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ImageEn ActiveX - What's New
 

 

VERSION 3.1.1


 

New main features

- now it is possible to remove EXIF tags setting their defaults
- optimized Reflection method
- Preview dialog: now "Reset" button can reset only visible tag (optional behavior)
- EXIF Make note: supported FUJIFILM tags
- ImageEnMultiX: now it is possible to save only selected images using SaveToFileTIFF2 method
- optimized Triangle, Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Lanczos3, Mitchell, Nearest, Linear filters for multicore processing
- ImageEnX: optimized polyline drawings
- EMF/WMF: now metafiles are loadable from streams
- TIFF: optimized TIFF-CCITT G4 writing
- now ImageEnX.BlackValue and WhiteValue are applicable also to 24RGB pixel format
- ImageEnMultiX.FillFromDirectory: supported Unicode file names
- open/save dialog: support for non-Unicode OS (Win98/WinME)
- now ImageEnX.Fill works with all pixel formats
- added Hungarian translation
- supported MD2, MD4, MD5 and SHA hashing algorithms (to create hash of a image file or of a bitmap)
- now it is possible to load images from resources in PE files (EXE, DLL, OCX, ICL, etc...)
- now it is possible to create a RFB (VNC) client using RFBClient objects
- now it is possible to abort dcraw loading (using future dcraw versions)

New classes/methods/properties

- added ResourceExtractor class
- added RFBClient helper class
- ImageEnX: added IPPreviewsParams property
- ImageEnX: added FTClearZone method
- ImageEnX.IPPreviewsParams: added "ResetSelectedTab" parameter value
- ImageEnX: added GetHash method
- ImageEnX.LayersSetOperation: added StereoBW (38), StereoColor (39), StereoColorDubois (40), StereoEven (41) and StereoOdd (42) values
- ImageEnMultiX: added SaveToFileTIFF2 method
- ImageEnX: added Convolve method
- ImageEnX: added CalcAverageRGB method
- ImageEnX: added LayersResizeAspectRatio property
- ImageEnMultiX: added LoadFromBuffer method
- SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty: added "IsResource" property
- ImageEnX: added ParamsFromBuffer method
- ImageEnX: added OnVirtualKey event
- ImageEnX: added MatchHSVRange method
- ImageEnX: added SetLayersBoxStyle method
- ImageEnX.MeasureUnit: added FEET (8), YARDS (9), MILES (10) values
- ImageEnX: added OnLayerNotify event
- ImageEnX: added UnsharpMask method
- IEStream: added OpenHash method
- IEStream: added GetHash method
- ImageEnX: added HandleVirtualKeys property
- ImageEnX.GetObjectProperty/SetObjectProperty: added "BlendOperation" property
- ImageEnX: added LoadFromResource method

Fixed bugs

- BUGFIX: now DoIPPreviews3 returns a valid value
- BUGFIX: now ImageEnX.OnViewChange works when moving scrollbars
- BUGFIX: in ImageEnX.ExtractTIFFImageFile method
- BUGFIX: fixed rounding math problem with "Screen" layer blend operation
- BUGFIX: bug making undo of angle and polyline objects
- BUGFIX: dialogs now are center on the same desktop of the parent window
- BUGFIX: now ImageEnMultiX.LoadFromFiles calls OnProgress events
- BUGFIX: image processing preview, FFT area is not restored correctly
- BUGFIX: layers cannot be moved dragging the center
- BUGFIX: now ImageEnMultiX.Sort compare strings using locale and non-case sensitive
- BUGFIX: fixed some minor bugs
- BUGFIX: fixed bug reading/processing jpeg tags with zero length
- BUGFIX: fixed bug reading planar-CMYK with predictor, ZIP compressed
- BUGFIX: ImageEnX, memo texts now are correctly displayed with vertical bounding box size is not enough
- BUGFIX: better font size handling for Wang Imaging annotations
- BUGFIX: now ImageEnX.DShowSetCurrentVideoFormat works (it is possible to change DirectShow video capture resolution in code)
- BUGFIX: wrong "ImageCount" input/output parameter for multipage TIFF with jpeg compression
- BUGFIX: fixed bug in ImageEnX.GetPolylineArea


