What's New in PentaWare Products
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This is a listing of some of the changes that have been made to
PentaSuite (including all the changes made to PentaZip) since Version
6. To see the latest updates to PentaWare Products, please click
here.
Additions and changes made between June 2005 and December 2005 (Version 8.0)
Program |
New
or Modified Feature |
Included
in |
| December 8, 2005
Build 8.1.0.131 |
- PentaCLI-PRO
- added FTP functionality to our Command Line Suite.
The program to use is chFTP FTP support
includes SSL (Secure Socket Layer) support to allow for
secure encrypted file transfers. The standard Windows Command
Line FTP client does not offer SSL nor are the versions
available with the different versions of Windows fully aligned
with one another.
- PentaZip Server Edition
- In addition to Compression, Extraction and Self Extracting
Files (SFX) we have added
- CD Burning from the
Command Line (chCD)
- Email support from
the Command Line (chMail)
- Strong Encryption
from the Command Line - PGP is not included (chCrypt)
The Workstation version of PentaZip
offers Command Line support only for Compression,
Extraction and Self Extracting Files (SFX).
- PentaPDF - added a browse
button to allow for the selection of PDF output file names
- PentaPDF - added PentaSend
to Deployment Options (PGP Encryption and FTP, email, CD/DVD).
This wizard allows you to encrypt and deploy using various
solutions (email, FTP, CD/DVD burning, local or networked
hard drive)
- PentaPDF - added custom
option for Deployment - this allows you to define an editor
for PDF files in addition to a PDF Viewing program (such
as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader™).
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PentaSuite-PRO,
PentaSuite Business-PRO
PentaZip Server Edition |
| November 18, 2005
Build 8.1.0.125 |
- PentaConverter - Added
Batch Removal of EXIF Information (called Zapping) and Comment
Insertion
- PentaDVD - added a 'Delete
after burning' button to enable or disable deletion
of files from the source location (or locations) after burning
a CD or DVD
- PentaPDF - now shows an
error message if a PDF filename contains invalid characters
- PentaView - extended the
comment update feature to all the formats that support it
(JPEG, TIFF)
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PentaSuite-PRO,
PentaSuite Business-PRO |
| November 2, 2005
Build 8.1.0.120 |
- PentaPDF-PRO - We have completely
rewritten PentaPDF-PRO. This allows for:
- Greatly enhanced speed in generating
PDF files. Creation takes 50% of the time required by
the previous version.
- We have added PDF 1.5 and 128 bit encryption
to guarantee compatibility with Acrobat Version 6.0.
- Selectable PDF version
(from 1.0 to 1.5).
This is important for PDF string encryption requirements
(40 bit or 128 bit) as well as for destination applications
that may require PDF files created using different versions.
Unicode character set is supported only from PDF version
1.3 or greater.
- Better handling of Paper sizes. Some
Custom sizes are now supported based on the file to
be converted..
- Much improved PDF creation from PowerPoint
presentations
- Conversion between different versions
of PDF (from 1.4 to 1.2 for example) now being available
with PentaCLI-PRO.
- PowerPoint output
is now always enabled. There were some issues in previous
versions of PentaPDF with some older versions of Microsoft
Office which did not allow PDF creation from some PowerPoint
files.
- Starting and ending page number in
the range of document pages to convert can be zero.
This can happen, for example, when a Word document has
a cover page with page 1 being the second page
- Addition of Color Mode
under Preferences allowing for PDF
output in:
- RGB
- CMYK
- Grayscale
- Enhanced management of Image resolution
when creating PDF files the addition of Selectable
DPI settings for images (from 72 DPI to 2048
DPI).
- PentaBrowser - modified
behavior of docking making sure that docking is possible
in all circumstances.
- PentaBrowser - Preview
is now always functional. The delay/lengthy pause that was
noticed in some cases prior to being able to see the preview
image has been eliminated.
- PentaView - Added Real
size Printing/Preview of images with fit-to-page or % sizing.
Resize in cm or inches is now correct size (using proper
image resolution). Previously all sizes were in pixels regardless
of whether cm or inches was set.
- PentaView - Added resolution
information to Image Properties.
- PentaView - Added Page
setup for image printing.
- PentaView - Corrected
image insert issue (with transparent background and not
Autoscale).
There were occasional instances in which when activating
PentaView from the task bar some images did not become visible.
- PentaView - corrected
frame extraction to bmp which in some instances just stalled.
- PentaView - activated
Comment insertion on the left panel.
- PentaView - selected pane
is maintained when changing image instead of defaulting
to the comments pane.
- PentaView - added stop/play
animation command and frame selection for animated GIFs.
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PentaPDF-PRO is available with
PentaSuite-PRO, PentaSuite Business-PRO and PentaSuite Server
Editions PentaView is available with PentaZip and all versions
of PentaSuite |
| September 21, 2005
Build 8.0.1.105 |
- PentaWare Manager
- you can now minimize the PentaWare Manager to the System
Tray. Double click on the PentaWare Tray Icon to restore
PentaWare Manager.
