Sparkbooth 4 Release Notes

Recent changes to Sparkbooth 4 and Sparkbooth DSLR


4.3


4.3.119 Download: Windows  Mac  Windows DSLR, Vista XP DSLR

- Switch to new services server


4.3.118 Download: Windows  Mac  Windows DSLR, Vista XP DSLR

- Fix false warning for DSLR license


4.3.116 Download: Windows  Mac  Windows DSLR, Vista XP DSLR

- Fix activation for upgraded Personal license

- Correct update url


4.3.115

- Fix activation for upgraded Personal license


4.3.114

- Fix login callback for SmugMug


4.3.113

- Update to use new license server


4.3.111

- Smaller installer

- Update Facebook permissions for August changes


4.3.110

- Update Facebook uploader for changes coming on August 2018

- Decrease time to open camera list

- Update photo timeout message


4.3.109

- Fix frozen live view

- Fix GIF encoding issues


4.3.106

- Update Facebook service version


4.3.105

- Show all MailChimp lists sorted by name

- Fix save settings for photo kiosk mode


4.3.104

- Enable Facebook 2-factor login

- Fix Facebook logout


4.3.103

- Improved Canon component

- Prevent Canon camera from timing out

- Send photo later queue imports photos from same folder as import file

- Fix preview duration 'None' slider label


4.3.102

- Album screen close button should be disabled after selecting a photo


4.3.101

- Fix startup with no license bug from the last update. Sorry about that!

- Fix brighten live view when 'using external flash' setting disabled


4.3.99

- Fix print counter for guest copy selection

- Fix Pinterest posting

- Update Facebook service version


4.3.98

- Fix settigs export for bad images

- Add DSLR version for Windows XP and Vista


4.3.97

- Get all SmugMug albums

- Fix Evernote login

- Fix Shootproof event selection

- Fix DSLR camera disconnect crash when brighten live view enabled


4.3.95

- Update Canon component in main DSLR version. B version no longer needed [DSLR]

- Fix Yahoo SMTP port number

- Fix SmugMug uploader

- Update Facebook service version

- Fix crash when adding image to green screen set


4.3.92

- Fix STMP emailing to ignore certificate warnings

- Fix crashes when adding images to green screen background sets


4.3.91

- Fix request support for photo kiosk

- Fix erroneous Mailchimp check in photo kiosk

- Other minor fixes


4.3.90

- Update Canon component to improve performance and fix take photo delay [Canon b]

- Fix in-application reset settings


4.3.89

- Add in-application reset settings


4.3.88

- Fix camera select dialog

- Fix closing application when camera uninitialized

- Fix fullscreen exiting in lock mode


4.3.85

- Fix freezing when changing themes

- Canceled uploads should not be queued

- Print prompt screen remaining time label should only be 1 line


4.3.84

- Opening links with web browser, exits fullscreen

- Fix live view error message

- Fix default theme selection


4.3.83

- Canon component reverted to older version from 4.2 [Windows DSLR]. If you need support for EOS Rebel T6, EOS 1300D, EOS Kiss X80, EOS-1D X Mark II, or EOS 80D, download DSLR.b

- Add ability to restart camera on lock up [Windows DSLR.b]

- Fix camera firmware update message


4.3.79

- Fix Send To Guest status on About screen


4.3.78

- Add firmware version checker

- Update error logging

- Update Facebook photo urls

- Fix display of OK button for Facebook like dialog

- Fix delay is loading status display when importing settings

- Fix centering of 'Developing Photos' message

- Other minor optimizations


4.3.72

- Add setting to display photo progress bar [DSLR]

- Fix error when dragging file with no extension into photo layout settings

- Fix layout editor undo

- Minor UI fixes and tweaks


4.3.68

- Clear up image loading memory sooner

- Fix photo layout settings keyboard handling


4.3.67

- Fix Twitter @reply uploader


4.3.65

- Fix screen overlay mirroring

- Fix photo layout settings keyboard handling

- Fix camera sound effect for webcam photos [DSLR]

- Fix webcam photos warning to show once [DSLR]


4.3.61

- Sparkbooth DSLR now supports Canon T6 / 1300D

- Faster and improved settings import and export file format. Including smaller file size, less memory usage, and fix for encoding large and corrupt images.

