Detailed Feature List forThumbsPlus
- ThumbsPlus version 7 offers new toolbar buttons
and graphics with a Windows XP feel, improved menus,
and a much wider selection of buttons to choose
from.
- You can load, view, edit and save 16 bit per channel
images.
- You can create, handle and view alpha channels
in 24-bit and 48-bit images.
- A digital cameral raw plug-in (Click
here for information and downloads.) is available,
and file types loaded by this filter will be loaded
as 48-bit.
- Support for AOL .ART files.
- You can save RAW files (image bits only, no image
information).
- Many different and interesting image filters are
available.
- Photo printing options with print preview.
- You can change or modify the image resolution
during resize, and the print size is computed.
- You can also enter a print size and the pixel
dimensions will be computed. Image | Transform |
Resize.
- ThumbsPlus will print all pages of multi-image
TIFF, DCX and CEX files.
- You can automatically extract EXIF information
and store in user fields.
- You can display up to nine user fields in the
thumbnail view.
- Perform quick batch processing directly from the
main menu's Image | Quick Batch fly out menu.
- Many slide show transitions.
- Windows Color Management support.
- Assign color profiles to scanners and digital
cameras.
- Movie thumbnail and viewing options (Options |
File Loading | Movies & Sounds).
- Preview window available (you can switch between
Tasks and Preview).
- Color replacement in single and batch mode (Image
| Adjust).
- Quick convert menu for converting multiple files
(Image | Convert to).
- Quick (and non-lossy for JPEG files) turns (90,
180, 270) and mirrors.
- Stamp an image with any image info (such as file
name, date, EXIF fields, etc.), another image or
any text. Image | Stamp.
- Multiple undo/redo capability.
- Generate thumbnail web pages in the Web Page Wizard.
Image | Web Page Wizard. The thumbnails can link
directly to the full size images, to individual
pages for each image or to a javascript pop-up window.
- Many template styles for the Web Page Wizard.
- Can convert and resize images in the Web Page
Wizard.
- Thumbnail annotations can be viewed during a slide
show.
- Will show the computed similarity between selected
images. Image | Compare.
- Even more versatile batch processing, including
setting file date/time.
- OLE support for many different file formats not
handled internally.
- Support for IPTC editing in batch process.
- Support for viewing EXIF information from digicam
files.
- EXIF version 2.2 fields supported.
- Create thumbnails of unsupported files
from the clipboard. Thumbnail | Make from Clipboard.
- Windows Still Image support to launch ThumbsPlus
automatically with your scanner or when attaching
your camera.
- Supported
File Formats
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| Database and Thumbnail
Organization |
- ODBC database support (MS Access format by
default).
- Find similar and duplicate images.
- User-defined fields for categorizing and
searching.
- Multiple customizable thumbnail views (small, large,
custom, list and report).
- Additional sort options (similarity, orientation, image
size).
- Thumbnails can be JPEG compressed (recommended for
Pentium II machines and faster).
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| Image Viewing and
Editing |
- Step-based batch processing.
- Image stamping (overlay text or image).
- Freehand select, paste into.
- Digital image watermarking (using Digimarc®
technology).
- Extensive search capabilities with named search
sets.
- Zoom view window image to arbitrary
percentages.
- Multiple monitor support.
- Synchronized image viewing (for comparing
images).
- Photographic red eye removal.
- Rotate images to line quickly & easily.
- Hairline (cross hair) cursor option.
- Many new status bar options in View Window.
- Combine images (add, subtract, multiply, divide, and, or, xor,
etc.)
- Drag images directly from the thumbnail view and drop on an
open view window for quick pasting.
- Overall improvements in viewing file information (from
Properties).
- Support for newest Kodak & Nikon DCS professional digital
cameras.
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| Folders & File
Organization |
- Windows Explorer folder tree format.
- Folder operations (create, copy, move, rename, delete).
- Image galleries for custom ordered slide shows, quick
organization.
- Favorite locations.
- Network Neighborhood access.
- Automatic file renaming (numbering).
- Support for SUBST drives on NT, 98 and 2000.
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| Other Features |
- Multithreaded operation (multiple background
tasks).
- Many configuration parameters.
- Customizable toolbars for main and view
windows.
- Multi-user network licensees can use other
ODBC-compliant databases.
- Context sensitive help for dialog items.
- Build canned slide shows to send to family or
friends.
- Upload pictures quickly and easily to several on-line
photo processing sites.
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System Requirements
| Minimum |
- Pentium 100 Mz.
- 48 Mb memory.
- 30 Mb hard disk space (database size
not included).
- 256 color display.
- Windows 98, ME, XP, 2000, or 2003
Note about Windows 95 and NT4: ThumbsPlus
is no longer tested on Windows 95 or NT 4.0. Version
7.0 did run on these operating systems, and is
available here.
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| Recommended |
- Pentium II, minimum.
- 128 Mb memory or more.
- 30 Mb hard disk space.
- Truecolor (24 or 32-bit) display.
- Windows XP or Windows 2000
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| Notes |
- As with any graphic-intensive application, ThumbsPlus
will run best with lots of memory. Large images may also require
additional memory.
- The total disk space required depends on the number of
thumbnails you make.
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Pricing and Upgrade Policy
| New Users |
- The price for ThumbsPlus Standard is $49.95.
- The price for ThumbsPlus Professional is $89.95.
- Learn about the differences between Standard and Pro here.
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| Existing Single-user
Licensees |
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| Existing Network
Licensees |
- Current network license users (who have
purchased, upgraded, or paid the maintenance fee
within the year before the release date) will
receive the v7 upgrade at no charge.
- Lapsed network license users (whose license is over a
year old) can upgrade. See new and upgrade network license pricing
here.
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| New Network Licensees |
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Standard, Professional and Home Network
Licenses
| Feature |
Standard |
Pro |
Network |
Home Network |
| Support for client/server databases (MySQL, SQLServer 7-2005,
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| Cerious plug-in support |
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| Photoshop plug-in support |
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| 16 and 48-bit support in JPEG2000, TIFF and |
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| 16 and 48-bit image editing |
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Digital camera raw image support (requires the Digicam
plug-in) . This currently includes support for:
CRW (Canon) |
CR2 (Canon) |
NEF (Nikon) |
MRW (Minolta ) |
DCS (Kodak) |
DCR (Kodak) |
ORF (Olympus) |
MDC (Minolta) |
X3F (Foveon) |
DNG (Adobe) |
RAW (Leica ) |
RAF (Fuji) |
PEF (Pentax) |
SRF (Sony) |
SR2 (Sony) |
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Scientific file formats:
- Olympus Confocal TIFF
- Biorad Confocal PIC
- IPL format
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| Sharing a ThumbsPlus database on a network |
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