Release Notes

Version 3.0.4 Home and Pro - June 16th 2009

FotoMagico 3 is a major new version offering many new and enhanced features. If you update to version via Software Update, your currenty installed version will be replaced with version 3. You need to purchase an update to continue using FotoMagico. Please download from the web site if you want to try the new version before replacing the old release. (You can also re-download the older version from there later.)

Version 3.0.4 contains some important bugfixes and is recommended for all users of version 3.0.

Eliminated crashes after canceling export.
More reliable communication between FotoMagico and export process.
The audio of a slideshow containing only movies (but no audio) is now properly exported.
Movies are now rendered much faster during export.
Changed a warning to a note in the DVD plugin.
Exporting a slideshow with HD Plugin and setting 1080p using Elgato turbo.264 HD now results in the right movie size.
Alert triangles in Storyboard are now clickable again. When switching to Cut transition, timing warnings about transition duration are suppressed.
Various small fixes.

Version 3.0.3 Home and Pro - June 4th 2009

Version 3.0.3 contains some important bugfixes and is recommended for all users of version 3.0.

Starting movie playback has been changed. Crashes related to movie playback should now be gone.
Ducking should now work as expected. In the previous release the end of ducking produced strange jumps in volume.
Bugfixes to make exporting slideshows more reliable. The "internal error" message should now be much less common.
Fixed error where audio was sometimes missing in exported QuickTime movies.
An error message is now displayed when saving large slideshows to a volume that doesn't have enough disk space left.
Images or titles that have been zoomed to 0% used to cause trouble. This is no longer the case. Zoom levels of 0% are now ok to use.
Replace File menu command in Options panel is now enabled even if file is missing.
Match duration to Audio is now smarter: Movies and deselected slides are no longer modified. This way slides that require a certain duration (e.g. pans across long panoramas) are left untouched.
Improved drawing performance when selection changes.
New Elgato Turbo264 HD stick is now supported in more sharing plugins.
Misleading timing alerts in Storyboard are now avoided.
Various small fixes.

Version 3.0.2 Home and Pro - May 14th 2009

Version 3.0.2 contains some important bugfixes and is recommended for all users of version 3.0.

The "Made with Boinx FotoMagico" watermark is no longer applied to exported slideshows once a valid license is installed.
Launching iDVD or Toast from the Sharing Assistant now works again.
Made starting of export tool more reliable.
Various small fixes.

Version 3.0.1 Home and Pro - May 12th 2009

Version 3.0.1 fixes nearly all issues that surfaced in 3.0. Updating is strongly recommended for all users of version 3.0.

Movie files with non-thread-safe codecs can now be converted to a more suitable file format right inside FotoMagico.
Movie files with non-thread-safe codecs can now also be used without conversion in FotoMagico, but converting them is recommended for performance reasons.
Added QuickLook support to the Storyboard.
Dragging existing audioitems in the Storyboard has been made more consistent. The length of the item isn't changed anymore but now stays fixed.
A watermark is now display if FotoMagico is running in demo mode.
Drag & Drop in the Storyboard has been made more robust. Crashes should no longer happen.
Recording narration with audio markers now works correctly.
Exporting files has been made more robust.
The cursor is no longer hidden while previewing a slideshow.
Working with photos on dual graphics card machines now works.
The application is now internally named "FotoMagico3" to allow side-by-side installations of version 2.6 and 3.0.

Version 3.0 - May 4th 2009

FotoMagico has been completely re-written from the ground up to provide advanced features for version 3.0 and beyond.
FotoMagico now adds support for movies. Movies can be used like images. You can animate moves, add titles and more.
FotoMagico now adds support for multiple audio tracks. Refer to the help for more detail.
Recording narration for your slideshow is now possible directly from within the application.
Audio ducking automatically lowers the volume of other audio tracks. An common use for this is to attenuate music while a narrator is speaking.
A new Instant Slideshow Assistant lets you create nice slideshows with minimal authoring effort.
The new Elgato Turbo264 HD stick is now supported in the Sharing Assistant where appropriate.
Live playback now supports remote control via an iPhone Remote application (which will be available separately at the App Store).
Added new context sensitive authoring guides. Small alert and note icons in the Storyboard help to identify authoring problems in your slideshow and provide useful tips on how to rectify problems.
Added new assistant to locate missing media files.
Added a "Getting Started" movie to the Setup Assistant and the Help menu.
Added menu item to open demo slideshow from Help menu.
Added option to choose a random transition type.
When new features like movies or multiple audio tracks are used, the app now forces you to save the slideshow in the new .fms file format.
Added additional help pages for timing and DRM protected audio problems.
Added a focus ring to the Storyboard, to indicate when it is going to respond to keystrokes.
Added Quick Look support in Images and Movies panels.
Files in iMediaBrowser panel are now sorted like in the Finder.
Added improved progress bar when inserting large number of slides.
Function of spacebar key can now be configured in the preferences.
Audio tracks can now be muted.
Added optional names to audio markers. These are for reference only, and do not have any effect during playback.
Support for multi touch gestures in recent MacBook (Pro) computers. Zoom and rotate items in the stage.
FotoMagico 3 now comes in Home and Pro flavors.
The animation algortihm has been changed to achieve constant zooming speeds throughout the lifetime of a slide.
The way that shadows are rendered in titles has been completely rewritten. Shadows are now scaled along with the text and thus provide a much more intuitive user experience. Obviously this represents a change from past behavior, and old documet may now look slightly different.
The "Made with Boinx FotoMagico" watermark is no longer displayed once user have purchased a valid license.
When changing the selection, the playhead now always snaps to the beginning of the selection. This leads to a nicer preview experience, since pressing the spacebar then always starts playback at the selected slide.
Selection behavior in Storyboard has been improved. Extending the selection with shift and command keys now work on a per track basis, leading to a much mor intuitive experience.
Status overlays are now always displayed when previewing in the document window, but never during a fullscreen presentation.
PDF files cannot be imported as slides for now. Will be fixed in a future release.
Changed algorithm for rescaling images when stage size of a slideshow is changed in Settings.
When previewing a slideshow, the sidebar no longer collapses, so that playback buttons do not move from underneath the mouse.
Since title layouting has been changed a bit, when opening documents that were saved with older versions, the layout of title will have to be adjusted accordingly. Please check if the line breaks are what you expected.
Title layout behaviour has been improved over version 2.x. A newly added title automatically expands while typing, but once a width is chosen by dragging one of the two horizontal resizing handles, that width remains constant.
Rendering of title with large zoom factor has been improved. Text bitmap sizes are now clipped to a maximum size, to avoid hogging the GPU, and text is now always display at the correct size.
It is finally possible to enter Asian scripts, French accents, and other special characters into titles!
Many small bugs in title formatting that were present in 2.x have been ironed out.
Dragging RTF files to the Stage or Storyboard now works correctly.
Screensavers are more reliable now.
Standalone player and screensaver now works with new file format, enabling it to use movies and multiple audio tracks.
Eliminated a potential crash in standalone player.
Cursor now is hidden during full screen presentation.
Lots of small bug fixes.