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In ThumbsPlus 11 .heic files and .webp files will be supported and v11 will be able to convert any of the many formats we support to the .webp type as well.

Images attached.

Thanks for supporting ThumbsPlus!

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ThumbsPlus.com thanks all of your for your patience and continued support.

As a very small shop we have been negatively affected by Covid - 19 and all it entails. We have been working from home since mid March and the current plan is to continue to do so. There are distractions and difficulties that this causes which have played a part in slowing down the release of the first public BETA.

However, ThumbsPlus v11 is getting closer!!  I have been anxiously waiting for a new build so that I could announce some of the new features and illustrate some of them.

A few of the new ThumbsPlus v11 features are listed below and I have attached several preview images. (I was hoping to add a few more today but they need to be edited a bit, so I will post more images on Monday or Tuesday.)

ThumbsPlus v11 is a 64-bit program. This allows for support of HUGE file sizes as well as fixing an issue some have had with hundreds of thousands of sub folders with v10. ThumbsPlus v11 will also run spectacularly on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. (It is currently also working beautifully with Vista but we aren't certain how long that will be the case.)

New formats supported:

Thumbnail, view and convert to .webp files
Thumbnail and view .heic/.heif files

New Features:

GPS options
Date/Time Find options
Database - Import From
New ThumbsPlus Movie Player
Larger database thumbnail size options

Misc:

There are new "Skins" that can be used to alter the interface
There will be many preset batch processes, finds and metadata batches

Thanks again ThumbsPlus users!

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ThumbsPlus v10 Questions / Re: Can't get video to work
« on: 2019-08-23 14:50:08 »
I noticed that someone reported in this thread that the codec pack suggested did not fix a problem with playing movies in ThumbsPlus.

I have never been informed by anyone that this didn't fix any problem with playing movies. If this is happening with only one format, I wonder if the file type configuration isn't set up correctly.

I have attached an image that illustrates the configuration for mpg, mp4, mov and avi files.

Please also note that ThumbsPlus v11 will have a brand new movie player better suited for 2019!

Kind regards,
Laura
ThumbsPlus.com
support@thumbsplus.com

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ThumbsPlus v10 Questions / Re: Can't get video to work
« on: 2019-08-23 14:28:10 »
The problem you are having is most likely the result of old, bad, incompatible or incorrect codec(s) on your system. There are a wide variety of codecs that are available everywhere. We can't control what user has what codec etc.. there are simply TOO many.

1. The following information has helped many ThumbsPlus users and it is not a difficult process at all. With the correct codecs on the system ThumbsPlus v10 works very well!  It does not matter what version of Windows you are on or whether or not these files play in other movie players. (Please note that installing the codecs I suggest will not cause other movie players any trouble.)

I have never had anyone not be helped by the following information, in fact, here are some replies still sitting in my inbox as I haven't had time to close them yet:

K-Lite Codec Mega Pack
.... everything is ok again!! Playing, making a thumbnail, no problem.

.....Thanks.  That got my MP4 files working again.

.....Thanks very much. It worked perfectly and your video player is very smooth on my machine.

The solution:

ThumbsPlus is designed to work with animation files with the default codecs that are installed on your system. Codecs can be overwritten by other applications or become corrupted. Please try installing these specific codecs:

I have had great success in the past with K-Lite Codec Mega Pack as it installs some alternate movie codecs that may help.

I have many customers who have used this codec pack and I have never had a complaint about its use. It is free and you can download it here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm

2. If you don't want to install the codecs that WILL work with the ThumbsPlus v10 Movie Player (and won't cause issues with other players), you have several other options.

*Right click the thumbnail box and go to "Edit" to open the movie in the associated movie player on your computer.

*Right click a thumbnail box of a movie format and go to "configure type". Change file loading to "None" and then when double clicking a thumbnail the movie will open in the associated player on your computer.

*You can put a toolbar icon for any movie player (any program in fact) on the ThumbsPlus toolbar.  If you have several players you like, you can put icons on the toolbar for all of them.

I have attached 3 images to a new subject in the ThumbsPlus v10 FAQ forum:
My movies won't play - or are playing with the incorrect orientation
http://forum.thumbsplus.com/forum/index.php?topic=6173.0

*Configuring ThumbsPlus to play movies in another movie player
*Putting toolbar icons for other movie players on the ThumbsPlus toolbar
*Configuring new movie file types like .mts files

If you need further assistance please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com

Kind regards,
Laura
ThumbsPlus.com

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The problem you are having is most likely the result of old, bad, incompatible or incorrect codec(s) on your system. There are a wide variety of codecs that are available everywhere. We can't control what user has what codec etc.. there are simply TOO many.