 

 

 

 

 

VERSION 3.0.5


 

New main features

- new IEStream object to handle file and memory streams
- ImageEnX: now SaveToFileBMPRAW/LoadFromFileBMPRAW supports text data
- ImageEnX: now DisposeChannels accepts "0" value
- now DisposeChannels works also with 48bit RGB pixel format
- TIFF: added support for reading >2GB TIFF files (max 4GB)
- now object aspect ratio works on all grips
- now supported reading of 16 bit gray scale PGM
- added 22 extra transitions
- better Unicode support for EXIF user comment tag
- ImageEnX.AdjustTemperature: now works on current selection
- enhanced support for EXIF_UserComment tag
- open/save dialogs now support Unicode file names
- DICOM: now OnProgress works
- now ImageEnX writes only changed or new EXIF tags
- now ImageEnMultiX supports native pixel formats
- ICO: enhanced compatibility
- ImageEnMultiX: better disk cache handling
- DICOM: added jpeg2000 (lossy) decompression
- Optimized MagicWand performance
- now ImageEnX.ParamsFromFile and ParamsFromFileFormat read parameters from WMF/EMF
- now setting XMP_Info='' removes XMP info from jpegs
- ImageEnX: now bitmaps transparent areas aren't selectable
- EXIF: set several tags defaults to -1 instead of 0
- ImageEnMultiX: now SaveSnapshot saves also StoreType property
- ImageEnMultiX.SaveSnapshot2: now can save input/output parameters and tags
- ImageEnMultiX.SaveSnapshot2: now can save EXIF tags


New classes/methods/properties

- ImageEnX: added BitmapRowLen method
- added IEStream class to file and memory streams support
- ImageEnX: added LoadImageFromStream method
- ImageEnX: added SaveImageToStream method
- ImageEnMultiX: added LoadImagesFromStream method
- ImageEnMultiX: added SaveImagesToStream method
- ImageEnMultiX: renamed method Move to "MoveImage" to avoid VB naming conflicts
- ImageEnMultiX: added DisplayImageAt method
- ImageEnX: added PrintDPIX property
- ImageEnX: added PrintDPIY property
- ImageEnMultiX: added PrintDPIX property
- ImageEnMultiX: added PrintDPIY property
- ImageEnX: added ExecuteOpenDialog2 method
- ImageEnX: added ExecuteSaveDialog2 method
- ImageEnX: added ObjAllowOutOfBitmapMoving property
- SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty: added BMPRAW_DataFormat property
- ImageEnX: added LayersAdd3 method with optional parameters PosX and PosY
- ImageEnX: added SetSelectionMarkOuterStyle method
- ImageEnX.GetIPParameter/SetIPParameter: added EQUALIZATION_EqualizeButton property
- ImageEnX: added MotionBlur method
- ImageEnX: added Random method
- ImageEnMultiX: added AppendSplit method
- ImageEnMultiX: added SetImageRect method
- ImageEnX: added SaveState1 method
- ImageEnX: added SaveState2 method
- ImageEnX: added LoadState1 method
- ImageEnX: added LoadState2 method
- ImageEnX: added BitmapOrigin property (improved compatibility with OpenCV)
- ImageEnX: added GetIndexFromObj method
- ImageEnMultiX: added FillFromDirectory4, with parameter DetectFileFormat
- ImageEnMultiX: added SaveSnapshot2 method
- ImageEnX: added IOPropertySaveToFile method
- ImageEnX: added IOPropertyLoadFromFile method
- ImageEnX: added IOPropertySaveToStream method
- ImageEnX: added IOPropertyLoadFromStream method
- ImageEnMultiX: added IOPropertySaveToFile method
- ImageEnMultiX: added IOPropertyLoadFromFile method
- ImageEnMultiX: added IOPropertySaveToStream method
- ImageEnMultiX: added IOPropertyLoadFromStream method


