Fhotoroom HDR Changelog

What's new in Fhotoroom HDR 3.0.4

Dec 5, 2011
  • Tilt & Shift Miniatures:
  • Create subjectively pleasing out-of-focus areas as you would with specialized lenses using the Tilt & Shift Miniatures filter. Apply this filter selection to your subject and choose a style to create your desired depth of field
  • Vignette:
  • The Vignette filter allows you to create and adjust the clarity towards the corner and sides of an image, resulting in a stunning effect which can enhance and highlight a desired subject area
  • Vintage Magazine Vogue Look:
  • Give your images the timeless quality and create lasting memories by using the Vintage Magazine Vogue Look filter. You can apply a choice of colors to highlights and shadows and select one of many preset frames to create your final aged masterpiece
  • Club Lights & Bokeh:
  • Use the Club Lights & Bokeh filter to generate vibrant and dramatic visual effects. This filter utilizes preset shapes, patterns and color combinations to create spectacular reflections and light sources
  • 6x Faster:
  • In addition to extending the usage of SSE and Multi Processor technology, every single filter and process under went a review to ensure that it was optimized as much as possible. As a result, some functions are more than 6X faster than previous versions with an average performance increase of 3-4X across the board
  • Non-Destructive Photo Sharing:
  • Easily share your photos with your friends, family or the world here or on your social network like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Tumblr with a single click
  • With non-destructive photo sharing, your original files are never altered making Fhotoroom the only place you can share your RAW files just as easily and safely as your JPG's. Fhotoroom does all the work to generate previews of your RAW photos just as beautiful as you would on your computer rather than just putting them in a vault never to be seen again. Free 5GB of Online Non-Destructive Photo Storage for 2 years
  • Digital Camera RAW Support:
  • Fhotoroom HDR supports +18 digital raw files formats and over 400 digital cameras. RAW conversion is completely integrated into the core of Fhotoroom HDR, making workflows faster and provides photographers with all the same tools that would be used with JPG editing, but work directly with the RAW data
  • High Dynamic Range Technology:
  • The entire HDR workflow has been completely overhauled for faster performance, 40% less memory, easier use and the addition of several new features. During the HDR creation process, files are loaded and created faster and setting preferences are saved for reuse
  • Fhotoroom HDR has 2 automatic algorithms and 1 manual image alignment methods to ensure that regardless of the shooting conditions Fhotoroom HDR will be able to align any photo set. In addition, this new version introduces our new Semi Manual and Automatic Ghost Removal technology, which helps to remove moving objects, trees and people in photo sets
  • The final step in the HDR workflow is tone mapping, and Fhotoroom HDR has now merged the Natural and Dramatic tone mapping operators into a highly optimized single tone mapping operator that transitions between each other, as well we added the ability to save settings with final file output, which can then be reloaded at anytime

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.9.7b (May 16, 2011)

  • Fixes several bugs, with colors, and hdr creation.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.9.0 RC 3 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • Support for 370 digital cameras

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.8.0 (Oct 29, 2009)

  • Performance, Stability, New Color Matching System, New Filters and Faster Workflows

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.8 Beta (Sep 19, 2009)

  • This latest release of Artizen brings HDR, RAW and image editing in general to a new level of Speed, Stability and Functionality with the introduction of new Technologies such as our new Color Matching System and Mutli Processing.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.7.4 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • Extended Auto Alignment pixel range to 72 pixels.
  • Added Auto Noise Reduction Option to HDR creation workflow.
  • Update Natural and Dramatic Tone Mapping operators for sharper, faster and more memory efficent results.
  • Added a Rotate option to HDR creation workflow.
  • Added RGB pixel values during the Tone Mapping process.
  • Updated Digital Camera RAW converter to support more cameras.
  • Fixed Arbitrary Rotate filter to support 12MP images and larger.
  • Fixed White Balance of EOS 40D and D300 digital cameras.
  • Fixed Undo bug when creating large HDR files.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.7.3 (Feb 19, 2009)

  • Updated Unsharpen Mask filter to now support both RGB and Lab Luminosity. When working with Lab Luminosity it prevents color shifting and ensures only is sharpened.
  • Boosted Performance of Unsharpen Mask as well as reduced memory foot print.
  • Decimal level support for Radius values in Unsharpen Mask filter.
  • Fixed color shifting of Unsharpen Mask filter when in RGB mode.
  • Reduced Memory of Vignette Filter.
  • Reduced Memory of Orton Filter.
  • Boosted Performance of Gaussian Blur
  • Fine tuned Auto Alignment algorithm when generating HDR files.
  • Increased the upper limit of Vibrance option in Color Balance Filter.
  • Updated Display, Natural and Dramatic tone mapping operator for faster preview updates.
  • Updated HDR Batch Processing.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.7.2 (Feb 19, 2009)

