Photology version 1.1.115 has been posted.  The purpose of this release is to resolve a problem seen by some of our customers with the photo index stored by Photology.  If you have seen problems running Photology and sent diagnostics to us, there is a good chance this version fixes the problem you were experiencing.

Please feel free to download and install the new version. If you are already using Photology and have purchased a license code, be sure to enter the license BEFORE you install the new version.

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We all know what a pain it is to organize and find your photos. Heck, that’s why we made Photology for you. Photology makes it easy to find your photos without having to do manual tagging and organizing.Lifehacker is conducting a Hive Five Call for Contenders today to determine the best way to organize your digital photos and they want your input as to the best software options.

All of you loyal Photology users, please head over there and vote for Photology!

Thanks.

Photology version 1.1.111 has been posted. Our on-going efforts to support the popular photo sharing sites continue with the addition of support for uploading groups or individual photos to Google Picasa Web Albums. You’ll find this new addition in Detail and Group views under the Share menu.

Here’s what’s new:

• You can now upload photos to Google’s Picasa Web Albums directly from Photology
• Alert user and close Photology if screen resolution is below minimum
• Polish language support

Please feel free to download and install the new version. If you are already using Photology and have purchased a license code, be sure to enter the license BEFORE you install the new version.

[Image courtesy Carolyn@Picasa Web Albums]

Photology version 1.1.109 was posted on February 4, 2008. A couple of really annoying bugs popped up in 1.1.108, and we just had to squash them:

• Problems installing and running on Windows language versions other than English, German or Dutch.
• Duplicate entries could be added to the Photology “watch folder” list, resulting in an exception each time the user tried to run the program.

Please feel free to download and install the new version. If you are already using Photology and have purchased a license code, be sure to enter the license BEFORE you install the new version.

[Image courtesy Aine D@flickr]

Photology version 1.1.108 was posted on January 30, 2008. Lots of new features and enhancements in this one, just in time for the PMA (Photo Marketing Association) tradeshow in Las Vegas this week and Valentine’s Day too. Here are some of the changes that you’ll notice:

• Added “Upload to SmugMug” capability for all our new friends at SmugMug.
  - Send full or reduced size photos to SmugMug - selectable from the “Settings” dialog.
  - The default setting is to upload the full-resolution file. Hooray for unlimited storage!
• Photology has gone to Berlitz and now is available in the following languages (in addition to English):
  - German
  - Dutch
• Added an “info” button in Detail view so you can quickly view photo info.
• Added a “folder” button in Detail view so you can easily locate the photo file in Windows explorer.
• Added “Add to Group” button in Detail view so you can add a photo to the currently active group right from Detail view.
• Improved diagnostics to help you help us troubleshoot any problems you run into while using Photology.
• Notable bug fixes
  - Fixed a bug which prevented Photology from processing images on certain disk drives
  - Fixed a bug which caused problems when attempting to delete from a read-only photo (e.g. CD/DVD)
  - Fixed a bug which prevented Photology from processing images in the root folder of a disk (e.g. CD/DVD)
  - Fixed a bug which caused Photology to exit with certain selected regions for cropping a photo
  - Fixed a bug to avoid additional processing when the user does not change the folder list in settings

Please feel free to download and install the new version. If you are already using Photology and have purchased a license code, be sure to enter the license BEFORE you install the new version.

[Image courtesy Rubryan@flickr]

From the beginning, we’ve felt that Photology was a different kind of application, not only in what it does, but also in how it works. That’s a kind of double-edged sword: one one hand, being different from other applications makes it stand out; on the other, explaining just how useful the search filters can be can be challenging. Really, trying out Photology yourself is the only way to get the full experience, and that’s why we’ve always made a free trial version of Photology available. And we’ll continue to offer the free trial, as well.

