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Small bug fix release that fixes an issue with the Inline Top and Inline Bottom caption layouts introduced in version 1.4.1. Recommended for everyone. Login to your account to download the update.
Batch photo utility: Photodrop (OS X)
OS X users looking for a fast (and free) utility for resizing/optmizing a bunch of photos should check out Photodrop. Like Photoshop or ImageReady, it creates custom droplets you can drag images onto and it’ll format them all kinds of ways — flip, pad, resample, rotate, inject metadata — and then export to a number of image formats. Unlike the aforementioned Adobe apps though, Photodrop is super lightweight, fast, and doesn’t require launching a bulky app. Check it out.
After numerous beta releases, SlideShowPro 1.4.1 is good to go.
This may be the biggest update ever released for SlideShowPro. I decided a while back to use 1.4.1 as an opportunity to cram in as much new stuff in as I possibly could, and I think the updated version history reflects that.
Highlights include new image transitions, a new inline caption style, the ability to use images for albums (a popular ‘hack’ in earlier versions), new “crop to fit” image scaling option (so images are always flush, regardless of size), plus a couple of feedback fields in the component’s live preview state that show the pixel dimensions of both albums and the photo area (which will make cropping photos to match SSP much, much easier).
In the coming weeks I plan on developing new screencast tutorials that explain the new functionality, as well as demos that show what’s possible.
To download 1.4.1, login to your member profile and click on the “SlideShowPro” text link under “Your product purchases.” The download link is on the next page.
A lot has changed in this release, so if you find issues not discovered during the extensive beta release process, drop me an email.
Note: One issue from the beta testing that hasn’t gone away is the updating of existing components in FLAs. Sometimes it works perfectly, other times not. It appears that as the size and complexity of SSP has grown that Flash doesn’t always update older FLAs correctly. I’m looking into the issue to see if anything can be done about it. In the meantime, if your FLA doesn’t update correctly, you’ll need to create a new FLA with a new instance of SSP.
A new beta is out that fixes the transition trouble in 1.4.1b4 and 1.4.1b5, adds the “Always” option (with a new name) back in “Show Captions”, plus a few other small things. Check out what’s been updated here.
Beta 4 had a little problem with roll-over captions sporadically appearing without any user interaction. This is fixed in the new beta 5.
The 1.4.1 beta train keeps rollin’ on. Today I’m releasing beta #4, which includes a big change to image captions. You can now display captions inline at either the top or bottom of the component. Both inline captions span the width of the component, update immediately when an image loads (as opposed to after transition, like the rollover caption), and they don’t cover your photos. If you use image scaling your images will respect the height of the inline caption, even if caption length changes from photo to photo.
“On Mouse Over” is still the default caption option, but you can now position mouseover captions at the bottom as well. (They roll-up from underneath the navigation bar).
Lastly, the “Always” option from 1.4.0 (and earlier) has been removed. There isn’t much point in keeping Always when Inline accomplishes pretty much the same thing, but with better functionality.
So if you’re interested in kicking the beta tires, login to your account to download. You can read about what else has changed in the version history.
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