Software Update: jAlbum 13.0

Version 13 of jAlbum has been released. This program makes it easy to generate and edit professional looking HTML photo albums. In a clean interface, photos can be easily adjusted, the order can be changed and the appearance of the web page can be determined. If everything is to your liking, the result can be placed on a web page via the built-in ftp client.

Because the software is developed in Java, jAlbum is available for a wide range of operating systems. The Windows version has issues with some versions of java and is therefore bundled with java, resulting in a larger download. Previously there was also a free version, which showed advertisements, but the program is now fully commercial and can be tried for 30 days.

A standard license for version 13 currently costs 39 euros. Other licenses, for commercial use or in conjunction with cloud storage, are also available available. New in version 13 includes the ability to put together an album with multiple people, photos can be automatically organized based on the EXIF ​​information and there are now multiple levels to undo steps. The complete changelog looks like this:

News and Updates

• jAlbum 13 comes with a new free 30 day trial for all users! Free update for all who have an active support & update plan. (Install next to existing version to safely evaluate the improvements)
• Support for collaborative albums (albums where several people contribute with images). Have images mailed to [email protected] automatically appear in collaborative album projects
• Organize your images easily in folders based on camera date, place etc. Have duplicates deleted. See View->Organize
• jAlbum’s Explore view now has multiple level undo & redo for many operations (move, rename etc)
• Control folder structure of generated albums independent of how source images are organized (See Settings->Structure)
• New embedded browser component (“WebView” based on WebKit) for preview view mode, capable of playing mp4 videos natively. Currently available on Windows and Linux versions only
• Windows version comes as 64 bit app by default
• Native file choosers are now used everywhere
• Updated Arty filter sporting three new artistic filters and improved performance
• Developers: New JSONMaker API to significantly simplify JavaScript based skin development
• Responsive skin “PhotoBlogger” now bundled
• Processed videos now go inside “slides” sub folder
• Updated bundled Turtle, Base and Minimal skins
• Developers: New “videoPath” variable. JSpinner controls may now have Strings and Doubles too.

Bug fixes

• Fixed potential UI freeze when loading broken skins
• Fixed null pointer exception during file copying
• More robust handling of camera metadata
• Fixed bug stopping album making when errors in video processing occur
• Fixed bug causing cursor key navigation to fail when navigating objects of different height
• Deleted objects weren’t put in the recycle bin when running on 64 bit Java engine