Futurix

FuturixImager “S” Beta 5 (21 February 2010)

• Smarter zoom behaviour – no more unexpected changes when navigating between images
• Overhaul of keyboard and mouse shortcuts
• Restored support for 32-bit .bmp images
• Fixed TWAIN scanning support

 

FuturixImager “S” Beta 4 (14 February 2010)

• Restored/rewritten support for localization (with about 25% of strings available for translation)
• Restored support for toolbar themes
• Fixed some issues with icon libraries
• Added support for new official extension of JPEG XR format
• Broke scanning support – to be restored in Beta 5…
• First glimpse of new SDK is available (to be updated often)

 

FuturixImager “S” Beta 3 (21 January 2010)

• Support for individual icons and descriptions for file format associations
• Performance improvement on Windows 7 / 2008 R2
• New category of plug-ins – icon libraries

 

FuturixImager “S” Beta 2 (10 January 2010)

• Support for “Default Programs” feature on Windows 7 and Windows Vista
• Rewritten file format associations code
• Converted major plug-ins to the new plug-in system

 

FuturixImager “S” Beta 1 (31 December 2009)

• More than 50 bug-fixes in file format support
• Imager no longer looks like ass on Windows 7
• Partial introduction of new localization (change not yet visible to the user, but hey)

 

FuturixImager “Splash” Alpha 4 (13 October 2009)

• Reworked plug-in system with major performance optimisations
• Many plug-ins restored

 

FuturixImager “Splash” Alpha 3 (05 September 2009)

• Support for JPEG XR photos with alpha channel
• Support for loading/saving 32-bit PNG images and Windows bitmaps with alpha channel
• Imager now correctly handles alpha channel in most situations (except some filters in editor)
• Removed (almost unused) support for animation, rewrote support for multi-page images

 

FuturixImager “Splash” Alpha 2 (01 September 2009)

• Many Unicode bug-fixes and complete source code review for Unicode compatibility
• Added support for media keyboard keys, mouse wheel click, and side mouse buttons
• Restored functionality of “Info” dialog (together with new histogram)

 

FuturixImager “Splash” Alpha 1 (29 August 2009)

• Unicode support
• Speed improvements
• Added list of most recently opened files to the context menu
• “Open” dialog now appears as standard dialog on Windows Vista and 7

 

FuturixImager 5.9.4 (23 August 2009)

• Added read/write support for JPEG XR format (also known as HD Photo or Windows Media Photo)
• Added Photoshop (PSD) write support and improved read support
• Faster loading of several rare TIFF variations
• Reworked support for writing WBMP images (aka wireless bitmaps)
• Improved “View as Wallpaper” plug-in

 

FuturixImager 5.9.3 (25 February 2009)

• Improved compatibility with faulty HP printer drivers
• Added workaround for menu localization issue that was present in versions 5.9.x for some languages

 

FuturixImager 5.9.2 (11 January 2009)

• Set of seven automatic image enhancement filters: auto crop, auto equalize, auto fix, auto gain, auto glow, auto sharp, auto white
• Experimental lossless JPEG crop
• Yet another fix for full-screen mode switch

 

FuturixImager 5.9.1 (31 December 2008)

• Fixed full-screen mode switch

 

FuturixImager 5.9 (24 December 2008)

• Support for embedded colour profiles in JPEG and TIFF images
• Reworked raw camera formats plug-in
• Visual style update: 32-bit bitmaps in themes, some new icons, icons in menus
• Added several options for customizing viewer’s background style: gradient, solid color, checkboard pattern, etc
• Bug-fixes: solved minor glitches on Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, better support for DWM, many others
• Windows 2000 is no longer supported

 

FuturixImager 5.8.8 (15 March 2008)

• Improved/fixed printing of transparent images
• Lossless JPEG transformations can be done without forced backup
• Speed up for “Image Information” dialog
• Fixed window title updates that could happen too quickly
• Improvements for selection tool in editor
• Update for raw camera formats support

 

FuturixImager 5.8.7 (08 October 2007)

• Restored and updated rare formats plug-in
• Major updates in bundled libraries
• Update for raw camera formats support
• Minor bug-fixes and speed improvements

 