- PentaEXIF - Added ability
to search within EXIF data for images created within a range
of dates and times. This is very
useful to identify exact duplicate images due to copying
files to different locations or to renaming copies of original
images
- PentaEXIF - Searches based
on Files has had the date filter
replaced with a date and time range filter
- PentaEXIF- The number
of images that can be managed has been increased to about
5000
- PentaEXIF- Added EXIF
info zapping in files (i.e. you can remove EXIF data if
you don't want people to know how you set your camera when
taking a given picture)
- PentaEXIF - Added Cut,
Copy,Paste functionality
- PentaConverter - Corrected
Nikon DCR file .conversion procedure (was not converting
to GIF)
- PentaBrowser - Added Cut,Copy
functionality
- PentaBrowser - Made numerous
changes to the Tools menu
- PentaBrowser - Restored
thumbnails generated by Windows and not belonging to our
set of supported extensions (including sub folders preview).
This was not allowing Thumbnails to be seen when the user
had "Hide extensions for known file types" set
to ON (the Windows initial default).
- PentaBrowser - Folders
now show reduced size thumbnails if the same folders contain
images
- PentaBrowser - Preview
of exe files is now showing the first icon contained in
the exe file.
- PentaBrowser - Reduced
the number of running Thumbnail creation threads. This has
eliminated the cause of occasional "out of system resources"
messages.
- PentaPGP - The "Bad
Passphrase" message was not being issued when required,
- PentaPGP - File Preferences
became blank (only in program form fields) after a new key
had been generated
- PentaPGP - Implemented
copy and paste of a text as input or output within PentaPGP.
- PentaView - When an image
was changed using the AutoContrast feature, the file was
not "flagged" as modified. The AutoContrast change
was therefore lost if the user did not manually save the
modified file prior to changing image. The user is now informed
that a change has been made and has the option to save the
modified file as is true for the other editing options
- PentaView - When deleting
an image and the file was the last in a given folder the
deletion would not always take place. This has been corrected
so that the deleted image will be replaced by the previous
one, if there is one or else it will be replaced by a new
empty document.
- PentaCLI - chCrypt - modified
caching passphrase usage to respond to user requests
- Conversion to PDF -This
was not always working properly when the user had "Hide
extensions for known file types" set to ON (the Windows
initial default).
- PentaPDF - Starting/ending
page number in the range of the document pages to convert
can be zero. Previously the starting page had to be 1 which
would exclude Word Document pages used as initial Cover
Pages with page numbering starting from a subsequent page.
- PentaPDF - corrected conversion
of HTML files on Windows 2000 based systems both from inside
PentaView and from the Right Mouse menu
- PentaCD - When copying
files to a CD or a DVD the date will remain that of the
original file (the one being copied). Previously the date
was changed to the Date the copy to CD or DVD was being
made.
- PentaCD - Extended
use of CD and DVD burning to PentaZip from within the Main
program as well as from the right mouse commands.
PentaDVD is only available with PentaSuite.
- PentaDVD - When copying
files to a CD or a DVD the date will remain that of the
original file (the one being copied). Previously the date
was changed to the Date the copy to CD or DVD was being
made.
- PentaDVD - Added checkboxes
to select files to be deleted after burning
- PentaDVD - Fixed problem
on "Wrong filename list" window in system using
large fonts
- PentaDVD - File deletion
(when set to ON) now takes place AFTER a CD or DVD has been
successfully burned (i.e. created). Previously if output
was to a ZIP or other compressed archive, file deletion
would occur after the compressed archive had been created
successfully but prior to the successful copy of the same
archive to a CD or DVD.
- PentaDVD - A message with
a request to mount a CD or DVD prior to burning is now shown.
The CD or DVD Media mounting request was already implemented
by PentaCD
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PentaSuite |
| September 17, 2005
Build 8.0.1.103 |
- Default testing period
- all server products will allow for testing (except for
all encryption features) for 15 days from the time of installation.
Testing extensions will be granted if requested via an email
to be sent to licenses@pentazip.com.
- Encryption features -
a temporary License File must be requested via an email
to be sent to licenses@pentazip.com.
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PentaWare Server Products |
| September 9, 2005
Build 8.0.1.101 |
- PentaZip/PentaZip Shell
- ZIP64 will be automatically selected if the total size
of the files selected exceeds 4GB (the selected algorithm
will be deflate64 in this case). Previously this behavior
was standard only for PentaZip Scripts and had to be manually
set for PentaZip and PentaZip Shell
- PentaZip - the "Delete
After Compression" option reset to OFF after
each compression.
- PentaZip - added support
for burning to CD's and DVD's through PentaCD. PentaDVD
is only available with PentaSuite. This support is for ALL
Windows Operating systems and not just for Windows XP.
