The Elvis 4 Server Release Notes contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues and upgrade instructions for each release of Elvis Server version 4.
The versions are sorted by version number in descending order. Use the Navigation block to the right of the page to quickly navigate to the information of a released version.
Elvis Server 4.6.29
Elvis Server version: 4.6.29.979
InDesign client version 3.3.1.614
Release date: 9 May 2018
An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability was brought to our attention. The vulnerability, when exploited, will allow read access to files that should not be accessible.
If your server is accessible from the internet we urge you to upgrade to the latest available version as soon as possible. If this is not possible for your customers, please contact WoodWing Support.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:
LVS-12304 Patch/security: Patch for vulnerability exploit that provides read access to files that should not be accessible.
Downloads
The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.
Elvis Server 4.6.29
Elvis Server version: 4.6.29.975
InDesign client version 3.3.1.614
Release date: 21 December 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.29 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis 4.6.29.
Changes
No changes have been made in Elvis 4.6.29.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis 4.6.29.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.29:
LVS-11664 Unable to generate previews for some file types.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.28
Elvis Server version: 4.6.28.970
InDesign client version 3.3.0.611
Release date: 7 November 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.28 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new feature has been implemented in Elvis 4.6.28:
- Support for the Elvis InDesign client version 3.3.0. This adds the following functionality:
When working on a layout on which images are placed that are stored in Elvis, a scenario may exist where the link between the images on the layout and those in Elvis need to be restored or recreated.
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Images can now be re-linked individually or all at the same time by making use of the following options:
- Relink All Assets to Elvis
- Relink Asset to Elvis
These options can be found in the Elvis menu, context menu of a selected image and in the Links panel. For more information, see Relinking placed images with (other) images in Elvis using Elvis 4.
In previous versions of the Elvis InDesign client, Elvis images for which a newer version existed than the one placed on the layout were automatically updated when the layout was opened or when the user chose Elvis > Update All. However, the user had no control over the process and last-minute changes to images were difficult to spot when working on the layout.
From Elvis InDesign client version 3.3, a message is now shown informing the user that updates are available. The user is now also given the option to not update the images:
"This document contains links to sources that have been modified. You can update the modified links now, or update them later using the Links panel."
When clicking 'Don't update links', the linked images will not be updated. However, the updated images will be downloaded in the background from Elvis to the local system. This makes them readily available should the user choose to later update the links manually by using the options in the Links panel.
For more information, see Updating the content of all Elvis files placed on a layout using Elvis 4.
A new scripting method has been added named 'elvisRelinkAll' with which placed images can be relinked with (other) images in Elvis.
For more information about scripting, see Scripting events for the Elvis InDesign Client .
For information about relinking assets, see Relinking placed images with (other) images in Elvis using Elvis 4.
Changes
The following changes have been made in Elvis 4.6.28:
- Elvis Server: improvements to the processing request dispatcher. The distribution of requests to Processing Engines is now more evenly spread depending on free capacity and compatibility.
- Elvis InDesign client: The Elvis InDesign clients for Adobe InDesign versions CS6 and CC have reached their end-of-life. Support for these versions has therefore been dropped. For a full overview of the currently supported versions, see Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis 4.6.28:
- Relinking placed images with (other) images in Elvis using Elvis 4 - new
- Updating the content of all Elvis files placed on a layout using Elvis 4 - updated
- Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated
- Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
- Scripting events for the Elvis InDesign Client - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.28:
LVSID-435 Make it possible for InDesign users to see which linked assets have been updated.
LVSID-444 Elvis InDesign plug-in does not link all images on shadow layouts.
LVSID-458 Elvis InDesign plug-in log-in times out.
LVSID-459 Show error message when placing an Elvis image with a very long file name fails.
LVS-11619 Processing/embed: One minute delay between picking up embed metadata tasks when running index updater.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.27
Elvis Server version: 4.6.27.969
Release date: 28 September 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.27 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.27.
Changes
No changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.27.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.27.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.27:
LVS-11378 Previewing/processing: Importing certain JPG images consumes all system memory.
LVS-11408 Metadata/extracting: fNumber metadata not extracted for some assets.
LVS-11490 Previewing/processing: No previews generated for CMYK PSD images.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.26
Elvis Server version: 4.6.26.968
Release date: 4 July 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.26 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.26.
Changes
No changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.26.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.26.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.26:
LVS-11124 Share/notify: Share Link notifications are not working.
LVS-11131 Share/localisation: Default language of Share Link ignores Web browser language.
