0.9.0 (525) Beta | 06 April 2012

Fixed: program trying to reach floppy-drive when clicking on the 'Add Files' button
Fixed: Incorrect reading of the Place tag when Country or State metadata fields are empty
Daminion updates Properties panel after clicking on the "Reading File Metadata" option

0.9.0 (524) Beta | 04 April 2012

Improvements

Added: Camera Importer

You can now import photos into Daminion from your digital cameras and removable devices. A list of the removable devices appears in the drop down menu of the Add Files button immediately after you insert a flash-card into your card-reader or connect a removable drive.
You can preview the images to be transferred. Images and Videos can be grouped by Creation Date, Folder or Media Type. Hovering the mouse over a thumbnail displays a large tool tip with a medium-sized image preview allowing you to see the image in greater detail.
Media files can be renamed during the transfer using a handy renaming function. Files can be imported to your computer and then either imported into Daminion's local catalog or uploaded to your server computer and imported to a shared catalog (via Daminion Server).
This is the very first version of the Camera Importer. As such, it will be undergoing continual improvement. For example, we'll be adding a backup option and the ability to assign tags to imported images

The "Rescan Folders" feature has been partially implemented. It will be totally rewritten for the next minor version (a few minor bugs will be fixed and performance will be optimized).
Added: an option to display all the image metadata using the ExifTool (Advanced > Show All Metadata)
Added: support for RW2 and NRW formats
Added: an option to read metadata from Files. (Actions > Read Metadata From Files).
A Sync button has been added to the toolbar to manage Daminion Catalog <-> File Metadata synchronization.
Added: the ability to switch off automatic metadata synchronization
Added: the option to preserve File Creation Date during export
Added: progress indicator for Check-In of large files
Real time progress indicator for Import and Metadata syncing processes
Added: a "Remove from Catalog" option on the main workspace context menu
Parent tags that have a number of children now take less time to expand (faster by 50-80%)
Hovering the mouse over a tag in the Properties window displays a tool tip with a hierarchy of the tag's ancestors
Added: the Catalog Tags panel now supports the Home and End shortcuts on the keyboard
The Auto-Sync Metadata option is now turned off by default.
The sync option icon now displays whether Auto-Sync Metadata is turned on or not.

Bug Fixes

Fixed: The issue of Daminion Server and Daminion Server Admin Panel opening slowly on computers without an active Internet connection.
Fixed: bug with Daminion Server installation - when the 8082 or 8084 port was occupied by a third-party service
Tags are correctly exported as text, preserving their hierarchy from the Properties Panels
The Exif:UserComment fields, which were causing metadata to be incorrectly written into images, have been removed from the mapping fields of the Description tag.
Resolved: an issue with LightRoom and several other third-party photo management tools which were reading saved Rating values incorrectly.
The Place tag now saves correctly into the metadata
Fixed: a bug preventing EXIF metadata from being updated (including Datetime, DPI)
Fixed: a bug disconnecting the server when large files were uploading
Fixed: bug causing "StrongHierarchyTagEditor: this.TagLevels.Count < indexedTagValues.Length" message to appear
Fixed: a problem with adding a new tag to the Catalog Tags panel
Fixed: the issue of an "Unable to get the checked out file" error message appearing when checking out files from the Daminion Server
Fixed: program freezing during export when server became unavailable
Fixed: problem with program freezing when clicking on the Preview button in the video files' Export window
Client and Project Tag can now be displayed in the Properties Panelр
Fixed: minor bug with Quick Search
Fixed: an issue with the message "unzulässige Funktion" appearing during installation of Daminion Server on German versions of Windows
Fixed: a bug related to moving files from local to shared catalog
Fixed: a bug that appears in the "Create a new Place" form in the Catalog Tags tree
Fixed: several issues related to importing PicaJet XML files
Fixed: Hotkey problem with the DateTime tag in the Properties panel
The Browse button now works in the Check Out window
The Preview window is now cleared after files have been removed
Fixed: bug when two tags with the same name, but different parents, are not displayed.
Fixed: freezing of the Sync indicator in some instances
Fixed: Daminion launching with a broken configuration file
Fixed: an issue with exporting/importing tag structure
Fixed: slow launch of Daminion standalone version
Fixed: the problem of the server disconnecting when files are uploading
Fixed: the problem of folder parents being displayed incorrectly on the search bar
Fixed: problem of the server disconnecting when more than 10 folder tags are selected
Removed: array tags from sorting option (a minor bug was related to this)
Fixed: minor issue of the appearance of the system message "There is no disk in the drive"
Several other minor bugs fixed and improvements made

