Harry's Filters Changelog

What's new in Harry's Filters 4.10c

Oct 24, 2017
  • Scrolling the preview with a maximized window on a 4K screen now works fluently. It also works faster on Full HD screens.
  • Affinity Photo Fix:
  • Bug Fix:
  • When opening the maximized plugin window for the second time, the controls do not vanish anymore.
  • Plugin Installer:
  • Support for Paint Shop Pro 2018
  • Support for Corel Draw & Photo-Paint 2017
  • Fixed support for Corel Draw & Photo-Paint X5 and older
  • The Add Folder button now asks if you want to install the 64-bit versions of the plugins in the new folder. Previously the 32-bit plugins were automatically installed in the new folder.

New in Harry's Filters 4.10 (Sep 6, 2017)

  • Images are now processed tile by tile which requires less memory and allows processing images that occupy more than 2 GB RAM. But tile processing is not used if one the following effects is applied: All Warp effects, Noisy Blur, Quadrant Flip, Streamer, Zoom, Flame Generator
  • "The Plugin Site" sub menu does not appear at the top of the Filter menu anymore, because the leading space character was removed.
  • After the dialog was displayed, you can now press the Enter key to immediatelly apply the effect.
  • Bug Fix: No more flickering when the plugin dialog is displayed
  • Bug Fix: In Affinity Photo and Serif PhotoPlus the controls are not messed up anymore when running it a second time after clicking Cancel.
  • Bug Fix: No more strange combo box colors in IrfanView, Affinity Photo and other applications that do not support visual styles.

New in Harry's Filters 4.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • 64-bit version included
  • Resizable window with visual styles.
  • Speed improvements:
  • 2.5 times faster: Patterns>Rasperry
  • 1.75 times faster: Nature>Flame, Nature>Tornado
  • 1.5 times faster: Patterns>70s Pop, Color>Mood
  • 1.25 times faster: Patterns>Random Art, Patterns>Radial Sinality, Color>Color Wizard
  • Improved compatibility with some applications, e.g. preview scrolling now works in SignLab and Image Analyzer.
  • Data Execution Protection (DEP) does not keep Harrys Filters from working anymore.
  • More precise rendering time measurement
  • To avoids write permission conflicts the .ini and preset are now saved in this folder:
  • 2000/XP:
  • c:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\ThePluginSite\HarrysFilters4\
  • Vista/7:
  • c:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ThePluginSite\HarrysFilters4\
  • The values of the Brightness, blend controls and Instant Preview check box are preserved between session.
  • Bug Fix: The Blue Mode slider of the Artistic>Color Cocktail effect works again.
  • The installer supports a total of 38 languages. Plugin Installer supports several new compatible applications.
  • Support for silent installation: If you run the installer with the /silent or /verysilent command line parameter, the installation will run automatically and require no click. Plugin Installer will then automatically install the plugin in every supported application that it can find.

New in Harry's Filters 3.01 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • Windows Vista Compatibility: Harrys Filters now works under Vista even if your computer has 2 GB or more RAM.
  • 6 new presets
  • Plugin Installer was added: At the end of the installation the Plugin Installer tool will appear and let you copy the Harrys Filters plugin conveniently to your image application's plugin folder.