LVS-11153 File store/reliability: Original files are deleted from the File Store.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.25
Elvis Server version: 4.6.25.967
Release date: 16 May 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.25 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.25.
Changes
The following changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.25:
- Change of background color for TIFF files containing transparency. TIFF files containing transparency may previously have been processed with a black background instead of the expected white background. As of Elvis 4.6.25, newly imported files will have a white background.
Note: Existing images will keep their black background unless previews are regenerated.
- Share Link expiry date modified. The message indicating when a Share Link will expire has been modified to only show the date. In previous versions, the number of days or months was also indicated, but this turned out to sometimes be inaccurate.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.25.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.25:
LVS-7996 [Share Link] Expiry dates do not display correctly.
LVS-10880 Preview/Mac OS X Transparent TIFF files result in previews with a black background.
The following issues have been fixed for the Indesign client 3.2.1.556:
LVSID-430 The Mac OS X installer is not signed.
LVSID-433 Remove the extraction of ElvisInDesign.app during installation on Mac OS X.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.24
Elvis Server version: 4.6.24.964
Release date: 4 April 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.24 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.24.
Changes
The following changes have been implemented for Elvis Server 4.6.24:
When an asset was opened for editing, replaced by another asset and saved as a new asset, the new asset inherited specific metadata properties from the original asset, even when the values of the replaced asset were different.
The Save as New feature is now limited to saving only functional metadata from the original asset while other file information will be re-extracted from the saved asset.
When using the 'Download Image As' feature and downloading an image as a percentage of the original by setting the slider, the displayed value for that slider would automatically show '.00' behind the input value.
For several locale settings this would result in an error message stating that the input value is wrong because a different number of decimals was expected for that locale.
This has been fixed by not automatically adding '.00' whenever the slider is moved.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.24.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.24:
LVS-8878 Download image as "Percent of original" slider adds decimal values.
LVS-10546 Prevent Old Share and Old Web client from being indexed by Google.
LVS-10734 Metadata not updating with using Save As New File.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.23
Elvis Server version: 4.6.23.963
InDesign client version: 3.1.2.426
Release date: 21 February 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.23 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.23.
Changes
No changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.23.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.23.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.23:
LVS-9739 Processing/AI: Generated PDF from multi art-board Illustrator file shows only first page in preview.
The following issues have been fixed in the Elvis InDesign client 3.1.2:
LVSID-323 Port to InDesign CC 2017.
LVSID-332 Add logging to Elvis InDesign plug-in.
LVSID-340 Plug-in/InDesign: installer sets incorrect permissions.
LVSID-341 Plug-in/InDesign: unable to install InDesign client plug-in on Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra.
LVSID-357 Elvis InDesign app does not run InDesign on Mac OS X Sierra when performing 'Open in InDesign'.
LVSID-358 Elvis InDesign app does not have permission to start on Mac OS X Sierra when performing 'Open in InDesign' with another account.
LVSID-359 Elvis InDesign installer places a "__MACOSX" folder in Application directory.
LVSID-364 Plug-in/InDesign: Installer sets incorrect permissions.
LVSID-379 Elvis InDesign plug-in deletes folder content of a replaced image in Elvis when 'updating all content'.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.22
Elvis Server version: 4.6.22 961
InDesign client version: 3.0.5.378
Release date: 10 January 2017
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.22 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.22.
Changes
No changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.22.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.22.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.22:
LVS-9500 Elvis does not create PDF previews for some files.
The following issue has been fixed in the Elvis InDesign client 3.0.5:
LVSID-331 Not all image types are restored when Restoring Enterprise Layout from Elvis.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.21
Elvis Server version: 4.6.21 960
InDesign client version: 3.0.4.376
Release date: 1 December 2016
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.21 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.21.
Changes
The following changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.21:
Improved spreading of processing load
To prevent one Processing node from doing all the work when processing load is low, processing tasks are now divided more evenly cross all nodes that are connected to the main server (depending on available capacity).
URL configuration in .elvislink files added
A configuration property named 'elvisLinkUrl' has been added to the config.properties.txt file. It can be used for overriding the server URL shown in the generated elvislink file for opening Shared links in the Desktop client.
Possible values:
- Leave empty to determine the URL automatically based on the request:
elvisLinkUrl=
- Set to a customized URL:
elvisLinkUrl=https://myelvisserver.com/
- Match it to the externalServerUrl setting:
elvisLinkUrl=${externalServerUrl}
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for the release of Elvis Server 4.6.21.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.21:
LVS-3705 Server/processing: Processing load is divided unevenly when using multiple nodes.
