Version 15.0.0
New Features
◼Added: Can now display and edit individual channels (Red, Green, Blue or Alpha) in TImageEnView
◼Added: ie32RGB and ie48RGB support in TIEColorCurve
◼Added: GenerateMap helper to create map images
◼Added: IEGenerateSampleImage helper to create test images of all pixel formats
◼Added: Gradiated inversion of 8bit selection masks for TImageEnView
◼Added: New Layer dialog allows selection and changing of layer type
◼Added: Support for TIFF files that contain a single block larger than 2GB
◼Added: Mouse wheel and other interactions allow zooming with slippy maps
◼Added: Scrollbars supported for slippy maps
◼Added: Auto initialization option for bitmaps when using slippy maps
◼Added: New Image Properties dialog that shows preview, meta-data, map and histogram for an image
◼Added: Equirectangular Renderer (for 3D images) supports zooming and scrollbars
◼Added: Virtual Bitmap providers automatically initialize bitmaps for viewing
◼Added: Complete documentation for TIERichEdit
◼Added: TImageEnIO PDFium I/O uses a critical section
◼Added: TIEBitmap.CopyRectTo supports ie8g to ie24RGB drawing
◼Added: TImageEnProc.SetFromRGBChannels supports updating image by setting a single color channel
◼Added: Five new Actions: TImageEnViewLayersNew, TImageEnViewMouseSelectShape, TImageEnMViewViewProperties, TImageEnViewChannel, TImageEnViewEnableAlphaChannel
◼Added: GetRGBChannel and SetFromRGBChannels support ie8g format
◼Added: Optimization and version checking for IELang DLL
◼Added: CalcImageNumColors supports ie24RGB, ie1g, ie32RGB
◼Added: GetHistogram supports ie8g, ie16g, ie24RGB, ie32RGB
◼Added: CastAlpha supports all color formats with an alpha channel
◼Added: CompareHistogramWith auto-converts pixel format of second image if necessary
◼Added: GetRGBChannel supports all pixel formats
◼Added: Many formats now support ie32RGB natively:
AdjustBrightnessContrastSaturation, AdjustGainOffset, AdjustLumSatHistogram, AdjustSaturation,
AdjustTemperature, AdjustTint, ApplyCubeLUT, CalcAverageRGB, CalcDensityHistogram,
CalcImagePalette, CalcOrientation, CalcStdDev, CastAlpha, CastColor,
CastColorRange, Colorize, CompareHistogramWith, ComputeImageEquality, Contrast2,
Contrast3, ConvertToBWLocalThreshold, ConvertToGray, ConvertToPalette, ConvertToSepia,
Convolve, DisposeChannels, GetCMYKChannels, GetDominantColor, GetHSVChannel,
GuessChromaKeyColor, Intensity, MapGrayToColor, MatchHSVRange, Random,
RemoveChromaKey, RemoveIsolatedPixels, RemoveIsolatedPixels, SetFromRGBChannels, GetRGBChannel,
SkewDetectionFine, Threshold, WallisFilter, Warp, WhiteBalance_AutoWhite,
WhiteBalance_Coef, WhiteBalance_GrayWorld, WhiteBalance_WhiteAt, IEDrawColorPalette, TIEBitmap.CopyRectTo,
TIEBitmap.DrawToTIEBitmap, TIEBitmap.SetColorFromAlpha, TIEBitmap.RemoveAlphaChannel
◼Added: Automatic image orientation supported when loading via WIC
◼Added: Complete native localization for Slovak language
◼Added: Splitter to widen font selector on RichEdit toolbar
◼Added: ConvertToBW_FloydSteinberg, ConvertToBWOrdered, ConvertToBWThreshold and ConvertToBWLocalThreshold support the alpha channel
◼Added: Alpha channel is not lost when converting the pixel format to ie1g
◼Added: ie1g pixel format is supported when merging with RemoveAlphaChannel
◼Added: PerspectiveDraw and ProjectDraw no longer modify the source image
◼Added: New installer used for improved package downloading, security and styling
◼Added: clNone can be specified for the Brush Tool color to only paint the alpha channel
◼Added: Can specify the alpha when performing a color fill interaction
◼Added: miColorPicker now also returns the click/hover position
◼Added: TImageEnView can save icon files in compressed PNG format
◼Added: New brush types: iebfLine, iebfRect, iebfFilledRect, iebfEllipse, iebfFilledEllipse
◼Added: TIEBitmap.Assign allows assignment from ie16g, ie32f, ieCMYK, ieCIELab, ie48RGB pixel formats
◼Added: IEDrawColorPalette automatically updates attached TImageEnView
◼Added: Visualizer displays hint for the color and alpha value under the cursor
◼Added: EnableHoverHint property to display the color and alpha value under the cursor
◼Added: Improved styling of TImageEnView hover hints
◼Added: Border width can be specified for TImageEnView hover hints
◼Added: WicFastLoading is supported even when loading scaled JPEG images
◼Added: WIC can be used to load scaled JPEG images embedded in Camera RAW files
◼Added: AutoOptimizeOnSave supports ie1g, ie8g, ie8p and ie32RGB images too
◼Added: Hover hint for miColorPicker
◼Added: Weighting options for color and alpha gradient fills, e.g. ease in/out, middle-weighted, etc.