Fixed bugs

- FIXED BUG: reading big-endian 16 bit CMYK-TIFF
- FIXED BUG: wrong width/height reading some HDP
- FIXED BUG: ondisk cached images cannot exceed 2GB
- FIXED BUG: reading some TIFF files
- FIXED BUG: bad selection precision
- FIXED BUG: reading Unicode file names with ParamsFromFile
- FIXED BUG: ImageEnX.IOPropertyIPTCInsert now works
- FIXED BUG: fixed problem reading some unicode EXIF_UserComment tags
- FIXED BUG: fixed problems reading RLE encoded images
- FIXED BUG: fixed some minor bugs reading DICOM files
- FIXED BUG: TaskName parameter of printing preview dialogs now works
- FIXED BUG: fixed minor bugs

 

 

 

 

 

VERSION 3.0.3


 

New main features

- now it is possible to copy a layer in image alpha channel
- now it is possible to create a layer from alpha channel
- now when TIFF_EnableAdjustOrientation/EnableAdjustOrientation is true, then EXIF orientation becomes 1
- ImageEnMultiX: now clicking on current visible image (when DisplayMode=grid) select it
- optimized TIFF-LZW loading
- now FindFileFormat detects Microsoft HDPhoto image format
- improved ImageEnX navigator performance
- supported loading/saving of Microsoft HD Photo (WMPhoto) file format (requires Windows XP (SP2) with .Net 3.0, Windows Vista)
- ImageEnX: now antialiasing is active also with softshadow
- now it is possible to draw rectangular selection grid guides
- TWain: now it is possible to open scanner dialog only to specify settings (without acquire images)
- TWain: now it is possible to save/load all (supported and unsupported) scanner settings to file or stream
- added cover-flow style reflection effect
- added bitmap projection and perspective drawing primitives
- added adjust color temperature feature
- ImageEnX, LayersSaveToFile: now it is possible to save layers with non-compressed native format (-2 option instead of -1)
- now it is possible to zoom navigator rect using mouse wheel
- now it is possible to inject EXIF in a TIFF file or stream
- ImageEnX.SetPixel/GetPixel: now supports 8/16 bit gray scale, CMYK and 16 bit RGB formats
- added powerful class (TIFFHandler) to handle TIFF files
- now it is possible to create TIFF from scratch using TIFFHandler
- now it is possible to copy pages among TIFFHandler objects
- now it is possible to extract (or write) a single page from TIFF using TIFFHandler


New methods/properties

- ImageEnX: added OnKeyDown event
- ImageEnX: added LayersCopyToAlpha method
- ImageEnX: added LayersCreateFromAlpha method
- ImageEnX: added CopyRectTo method
- SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty: added "EXIF_ISOSPEEDRATINGS0" and "EXIF_ISOSPEEDRATINGS1" properties
- documented "EXIF_Make" property of SetIOProeprty/GetIOProperty
- ImageEnX: added UndoRect method
- ImageEnMultiX: added ImageCacheUseDisk property
- ImageEnX: added LayersAdd1 method
- ImageEnX: added LayersAdd2 method
- ImageEnX: added UseDefaultFileExists property (undocumented)
- ImageEnMultiX: added UseDefaultFileExists property (undocumented)
- ImageEnX: added SelectionGridSize property
- TWain properties: added "AutoDiscardBlankPages" property
- TWain properties: added "ShowSettingsOnly" property
- ImageEnX: added TWainSourceSettingsLoad method
- ImageEnX: added TWainSourceSettingsSave method
- ImageEnMultiX: added TWainSourceSettingsLoad method
- ImageEnMultiX: added TWainSourceSettingsSave method
- ImageEnX: added Reflection method
- ImageEnX: added PerspectiveDraw method
- ImageEnX: added ProjectDraw1 method
- ImageEnX: added ProjectDraw2 method
- ImageEnX: added AdjustTemperature method
- ImageEnX: added IsClipboardAvailable method
- ImageEnX: added SetNavigator2 method, added "options" parameter
- ImageEnX: added ObjIsClipboardAvailable method
- ImageEnX: added InjectTIFFEXIF1 method
- ImageEnX: added InjectTIFFEXIF2 method
- ImageEnX: added IsWICAvailable method
- input/output properties: added "HDP_ImageQuality" and "HDP_Lossless"
- ImageEnX: added LoadFromFileHDP method
- ImageEnX: added SaveToFileHDP method
- ImageEnX: added MergeWithAlpha method