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PentaZip |
| July 25, 2005
Build 8.0.1.92 |
- Changed name of Frame Grabbing Utility
from PentaWhiteBoard to PentaFrameGrabber
- PentaBrowser - corrected
numerous thumbnail related issues
- PentaZip/PentaShell -
Update of a compressed archive following a Run command did
not preserve passwords. This has been corrected.
- PentaPDF - corrected PDF
creation in cases in which original document was in Microsoft
Word and there were at least 2 columns.
- PentaView (if already
running) would attempt to open a new file in the current
window instead of trying to automatically open a new window.
This has been corrected.
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PentaSuite |
| New Versions for Version
8.0 (build 8.0.1.87) |
Workstation versions
- PentaZip
- PentaSuite Standard -
no longer sold as a Full License but only as an upgrade
for current customers of Version 7.x to upgrade to. Not
available for Users of Version 6.x
- PentaSuite DigiPhoto
- PentaSuite Business-PRO
- PentaSuite-PRO - not available
as a free upgrade. This is a new Product.
- PentaCLI-PRO - No longer
available as a standalone Product. This is only available
as an add-on when PentaSuite-PRO or PentaSuite Business-PRO
is installed. (Not available for DigiPhoto).
Server Editions
- PentaSuite-PRO - Server Edition
- PentaSuite Business-PRO - Server
Edition
- PentaCLI-PRO - Server Edition
- only available as an add-on when PentaSuite PRO - Server
Edition is installed.
- PentaZip - Server Edition
Workstation versions ARE NOT to be
installed on computers that are running Windows Server Operating
Systems (NT Server, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server). |
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New and Revised features in Version 8
| PentaPDF |
PDF Creation will generate
PDF files from virtually any printable document or file.
Previous versions were limited to certain
file types. PDF Creation for all file types is available
with:
- PentaSuite-PRO
- PentaSuite-PRO - Server Edition
- PentaSuite Business-PRO
- PentaCLI-PRO
- PentaCLI-PRO - Server Edition
PDF generation in PentaSuite DigiPhoto and
PentaSuite Standard is limited to certain formats (Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint, HTML and most supported graphics
formats).
All issues with Normal.dot in Microsoft Word
have been solved. |
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| PentaPDF |
Support for PDF Creation
is available from:
- Windows Explorer Right Mouse
- PentaConverter
- Button command on Microsoft Word Toolbar,
Excel Toolbar, WordPerfect Menu item
- Printer List (PentaWare PDF Printer)
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaPDF in PentaZip |
PentaZip's PDF creation has been
improved. All issues with Normal.dot in Microsoft Word have
been solved. |
PentaZip |
| PentaPDF |
New Interface. We have redesigned
the User Interface creating more tabs with a breakdown by function
that should help make our PDF Creation more user friendly.
The single tabs cover the following subjects:
- Output
- Compression
- Page Setup
- Preferences
- Encryption
- About
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaView |
updated PDF Handler so that files
created with Acrobat 7 can be viewed
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaPGP |
Added functions for managing PGP
keys:
- implicit trust set/unset,
- enable/disable key,
- revoke key.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaPGP |
- Access "Add PGP user" from
button in PentaZip, PentaShell, PentaDVD, PentaSend
- Added the possibility to choose between
generating a new key or importing a key found on a PGP
server.
- Enabled paste operation in Confirm passphrase
box.
- Clipboard emptied once the Generate button
has been pressed.
- Size of RSA keys (master and sub key)
is the same.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaPGP |
Added search for a user on a PGP
server by specifying all or part of the User ID. |
PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaCLI Wizard |
pzvPDF - corrected
page orientation option for PDF generation command (differs
from pzvPrint) |
PentaCLI |
| PentaFTP |
Version 8.0 of PentaFTP executes
file transfers through separate "threads". This means
that you can perform other FTP related tasks even if an upload
or download file transfer or other operation is in progress.
File transfers can be performed in three ways:
- Start an immediate transfer of a file
or group of files
- Put a reference to specific files to
be transferred in the file list that will be manually
started by the user
- Schedule specific transfers to take place
at a given starting time.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaFTP |
File Transfer Progress is now
shown under the “State” column of the “List”
view at the bottom of the PentaFTP screen.
If an error occurs, the error message will be written in
that same column.
If you want to cancel a file transfer just select a row (or
more than one row if multiple transfers are listed) and delete
them by pressing the "Delete" key on your keyboard.
Any selected transfer that is cancelled this way will abort
within a few seconds.
You can also press the “Stop transfer”
button to interrupt a file transfer in progress. |
PentaSuite - All Versions |
Additions and changes made between January 2005 and May 2005 (version 7.5)
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Program |
New or Modified Feature |
Included in |
| PentaFTP |
- Added Remote Compressed Archive
Management which includes:
- Getting a remote archive file list
on screen
- Printing a remote archive file list
to the local printer
- Printing a remote archive file list
to file (TXT, CSV and XLM formats supported)
- Opening a remote archive allowing selection
of one or more files for:
- Extraction (download to a local
folder of your choice),
- Viewing using PentaView (or the
Viewer of your choice)
- Launching using the Associated
Program.