◼Added: Auto conversion to compatible formats when saving is optional
◼Added: AutoConvertFormat will automatically promote PNG to 8bit or 24bit when saving with Alpha
◼Added: Automatically converts to compatible pixel format and compression when saving DICOM if AutoConvertFormat is enabled
◼Added: Auto converts format when saving WIC to unsupported pixel formats (ie8p, ie32f, ieCIELab, ieCMYK)
◼Added: ie8g and ie8p images can be merged with their alpha channel
◼Added: ie8g supported for saving to JPEG
◼Added: AutoConvertFormat will automatically convert pixel format of TIFF files when incompatible
◼Added: CastAlphaRange to change a range of transparency
◼Added: Alpha is stripped from RGBA format images when using RemoveAlphaChannel
◼Added: CastColorRange supports ie8g
◼Added: IEDrawColorPalette works better with other pixel formats
◼Added: New Wallis Filter algorithm to avoid letterbox effect
◼Added: Source of magnification for magnify layers can be locked by property or ALT key
◼Added: TImageEnProc.GetRGBChannel supports A channel for 32bit images
◼Added: Expanded use of standard ImageEn exceptions
◼Added: Improve error when loading corrupt IEN file
◼Added: Auto-correction of invalid JPEGQuality value
◼Added: Allows images of any pixel format when saving to WIC
◼Added: TImageList can be assigned to a TIEBitmap or TImageEnView
◼Added: Heif plug-in with support for Alpha channel and multiple frames, including AVIF saving
◼Added: DICOM images can be saved with custom DICOM_BitsStored values
◼Added: AddShapesToImageEnMView helper now allows an image to be used as the shape fill and can exclude boring shapes
◼Added: TImageEnMIO.DoPrintPreviewDialog and TImageEnMIO.DoSavePreviewDialog can be used to print/save a TIEMultiBitmap (without needing a TImageEnMView)
◼Added: TImageEnMIO.DoPrintPreviewDialog allows a heading to be specified and styled when thumbnail printing
◼Added: DrawToBitmap to output all images in a TIEMultiBitmap to bitmap
◼Added: Over 3000 code samples with sample images added to the documentation
◼Added: Implemented LibRaw 0.22 with support for many more cameras: Canon (EOS R1, EOS R5 Mark II, EOS R5 C, EOS R6 Mark II, EOS R8, EOS R50, EOS R100, EOS Ra), Fujifilm (X-T50, GFX 100S II, GFX100-II, X-T5, X-S20, X-H2, X-H2S), Hasselblad (CFV-50c, CFV-100c, X2D-100c), Leica (Q3 43, D-Lux8, SL3, Q3, M11), Nikon (Z6-III, Z f, Z30, Z8), Olympus (OM-1 Mark II, TG-7, OM-5), Panasonic (GH7, S9, DC-G9 II, DC-ZS200D, ZS220D, DC-TZ200D, TZ202D, TZ220D, DC-S5-II, DC-GH6), Pentax (KF, K III), Sony (ZV-E10M2, UMC-R10C, A9-III, ILX-LR1, A7C-II, A7CR, ILCE-6700, ZV-1M2, ZV-E1, ILCE-7RM5, A7R-V, ILME-FX30), etc.