More info is available on our blog

0.8.9 (477) Beta | 28 December 2011

Server: Improved import speed for large files from shared locations
Server: Version Control now only works for files uploaded to Daminion Server
Server: Fixed program freezing after "Undo Checkout" operation with checked "Delete the local file copy" option
Server: Fixed a bug with "Downloading" window freezing when double clicking on a server based file
Server: Windows Event Logs are shown in the Daminion Server Administration panel when an error occurs during server launch
Server: Optimized performance when importing files
Server: Fixed several bugs in Daminion Administration panel
Server: Fixed an issue with downloading large files
Server: Server Installation process improved
Server: Client and Server updating process simplified
Server: Server installation now permits installation with an empty password
Server: Fixed a bug with server disconnecting after checking out a large server based video file and then pressing the Cancel button
Server: Fixed a bug with freezing "Write Metadata To File" progress for server based files
Server: Added progress information on "Downloading" window for remote files
Server: "Upload Files to Server" option now saves its state
Server: Fixed a bug when date/time and dimension tags were displayed as text field in the Properties panel
Sync state now recovered next time program is launched
Fixed a bug where thumbnails disappeared after exiting Full Screen mode (in some cases)
A report window now appears at the end of import if any files have failed to import
Fixed an error when duplicate network location with, for example, different letter case appearing in the Catalog Tags Panel \\server and \\Server
Fixed an error that appeared after dragging a tag value to the tag header
Fixed a few issues when rotating images in Full Screen mode
Fixed a bug when importing some PicaJet xml files
Now, when thumbnail is selected it is reflected in the Preview window (as well as when you move the mouse over a thumbnail)
It's now possible to launch Daminion with - log_enable option. For example,
"C:\Program Files\Daminion Software\Daminion.exe" -log_enable
Daminion can now automatically check for new versions at startup
Fixed a bug with wrong statistic calculation for some tags
Fixed a bug when updating statistic after files have been checked in/out
Fixed a bug when some folders are not displayed in Catalog Tags panel after importing
Some other minor improvements and bug-fixes

More info is available on our blog

0.8.8 (466) Beta | 07 December 2011

Export window now shows file export in progress (not just when export is complete)
Progress of imports now indicated on Application title in Windows taskbar
Locate in Explorer now works for shared files that have been checked out (i.e. there are actual local checked out copies)
Improved checkout for large files located in remote shared folders
Selecting "Override All" and "Skip All" options in the Export window now maintains its status
Improved Progress window for downloading files from Daminion Server
Tags are correctly copied to the clipboard in the Properties panel
Latest item to be removed from page remains selected.
A link has been added to the Daminion Server Administration panel to enable the Server Log files to be located.
Simplified Daminion Update Wizard
Fixed an error that occurred when assigning a child tag to its parent tag
Fixed an error that occurred while thumbnail scrolling through the shared catalog
Fixed Npgsql.NpgsqlException during import to Daminion Server
Fixed bug causing Checkout to freeze when large number of files were selected
Minor bugs fixed

0.8.7 (456) Beta | 24 November 2011

The "syncing" button now shows the correct amount of files in the syncing queue
Improved syncing between tags and metadata
Images are now correctly rendered after changing them with outside applications
Improved compatibility with previous catalog versions
Improved context menu behavior for the Place tag in the Properties panel
Extra spaces are now removed from tags when importing files
Added two new tags: Project and Client
Date & time under the thumbnails is now displayed according to the local date & time settings
Added new MPlayer version that supports more video formats
Added new MediaInfo version
Reordering columns in the detail view now save their state
People tag not is is no longer mapped to the IPTC Contact
Improved Checkout window
RAW files are now correctly rendered for rotated images
Now Daminion Standalone version can be launched with the -log_enable argument. It allows you to write error messages (and debug info) to the log file
The item selection passes to the next item after its removal
Now the problem files will not terminate importing process and a report window appears at the end of the import
Fixed bug with configuring and displaying captions below the thumbnails
Fixed bug where Check out didn't work with hidden thumbnail captions
Fixed bug with displaying images in Full Screen mode
Fixed bug with importing files with long paths (more than 250 symbols)
Fixed bug when moving files from a shared to a local catalog
Fixed bug in Advanced Search where it was impossible to switch search criterions
Fixed "Out of memory" bug when opening large images (for example 10000x5000)
Fixed a few bugs with syncing indicator
Fixed a few bugs in the Properties window
Fixed a few bugs where the program froze for some time: during installation and when creating a new catalog
Fixed bug where some JPEG files with corrupted EXIF header are not imported
Fixed bug which made it quite hard, or even impossible, to select or deselect some catalog tags on Windows XP
Fixed bug with exporting some BMP files to JPEG format
Fixed bug with incorrect saving of the exported files
Bug with moving files from shared to local catalogs
A number of minor bug fixes
Minor improvements