Fixed bugs

- FIXED BUG: fixed bug using LoadFromBuffer with BMPRAW format
- FIXED BUG: ImageEnX, memo with high font size is displayed incorrectly
- FIXED BUG: fixed memory leak saving ICO
- FIXED BUG: fixed bug in ImageEnMultiX.RemoveBlankPages
- FIXED BUG: fixed minor bugs reading/writing XP Exif tags
- FIXED BUG: RotateAndCrop ignores "antialias" and "antialiasMode" parameters
- FIXED BUG: wrong image reading color TIFF with inverted fill order
- FIXED BUG: EXIF, ISO Speed Ratings is written when unset or written twice
- FIXED BUG: ImageEnX.MakeTile doesn't save image in Undo stack
- FIXED BUG: calling ImageEnX.LayersClear or ImageEnX.LayersMergeAll the background layer become unlocked
- FIXED BUG: zooming with mouse wheel on negative placed screens produces wrong results
- FIXED BUG: ImageEnX.RadialStretch, OnProgress percentage is wrong
- FIXED BUG: memory leak in ImageEnX.Wave when amplitude=0 and wavelength=0 (the default in image processing dialog)

 

 

 

 

 

VERSION 3.0.2


 

New main features

- improved GIF loading speed
- supported filtered resampling for 8 bit gray scale images
- now pressing SHIFT rotating a layer, it is rotated in steps of LayersRotateStep values (default 45 degrees)
- added support for Turkish and Korean languages
- now it is possible to smooth scroll moving mouse (without click and drag)
- enhanced quality of Rotate method (without antialias)
- restored default JPEG_DCTMethod = JPEG_ISLOW
- supported loading EXIF from Photoshop CS3
- now it is possible to enhance jpeg quality with JPEG_CromaSubsampling (using SetIOProperty)
- enhanced jpeg quality when JPEG_Quality is 100
- improved speed of filtered resampling routines (like Triangle,etc..) and filtered display
- supports for ICC profiles reading PSD files
- now it is possible to load a single tile from a tiled TIFF
- added a strategy to allocate large images in fragmented blocks (to avoid out of memory on fragmented memory)
- TIFF: now supported LZW compressed TIFF with inverted fill order
- TIFF: supported extra channels with premultipled and unassociated alpha channel
- optimized about 2x MedianFilter
- now selection of objects with penWidth>1 works better
- now ImageEnMultiX can load preview of IEV, ALL and LYR ImageEn formats
- supported RAW files (real RAW, not Camera RAW!)
- now it is possible to load/save ICO using ImageEnMultiX
- now it is possible to send frames from a ImageEnX to another, with delay and a specific time intervals
- now it is possible to save layers and objects in the same Undo/Redo buffer
- TIFF: added support for planar CMYK (8 bit)