- Added a test to make sure that a file
cannot replace a folder and that a folder cannot replace
a file
- Added file transfer of entire folders
in Upload (Put) or Download (Get). Until now only single
files could be transferred. The same behavior as Windows
Explorer is implemented for overwriting files with same
name: if the folder already exists files with the same name
will be overwritten after confirmation is requested.
- Remote Search implemented
for finding files/folders that have specific characteristics
(name matching given pattern, size, modification time and
date falling in a selectable date/time interval).
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaBrowser |
- Rotate commands added to the right mouse
context menu.
- PentaBrowser - Added selection
of file types to Known Types command
- Improved speed of selection when there
is a large number of items to be selected
- Only one instance of Thumbnail Generator
is allowed.
- Initialize Thumbnail Database command moved
from the Browser View Menu to File Menu on Thumbnail program.
- Initialize Thumbnail Database command must
be confirmed twice before the command will execute.
- Files selected stay selected after a command
has been executed in the same manner as Windows Explorer.
- The three sections of PentaBrowser (Tree
View of Folders, Preview of images and Files) are now on
separate dockable panes. A command for Default docking has
been added to the View menu.
- Thumbnail Creation
has been completely rewritten adding batch creation through
Thumbnail Creation Utility only in current folder or in
subfolders too. This is user selectable.
- Added Batch Rotation of
all files currently selected.
- Added PentaRename to Tools
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaView and
PentaBrowser |
- Background memory resident routine pzvserver.exe
has been eliminated.
- All procedures can now be invoked in multiple
instances.
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PentaSuite - All Versions
PentaZip (only for PentaView) |
| PentaView |
- Images no longer flicker during rotate.
- A confirmation massage gets shown If, when
saving a file, a pre-existing file with the same name will
be overwritten .
- Added HTML Printing.
- Fit to Screen and Fit
Width are now on the View Menu.
- Added Auto Level to Color
Selection.
- Added Management of Red, Green
and Blue (with increase or reduction of each) to
Color Selection.
- Added Auto Contrast.
- Added Brightness Selection
(Increase or decrease of).
- Added Contrast Selection
(Increase or decrease of).
- Added Engrave setting.
- Added Emboss setting.
- Added Negative setting.
- Added Remove Red Eye.
- Added 'Add Text to Images'
with selection of Font, size and color.
- Added 'Image Merge' Feature
allowing you to position and add a Logo to an Image.
- Added Dynamic ToolBar
for all editing features
- Added a dedicated pane for Comments and
Exif Info (for Images).
- Added Hints and/or Captions
where missing.
- Added Rotation to
Crop Window allowing for simultaneous Cropping
and Rotating . Rotation is also available separately.
- Rotation on the
Crop Window can be turned on and off at will via
a check box.
- Crop Area ("Persistent Crop")
is maintained when moving to another image. The assumption
is that when viewing a series of images (from a Digital
Camera for example) the need to crop (and rotate) will be
similar for all images.
- Rotation can now be set to Whole
Degree values (+180 degrees) or Half Degree
vales (-180.5 degrees).
- Zoom is now always available.
- Added Delete Image (File)
Button.
- Added Undo and Redo
as well as Revert to Last Saved Buttons
on numerous Toolbars.
- Added New Document to
File Menu.
- When viewing images that have been extracted
from a Remote Compressed Archive, the Next and Previous
buttons are disabled.
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PentaSuite - Full
PentaSuite-DigiPhoto |
| PentaAlbum |
- Added selection of multiple images to move
using Drag and Drop or the up and down arrows. Images can
be moved to any position desired.
- Added a warning message requesting confirmation
when making automated changes of titles of Images in Photo
Album (for example removing all underscore "_"
characters from titles derived from file names) or when
requesting to Clear all Titles.
- Added Index Page in a Table with page numbers
indicated once for each group of images instead of one page
reference for every image. This is user selectable.
- Added "Print All"
command for Multipage Albums. This avoids having to print
album pages one by one.
- Corrected thumbnail creation that in rare
cases did not save all thumbnails.
- Thumbnail selection has been made more
user friendly.
- Drag and Drop of images in some cases did
not get positioned as wanted by the user.
- Added Create Folder button for HTML Output
selection
- Default Project File Name
is now the same as the title of the Photo Album being created
instead of New_project_1.
- Information relating to border size, cell
space and cell padding is now saved in the PentaAlbum project
files.
- Corrected minor anomalies relating to loading
saved Photo Album projects.
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PentaSuite - Full
PentaSuite-DigiPhoto |
| PentaCollector |
- Added batch rotate.
- Added batch printing.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaConverter |
- Corrected addition of new folders to the
Output Tab. Additions made using Windows Explorer were not
being shown on the Output Tab.
