Additions

• Added a new Multi-Pass Culling system named "Import and Select"

• Added support for direct connected iOS devices to import profiles

• Added animated video thumbnails for video files (rebuild the thumb)

• Added a new Natural Language Search feature, using AI

• Added the option to send files ZIP'd when transferring (eg email/folder/FTP)

• Added an option for Thumbnail Caching (with retention settings) to the Server Edition

• Added Search Classifications which pre-classifies images for the Search Engine

• Added new Stack Detection rule for visually similar images

• Added an "Invert" option in the Filter Bar -> States drop down

• Added a new "Catalog Label Count" search field in Advanced Search

• Added a new "Stack Image Count" search field in Advanced Search

• Added a new "Version Image Count" search field in Advanced Search

• Added Aggregate "Count" option in Advanced Search for bag typed XMP properties (eg Number of Keywords > 2)

• Added "RAW Files" and "Video Files" to States (and Types)

• Added a OpenFreeMap (powered by OpenStreetMaps) as an option to display images on an interactive map

• Added support for Google Gemini as an AI service

• Added support for OpenAI GPT-5.2 as an AI Service

• Added support for Ministral3 model with Ollama

• Added support for Qwen3-vl model with Ollama

• Added a preference option for long video previews to the Server Edition (up to 10 minutes)

• Added file management support for ACR sidecar files

• Added a marking feature to Tethering

• Added a keyboard shortcut for "Verify File"

• Added "Destroy Stacks" in the stack thumb's menu

• Added support for PostgreSQL 18
• Added Hungarian language/locale

• Added Areas option to PSO
   

Improvements

• Overall performance improvement (up to 10%)

• Up to 10 times faster sidecar-file handling

• Faster updating of the search data index

• Faster face recognition

• Improved identification of files without (video) thumbs

• Improved performance when opening a stacked set of images

• Improved performance in the Single User edition for operations on very large tables (>200 million rows)

• Improved performance when opening States -> In Marked Folder

• Improved performance when expanding a node in the Catalog Tree with many items directly underneath it

• More responsive scrolling in the Catalog Explorer

• Changed the default Ollama model from gemma3 to Ministral3

• Added "AI-Estimated GEO Location" to the AI Panel

• Quick Preview now shows a 5 second video preview

• Faster result display in the Collection Viewer

• "Cascade Metadata" from image to Stack or Version Set is now a background process

• Photo Supreme now supports _O and _E aae sidecar files as created by Apple Photos

• In the Light Table you can now use Alt+L to "Unlock all boxes and lock focused box"

• Thumbnails now include a preview (eye) icon to open the Quick Preview

• A highlighted stroke has been added to the active tabs, improving usability and navigation.

• For stack/version detection, a HEIC is considered same level as a RAW file, and a MOV as a JPG file

• Now you can display metadata charts and graphs across multiple tabs for a more comprehensive view.

• Implemented Ctrl/Cmd+Z functionality in text and memo fields for easier corrections.

• The Server Edition now uses a locking mechanism to prevent two applications invocations to collide when trying to upgrade the catalog

• Defined the new Affinity v3 .AF and .AVIF file format as a supported format

• Switching the collection viewer's view style is faster (eg from Basic to Grid to Clean to Custom Thumb Info)

• Removed the limitation for number of search results in the Catalog Tree's search box

• Changed order of "Import" options in the hamburger menu

• Advanced Search now has an option to search by "File Size" and "File Size MB"

• Marking popup in "Import and Select" now remains open when ticking different dates or file extensions

• Faster startup time due to the improved initialization sequence

• Advanced Search now has an option to invert a selected catalog state

• Finetuned the check for "need to compact" on PostgreSQL

• Faster reading of a folder's content (finding files in folders)​

• Bookmark keyboard shortcuts are now a "toggle", similar to ratings and color labels

• In the AI panel, the AI Context input is now a multiline editor

• In the Tethering feature, the filmstrip is now sorted by date

• Improved handling of file stamps for QT video files without any date stamp

• The "Marking dropdown" in the Import feature is now much faster

• Expanding nodes in the Catalog Tree is ~25% faster

• Fine-tuned the face recognition algorithm for less false positives

• Added Blogs to the ? Help menu

• In a large list of labels in the Catalog Tree, the counters are now shown faster

• When using the "Dump Full to Catalog File" feature, there's now the option to create either a "catalog dump" file, or a "catalog with thumbs" dump files

• Faster and smoother thumbnail scrolling

• No longer needs the "screen capture" approval on macOS when the GPS panel is open and a drag-operation takes place

• The Info Panel now shows the number of selected images (when multiple)

• The Server Edition (PG and SQLS), now makes 3 attempts to establish a database connection

