Congratulations! You now own Version 1.2a of Photogenics. Important changes from 1.2 to 1.2a ---------------------------------- Several bugs have been fixed in 1.2a. We believe we have solved the stability problem with crop and compose on some machines, and there are less problems in a low-memory situation with v1.2a. Other important changes: PrefsPrinter.gio - Fixed so it works with all colour printers, it previously had problems printing colour to some printers. CyberGraphX.gio - Renamed (was CyBERgraphics), to fit with the new name style suggested by the developers of CyberGraphX. ILBM rendering enhanced - Can now render to the palette already attached to an image. This allows you to load in a 32 colour image, alter it and save it out rendered to the same palette. Also the general quality of the rendering has been much improved with little or no extra speed penalty. Preferences - The preferences file is now stored in the ENV: / ENVARC: directories rather than in the Photogenics:data directory. This was essential for network use of Photogenics. Maximum & Minium paintmodes - Removed! The functionality of these paintmodes has been merged into the similar 'Median' paintmode. This removes more unnecessary code repetition and allows you more free memory to play with. Highlights & Lowlights paintmodes - Merged For exactly the same reason Highlights and Lowlights have been merged into one paintmode - Hi&Lowlights. Use the options to switch between them. GIF.gio - Added patch for Archos/Zappo CD-ROMS Some devices (eg Archos CD-ROMs) do not fully support all Amiga filesystem features. If you cannot load any GIF files from CD-ROM, select the loader preferences and switch to "Async Disabled", and try again. This will mean slightly slower performance but maintains compatability with devices like the Archos CD-ROM. Note: most CD-ROMS (eg Squirrel and Power CD) work fine without the Async disabled switch. PCD.gio - Fixed bug that prevented small files of other types (eg PCX) not loading correctly. AddSpace - option added to the menu to add space around the image. Tablet Mode - We've had lots of people asking us what this does (we forgot to mention it in the manual). If you have a tablet that emulates a mouse you may need to select 'tablet mode' for the mouse emulation to work correctly. If you don't have a tablet you don't need to select it! Photogenics currently does not support pressure-sensitive tablets, but we hope to add that soon. Compose - Two new buttons added to allow the box in Compose to be centered or to be stretched to full size, these were both popular requests. 256-colour dither display - Removed odd blue pixels that appeared in solid black areas of the image. Many other minor bugs and inconsistencies have been fixed for V1.2a. If you find any bugs or problems with this software then please contact Almathera so they can be fixed! Important changes from 1.1 to 1.2 --------------------------------- Warper Tool added - The easy-to-use warper tool allows you to distort, stretch, bend and twirl parts of your image with ease. IFF save improved - When saving IFF ILBM files you can now render images to any number of bitplanes (2 to 256 colours) in colour or greyscale and with or without high quality dithering. Printing added - Photogenics can now print to any preferences supported printer. Photogenics now also supports the Studio II colour management system (not included) for true 24-bit colour quality printouts. CyBERgraphics 24-bit painting - Photogenics can now paint in hicolour (15/16-bit) and true colour (24-bit) directly with any graphics card that supports the CyBERgraphics standard (eg. CyberVision 64) Previews improved - 256 colour screen preview has been significantly improved over V1.1a. It now uses high quality dithering to get near 24-bit quality from a 256-colour display. The 16-greyscale preview has been similarly improved. 16 Colour Preview Added - You can now run Photogenics in a 16 colour preview - ideal for non-AGA machines. File Load/Save speeded up - Most file formats have been considerably speeded up, both for loading and saving. Compose improved - You can now use other paintmodes inside compose (eg. RubMix) to combine the two images in many different ways. Ham6.gio/ShowHam6.gio added - Photogenics can now save and display standard HAM (or HAM-6) images, ideal for non-AGA Amigas. NewIcon support added - If you have the freeware 'NewIcons' system installed on your computer, Photogenics can save out 256 colour icon representations of your images automatically, or add small thumbnail icons to every file in a directory. Transparency Gradients added - You can now apply various transparency gradients to rectangles, circles and other shapes you draw. For example, use this to draw rectangles which are solid at the bottom and transparent at the top. New Paintmodes added - Colourise, RubEmboss, Gamma, Mirage, Split, BasRelief, Jitter, and many more. New .GIOs (file formats, hardware devics) added - TIFF, PCX, Ham6, ShowHam6, Retina, StudioII-Print, PrefsPrinter, ProGrab24, Harlequin, Targa and many more... Display current image with F10 - Call a default saver (eg ShowHam8) automatically by pressing F10. 'reprogram' the F10 key by selecting another saver and pressing Shift-F10 Crop option added - You can now crop an image to remove unwanted borders, etc. and many other improvements - new options for paintmodes, better support for file formats, etc. *NOTE* Some Paintmodes/loaders from V1.1a are now obsolete and are no longer included. For example: NegBright paintmode is now an option for the Negative Paintmode - The Invert Luma (HLS Space) mode. AddDust paintmode is now an option for the AddNoise Paintmode - The Max Luma Limited mode. The ColourNoise and WhiteNoise loaders are now combined into one (Noise) with an option (Colour or White Noise). This allows Photogenics to provide more features with less memory overhead. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Please support future Amiga development - Piracy is killing the Amiga software market. If you like this program, tell your friends about it - but don't let them copy it! Help us stamp out piracy - If you have any information about piracy of this, or other Almathera products, please report it directly to Almathera: Almathera - Southerton House, Boundary Business Court, 92-94 Church Rd, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3TD, ENGLAND. Tel: (UK) 0181 687 0040 Fax: (UK) 0181 687 0490 We will reward information leading to successful prosecutions.