TODO

• Cancel/Progress in Riemersma
• Allow configurable error diffusion dithering.
• Include Stevenson Arce dithering.
• GPU support

Changelog

v 3.1.0 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 3.0.2 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

v 3.0.1 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 3.0.0 29-Mar-2011

• New UI design
• Added automatic saved previews
• Added 64 bit support for Mac

v 2.4.11 02-Dec-2010

• Patch - Process escape key
• Patch - Wrong CIELab paint background.
• Patch - Crash loading user threshold when pattern file is wrong or greater than 512*512.
• Patch (Mac) - User threshold loading bug.
• Optimized preview paint

v 2.4.10 16-Nov-2010

• Patch - UI mistake in Load dialog.

v 2.14.9 16-Nov-2010

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

v 2.14.8 15-Nov-2010

• Patch - progress dialog could crash plug-in

v 2.14.7 15-Nov-2010

• Patch - Plugin could crash at start due to win32 api problem
• Patch - Image paint reworked to avoid flicker
• Changed default to error dither with Riemersma

v 2.14.6 08-Nov-2010

• Patch - Cancel button don't work in progress window
• Patch - Avoid jumps when scrolling previews.

v 2.14.5 02-Nov-2010 (uploaded 06-Nov-2010)

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

v 2.14.4 25-Oct-2010

• Patch - Crash checking version - replaced network library.
• Patch - DBS dither progress indicator reworked.
• Patch - DBS dither sometimes doesn't finish, added iteration limit.

v 2.14.3 21-Sep-2010

• Patch - Progress bar bug (windows).
• Patch - Dialog not centered (windows).
• Patch - OK Button recalculate even it is not needed

v 2.14.2 07-Sep-2010

• Patch - restored Windows 98 compatibility.

v 2.14.1 04-Sep-2010

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

v 2.14.0 27-Jul-2010

• First Mac OS X version
• Added automatic new version check

v 2.13.0 28-May-2010

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

v 2.12.3 26-May-2010

• Enable processing of 16 bit grayscale images

v 2.12.2 24-May-2010

• Internal work

v 2.12.1 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 2.12.0 02-Mar-2010

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

v 2.11.0 10-Feb-2010

• Suppressed msi and exe installers.

v 2.11.0 02-Feb-2010

• Added support for 16 bit per channel images (preview still 8 bits)
• Selection mask applied in preview

v 2.10.3 25-Jan-2010

• Patch - Right align of numbers
• Patch - Reading inexistent parameters from xml don't get default value.

v 2.10.2 25-Jan-2010

• Added tooltips to some fields.
• Added support for Chasys Draw.
• Changed calculated threshold back to spin.
• Added some guards against buggy hosts (hostsProcs, copy alpha, copy on cancel, displayPixels)

v 2.10.1 23-Jan-2010

• Added support for Vicman Photo Editor.
• Patch - Textual editing don't reset preview.
• Patch - Combo calculated threshold W and H very short in w2K style.

v 2.10.0 22-Jan-2010

• Enabled textual input of values.
• Disable user threshold radio/delete/choice when there are not user thresholds.
• Patch - Tab order corrected.
• Patch - Changed configuration directory to standard place CSIDL_APPDATA. (stored parameters/user thresholds will be lost).
• Patch - Removed close button in title bar of load threshold window.
• Patch - Threshold load should not be included in history.
• Patch - Removed userenv.dll and version.dll dependencies.

v 2.9.0 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.
• Patch - Added compatibility with Fireworks 2004 MX (with issue: always recalculate when OK pressed).
• Patch - Added compatibility with Xara X1.
• Added validation when reading stored/script parameters.

v 2.8.1 07-Jan-2010

• Patch - Progress dialog should not be resizable

v 2.8.0 05-Jan-2010

• Added support for Photoshop actions and batch operations
• Corrected bug in progress display

v 2.7.2 14-Dec-2009

• GIMP patch - failures when using selection masks.
• Preview Patch - Images smaller than preview window fails when using zoom

v 2.7.1 28-Aug-2009

• Solved bug in spin controls with editable buddy

v 2.7.0 26-Aug-2009

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

v 2.6.4 15-Aug-2009

• Solved 2 bugs in calculated thresholds.

v 2.6.3 31-Jul-2009

• Added confirm dialog to user defined threshold delete.
• Solved bug in user defined threshold.

v 2.6.2 30-Jul-2009

• Solved bug in delete of user defined dithers (don't delete).
• Synchronized preview with scrollbars.
• Changed predefined ordered dither names.

v 2.6.1 12-Jul-2009

• Solved bug. OK button don't work without preview

v 2.6.0 10-Jul-2009

• Added cancel/progress dialog.
• Avoided recalculation on OK when preview is valid.
• Memory management changes.
• Performance enhancements in DBS (time -35%).
• Changed version numbering

v 2.50 25-Jun-2009

• Preparing for MP version
• Changed installation method

v 2.49 10-Jun-2009

• Memory management patches
• Testing with PhotoPerfect/FixFoto 2.92

v 2.48 05-Jun-2009

• Change to make it work with Photobie

v 2.47 04-Jun-2009

• Patch in preview code.

v 2.46 04-Jun-2009

• UI Clean preview when configuration changes.
• UI Disable Threshold Dither/Error Dither/PostProcess controls according to check buttons.

v 2.45 27-May-2009

• Patches in preview display

v 2.44 26-May-2009

• Required memory reduced (-40% grayscale, -29% RGB color)
• Dialog closing delayed to end of processing.

v 2.43 25-May-2009

• Patched processing when there are memory allocation or advanceState failures.

v 2.42 25-May-2009

• Patch in preview

v 2.41 24-May-2009

• Changes in memory allocation

v 2.40 24-May-2009

• Added preview
• Catch memory allocation failures
• Memory and speed enhancements

v 2.30 14-May-2009

• First version as independent plugin, previously included in Quantizer
• This version allow input of grayscale images