- Add limited GIF uploading

- Display GIF animations in previews and prompts

- Disable printing temporarily setting 0 prints via shortcut

- Add password confirmation for lock mode

- Add setting to toggle lock mode with close mode short cut

- See 4.3 beta release notes for a full list of changes


4.2


4.2.129

- Clean up settings import


4.2.128

- Update Santa voice


4.2.127

- Optimizations to camera settings dialog


4.2.126

- Fix for animated GIF color palette


4.2.125

- Fix Send to Account Facebook login

- Remove Facebook non-native browser option


4.2.123

- Revert fix for MailChimp displaying email prompt


4.2.122

- Change Mobile settings layout

- Adjust DSLR photo time out

- Fix disabled Set Password button for Lock mode


4.2.120

- Fix prompt screen for mailing list email


4.2.119

- Update request support short system information

- Use MailChimp v3.0 service

- Mailchimp settings should prompt for email


4.2.118

- Add request support shortcut to send log and system information

- Fix SMTP verify button for unauthenticated server


4.2.116

- Facebook event upload fix


4.2.115

- Update Facebook service version

- Faster Facebook sign out

- Fix Facebook upload for mobile hotspot domain

- Save single photos is enabled by default

- Upload resize cache saved locally instead on remote folder for kiosk mode


4.2.106

- Switch back to regular mobile services

- Fix Facebook 1 x 4 strip upload error


4.2.105

- Update Mobile services

- Fix banner sizing


4.2.104

- Fix Surface 4 webcam issue

- Fix Mac SMTP permissions error

- Fix exporting of unsaved settings

- Fix misspellings


4.2.103

- Fix close mode custom action

- Other minor fixes


4.2.101

- Remove TwitPic (no longer exists) which causes Send To Guest settings to hang if selected


4.2.100

- Add SMTP email to Email Account

- Fix Send Photo Later delete queue after sending

- Fix Send Photo Later undo delete

- Fix layout editor drag drop import


4.2.98

- Change Mandrill to use API key

- Fix custom SMTP settings

- Fix SMTP 'CPU lacks feature' error


4.2.96

- Fix photo layout delete and hide


4.2.94

- Add printer error retry setting

- Other minor fixes


4.2.92

- Add QWERTZ South Slavic Latin keyboard layout

- Fix negative positions for items in layout editor

- Fix Facebook Post to Account then Share logout

- Fix some minor errors


4.2.91

- Fix Facebook login

- Fix SMTP on Mac


4.2.89

- Add STMP emailer [beta]

- Add MailGun email service


4.2.88

- Add Sparkpost email service

- "Before" Photo screen overlays

- Do not display on screen buttons in close mode

- Select camera dialog includes DSLR options

- Fix on screen keyboard for small displays


4.2.85

- Add keyboard shortcut to toggle Close Mode

- Add tooltip help for Settings > Messages fields

- Fix Windows Viewer Setup display

- Fix Facebook help links

- Guest upload screen uses less memory

- Do not initialize Mailchimp for Personal license


4.2.83

- Hide green screen controls if disabled

- Fix for Windows 10 to use native browser


4.2.81

- Save camera photo option for webcams

- Workaround for Windows 10 SmugMug and tumblr sign in

- Update 'take photo from screenshot' option

- Fix Windows Viewer print option

- Only display uploader error notifications


4.2.80

- [DSLR] Add support for Canon T6s and T6i cameras

- [DSLR] Shutter speed setting to handle dark live view

- [Premium, DSLR] Green screen to dynamically replace backgrounds with your own images.

- [Premium, DSLR] Add green screen background selection keyboard shortcut, button and screen

- [Premium, DSLR] Add keyboard shortcut to toggle green screen feature

- [Premium, DSLR] Add button maker layouts and screen overlay

- [Premium, DSLR] Add keyboard shortcut to temporally change print copies for session

- [Premium, DSLR] Customize actions for up and down arrow keyboard shortcuts

- Faster animated GIF generation

- Add animated GIF delay setting

- Improved support for using wireless presentation remotes to start sessions, and configurable actions for the next and previous buttons.

- Automatically create new Facebook photo album when photo limit setting is reached

- Add Facebook 'Post to Account Page then Share' upload option.

