Arles 7.2.2 released
Arles 7.2.2 has just been released. The main new features in Arles 7.2.2 are the new Ground Reflection Effect (see image below), full XHTML support, a new title storage system and customizable toolbars.
Ground Reflection effect
A new Ground Reflection effect is now available for thumbnails and images. Click the image below to see an example gallery generated by Arles Image Web Page Creator:
Gallery showing ground reflection effect.
To add this effect to your thumbnails and image select in the Image Effects window the Add button > Ground Reflection. The mirror size and the transparency can both be tweaked.
Image effects window showing ground reflection options.
Image titles now stored in the image files
It has always been possible to write titles for all your images. This information used to be stored in the Arles database. Starting from this version all title fields, Title 1, Title 2 and the Link field, will be stored in the image files itself. The main advantage is that titles will always stay with the images, even if you move the files around outside Arles, move them to another computer. It also allows other applications to use the Arles titles, as IPTC is a standard, used by Adobe Photoshop and many other applications.
The Title 1 will be stored in the IPTC Caption tag, the Title 2 in the IPTC Headline tag and the Link in the Source tag. For images and movies that do not support IPTC information the titles will still be stored in the Arles database. This change is entirely optional, as you can specify the title storage location in the to the Image Explorer Options window.
If you have stored a lot of title information in older Arles versions then you may move that data to the IPTC Caption field by using the new Data Mover feature. This is not required as Arles is backward compatible and will still read any old titles you may have set in older versions.
XHTML support
The new XHTML support can be selected in the Web Page Creator option window and allows you to create 100% valid XHTML pages
XHTML Options.
Other changes
- For a long time it has been possible to link the image on image pages to the next image. You can now also select the let the last image link back to the index page.
- Text labels on images can now also use the Windows ClearType anti-aliasing.
- The Data mover in the Image Explorer Tools menu allows copying data between Arles database fields and IPTC fields.
- Several improvements to the Image Effects window.
- Customizable toolbars.
For a full list of changes please visit our forum.