Here's a list of enhancements/fixes in this release: V1.50

New

Post Processing:

• Histogram Levels Adjustment
• Hue, Saturation and Lightness adjustment
• Auto Levels and Auto Contrast Adjustment
• Image Resize
• Resize for web JPEG option - set the maximum file size and PFS Image Darkroom calculates the JPEG compression level to achieve this

Frames and Borders - add a color, 3d border and matte to the image or use any image on your PC to create the frame from. Options include:

• Frame Size
• Frame Color or image to use to create frame
• Matte size
• Matte color
• 3d bevel size
• 3d bevel strength
• Image Captions/Copyright notice:
• Any text can be placed on the image
• Any font & font size
• Caption opacity to 'blend' the caption into the image

Caption placement - choice of 6 placement options:

• Top Left
• Top Center
• Top Right
• Bottom Left
• Bottom Center
• Bottom Right

Enhanced:

• Improved screen layout in Canon Raw Developing Window
• Histogram moved to Post Processing Tabs
• Improved handling of errors during Raw Development:
• Raw development can be terminated if it freezes
• Reporting of successfully and unsuccessfully processed images with error messages
• Better handling of Nikon NEF and Kodak raw image files - to activate this download and install this file...
• EXIF display when Canon Raw image contains no EXIF information and THM file not available
• More control of RAW development output - EXIF, ICC and IPTC information can optionally be included in the final image.

Fixed:

• Scan line Index out of range error
• Memory leak in Raw Development Processor
• Various minor issues
• V1.20

Enhanced:

• Image Comparison Screen
• Compare up to 4 images
• Alter Saturation, Contrast and Sharpness
• Display a Digital Loupe
• Support for additional image formats
• V1.11

Enhanced:

• Raw Processing Screen
• 'Thumbnail' preview size added
• Zoom Filter options added to enhance preview when less than full size
• Processing Status (Changed, Developed, Developed and Changed) added to Image list to make it easy to see which images have been processed in the current editing session
• Trial Version
• 8 Bit TIFF output added to trial version
• Developed image 'watermark' made far less intrusive

Fixed:

• Raw Processing Screen
• Development parameters weren't being saved for current image when screen closed
• Raw Processing
• JPEG Quality setting was being ignored
• Patches to V1.10

Fixed - Curves settings to 1D MK II and 1ds MKII

Problem with corrupt DLL's for 1Ds MKII & 20D RAW Processing

V1.10

Adds support for Canon Digital Cameras EOS 20D and EOS 1Ds MKII images

Enhanced RAW image preview: Choice of Preview Size (1/16th through to full size) showing preview of developed image - this uses Canon's own software to perform the preview so the accuracy of the preview is 100%!

V1.02

Enhancements:

Improved image browser:

• Movable, sizeable panes
• Full sized image always visible (feature can be disabled)
• Display of full size image scale with easier adjustment of zoom
• Sharpness, saturation and contrast of full sized image now configurable
• EXIF information visible in image browser (can be switched off to save space)
• 'Marking' of images can be done by clicking the marking box or using standard Windows methods (click, Shift-click, CTRL-click)
• Moveable panels can be reset to original positions
• Move/copy of image also moves/copies the (.THM) and external JPEG (Canon Raw+JPEG mode) if they are present.
• Folder contents can be refreshed from the main menu
• Raw development screen
• Panels can be reset to original positions
• Display of full size image scale with easier adjustment of zoom
• Option to disable Raw settings not supported by current image added. (NOTE: we normally allow any and all settings to be set, even if the current image doesn't support all of them. This allows faster setting up of batch development for several cameras. This new options allows you to switch this off if it's confusing or you only have one camera).
  

Bug fixes

• Starting a second instance of PFS Image Darkroom caused an error message
• A couple of unused toolbar items removed
• Broken link to PFS Website fixed
• 'Drop down' calendar under images removed
• During Raw development - if the output file already exists it is no longer overwritten. A numeric suffix is added to the newly developed image
• Overexposure image warning didn't work properly for portrait (vertical) images - fixed.
• Histogram not updated on loading developed image - fixed.

Known Issues

EXIF information not placed into developed images

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