BorderMaker Release notes

4.2

Added IPTC support
Improved speed for loading large images

4.1

Donation dialog at startup can be disabled
BorderMaker is open source, the project is hosted at code.google.com/p/bordermaker
Some minor bug fixes

4.0

Preview of text, borders/frames and watermark editing actions
A drop shadow can be applied to text
Numerical spinner elements replaced by handy sliders. Use mouse right click to position the slider on the exact value.
Text, borders/frames and watermarks can be edited during addition, deletion and movement operations.
The resize quality can now be set, this was not so good in the latest version. Now you can find the optimum value between quality and speed.
Borders/frames can be made transparent! Examples will follow on the web site.
The background of tranparent borders can be blurred.
The blending mode of transparent borders can be adjusted.
During preview, sharpness and JPEG quality can be changed to immediately see the result. The size of the JPEG file is visible.
Images can be send by FTP directly from the preview screen to simplify the process for a single image.
You can use the following styles for resizing:
- Keep aspect ratio; like BorderMaker use to work in the old days
- Crop image; BorderMaker cuts the image exactly this size, i.e. square thumbnails.
- Squeeze image; BorderMaker squeezes the image to the requested size.
Files can be saved PNG format, no quality loss.
By using relative size, text and borders/frames will be larger when the image is larger.
BorderMaker now be started on the command line:
- BorderMaker <file.brd>; Starts BorderMaker and loads the specified file
- BorderMaker -start <file.brd>; Starts BorderMaker, loads the file and executes the action
- BorderMaker -start -stop <file.brd>; Starts BorderMaker, loads the file, executes the action and stops the program
File date of the original image will be maintained.
BorderMaker runs again on Mac (Java 5).
Quick open and close buttons added

3.1

EXIF information is retained
Performance improved
New color picker

3.0

FTP support
Fixed font load bug

2.6

Native library works
Available in italian
Small GUI changes
Replacement varaibles changed:

%n: file name (caps are not changed)
%a: file name (lower case)
%A: file name (upper case)

2.5

Native libraries are available for windows users, this speeds up the processing time radically
Fixed number of EXIF bugs (StackOverflow en wrong shutterspeed, etc...)
Quick search for fonts (Just type in font list)
Dialogs are no longer to big with long texts
Added an example file in installation (see File menu)
Fixed bug for Mac with new Java version

2.4

Improved GUI
Context assist for variables at filename and titles (CTRL + Space).
Preview dialog also available for images.
Totally revised font drawing and positioning for better looking fonts.
You can now choose if you want smooth (anti aliased) fonts.
Border size can be adjusted all at once or per size (Click checkbox label).
You can now specify if you want the filename/extension in upper or in lower case.
You can now include a counter in your filename/titles using %c or %C (leading zero's). Use %c[10] to start counting from ten and use %C[12,4] to start counting from 12 and append leading zeros to 4 positions.

Example:
%c: 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
%c[10]: 10, 11, 12, 13, ...
%C: 01, 02, 03, 04,...
%C[12,4]: 0012, 0013, 0014, 0015, ...

2.3

Fixed bug that new borders texts don't work.

2.2

Borders also visible in preview window.
French language add.

2.1

BorderMaker now has a config file in the program folder.
Recent file are shown in file menu
Language menu
Solved couple of bugs
Auto color also for borders

2.0

Added pause button.
Solved bug: BorderMaker did't stop processing
Auto adjust: Automatically adjust color based on the background color of the text. Makes the text darker or brighter if the text blends in with the background.
Auto color: Automatically determine the color based on the average color of the image.
.brd files are now in XML format. No more compatibility problems with older versions of BorderMaker!
IPCT is allso visible in the EXIF window.
Preview when browsing for images.
Thumbnails are also being rotated according to the EXIF orientation.
if/else possibility with EXIF:

%x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist nothing will be shown.
%x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist 'No Iso' will be shown.
%x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist it tries to find the 'Iso Speed Ratings' Tag, if this doesn't exist nothing will be shown.
%x If the 'Iso Speed' Tag doesn't exist it tries to find the 'Iso Speed Ratings' Tag, if this doesn't exist 'No Iso' will be shown.
... etc ... This way you can search for the right EXIF tag.

1.13

Grid as background
Grid brightness adjustable
You can show all text in the preview window
You can parse the EXIF values in the preview window (The EXIF from the example file is used)
You can choose all other variables from EXIF dialog

1.12

Preview window for text.
Outlined, transparante fonts possible.
Font preview can be turned off in de combobox, performs better with lots of font.
Stack overflow bug solved (if I'm correct).
Solved resize bug if "Resize" option is unchecked.
Extra field validation.

1.11

Fixed bug: when multiple exif tags are specified in a title it doesn't work.
Images can be saved from the example dialog to make one-image processing easier.

1.10

No image with border bug has been solved.
You can choose EXIF tags directly from the titles dialog.
If an EXIF tag wasn't found the %x will no longer show up in the image, instead an empty String is inserted.
You can specify some text in case the specified EXIF tag doesn't exist in the image, example:

%x

if the Date/Time EXIF tag exists in the image it will show up in the title, otherwise Unknown date will be shown.

1.9

Layout changes
Example dialog adjusts size to the image
BorderMaker icon included
(nl) BorderMaker in het engels beschikbaar, hij pakt standaard de systeemtaal, mocht je een andere taal willen selecteren pas dan de bordermaker.bat aan naar: start javaw -Dbordermaker.language=[default|nl|en] -Xincgc -Xmx512M -Xms128M -jar bordermaker.jar %1
(en) BorderMaker is avaiable in english. By default BorderMaker starts in the system language. If you want to use BorderMaker in a diffirent language you can adjust the bordermaker.bat file. start javaw -Dbordermaker.language=[default|nl|en] -Xincgc -Xmx512M -Xms128M -jar bordermaker.jar %1