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NeoFinder 9.0 for macOS is here!


Get it NOW!

This is such a massive new version, we will need months to show you all the new features and improvements here.

Here is a list of the most major new features:

• Improved user interface with crystal clear icons, nicely legible text, and no distracting transparencies
  New Cataloging engine with more speed and reliability
  Full native support for fast cataloging of RED files (".r3d")
  Full native support for fast cataloging of Nikon NEV videos
  Ability to move files to new folders inside a Catalog
  Text Replacements for the XMP Editor for faster annotations
  Image Capture to import photos and videos from connected cameras, including adding XMP presets, and store them in a date based folder structure
  Video Contact Sheet works with MKV, AVI, NEV, and even R3D files
  Video Contact Sheet has more options to customize, including colors, tech info, and more
  Quickly catalog Audio-CDs by scanning their barcode
  Web Gallery with five new templates, customization and sort options, and the ability to add watermarks to the photos
  New global menu bar app with a nice user interface, and the ability to select the kind of items to be searched
  QuickPerson panel to add persons with just a single click
  QuickTags panel to add keywords with just a single click
  Mini Contact Sheet for videos, which gets 2 x 2 frames in one thumbnail when cataloging them
  Multi Renamer has ten more variables to be placed in the new names
  New Appearance style: "Drawing board"
  Catalog Insta360 ".lrv" files
  Catalog SMTPE timecodes embedded in video files, display them, export them, and search for them
  Catalog the Exposure Bias for photos
  NeoFinder 9.0 is certified to run in macOS 26 "Tahoe"
  Updated Display Filter with single click selections and the option to filter out small or large photos
  QuickLook for offline items is possible and will show the thumbnail stored in the Catalog

But that is far from all of it, the complete list of all new features can be found here:
https://www.cdfinder.de/versions.html

One of the massive major new features in NeoFinder 9.0 is the ability to directly import photos and videos from connected photo cameras and iOS devices.

The NeoFinder Users Guide has now more about that:

https://www.cdfinder.de/guide/17/17.14/ ... pture.html

In one step, you can download the images, place them in date based folder structures, add metadata presets to them, and catalog it all with NeoFinder!

Check it out!

RED!

NeoFinder 9.0 for macOS now contains the official libraries to read and process .r3d video files!

That means you get thumbnails and metadata out of these movie files without additional software needed.

Enjoy!

https://www.cdfinder.de/video-toolbox.html

NeoFinder 9.0 for macOS has a brand new search command for the global menu bar. It has been visually updated, and some very exciting new features!

Check out the updated NeoFinder Users Guide for more: https://www.cdfinder.de/guide/5/5.4/quickfind_menu.html

NeoFinder 9 for macOS adds QuickLook support for files that are offline!

NeoFinder will now display the embedded thumbnail of that item in the Catalog in Apples QuickLook, so you can see large thumbnails very quickly.

Just hit the Space key on your keyboard, and enjoy it!

https://www.cdfinder.de/guide/8/8.3/neo ... klook.html

NeoFinder 9.0 has a new tool to very quickly create groups of person names that can be assigned to one or many selected media files with just a single click!

That makes it easy to annotate a very large number of files with Person information.

The NeoFinder Users Guide shows you how to set it up and use it:

https://www.cdfinder.de/guide/13/13.4/1 ... rsons.html

NeoFinder 9.0 for Mac will now catalog the Exposure Bias for photos.

This value will be displayed in the Inspector, in the EXIF data section.

If you don't know what it is, don't worry, you won't need it then...

https://www.cdfinder.de/photo-organizer.html

NeoFinder 9.0 comes with many new web gallery templates to present your photos, one of them is called "Dark Lucid with Slideshow" and it shows your pictures with a black background and also has a built-in slideshow.

the NeoFinder Users Guide has more:

https://www.cdfinder.de/guide/10/10.1/n ... eries.html


Here is a live example with real photos, so you can see it for yourself!

https://www.wfs-apps.de/gallery/DarkLucidSlideshow/

A massive new feature in NeoFinder 9.0 for macOS is the ability to create not just ONE, but FOUR thumbnails of a video file, just like a small video contact sheet.

This will give you a much better overview of what is in these long video recordings!

Setting this up is super easy, just one click in the Cataloging Settings.

We have updated the NeoFinder Users guide with more details:

https://www.cdfinder.de/guide/22/neofin ... ntactSheet