More info is available on our blog

0.8.6 (405) Beta | 23 September 2011

Syncing tags with metadata can be paused
Added a new tag: Flag
Improved the Compare Items window
Improved "Open/Edit With" menu option
Fast rendering of Camera RAW files
Added limited support for DWG and DXF formats
Improved bottom toolbar
The Daminion (Home) Server is almost ready
Updating Thumbnail now takes into account changes of external files
Fixed the bug with the "Error creating window handle" error message
"Open/Edit with" now works for multiple file selection
Fixed bug with manual sorting
Fixed bug with disappearing keywords under the thumbnails
Added the ability to manually write all tags into files as metadata
Added option to invert the current selection.
Fixed losing selection after deletion of media item
Fixed bug when trying to save a Saved Search with an empty name
Fixed bug when the Place:Location is dropped to the Place:City
Fixed a small bug with Check Out on the Tray window
Updated thumbnail and preview after Rollback in the Version Control window
Now available: "Compare with Current Version" option in the Item Audit History window
Fixed a few minor issues with image rendering in the "Compare Items" window
Optimized import speed for Camera RAW files
Properties Panel: now the helper context menu works for Place sub-value with empty parent values
Fixed a crucial error that might have caused corruption of TIFF files in some cases
Optimized moving files between catalogs
A few other minor bugs fixed and improvements made

More info is available on our blog

0.8.5 (370) Beta | 10 August 2011

Updated statistics for complex queries
Improved color management
Added: the ability to email images from your Gmail or Google Mail account
Added: 4 new media formats (Adobe Illustrator (*.ai), Adobe InDesign (*.indd), Fuji MPO format and HDV format (*.m2t)
Now, you can assign an image to multiple collections
Now, Daminion ignores empty tag values during import
Added: Progress bar for catalog tag filtering list
Added: Thumbnails displayed in the Audit History window. All items in context menu now working
Improved synchronization between Catalog Tags and Property Panel
Double clicking on the thumbnail resize scrollbar will autofit the thumbnail to the maximum size of the workspace.
Bug fixes: Files used to be moved from Daminion to an external folder (opened, for example, in Windows Explorer) by dragging. Now, instead of having to drag the files, the program will copy them.
Fixed: Automatic sorting after adding new tag values
Fixed: Minor bugs that affected customization of the Properties Panel
Fixed: Bug that used to cause statistic calculation in the filtered catalog tags list
Fixed: Bug when displaying folder tags in the query tool bar
Fixed: Bug that created incorrect sorting tag values beginning with different cases
Fixed: Several bugs in the Compare Items window
Fixed: A few bugs relating to the Place tag
Fixed: Bug when writing empty values to Camera RAW files
Fixed: Bug responsible for the appearance of duplicate thumbnails after manual thumbnail sorting
Fixed: Bug related to checking out files
Other minor bug fixes and improvements

More info is available on our blog

0.8.4 (348) Beta | 14 July 2011

"Quick" filtering of tags
Improved compliance with Nikon tools (Capture NX/View NX), Adobe Photoshop CSx and Adobe Bridge CSx)
Added ability to quickly select specified tags in the Properties Panel by keyboard
Changed default migration rules from PicaJet XML album
Bug Fixed: Losing a highlight in the tray window after deleting an item by keyboard
Bug Fixed: Searching by File Size now works
Bug Fixed: IntelliSense in the Property Panel works for hierarchical tags
Bug Fixed: Customization of Tags in Catalog Tags and Properties now works properly
Bug Fixed: Incorrect auto-rotating of some RAW formats
Bug fixed: In some cases, letters describing Nikon lens classes were incorrectly recognized
Bug Fixed: Incorrect recognition of GPS References
Bug Fixed: Versions now works
As an experiment we added ability to manually re-order media items. Custom order state is not saved
Optimized loading of problematic Export Add-ons
Creation DateTime is extracted from .modd sidecar files for MT2 and M2TS formats
Metadata saves directly into CR2, NEF и DNG without sidecars (by ExifTool)
Optimized movement of files between catalogs
Default Boolean Operation (OR) for Ratings and a few other tags

More info is available on our blog

0.8.3 (340) Beta | 27 June 2011

Added a new panel to display the active query filter
Added the display of GPS coordinates
Added Hot Keys for quick tag selection
Added support for MTS and M2TS video format
Quick search condition now reflects on filtering content by selected catalog tags
Low resolution images are now printed correctly
Fixed bug when adding files to the Tray panel
Fixed bug when closing a catalog that contains any corrupted file formats
Fixed a few bugs related to moving files between catalogs
Improved and optimized tag statistic calculation
Fixed bug when removal of tags is not reflected in the file metadata
Fixed a few bugs during export
Fixed bug that prevented some folders being displayed in the Catalog Tags Panel
Resolved about 20 other minor issues
More info is available on our blog