1. The following information has helped many ThumbsPlus users and it is not a difficult process at all. With the correct codecs on the system ThumbsPlus v10 works very well!  It does not matter what version of Windows you are on or whether or not these files play in other movie players. (Please note that installing the codecs I suggest will not cause other movie players any trouble.)

I have never had anyone not be helped by the following information.

In fact, here are some replies still sitting in my inbox, as I haven't had time to close them yet:

K-Lite Codec Mega Pack
.... everything is ok again!! Playing, making a thumbnail, no problem.

.....Thanks.  That got my MP4 files working again.

.....Thanks very much. It worked perfectly and your video player is very smooth on my machine.

The solution:

ThumbsPlus is designed to work with animation files with the default codecs that are installed on your system. Codecs can be overwritten by other applications or become corrupted. Please try installing these specific codecs:

I have had great success in the past with K-Lite Codec Mega Pack as it installs some alternate movie codecs that may help.

I have many customers who have used this codec pack and I have never had a complaint about its use. It is free and you can download it here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm

2. If you don't want to install the codecs that WILL work with the ThumbsPlus v10 Movie Player, you have several other options.

*Right click the thumbnail box and go to "Edit" to open the movie in the associated movie player on your computer.

*Right click a thumbnail box of a movie format and go to "configure type". Change file loading to "None" and then when double clicking a thumbnail the movie will open in the associated player on your computer.

*You can put a toolbar icon for any movie player (any program in fact) on the ThumbsPlus toolbar.  If you have several players you like, you can put icons on the toolbar for all of them.

I have attached images that illustrate:
*Configuring ThumbsPlus to play movies in another movie player
*Putting toolbar icons for other movie players on the ThumbsPlus toolbar
*Configuring new movie file types like .mts files

3. Orientation:

I have recently been informed that animated files on some phones or pads now use a bit of Metadata. The problem is that the that metadata tells the video player what side is up and the Thumbs player doesn't use the metadata in animated files - yet.

Since movie files are starting to support metadata, ThumbsPlus will eventually be able to use the metadata field to orient the movie just as it should be doing correctly every time with your still images that contain this type of metadata.

There is probably an option in your phone settings that will helpful for future movies.

Another ThumbsPlus user told me:

"On the iphone, it is a known fact that if one wants correctly oriented play back then one must hold the home button on the right when taking the video."

Since your thumbnails are probably oriented correctly, the 2 options that may be helpful in this situation are mentioned above. (Either configure the mp4 files to load using "None" or put a toolbar icon on the ThumbsPlus toolbar for another movie player.) Or, if your movies are associated with another program on your computer, like Media Player, simply right click the thumbnail and go to "Edit" and it will open in the associated movie player on your system.

For additional help please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com

Laura
ThumbsPlus.com

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This error message was reported by several ThumbsPlus users so I downloaded the newest Ghostscript (v2.7) and duplicated the problem. Something has changed in the new Ghostscript code, causing these errors when attempting to thumbnail and view .pdf files. (This also pertains to ps, eps and ai files set up to load using the Ghostscript plug-in.)

The solution is use the dll from any earlier version of the Ghostscript app. I am successfully using ThumbsPlus and the Ghostscript Plug-in with all previous 32 bit versions of the gsdll32.dll

You may already have this on your system, but if not, you can download any earlier version than Ghostscript 9.27 (by scrolling past 2.7) here:
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases

You don't even have to remove the newer version, just choose the gsdl32.dll from the 9.20 - 9.26 install (in the Ghostscript plug-in options) as shown in the attached image.

We will, of course, be testing and solving the problem between the ThumbsPlus Ghostscript plug-in and Ghostscript v9.27 for the next release.

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Locate your Preferences folder. You can usually do this using Start Menu - All Programs - ThumbsPlus 10 - Utilities - View preferences folder. If this isn't available, use Help - System Information from within ThumbsPlus, and navigate to the Preferences Path (near the bottom) in Windows Explorer.

