Ximagic Denoiser (Changelog)

Optimization of DCT algorithm (Windows -15% time, OSX -20% time)
Win- Added support for high DPI monitors on DPI-aware hosts (like Photoshop)
Fixed "not enough memory" bug when processing very large images
Win- Fixed crash when calling different Ximagic plug-ins in the same host session
Updated compilers and external libraries
Mac- Minimum OS X version is now 10.7 (Lion)

v 4.8.1 08-Dec-2012

Win- Fixed v 4.8.0 doesn't work on windows XP (due to InitializeCriticalSectionEx).

v 4.8.0 05-Dec-2012

NLM processing time decreased by 30% to 50% depending on machine characteristics. The decrease is greater (40% to 60%) in the 32 bit OSX version due to a compiler bug which affected previous versions.
DCT processing time decreased by 30% to 40% depending on machine characteristics.
Updated all the external libraries

v 4.7.3 04-Nov-2012

Fixed bug in version check. Versions 4.7.0 to 4.7.2 doesn't show new version notifications.

v 4.7.2 01-Nov-2012

Fixed bug in log code

v 4.7.1 31-Oct-2012

Mac- Fixed bug in UI code

v 4.7.0 30-Oct-2012

Changed licence to shareware
Reduced memory usage in NLM enhanced
Fixed bug in images with size > 30.000
Changed low memory switch. Now all methods excluding DWT/CWT and Anisotropic works with low memory requirements.
Decreased communication with server
Win- patched UI code

v 4.6.5 03-Sep-2012

Fixed bug in multi-thread control.
Win- Avoid crashes when there are unexpected exceptions in UI code.

v 4.6.4 13-Aug-2012

Win- Fixed GDI leak. The plgug-ins could crash if used more than 50 times (more or less) in the same host session
Win- Fixed bug in progress window. The plug-in could freeze if the progress window is moved when the calculation finish.
Win- Fixed modal behavoir. Fix some problems in PSPI.
Changes in log

v 4.6.3 29-Jul-2012

Log size decreased
Win- Close gracefully when there are GDI errors.
Win- Remove some log sends.

v 4.6.2 26-Jul-2012

Bug fixes.
Changes to the log.
Changes to the SystemInfo.

v 4.6.1 18-Jul-2012

Fix for PS 5 and PixBuilder

v 4.6.0 17-Jul-2012

Added embedded ICC profile support.
Partial saved previews automatically positioned.
Data added to System Information
Log changes
Win- Fixed crash when sending log before About window
Win- Fixed potential freeze due to focus issue.
Win- Fixed bug when closing with ALT+F4 or CRTL-Int
Win- Changes in SystemInfo/CheckMemory window
Win- Internal loop changes.
Mac- Fixed warning "unexpected condition preview 2"

v 4.5.6 24-Jun-2012

Internal change which reduces calculation times, amount varies for each plugin/method and image size
Updated threading library.
Somes fixes in System Info (time & address win).
Win - Fixed bug in progress control with could crash the plug-in.
Win - guarded multiprocessed code against exceptions.
Win - Tested with PixBuilder.

v 4.5.5 08-Jun-2012

Fixed performance bug in DCT, 15% increase in processing time.
Win- Saved previews bugs. Doesn't update when using up or down keys. Doesn't scroll when selected line is not visible.
Mac- Saved previews bug. Doesn't scroll when selected line is not visible.
Win- Log two exceptions not included in log.

v 4.5.4 05-Jun-2012

Fixed two small memory leaks in low memory DWT and CWT

v 4.5.3 05-Jun-2012

Decreased memory requirement for low memory DWT/CWT around 12%
Check memory - fixed calculations for DWT/CWT in low memory mode. Added NLM Enhanced. Result can now can be copied.
Fixed bug in DWT/CWT when 2nd o 3rd channel are not processed.
System info - Fixed modality, removed ocl and free memory when not reported.

v 4.5.2 01-Jun-2012

Fixed bug which could freeze of plug-in host after a "not enough memory" message.
Fixed bug which could crash plug-in when sending log.
Win- Added option to copy log to clipboard before sending it.
Win- Recovered OK button in About window.
Win- Buttons on some dialogs changed to display english text instead of local.

v 4.5.1 29-May-2012

Fixed bug in new memory management. This bug makes DCT method crash.

v 4.5.0 29-May-2012

New low memory mode for DWT and CWT decreases 30-40% memory required
Changed memory management to be able to use host and os memory.
Added post log submit when not enough memory

v 4.4.1 13-May-2012

Win- Disabled multithreading in systems without SSE2 support. Speed up processing and solves crash in non SSE machines.
Win- Modify log to take into account simultaneous execution in several processes.
Mac- Solved freeze when the application becomes non-active during processing.
Mac- Tentative solution for crash when opening the plug-in.
Win/Mac- Changed "low memory mode" default to true. The advantages of large memory mode (processing time 3% smaller at best) doesn't justify the disadvantages (processing time could be very large and could even don't work at all if memory is not enough).