- Post photos to Facebook event pages

- Updates to SmugMug, Facebook, and Picassa service

- [Premium, DSLR] Faster Photo Kiosk file cache reloading

- [Premium, DSLR] Add button toolbar to Photo Kiosk

- New Twitter upload option to @reply guest’s Twitter account

- Send Photo Later for Guest Twitter uploads

- [Premium, DSLR] Add prompts to Photo Kiosk mode

- [Premium, DSLR] Submit email addresses to MailChimp mailing lists in Photo Kiosk mode

- [Premium, DSLR] Add counters to Photo Kiosk mode to track prints and uploads

- Add data import and export Send Photo Later queue

- Add Santa Claus voice

- Add image folder setting to slideshow cover screen

- [Premium, DSLR] Add new print prompt options for guest selectable copies.

- No focus icon is displayed in lower right corner when Sparkbooth loses focus

- Fix email validators for new TLDs formats

- Other changes and improvements. See beta release notes for details.


4.1


4.1.105

- TwitrPix is back!

- Add Sparkbooth link to trial upload captions


4.1.104

- Disable native browser login for unsupported operating systems

- Fix MailChimp initialization on start up


4.1.103

- Fix start up photo layout preview generation


4.1.102

- Print direct to Windows setting is no longer beta

- Fix freezing layout generating from corrupt image files


4.1.101

- Fix background and overlay size warning

- Fix custom voice freeze


4.1.99

- Removed TwitrPix service (appears to be shutdown)


4.1.98

- Fix for Windows 10 native browser warning

- Fix Picasa uploader



4.1.97

- Prevent photo layout import from overwriting layouts with same name

- Increase Twitter caption to 140 characters


4.1.95

- Always show mouse for setting dialogs

- Fix flashing controls on cover screen

- [DSLR] Do not access webcam by default


4.1.93

- Enable 'Print directly to Windows' for regular Sparkbooth

- [DSLR] Update DSLR component runtime


4.1.92

- [DSLR] Fix Windows XP compatibility error in 4.1.91


4.1.91

- [DSLR] Add Canon EOS 7D mark II support

- Use new Facebook like dialog

- Update to Facebook 2.3 service

- Fix uploader test from Send Photo Later for emailing and mobile

- Fix animated GIF end of file error when opening with Photoshop

- Fix some printing issues

- Fix Facebook logout issues


4.1.82

- Improved test print with better scale

- Fix photo kiosk page updating when changing folders

- Fix resizing of photo kiosk page


4.1.81

- Fix no voice error

- Optimize mobile uploads


4.1.80

- Optimize DSLR

- Fix stuck developing photos and other freezing issues

- Fix upload counters

- Optimize photo album

- Optimize photo sizes

- Fix click or touch to start on cover screen

- Fix SmugMug unauthorized error message


4.1.76

- Allow photo kiosk folder to be read-only

- Shrink large preview portrait images

- Fix pop-up errors


4.1.74

- Add old Internet Explorer warning for native login. Windows users using native browser login should have Internet Explorer 10 or later.

- Add better messaging for MMS upload error


4.1.73

- Add QWERTZ on screen keyboard layout

- Enable keyboard layouts in photo kiosk settings


4.1.71

- Add option for QWERTY or AZERTY on screen keyboards


4.1.70

- Fix tumblr login


4.1.69

- Fix random and next photo layout selection with no favorites

- Show partial license key when hovering over registered email address in About screen. Use determine which key was used if you have multiple license keys.

- Add DNP 6x8 and 6x9 paper sizes

- Enable native Windows printing [DSLR Windows]. Enable this if you are encountering the non-printing bug in Adobe AIR. This prints the same way as if you right-click and select "Print" in Windows Explorer.


4.1.65

- Add ShootProof uploader

- Open and save file dialog should remember last folder

- Fix thumbnail updating when changing layouts

- Facebook login uses native browser by default

- Check transparency image for layout and screen overlays

- App status includes photo layout reset setting

- Add brighten LiveView image setting [beta]. Temporary setting until we get ISO/aperture adjustment control done.


