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SpectraShop Changelog

What's new in SpectraShop 6.1.9

Apr 29, 2024
  • Import File: The code was changed to recognize a Spectro 1 ".csv" file.

New in SpectraShop 6.1.8 (Mar 11, 2024)

  • Repair:
  • SNI: The equation was finalized to the version in the published paper.

New in SpectraShop 6.1.7 (Jan 22, 2024)

  • Repair:
  • Lighting Tool: a bug was fixed that caused the test curve in the CVG to display incorrectly.
  • Lighting Tool: a bug was fixed that resulted in an erroneous Local Hue Shift bargraph.

New in SpectraShop 6.1.6 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • Repair:
  • Lighting and Calculor Tools: modified to work with extended range spectra (more than 400 nm in range).

New in SpectraShop 6.1.3 (Sep 3, 2022)

  • Measure Transparency: i1Pro3 transparency measurement now working.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.20 (Feb 4, 2022)

  • Repair:
  • Collection: Edit button text legibility improved.
  • Collection: Save As menu now uses the existing collection filename plus "copy" for the default new filename.
  • Measure Chart Reflective: Measuring with an eXact now properly advances the current patch indicator and name.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.19 (Aug 15, 2021)

  • Repair:
  • Lighting Tool: Fixed a problem where the colorimetric values were not correct in the PDF report.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.18 (May 20, 2021)

  • Emissive-Light Measurement with i1Pro3: A bug which resulted in low reported values has been fixed.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.17 (May 10, 2021)

  • Collection: The new specimen created from averaged specimens now has its Id1 created from the left-most characters in common from the averaged specimens.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.16 (May 8, 2021)

  • Menu bar: Removed a blank menu title.
  • Colorimetry SNI and Densities: Fixed an error when extended range specimens are encountered.
  • File Menu: The Export menu option now properly displays the elipsis (Export...).
  • Export Spreadsheet (Horiz.): Fixed an error which prevented specimens from being exported when "Specimens to Export" was set to "Selected".

New in SpectraShop 6.0.14 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Repair:
  • Collection: Selecting two specimens, then changing to one selected specimen now correctly hides the differences.
  • Import PR-655/PR-670: Now works properly, imports each measurement file into its own Collection window.
  • Change:
  • Lighting: The Local Fidelity Graph modified to allow more room for bar value display at 100%.
  • Lighting: PDF reports now show the report name as "specimen id.pdf".

New in SpectraShop 6.0.13 (Jan 27, 2021)

  • Repair:
  • Menus: Removed blank menu options. (Thank you M.R.)
  • Colorimetry: Density calculations repaired to remove a 0.003 D error in the B/Y values.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.12 (Jan 3, 2021)

  • Repair:
  • Instrument Window: Fixed a problem where the Konica-Minolta FD-7 would not connect.
  • Instrument Window: Improved connection to Photo Research PR-655 and PR-670 instruments.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.11 (Jan 3, 2021)

  • Repair:
  • Exporting Emissive-Light and Reflective Specimens: Fixed a problem where the exported data did not include L*a*b* data in the proper positions in the file.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.10 (Nov 9, 2020)

  • Measuring Reflective Charts: Fixed a problem where measuring extra patches beyond the number defined for the chart crashed the program.
  • Measure Reflective Charts: The first patch to measure now shows the correct name in the collection instead of a blank name.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.9 (Nov 8, 2020)

  • Repair:
  • Measuring Reflective Charts with an i1Pro3: Using the instrument's measurement button now operates properly.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.8 (Nov 2, 2020)

  • Measuring with an eXact: Spectral data is now received properly from the instrument.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.7 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • Repair:
  • Collection/Colorimetry: Whitness and Tint Indices now properly report their values.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.6 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • Change:
  • Instrument: The "Illuminant" changed to "Light Source".
  • Repair:
  • Tool Selection Window (Mac only): Fixed a problem where the clicking on "Create Light Source" without an open collection would crash the program. Now an empty collection is created.
  • Collection: Out-of-Range CCT value changed from "Out of range" to "OOR".
  • Lighting Tool: Light sources with an Out-of-Range CCT now display a message about the problem.
  • CCT: Fixed a problem where out-of-range CCT values were not always detected properly.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.5 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • Change:
  • Instrument: The Type selector defaults to "unselected".
  • Repair:
  • Measure Monitor Specimens: Fixed a problem where the Measure button was not working with the i1Pro3.
  • Collection: The Custom Illuminant and Reference Illuminant fields now accept Pasting of a white specimen in addition to their previous behavior of accepting dragged and dropped specimens.

New in SpectraShop 6.0.3 (Jul 18, 2020)

  • Measure Specimens Tool:
  • Emissive light, emissive monitor, reflective, transmissive
  • Emissive flash with i1Pro, or i1Pro 2
  • Flexible autonaming feature
  • Measure Chart Tool:
  • Emissive light, emissive monitor, reflective, transmissive charts
  • Rectangular charts
  • Arbitrary charts (e.g. OECF)
  • Define Chart Tool:
  • Create emissive monitor, reflective or transmissive chart definitions
  • Rectangular layout charts
  • Arbitrary layout charts
  • Charts saved as editable text files
  • Graph 2D Tool:
  • Graphs of any cliometric value against any other
  • Gamut graphs
  • Paired graphs of color changes, with or without direction arrows
  • TRC curve graphs
  • Graphs are of publication quality
  • Graphs can be exported to a file or printed
  • Graph examples
  • Lighting Tool:
  • TM-30-18 General Color Rendering Index
  • CRI Special Rendering Index
  • 6 graphs for analyzing rendering results
  • Export TM-30 full report PDF file

