PhotoChances Lab Changelog

What's new in PhotoChances Lab 4.5

Mar 1, 2011
  • Faster!, now the program uses multiple processors if available in its operations.
  • Option allowing to set the DPI when saving an image

New in PhotoChances Lab 4.4 (Sep 10, 2010)

  • New effects in BW section.
  • Golden ratio aspect for cropping + thirds divisions.
  • New Effects.
  • New interface.
  • List of effects on-screen easily accessible.
  • New filters.
  • Random image button.
  • Optimized for more speed.
  • Predefined crop ratios.

New in PhotoChances Lab 4.3.1.0 (Apr 22, 2010)

  • Added Golden ratio (phi number) to the crop aspect ratios. When cropping it can show divisions by thirds or phi number (keys Control+P / Alt+P, P, 3). Useful to analyze images
  • The crop settings have been added to the main menu (under Edit) and to the popup menu of the image (when a crop is active)

New in PhotoChances Lab 4.2.0.0 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • New Effects.
  • New interface.
  • List of effects on-screen easily accessible.
  • New filters.
  • Random image button.
  • Optimized for more speed.
  • Merged with PhotoChances PhotoShop plugin.
  • Now PhotoChances LAB includes the plugin.
  • Predefined crop ratios.

New in PhotoChances Lab 4.1.1.0 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Added effect Presence, replaces HiRange4

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.8.012 (May 21, 2009)

  • Trial period full featured (no watermarks) Random image button.
  • Optimized for more speed.
  • New filters.
  • Merged with PhotoChances PhotoShop plugin.
  • Now PhotoChances LAB includes the plugin.
  • Predefined crop ratios.
  • Additional options in the Radom Effect button. Rotation / flip of images

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.8 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • New effects in the store (see in BW XIXCentury, it simulates old film with realistic grain)
  • Added button for loading images randomly (in stand-alone)

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.7 (Feb 9, 2009)

  • PhotoChances LAB and Plugin have been merged in a single product (PhotoChances LAB) that will install optionally the plugin.
  • Version 3.7 includes predefined standard crop ratios.
  • Option to reset effect leaving the image being controlloed only with the postprocess controls.
  • Enhanced help contents.

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.5 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • Coloring changed in the LAB and Plugin: Now you can choose several coloring modes and it offers more subtle and useable color toning (try directly with an image without any effect)
  • PhotoChances Plugin now is more stable under heavy memory usage. Removed the Save Image button that was confussing in a plugin (but the option is still in the File menu, the idea of that option is allowing to save a jpeg of the image loaded in the plugin so the effect active can be retrieved later loading that file)

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.4 (Nov 20, 2008)

  • All the effects and the significant features of the LAB module in a PhotoShop plugin.
  • With it you can invoke easily the effects directly from PhotoShop and finetune them at will.

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.3 (Oct 11, 2008)

  • Random effect options in a window (click the down arrow in the Randon Effect)

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.2 (Sep 9, 2008)

  • Ability to rotate images either with buttons or from the menu
  • Undo/Redo now take into account crops and rotations.
  • Load images randomly: Holding down the Alt key while pressing the Load Image button will load an image randomly choosen in the folder or collection of folders set the settings.
  • Try this for some fun: Run PhotoChances LAB, load any image (with the button "Load image" and load some effect (for example try a new one, in the store of recipes look in Paint and choose Comic-Hero. Now hold down the Alt key and go clicking Load Image and you will see your images with that effect.

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.1 (Aug 14, 2008)

  • New option in the main menu to open the store of effects in Windows explorer (useful to organize and to drag effects to the program)
  • Support of larger images
  • Aesthetical adaptations to Windows Vista

New in PhotoChances Lab 3.0 (Jun 12, 2008)

  • Split in two independent but complementary products Lab and "Explorer" (slideshow)
  • Menu in the Lab window with keyboard shortcuts
  • Random recipe button allows setting type of photographic effects.
  • New and enhanced effects