4.1.62

- Mailchimp no longer enables email prompt. Please prompt for email under Prompts or Send To Guest's Email

- Fix stuck session start with cover screen

- Update app framework to fix non-printing issue [Windows]


4.1.59

- Workaround for security certificate issue on non-updated Windows computers

- Fix closing print copy selection screen


4.1.54

- Change online monitoring url

- Improve printer error logging


4.1.53

- Fix photo layout editor saving

- Changable 'Cell' prompt label


4.1.52

- Fix unresponsive printing


4.1.50

- Improved offline warnings


4.1.49

- Fix photo layout import and delete


4.1.45

- Fix Mac Developer Id issue

- Add native login for other services (fixes SmugMug's new login page)

- Email Account uploader should not require email prompt

- Fix Pinterest login cancelling


4.1.41

- Larger Twitter native web view


4.1.40

- Fix stuck session cancel

- Fix issue with incorrect time at trial start

- Twitter native login should work in Personal license


4.1.39

- Fix mobile photo urls in Send Photo Later

- Allow ZenFolio login with email

- Fix Send Photo Later confirm delete


4.1.37

- Fix white LiveView video [DSLR]

- Add ZenFolio uploader [Premium]

- Fix offline message for mobile send photo later

- Fix throttle control in Send Photo Later

- Mogreet now available in Photo Kiosk Send Photo Later

- Fix SMS url for TwitrPix, TwitPic, Img.ly, MobyPicture

- Fix yFrog uploader

- Fix Facebook guest login issue


4.1.32

- Fix cover screen

- More memory usage improvements and optimizations


4.1.31

- Fixed Photo Kiosk dialog close

- Improved Photo Kiosk memory usage


4.1.29

- Layout improvements to other prompt screens

- Workaround for Twitter login issue. Windows users, please upgrade to IE11

- Fix photo album buttons after photo viewing

- Improved memory usage


4.1.28

- Add Mogreet MMS service for texting photos to mobile

- Add timeout to selection screens

- Improve layout of prompt screens

- Fix Layout Creator to narrow screens

- Fix erroneous disabled LiveView detection [DSLR]


4.1.22

- Fix Twilio upload for non-Twitter photo services


4.1.21

- Fix Photo Kiosk file updating


4.1

- New Sparkbooth DSLR icon [DSLR]

- Streamline LiveView for better performance [DSLR]

- Fix color effect for LiveView [DSLR]

- Fix freezing on application close [DSLR]

- Add always-on LiveView option [DSLR]

- Log DSLR camera status [DSLR]

- Cover screen options to display a start image or slideshow of photos.

- Option to replace on-screen button with separate screens to select photo layouts, photo effects, and screen overlays

- Update Facebook log in screen and uploader to Facebook’s 2.0 service

- Option to resize photo size for uploads [Premium]

- Photo layout manager to hide, remove, or favorite photo layouts [Premium]

- Option to output application status to text file [Premium]

- Photo layout reset options to select next or random layout for next guest

- Twilio SMS can now send photo links uploaded to you Facebook, SmugMug, or Flickr accounts

- Send Photo Later can throttle uploads due for services with rate limits

- Send all photos to an account email. Great for websites with 'post by email' photo galleries like SquareSpace or WordPress

- Option in Layout Editor to reset customizations for a photo layout to remove any images and text objects

- Doubled limit of image and text customizations [Personal]

- Add counters for Facebook, Twitter, emailing, SMS

- Change copies on print prompt screen with keyboard using arrow keys

- Add names to counters

- Counters can be re-ordered by drag and drop

- Add photo layout actions callout button

- 'Update now' notification

- Fix slowing of frame rate in between sessions to use less CPU

- Optimize update checker

- Removed Invisible theme. Use Custom theme instead.

