YaWah  Newsletter - May 2005

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eRez Imaging Server 3.1 released

 

Today eRez Imaging Server version 3.1 was released.

 

Version 3.1 is a free update of the popular version 3.0 which was released in September last year.

 

As always the new version is available for immediate download at our website and a Live Demonstration is also in place.

 

Version 3.1 improves eRez Imaging Server considerably in the following areas: Quality and Performance, Ease of use and Compatibility.

Quality and Performance

 

• Improved image quality by means of a new antialias filter used when down-sampling images and improved algorithms.

 

• Support for selecting ICC rendering intents during colour transformation.

 

• Faster handling of very large images.

 

• Faster indexing.

 

• In-memory Caching of metadata with configurable cache size.

 

Ease of use

 

• A brand new FSI Viewer based cropping tool with zoom, rotate and the ability to lock the aspect ratio of the selection. No FSI Viewer license required for use.

 

• A new function for directly moving images on the server.

 

• A new function for directly moving folders on the server.

 

• Real-time templates for internal use (such as “fsi”) can now be hidden from the user.

 

• Directories for files and cache use are now automatically created when a new shared folder is created.

 

• The hostname and port number are now dynamically set in case it have not been modified from the Management Console yet.

 

• The Servers Statistics page no longer counts the number of images when loaded. Instead a “count images” link is added to the page.

 

• The selected clipping paths are now displayed in the download manager.

 

• The receiver is now taken to the standard web interface when clicking on hyperlinks in emails.

 

Compatibility

 

• Improved support for exchanging IPTC metadata with Photoshop for Macintosh and Canto Cumulus.

 

• Support for Version 4 ICC Profiles.

 

• Support for TIFF images larger than 2 Giga pixels.

 

• eRez Anywhere now supports Windows Mobile devices.

 

• Improved support for files and folders with special characters including “+” and “%” in the name.

 

• Name of files in ZIP archives are now limited to 7-bit ASCII.

 

• Tested with Java 1.5 (JRE 5.0).

 

• Support for Apache Tomcat 5.5.

 

• Support for Oracle application Server 10g

 

• Improved support for embedding FSI Viewer hot-spots and other proprietary FSI Viewer data inside custom IPTC fields.

 

• Support for ImageMagick style “Pyramid TIFF”.

 

• Support for non-standard TIFF files created by Helios.

 

• Updated Synkron.web template.

 

Other

 

• Evaluation version of FSI Viewer 3.2.6 bundled. FSI Viewer 3.2.6 has the following new features:

 

§         Optimized load sequence of images in 3D presentations to display the main image earlier (* REQUIRES FREE SKIN UPDATE).

 

§         New FSI Viewer Parameter: "UISwitchable" to enable/disable showing/hiding the user interface (* REQUIRES FREE SKIN UPDATE).

 

§         New plug-in "SelectFrame" to author FSI hot spots in FSI Viewer.

 

§         New FSI Viewer parameter "ZoomLimit" to specify maximum magnification in percent of the source image.

 

§         New FSI Viewer parameter "ZoomLimitMin" to specify the min. magnification relative to initial size.

 

§         New FSI Viewer Parameter "ExtendedViewport" (default=false). Extends the view port to enable moving the image more freely.

 

 

§         New template options in CustomButton plug-in to create dynamic URLs based on the FSI Viewer state.

 

§         New button label "print" in CustomButton plug-in.

 

§         New plug-in events for Measure and SelectFrame plug-ins that can be tracked with JSBridge plug-in.

 

• Display of OPI Image ID’s from TIFF files.

 

• Improved support for publishing slideshows and showcases from queries with special characters.

 

• The secret pass phrase used to generate encrypted source strings can now be overridden from the Management Console.

 

• Miscellaneous minor enhancements and bug fixes.

 

• Discontinued support for Internet Explorer for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.

 

 

 

Best Regards from sunny Denmark

 

Kristian Ottosen
YaWah.com ApS Præstekravevej 23 DK-8541 Skødstrup
Phone:	+45 7026 2515
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