Software-update: CoverXP 1.43.000

4AMD attendeerde ons op een nieuwe release van CoverXP. Met dit programma kun je gemakkelijk covers downloaden en printen. De nieuwe versie is shareware en goed voor een 21-daagse trial periode. De freeware versie is hier te downloaden en heeft enkele features minder dan de Pro versie. Hieronder staan de features van de twee versies:

Shareware versie:

• easy to use interface
• quickly opens your covers and stretch them directly to the good size on your printer
• supports many precut papers (>60) and has a custom paper mode
• drag and drop covers from your favorite cover site directly inside the software so you don't even need to lose time by first downloading and saving them and then having to print them all.
• preview feature with zoom (1x/2x/4x/8x) and dynamic refresh
• integrated covers search / upload on cdcovers.cc
• acquire your pictures directly from your scanner or webcam (TWAIN compatible)
• direct internet search on the biggest covers search engine (cdcovers.cc)
• command line features so it can be called from other software to open / print your covers
• fine printer adjustements
• customize your spines with custom textures and a small tool to cut pictures to fit in the spines
• coverXP's download module (when the software is minimized there is a small window to drag covers from internet explorer)
• rotate / flip / mirror features
• splitted mode for full booklets or keepcases that have separated front / back pictures
• on screen anti-alias can be setted to have all time high quality pictures even when stretched on screen.
• no popup / nag / time limit or anything else.
• contains banners
• price : nothing

Pro versie:
with the pro version you get everything from the free version and :

• apply effects on your picture (brightness / contrast / saturation / tile / twist / waves / ...)
• printing queue manager (print a lot of covers without staying in front of your computer in order to switch them manually)
• overlay feature (to add text or bitmaps over your existing cover)
• cover templates editor (you can add as many different templates as you want)
• spines cutter to split images in several spines for your collections
• paper templates editor
• priority support
• removes advertising banner (in the software, not on cdcovers.cc !)
• 1-year free upgrades (+ unexpensive update offers)
• price : 19.95$