New in SpectraShop 5.0.34 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • Repair:
  • Edit Chart Emissive Monitor: A problem where the chart was not being saved when finished with the chart was fixed. The program now asks if you want to save or discard the changes to the chart when exiting the window.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.32 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Repair:
  • Measure Specimens: The simultaneous measurement of SCI and SCI for the ColorEye XTH has been disabled until a repair can be developed.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.31 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Collection: The sRGB and eciRGB v2 values have been changed from calculation with a simple gamma method to their full scaling.
  • Collection: The spectrum graph vertical axis label is no longer clipped.
  • Collection: Editing ID1 displays properly.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.29 (Aug 8, 2018)

  • Repair:
  • Application: Fixed a problem closing collection windows that would cause a crash.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.28 (Jul 27, 2018)

  • Repair:
  • Edit Data: Fixed a rounding error when duplicating an existing specimen.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.27 (Jul 27, 2018)

  • Repair:
  • Preferences: Fixed a problem importing StellarNet files.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.26 (Jun 7, 2018)

  • Import: Fixed a problem importing StellarNet files.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.25 (Jul 12, 2017)

  • REPAIR:
  • Collection: Fixed a problem where the colorimetric display was not growing properly as the window was increased in size vertically.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.24 (Jun 9, 2017)

  • REPAIR:
  • Collection (Windows only): Fixed a problem where only the first four tool buttons were displayed.
  • Difference: Fixed a problem where the differences were not being calculated when using Specimen Routing from the measurement tools.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.23 (Jun 5, 2017)

  • REPAIR:
  • Measure Reflective Specimens: Fixed a problem where the simultaneous measurement of the M0+M1+M2 modes was only producing a single measurement.
  • Difference: Fixed a problem where the Difference preferences were not being used correctly by the Difference Tool.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.22 (May 19, 2017)

  • Collection: Fixed a problem where the Spectrum (S), Metadata (M) and Colorimetry (C) tabs did not move when the window was resized.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.21 (Mar 26, 2017)

  • REPAIR:
  • Collection: Fixed a problem where the program would sometimes crash after a file was saved.
  • Preferences: Fixed a problem where the collection spectrum background and line color radio buttons were improperly linked.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.20 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • REPAIR:
  • Import: Fixed a problem where characters with diacritical marks were not being imported into the specimens.
  • Collection: Fixed a problem where tabbing between fields while editing the specimen metadata would cause the Production Date and Creation Date fields to be erased.
  • Collection: Fixed an issue where deleting specimens would sometimes cause a mismatch between the number of specimens in the list and the total reported for the list. This would result in an attempt by the program to save non-existant specimens into the saved file which could cause the program to crash.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.19 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • REPAIR:
  • Collection: Fixed a problem where the maximum spectral information, wavelength and value, were not being displayed when "Show 1 nm data" was selected in the Collection Inspector.
  • Collection: Fixed a problem where the difference in the photometric data was not being displayed when two specimens were selected.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.18 (Jan 22, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Preferences: The default settings for almost all the visual attributes for the windows and inspectors may now be set in the Preferences. This was actually included in 5.0.17 but the nil exception bug prevented access to these new settings.
  • REPAIR:
  • Preferences: Fixed a problem where the application might crash with a nil object exception when the Preferences window was opened.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.17 (Jan 22, 2017)

  • MEW:
  • Graph2D: Groups may now be deleted from the graph. To delete a group, highlight it then press the Delete key (Mac) or the Backspace key (Windows).
  • X-Rite eXact is now supported for single specimen measurements.
  • CHANGE:
  • Collection: Specimen, Measurement and Colorimetry selection buttons now display a connection to the information display area to better indicate their tab-like functions.
  • REPAIR:
  • Graph2D: Fixed the problem of the spectral locus not disappearing when requested.
  • Graph2D: Fixed several problems relating to the spectral locus not updating when properties were changed.
  • Collection (Windows): Improved the visual appearance of the tool bar icons.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.16 (Jul 13, 2016)

  • REPAIR:
  • Collection: Smoothed the logarithmic scaling scrolling.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.6 (Nov 21, 2015)

  • REPAIR:
  • Collection: Added code to abort a transposition if the list is sorted.
  • Collection and Collection Inspector: Fixed an issue where the colorimetric values were not updated properly when multiple specimens were selected.
  • Read Chart Reflective: Fixed a problem reading the new SpectraShop 5 chart definition file.
  • Collection Export Data Only: Changed the data export format to scientific notation.
  • CHANGES:
  • Calculator Tool: The Clear button's labels have been changed from "Clear" to "Clear List n", where "n" is the number of the list.
  • Calculator Tool: The behavior of the Clear List buttons (new labels) have been changed.
  • Lighting Tool: Added indication of when a Plankian or D-series illuminant is used for the reference illuminant. The new reference CCT display shows a preceding "P" or "D", respectively.
  • Collection: Default line color for spectrum graph changed from "Specimen" to black.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.5 (Nov 21, 2015)

  • REPAIR:
  • Import: Fixed a problem where StellarNet text files with the US decimal point character were not being converted to the european decimal point character on systems that use it.
  • CHANGE:
  • Collection: Changed the formula for the Spectral Neutrality Index (SNI).

New in SpectraShop 5.0.4 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • New
  • Import: Added a new import file format: X-Rite CGATS 17.
  • Collection Inspector - Added new tool to transpose chart measurements within a collection.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.3 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • New:
  • Export - Added a new export file format: X-Rite CGATS.
  • Repaired:
  • Calculator Tool - Fixed a problem where the first result was duplicated for all the results when two or more lists are involved.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.2 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Repaired Preferences: Fixed a bug where the monitor xy colorimetric values were always using the US decimal point.

New in SpectraShop 5.0.1 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Repair Preferences: Fixed a bug where custom monitor xy colorimetric values were always expecting the US decimal point.