FuturixImager 5.8.6 (12 May 2007)

• Update for raw camera formats support
• Better support for rare variants of TIFF and malformed PNGs
• Improved Windows Vista support
• Multiple bugfixes

 

FuturixImager 5.8.5 (16 October 2006)

• Improved TIFF support (including support for ZIP compression and several bugfixes)
• Improved support for 16-bit grayscale PNG images
• JPEG lossless transformations will update embedded EXIF data (optionally)
• Reworked “Delete” function to delete safely and to recycle bin only
• Raw camera formats update
• Fixed misbehaving keyboard input in several rare situations
• Printing and editing moved to modal dialogs
• To solve potential confusion TWAIN is now default scanning subsystem for WindowsXP
• Basic compatibility with Windows Vista
• Restored compatibility with WindowsNT 4.0 SP6
• Italian translation now available, many other translations updated

 

FuturixImager 5.8.1 (10 September 2006)

• Update for raw camera formats support
• Minor bugfixes

 

FuturixImager 5.8 (03 September 2006)

• Improved Photoshop format support
• Improved support for rare variations of TIFF format, including images created in Windows Imaging
• New “Sharpen” filter
• Basic multi-page printing
• Several rarely used menu shortcuts and plug-ins removed as part of general speed optimisation

 

FuturixImager 5.7.2 (25 May 2006)

• Update for raw camera formats plug-in (more cameras supported now)
• Update for FreeImage plug-in (using latest libPNG now)
• FreeImage is now a part of main installer

 

FuturixImager 5.7.1 (18 April 2006)

• Added option to change smoothing filter for image display (see “Options” dialog)
• FuturixImager now works fine in limited user accounts (I’ve made a lot of tests and fixed all found bugs)
• Improved multi-threading for several GUI operations
• FreeImage and e-mail plug-ins rewritten in C++ (sources available in SDK)
• Reorganized and improved FuturixImager SDK (now including better documentation and complete source of 12 plug-ins)

 

FuturixImager 5.7 (10 April 2006)

• WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) support
• Themes (custom toolbar and menu graphics)
• New “Options” dialog that integrates most FuturixImager settings in single tabbed window
• Simplified installation of new localizations or themes
• File formats association with FuturixImager simplified and rare or incompletely supported formats are now hidden by default (this affects only file formats association dialog)
• All localizations now are Unicode-based internally
• New XP style theme available (separate download)
• Faster previews for raw camera files in the “Open” dialog
• Optimised PNG loading
• Added ability to load DIB files
• Fixed issue with delayed localization on program start-up
• Gradual zooming: 25% -> 50% -> 75% -> 100% -> 125% -> 150% -> 200% -> 300% -> 400%
• Added keyboard shortcuts for 25%, 75%, 90%, 125%, 150%, 300%, 400% zooms
• Zooming is now default function for mouse wheel
• Mouse wheel should automatically switches FuturixImager to normal zoomable mode (if needed)
• Now FuturixImager respects Windows settings for deleting files (confirmation, Recycle Bin, etc)
• FuturixImager now detects deletions of images in current folder
• Improved animated GIF plug-in (rewritten in C++)
• Added basic help file (it will be expanded in the future)
• Plug-in system enhancements: plug-in configuration interface, not recommended extensions interface, C++ compatibility – header and sample plug-in are available in SDK
• Starting from this release FuturixImager will no longer run on Win9x-based operating systems

 

FuturixImager 5.6 (28 February 2006)

• new histogram in information dialog
• new graphics for most toolbar buttons
• more then 20 new toolbar buttons available for toolbar customization
• added optional toolbar buttons for several most popular plug-ins (screen capture, scan, send by e-mail, etc)
• editor and print preview windows now embedded into main window
• new colour selector in editor
• new editing tools: pencil and flood fill
• update for raw camera formats support
• fixes: keyboard shortcuts issues, support for EPS thumbnails, rare modal dialog issue, wireless bitmaps support, start-up crash on machines with several rare CPU types, printing problems, saving big images as ASCII text
• several plug-in system additions
• restored extra plug-in pack with automated installer

 

FuturixImager 5.5.3 (22 January 2006)