  • Updated Unsharpen Mask filter for better performance and the addition of common options such as Amount, Radius and Threshold.
  • Unsharpen Mask filter now remember your last settings.
  • Fixed fatal bug in layer manager when working with layers that the width is great than height.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.7.1 (Feb 4, 2009)

  • Updated Cursor when using the Crop Tool for better visual hints.
  • Drag and Drop Multiple files to generate an HDR file.
  • Updated Layer Manager for a more modern look.
  • Fixed Orton bug Run time error '76', Path not found.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.36 (May 10, 2008)

  • Faster and more memory efficient loading of JPG, EMF, RLE, GIF, TIF and BMP file formats. 50% reduced memory usage and upto 5x faster file loading.
  • Faster and more memory efficient loading of NEF, DNG, CR2, CRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, SRF, DCR, KDC, MRW and ARW file formats. 50% reduced memory usage and upto 2.5x faster file loading.
  • Faster and more memory efficient loading of OpenEXR and HDR file formats. 50% reduced memory usage and upto 5x faster file loading.
  • Fixed JPG Exif writing which was not readable with several apps.
  • New Auto Alignment functionality.
  • Extended support for generating HDR file of greater than 6000x6000 pixel images.
  • Boosted Performance and Reduced Memory usage of the HDR creations workflow.
  • Fixed color balance issue when loading Canon PowerShot G9 RAW files.
  • Faster more Memory efficient Cropping Filter.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.34 (Apr 16, 2008)

  • Vista SP1 support and testing.
  • Addressed several XP and Vista specific issues.
  • Fixed memory leak in HDR creation process and working with OpenEXR files.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.32 (Apr 4, 2008)

  • Fixed Rigid Lasso bugs.
  • Added wireframe during creation of regional tools when outside of image area.
  • Fixed right click to show menu when in regional selection mode.
  • Update Digital RAW support.
  • Updated minor UI bug, Tools alignment, HDR Creation histograms.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.31 (Mar 31, 2008)

  • Added Show/Hide option for Regional Selections.
  • Added Show/Hide option for Regional Selection Handles.
  • Regional options are now loaded and saved when Artizen is opened and closed.
  • Regional Selection are now shown outside of the Image area.
  • User can create/edit Regional Selections outside of the Image area.
  • Added Double Buffer to Histogram in HDR Tone Mapping window to eliminate flickering when adjust Levels options.
  • Fixed Rigid Lasso regional tool bug.
  • User can now adjust and correct coordinate and Radius Regional options while in Filter mode.
  • Several minor UI updates and fixes.
  • Full SSE2 support has now been added to Artizen. Only Pentium 4 and Athlon processors with SSE2 are now supported. This update gives a 20 - 40% performance increase on each processor Core.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.29 (Mar 20, 2008)

  • Added new Anti Alias method of drawing regional areas to screen.
  • New ability to edit points and position using any of the regional tools rather than the hand tool.
  • Cursor updates when over points and when inside a region.
  • New Blur Radius Mask routine.
  • Fixed fatal bug in Histograms, Main Right Panel, Levels, and HDR Tone Mapping.
  • Corrected dozens of UI control's colors in Vista, where control color doesn't match background.
  • Reduced Vignette memory usage.
  • Core clean up for reduced memory usage.
  • Faster screen painting routine.
  • Rotate 90 degrees counter and clockwise routines now use less memory and run more than 20% faster.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.27 (Feb 26, 2008)

  • Added Black & White Point functions to Exposure Filter.
  • New Gaussian Blur Algorithm, significant performance enhancement and better quality.
  • Updated Levels filter for faster performance.
  • Updated Aged Photo filter for faster performance.
  • Implemented Regional tools enhancement Phase 2 of 4. This update affects Levels, Exposure, Color Balance, Curves, Halftones, Emboss, Custom Diffuse, Bilateral Filter, Blurring, Circular Waves, Gaussian, Noise Reduction, Orton, Pinch, Pixel Lining, Replace Color, Spectacular, Swirl, Twirl, Unsharpen Mask and Waves Filters.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.26 (Feb 22, 2008)

