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jAlbum 35 is here! A new major release sets expectations, and I think you’ll appreciate this update, especially if you’re a long-time jAlbum user. v35 will help you keep your ever-growing list of jAlbum projects organized and presented in neat folder structures called Project Groups. Another improvement worth mentioning here is Project Previews – Just hover the mouse close…

jAlbum 34 is here. With improved ordering, navigation, and Multi Maker, this release focuses on the needs of power users who maintain large galleries and many projects. Here’s all you need to know: Many of our users maintain many or large galleries with thousands of images and hundreds of folders. jAlbum is appreciated by both…

If you’re an old-time jAlbum user who hasn’t upgraded jAlbum for quite some time, then this is for you. Here we summarize major improvements we’ve made in the last two years (since v25). jAlbum is as relevant today as it was back then as values like integrity and control never go out of style, but…

jAlbum 33 is here, adding tools for easy backup and restore of projects, and comes with more user-friendly settings. Let’s dive right into it. New settings window Based on support experience, we’ve reworked jAlbum’s settings window to be more user-friendly. The first thing you notice is that it has a much smaller window than before.…

We’re proudly presenting jAlbum 32 to you. Here’s why you should get it: Improved WebP writer Now jAlbum produces far smaller and less blocky WebP images again. When we first introduced WebP images, it was clear that WebP produces the same quality images as JPEG, but uses less disk space. We however eventually needed to…

I dare to claim that jAlbum v31 is the most important update we’ve made in years. Bold words, but even skeptics agree. This release brings jAlbum closer to your mobile phone than ever. We now use QR codes to ease everything from adding images and videos from your phone to previewing galleries on your phone…

jAlbum 30.1 is a “sharp” release 😉. When we introduced Variants back in 2021, the galleries were given extra sharpness by providing higher-resolution images for screens where it matters. Now, the thumbnails within the jAlbum software appear super sharp as well. Here’s a comparison: For this example, I zoomed jAlbum’s thumbnails to max size using the…

With jAlbum 29.3, we’ve added a setting that puts an end to character encoding problems. If you’ve ever had difficulties displaying galleries with file names containing so-called “foreign” characters like “é, è, ü, Á and å”, tick this checkbox under Settings -> Advanced -> Naming: Just tick it and jAlbum will use the “base characters”…

With the introduction of jAlbum 29, we now offer a version that runs natively on Apple’s M-series chips. This boosts performance significantly. Earlier versions of jAlbum have been relying on Apple’s “Rosetta 2” emulation to convert Intel code to the ARM64 / AArch64 code that Apple’s M-series chips use. If it wasn’t for the impressive…

Tons of improvements rather than tons of new features. That could summarize jAlbum 29. We now also support Apple’s new M-series computers, boosting performance 3x compared to the Intel-based jAlbum version With jAlbum 29, we’ve leaped Java 14 to 19. That’s 5 generations of major Java releases, including tons of fixes for various platforms and…

This year we’re celebrating jAlbum’s 20th anniversary! Very few software titles have such a lifespan. When I released jAlbum back in February 2002, there was no social media. If you wanted to share images over the web, you needed your site. That’s no longer the case, and today we face competition from software giants offering…

Merry Christmas! Yes, it’s true. For the first time in a decade, we’re offering jAlbum for free*. Back in 2012, jAlbum went from freeware to be offered under a 30-day trial. This has worked out fairly well (hey, we’re still around…), but we think that people like you and I are far more positive about…

Many of our users regularly update their galleries. This is for you! Being a desktop app, supporting folder hierarchies, jAlbum lends itself well to managing huge image volumes regularly. We see many users, especially organizations, update their galleries weekly. In v25 we’ve taken several steps aiming at making your life easier: * Measured on a…

jAlbum 24 is here, reading and writing new, better image formats than JPEG and delivering images that fit the client’s screen better than ever. We’re also bundling jAlbum with two major skin updates and some other improvements. It’s been a long time since we released a major version, but I hope you’ll find these improvements…

jAlbum 23 is here, listing a whopping 17 improvements and 15 bug fixes. As always you’ll find the full list in our release notes. Here I’ll give you an overview of the most notable improvements. Performance Don’t you hate it when software grows larger and slower over time? We do. Every now and then we…

Syntax highlighting and the new Multi Maker jAlbum 22 is here and comes with 17 improvements and bug fixes. Here are 3 improvements I think are especially welcome: The new Multi-maker Ever wanted to be able to continue using jAlbum while making albums in the background? Ever wanted to make and upload several albums in one…

If you’re a heavy user of your computer’s calendar and have loads of unorganized images, then you’ll love jAlbum 20.2’s new “Organize by calendar” feature that can tag and group (move into folders) images by matching calendar events, judging by the camera date. Here I have set up a “Seasons” calendar within Apple’s Calendar app…