Synium released an update to their Macintosh genealogy software MacFamilyTree. According to the software update dialog, version 5.6 includes the following changes:
- New Virtual Tree
- Drastic performance enhancements by using multiple processors/cores when available
- Much improved 3d alignment, especially in complex scenarios
- Can only show partial subtrees within a database
- Displays pictures of persons directly in the 3d tree when available
- New palette to directly jump to near ancestors or descendants
- Improved Media Management
- One picture, audio, web page or video can now be assigned to multiple persons, families, events or sources
- Persons or families can be tagged on group fotos for easy identification
- Pictures can be edited from within MacFamilyTree (cropping, hue control, saturation and noise reduction)
- Images with embedded DPI information are now handled correctly and are displayed in full resolution
- Media can now be bookmarked as it has already been possible for Persons or Families
- Improved playback of Video and Audio media entries
- Virtual Globe
- Improved rendering performance on slower Macs
- More detailed map
- Other Improvements
- Text-based Descendant and Ancestor Reports are now available in the Person Report
- Full screen mode for the Virtual Tree and the Virtual Globe
- All dialogs or sheets have been improved to a consistent and user friendly look
- Further performance enhancements throughout the whole application as well as a reduced memory footprint
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