◼Added: Many improvements to the documentation
Bug Fixes
◼Fixed: Workaround for aborting of URL based loading in TImageEnMView◼Fixed: Spaces trimmed from text when cancelling Layer Properties dialog
◼Fixed: TIEMask.SetShape does not apply any fully unselected pixels
◼Fixed: TIEMask.Assign() does not work correctly when assigning 24bit bitmaps
◼Fixed: Issue when TIEMask internally gets promoted to 8bit while TImageEnView.SelectionMaskDepth=1
◼Fixed: Some Spanish strings not translated
◼Fixed: TIOParamsHelper.WriteTo does not automatically add supported types if all requested
◼Fixed: Setting the PageIndex for TIEPdfViewer will fail if there is no parent TImageEnView
◼Fixed: Small calculation error in Green channel when using SetFromRGBChannels
◼Fixed: AddInnerShadow and AddSoftShadow do not automatically convert pixel formats
◼Fixed: RemoveChromaKey did not auto-convert ie1g format
◼Fixed: SkewDetection fails with 24bit images unless EdgeDetect is enabled
◼Fixed: Cartoonify does not auto-convert to ie24RGB format
◼Fixed: Freezing with TIEAnimation if Explorer Thumbnails are enabled
◼Fixed: TIEImageEnAnnot defaults to IEVect Object annotations
◼Fixed: Resolves many issues when using ie1g or ie32RGB images in native format
◼Fixed: TImageEnView.CopySelectionToBitmap adds an alpha channel to the image
◼Fixed: To avoid image bottom-up issues with Windows Explorer thumbnails, minimum size of 98x98 is enforced
◼Fixed: Font selector on RichEdit toolbar sets all default text
◼Fixed: TImageEnMView.OnImageSelect not firing when navigating via attached TImageEnView
◼Fixed: Alpha channel may be added when rendering a bitmap to another bitmap if it has an alpha channel
◼Fixed: Drawing rotated text to ImageEnView canvas can mess up output
◼Fixed: Line layers become too tall at zero rotation
◼Fixed: Added checking for invalid types specified for TIELayerPointsInteraction.LayerKind
◼Fixed: Improve painting of line and angle layers when update is pending
◼Fixed: Handles ie16g, ie32f, ie48RGB, ieCIELab and ieCMYK formats when saving to PNG
◼Fixed: Conversions from ie1g to ieCIELab fail
◼Fixed: Paint issue with Retouch Tools when image has an alpha channel
◼Fixed: In some situations TImageEnView Pen Width is not reset
◼Fixed: Issues with loading some WIC formats because codec is explicitly specified
◼Fixed: Compression format ignored when saving a bitmap to IEN format (not attached to TImageEnView)
◼Fixed: Unable to save iedcJPEG compressed DICOM files if JPEGEngine is WIC
◼Fixed: Rare freeze that can occur when iterating Twain scanners and none are found
◼Fixed: Aborting not set to true when saving TIFF to incompatible pixel formats
◼Fixed: OnFinishWork not called when saving until file is available
◼Fixed: When saving incompatible pixel formats to save image formats they image may be corrupted rather than raising an exception
◼Fixed: Failure when saving TIFF with JPEG compression and ie16g, ie32f pixel formats
◼Fixed: ScanBarcode helper does not consider selection area
◼Fixed: Potential memory leak if incompatible DICOM save format is specified
◼Fixed: Potential stack overflow with TPdfObjectList.AddRect, TPdfObjectList.AddPath and TPdfObjectList.AddEllipse
◼Fixed: TImageEnProc.GetReSel may return a rect larger than the image
◼Fixed: May get invalid result for TImageEnProc.CalcImagePalette
◼Fixed: Bound checking issue with TImageEnProc selection
◼Fixed: Array overload of GetDominantColor does not return a percentage
◼Fixed: Array overload of GetDominantColor may not return principal color or fill array with null values
