IC Version 1.0.12 Change Log


FIXED BUGS:

Crash when using previously saved 'rotate actions' is fixed.

Stupid bug within 'paste image from clipboard' code is fixed - now it works again.

Directory monitoring fixed, improved and simplified.

Range overflows within P(N)M reading code fixed.

JPEG-XR/HD-Photo files with embedded color profiles caused a crash in case the IC 'List' window was open. Fixed.

Some "Adobe style" TIFF images in CMYK color space and using DCT encoding had the color channels flipped. Fixed.

De-referencing file links caused a crash on some Windows versions. Fixed.

Updated the 'Hotkey' section of the documentation and the hot-keys as shown within the IC menus to match the hot-keys that DO actually work.


ADDITIONS:

ICC profile meta-data extraction within the Info window added.

Support for *.MOS, *.KDC extensions for digital camera raw formats.

Support for reading multi-page TIFF added.

Support for JPEG-XR added by keeping full backwards compatibility to HD-Photo.

Dithering to 8bps made optional. Not using dithering might be useful where it makes no visual difference (e.g. for 'graphical' images like business charts) and will result in increased compression ratio when saving the image.

Writing meta-data when saving image files has been completely reworked. It is now possible to add tags ("Author/Artist", "Creation time", "Title", "Description" and "Copyright") to the following file formats: JPEG, JPEG2000, JPEG-XR, PNG, TIFF, P(N)M and OpenEXR.

Better wording and more useful information for lots of error and warning messages.

Better and more reliable differentiation within the IC 'Info' window regarding the stored color space within a particular image file. Also more accurate information about the way IC handles (and/or assumes) gamma correction.

Added a message display at the top-left window corner to inform the user when options/settings are changed. Quite useful especially when using hot-keys to see what actually has happened. The message will be seen for about 1 second and then hide.

The speed when opening images where color management is required (especially ones with embedded ICC profiles) has been greatly improved and is now up to 5 times faster!

Added a 'Color picker' feature intended for POV-Ray users. Opposed to other pickers this will give the colors in linear (not gamma corrected) scRGB color space. Open the "Histogram" window (press "H"), move the mouse within the viewing window until you get the desired color, press "Ctrl + left-mouse-button" (this will 'lock' the current selection so you can move your mouse away from the viewing window), give the "Histogram" window the focus and press "Ctrl+C", move the mouse to the POV-Ray text editor window and press "Ctrl+V". This sounds much more complicated as it actually is. 

Hot-Keys to undo/redo by using Ctrl-Z (undo) and Alt-Z (redo) for image operations. Note that undo/redo was (and still is) also possible within the "History" box in the "Actions" window.


LIBRARY UPDATES:

lcms    update to version 2.0
LibPng  update to version 1.4.2
LibJpeg update to version 8b
LibTiff update to version 3.92
dcraw   update to version 8.99


OTHER CHANGES:

Dropped any attempt to support Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT.


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IC Version 1.0.11 Change Log (not released)


LIBRARY UPDATES:

LibPng  update to version 1.4.0


OTHER CHANGES:

Optimized some internal code so IC.exe is actually a bit smaller in file size.

Made some of the old library code more readable and added a lot of comments.



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IC Version 1.0.10 Change Log


FIXED BUGS:

Crash for filenames longer than 120 characters (without path) is fixed.

Crash when reading some malformed EXIF tags is fixed.


ADDITIONS:

On request a Resolution/PPI dialog is added (to make it possible to chance ppi information for written files).

The mouse wheel is now by default used for 'zooming'. The 'browse' mode is still available via menu setting or by just clicking on the wheel.


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IC Version 1.0.9 Change Log (not released)


LIBRARY UPDATES:

dcraw   update to version 8.98


OTHER CHANGES:
 
Minor internal changes, mostly renamed variables and function calls to make the thing more consistent and readable.


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IC Version 1.0.8 the first release.




