Feature Release: Enhancements and improvements
Version 2022.2
The latest software update from DF Studio is now being deployed to all accounts. This version includes feature and workflow enhancements along with resolutions to minor issues. As always, please reach out to DF Studio’s support team with any feedback or questions about this update.
Enhancements
Messengers
- Improved the formatting of sender information when distributing Messenger PIN by email, to prevent confusion about which PINs correspond to which Messenger sender.
- Clarified that video assets will no longer be excluded from watermarking when included in a watermarked Messenger.
Account Administration
- Clarified the steps for users who log in with the branded login option.
- Improved the clarity of error messages related to logging in.
File Management & Organization
- Renaming large numbers of assets will now be completed as a background task, improving efficiency.
- The Quick Look interface has been enhanced to scale the content of larger previews for a more proper fit.
- Clicking any icon in the Navigation Path will now navigate to the proper Project, Collection, or Library folder.
- The “Delete” button in the Project Inspector has been renamed to “Delete Project” to prevent confusion with the “Delete” button for individual assets.
- The search overlay has been refined for clarity when configuring an Advanced Search or finding assets within a Project or Collection.
- Refined the appearance of text selection boxes when presenting fields with typeahead functionality.
- Search overlays now preserve the order of search criteria fields when building a search.
- The search configuration window now scrolls to ensure that newly added search criteria fields are visible.
- The “Previous Search” tooltip no longer covers the DF Studio global search field, making it easier to enter text for searching.
- Messaging has been clarified regarding DF Studio assets filtered from global search results due to permissions.
- Enhanced the Viewing Preferences section of DF Studio settings to allow configuration of all of the same preferences that can be customized in the Viewing Preferences overlay.
- The Info Inspector has been refined to present more relevant information about an asset based on its file type.
- Removed the ability to browse previous versions of an asset’s DF Studio previews.
- Ensured that any assets restored from Cold Storage for migration are returned to Cold Storage after the completion of the migration.
Bug Fixes
Messengers
- Addressed an issue which could cause a watermarked Messenger to be sent without watermarked previews if re-sent after the Messenger had expired.
- Resolved a bug which prevented using the “forward” feature in a Messenger unless all name fields were filled.
Uploads & Assignments
- Resolved an issue which caused Setups to be generated automatically when uploading with the “No Setup” option specified.
Account Administration
- Addressed a bug which prevented account admins from having assets to aspects of the account that would normally be available to them.
File Management & Organization
- Corrected a bug which caused a “file” icon to appear on the preview of some image-based assets.
- Fixed a problem which could cause the “copy” button alongside the “Share Link” button to copy the Share Link for the wrong asset under certain conditions.
- Resolved an issue which could cause a new folder to be created before migrating assets and data when a folder matching the requested name was not found.
- Fixed a bug which prevented video assets from playing when clicking the “View” button in 1-Up view.
- Addressed an issue which could cause timeout errors when moving large numbers of assets between Setups. Larger moves will now be conducted as background tasks.
- Resolved an issue where files without an extension were shown as having file type: NONE.
- Improved the operation of the “Rename Assets” overlay so that space characters cannot accidentally be added to the start of filenames.
- Fixed a bug which prevented the space bar shortcut from closing the Quick Look overlay when presenting a video preview.
- Strengthened the reliability of copying metadata files during an asset migration.
- Addressed an issue which prevented files from being migrated properly if previews were missing.
Security & Protection
- Addressed an issue which may have allowed an API session to be shared between the DF Studio Upload API and the DF Studio Enterprise Asset API.
- Included the name of the affected DF Studio account when sending SSO Auto-Provision notifications to account admins by email.