LVS-9337 Config/share: Add configuration for the URL in .elvislink files.
LVS-9454 Enterprise/sync: Do not place assets on the Enterprise update queue if sync job is not running.
LVS-9516 API/create: API call creates Collections incorrectly in Elvis when mixed casing is used.
No issues have been fixed in the InDesign client version 3.0.4.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.20
Elvis Server version: 4.6.20 959
InDesign client version: 3.0.4.376
Release date: 18 October 2016
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.20 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.20:
Elvis 4.6.20 has been made to be fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra).
A new parameter named 'returnHighlightedText' has been added that allows highlighted text to be turned on or off.
For more information, see Elvis 4 REST API - search.
Changes
No changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.20.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis Server 4.6.20:
- Elvis 4 REST API - search - updated
- Compatibility of operating systems with Elvis 4 Server - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.20:
LVS-8752 Check-in/metadata: Elvis 'Save as New File', check-in promote version not applying metadata derived from file.
LVS-9246 API/REST: Implement option to exclude highlightedText from being returned in API response.
LVS-9177 Processing/Linux: Improve handling of color profiles using ImageMagick / GraphicsMagick.
LVS-9404 Compatibility/Mac OS X: Make Elvis Server.app compatible with Sierra.
No issues have been fixed in the InDesign client version 3.0.4.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.19
Elvis Server version: 4.6.19 958
InDesign client version: 3.0.4.376
Release date: 23 August 2016
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.19 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.19.
Changes
The following change has been made for Elvis Server 4.6.19:
When a local image is placed on a layout and that image has the same name as an image that is stored in Elvis, the user is now asked which of these images to use when exporting the layout to PDF. In previous versions, this message only appeared when multiple images with the same name existed in Elvis.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis Server 4.6.19:
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.19:
LVS-8187 Asset/history: Change 'Remote address' URL for history tab to a free service.
LVS-9076 Server/plug-in: Folder import creates duplicate assets if overwriteInElvis is set and file has uppercase extension.
LVS-9198 Desktop client/tabs: Exception thrown on Metadata panel when using "close others" on tab or closing an inactive tab.
LVS-9259 Server/check-in: Creating a new version may rename TIF to TIFF.
The following issues have been fixed in the InDesign client version 3.0.4.376:
EN-87754 Shadow image placed on layout shows Elvis datalinks after being deleted from Enterprise.
LVSID-303 Local image with same name as one in Elvis gets replaced by the one in Elvis.
LVSID-311 Elvis image is shown distorted on PDF exported from InDesign after rotating the image.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.18
Elvis Server version: 4.6.18 build 956
InDesign client version: 3.0.1.360
Release date: 21 June 2016
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.18 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.18.
Changes
The following change has been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.18:
User sessions are now kept alive longer than 30 minutes.
Documentation
No documentation changes have been made for Elvis Server 4.6.18.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.18:
LVS-8885 Desktop client/export-to-entrprise: Make Desktop client 'Export to Enterprise' compatible with Enterprise v10
LVS-8256 InDesign/session: InDesign client does not refresh session last accessed time
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.17
Elvis Server version: 4.6.17 build 955
Release date: 10 May 2016
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.17 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new feature has been introduced in Elvis Server 4.6.17:
By default the 'create' and 'update' API calls return all extracted and provided metadata stored in the index.
A new parameter named 'metadataToReturn' has now been added with which specific fields that need to be returned can be specified. The behavior is similar to the metadataToReturn property in a Search request.
For more information, see:
Changes
The following changes have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.17:
The following improvements have been made:
- The number of unexpected errors that can be thrown has been reduced.
- The amount of space that the Facet filter can take up has been limited. When this limit is exceeded, a scrollbar is shown.
A change has been made in the way HTML files are parsed so that text is properly extracted.
A change has been made to the way the processing tool calculates PDF resolution when the required size information is not available in the file itself.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the Elvis Server 4.6.17 release:
- Elvis 4 REST API - create - updated
- Elvis 4 REST API - update - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.17:
LVS-8511 Processing/PDF: different preview resolution between Mac OS X and Linux.
LVS-8625 Client/filter: Limit maximum space a facet filter takes in the Desktop client.
LVS-8662 Elvis Desktop Client 5.3.6.2 Frequent Errors Dialog.
LVS-8691 Preview/html: Inline paragraph tags break preview generation of HTML files.
