Version history: ---------------- Note that this version history is incomplete. It does not include all changes in all versions. Changes in version 1.43 (2024-01-21): Improved Color tone adjustment with Hue uniformity Improved DNG support Updated to .net 8 for faster processing in some operations Changes in version 1.42 (2022-01-03): JPEG XL file format support Fix issue with value edit text getting behind arrow buttons Changes in version 1.41 (2021-05-06): Rotate and mirror edges feature Non-local means denoising filter CLAHE filter Soft light and other fade undo methods Separated Shadow and Highlight enhancements in Increase Local Contrast operation Fix issue with text getting behind value edit spinners Changes in version 1.40 (2020-03-29): AI Denoising support (requires separate plugin download) Easy creation of soft light adjustment layer Canon CR3 raw image preview Fixed bug in next/previous image loading Fixed bug in smart select Changes in version 1.39 (2018-12-01): Local stats denoising filter Improved Advanced sharpen filter Improved Increase local contrast filter Load next/previous image with Ctrl+PgDn/PgUp Fixed bug with flickering when monitor color profile enabled Fixed bug in BMP reader Fixed number display in some edit fields Changes in version 1.38 (2016-10-22): Improved support for Windows large fonts setting (disable display scaling on high DPI monitors) JPEG XR import Multiply mode in Fade undo dialog Screen, soft light and hard light layer blend modes Improved white balance correction in Increase Local Contrast dialog More settings are saved between sessions Disable map file compression Pixel art scaling operation for icons and other graphic (xBR/HQx/Waifu2x) Stretch selection operation for resizing part of an image Color tone adjustment dialog Blackman resize mode Support for high DPI monitors Support for more BMP, CR2 and TIFF variants Changes in version 1.37 (2015-05-31): Most parameters are saved after restart Improved layers support Support for more ICO file formats Undo operations on Map format images Choose between Open and Edit file format associations Reduced memory usage Faster Laplacian pyramid filters Changes in version 1.36.1 (2013-11-03): Windows 8.1 compatibility fix Changes in version 1.36 (2013-09-03): Basic support for layers Transparent PNG handling bugfix Optimized painting tools Custom expression in Fade dialog Improved automatic image registration/alignment GPU optimization of a few algorithms (Requires DX11 GPU) Changes in version 1.35 (2013-04-07): It is now possible to abort the processing for some of the slow operations Multi core optimization of Update with expression Enable Fade also after mask selection changes Improved frequency domain filter Smart select brush Plugin operations can be applied to selection only Fixed bug in grayscale JPEG loading Allow mouse pan and zoom while any filter dialog is open Band-stop filter option in smooth dialog Changes in version 1.34 (2012-02-18): Saturation and vibrance adjustment Color selection method in Fade to dialog to apply any operation to areas of specific colors only Improved edge detection in Increase Local Contrast Show golden ration in selection option Improved image quality from Wiener resize algorithm on color images Bugfixes in PNG and TIFF readers and texture synthesis Alpha blending support in Fade dialog (when suitable alpha map is loaded) Changes in version 1.33 (2011-03-12): Adaptive color noise resolution bugfix New grow/shrink brush Warp brush Improved sharpen brush Interpolate pen movement brush option Covariance matrix computation corrected Imporved icon import Improved sharpening of noisy images Segmnentation fill feature for counting objects in an image Changes in version 1.32 (2010-08-18): Faster and better quality JPEG reading Correct rotation of CR2 raw images Fixed bug in Fourier transform filter Replace color under Color balance HSI color space Spot healing brush (uses the "Neighborhood" method from the texture synthesis dialog) Color curve brush Weighted combine method Auto gradient mode in Increase local contrast dialog Tool dialog positions stored Improved multi-core CPU support Most of the Color mapper functionality integrated into the Color balance dialog New JasPerLib.dll for support for more JP2 and PPM files Changes in version 1.31 (2009-09-16): Custom Pixel count expression in Color mapper HTML color code shown in pen color hint Selection boundaries fade method Improved smooth brush Lens distortion and lateral chromatic aberration correction CR2 raw image file preview Gradient fade method New Increase Local Contrast method producing better colors Selection from color dialog Changes in version 1.30 (2008-08-28): Hold Alt and Ctrl while using arrow keys to modify selection pixel by pixel Absolute value option in Highpass filter Smooth image zoom for display scale <100% (to enable, turn off Fast image zoom option) Improved Increase local contrast feature Reduced memory requirements for processing large images Improved Color balance feature Adjust white balance Changes in version 1.29 (2008-03-16): A few bugfixes (thanks to your bug reports!) Improved Vista support Update with expression feature (default expression is lens distortion correction) ICO file import bugfix User expression in Combine images remembers last used expressions Menus reorganized (I hope you can get used to it - otherwise just type commands on the keyboard) Lightest/Darkest only option in Fade opacity dialog Set image gamma option for proper interpolation in resize, rotate, smooth, invert and convert to grayscale Image window can be dragged to e.g. Skype or e-mail messages for easy sending Changes in version 1.28 (2007-10-02): EXIF data in JPEG files retained after save Retinex based increase local contrast filter Improved handling of alpha and gamma values in PNG files Display value of pixel under cursor in toolbar Improved handling of very large images New bug reporting system Changes in version 1.27 (2006-12-30): Improved IIR/circular/Gaussian smoothing filter Color balance and saturation can now be changed for the selection alone New improved adaptive noise