- Other optimizations and fixes


4.0


4.0.170

- Update Facebook login UI


4.0.169

- Fix Flickr upload


4.0.168

- Fix Facebook logout on no permission

- Fix saving of Send Delay setting

- Fix Layout Editor nudging with arrow keys


4.0.165

- Fix custom photo layout failed preview generation


4.0.163

- Fix photo layout preview thumbnails


4.0.162

- Add help for 'wrong product' activation error


4.0.161

- Fix graduation themed photo layouts

- Add recover license to activation dialog


4.0.160

- Add option to send HTML emails

- Remove Facebook photo caption. Pre-filled captions will not pass app review


4.0.159

- Use updated MailChimp service version


4.0.158

- Fix Facebook uploaders for recent changes

- Fix Photo Kiosk queue into Send Photo Later on upload fail

- Fix offline guest uploading prompt

- Fix enabled right and bottom print padding for auto scale

- Improve handling of layout cache delete error

- Fix stretched video for Windows


4.0.150

- Add email to account

- Add more upload counters

- Print, session, upload counters with actions

- Add pop art and comic book photo effect

- Start session with presentation remote

- Send It Later queue filters based on selected uploader

- Sent It Later now separate tab in Photo Kiosk

- Send It Later SMS more accessable in Photo Kiosk

- Submit emails to mailinglist (MailChimp) from Send It Later

- Added new stand in screen overlays

- Ding sound plays on reprint

- Sort screen overllays by favorites

- About status includes Send to Account, Send to Guest, and Send Photo Later

Hide buttons if no text is set

- Fix on screen keyboard issues with Pinterest

- Fix camera setting import

- Add mailing list setting

- Facebook uploader should check for Create Content permission for pages


4.0.130

- Fix Pinterest uploader

- Fix Photo Kiosk printer and Send it later settings


4.0.127

- Fix GIF encoding crashes and weirdness

- Photo kiosk and album has faster and improved updates and transitions

- Photo kiosk option to display refresh button when updates available

- Add option to move item to 'back' in layout editor

- Fix photo album button thumbnail icon

- Increase max video size to 1280

- Increased layout preview display time

- Tweaks to printing alignment

- Fix Mac crash when changing webcams and themes


4.0.121

- Fix guest emailer freezing

- Cancelling or timeout of Facebook or Twitter login no longer skips upload again prompt


4.0.116

- Fix Twitter uploader error handling

- Send It Later logs uploads

- Add import button to Layout Creator toolbar

- Automatically switch photo size to imported layout


4.0.114

- Add Beach Ocean scenes screen overlays

- On screen button labels

- Change printer settings

- Move upload prompt setting into Send To Account

- Fix on screen keyboard display for dialog prompts


4.0.109

- Send to Twilio from Send It Later

- Prevent queueing of same data into Send It Later

- Fix Send It Later uploaders list

- Fix telephone format mask prompt


4.0.108

- Unified prompts to prevent multiple prompts for same information for uploading and MailChimp

- Fix saving of Twilio data

- Fix saving of telephone prompt to log


4.0.107

- Fix Send It Later queueing

- Fix max font size of Layout Creator text

- Select file dialogs opens from last folder

- Fix copy and paste ordering in Layout Creator

- Change Texting to Mobile for Twilio uploader

- Guest SMS uploader should not be in Send It Later list


4.0.106

- Fix sizing of on screen keyboard to portrait screen

- Fix numeric stepper control to show integer values

- Fix sizing of Guest upload and Facebook Like screens

- Fix Twitter uploading replacing captions in Photo Kiosk


4.0.105

- Fix on screen keyboard for portrait screens


4.0.104

- Fix widescreen photo layout rendering

- Fix layout switching when changing photo sizes

- Add enable printing setting to Photo Kiosk print settings


What is new in 4.0

- Integrated Layout Creator. Accessable from Photo Layout Settings (edit button)

- Easy layout customization with graphics and text objects

- Layout Creator has more undo levels

- Integrated Photo Kiosk mode

- Start screen settings (ctrl-2)

- Separate guest, account or page, and queued uploaders

- Screen overlays to display images over video and composite on photos

- Twilio SMS and MMS uploader in photo booth and album view

- Telephone formatted mask control for SMS and MMS uploader

- Pinterest uploader in photo booth and album view

- Custom theme to add your own images

- Pirate theme and layouts

- Football theme and layouts

- Fire theme

- Custom filenames

- Change start text font

- Change prompt text font

- New countdowns

- Count downs are positionable top, center, or bottom

- Select random count downs candidates

- Make animated gifs

- Optimize print calculations

- Optimize layout rendering engine

- Simplify custom Facebook app

- Unfavorite all layouts by ctrl + Favorite button (cmd on Mac)

- In Photo Layout settings. Page Up and Down to select. Delete to delete selected

- In Layout Creator. Page Up and Down to select.

- Import and export handles layouts and screen overlays

- Change screen overlay shortcut to ctrl-O or with on-screen button

- All themes changed to use less memory

- Larger on screen keyboard

- Update Adobe frameworks


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