• Added a XMP Storage Location for "original file AND non-standard sidecar file"

• Improved exception handling when an error occurs during a database operation

• Added Click-to-Zoom in the Image Viewer of the Tethering feature

• In "Stacked View", you can now select a specific item from the stack to show

• "Dump Catalog to File" and "Recreate from File" now validates the catalog version number to prevent loading a dump, created for an older catalog version, to a newer one

• Refined the prompt to query OpenAI or Ollama as used for the AI Panel

• Improved image selection speed in the Tethering filmstrip

• Improved TIF support for monochrome images color mode (black/white is zero)

• Improved visibility for the Grid lines in the Viewer

• Improved running scripts from the repository so it now supports UTF8 as well as ANSI or Unicode formatted script sources

• Changed the "magnifying glass" icon in the Label Assignment Panel to a mini-hamburger menu

• In Tethering, the file name is shown below the thumbs

• In Tethering, the thumb size for the filmstrip is configurable

• In Tethering, the viewer now also shows the file name, file size and photo date

• Loading JSON to a TidElement is now more robust due to removal of comment strings which some AI services add to the json output

• In the Downloader, the "Select" and "Mark" drop downs show extensions without leading dot and always in uppercase

• Faster image loading in Tethering

• Improved support for multi channel, 16 bit grayscale PSD

• Added support for Range/chunk calls in the HTTP Server module (Server Edition)

• More robust response handling in HTTP Server (Server Edition)

• Default "stacked display" in preferences is now "Stacked" instead of "Unstacked"

• "Dump Catalog to File" and "Recreate from File" now show trivial table names

• Improved error handling when a Google Maps Reverse Lookup returns a non-200 status

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Fixes

• 8735; Fix for icon "changing" when starting the application on macOS Tahoe

• 8735; Fix for "Cascade to full Stack" not working

• 8731; Fix for not being able to sync in the Hungarian version

• 8731; Fix for not using the output file name in a ZIP'ed output from a Transfer profile

• 8731; Fix for some special characters not being correctly displayed in some non-English UI versions

• Fix for possible Job Service exception after a backup is created

• Fix for incorrect results when selecting States -> In Marked Folder

• Fix for possible "unique constraint violation" on macOS

• Fix for "exact" searches in the search bar not always returning "exact" results

• Fix for not finding results when brackets and exact searches are combined e.g.

  • ("orange" OR "ginger") AND ("cat")

• Fix for a possible startup exception on macOS

• Fix for not-stack-top-items query

• Fix for not being able to apply details to a single image when the apply method is set to either stack/version/stack+version

• Fix for possible exception when using "not empty" in Advanced Search for some of kinds of XMP properties

• Fix for "greater/smaller than" searches with GPSLatitude and GPSLongitude not working

• Fix for a possible exception on closing the application after a failed login attempt

• Fix for some forms not correctly entering a full screen state

• Fix for Progress item not closing after running an import from a Windows WIA or a macOS-ImageCapture device

• Fix for delete key not working in the Light Table

• Fix for Windows WIA full file loading in the Import module

• Fix for not showing the import option after connecting a WPD/WTP device in Windows

• Fix for some files not being in-sync after import from folder

• Fix for possible exception when switching the view style of the thumbnails (eg from thumbs to grid or vv)

• Fix for possible wrong prompt to remove an unselected folder thumb when deleting all images in a folder that also has one or more subfolders

• Fix for storing a Date/Time value in the Image Details using a timezone applies the timezone twice

• Fix for sometimes not opening the GEO Map at the correct location when first opening the GEO panel

• Fix for HTML anchors not always working when wrapped around an IMG tag

• Fix for a possible exception when using GEO-reverse lookup

• Fix for not always showing the email editor in the HTTP Settings

• Fix for possible wrong tab switch when using the Advanced Search with multiple tabs open

• Fix for changed "reasoning_effort" parameter in GPT-5.2 compared to earlier GPT5 models

• Fix for HTTP Server default root folder which was not always set for the PSO folder

• Fix for Favorites in the catalog tree not being updated when using "Clear Favorites"

• Fix for not purging unfinished jobs while compacting the catalog

• Fix for unneeded showing of the checkbox "maintain password while application is running" in the catalog Password change dialog

• Fix for lock in face recognition

• Fix for not using the selected port for a SQLServer connection

• Fix for not being able to unlock the server edition UI with the latest password when the user changed the password during the same session

• Fix for reading classic IPTC-IIM without CodeSet IPTC marker, and with CP1252 encoded strings

• Fix for unexpected socket disconnects in the HTTP Server on macOS (Server Edition)

• Fix for not being able to create a TList instance in the Scripter