0.8.2 (327) Beta | 23 May 2011

Added "Send to Email" feature
Improved "Export to Folder" feature
Announcing Daminion Export API. Now all export features are implemented as add-ons in the same Export Preview Form
Export add-ons are available from the following sources: 1. Main menu. 2. Context menu for main workspace and tray. 3. Button on the toolbar. 4. Hot keys
Hotkeys for some features have been changed: F3, F4 - now rotates images CCW, CW. F7 - Copy to Folder. F8 - Send to Email
The Daminion Users'Manual is available as a Wiki. We'll do our best to keep it up-to-date but any help or feedback is more than welcome!
Bug fixed - when OR operation wouldn't work in the Catalog Tags pane
Bug fixed - with incorrect detection of EXIF orientation tag for Camera RAW formats
Improved import speed
Bug fixed - with application freezing when viewing large files (> 20 MP)
Bug fixed - with incorrect rotation of file previews
Now correctly reads IPTC fields encoded as UTF8
Bug fixed - with freezing application when Preview Panel is open
Bug fixed - with Properties Pane when entering the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 changed the label color of selected files
ColorLabel: "None" now always appears above other color label choices
Bug fixed - with slow import of the last file in import list
Bug fixed - where it was impossible to select a tag with a long text because of a blinking tooltip
Bug fixed - when backspace didn't work in Advanced Search for Width and Height fields
Fixed - a couple of bugs in the Compare Items window
Now Export works correctly for items selected in the Tray
Minor bug fixes

0.8.1 (306) Beta | 06 May 2011

Added moving items to another catalog (by drag and drop or via menu
Optimized tag expanding speed for large catalogs
Improved import speed
Added IPTC:Headline (2:105) to the Title's mapping list.
Added HD Photo support
Added ignore letter case when adding a new tag
XMP Metadata will write to PDF if an xmp block is already present in PDF file
Statistic for Saved Searches now calculates correctly
Removed manual tag sorting and moving, now all the tags are sorted alphabetically
Fixed problem with multiple duplicate city values
About 30 minor improvements and bug fixes

0.8.292 Beta | 08 Apr 2011

This is mostly a bug fix release, with a few new features. Installing the new version is recommended for all users.

0.8.268 Beta | 02 Mar 2011

Added Color Label editor
Added Import/Export tags--uses tab delimited text file
Reading/writing hierarchical and complex tags from/to metadata
Added Sorting feature for tags
Double click on a Tag on the Properties Panel sets a filter by this tag
Improved Tray performance. Now it works quickly even with several thousand files
Changed Tag Displaying Scheme for Properties panel--now Description Tags are displayed for all types of files no matter if older files could be mapped to a selected file format or not
'OR' criteria is shown by default on the 'Catalog Tags' window when multiple tags with unique values are selected. For instance: Camera Lens, Model, Place, Color Profile
E and V keys now work in full screen mode ('Edit with', 'Open with' menu options
Mouse Click on a large picture in full screen mode and Zoom Out the picture right to the clicked point on the screen
Now reordering Catalog Tags works correctly
'User Feedback' window is no longer a modal window, and allows switching between the program and the feedback window
Ins and Del keys are correctly handled on Catalog Tags Panel
Improved and Optimized Printing
Added image rotating feature
Added support for displaying some Nikon lens
Fixed bug with freezing installation on some OS configuratio
Fixed bug with freezing program during importation of broken PDF file
Fixed bug with deleting search criterion from Advanced Sear
Fixed bug with reset tag filter when switching between Tabs
Fixed bug with expanding/collapsing Catalog Tags on Windows XP
Fixed bug with showing Assigning Tags window two times during tag assignment
Fixed incorrect sorting of 'Media Format' and 'Color Label' tags
Fixed bug with disappearing thumbnails on 'Film Strip' mod/span>
Improved keyboard support
Fixed memory leaks during import and image viewing
A few dozen minor issues were resolve
Fixed bug with importing from PicaJet
Minor improvement

0.7.218 Alpha | 20 Jan 2011

30-plus tags to help you quickly describe and filter your content with just a few mouse clicks (in PicaJet, only categories were available)
Full Support for XMP, EXIF, IPTC metadata. Any changes of file properties (tags) will automatically be reflected on the file metadata (if the metadata writing is supported by the file media format)
Reading/writing hierarchical and complex tags from/to metadata
Quick, advanced and saved searches
Version control
Export on demand with transformation presets
Powerful properties panel
New interface with draggable panels and various view modes.
Simultaneous works with multiple catalogs that feature different tabs, similar to modern web-browsers that can open web-pages
Catalogs lock in relative paths to imported files. No worries over losing links to your files even if you store your folders on an external storage drive. If files or catalogs are re-located, all links inside the catalogs will always correctly point to files on the same drive or in the same folder.
A full list of supported media formats can be found here

0.6.196 Alpha | 03 Jan 2011

The first public Daminion version.

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