After reading these comments, I'm now aware of what's been going on. I've been trying to get in touch with Thumbs Plus for 2 years. When I got my new computer, for some reason the Thumbs Plus program didn't transfer over to the new one and since I had bought a pepetual upgrade I was hoping to get a code to bring it up on my new computer. Does anyone know what I can do about this?
I can not open any of my Thumbsplus versions. I have codes and none work. I purchased 7 and 8 plus 10. 8 was suppose to be a life time subscription. I have used this for years and years. Don't really care about updates I would just like to be able to use what I have.
So sorry for the family of the developer...he sure made life easier for many people.
I had not heard that the developer of this wonderful application had passed away -- my condolences to the family. I've been using ThumbsPlus Pro 7.0-sp2 since the early-to-mid 1990s. Because I've become so proficient in how I work with it, it has essentially been my only art application for all these years. In fact, I can pretty much do just about anything art-wise with it. It is one of the few applications which I have open on both my PC and my laptop pretty much all of the time ..
Am so sorry to hear the developer passed away. Have been using ThumbsPlus v7 for YEARS. Bought the upgrades, almost never use them due to loss of key functions, but I wanted to support the software and developer, who was always prompt to respond to emails, although utterly failed to address the avalanche of software issues that occurred in the 'upgrades' and 'updates'. I will continue to use it.
JK, It's also sad that he didn't think the software was worth preserving for the future. All the source code was kept on a set of servers which were hacked and ruined shortly after he died, so it is all gone forever. He never bothered telling anyone if, how, or where he kept any backups. Even worse for his family is that since they can no longer sell or improve the program, they are left without any form of income and facing homelessness now.
J. Peters, oh, that is just awful. I carried on an intermittent correspondence over the years with Laura Shook, and she was always so helpful. Their support of the sysop community in the old days was phenomenal.
Thumbsplus no longer works. The owner of Cerious software died and now their servers have been shut down. Now when you try to run the program is stays stuck on "checking servers for updates" forever.
pete, itt will eventually open if you wait long enough. Once it opens, you need to turn off checking updates so it stops trying to connect with the server. When you click the help icon there is a setting called "Program Updates" for how often you want it to check for updates. Open that and then select NEVER to avoid delay next time you open
bob, I got it to open, kept trying and then eventually went to Users/myname/roaming/thumbs.exe, not sure if I opend from the shortcut or from the roaming file but I eventually got it to open. Once you do, go to the HELP icon, select PROGRAM UPDATE and set that to never so it does not try going to the server any longer.
Have used this program for years alongside Picasa and GIMP with no problems at all.
I see ThumbsPlus and Picasa as complementary. Picasa has some indexing tricks e.g. face matching, that ThumbsPlus does not but overall can't come near ThumbsPlus.
It's a very good, stable piece of software.
I wish someday Thumbsplus would fix the problem with "build slideshow" not displaying image comments. Comment appears on the first slide only. I have been reporting this problem for years.
Real thumbnail and image Swiss Army Knife, as Michael already stated!
Absolutely unbeatable when we are talking about large, I mean really large images databases. Working on SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL in networked team environments.
Give it a try - 30 days trial period!
So sorry for the family of the developer...he sure made life easier for many people.
I see ThumbsPlus and Picasa as complementary. Picasa has some indexing tricks e.g. face matching, that ThumbsPlus does not but overall can't come near ThumbsPlus.
It's a very good, stable piece of software.
Absolutely unbeatable when we are talking about large, I mean really large images databases. Working on SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL in networked team environments.
Give it a try - 30 days trial period!