But to make things even easier, we’ve just gone live with a new “spin” on Photology…

We’ve brought our automatic tagging to the web! You can now try a web version of Photology that allows you to search through some Flickr photos. No download, no installation, no indexing — the web demo allows you to jump right in to a Photology session. We’ve automatically analyzed a sampling of Flickr photos (with no human interaction or training), and now you can search through the photos on the web using an interface almost identical to the Photology application you can install on your computer. We’re really excited about this web demo and think you will be to. Go ahead and check it out at the following link:

http://www.getphotology.com/flickrsearch/

As always, let us know what you think!

Photology version 1.1 was posted on Dec. 14, 2007. This version encapsulates all the updates since the 1.0 release, along with a few more improvements and bug fixes. Here are the key changes:

• Increased the “quality” setting for JPEG files shared from Photology. The new setting is similar to the best available quality from popular digital cameras.
• When an original size and unadjusted photo is “shared to file,” a copy of the original file will be shared (instead of a compressed version).
• Fixed a bug relating to an error when a file is moved with Photology in detail view.
• Fixed a bug related to sharing when the target file exists and is locked by another application.
• Fixed a bug in sharing to a Flickr “Pro” account which sometimes resulted in a smaller resolution photo being uploaded.

Please feel free to download and install the new version. If you are already using Photology and have purchased a license code, be sure to enter the license BEFORE you install the new version.

Yes, Photology is easy to use and helps you rediscover your forgotten (or misplaced) photos. And yes, Photology makes the most common editing tasks, such as cropping, rotation, red eye, and color adjustment simple. But what if you want to do more sophisticated editing on that long-lost photo you just found using Photology?

Simple. Starting with version 1.0.105, double-clicking on a photo in Photology will automatically open the photo in your Windows default image editing program. Programs like Adobe Photoshop are great tools for image editing if you know what you’re doing, and Photology complements these tools by helping you find that photo quickly and painlessly. Furthermore, when you save your changes in another editing program, Photology will immediately update the view of that image to reflect your changes!

For more information on this feature, check out the faq.

It looks like The New York Times has had this photo overload issue on their radar for quite some time now. I just stumbled on Ian Austen’s “Better Shoeboxes for Digital Photos” article from early 2007. It does a great job of describing the landscape of photo organizing/editing apps on the Windows and Mac fronts. Even though it’s months old, the info is still accurate. But even though the article starts out talking about how to keep digital photos organized, it veers off into photo editing. That’s not surprising, because editing, not organization, is the real emphasis of most photo apps.

Obviously, we took a different approach in creating Photology. Throughout development, we kept our focus on photo organization, and put in only the editing functions that we felt were absolutely necessary. We think the end product shows this focus in both ease-of-use and the novel approach of photo organization/searching.

What do you say, Ian? Can I interest you in checking out Photology to see if it fits in alongside the other great photo apps you mentioned in your article?

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When I started reading Heather Greenwood Davis’s “Preserving precious memories” article, I thought I was going to have another piece to add to the “photo overload” fire. Yes and no; the article touches on problems caused by digital photo ubiquity, but it really focuses on how to keep the “keepers” from your digital collection around for continued enjoyment.

But first, the article suggests deleting all the digital photos that don’t make the grade. While that certainly does kill digital clutter at the source, it’s not an approach I would recommend. Certainly, removing “lens cap on” kind of photos is fine, but with the ever-decreasing cost of digital storage these days, I’d say keep even marginal photos. You can always purchase more storage, but you can never go back in time to reshoot a photo. And of course, use software like Photology to manage the ever-growing collection of digital photos!

Heather’s article recommends a digital archiving strategy. This is always sound advice. And wouldn’t you know it, Photology is ready to help you deal with archived data! Here’s what you do:

• Back up your photos to CD/DVD or external drive.
• Make Photology to examine the backup photos.
• Eject/disconnect your backup media and put somewhere safe.

The next time you start up Photology, you’ll see the thumbnails of your backup photos; you can even search for your backup photos using Photology’s filters. But when you go to view a photo that is on ejected/disconnected media, Photology will tell you which disc the backup is on!

It’s easier and better to show you this functionality than to describe it, so I’ll be putting together a video tutorial of the process soon. Stay tuned!

[image courtesy UMN News]

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