Version 2026.1

The latest software update from DF Studio is now being deployed to all accounts. This version includes an overhauled asset filtering feature set, new options for grouping assets in Projects and Collections, and several enhancements to improve workflow performance and resolve minor bugs. As always, please reach out to DF Studio’s support team with any feedback or questions about this update.

Enhancements

Account Management

• Control areas in the Contacts overlay have been refreshed for clarity.
• The process of selecting and deselecting contacts in the Contacts overlay now functions more intuitively.

Asset Workflows & Organization

• Asset filters have been updated to provide greater customizability and faster performance when filtering the assets shown in a Project or Collection.
• Assets in list and thumbnail views can now be grouped by People, Key People, or Key Composition (singles vs. groups of Key People tagged).
• Asset groups related to People Recognition and Person(s) Shown are now available in Collection contexts as well as Projects.
• Group headers have been updated with additional features, allowing the grouping criteria to be changed from any group header, rather than a custom menu in the workspace header.
• Type-ahead functionality has been enhanced for navigating quickly to a specific group from the group selector.
• The Project Details view now opens in an overlay, streamlining the process of updating information and maintaining more consistent context.
• Controls for modifying the select levels of multiple selected assets have been moved to the Multi-Asset Inspector (right sidebar).
• The behavior of selecting and navigating folders in Column View has been updated to be more responsive and intuitive.
• The “No Setup” option has been separated from the “Existing Setups” list to reduce confusion.
• The Quick Look PDF viewer has been updated with improved functionality.
• Visual refreshes have improved the alignment and consistency of several areas where information is listed or form input is gathered.

Security & Protection

• Watermarks using the “Tile” option no longer offer configuration of the watermark’s position, as it is automatically tiled across the entire image.

Bug Fixes

Messengers

• Mitigated a defect which could result in Metadata Import operations completing without transferring the most up-to-date metadata values for the included files.
• Added clarifying information to the Messenger Expiration overlay, for situations in which a Messenger recipient’s approvals may still be pending.

Metadata

• Resolved an issue which prevented the Full Metadata listing from the Asset Inspector or overlay from updating when changes were made to metadata fields in DF Studio.
• Addressed an error which could occur when importing metadata from a CSV file with unnamed columns under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a problem which could cause items in metadata fields such as keywords to shift position while being edited.

Asset Workflows & Organization

• Resolved a bug which displayed the names of empty Setups in some DF Studio Project views.
• Mitigated an anomaly which would navigate users to the Library folder after deleting a folder, rather than the specific location from which the folder was deleted.
• Patched a fault which caused PDF proofsheets to be generated with assets in an unpredictable order that did not match the order shown in DF Studio.
• Corrected a defect which prevented links to Projects and Collections from opening when clicked in the Activity Monitor overlay.
• Rectified a problem which could cause delays updating the visual representation of select levels when marking Selects on assets in an especially rapid sequence.
• Fixed a bug which affected the reliability of filtering assets to those with Notes content.
• Corrected an anomaly which could cause folder contents to appear empty when switching to Column View.
• Resolved minor visual inconsistencies with the behavior of toggle controls in DF Studio.
• Patched an issue which could cause the top of the proofsheet to scroll partially behind the header bar when opening a Project or Collection.
• Corrected a defect which unnecessarily limited the width of the filter menu bar in Files View.
• Fixed a problem which could cause repeated refreshing of the File Inspector in Files View.
• Patched an error which caused the “Preview” and “Save” buttons in the Web Portfolio overlay to become disabled when activating watermarking.

Security & Protection

• Updated the Mobile Messenger codebase to strengthen against the possibility of malicious misuse.