- Added F5 (Refresh) command.
- Added more options for Excel (XLS files).
- Added Abort command on Conversion Window.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| PentaPDF |
- Options in German now supported correctly
.
- Added orientation setting.
- Added page selection (from page to page,
All pages).
- Added page size selection (Letter, A4,
etc.).
- Added Linearize for Web option.
- Added image quality selection.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| Windows Explorer Right Mouse Menu |
- PentaBrowser, PentaView, PentaCollector,
PentaConverter and PentaAlbum have been placed in a single
group called PentaView.
- PentaPDF conversion has
been left as a separate item.
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PentaSuite - All Versions |
| Advanced Options - Licensing |
- Added request for email address to which
the License File will be sent.
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All Products |
Additions and changes made in October
2004
- Released PentaCLI-PRO - Professional version
of Command Line Interface
- Released PentaSuite - DigiPhoto
- Released PentaSuite - Business
Additions and changes made in July
2004
- Added support for PKZip and WinZip ZIP
archive encryption
PentaWare products support 7 different strong encryption
algorithms and offer 2 different encryption methods.
Archives Encrypted using one of the standard
PentaSuite encryption methods are identifiable based on their
extension. As examples
- a ZIP archive encrypted using PGP will have
an extension ZIP.PGP
- an LZH archive encrypted using AES will have
an extension LZH.AES
Archives Encrypted using either PKZip
encryption or WinZip encryption cannot be readily
identified as they will all have a .ZIP extension regardless of
whether encrypted or not. This means that not all ZIP programs
currently on the market can handle all the files in circulation
that have a .ZIP extension. This is also true for archives that
are larger than 4GB created using the ZIP64 algorithm.
PentaWare products that manage compressed archives
can all open and extract from:
- archives larger than 4GB
- archives encrypted using standard PentaZip
or PentaSuite encryption
- archives encrypted using either PKZip
encryption or WinZip encryption.
Programs that support PKZip/WinZip encryption
include:
- PentaZip Main Interface
- PentaZip Shell
- PentaZip Scripts
- PentaZip Command Line Interface
- Added enhanced PDF creation for PentaSuite
PentaPDF has been enhanced for users of PentaSuite offering
even better PDF creation. PDF creation will be extended to numerous
other Microsoft Office programs such as Power Point and to applications
made by other producers. Formats supported are DOC, RTF, HTML,
TXT, PPT and XLS.
Additions and
changes made in June 2004
Additions
and changes made in May 2004
- PentaSuite 7.1 Has Been
Released!
PentaSuite 7.1 was released on May 4, 2004.
Two new features are wonderful additions for our digital photographers
out there.
PentaFrameGrabber and PentaRename are valuable tools
that will make storing and viewing of your precious images much
easier.
- The possible users of PentaFrameGrabber
can be professionals as well as home users. We designed PentaFrameGrabber
as a convenient and easy to use means of saving frames captured
from movies (AVI, MPG and MOV) as common graphics files. Home
movies, Professionally made video shots, Medical application generated
movie files made during CAT scans and more.
These are placed along size PentaResize, PentaConvert, PentaView,
PentaDVD and PentaCD, PentaBrowser. All of these programs will
help make your Digital Photography experience better and easier.
- PentaRename
is a program that is used to rename single files or numerous files
("batch renaming") at one time. (For example IMG001.jpg,
IMG002.jpg, etc to John_and_Marys_wedding_001.jpg, John_and_Marys_wedding_002.jpg,
etc.). A really great feature of PentaRename is its ability to
copy or move files from a CD or a DVD to a Hard drive and making
the renaming changes at the same time. A subset of this utility
is available in PentaAlbum (also a part of PentaSuite).
Please visit this link for more information about PentaFrameGrabber
and PentaRename : PentaSuite PRO introduction.htm
Additions
and changes made in April 2004
- Added support for BZip2 to PentaZip
- support is present in PentaZip Main, PentaZip Shell, PentaZip
Scripts and PentaZip Command Line Interface.
- Added Options for New Archive Handling
when creating New Archives
Using this new option you can select whether the new archive
should be :
- Just created in the destination folder without
opening it
- Created and then opened inside PentaZip
- Created and Tested without opening it
- Created, Tested and Opened inside PentaZip
- Added check whether files are locked
by another program during compression
Typical cases where file locking can interfere with ZIP compression
are database files, Outlook PST files and Word Doc files among
others. This will give users the choice of waiting for the file
to be unlocked, skipping the locked file, retrying and canceling.
- Added check whether files are locked
by another program during compression using Command Line Interface
Typical cases where file locking can interfere with ZIP compression
are database files, Outlook PST files and Word Doc files among
others. This will give users the choice of waiting for the file
to be unlocked, skipping the locked file, retrying and canceling.
- Added to demo version the ability to
convert RAW image files
Added to demo version the ability to convert RAW image
files to common graphics formats (JPG, GIF, TIF, etc.) RAW format
support has been added to PentaConverter, PentaView
- Added support for Compressed Archives
to PentaView.
