Digital Multi User Media Archive Server for Small Teams

HISTORY: 0.8 BETA 0.7 ALPHA 0.6 ALPHA

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

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 10000×5000)

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