v 4.4.0 05-May-2012

Added System info button, to be used for user support
Leak hunting. Several memory leaks found and solved
Mac - Deep internal rework

v 4.3.1 12-Apr-2012

Guard against comm related errors.

v 4.3.0 11-Apr-2012

Added post log submit if something goes wrong.
Win- Patch- Avoid dialog box without parent.

v 4.2.5 02-Apr-2012

Win- Patch- Fixed crashes due to UI internals bugs.

v 4.2.4 28-Mar-2012

Anisotropic - Corrected wrong progress indicator and added cancel support.

v 4.2.3 26-Mar-2012

Patch - Crash or freeze when used with processors without SSE2 support (restored compatiblity, lost on v 4.2.0)
(AMD Athlon/Duron/Sempron or Intel Pentium III)
Win - Tested on Photo-Brush, Image Explorer Pro, QFX/LE, Digital Darkroom, PhotoFiltre + PhotoshopFilter and Artweaver Plus.
Win - Patch- Solved crash in PhotoshopFilter (allocation).
Win - Slightly modified XP UI

v 4.2.2 17-Mar-2012

Win - Updated compiler. Performance enhancements, particularly in 64 bit
For instance NLM denoise time down 15% on 64
Now the minimum required version of windows is XP SP2
Win - Added PicMaster and Focus PhotoEditor to the compatibility list
Win - Patch - Internal UI loop issue.
Win - Patch - Revised crash guards
Win - Patch - Tooltip issue.

v 4.2.1 08-Mar-2012

Win- Patch - Assertion error messages when zooming.
Win- Patch - Repeated RegisterClass error messages.
Mac- Updated compiler (3.1)

v 4.2.0 28-Feb-2012

Win/Mac- Patch- Solved issue with floating selections in PS
Win/Mac- Multithreading library updated.
Mac- Huge performance enhancements in some algorithms.
For instance NLM denoise elapsed time down to 50% of previous (32 bit 60% 64 bit 45%)
Mac- Patch- Solved problems in Mac 10.7 (Lion)
Mac- Patch- Wrong output in "show processing time"
Mac- Patch- Crash guards don't work as expected
Mac- Compiler changed.
Mac- Minimum OS X version is now 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Win- Patch- Crash guards don't work as expected
Win- Added internal CUDA test.
Win- Solved crashes (reported by users)

v 4.1.0 28-Apr-2011

Added smart filter support (CS3/CS4/CS5)
Win- Patch- Editing numeric text field doesn't update associated updown control
Win- Patch- Crash when closing the plug-in, using OK or Cancel, detected on several editors (PS CS5, GIMP, ...)

v 4.0.2 19-Apr-2011

Win- Patch- Crash when closing the plug-in, if a progress bar appears after hitting OK. (detected on PS CS3 + XP)
Win- Patch- Disable plug-in window when opening a child window (f.i. progress bar)
Win- Patch- Disable double click on title bar
Win- Patch- Catch plug-in errors and avoid host crash whenever possible
Mac- Patch- Denoiser crash when using OK with partial preview visible

v 4.0.1 11-Apr-2011

Win- Use XP style for UI even if the plug-in host don't use it (f.i. GIMP)
Win- Patch - Error in preview paint which could crash the plug-in
Win- Tested with new hosts Paint.NET, NiGulp, RealWorld Paint.COM, ImageN.
Win- Patch - Plug-ins without product version crash(f.i. Magix Photo Designer)
Win- Patch - Workaround for bug in Magix PhotoDesigner when used with a selection mask
Mac- Patch - Page scroll don't work as expected where smooth scroll is active

v 4.0.0 29-Mar-2011

New UI design
Added automatic saved previews
Added 64 bit support for Mac
Added Color Denoise option. Usable for color channel recovery

v 3.2.11 02-Dec-2010

Patch - Process escape key
Patch - Crash when using partial preview with image smaller than preview.
Patch - Wrong CIELab paint background.
Optimized preview paint

v 3.2.10 16-Nov-2010

Patch - bug in partial preview
Tested with PhotoFiltre Studio X, Helicon Filter

v 3.2.9 15-Nov-2010

Patch - progress dialog could crash plug-in

v 3.2.8 15-Nov-2010

Patch - Check memory window don't show method name
Patch - Plugin could crash at start due to win32 api problem
Patch - Image paint reworked to avoid flicker
CIELab enabled again after flicker problem resolved

v 3.2.7 08-Nov-2010

Patch - Cancel button don't work in progress window
Patch - Avoid jumps when scrolling previews.
Removed CIELab mode for RGB images.