You can now open Compressed Archives using PentaView. This will
be particularly convenient when browsing numerous files in a folder
and you come across a ZIP file. You can also extract, view, test,
send as an email attachment, etc.
- Added PentaZip Wizard to make ZIP file
creation even easier
The addition of the ZIP Wizard will help you create ZIP archives
or extract from them with great ease.
- Added Compress & Encrypt to right
mouse menu
You can select a group of files and by using this option,
create a Zip archive that will be encrypted as well. Available
forms of Encryption are:
- AES, DES, Triple DES, Mars, Serpent,
Blowfish
- PGP
- Self Decrypting (AES or TwoFish)
- Added PentaResize - a batch resizing
utility
Takes a batch (batch = 2 or more images) of images and resizes
them according to whatever criteria the user selects. Aspect ratios
will be maintained if the Aspect Ratio checkbox is enabled (i.e.
checked).
- Added resizing based on percent, inches
and fractions of an inch and cm to PentaView and batch resizing
in Pentaconverter
Resizing can be done in cm, inches and fractions of an
inch, pixels and percentages
- Added Exif searching with PentaExif
This new program allows users to view Exif information and search
for images that contain Exif information.Searches can be made
based on Make, Shutter Speed,, File name, etc.
Additions and
changes made in February 2004
- HTML Generator is now called PentaAlbum
The name change became necessary because of the increased importance
of PDF in the program.
- Command Line Interface
We have added 3 new features to the Command Line
Interface:
- Burning CD's and DVD's from the command line
- Strong Encryption from the command line
- Email from the command line
This will allow you to create batch files for
backing up even large quantities of data onto CD's or DVD's using
also strong encryption where needed. One possible use besides
backups, is to help protect sensitive data stored on a laptop.
If the data is encrypted at the time the laptop is turned off,
the risk of undesired knowledge can be greatly reduced.
- PentaAlbum (PentaWare Photo Album - HTML
Generator)
We have added numerous features to the Photo Album program:
- Photo Albums can be made using ANY of the
graphic and Digital Photography file formats that we support.
That includes 12 different RAW formats that cover an extremely
large number of Digital Camera brands and models.
- Preview of Photo Album inside the Program
- Saving and subsequent opening of Photo Album
Pages
- Better management of Templates
- Moving images up and down in the list not
obliging you to keep images in alphabetical, date or some
other order
- Added PDF in Landscape format
- Absolute and Relative Path references for
Thumbnails
- Edit with button using installed HTML editors
- Generate thumbnail images that you can use
for other programs.
- the ability to rename images directly from
within PentaAlbum
- PentaAlbum Wizard (PentaWare Photo Album
Wizard)
We have added a wizard to PentaAlbum as a means
for users to create photo albums and image based web pages quickly
and easily. With the addition of the PentaAlbum Wizard we have
implemented a three tiered approach:
- Make album pages quickly with the new wizard
- Resume editing the web page using our photo
album program
- Add yet more features to your album page using
your favorite HTML editor (FrontPage, Dreamweaver, etc.)
A really great feature of PentaRename is its ability
to copy or move files from a CD or a DVD to a Hard drive and making
the renaming changes at the same time.
- Compression - Management of Segmented
(Multi-Volume) ZIP Archives
We have made numerous changes to the management of MultiVolume
files created using PentaZip. The introduction of Standard Mode
and Compact Mode concerns how the Archives will be copied to
a CD.
- Standard mode - Every segment
will be copied to a separate CD or DVD. Volumes will be named
PKBACK#nnn using the naming convention that has been used in
the past for MultiVolume. All archive segments are called .ZIP
- Compact mode - Copy more than
one segment to every CD or DVD. Volumes can have any name. This
is a more flexible method but may require more human intervention
to extract data from the segmented archive. Archive segments
are named .ZIP, .z01, .z02, .z03, etc. These segments can be
copied to a hard drive without renaming.
- Compression - Preview pane for images
when creating Zip Archives
Images Preview pane added to the Compression form. This was
added to assist users when they are selecting image files to
be included in a compressed archive.
- PentaCollector
We have added the ability to save and subsequently
open the list of files selected using PentaCollector
as a PentaCollector Project (extension .pzc).
This will prove to be particularly useful for recurring tasks.
- PentaConverter
We have added the ability to save and subsequently
open the list of files selected using PentaConverter.
- General look
and feel of all programs - Initial Release (November 2003)
All 200 plus program button icons have been redesigned.
The icons can be:
- either “Small” or “Large”,
- with or without text descriptors
- with or without hints
The way the icons are seen can be changed from
within each program under Views Toolbar or from Advanced Options.
PentaDVD
This is a completely new program. It is NOT meant
to handle music. It is meant for Backups, Data salvaging, Digital
Photography storage and viewing.
