Improvements ============= Changes 4.0.8 * PGPF import added * LOGO import and export added * csource import and export added * DeltaVision import added * TBCPlus import added * ScreenShot Hack PDBs V1.5 import added (support for Handera and Sony CLIE) * Freehand 10 preview import added * FaxExpress import improved * Acorn import much improved * PNG support improved (type 0 export, type 6 import) * pbm export improved * DrawIt PDB import added * Monkey PDB export will now save the comment into the file * support for import of tiled uncompressed TIFFs added * support for QuickTime image import improved * combine option added to the context menu * detection and error handling of corrupt JPEGs improved * CMYK support for Photoshop aquire plug-ins added * mode menu item added to the picture menu * B&W DCX files will now imported correctly if the color table of the file is corrupt * perfomance under MacOS X improved * optional full screen preview added to the effects * option to set the TIFF photometric interpretation of b&w images added * option to save the images with the MacOS X standard creator '????' added * option to import only the first page of multipage TIFFs added * anti alias of text works now correctly under MacOS X * smart rotate option before printing added * combine batch command added * icon and preview creation will now work with files with less than 4 pixels * concat in convert will now save the files in the selected file format * printer driver compatibility of the Carbon version under MacOS 8.6-9.x improved * detail window improved * carbon version will now place the plug-in and scripts folder in the Application support folder under MacOS 9.x and in the Library folder under MacOS X * IPTC AppleScript support improved * enter key of powerbooks works now correctly in the iptc dialog * live scrolling added to the preferences * IPTC writing into JPEGs is now full compatible with newer versions of Photoshop * loop after setting the grid to 1 or lower fixed * printfolder applescript command added * paste at {..,..} applescript command added * crash under MacOS X after add/remove margins fixed * crash after opening QTIFs with a wrong color table fixed * possible crash after quitting GraphicConverter on some MacOS versions fixed * possible file corruption in the browser after changing IPTC and move/copy fixed * possible save crash under MacOS X fixed * crash in slideshow under MacOS X fixed * redraw bug in the size pop in the window fixed * make new window added to AppleScript * wrong numbering in the slideshow after delete/move fixed * double redraw bug rotation in the browser fixed * rotation bug (math) under MacOS X fixed * GIF options dialog fixed in convert * language bugs fixed * bug in overlay grid fixed * bug in level applescript command fixed * bug in reading the transparent color of GIFs with a wrong color table fixed * bug in saving large JPEGs fixed * bug in html catalog creation fixed if the source path is identical to the destination path * bug in set format from name for identical extensions fixed * bug in comment saving into TIFFs fixed * bug in saving very large JPEGs fixed * bug in GATAN file detection fixed * bug in random slideshow mode under MacOS X fixed * bug in FAX CCITT 3 import of TIFFs with rowsperstrip=1 fixed * bug in create icon applescript command fixed * bug in change comment applescript command fixed * bug in level command with batch fixed * bug in change resolution applescript command fixed * bug in PICT catalog creation with the carbon version fixed * other bug fixes and changes Changes 4.0.7 * MonkeyCard and MonkeyLogo import and export added * Photoshop import with 16 bit per channel added * minimize window and show all added to the carbon version * IPTC dialog improved (return key behavior in the keywords and categories) * transparency will now displayed under MacOS X * change resolution without recalculation added to AppleScript * acquire import will now cancel if the plug-in return a 1 * acquire import will now use the color profile (if the plug-in returns one) * option to show hidden files/folders in the browser added * option to set the creation and modification date of converted files to the original date in convert * rotate will now use the background color for the unsused areas * workaround for Photoshop import with brightness layer added * JPG import with buggy EXIF tags will no longer crash * cosmetic bugs unter MacOS X fixed * default size of the convert dialog under MacOS X corrected * icon bug with 256 colors under MacOS 9.1 or earlier fixed (carbon version) * carbon version improved * preferences item in the GraphicConverter menu is now active (MacOS X) * note about TWAIN added * note about printing added (MacOS 9.1 or earlier) * possible crash in catalog creation on MacOS X fixed * possible error -50 after paste fixed * possible