Change the Windows permissions for the folder using the instructions "Setting permissions on a folder for ThumbsPlus" found here:
http://www.thumbsplus.com/faq_thumbs10.html#folderpermission

Background information:

Whenever the ThumbsPlus installer creates a new folder for the database or preferences intended for sharing between users, it sets the folder's Windows permissions to allow all access to that folder (and any subsequently-created folders or files) by Authenticated users. However, if the folder already exists, the installer skips this step because it can be take a very long time (minutes or hours) if there is a database within the folder that uses the Thumbnails in Files option, and the folder should have had its permissions set properly before. Sometimes, because of a faulty installer or subsequent changes in the file system, you need to do this step manually.

If the folder already exists, ThumbsPlus skips this step in case it contains a database with "Thumbnails in Files" in the folder.

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To fix this issue: reinstall the Microsoft VS2012 Update 4 redistributables.

You may download directly from the ThumbsPlus web site:
http://www2.thumbsplus.com/binaries/microsoft/vcredist_x86.exe

Or you may download from Microsoft here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679
(click Download, check the box next to VSU_4\vcredist_x86.exe, then click Next).

Once the download is complete, just run vcredist_x86.exe to install the components and ThumbsPlus should run normally.

Background information:

During ThumbsPlus installation, we run vcredist_x86.exe to distribute the Visual C++ components. Under some conditions, Windows does not install them correctly when embedded in another installer. Additionally, the uninstall of other programs sometimes improperly removes them. From whatever cause, downloading and installing the redistributables should take care of the problem.

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ThumbsPlus v10 FAQ / Do you support.....
« on: 2019-05-17 13:27:36 »
While ThumbsPlus does support over 100 different file types, there are some that can't be internally supported due to availability of libraries, how difficult the libraries are to understand and work with, and a few because they are proprietary - which means that we have no way to offer support.

However, there are options included in ThumbsPlus v10 that allow for the creation of thumbnails even if the format isn't internally supported. After the list below I have included more information.

The most common formats that I am currently asked about are:

webp - Support for .webp will be included in ThumbsPlus v11

heic/heif - Support for .heic and .heif will be included in ThumbsPlus v11

svg - While we plan to add support for .svg files,, this support will not make it into the initial v11 release, but in a maintenance build sometime after

cdr - Old .cdr files that contained a thumbnail preview are supported. The newer .cdr files are not written in the same manner and are not internally supported

cr3 - This is a new Canon raw file type that will be supported as soon as the libraries we use for the Digital Camera Plug-in are updated.

.mts and other movies with extensions other than .mov, avi and .mpg - You can add any movies with other extensions. Please see FAQ: http://forum.thumbsplus.com/forum/index.php?topic=5929.0

Other options for file types not internally supported:

1. If Windows Explorer shows thumbnails for a file format that is not internally supported by ThumbsPlus, if you set up the file type configuration for that type and use NONE for the file loading option, ThumbsPlus will pick up the thumbnail from Windows itself.

2. The ThumbsPlus "Make from Clipboard"  feature with .heic and .heif as the example can be found in this FAQ: http://forum.thumbsplus.com/forum/index.php?topic=5928.0

This process can be used for any unsupported file types but if you have questions about a certain format or about any of the information in these FAQ's, please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com

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ThumbsPlus v10 can write (convert to) the following formats:
 .jpg, .jp2, .png, .gif, .tif, .tga, .bmp, .pcx, .ico, .wmf, .raw and .cmp.

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ThumbsPlus v10 Questions / Re: Webp files (Chrome)
« on: 2019-05-15 13:54:54 »
ThumbsPlus  is usually able to pick up the thumbnail that Windows creates for any file type if you configure it to load using "none". For some reason ThumbsPlus can't grab the webp thumbnails that Windows creates and I don't know why.

ThumbsPlus v11 will support the webp file type. (I wish they would have just stuck with .jpg or .png.)

I have a couple of customers that are using the "Make from clipboard" option for webp files.  Once this is set up and the thumbnail is created, you will then have thumbnails and will be able to right click the thumbnail and go to "edit" to open the file in the associated program. You can do without having the thumbnail created now. To add webp, go to Options>Preferences>File types>New and set load file using to "none", edit to "association". 

I will post a FAQ as soon as I have a few minutes (with illustrations)!

Kind regards,
Laura

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ThumbsPlus Suggestions / Re: Move TNs to file - issue
« on: 2019-05-15 13:41:54 »
You ran into a problem that was fixed in build 4015. You fixed the problem yourself, but the work around would have been to just run the "thumbnails to files" process once more.

Kind regards,
Laura

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The default size of the thumbnails in ThumbsPlus v10 SP2 is 160 x 160.