• speed optimization for FuturixImager start-up
• most plug-ins load faster now
• added custom installation support
• if no import or export plug-ins installed corresponding menus will be hidden
• “Contrast” filter now works properly
• “Lightness” and “Darkness” filters merged together

 

FuturixImager 5.5.2 (15 January 2006)

• speed optimizations for large images loading
• more raw camera formats supported
• minor bugfixes in screen capture and printing
• Swedish localization (separate download)
• new fast plug-in for animated GIFs playback (separate download)
• no more support for Windows95/98/Me (this time for real) and old processors without MMX (anything newer then Pentium-150 will work)

 

FuturixImager 5.5.1 (12 November 2005)

• added option to open only one instance of FuturixImager
• added option to reverse direction of mouse wheel scrolling
• minor bugfixes

 

FuturixImager 5.5 (06 November 2005)

• due to potential trademark conflict program renamed from Futuris Imager to FuturixImager
• localization support
• new built-in editor dialog with multilevel undo/redo and selection support
• main toolbar customization
• updated toolbar graphics
• huge speed-ups for many file formats
• support for progressive image loading of common formats (JPEG, TIFF, etc)
• JPEG lossless rotations
• remove EXIF (and other metadata) from JPEG files
• save images as ASCII text art
• most filters now have uniform dynamic preview inside editor dialog
• new interactive “Crop” tool (replaces old filter)
• new rotate and resize dialogs with additional quality options
• cut/copy/paste part of the image (for filters or clipboard)
• simple red eye removal filter
• redesigned “Options” dialog
• new customization options: mouse wheel behavior, mouse click and drag behavior, mouse double click function, arrow keys function, Enter key behavior, what to do on new image open
• new performance options: slower high quality resize filter with several related tweaks, optional faster memory loading strategy, color management for embedded profiles (now you can disable it)
• “Fit All” display mode
• update for raw camera formats plug-in (more cameras supported now)
• added support for JBIG, FlashPix, DICOM, Macintosh PICT, SVG (basic support) plus some other less known formats (downloadable separately)
• FreeImage plug-in updated to version 3.80 (downloadable separately)
• huge number of changes in plug-in system – this should speed up some plug-ins and add more capabilities for several plug-in types

 

Futuris Imager 5.3.1 (24 August 2005)

• added detection of incorrectly renamed images
• improved speed of previews in the “Open” dialog
• fixed rare printing issue with network printers
• screen capture now works better with multiple monitors
• improved stability of HEX viewer plug-in

 

Futuris Imager 5.3 (1 August 2005)

• improved playback of long animated GIFs
• added support for basic PDF and PostScript save
• improved GIF save
• new keyboard shortcuts
• multimedia keyboards support
• fixed some bugs in file operations
• most file operations now remember previously used folder
• C++ plug-ins support
• new smarter installer with upgrade possibility of all versions starting from 1.65
• improved support for dynamic XP theme changes
• changed all built-in links to the new Futuris Imager web-site at www.fxfp.com

 

Futuris Imager 5.2 (25 June 2005)

• support for various digital camera RAW photo formats
• support for 48-bit TIFF and PPM images (48 bits per pixel /16 bits per channel)
• support for embedded color profiles in TIFF and JPEG images
• support for HDR (High Dynamic Range) images
• improved support of 256 color TGA (Targa) images and 32-bit BMP images with alpha channel
• multiple file format support fixes
• speed optimizations in plug-in system
• updated FreeImage library to version 3.70

 

Futuris Imager 5.1 (19 June 2005)

• added list of recent files to the “Open” button
• increased size of recent files list
• new “Rotate” toolbar button
• merged all settings together into single dialog
• fixed failing drag&drop on full screen switch
• now saving last selected extension in “Save image”
• fixed multiple icon info read issue
• some plug-ins separated from the main distribution
• multiple changes for plug-in developers (no more .bpl, helper changed, printing available to helper)

 

Futuris Imager 5.0.1 (24 March 2005)

• several bug-fixes – mostly related to handling of third-party plug-ins (filters and exporters)
• smaller installer

 

Futuris Imager 5.0 (12 March 2005)