v 3.2.6 02-Nov-2010

Patch - bug in spin controls (win32)
Patch - bug in image repaint (win32)
Reduced image repaint times

v 3.2.5 25-Oct-2010

Patch - Crash checking version - replaced network library.

v 3.2.4 21-Sep-2010

Patch - Progress bar bug (windows).
Patch - Dialog not centered (windows).
Moved view processing time check (windows).

v 3.2.3 07-Sep-2010

Patch - restored Windows 98 compatibility.

v 3.2.2 04-Sep-2010

Patch - restored Windows 2000 compatibility.
Patch - modified Mac version check

v 3.2.1 27-Jul-2010

Reworked Mac user interface
Modified version check to avoid long wait times
Internal changes

v 3.2.0 12-Jul-2010

First Mac OS X version
Added automatic check for newer versions
Patch - NLM. The result could be wrong due to uninitialized data.
Patch - DCT. The result could be wrong due to uninitialized data.
Changed "Blend outliers only" option to "Preserve noise"

v 3.1.2 15-Jun-2010

Patch - bug in Lab/Grayscale image mode.

v 3.1.1 31-May-2010

Patch - Apply to channel 1 must be enabled when processing grayscale.

v 3.1.0 28-May-2010

Enable processing of Lab images (8/16 bits).
Added input colorspace to UI

v 3.0.2 26-May-2010

Enable processing of GrayScale images (8/16 bits).
Patch - Partial preview crash when using zoom != 1 near bottom/right edges.

v 3.0.1 24-May-2010

Patch - MP version crash on 32 bits processors without SSE2 (Intel P II or older and all AMD).
Patch - Window layout

v 3.0.0 24-May-2010

Added partial preview (Results for Wavelets and Anisotropic are approximate)
Added SSE support for DCT (processing time down to -30%)
Added SSE support for NLM (processing time down to -50%)
Reduced memory requirements
Added low memory mode
Added memory check button
Updated ITK
Updated TBB

v 2.10.2 14-Apr-2010

Patch - return to compatibility with windows 2K (from v 2.12.0)
Patch - 64 bit version loading problems on Photoshop CS4 64 (from v 2.12.0)

v 2.10.1 03-Mar-2010

Resized dialog window

v 2.10.0 02-Mar-2010

Added version for 64-bit plugin hosts (Photoshop CS4-64 and compatibles).

v 2.9.0 13-Feb-2010

Changed multi processor library from OpenMP to TBB. Performs better on loaded systems.
Suppressed msi and exe installers.

v 2.8.2 12-Feb-2010

Patch - NLM performance bug (from v 2.8.0).
Patch - NLM algorithm.

v 2.8.1 10-Feb-2010

Changed default colorspace to YCbCr.
Set channel check/radio buttons description according to selected colorspace.
Small internal changes in DCT and NLM processing.

v 2.8.0 02-Feb-2010

Added support for 16 bit per channel images (preview still 8 bits)
Selection mask applied in preview
Reduced memory usage (5% ->)

v 2.7.1 25-Jan-2010

Enabled textual input of values.
Added ranges to tool tips.
Added support for Vicman Photo Editor.
Added support for Chasys Draw.
Added some guards against buggy hosts (hostsProcs, copy alpha, copy on cancel, displayPixels)
Patch - Tab order corrected.
Patch - Changed configuration directory to standard place CSIDL_APPDATA. (stored parameters/user thresholds will be lost).
Patch - Reading inexistent parameters from xml don't get default value.
Patch - Blend outliers is not stored/applied in batch.
Patch - Removed userenv.dll and version.dll dependencies.

v 2.7.0 13-Jan-2010

Parameter storage moved from windows registry to xml file. (stored parameters/user thresholds will be lost).
Added compatibility with windows 95/98/ME.
Added validation when reading stored/script parameters.
Patch - channel processing is not stored/applied in batch.

v 2.6.3 12-Jan-2010

Patch - Added compatibility with Fireworks 2004 MX (with issue: always recalculate when OK pressed).
Patch - Added compatibility with Xara X1.