  • Updated Curves Filter to support Saving and Loading Settings.
  • Fixed Cancel bug on the Insert Image Layer menu option.
  • Enabled Duplicate Layer menu option to work with the Canvas.
  • Fixed unselecting Auto Alignment option during HDR creation process.
  • Reduced Memory footprint of Artizen.
  • Fixed Undo to Original menu option.
  • Optimized Gradient functions.
  • Fixed Gradient bug when working with Transparency and Regional Tools.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.20 (Jan 31, 2008)

  • Bug fix update.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.12 (Dec 4, 2007)

  • Updated each tone mapping operator for easier use and better results.
  • Updated each tone mapping operator for better performance.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.10 (Nov 22, 2007)

  • Updated Livewire to resolved version verification when trying to update Artizen. (This requires a full install)
  • Updated Display Tone Mapping Operator for faster results.
  • Updated Cipher Tone Mapping Operator for better performance ranging from 200% on small images to over 1400% faster on 4000x4000 pixel images and larger.
  • Added "Auto Contrast", "Auto Saturation" and "Auto Noise Reduction" to the Camera RAW importing.
  • Boosted overall tone mapping processing for all tone mapping operators.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.8 (Nov 1, 2007)

  • Introduced the new "Display" tone mapping operator to replace Linear, Exponential, Mean Value, and Dynamic Max Linear.
  • Updated Lock05, Lock06 and Fattal tone mapping operators.
  • Added new Merging Algorithms.
  • Added the ability to export aligned cropped images in Tiff file format with metadata preserved.
  • Added Level tool to the Tone Mapping Process.
  • Added Zoom In and Out options to all Filters.
  • Core updates.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.6 (Aug 17, 2007)

  • Fixed Digital Camera RAW support under XP and Vista.
  • Updated Lock05 for better counter images size dependent operations so preview better matches very large HDR files (>4096x4096).
  • Updated Lock05 Luminosity option for larger range control.
  • Several Minor bug fixes.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.6 (Aug 17, 2007)

  • Fixed Digital Camera RAW support under XP and Vista.
  • Updated Lock05 for better counter images size dependent operations so preview better matches very large HDR files (>4096x4096).
  • Updated Lock05 Luminosity option for larger range control.
  • Several Minor bug fixes

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.5 (Aug 14, 2007)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support for OpenEXR, Core performance boosting and 11 Tone Mapping Operators

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.3 (Jul 4, 2007)

  • Dozens of UI Enhancements
  • New Response Curve Merging Algorithm with Advanced and Linear options.
  • Added Default option to Tone Mapping Preview so users can decide when they want reset their default settings.
  • Faster Crop Preview function.
  • Added Auto Load Image option so that when users want to just change a setting they don't need to wait for loading the image into the preview.
  • Update 8 and 16it filter for maximum performance. Below is a small list of some of the updated filters. Brightness / Gamma / Levels (complete overhaul to work the same as Photoshop) / RBG / CMYK / LCC / Contrast / Sphere Reflection / fstop / Xposure / Temperature / Master / Variations
  • Extended Panoramic Tone Mapping option for smoother results.
  • Enhanced RAW Importer
  • Fixed Vertical Flip Filter.
  • Fixed insufficient memory issue, but only deal with

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.5.2 (Jun 3, 2007)

  • Updated Fattal luminosity and saturation.
  • Updated Lock05 luminosity and saturation and performance.
  • Updated Lock06 luminosity and saturation and performance.
  • Updated Photoreceptor luminosity and saturation.
  • Updated Schlick luminosity and saturation and performance.
  • Fixed fatal bug when working with HDR Histogram.
  • Updated main Histogram for black background and colored graphs

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.4.17 (Mar 24, 2007)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support for OpenEXR, Core performance boosting and 11 Tone Mapping Operators

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.4.0 (Sep 22, 2006)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support for OpenEXR, Core performance boosting and 17 Tone Mapping Operators

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.3.903 (Jul 27, 2006)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support and several new features, Exif, IPTC, and GPS metadata support.

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.3.900 (Jul 17, 2006)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support and sveral new features, Exif, IPTC, and GPS metadata support

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.3.900 (May 9, 2006)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support and sveral new features, Exif, IPTC, and GPS metadata support

New in Fhotoroom HDR 2.3.896 (Mar 4, 2006)

  • Full 8/16/32bit support and sveral new features