Some important features are:
- Support for the main generally available Optical
Media formats (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW). Not
all CD/DVD burners support all formats, however.
- Preview pane to view selected graphics images
with
- Support for practically all recent standard models
of CD and DVD Burners
- Ability to open numerous Explorer windows on
the left hand side to allow files to be placed on the “Compilation”
side on the right.
- MDI Management of Compilations – you can
set up more than one Compilation at a time. A “compilation”
is where you place the files you want to copy to a CD or to a
DVD.
- MultiVolume Compressed Archives on CD’s
or DVD’s which means virtually limitless backups
- Creation of compressed archives either for a
Compilation or that can be saved on your hard drive
- Ability to Extract, Delete, Add to Compressed
archives saved on Local Hard Drives or on Network drives.
- Support of “Burn-Proof” and other popular
anti-buffer under-run/overrun methods
- Post Burning Verification
- Creation of ISO files for subsequent or repeated
duplication
- Support for importing of previous sessions, Joliet
and ISO 9660 formats
- Support for all major forms of encryption supported
by PentaSuite (AES, Self Decrypting and PGP)
- Automatic warning of unacceptable file names
for CD/DVD format and prompting for correction
New Formats supported
by PentaBrowser and PentaView
We have added support for numerous new formats
that cover, in particular, the needs of Digital Photography. We
have signed licensing agreements with the main format owners to
be able to offer the best possible rendition of RAW digital images
as well as editing, cropping and conversion to common formats
such as JPG, TIFF, GIF, Targa and more.
Document formats
- Adobe PDF (if Acrobat is installed)
- HTML Internet Browser (based on Internet
Explorer)
Graphics formats
- JPEG 2000
- JASC Paint Shop Pro Image
- Psion MultiBitMap (MBM)
- X PixMap
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Digital
Photography
- Canon Raw Format (CRW)
- Casio Digital Camera
- FlashPix
- Foveon X3F (Sigma)
- FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro RAF
- Minolta MRW
- Kodak Professional Digital Camera
- Nikon NEF
- Olympus ORF Raw Format
- Seattle Film Works
- Sony Digital Camera
- WAP WBMP (i.e. Cell phone photography)
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PentaBrowser
This program has been completely re-written.
- Thumbnail DB creator (from Tools menu). This
allows for background creation of all thumbnails (this feature
is subject to more testing as one reviewer has noted a few non
parsed folders when the number of folders in a given path was
very large.). This feature has to be selected by the user. Otherwise
the DB will be “fed” by the thumbnails that get created
in each folder as you select it. Thumbnails get updated if a
file changes. Thumbnail background color will be user selectable.
- New Appearance feature (from Options menu)
This allows for positioning of Preview, Thumbnails
and folders according to your needs. Three row and three column
views will be added prior to final release.
- New Thumbnail manager – behavior is much
closer to that of Windows explorer when copying, moving, etc.
- Added Support for numerous Digital Photography
“RAW” formats (the formats that Digital Cameras save
pictures internally with).
- Added support for PDF file viewing, copying
and printing.
- Improved HTML page viewing allowing also for
access to the Internet from within the client.
- Print has been integrated with Print Preview
PentaConverter
Single file or batch file conversion. Explorer
on the left and files selected on the right. MDI approach for
files selected to allow for multiple types of output. Conversion
is supported for:
Graphics
From |
To |
| JPEG 2000, Paint Shop Pro
Image, Psion MultiBitMap (MBM), X PixMap, BMP Windows,
BMP OS/2, CAL, CMP, CUR, CUT, FLC, FPX, EMF, GIF, ICO, IMG,
ICA, ICA, IFF, JPG, JPG, JTF, MAC, MSP, PCX, PNG, PSD, RAS,
TGA, TIF, TIF-Multi page, TIF (Exif), WMF, WXF, XBM, XWD |
BMP Windows,
BMP OS/2, CAL, CMP, CUR, CUT, FLC, FPX, EMF, GIF, ICO, IMG,
ICA, ICA, IFF, JPG, JPG, JTF, JPEG 2000, MAC, MSP,
PCX, PNG, PSD, , Psion MultiBitMap (MBM), RAS, TGA,
TIF, TIF-Multi page, TIF (Exif), WMF, WXF, XBM, XWD, X PixMap |
Digital Photography Formats (added with Version
7)
From |
To |
- Canon Raw Format (CRW)
- Casio Digital Camera
- FlashPix
- Foveon X3F (Sigma)
- FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro RAF
- Minolta MRW
- Kodak Professional Digital Camera
- Nikon NEF
- Olympus ORF
- Seattle Film Works
- Sony Digital Camera
- WAP WBMP
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BMP Windows,
BMP OS/2, CAL, CMP, CUR, CUT, FLC, FPX, EMF, GIF, ICO, IMG,
ICA, ICA, IFF, JPG, JPG, JTF, JPEG 2000, MAC, MSP,
PCX, PNG, PSD, , Psion MultiBitMap (MBM), RAS, TGA,
TIF, TIF-Multi page, TIF (Exif), WMF, WXF, XBM, XWD |
Text and Document files
From |
To |
| DOC, RTF, HTML
and Text. |
DOC, RTF, HTML
and Text. |
PentaCollector
Change of interface. Explorer on the left and
files elected on the right. MDI approach for files selected to
allow for multiple kinds of output.