◼Fixed: For some formats a 0 byte file is left if TImageEnIO fails to save image
◼Fixed: Saving thumbnails to bitmap from TIEMultiBitmap without a TImageEnMView may give invalid fonts
◼Fixed: Improved positioning of thumbnails when printing a TImageEnMView
◼Fixed: Some compatibility fixes for 64-bit pointers
◼Fixed: TOpenImageEnDialog.ZoomFilter may have wrong value in rare case
◼Fixed: Directory not used for WindowsSelectDirectory if CSIDL constant used
Changes to Classes
◼Added: TIESlippyMap.EnablePin method to draw a pin◼Added: THistogramBox.MaxHeightRatio property to prevent too tall histograms
◼Added: TImageEnView.SelectionShape is now a published property
◼Added: TImageEnViewToolbar.CurrentButtons
◼Added: TImageEnVect.DrawTextMode
Changes to Method Parameters
◼Added: TIOParamsHelper.WriteTo includes a Clear parameter◼Added: TIOParams.Create offers a Filename overload
◼Added: FillColor parameter for TImageEnMView.AppendImage and TImageEnMView.InsertImage
◼Added: Alpha parameter for TIEBitmap.Fill
◼Added: MoveAlpha parameter for TIEBitmap.MoveRegion
◼Added: TIEBitmap overloads for TImageEnIO.PreviewPrintImage and TImageEnMIO.PreviewPrintImages
◼Added: ClipImages parameter for all TImageEnMIO thumbnail printing and saving methods
Demo Changes
◼Added: Filtering of methods in Every Method demo (Demos\ImageEditing\EveryMethod\EveryMethod.dpr)◼Added: Code examples are output in Every Method demo (Demos\ImageEditing\EveryMethod\EveryMethod.dpr)
◼Added: Many new methods added to Every Method demo (Demos\ImageEditing\EveryMethod\EveryMethod.dpr)
◼Added: ImageEnView selection methods added to Every Method demo (Demos\ImageEditing\EveryMethod\EveryMethod.dpr)
◼Added: Layers added to Every Method demo (Demos\ImageEditing\EveryMethod\EveryMethod.dpr)
◼Added: TImageEnIO dialog added methods to Every Method demo (Demos\ImageEditing\EveryMethod\EveryMethod.dpr)
◼Added: Improvements to PhotoSphere demo (Demos\Display\PhotoSphere\PhotoSphere.dpr)
◼Added: Shape selection in Complete Editor demo (Demos\ImageEditing\CompleteEditor\PhotoEn.dpr)
◼Added: Improvements to all Actions demos (Demos\Actions\)
◼Added: Quick set options in Toolbar demo (Demos\Other\ImageEnViewToolbar\IEToolbar.dpr)
◼Fixed: Crash in OCR Layout demo if run twice on same image (Demos\IEVision\OCRwithLayout\OCRwithLayout.dpr)
◼Added: Complete rewrite of Icon Editor demo (Demos\ImageEditing\IconEditor\IconEditor.dpr)
◼New: Hough circles detection demo (Demos\IEVision\CirclesDetect\CirclesDetect.dpr)
◼Added: New drawing features added to Brush Tool demo (Demos\ImageEditing\BrushTool\PaintBrush.dpr)
◼Added: Locking of the magnification source position in Layer Magnify demo (Demos\Display\Magnify2\Magnify2.dpr)
◼Added: Improvements to Threaded Processing demos (Demos\ImageEditing\ThreadedProcessing*)
◼Added: Improvents to Pan/Zoom demo (Demos\Display\PanZoomEffects\PanZoom.dpr)
Compatibility Issues
◼Removed: ivbLayersFontStyle no longer available as a Toolbar Button ID. Instead use ivbLayersFont◼Renamed: Some undocumented ImageEnProc global methods have been renamed or removed
◼Changed: Visibility of the Twain acquisition dialog is no longer checked unless included in TwainCompatibilityOptions
◼Changed: Default for FilteredAdjustDPI and FilteredAdjustDPI is True
◼Changed: To save to TIFF with the following Photometric types: ioTIFF_WHITEISZERO, ioTIFF_BLACKISZERO, ioTIFF_RGBPALETTE, ioTIFF_TRANSPMASK, the SamplesPerPixel of the image must be 1, or the PixelFormat one of ie1g, ie8p, ie8g, ie16g, ie32f with AutoSetBitDepth enabled
See Also
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