display bug in the scale dialog fixed * possible inversion in EPSF import fixed * bug in the browser under MacOS X fixed * bug in import of JPEG images with a width of more than 1600 pixel fixed * bugs in the slideshow fixed * some dialogs under MacOS X corrected * other bug fixes in the MacOS X version Changes 4.0.6 * carbon version much improved * swf export added * crash on opening JPEGs that look like a PICT fixed * fill tool supports now the pattern * color table correction can now be disabled * iptc information of TIFFs with mixed tags will now be imported correct * possible crash with MacOS 8.1 or earlier fixed * creation of 128x128 thumbnail icons added * lossless mirroring of JPEGs added in the browser * bug in zoom selection fixed * other bug fixes Changes 4.0.5 * psp import added * moving of selection without content simplified * possible inversion fixed * treshold function will convert the image now to 1 bit * recording of mouse clicks added * IPTC dialog can now fill the caption writer with the default user * MAYA import will now import the alpha channel (if available) * possible error message after Photoshop import with ICC profile fixed * JPEG quality can now be set with the + and - keys * AppleScript support improved (brightness, contrast, saturation, hue) * GATAN import supports now 16 bit unsigned * direct IPTC support for TIFFs added (import and export) * PICT import dialog will no longer blink * split support improved * PDB export improved * TIFF support for variant tiled/lzw/prediction added * LuraDocument import added * Photoshop EPSF files with ASCII or binary encoding can now be imported without an helper application * import of IPTC and ICC information from EPSF files with Photoshop header * import of IPTC from Photoshop files without ANPA resources * color table of image will now be corrected if it is not Apple like (first color white, last colo black) * margins dialog improved * bug in paste window applescript command fixed * photoshop preview support for interlaced bitmaps added * shortcut for first scan plug-in added * compatibilty with Photoshop scanner plug-ins improved * bugs in html catalog creation fixed * epsf import with Ghostscript improved * other changes and bug fixes Changes 4.0.4 ¥ CMYK to RGB conversion much improved for TIFF, JPEG and Photoshop import ¥ ColorSync profile import from JPEG and Photoshop files added ¥ merge option to IPTC change in the browser added ¥ segmented printing support on more than one page added ¥ autolevel AppleScript support added ¥ smart trim option to print added ¥ VOXEL import improved ¥ Photoshop plug-in support improved ¥ plug-in folder can now contain one level of subfolders ¥ overlay grid function added ¥ printing options will appear in a new dialog on small displays ¥ FireViewer PDB creation improved (check the save as options) ¥ option to print without the date added ¥ space bar for panning added ¥ DICOM import improved ¥ support for ico variant improved ¥ PLT import improved ¥ memory requirement for printing reduced ¥ possible PrvLock error message fixed ¥ unselect all shortcut added ¥ PICT import bug fixed ¥ WMF import bug fixed ¥ copy will now use the transparent color ¥ IFF import and export improved ¥ possible crash in psd import fixed ¥ resave without icon will remove the custom icon flag ¥ possible crash with invert selection fixed ¥ catalog creation can now correct the extensions ¥ bug in undo of gamma change fixed ¥ bug in zoom in/out fixed ¥ bug in inversion of IMG fixed ¥ bug in undo of alpha channel changes fixed ¥ bug in set dimension by applescript fixed ¥ bug in saving GIF animations with custom color tables fixed ¥ bug in TealPaint export fixed ¥ bug in savings PNGs on 68K machines fixed ¥ bug in crop region fixed ¥ bug in import/export of color tables fixed ¥ crash during use of Photoshop filters with selections fixed ¥ other enhancements and changes Changes 4.0.3 This was a special German release Changes 4.0.2 ¥ red-eye filter added ¥ WBIN MacWavelet 2d import and export added ¥ TealPaint export added ¥ option to set the bit import offset of 16 bit TIFFs added ¥ comments will now overlay the images in the slideshow ¥ comments display in the slideshow will now use the font settings of the preferences ¥ slideshow supports now tenth of seconds for the timing ¥ delete in the browser will now move the image to the trash ¥ option to sort slideshow per folder or for all files added ¥ option to open last browser after program start added ¥ option to separate all layers of a Photoshop file into separate files added to convert ¥ cancel during scanning with Photoshop compatible plug-ins work now ¥ AppleScript supports now wwwready save feature ¥ other AppleScript enhancements ¥ JPG and LWF dialogs will now fit into 640x480 diplays ¥ redraw bug in the toolbar fixed ¥ display bug of the splash screen with