- File conversion
- CD burning
- Create a compressed archive
- Add to a compressed archive
- Create a Zip Archive and attach it a an email
message
- Shrink the image (images) and mail them
- Create an HTML page using HTML Generator
HTML Generatorr
(now PentaAlbum)
A photo album or web page creator. Can be used
from PentaBrowser or standalone.
- from PentaBrowser – select some thumbnails
and press the HTML Generator button
- without having selected any images, press the
button
and drag and drop files from the explorer window on the left
to the selection window on the right.
- You can save the layout of your HTML page
for repetitive use
- You can generate an HTML page for web viewing
- You can generate a PDF page to be sent
as an email attachment or for other use
PentaWare Manager
(formerly PentaSuite Manager)
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is now called PentaWare Manger as it will be included with
all PentaWare programs
All the icons have been redesigned
Distribution of items is easier to understand
You can add your own features to the My Shortcuts section
You can drag any icon to a different position. Just select
the icon and drag it on top of the icon that you
want to replace. The replaced icon will not be deleted but
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PentaView Single File Viewer
- Changed Interface
- Cropping has been completely re-designed. This
allows for much greater flexibility. The “crop” rectangle
can now be:
- resized
- moved around an image until the desired
position and size have been set. To crop an image press
the “Resize/Crop button, then press “Select”
and, one you have selected the area to be cropped, press
the “Crop” button
- Added Support for numerous Digital Photography
“RAW” formats (the formats that Digital Cameras save
pictures internally with).
- Added support for PDF file viewing, copying
and printing.
- Improved HTML page viewing allowing also for
access to the Internet from within the client.
PentaZip Compression
Manager
1 - File Associations
Up until Version 6, PentaZip created Associations
with all supported Compressed Archives automatically during the
Installation phase. Now the Compressed archive formats are no
longer automatically assigned. After Installing PentaSuite you
will see the following message:
You will be prompted with the following screen
according to whether you decide to associate PentaZip with some
or all compressed file formats or not.
We have therefore rendered File Association User
Selectable.
Once you have associated PentaZip with a compressed
Archive format, the section relating to that format will look
similar to the following image:
2 - Self Decrypting Archives
One of the most recent changes to PentaZip was
already made available in the latest builds of Version 6 (September
2003). The most important change concerns the encryption screen
on the “New” from (the Compression Form) that gets activated
by turning on “Protect with Encryption”
3 - Split MultiVolume ZIP archives
Added Split MultiVolume ZIP archives (each segment
will be numbered .z01, .z02, .....z99. From segment 100 onwards,
the numbering will be .100, .101, etc. Such MultiVolume files
can also be stored ANYWHERE on your system so you can save the
segments on your hard drive and then email them to whomever you
want to. MultiVolume ZIP archives can be set to create numerous
email messages (one for each segment). You may get asked if you
will let PentaSuite send multiple messages.
4 - Emailing of Split MultiVolume ZIP
archives
Added Emailing of Split MultiVolume ZIP
archives. Each segment is attached to a separate email
message. You can prepare your email message and send it from inside
PentaZip. PentaZip will use your current Email program.
Encryption in PentaWare
products
- PentaZip – AES, DES,
Triple DES, Blowfish, MARS and Serpent
- PentaSuite – AES, DES,
Triple DES, Blowfish, MARS and Serpent as well as Self-Decrypting
files (AES and Twofish), PGP
- PentaDVD - AES, DES, Triple
DES, Blowfish, MARS and Serpent as well as Self-Decrypting files
(AES and Twofish), PGP
PentaRename
This is a very useful tool that can be used to rename
single files or numerous files ("batch renaming") at one
time. (For example IMG001.jpg, IMG002.jpg, etc to John_and_Marys_wedding_001.jpg,
John_and_Marys_wedding_002.jpg, etc.). A subset of this utility
is available in the Photo Album program (PentaHTML).
Command
Line Encryption
Strong Encryption from the command line will be
useful for all users that need to :
- protect critical data kept on their computer
- backup data to removable media maintaining a
high level of security
- protect important data on laptops. Users can
insert in their Login and Logout procedures a reference to a batch
file that will encrypt files using one of the methods that PentaZip
offers:
- A = AES
- D = DES
- B = Blowfish
- S = Serpent
- M = Mars
- T3 = Triple Des (3 keys)
- T2 = Triple Des (2 keys)
- Self decrypting executable using either AES
or Twofish
This can allow for automatic encryption when the
user logs off/shuts down his/her computer and automatic decryption
when that user logs on again.
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