New methods/properties

- ImageEnX: added SetHighlightedPixel method
- ImageEnX: added LayersRotateStep property
- ImageEnX: added SetViewXYSmooth method
- ImageEnX: added SmoothScrollValue property
- ImageEnX, SetMouseInteract: added "MOVINGSCROLL" value
- ImageEnX: added SelectColors1 method
- ImageEnX: added SelectColors2 method
- ImageEnX: added SelectColors3 method
- ImageEnX: added LayersRotationAntialias property
- ImageEnX: added CompareHistogramWith method
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added "EXIF_XPRating" property
- ImageEnX: SetObjectProperty/GetObjectProperty, added "FONTQUALITY" property
- ImageEnX: added ObjEnableFastDrawing property
- SetIOProperty: added "JPEG_CromaSubsampling" property
- SetIOProperty: added TIFF_GetTile property
- ImageEnX: added AutoFixRotationBorders property
- ImageEnX: added MergeSelectionFromFile method
- ImageEnX: added ZoomSelectionAspectRatio property
- ImageEnX: added MouseScrollRate property
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added BMPRAW_ChannelOrder property
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added BMPRAW_Planes property
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added BMPRAW_RowAlign property
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added BMPRAW_HeaderSize property
- ImageEnX: added LoadFromFileBMPRAW method
- ImageEnX: added SaveToFileBMPRAW method
- ImageEnX: added BitmapAllocate method
- ImageEnX: added BitmapBitAlignment property (works only for BitmapLocation is Memory)
- ImageEnX: added LayersDrawBox property
- ImageEnX: added GetThreadsCount method
- ImageEnX: added CreateImageFromSelectedArea2 method, with feather and smooth parameters
- ImageEnMultiX: added BeginSelectImages method
- ImageEnMultiX: added EndSelectImages method
- ImageEnMultiX: added ClearImageCache method
- ImageEnMultiX: added IsVisible method
- ImageEnMultiX: added PrepareSpaceFor method
- ImageEnX: added MoveContentTo2 method
- ImageEnMultiX: added FillFromDirectory3 method
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added OriginalWidth property
- ImageEnX: SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty, added OriginalHeight property
- ImageEnMultiX: added SaveToFileICO method
- ImageEnMultiX: added LoadFromFileICO method
- ImageEnX: added LayersSelectConstrains property
- ImageEnX: added BeginPostFrames method
- ImageEnX: added EndPostFrames method
- ImageEnX: added SaveUndo2 method
- ImageEnX: added SaveRedo2 method
- ImageEnMultiX: added RemoveBlankPages method
- ImageEnMultiX: added AppendImage3 method
- ImageEnMultiX: added SetImageFromFile2 with added SourceImageIndex parameter
- ImageEnMultiX: added AllowMalformedPages property

Fixed bugs

- BUG FIX: now "ROTATELAYERS" works
- BUG FIX: now preview dialog is correctly displayed under Vista
- BUG FIX: preview dialog is slow on resizing
- BUG FIX: AV when enough memory is available to allocate a large bitmap
- BUG FIX: fixed memory leak loading some RAW formats
- BUG FIX: fixed memory leak in SeparateObjects and CreatePolygonsFromSelection
- BUG FIX: fixed bug on LayersMergeAll and LayersDrawTo with negative PosX and PosY and without Crop activated
- BUG FIX: ImageEnX, fixed bug setting DisplayGrid=true
- BUG FIX: fixed memory leak saving PNG with text comments
- BUG FIX: sometime multilayer PSD cannot be handled correctly by Photoshop
- BUG FIX: fail to read alpha channel from some PNG files
- BUG FIX: fixed several bugs reading RAW formats
- BUG FIX: now polyline lines are round joined
- BUG FIX: saving GIF (with ImageEnX) doesn't work with unicode file names
- BUG FIX: fixed bug in MedianFilter
- BUG FIX: fixed bug loading DICOM, with lossless jpeg encoding
- BUG FIX: fixed bug displaying layers box and grips
- BUG FIX: fixed math rounding problems displaying multiple layers
- BUG FIX: fixed bug with Hand Scroll and multiple layers
- BUG FIX: fixed math rounding problems in Bicubic/Bilinear resampling methods
 

 

 

 

VERSION 3.0.0

 

New main features

- now image processing dialog has a "reset" button (allowing hard and soft reset)
- now it is possible to print multiple images in the same sheet
- now it is possible to load images asynchronously (in separated threads)
- now it is possible to load IPTC from DNG (using external plugin)
- added layers mouse action hints
- now it is possible to encrypt/decrypt an image (limitations for lossy file formats)
- now it is possible to rotate layers with mouse
- now selection grips can be circles (now the default) and boxes
- now image processing preview is correctly displayed at dpi different by 96
- now it is possible to log operation executed inside previews dialog
- improved CMYK->RGB and RGB->CMYK conversion using an embedded profile
- improved DICOM compatibility
- improved scrolling speed of layers with mask
- now it is possible to load URL from secure http (https://...)
- now it is possible to load URL from FTP (ftp://...)
- improved IPTC compatibility
- added three binarize algorithms (mean, median and min/max mean)
- ImageEnX: now filled and closed polygons can be selectable also inside their area
- ImageEnMultiX.GetImageFileName/SetImageFileName: now is filled for all file formats
- now ImageEnMultiX displays file icon instead of question mark for unknown files
- now border of LINELABEL objects are modificable
- now LINELABEL objects can be selected also clicking on text
- now LINELABEL objects ending position (text) can be changed without change the whole object position
- now ImageEnX.ObjAntialias is true for default
- disabled ImageEnX.ObjGraphicRender modality when gdiplus is available
- ImageEnX: now EnableAlphaChannel is true for default
- manual correction of Barrel Distortion and Pincushion distortion (lens distortion, underwater distortion)
- automatically objects detection inside an image (see help for limitations)


