Movie Collector 8 for Mac OS X
Sneak Preview Page
Movie Collector 8 for Mac OS X is coming soon!
(ETA: December 27, 2011).
On this Sneak Preview page you will find:
What's new in V8?
- More and better automatic data for MOVIES :
IMDb ratings, movie trailers, movie posters, movie backdrops and
more plot summaries (in english, dutch, french, german and spanish). - More and better automatic data for TV SERIES and their episodes :
Full episode lists with: titles, air dates, plots, runtimes,
writers, directors, guest cast and screen grab images.
( and yes, you *can* use Update Movies Automatically to
auto-download the extra data to your existing database entries! )
Plus:
- New: Movie Backdrops (movie-specific background images) for Details Panel.
- New: Find Cover Image screen, find missing covers online using Google Images
- New: Cover Flow view, browse your movies in a cool looking 3D image browser.
- New: Collection Statistics (pie and bar charts) integrated in main screen.
- Improved Wish List functionality, All / Collection / Wish List tabs in main screen.
- Box Set support, indicate which movies are in a box, set box-set level properties.
- Save your own field sets for Columns, Sort Order and Folders.
- New: Automatic Capitalization of Movie Titles.
- New: Automatic Sort Titles.
- Improved layout of Edit Movie screen.
- Multiple main screen layout options.
- New V8 templates for Details Panel and Add Auto Preview.
More and better automatic data for movies
- Automatically download IMDb ratings
- Movie Trailers
- Automatically download YouTube links for movie trailers
- Play embedded YouTube movie trailers inside the Details Panel with the new V8 template
- Or use the special Trailers templates with just large embedded YouTube trailers.
- Movie Posters
- New field Movie Poster on Edit Movie / Images.
- Automatically download the movie poster when adding movies.
- Use the new Find Movie Poster screen to download movie posters from TMDb (themoviedb.org).
- Movie Backdrops (movie-specific background images for the details panel)
- New field Backdrop on Edit Movie / Images.
- Automatically download movie backdrops when adding movies.
- Use Update Movies Automatically to download Backdrops for your existing entries in batch.
- Use the Find Backdrop screen to find more backdrops with Google Images.
- New: plot summaries in other languages: French, German, Dutch and Spanish.
- New "Data Language" setting that controls the language of the Plot summary
and other fields (e.g. Genre, Format, etc...): Choose from:
- English
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Automatic TMBb (themoviedb.org) website links.
More and better automatic data for TV Series and their episodes
- New episode-level fields in Movie Collector:
- Episode Crew
- Episode Guest Cast
- Episode Website link (URL)
- Episode Image URL
- Episode IMDb Number
- Link to local movie file
- Seen It, Seen When, Seen Where
- For most TV Series the online database now delivers:
- Episode Titles
- Episode First Air Dates
- Episode Plot summaries
- Episode Runtime
- Episode Writer
- Episode Director
- Episode Guest Cast
- Episode Image (as URL to image on Collectorz.com server)
- New in Add Movies Automatically screen:
- Special "TV Series Only" mode for Title searches
- In this mode, the Search Results will only list the main season entries that have all the new episode data, resulting a cleaner results list.
- Edit Movie: Episodes/Features tab:
- Disc tabs can now be renamed.
- Order of Disc tabs can now be changed by dragging and dropping the tabs.
- Overview of new TV Series features:
New: Movie Backdrops for Details Panel
- New field Backdrop on Edit Movie / Images.
- Automatically download movie backdrops when adding movies.
- Use Update Movies Automatically to download Backdrops for your existing entries in batch.
- Use the new Find Backdrop screen to download backdrops from TMDb (themoviedb.org)
- New "Backdrop" style for the V8 template automatically uses the selected backdrop image as the template background.
4 example movies with their own backdrop:
New: Find Cover Image screen
- Find missing cover images online using Google Imagesand add them to your database with just a few clicks.
- Built-in Crop tool to remove unwanted borders.
- Get to the Find Cover Image screen:
- by clicking the new "No Cover" placeholder image in Details View.