v 2.6.2 07-Jan-2010

Patch - Progress dialog should not be resizable

v 2.6.1 05-Jan-2010

Patch. CWT always apply filter to all channels. (from v 2.5.3)
Patch. Wavelets mode parameter not stored between calls. (from v 2.6.0)

v 2.6.0 04-Jan-2010

Added support for Photoshop actions and batch operations

v 2.5.3 29-Dec-2009

CWT Memory requirements -33%.
CWT progress patch.
Tested up to 4896 x 3264 image (Canon 16.1 MP). Previous versions was tested up to 4288 x 2848 (Nikon 12.3 MP)

v 2.5.2 11-Dec-2009

GIMP patch - failures when using selection masks.
Small change in CIELab conversion

v 2.5.1 23-Nov-2009

Added CIELab color space
NLM scale * 10 and smaller step, to give finer control
Patch to enhanced NLM, sometimes give wrong pixels
NLM tool tips
Preview Patch 1 - Change to color space when showing only original and with a component selected don't refresh the preview
Preview Patch 2 - Images smaller than preview window fails when using zoom
Small reduction in CWT memory requirements

v 2.5.0 10-Nov-2009

Removed tri-state median
Merged gauss and bilateral
Added enhanced NLM and conservative option
Added blend outliers option
Started work on tile processing

v 2.4.0 16-Oct-2009

Added Center Weighted (CWM) and Tri-State (TSM) median filters.
NLM processing time -4%

v 2.3.1 28-Aug-2009

Preview button enable/disable

v 2.3.0 25-Aug-2009

Added preview zoom
Added view reset button
Solved bug in spin controls (wrong value after arrow change)
Solved bug in reset parameters (in scroll bars)

v 2.2.1 19-Aug-2009

NLM processing time -20%
DWT Q3 processing time -10% (Q2 -9%, Q1 -7%, CWT -3%)
Processing times for 2848 x 4288 image = 12 MP (Q6660 4 cores 3,2 MHz)

Method MP Time sec

NLM 69

DWT Q3 69

DCT 68

An Diff 37

DWT Q2 19

Bilateral 8

DWT Q1 7

CWT 7

v 2.2.0 13-Aug-2009

NLM Processing time -45%
DWT Added Bayes Shrink

v 2.1.2 30-Jul-2009

Preview window synchronized with scrollbars
NLM processing time -5%.

v 2.1.1 28-Jul-2009

Added new option to get total processing time
Solved bug in CWT soft threshold (blur too low)
DCT Progress indicator changed to 1 step

v 2.1.0 27-Jul-2009

Wavelets reworked, two versions DWT (overcomplete) and CWT (complex)
DWT with quality 1 approximately equal to the previous method
Added MP support to wavelets
Changed parameter layout
Added tool tips to parameters

v 2.0.2 15-Jul-2009

Changed NLM max learn radius to 16
Changed DCT max radius to 16
Changed wavelet min threshold to 200
Changed default YCbCr to yes
Changed NLM default sigma to 2
Small patch for MP in DCT
Reworked samples and added some comments. Added twilight sample.
Slightly reworked usage page

v 2.0.1 10-Jul-2009

Solved bug in NLM (black-RGB or green-YCbCr points).
Solved bug in progress bar.
Changed version numbering.

v 2.00 25-Jun-2009

First MP version (for multicore, multiprocessor or hyperthreads) All algorithms excluding Anisotropic diffusion which is already multiprocessing and wavelets.
Changed installation method

v 1.91 23-Jun-2009

Patch in reset parameters (wavelets)

v 1.90 22-Jun-2009

NLM Enhancements (time -40%, memory -40%)
Bilateral Enhancements (time -20%, memory -40%)
DCT Enhancements (time -25%)
Added Anisotropic progress information

v 1.80 14-Jun-2009

Added progress indicator and process cancel
Smaller memory requirements for wavelets
Avoid recalculation on OK button when applicable

v 1.73 10-Jun-2009

Memory management enhancements and patching
Testing with PhotoPerfect/FixFoto 2.92

v 1.72 05-Jun-2009

Change to make it work with Photobie

v 1.71 04-Jun-2009

Patch in preview code.

v 1.70 02-Jun-2009

Added soft threshold option to wavelet
Changed wavelet transform
DCT performance enhancement (-30% time)
Changed UI, now preview becomes blank when a parameter is changed

v 1.60 29-May-2009

Added channel view selection
Added equalized noise preview

v 1.51 27-May-2009

Patches in preview display

v 1.50 27-May-2009

Added preview
Catch memory allocation failures
Dialog closing delayed to end of processing.

v 1.41 07-May-2009

Solved bug in channel processing

v 1.40 07-May-2009

Added Gauss method
Added channel selection

v 1.32 23-April-2009

Patched alpha channels process

v 1.31 23-April-2009

Corrected valid image modes.

v 1.30 21-April-2009

Changes in UI

v 1.20 20-April-2009

Added DCT method.

v 1.12 10-Mar-2009

Solved registry bug in windows 2000/XP .

v 1.11 10-Mar-2009

Enabled storing parameters in GIMP.

v 1.10 09-Mar-2009

Parameters stored in windows registry instead of Photoshop registry.

v 1.01 24-Feb-2009

Remove dependency from MSVCRT90

v 1.00 16-Feb-2009

Initial version.