LVS-8726 Preview/html: Two separate headings inside a HTML file were joined and indexed as joined.
LVS-8731 API/REST: Add metadataToReturn property to Create and Update api for Elvis 4
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
Elvis Server 4.6.16
Elvis Server version: 4.6.16 build 954
Release date: 29 March 2016
Downloads
The download files for Elvis 4.6.16 can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new features have been introduced in Elvis Server 4.6.16:
When an Elvis file that is placed on a layout is opened for editing from within InDesign and subsequently saved to another file format, the placed file can now be replaced by the file in the new format.
See this process demonstrated in this short video:
For more information, see Changing an Elvis file placed in InDesign to a different file format using Elvis 4.
When an InDesign user works on a layout on which files are placed that are stored in Elvis, the content of these placed files can be changed by other users. Such changes are not automatically detected but can be manually updated by choosing Elvis > Update All Content.
For more information, see Updating the content of all Elvis files placed on a layout using Elvis 4.
Several stability improvements and bug fixes have been made for working with EPS files:
- Resolved an issue where InDesign crashes when placing an EPS file
- Resolved an issue where drag-and-drop on Windows did not work correctly
Changes
The following changes have been implemented in Elvis Server 4.6.16:
Certain firewalls or proxy servers would change four slashes in the download URL to a single slash. To prevent this behavior, the file name separator in the URLs for the original file, preview file and thumbnail has been changed from //// to /*/.
This affect URLs returned from the server, existing URLs will keep working.
For more information, see:
Several improvements and fixes were made for the Processing engine:
- Preview generation fix for Adobe CC 2014 and Adobe CC 2015 on Mac OS X El Capitan
- PSB files are no longer reprocessed when moved
- Extraction of color space information on check-in
- Scaled previews of PDF files
- Support for PSD files containing mask channel, See Incorrect previews for masked Photoshop images in Elvis 4 .
- The bulk import on Linux now supports diacritics.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the Elvis Server 4.6.16 release:
- Changing an Elvis file placed in InDesign to a different file format using Elvis 4 - new
- Updating the content of all Elvis files placed on a layout using Elvis 4 - new
- Incorrect previews for masked Photoshop images in Elvis 4 - new
- Elvis 5 API - Previews - updated
- Elvis 5 REST API - search - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in Elvis Server 4.6.16:
LVS-8162 Admin/bulkimport: Bulk import on Centos fails on diacrytic characters.
LVS-8177 Metadata/extract: File variation has incorrect color space info.
LVS-8372 Enterprise/export: Support WCML files masked as ICML when using Enterprise Export.
LVS-8397 Server/plug-in: Support mixed case of plug-in path.
LVS-8407 Processing/PDF: processing fails to produce scaled previews for some PDF files.
LVS-8408 Download/url: Change file name separator in file name to /*/.
LVS-8418 Client/Enterprise export: Asset status is not automatically selected in the Export to Enterprise dialog.
LVS-8421 Processing/PSD: When uploading a PSD image containing a channel mask the preview shows the first layer mask.
LVS-8500 Processing/InDesign: No preview generated for InDesign CC 2014 and CC 2015 layout on Mac OS X 1011 El Capitan
LVS-8521 SOAP/update: Updating an asset from JPG to PSD causes name error.
LVS-8566 Processing/PSB: PSB files are reprocessed when moved to another location.
The following issues have been fixed in the InDesign client 2.3.0.316:
LVSID-48 Fix packaging of Books: Elvis files are missing.
LVSID-59 Improve Edit Original flow by supporting file type changes.
LVSID-167 InDesign crashes when placing EPS image from Elvis.
LVSID-227 Placing EPS file crashes InDesign.
LVSID-234 InDesign/update: Links not updated properly for renamed assets.
LVSID-235 Incorrect behavior when placing Word files.
LVSID-238 Error message is shown when placing image with file name containing Russian characters.
LVSID-242 Add "Update All Content" menu.
LVSID-243 Mac OS installer does not work when path contains a space character.
LVSID-244 Layout Module is not up-to-date on open layout.
LVSID-246 Plug-in/InDesign: InDesign crashes when EPS file is placed.
LVSID-250 Multiple options found to relink dialog.
LVSID-252 Drag-and-drop action from the Elvis Desktop client does not work correctly for EPS file on Windows.
Clean installation
For information about installing Elvis 4 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 4 Server.
Upgrading an existing installation
For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis Server, see Upgrading Elvis 4.
For older Elvis versions please contact support
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