Picture Ripper 3.59 is available

• [#] build 3591: CJ-TGP site type fixed
• [#] build 3591: v4.0 key security error message fixed
• [#] build 3590: occasional crashes when browsed local filesystem (corrupt/incomplete/empty images)
• [+] build 3590: ”Recreate folder structure from media URL&” option added

Picture Ripper 3.58 is available

• [#] build 3588: fixes issue when key was not accepted when upgraded from earlier versions.
• [*] build 3588: removed nag screen appearing on start
• [+] Added new option for "Gallery Folder Name" setting
  The option omits domain name in generated folder structure
• [*] Until download is complete, files have a ".TMP" extension
• [#] Fixed issue with corrput files, when remote server responds with no content length information.

Picture Ripper 3.57 is available

• [#] Fixed issue WMV files being incorrectly handled (Invalid MIME type error).
• [#] Few small fixes.

Picture Ripper 3.56 is available

• [+] Option to save queue even if threads appear to be stalled.
• [#] Fixed issue with missing shlwapi.dll causing error message on older systems.
• [#] License dialog allows e-mail addresses with TLDN size longer than 3 chars, i.e. joe@doe.name
• [#] Few small fixes.

Picture Ripper 3.55 is available

• [+] Adult content warning is being shown on sample projects. To avoid warnings, remove or rename "Adult Sites" folder in Picture Ripper Projects folder
• [#] Minor bugfix in HTML parser

Picture Ripper 3.54 is available

• [+] Digitally signed executable and setup file
• [#] Minor bugfix in sample project downloader

Picture Ripper 3.53 is available

• [+] User friendly registration
• [+] Picture Ripper shows summary when finished
• [+] Picture Ripper plays sound when finished
  This feature turned off by default. To enable it and select desired audio file, please open program options dialog (F12) and select section "Misc".

Picture Ripper 3.52 is available

• [*] Improved image processing engine
• [+] Picture Ripper makes thumbnails for GIF images
  Picture Ripper used MS Media Player to render thumbnails for GIF in previous builds due to LZW patent. The patent has expired in June and now Picture Ripper can render thumbnails without using third party tools. Support for animated GIFs scheduled for the next release.

Picture Ripper 3.51 is available

• [*] Few GUI fixes

Picture Ripper 3.50 is available

• [+] Now it is possible to download the most recent samples from Picture Ripper website
• [*] Samples projects reviewed and updated
• [*] Cosmetic bug fixes

Picture Ripper 3.49 is available

• [+] Now Picture Ripper claims less memory, thus allowing more links to be put in to the download queue.
• [#] Improved compatibility. Previous build (3470) has been crashing on Win2k and some WinXP machines.
• [*] Better handling of 404 http error code redirects.
• [*] Fixed "Out of memory" error, that used to appear when user tried to view an image with either side equal to 1 pixel.
• [#] Some minor bug fixes and improvements applied to the crawler engine.

Picture Ripper 3.3 is available

• [+] Support For SSL (https://) sites. Note: http-2-https redirects are not yet supported.
• [+] New starting address manager allows to enter media URLs as well, i.e. they added to the media queue instantly.
• [+] Added new "Gallery Folder Names" option to labeled as "NO RAND NUM: Put all images in one folder" *- per request
• [+] File names containing spaces are correctly saved - no more "%20"'s :)
• [#] Some minor bug fixes.

Picture Ripper 3.2 is available :: Sep 23, 2003

• [#] Bug fix: thread deadlock fixed.
• [+] Improved starting address manager. Now it allows to paste bunch of URLs - all at once.

Picture Ripper 3.1 is available :: Aug 23, 2003

Click here to read what is new in Picture Ripper 3.1.

Build 3023 :: May 15, 2003

• [#] Bug fix: Picture Ripper was not saving default path if user used "..." button

Build 3022 :: May 6, 2003

• [#] Picture Ripper could crash if tried to make a thumbnail for corrupted movie clip - FIXED!

Build 3021 :: May 1st, 2003

• [#] Bug fix: Picture Ripper might quit when user tried to view images in another folder - FIXED!
• [#] few cosmetic bug fixes to image view pane
  Image dimensions in "Best Fit" mode were not calculated properly sometimes. Background color change takes effect immediately (required a restart in previous releases).
• [+] Download progress (as percentage counter) is shown in the Thread List pane
  Those with slow modems or those who download movies will like this feature... Broadband users probably will not notice it.. ;-)
• [+] Added new button to allow easy refreshing of root folder of currently running project.
• [*]Added improved support for movies embedded into pages (those movies that play inside a browser)
  Picture Ripper was able to download such embedded movies before, but only if they were embedded with "embed" HTML tag, now Picture Ripper should find and check any URL inside HTML applets
  
• [*] Relaxed rules related to image location. Now image or movie should be put in the queue regardless of its location.
  Check how it does for you. If you will end up with tons of junk (like web page counters, icons, banners) then I will either turn it off, or leave it as an option in program settings. The main goal to allow Picture Ripper to find more media files than ever.. Just need to measure impact on quality of what it finds (don't forget about image size filters, BTW)

Build 3019 :: April 28, 2003

• [#] Bug fix: bug that caused "Out of memory" error message on some images.
• [*] Thumbnail pane redraw is flicker free now
• [*] Empty media files (0 bytes size) are now ignored and not visible in the thumbnail pane
  Such zero size images and movies could appear if either download process is terminated by user or remote server refused connection unexpectedly.

