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November 8, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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New Version of PixCompare and PixVeew

Both applications were updated, among other things, support for 10.11 (El Capitan) was improved. See PixCompare and PixVeew on lakehorn.com.

For PixVeew, I’ve decided to remove the “Plus Mode” In-App purchase. In the 6 months I’ve had this feature, about 60 users actually payed for this upgrade.  This does not add up for me. The additional effort is not worth the earnings in any way. Therefore, I’ve removed the In-App purchase and activated all features in the basic mode, i.e. unlimited printing and recompressing.

I want to sincerely thank the 60 people who chose to pay for the “Plus Mode”. You still made a difference! Together with the 4000+ users, this justifies the continuation of the development of PixVeew. New features and versions will be available in the future. If you have any specific request or idea, contact me!

October 15, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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myQRvCard – my first iOS App

New-icon-AppStore1-300x300Share your personal & business card as QR code

Pick an entry from your address book or fill out your own data and create a personal and a business QR code. QR codes are device independent and can be read from most mobile devices and smartphones. There is no easier way to share your contact information!

Both QR codes can also be displayed on the Apple Watch.

More Information

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July 1, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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Version 2.1 of PixVeew released

New features / changes:

  • converting pictures to JPEG format (requires plus mode purchase)
  • recompressing JPEG pictures (requires plus mode purchase)
  • Shuffle pictures before slideshow
  • Sharing pictures on Twitter, Facebook, E-Mail…
  • Added support for BMP format
  • Finder service allows adding files/folders directly from the Finder
  • Increased limit to 15.000 pictures
  • fixed broken online help

Visit new PixVeew homepage at lakehorn.com.

June 27, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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Update to PixCompare

New version V4.1(.1) was posted today to the Mac App Store. Update includes:

  • Improved performance on the comparison part of more than 2x
  • Therefore increased limit of number of pictures to 30.000 – on a fast machine it takes about 15 minutes to compare that. (depending on the picture size)
  • Added Finder server so that you can start a compare of a folder directly from within the Finder
  • some bug fixes and improvements to the compare algorithm

Let me know what you think or contact me for improvements or ideas!

Visit PixCompare on the App Store

April 11, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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Updates for PixCompare and PixVeew posted to Mac App Store

Version 4.01 of PixCompare improves comparison performance by more than 2x. Also updated the minimal requirements to Mac OS X 10.8.

Version 1.1 of PixVeew (new name, changed due to already a lot of PixViewer apps floating around). Added some controls in full screen view that were available in the old FastPic. I’ll add more feature from the old apps, but they will be available as an in-app purchase only.

 

April 4, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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PixCompare 4.0 now available on the Mac AppStore!

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Using PixCompare, you can compare picture files to search for duplicates or similar pictures in a large collection of picture files. It works on JPEG, PNG and GIF files.

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I finally finished the Cocoa update for PixCompare! This was a complete rewrite, so that current and future Mac OS releases will be supported properly. Starting with this version, I’m also going to charge a small fee for the application. I plan to add new features over the next couple of months, including the now missing printing functionality. If you have any ideas or feature requests, contact me!

March 11, 2015
by Oliver Dreer
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PixViewer V1.0 – now available on the Mac AppStore

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PixViewer is a simple any easy picture viewer for the Mac. Its main purpose is to browse quickly through a folder of image files. You can also directly move files to the trash while browsing.

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The old FastPic was developed using the Carbon library, which is no longer properly supported. I had to rewrite the application from scratch for Cocoa. Over time, I’ll add all past features from FastPic plus add new features, some if which will be available in a pro mode only.

Universal Volume Control

December 15, 2013 by Oliver Dreer | 0 comments

The WD media player is an excellent player for all kind of movie files – but it lacks one important feature: volume control. I’ve hooked up a pair of Bose speakers directly to the WD and can only change the volume on the Bose device. This is very unpractical e.g. when working out. Therefore I’ve created a device that can control the volume via any IR remote control. I use the WD remote control’s up and down buttons to control the volume via two digital potentiometers. Everything is connected to a PIC micro controller that operates the whole device.  View the pictures →

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