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February 26
February update - 2.2.8

Here are the features added in february:

Carrara thumbnails editor
This one completes last December's update. It is now possible to add a thumbnail to any Carrara file, including those who don't have any.

PoserPython: Add to Poser Library button
This is actually Poser's Library Save button, it will allow you to Save Poser content in P3dO (much more handy than with Poser).
This facility is available for long with PoserPython plugin but it is in File menu. So I placed a button on InDepth toolbar for easier access.
note: in order to save a Material with this button you have to be in Poser's Material room. The same with Poser btw.

An option to Stretch thumbs
On modern computers people tend to use larger cell size then sometimes the original picture is smaller than the cell itself.
This new Thumbnail layout option will stretch those thumbnails and you'll see how great your Poser and Carrara thumbnails look at 256x256 display.

Updated Metafile viewer
Somedoby reported that some Metafiles failed (the render was blank), so I decided to rewrite the loader. This new one is faster and like the other viewers is able to show Zipped Metafiles.

More Updates notifications
The updates notifier has been modified to send a notification for all the updates instead of just major releases.
For example current system did send a notification in October (2.2.5) and will send another in March (2.3). You may now ask for all updates and then you would also have been warned for all three 2.2.8 updates.
Look in Options dialog, "P3dO Online" tab to activate this.

Next update will be 2.3 which is nothing more than 2.2.8 renamed to 2.3.
Nothing more is a bit unfair, there will be new features and I bet good ones.
2.3 is also P3dO's 10th birthday update. So necessarily an update unlike others.

January 22
P3dO 2.2.8 pro January

Another 2.2.8 update, focusing on Daz Studio. I am working a lot of Daz formats those days: Carrara, Hexagon and now Daz Studio.
More is coming.

Daz Studio formats association
I updated file thumbnails association and PoserPython for the following formats: .DAZ, .DS, .DSA, .DSB, .DSE, .DSX. Working like it does for Poser.
I also wrote a viewer for Daz Studio Layered Image (.DSI) file format: thumbnail and Layers list but not the actual DSI image.
Daz Studio format information and advices provided by aRtBee www.artbeeweb.nl.
I also fixed a problem with Daz Studio 3 Runtimes.

Poser Folders Assistant
As you may know, since Poser 5, LibraryPrefs.xml is the parameter file for Poser Runtimes.
Though it is very important to tell P3dO where that file is.
For various reasons that file is difficult to find manually and finding it dynamically is hazardous.
So I wrote and assistant wizard (Assistant menu and Options dialog) that will look for that file on your HD and configure P3dO automatically.
Use it if your Runtimes list is not correct.

One update per month in 2010
I released 2.2.8 on Christmas because of Christmas but the version was far from complete. And I still have a lot to do before completion.
I also decided to change the way I release versions this year.
I will release updates more often (once a month) with ongoing work. 2.2.8 will be released in April under the name 2.3, while there will be intermediary updates in February and March.
This way I hope to save time on full release uploads which take too much time.
The other reason is that April is a major rendez-vous: it will be P3dO's 10th birthday.

December 26
P3dO 2.2.8 pro beta

Here is the now traditionnal P3dO Christmas update.
This is only a beta since some features are still under development for the final 2.2.8 to come (early January).

Edit Carrara thumbnails Open Carrara pictures with P3dO's editor and customize your stuff. P3dO's editor has no other feature than Copy - Paste - Save, you will customize the picture in your favorite picture editor and P3dO will do the rest.
Editor's limits - At the moment it is not possible to add a picture to a file without any (coming with final 2.2.8), CBR pictures may be saved at 86x64 dimension but are only 64x64 in Carrara browser.

Librarian update many changes in Librarian. I fixed bugs and improved this fast Poser libraries reference checker. This version will check even more References.

Extension block option in thumbnail view. File's extension will show as a colored block at the top right of each cell in the grid.

The UI has been freshened a bit, I have not finished with this yet but the new Toolbars design is cute.

This update has been prepared for Christmas. I will upload another update next week. Final release in 2/3 weeks. Some more features are coming.

Merry Christmas