reduction filter New menu shortcut system: Just begin typing the name of the menu item or press F10 Fixed bug in Wiener resizing algorithm causing random noise in the result Improved performance on multi core CPUs Changes in version 1.26 (2006-06-08): Improved palette editor Improved color mapper Better handling of large images General speed optimization for dual/multi core CPUs Ctrl+mouse scroll will zoom in/out Middle mouse button sets "move view" mode New text translation system with plain text language files Changes in version 1.25 (2006-01-08): Read Lab/YCbCr color JPEG 2000 files Read CMYK color JPEG files Support for more BMP files Vertical/horizontal option in smooth and highpass filters Left-button pen color now selected when palette editor opens Auto grow selection feature (Ctrl +) expanding the selection by 1 pixel in all directions Changes in version 1.24 (2005-08-18): Fill tool can now do anti-aliasing (feather) Repeat image feature New plugin command: cmdRefreshChildren = 9 New texture synthesis option Improved exposure control in the Color mapper Create selection mask from grayscale image Changes in version 1.23 (2005-05-31): JPEG-2000 compression quality preview (File format options dialog) Print dialog updated Retouch tools (pen, clone, push, smooth brush, sharpen brush) Non-rectangular selections Apply filters to selection only Repeat image feature XP theme support Changes in version 1.22.3 (2005-02-15): JPEG-2000 codec 35% faster Changes in version 1.22.2 (2005-01-23): Updated JPEG-2000 reader Full screen mode (F9) Black/white point in Color Mapper displays how many pixels are lost in saturation Changes in version 1.22 (2004-12-23): Problem with graph plotter in expression evaluator fixed Non-latin characters in translation supported Frequency domain filter changed to logarithmic scale Auto shrink selection feature (Ctrl -) for selecting objects in an otherwise blank picture "Adjust levels" renamed to "Color balance" "Show original" and "Reset" buttons in Color Mapper, Saturation,Color balance and other dialogs New Adaptive smooth/sharpen filter replaces the old selective smooth filter User interface updates Improved TIFF support Changes in version 1.21 (2004-05-31): New high quality image enlargement method (super-resolution by Wiener filter) Better handling of large fonts (120 DPI) screen setting Rectangle selection can be locked to specific aspect ratio Changes in version 1.20 (2004-02-16): Minor bugfixes F8 now changes between mouse zoom and mouse select Improved deconvolution kernel estimation Color mapper dialog updated Changes in version 1.19 (2003-12-29): Problem with large JPEG 2000 images and temporary files fixed Expression evaluator precision and plot axis auto scaling improved Improved de-interlacing method MNG image file support Fixed mouse selection bug Language module Changes in version 1.18 (2003-09-13): Blind deconvolution 16 bit grayscale PNGs and TIFFs now read to floating point map Split planes color correction improved Filtering of floating point map with filter from file Frequency domain filter improved + bugfix Expression evaluator improved More than 60 new filters (click Load in the User defined filter dialog) More than 20 new palettes Changes in version 1.17.3 (2003-07-27): Frequency domain filter improved Better image resize quality Paste to selection improved 24 to 8 bit conversion improved Local histogram equalization quality improved Option to register image file formats More advanced sharpening method Changes in version 1.17 (2003-06-22): Image processing plugin system Texture synthesis by averaging Copy/paste of floating point maps (can be used as simple undo feature) Pixel drawing feature Changes in version 1.15 (2003-05-24): Improved PCA and reconstruction from components Paste to selection in insert menu Lossless PNG compression ratio improved by about 20% Lossy PNG compression introduced Writing of large JPEG files (>1 MB) fixed Test button in file format options for lossy JPEG and PNG Deconvolution filter can be specified in a Matlab, text or MAP file Open and save dialogs updated EMF/WMF reading fixed Texture synthesis improved Changes in version 1.14 (2003-04-17): Three different methods for automatic color correction Feature list in help menu Some bugfixes Texture synthesis (see example page) Mouse selection editing Added an installer wizard version Added help/tutorial file, in CHM format. Changes in version 1.13 (2003-03-31): Open, save and color mapper dialogs improved The amount of smoothing can be specified in "Smooth image" Highpass filter in "Edge detection" menu Changes in version 1.12 (2003-03-08): Restoration by deconvolution (see example page) JPEG desired file size specification Improved help Filtering of float maps Color mapper can now work on luminance plane (Y in YCbCr) Changes in version 1.11 (2003-02-13): JPEG 2000 support improved Reading of Sun Rasterfiles (*.ras) Image resizing using spline interpolation for better quality PNG gamma, transparency, and alpha channel handling improved Expression evaluator improved Lab color space support Morphological operations on color images Changes in version 1.10 (2003-01-01): Image warping Changes in version 1.09 (2002-07-01): Auto adjust black/white point Fixed bug in combine grayscale images Fixed bug in resize Improved printing Changes in version 1.08 (2002-01-16): Lapp filter now preserve colors Windows ICO and CUR file support Frequency domain filter Selective smooth filter Rotate grayscale bug fixed Changes in version 1.07 (2001-09-03): Improved JPEG 2000 support Expression evaluator in all edit boxes Improved color mapper Improved combine images Median filter optimized Changes in version 1.06 (2001-08-16): Adaptive noise filter improved JPEG 2000 support Changes in version 1.04 (2001-05-15): Adaptive noise filter Auto color correction More keyboard shortcuts Changes in version 1.03 (2001-04-23): Auto window resizing Statistics map JPEG filter Changes in version 1.02 (2001-03-18): PNG transparency bug corrected More keyboard shortcuts Support for loading multiple files Changes in version 1.01 (2001-03-15): PNG transparency supported