old macos systems fixed ¥ context menu for the storyborad improved ¥ error message during import of 2 bit png files fixed ¥ update problem in the browser with identical folder names fixed ¥ new default display option added ¥ crash during import of rotated HPGL texts fixed ¥ crash during import of rotated WMF texts fixed ¥ redraw bug in the preferences fixed ¥ possible crash in the browser fixed ¥ bug in 2 bit PSION import fixed ¥ bug with clicking behind the last button fixed ¥ bug in display with zoom fixed ¥ bug in slideshow list with less than 10 images fixed ¥ bug in resetting colors fixed ¥ bug in aquire again fixed ¥ bug in drawings elements outside the window fixed ¥ other bug fixes and changes Changes 4.0.1 ¥ FireViewer PDBs import and export improved (support for color, version 3 and large files added) ¥ import of TealPaint PDBs added ¥ import of ScreenShot Hack PDBs added ¥ set origion option added (click on the coordinates and click after this in the image) ¥ quality of previews improved ¥ naming to split function added * support for a BMP variant added ¥ twain compatibility improved (I hide now the toolbars during the scan operation) ¥ silent option for open command with AppleScript added ¥ cursor improved during drawing line and other elements ¥ option to set compression ratio display added ¥ invert dimension option to max size batch added ¥ GraphicConverter hides now the toolbars (if the Window Manager 2.0 is used) during printing to avoid problems with printer drivers that are not compatible to the new Window Manager ¥ inversion bug with PCX with MacOS 8.1 or earlier fixed ¥ bug in the filter handling fixed ¥ bug during saving large PCX and TIFF files fixed ¥ bug after cancel of rotation fixed ¥ bug in selection files by typing the name in convert more fixed ¥ bug in progress bar during plug-in filter fixed ¥ bug with offset during drawing of very thick lines ¥ bug with display in the slideshow fixed ¥ bug with undo after plug-in filters fixed ¥ bug in split function fixed ¥ possible crash during display of the splash screen on old systems fixed ¥ crash during preview of VISE archives fixed ¥ other bug fixes and changes Changes 4.0 ¥ import of Z04, Z08, Z16, Z24, Z32 added ¥ PNG gamma tag import/export added ¥ import of CUR added ¥ gamma dialog improved ¥ TIFF import improved ¥ AppleScript support improved ¥ PICT detection improved ¥ preview display of EPSF files in the browser improved ¥ slideshow changed (works now in one large window, tool icons - required for carbonizing) ¥ slideshow supports the shift space key to go one image back ¥ slice saving optimized ¥ crash during import of some iff animations fixed ¥ display bug in the overview window after rotation fixed ¥ bug in fit to screen option fixed ¥ support for a TIFF variant added ¥ crash after opening corrupt JPEGs fixed ¥ printing bug with large images fixed ¥ catalog printing bug fixed ¥ bug in fit to screen display fixed ¥ handling of bad GIFs improved ¥ error during saving of dithered xpms fixed ¥ twain aquire of scans with color tables added ¥ bug in saving PICTs with alpha channel fixed ¥ bug in saving the resolution value of JPEGs with QuickTime fixed ¥ option to delete source images after conversion added ¥ crash after printing catalogs with more than 100 images per page fixed ¥ compatibility option to LWF export added ¥ borders will now visible after rotate (if active) ¥ bug in folder selection in the browser fixed ¥ endless loop option added to the movie window ¥ bug in level command with grayscale images fixed ¥ bug in add/remove margins of animations fixed ¥ convert of pict resources will now extract the name and resource id for the name ¥ html catalog dialog improved ¥ batch scale supports now the high quality scaling ¥ bug in concat of large files in convert more fixed ¥ ctrl click added to preview area in the browser ¥ detail window is now resizeable (with MacOS 8.5 or later) ¥ bug in SPC import fixed ¥ resize progress bar displays now a title ¥ new folder is now possible in the source folder of the convert dialog ¥ content of the resource fork can be copied from the source file ¥ ico creation will now create a mask from the transparency (if available) ¥ better error messages will appear with low memory ¥ file format dialog in save as dialog will now display the extensions ¥ support for export of very large (width) PICTs added ¥ better detection of corrupt Photoshop files ¥ lossless JPEG rotation does now preserve the EXIF and IPTC information after the rotation ¥ possible crash after image rotation with low memory fixed ¥ bug in import of b&w sgi fixed ¥ bug in printing of large images fixed ¥ option to set the printing behavior while printing large images added ¥ before/after option to lwf export dialog added ¥ bug in windows ico export fixed ¥ bug in preview of MPGs in the browser fixed ¥ multipage TIFFs will now be opened with the display factor of the preferences ¥ bug in WWW-Ready checkbox fixed ¥ additional option to print catalog added ¥ border option to html catalog creation added ¥ quality in JPEG save as option is now editable ¥ bug in import of raster metafile fixed ¥ fax decoding will now check for a correct content if the suffix is .fax ¥ support for import of wrong exported tiff previews added ¥ option to write resources with the index of the original file name added ¥ support for rotation of large images added ¥ lowsrc option will now check for length of the filename ¥ printing of multpage files that are preencoded added ¥ bug in import of TIFFs with corrupt packbits compression fixed ¥ range for sharpen edges improved ¥ option for lossy/lossless rotation added in the browser ¥ icon for default colors added to toolbar ¥ bug in import of alpha channel fixed ¥ preview creation of images with transparency improved ¥ trim and trim selection are now separate functions ¥ bug in comment window with MacOS 8.1 or before fixed ¥ import of new First Publisher art format added ¥ JPEG preview compression added (as an option) ¥ JPEG save as dialog has now a before/after part ¥ GC remembers now the settings of the footer in the browser ¥ plug-in folder will be default to the GraphicConverter plug-in folder if the path is not correct ¥ trim and trim selection are now separate functions ¥ import of cri images added ¥ IFF images with color cycles will no be imported as a GIF animation ¥ bug in QL4 import fixed ¥ export of CUR added ¥ add/remove margins works now with GIF animations ¥ spelling/translations corrections ¥ export of Apple File Icon added ¥ get/set of JPEG options added to AppleScript ¥ delete of slideshow folders added ¥ swap in batch rotation fixed ¥ error reporting with corrupt TIFFs improved ¥ saving of comments to PNG files added ¥ GraphicConverter remember now the browser window position ¥ many internal changes and other bug fixes Changes 3.9.1 ¥ CVP import added ¥ support for Frontier shared menus added ¥ support for LZW compressed TIFFs with Fillorder 2 added ¥ bug in alpha channel to image fixed ¥ bug in lwf conversion with convert more fixed ¥ bug in split with count 1 fixed ¥ bug in rename fixed ¥ bug in remove margins with negative numbers fixed ¥ bug in TWAIN support fixed ¥ bug in multiple selections with intersection fixed ¥ bug in invert selection fixed Changes 3.9 ¥ LWF (LuraWave (R)) import and export added ¥ open and display of QuickTime movies added ¥ saving of QuickTime movies to single frame images added ¥ SNX import added ¥ Fuji BAS import added ¥ Fuji BAS IMG import added (you have to open the associated inf file) ¥ magic pen added ¥ support for import of CCITT 3 TIFFs with a lot of zero codes added ¥ support for import of TIFFs with 16 bit color & grayscale added ¥ support for opening clp files from NT based systems added ¥ copy as x-face command added ¥ applescript support improved ¥ invert selection command added ¥ multiple selections are now possible with the shift key ¥ optional frame added to catalog creation ¥ slideshow will now accept a folder alias ¥ level and brightness function will change now the image data of grayscale images ¥ web ready command added to save dialog (for saving without resource) ¥ catalog creation improved ¥ option to ignore WMF frames added ¥ basic colorsync support added ¥ print folder will set the folder name as the spool file name ¥ temporary preview creation will now work with very large folders ¥ extension ignore list added for slideshow and browser ¥ black & white images with wrong color table will now be corrected ¥ arrange option bottom right added ¥ zoom has now the option to open a frame ¥ Print Folder menu item added ¥ notification after CMYK to RGB conversion added ¥ more move to folder added to slideshow ¥ display quality after blow up in slideshow improved ¥ preview display bug during context menu selection in the browser fixed ¥ option to use the option key as in the finder added to the browser ¥ temporary previews in the browser are now JPEG compressed (to keep the temp file smaller) ¥ installation script for TWAIN support added (please test this) ¥ optional aspect ratio to selection tool added ¥ bug in slideshow fixed ¥ bug in TIFF import fixed ¥ bug in fit to screen fixed ¥ bug in fill operation with few colors fixed ¥ bug with index change in convert more fixed ¥ bug during display of an image in full screen mode fixed ¥ bug in non proportional scaling during batch fixed ¥ bug in segmenting multipgae TIFFs fixed ¥ bug with add and remove alpha channel fixed ¥ bug with support of old filter plug-ins fixed ¥ bug with text matrix filters fixed ¥ bug in convert more with more than 1000 files fixed ¥ bug in opening of black&white PCX/DCX files with wrong color table fixed ¥ other changes and bug fixes