Build 3018 :: April 27, 2003

• [+] SMART: Recreate folder structure from URL
  It works similar to its parent "Recreate folder structure from URL". But the SMART one works smarter as you can guess from its name. Many picture sites have pages with thumbnails linked to other pages with only one image and maybe next/previous buttons and a banner ad. When you use old option "Recreate folder structure from URL" then Picture Ripper will create sub-folder for each image. It is very inconvenient and annoying when you have to select folder just to see a single picture or a movie clip. Here comes the SMART option! If Picture Ripper sees only 1 to 4 images on a single page, then it places all these pictures in one folder. The threshold number 4 is a count of a picture, a banner and two extra image files - maybe any other graphic files, i.e. buttons, icons, etc. Enjoy!
• [#] Movie thumbnail generator bug fixed
• [*] Some cosmetic interface changes

Build 3016 :: April 25, 2003

• [#] A "Directory Site" type algorithm has been fixed. Now it should work as designated.
  If you know what www.dmoz.org is then you'll love that Directory site type. Check out a sample project Fractals. Save Fractals.prp file to any location you like and then double click on it to start up Picture Ripper and then you'll see this sample project inside the Default Category. Make sure Picture Ripper is not running when you double click on Fractals.prp file. Enjoy!
  
• [#] Few users reported that sometimes Picture Ripper silently exits during the crawling process - Fixed!
  We have undertaken several steps to avoid that, so if you will encounter any sort of such behavior, please let us know. Thank you!
  
  
• [+] Added thumbnail sorting when in Thumbnail Mode (use context menu - right click over any thumbnail).
  
• [+] Now Picture Ripper is able to follow some Java Script links.
• [+] Thread list pane got two new context menu items - Pause/Resume Threads.
  Now you can pause/resume crawler and fetcher threads. It is useful if you want to pause crawlers for some time to allow fetcher threads to download media files from the queue, or you can allow crawlers to explore site(s) and see how many media files they can find.
  
• [+] New site type added: "Picture Site [Brute Force]"
  This site type has most easiest rule set. Using this type of site will require more time to discover images, but Picture Ripper will find them anyway. Try this site type if any other "Picture Site" types have failed. This site type is useful when you need to rip files from a certain site. It will not rip files from "foreign" domains, otherwise it could go to infinity once it encounters some huge site like Yahoo! directory.
  

Build 3015 :: April 20, 2003 :: Critical Update

• [#] The serious bug in crawler engine was fixed.
  The bug was introduced in build 3012, and left unnoticed in release 3014. Because of this bug even some sample projects were not functional
  
  
• [+] Completely rewritten code for thumbnail pane:
  
  • Faster and more convenient operation
  • Allows to select several files at once
  • Media files can be deleted from within thumbnail view pane
  • Two display modes: Thumbnail view and Report view (use F8 or Toolbar Button)
  • Sortable columns in Report view
  • Movie files are highlighted with light green border
  • User can queue up movie clips in Media Player (via right-click context menu).
• Click able support links in About dialog

Build 3014 :: April 12, 2003

• [+] Once Picture Ripper creates a folder when downloading media files, the "Refresh Selected Folder" button blinks 2 times
  This is to notify user that Picture Ripper has created new sub folder. If you like you may press the "Refresh Selected Folder" and currently selected folder will be re-read to reflect latest changes in local file system.
  
• [*] Improved behavior of Folder Tree and the "Refresh Selected Folder" button.

April 8, 2003

• [+] IE History lookup button in New Project Dialog
  Now, if you use Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, you do not need to copy and paste URLs to create Picture Ripper project. Just use "IE History" button!
• [+] Picture Ripper can grab and make thumbs for Windows® Media Video files (WMV) - added per user request.

April 6, 2003

• [+] Now Picture Ripper can re-create local folder structure from URL
  It is useful if you need to separate galleries downloaded from different domain names and their folders and pages
• [+] "Check For Update" button added. Look at Help>About... dialog
• [#] Relative URLs were not parsed correctly - fixed

April 1, 2003

• [*] Improved crawler engine allows to grab media files linked to 3rd level domains
• [#] Help file was not accessible from within Picture Ripper on Windows ME boxes - fixed

March 30, 2003

• [+] Filter by keyword accepts "+" sign to tell Picture Ripper to download media files ONLY from URLs that contain "+keyword"
  

  Example: if you want "blondes", use "+blond" and Picture Ripper will ignore all URLs that do NOT have word "blond".

• [#] Some links were parsed incorrectly - fixed
• [*] More robust redirect detection

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