*** TalaPhoto 2.4 Beta 2 is now available. ***

The second beta version of TalaPhoto 2.4 is now available.

http://www.talasoft.com/talaphoto/beta.htm

In addition to all the new features listed below, recent changes include:

* Now handles QTVR panoramas in PhotoShow movies
* Compatible with Canon EOS Viewer Utility
* Windows version now available

Please send any comments or bug reports to support@...

Thanks,
Joe

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** TalaPhoto 2.4 Beta 1
** 8/1/2004
** New Features
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+ Extensive annotation and watermark capability
- More annotation types:
Per Image: Image Title, Image Notes, Image Description
Per Project: EventDescription, Copyright, Organization Name, Custom
AutoText: FileName, ProjectName, Shot Date and Time, Exposure Info
- Watermarks w/ any annotation type available on all output images

+ PhotoShow movie enhancements
- Fade and wipe transition effects
- Can include movies and images
- Trims or loops audio to match show length
- Imports iTunes audio from file types m4a and m4p

+ Web Designer enhancements
- New Home or Back navigation button
- Browser's Back button now exits Photo Gallery
- International text support (Unicode, UTF-8)
- Preview feature now uses default browser
- Allows choice of fonts for annotation

+ MultiPrint now has AutoCrop / No Crop choices

+ Image Export with selectable image sizes

+ Lots of cool UI enhancements
- The Cube!
- More precise and consistent Zoom and Crop
- Higher quality Thumbnails now show ViewPort for zoomed or cropped images
- Center & Fill button now toggles between Fill and Don'tCrop
- Right Click (or Control-click) to get Contextual Menu features
Thumb CMM (Duplicate, Move, Export, EXIF, Annotate)
Annotation CMM (Edit Text or Style, Choose Annotation)
WebBackground CMM (Image Properties, Annotations, Backgrounds)
PhotoView CMM (Export, Flip Page, Fill, ShowAll, Rotate Image)

+ Much better printing on Windows
/ Removed Playbox and Magic Mirror features.

** Documentation notes (To be answered in the FAQ)
- Install vendor's specific printer driver esp on WinXP and OSX
- Hold Shift during launch to create fresh Preferences file
- Drag thumb to export
- How to switch to Metric display (click on a decimal size display)
- Hold Shift to Move view 8X faster
- Hold Shift while rotating Image to also Rotate Page
- Why is Preferences menu dimmed on OSX? (Prefs are set automatically)
- Use Control Click or Right Click to get CMM features
- More memory is better on MacOS 9 (eg. 60 MB)
- Center & Fill button now toggles between Fill and ShowAll


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