Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

ludwigkeck — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:24:35 GMT

Another way to tell the latest version is by the new icon (on desktop and taskbar). It is - well - bland. Ihe cut-sunflower icon was prettier!

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

ludwigkeck — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:32:16 GMT

In Windows Live Photo Gallery in the Extras menu, Pro Phot Tools is listed but will not open. "Error Launching External Application" dialog: "Use Pro Photo Tools was unable to start properly." I have uninstalled Pro Photo Tools, obtained latest version and reinstalled - same problem. Other tools like Photo Synth and Image Composite work fine.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

anaotero — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:20:25 GMT

@ludwigkeck

The lastest version mantains the cut-flower icon. If you're seeing something else it's likely that there was a problem updating the icon suring setup but should be fixed if you remove and add again the shortcut.

Thanks for reporting the problem with the Pro Photo Tools entry under the tools menu. Is something we're already aware of and it's a problem with the integration of Pro Photo Tools so right now that entry point doesn't work but you should be able to open Pro Photo Tools fine from the start menu.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

ludwigkeck — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:47:43 GMT

WLPG Icons

Installing WLPG (update to latest version) resulted in a "funny" icon on desktop - this on a Vista machine. I repeated the installation on a Windows 7 beta machine - it also came up with the same funny icon on the desktop and in the taskbar. A "Send to" - to put a shortcut on desktop - did indeed provide the cut-flower icon. Here is an illustration.

http://cid-18162116291e7a9d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Technical/WLPG%20icons.jpg

Note that this happened on two installs - on Vista and on Windows 7. There may be a bug.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

anaotero — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:00:19 GMT

@ ludwigkeck

Thanks for providing more details on the issue with the wrong icon being displayed after the installation. It's indeed a bug during setup and as you noticed the workaround is to recreate the shortcuts.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

bgsh — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:33:01 GMT

Just reinstalled Windows Live Photo Gallery, and must say I'm dissapointed by the refresh.

New gallery has a significantly lower quality interface:

1. why the top controls bar is now blue? That doesn't correspond to the rest of the window and makes the application look kind of heavy

2. the control bar at the bottom is a disaster. Too wide. Eats way too much of display real estate, which is important for eg smaller notebook users. Is there a way to hide this thing and bring back the previous version controls?

Tu sum up, in terms of GUI, the previous version looked much more sleek, clear and consistent. The new one is not a way to go in my opinion.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

bgsh — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:31:40 GMT

ok, got it. I installed the 2007 release version.

JUst to let you know, if you Google "Windows Live Photo Gallery", the first result gives you that old release.

It would be helpful to include some screenshots on the download page, so you know what you're downloading without reading too much, which I doubt many users do.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

osiedacz — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:33:27 GMT

I am wondering why WLPG uses the image title as the caption and doesn't show the description text at all? The field that WLPG is using as the caption ends up being the title in pro photo tools and even on flickr when you upload.

re: Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

unifex — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:56:28 GMT

OK, I might be late to this thread, but I have just downloaded WLPG today. Why? I wanted to preview and resize a photo. There simply does not seem to be any suitable tool to perform such a mundane task in Windows 7 beta!

Now, WLPG does allow one to do that, but only if the file is already part of the gallery. No, wait, not the file, the whole folder, where it is!.

Please tell me, why there is no simple File->Open menu that would allow one to open a file, preview it, and then if I like the file, to add it to whatever gallery or library, if I choose to have one. If I double click on a picture file, it will open it, but no resize option would be available and no add to gallery either - only add folder to gallery. Thus using this app basically forces me to put photos in certain folders only, otherwise it's not useful. Or alternatively, include the whole computer in the gallery. Also rather ridiculous.