What's New in This Release:

· NEW EFFECTS: Luminance(), ColorMap(), OverlayWithMask(), FlattenColors()
· NEW new heading for Effect Selector with popup menu for selecting effect categories
· NEW Effects/Groups Manager ( under the Window menu ), mainly makes managing Effect Groups much easier, and replaces the "Effects" preference pane
· NEW Text layers
· NEW "binary" file format reduces file size and load times, replacing the PXML format
· NEW clicking the dock icon opens Starting Points if no other windows are open
· NEW Fade In/Out animations in Project Browser and Starting Points
· NEW Hold command while choosing from menu "Open Recent" to reveal that file in the Finder
· NEW can now Duplicate all selected layers
· NEW added menu item Edit>"Special Characters" for Carbon builds
· NEW icon previews that can be viewed in the Finder
· NEW can paste file icons from the Finder ('icns' clipboard data)
· NEW export wizard can now display preview directly in the workspace
· NEW ColorsPicker control, used for Gradient effect settings
· NEW movie export can now include sound, and other layers. improved export dialog.
· NEW auto-mask type "Copy of Source"
· NEW menu item Help>Open Exports Folder
· NEW "Dual Compression" option (Advanced prefs), will try two compression methods on the image to get the best possible compression
· NEW Export: added "Clipboard" as export option
· NEW Menu Shortcut editor (in Preferences window)
· NEW Preferences window now changes settings Live, no more Cancel/OK buttons
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· UPD EFFECTS: InvertBrightness, Compare, Sharpen, Saturation, Resize, Rotate, ScalePicture
· UPD effect Resize() has a new mode: kResizeModeFastest, if you need downsampling that's as fast as possible without worrying about quality
· UPD performance improvement when loading multiple layers with the exact same source image
· UPD project browser: "live" updates as you save projects, and info column is more thorough
· UPD now QuickLoad only caches layers that take more than 1/6th a second to render
· UPD significant performance improvement to drag-selection in workspace
· UPD improvements to Project Browser interface, info pane now highlights fields which match the search term
· UPD rendering engine: reduced memory usage when zooming, optimized performance
· UPD effects control order is now top to bottom (first-last) instead of bottom to top (last-first)
· UPD reduced overhead when dragging layers
· UPD reduced overhead when resizing Project Control window
· UPD effect selector mini-preview is smarter about image placement
· UPD improved VMP performance by removing purging functionality, removed "Memory Manager" preferences
· UPD RulerVisible/GuidelinesVisible are remembered globally and are no longer stored in project files
· UPD improved scrollwheel support, much faster per "step" now
· UPD optimized ruler drawing, much better performance with huge resolution projects
· UPD switched several dialog windows to be sheets on MacOS X
· UPD "JumpStep" effects renamed to "StepThrow" and "StepCatch"
· UPD improved handling of movie layers in the Layer Editor dialog
· UPD "Effects Groups" folder is now stored in the main Pictures/ImagePlay/ directory as "Groups", it will automatically be moved for the user
· UPD Exports folder cleanup is now threaded, no more pausing during startup while it does its work
· UPD Enabling/Disabling multiple layers at once is now MUCH more efficient (try it with 300+ layers and you'll really notice)
· UPD tweaked the behavior of the Zoom In/Out menu items to use more sensible steps
· UPD (OSX) Control Board toolbar widget now toggles the effect selector visibility instead of the pseudo-toolbar
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· FIX EFFECTS: Spotty
· FIX (Win32/OS9) various glitches if QuickTime wasn't installed
· FIX various glitches when applying an Effect Group to a layer
· FIX "live preview" problems with effects: Glow, Sharpen
· FIX crash on startup if "Open File Dialog" was set as the startup action
· FIX NilObject if winProject had focus, arrow keys were pressed, and no layer was selected
· FIX various glitches related to the QuickLoad feature
· FIX layer preview (in layer list) didn't check for Post effects when rendering the mask
· FIX several fatal errors which prevented running under MacOS 8.6
· FIX Project workspace, Project Browser: proportional scroll bar thumbs now calculate correctly
· FIX now prevents the user from removing "inherent" layer effects as there was no easy way to add them back
· FIX OpenDocument events at application startup are no longer over-ridden by the Startup Action
· FIX several issues with saving/exporting a project causing the rulers/buffer to draw incorrectly
· FIX Project.SaveCount was being reset during each session
· FIX several menus which toggle windows (Project Browser, Starting Point, etc) have been changed to bring their windows to the front if they are already open, and only close the window if it is in front
· FIX toggling visibility of the effects selector was resetting its height... [ read full changelog ]