of digital camera data, XP themed controls throughout the application, red-eye removal without requiring the selection of the eyes and more control over the function of the mouse wheel.
Smart Pix Manager costs $37.50, or $17.50 for users upgrading from earlier versions. Further information, including free evaluations, can be obtained from the Xequte web site at www.xequte.com or sales@xequte.com.
About Xequte Software
Founded in 1998, Xequte Software focuses on the creation of image and multimedia management and viewing solutions for Windows platforms.
Their flagship products, Smart Pix Manager and DVD PixPlay, have received numerous top reviews and are some of the more popular within their market niches. Xequte has also developed custom solutions for such leading companies as Shutterfly, Ofoto and Amazon.
For more information visit the Xequte Software web site at www.xequte.com or contact sales@xequte.com
Web Site = http://www.xequte.com/smartpix/
Contact Details = Address: PO Box 11-301, Wellington New Zealand