New methods/properties

- ImageEnX: added IPShowReset method
- ImageEnMultiX: added PrintImages method
- ImageEnX: added AsyncMode property
- ImageEnX: added AsyncRunning property
- ImageEnX: added CopyImageTo method
- ImageEnX: added CopyParamsTo method
- ImageEnX: added MoveContentTo method
- ImageEnX: added GetPreviewsLogCount method
- ImageEnX: added GetPreviewsLog method
- ImageEnX: added ObjIsVisible method
- ImageEnX: added EnableInteractionHints property
- ImageEnX: added Encrypt method
- ImageEnX: added Decrypt method
- ImageEnX: added WaitThreads method
- ImageEnX: added LayersGetRotate method
- ImageEnX: added LayersGetRotateCenterX method
- ImageEnX: added LayersGetRotateCenterY method
- ImageEnX: added LayersSetRotate method
- ImageEnX: added LayersSetRotateCenterX method
- ImageEnX: added LayersSetRotateCenterY method
- ImageEnX: added LayersFixRotations method
- ImageEnX: added LayersFixBorders method
- ImageEnX: added UseGDIPlus property
- ImageEnX: added SetLayersGripStyle method
- ImageEnX: added ObjGripShape property
- ImageEnMultiX: added MoveSelectedImagesTo method
- ImageEnMultiX: added SelectionAntialiased property
- ImageEnMultiX: added LoadIconOnUnknownFormat property
- ImageEnX: added ConvertToBWLocalThreshold method
- ImageEnX: added UseCMYKProfile property
- ImageEnX: added MaxImageEMFSize property
- added EnableAdjustOrientation property of input/output parameters
- ImageEnX: added LayersRotationFilter property
- ImageEnX.SetObjectProperty/GetObjectProperty: added "LABELBORDER" property
- ImageEnX: added ImageResize2 method
- GetMouseInteractProperty/SetMmouseInteractProperty: added "ROTATELAYERS" value
- ImageEnMultiX: added FillFromDirectory2 method
- ImageEnX: added RadialStretch method
- ImageEnX: added MedianFilter method
- ImageEnX: added WallisFilter method
- ImageEnX: added Undo2 method (with AutoRedo parameters)
- ImageEnX: added SoftCrop property
- ImageEnX: added SoftCropValue property
- ImageEnX: added CutTransparentBorder method
- ImageEnX.SetIOProperty/GetIOProperty: added "RAW_ExtraParams" property
- ImageEnX: added DrawToHDC method
- ImageEnX: added ObjBoxInnerSelectable property
- ImageEnX: added DisplayImageRect method
- ImageEnMultiX: added AppendImage2 method
- ImageEnX: added SeparateObjects method
- ImageEnX: added SeparateObjects2 method
- ImageEnX: added SeparateObjects_Action method


Fixed bugs

- BUG FIX: fixed artifacs in BumpMapping method
- BUG FIX: fixed bug loading URL in ImageEnX
- BUG FIX: fixed bug enabling multiselect and SetPresetThumbnailFrame
- BUG FIX: fixed memory leak loading DICOM
- BUG FIX: now WIA trasnfers with ImageEnMultiX fire OnProgress events
- BUG FIX: fixed memory leak reading DICOM images (lossless jpeg encoded)
- BUG FIX: fixed bug saving PSD files (sometime PSD are unreadable by Photoshop)
- BUG FIX: fixed bug in ImageEnMultiX.LoadSnapshot and SaveSnapShot
- fixed several minor bugs

 



 

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