- right from Preview in the Add Movies Automatically screen, when no cover is found in the Collectorz.com online movie database.
- from the right-click menu on any movie entry in the main screen.
- from the Images tab in the Edit Movie screen.
Cover Flow view, browse your movies in a cool looking 3D image browser
- The Cover Flow is a 3rd viewing option, next to List and Images.
- Browse through your movies by cover image, in a cool looking 3D image browser.
Collection Statistics (pie and bar charts) integrated in main screen.
- Switch the lower right part of the screen between movie details and collection statistics.
- View collection statistics based on the current Folder field (e.g. by Genre, or by Format).
- Switch between Bar Chart or Pie Chart.
- Order bars/pie parts by names or by values.
Improved Wish List functionality, All / Collection / Wish List tabs in main screen.
- Quickly check your Wish List using tabs at the bottom of the main screen: All / Collection / Wish List.
- Add movies to your Wish List right from the Add Movies Automatically screen.
- Right click a movie to "Move to Wish List" / "Move to Collection".
- Edit Movie: clearer separation of Collection Status values into "Collection" and "Wish List" groups.
- Updated terminology for the Collection Status values.
- Revamped icons for all Collection Status values.
Box Set support
- Use the new Box Set field to "link" movies that are in 1 box.
- Set box-set level properties, like Title, Barcode, Release Date, Purchase Info, Cover Image.
- Box Set details are shown in a special Box Set panel at the top of the movie details.
Save your own field sets for Columns, Sort Order and Folders.
- Columns: Create and save your own column sets for the list panel.
- Sort Orders: Create and save your own multi-field sort orders for the list panel.
- Folders: Create and save your own single or multi-level folder combination for the tree panel.
- Easily switch between the save field sets using the drop down menus of the Columns, Sort and Folder buttons.
New: Automatic Capitalization of Movie Titles
- Have Titles AutoCapped when adding movies automatically.
- Have Titles AutoCapped as you type.
- Or, just click the AutoCap button in the Edit Movie screen.
- Select your AutoCap Method in the Preferences screen. Choose From:
- UPPER CASE
- lower case
- First letter only
- First letter only with exceptions
- First Letter Of Each Word
- First Letter of Each Word with Exceptions
- Define your own Exceptions List (words you don't want capitalized).
New: Automatic Sort Titles
- Have the Title Sort field filled in automatically when adding movies.
- Or just click the Generate Sort Title button in the Edit Movie screen.
- Define your own list of recognized articles for Sort Title generation.
Improved layout of Edit Movie screen
- Clearer separation of movie data, edition-specific data and personal data.
- "Main" tab is now the "Movie" tab, with movie information only.
- All edition-specific data (Format, Barcode, etc...) is now on the Edition tab.
- The main personal fields (status, index, quantity, rating) are now in a "sticky" panel at the bottom, which is available on all tabs.
Multiple main screen layout options
- Choose from 6 different layout options for the main screen:
- Horizontal Split
- Vertical Split
- Full Width Details
- Full Height Tree
- Full Height Details
- Classic Layout
New V8 templates for Details Panel and Add Auto Preview
- More prominent display of IMDb link and IMDb rating
- Embedded YouTube movie trailers
- Detailed listing of TV Series episodes with:
Title, Runtime, First Airdate, IMDb link, Play button, Director, Writer,
Guest Cast, Episode Image and Plot summary. - V8 template is available in many styles:
Backdrop, Blue, Black, White and Green, with Micky or Logo background.
The V8 template in Backdrop style (top 2), in Black and in Blue:
The Covers template (left) and the Trailers template (right):
Questions and Answers
When will Movie Collector 8 for Mac be released?
We are currently aiming for December 27, 2011.How much will the upgrade cost?
Upgrading to Movie Collector 8 will cost US $24.95 (or €19.95).(It doesn't matter which version you own now.)
If you happen to have purchased Movie Collector 3 in the last 3 months before the V8 release, you will get the upgrade free. As soon as Movie Collector 8 is available, you will automatically be contacted with instructions on how to get your free V8 license key.