Screen Block Grabber Changelog

What's new in Screen Block Grabber 5.0.3

Mar 17, 2014
  • Included a registry fix for mspaint.exe
  • Updated help file

New in Screen Block Grabber 5.0.2 (Aug 17, 2013)

  • Four speed buttons for small images (see help file)
  • Improved appearance for Aero
  • Updated help file to reflect changes

New in Screen Block Grabber 5.0.1 (Jul 24, 2013)

  • Scripting enhancements
  • Improved error handling
  • Minor code refactoring
  • Updated help file to reflect changes

New in Screen Block Grabber 5.0 (Jul 18, 2013)

  • Hotkey support (see help file for operation details)
  • Only one instance of SBG can run
  • Minor code refactoring
  • Updated help file to reflect changes

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.3.3 (Jul 5, 2013)

  • Fixed an unreported bug that produced a 32-bit bitmap

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.3.2 (May 27, 2013)

  • Fixed an unreported bug that prevented closing SBG.

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.3.1 (May 17, 2013)

  • Oil Painting Lab: Emboss, Laplacian, and Sobel Edge
  • Fixed an unreported bug in image effects
  • Minor code refactoring

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.3.0 (May 13, 2013)

  • Improved Oil Painting Lab.
  • Removed Gaussian Blur.
  • Added Smooth Cone Blur and Pyramidal Blur.
  • Added Color Emboss.
  • Three memory buttons.

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.10 (May 3, 2013)

  • Removed canvas color selection.
  • Improved appearance for Aero.
  • Oil Painting Lab: two memory buttons added.
  • Updated help file to reflect changes.

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.9 (May 2, 2013)

  • A few improvements to user interface.
  • New context menu item: Oil Painting.
  • Minor code refactoring.

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.8 (Apr 24, 2013)

  • Minor change to user interface
  • Added a button to launch default image viewer
  • Updated help file to reflect changes

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.6 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • Reduced form size on start up.
  • A bitmap image can be pasted with Ctrl+V.
  • Minor code refactoring.
  • Updated help file to reflect changes.

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.5 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Sniper form can be moved and resized with the keyboard.
  • Fixed an annoying bug in the sniper form.
  • Updated help file to reflect changes.

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.4 (Jan 19, 2011)

  • Added farmville image effect for hay bale art
  • Changed saturn.walagata.com to www.walagata.com
  • Added carbonite.com to file hosting list

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.1 (Sep 2, 2009)

  • Updated helpfile
  • Minor improvements in user interface

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.2.0 (May 4, 2009)

  • added mozy.com to image host list
  • minor enhancement to image hosting configuration dialog

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.1.0 (Mar 28, 2009)

  • added four speed buttons for initial block size
  • minimum block size is 80x80

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.0.2 (Feb 19, 2009)

  • Updated helpfile
  • Fixed tab order on two dialogs

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.0.1 (Feb 13, 2009)

  • Clear memo button is larger
  • Minor improvements in user interface

New in Screen Block Grabber 4.0 (Jan 27, 2009)

  • Added purple haze image effect
  • Updated image examples

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.9 (Jan 26, 2009)

  • An image host can be selected from a list
  • Updated help file
  • Minor improvements in user interface

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.8 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • magnifier is in a tool window
  • memo in "new script" can be cleared
  • added another example script

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.7 (Jan 19, 2009)

  • Items added to context menu
  • Results of applied script shown in memo
  • Memo can be cleared
  • Enhanced user interface

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.6 (Jan 13, 2009)

  • Sniper form shows contents while dragging
  • Added another example script - updated help file

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.5 (Jan 12, 2009)

  • Popup menu added
  • Image effects can be scripted - example script (cobalt blue) included
  • Sniper window now has an alphablend value

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.2 (Jan 3, 2009)

  • ranges increased for most image effects
  • gold image effect added for a total of eleven effects
  • minor changes to user interface

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.1 (Dec 31, 2008)

  • Posterize effect was mislabeled as Solarize
  • Added Solarize effect
  • Replaced radio group with ComboBox

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.01 (Dec 29, 2008)

  • Improved appearance of sniper window
  • Canvas is expanded after opening an image file

New in Screen Block Grabber 3.0 (Dec 28, 2008)

  • .jpg and .png files can be loaded
  • Magnifier is wider

New in Screen Block Grabber 2.8 (Dec 26, 2008)

  • magnifier can only be launched once during a session
  • examples can only be launched twice during a sesssion
  • threshold effect was added for a total of nine image effects
  • input values for image effects are in a configuration dialog
  • input values are preserved for future sessions.

New in Screen Block Grabber 2.7 (Dec 23, 2008)

  • Partial redesign of interface
  • Backdrop color can be changed
  • Canvas can be expanded or contracted
  • Memo area is larger

New in Screen Block Grabber 2.6 (Dec 22, 2008)

  • configurable image hosting link and scratch pad