· Rewritten color quantization algorithm (PNG, GIF): PNG8 palette semi-transparency support / More accurate color conversion / Noticeably improved quality of dithering
· Added rotation by an arbitrary angle.
· Improved gradual blending effect in Add Border command.
· Updated documentation.
· Some minor GUI fixes.
· Added basic support for ICC color profiles. Images with embedded profiles are now color-corrected on-the-fly when displayed in JPEG Imager. The display profile (if available for your monitor) is ignored by default. You can enable it in the "Color Management" dialog box that now can be found on the View menu.
· Internal: Added support for hyper-threading and multi-core processors. Some of per-pixel image operations can be transparently distributed between logical processor "cores" available in the system.
· Major performance improvements for all operations utilizing image filtering (convolution): Gaussian Blur, Resample etc.
· Added initial support for importing various bitmapped image file formats: including TIFF, PSD, TGA, DDS, MNG, etc.
· Now, semi-transparent images are always shown alpha-blended with a chessboard pattern used as a background. When you work with the Transparency tool you can choose to view the image over a checkered or solid color background.
· Improved zoom: scaled down images are filtered to reduce aliasing artifacts (such as jagging, moire and the like).
· Fixed a bug with the "Levels" tool that caused alpha-channel corruption.
· Fixed a shameful bug in the "Text Overlay" tool, where the font selection button was not working.
· Updated PNG supporting library (various bug fixes).
