On Windows, using jAlbum on such screens has been a drag as the user interface didn’t compensate for the smaller pixel size. That means screens having significantly smaller pixels. Today we see more and more HiDPI / “retina” screens. Here’s a tricky sample image scaled with the “Standard” smooth algorithm and now with the “Blackman-Sinc” algorithm. Just select “Smooth” scaling quality under Settings → Images and then choose from one of the four new super high quality algorithms presented. JAlbum 15 has new code for image loading and scaling, providing better compatibility with oddly formatted JPEG images and improving scaling quality to match the best competition on the market. The panel can be minimized or enlarged to fit your needs. The new folder property panel also makes it more intuitive and faster to enter folder specific titles and descriptions. Just drag and drop images onto the two drop areas of the property panel to select representing folder image and theme image. All this has been implemented in a new intuitive “folder property panel” that’s appearing to the right of the thumbnails in jAlbum’s explore view. Hopefully no more “chopped heads” in theme images anymore. We’ve also made it easier to select the focus for cropping the theme image. In my humble opinion it looks awesome, doesn’t it?. Here’s a demo gallery that demonstrates this. This is important as it’s often hard to find one single image that both fits a square folder thumbnail and wide theme size. In jAlbum 15 it’s now possible to select a theme image that’s different from the image that represents that folder in the parent level (the “folder thumbnail”). Theme images are the usually wide header images that appear on top of galleries made with the Turtle and Tiger skins for instance. Don’t confuse them with symbolic links and their limitations. If activated (under Preferences → Album), jAlbum will no longer make copies of original images, videos and skin resource files that’s included in an album. Ĭan you imagine the disk size of an album dropping from 400MB to 10MB while presenting the same images? It may sound like magic, but is now possible through a technique called “hard links” and is supported by most modern file systems on Windows, Mac and Linux. Our “Tiger” skin is currently the only in-house skin supporting 360 images, but our community is also delivering support for this. Let us share our memories in 360° in this gallery (the 360° images are those with comments). We enjoyed conferencing (well.), photographing, filming, eating, drinking, diving and windsurfing. In September, Team jAlbum were invited to Bol, Croatia by Roni Marinkovic – a long time jAlbum user and skin developer. There are good models available for under $300. Basically every camera manufacturer now offers such a camera. ![]() Even though the concept has been known for years, ease of use and quality has gradually increased and prices dropped significantly. There are no frames! Don’t disregard this as a gimmick. You’re now free to look at the surroundings from any angle. These images puts you in the location the image was taken. If you’re not, we offer discounted updates. If you’re on an active support & update plan, it’s a free update. Oh, we offer 30 new trial days for everyone so you can try it out fully. Let’s present some highlights! As always, you can read the full story in our release notes. On top of this, there are new features too :-). I’m therefore happy to say that jAlbum 15 has been reworked and cleaned-up to be faster, more robust, handle images better, take less disk space, look better and be more intuitive. We therefore just don’t want to add stuff that only 1% of the users may use at the expense of clarity. Software that’s been around this long (jAlbum is from 2002) is sometimes accused of being bloated with features. What matters most to you depends on your needs. ![]() It’s hard to pinpoint one specific feature that stands out. jAlbum 15 offers a smorgasbord of improvements from the inside out. ![]() Thank you Filippo Bottega for providing this!
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