You have control of how large to create your thumbnails. There are 2 different options to increase (or reduce) the thumbnail size.

1. There is a % option at the top of the menu that will increase the thumbnail area. (NOTE that this only stretches the thumbnails, which doesn't give you as nice of a view than actually increasing the thumbnails size in OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>THUMBNAILS.)

If you wish to stretch the thumbnails and not regenerate them at a larger size, change the % size at the top of the ThumbsPlus interface then go to OPTIONS>PREFERENCES THUMBNAIL VIEW> and turn on the "stretched" option in order for the thumbnails to stretch to fit the new thumbnail area.

2. To create larger, prettier thumbnails go to OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>THUMBNAILS to change the thumbnail size.

After changing the actual thumbnail size in an established database, you will have to rescan for the thumbnails to increase in size.

An image is attached that illustrates changing your thumbnail size.

Note that the larger the thumbnails are in the database, the more space they occupy. Please see the FAQ about your database choices for more information.

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Please try the following for problems with speed changing folders or building file lists:

1. Turn off "Make thumbnails automatically" from Options>Preferences>Thumbnails. (If this is on, ThumbsPlus will scan for thumbnails each time you go to another folder.)

2. You may have "Watch changes in folders" selected in Options>Preferences>Thumbnail View. Turn this option OFF to disable ThumbsPlus watching for updated, new or deleted files in the current folder. This may improve performance in folders with many files.

3. If you have selected folders to be watched in Tree>Watch folders, ThumbsPlus WILL continuously watch all of the folders you have set up in this manner. You may want to remove any watched folders that you have configured.

4. Turn off the option that shows folders in the thumbnail view. This is an option that isn't used often and was added in the program for a customization job. It could possibly slow things down.

5. If you are using a Network license and your network is slow, then ThumbsPlus will be slow as well as it can't run faster than the network allows.

6. If you are having an EXTREME speed issue, and if this database has been converted from an old version, AND you are showing User Fields in the thumbnail view note that the Date Time Orig UDF  is no longer valid, should NOT be used and WILL cause this exact problem.

Please choose to NOT show the Date Time Orig UDF in the thumbnail view. Then you can create a new user field with another date criteria as shown in the attached image. If this does indeed fix the issue, remove the Date Time Orig User Field and you can choose to show udf's in the thumbnail view once again. (Any other fields, including new date fields can be shown in the thumbnail view without issues.)

Kind regards,
Laura
support@thumbsplus.com

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Each and every e-mail sent to any of our addresses is answered!

Different e-mail programs handle how they determine if something is SPAM in different ways.

1. Lately even when I respond to an e-mail sent directly to me, my replies can end up in a SPAM folder. I know that gmail does this and I am sure that there are others.

Please whitelist thumbsplus.com in your e-mail options!

2. Very recently I have been getting bounce messages when sending replies or registration codes because the content of my message indicates that I am sending SPAM. I have tried every variation of registration information to no avail. When I don't have a phone number for the customer I have had to resort to sending registration codes or answers to other inquires in a .pdf file. This has happened at least 20 times in the past month. (However, that doesn't work if thumbsplus.com is being flagged and our e-mail is being placed in the SPAM folder of the person asking for assistance. In this case, we must be whitelisted.)

If you do not receive a reply to an e-mail within 2 business days, (usually you will receive a reply the same day you ask for assistance if it is sent during business hours), please check your SPAM folder!

3. I have been receiving e-mail from weird outlook addresses similar to "outlook_70BBXXXXCBB7  @outlook.com" I don't know if these messages are being sent via some web page or through an actual e-mail program but my replies will NOT arrive as every single time I respond my reply bounces. If the person sending the message in this manner uses their name I look them up in my customer database and attempt to send my answer to the e-mail address I have, but if you don't use your name there is no way for me to successfully reply to messages sent in this manner. (And if you haven't whitelisted thumbsplus.com, my answers are sitting in a SPAM folder.) This happens often!!  AFTER whitelisting us, please re-send your message if you don't find my reply in your SPAM folder.

4. In rare cases our support system software will tag something as SPAM. There is no rhyme or reason and when I do my bi-monthly checks of the auto SPAM folders I find one or two real messages in the hundreds of thousands of actual SPAM. To avoid this, please use "ThumbsPlus" in the subject line of your e-mail.

Kind regards,
Laura
support@thumbsplus.com
sales@thumbsplus.com


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