• new display engine with very fast and memory efficient zooms
• added options to automatically fit large image into window and to center image in window
• now it is possible to turn off the scrollbars
• added multi-level undo for filters
• added new “Filter” dialog with customizable previews
• “File Information” dialog now shows EXIF data (including thumbnail), histogram and estimated compression level (for JPEGs)
• reimplemented support for JPEG, TIFF, PCX/DCX, PNG, TGA, JPEG2000 formats (much faster now, for example some JPEGs load up to 50% faster now)
• improved performance of JPEG previews in “Open” dialog (and a little faster with all other formats as well)
• improved TWAIN plug-in (now it should work without any problems on all operating systems)
• completely new (and stable) support for animated GIFs (no longer depends on GDI+ and in fact GDI+ no longer used at all!)
• moved help to HTML Help format (CHM) to save some space
• no more separate toolbars for multi-page images and animation (both integrated into main toolbar and main menu)
• now including FreeImage 3.61 for some rare formats (like Amiga IFF, DDS and other)
• now it is possible to disable recent files history
• miscellaneous bug fixes

 

Futuris Imager 4.7.1 (14 November 2004)

• numerous bug-fixes, including recent save bug
• updated and more compatible installer
• first version of Futuris Imager, that should work with WINE on Linux

 

Futuris Imager 4.7 (24 October 2004)

• added optional large toolbar icons (in XP style)
• added option to clear image history
• added single-level undo
• added “Set-as-Wallpaper” tool
• bug-fixes in MNG and JNG support, saving confirmations, etc.

 

Futuris Imager 4.6 (10 October 2004)

• completely rewritten TWAIN support: new plug-in includes image preview, compatible with more scanners/cameras and works better with WIA on WindowsXP
• fixed loading for PhotoCD images that omit largest resolution (6144 x 4096)
• minor GUI updates for animated and multi-page images
• included newer GDI+ DLL because of recent Microsoft GDI+ JPEG security bug
  Note: Futuris Imager never used and will never use GDI+ for JPEG images, so users of old versions are safe anyway
• updated LIBMNG to version 1.08

 

Futuris Imager 4.5 (1 August 2004)

• added screen capture tool (capture types: whole screen, active window, rectangle selection, polygon selection)
• added “HEX Viewer” tool
• improved toolbar icons look, added several new buttons (“go random”, “custom zoom”, etc)
• new slide-show toolbar with more options (and now it can be easily hidden during slide-show)
• added several print preview options (“proportional”, “shrink only large”, etc)
• added “Go Random” navigation mode (navigates between random images in current folder) – also added to new slide show toolbar
• added selected image thumbnail to save dialog
• “Filters” dialog now shows entire image at once
• first release of developer’s SDK to create plug-ins for Futuris Imager (3.0 and 4.x) available now

 

Futuris Imager 4.2 (19 July 2004)

• Installer now resolves several possible upgrade issues
• Complete WindowsXP themes support for toolbars
• Numerous crash fixes (mostly for Windows9x)
• Added wide-screen and dual-screen wallpaper sizes to “View-as-wallpaper” plug-in
• Updated FreeImage library to version 3.4.0 – should fix some crashes
• Fixed compatibility with GDI+ 1.1 (beta)
• Updated plug-in system – new SDK for developers will be released soon

 

Futuris Imager 4.1 (19 April 2004)

• several bug fixes

 

Futuris Imager 4.0 (30 March 2004)

• added support for Commodore 64 Koala, Amiga IFF, DirectDraw Surface, Sun Raster and X11 Bitmap formats
• added support for high-resolution PhotoCD files
• added support for icons (ICO) with multiple images inside
• partially corrupted PNG files will open without any problems now
• 19 new filters, including “Twist”, “Fish Eye” and “Mosaic”
• “Crop” plug-in is back (it was mistakenly omitted in 3.0)
• updated XP-style GUI in main window, favorites and print preview window
• “Apply Filter” dialog no longer closes after canceling some filter
• other minor bug fixes

 

Futuris Imager 3.0 (8 February 2004)

• JPEG2000 support (read/write)
• rewritten support for GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, Targa, PCX and portable bitmaps (PBM/PGM/PPM) – both reading and writing for all formats
• multi-page TIFF support (read only)
• DCX support (read only)
• high color icons and cursors support
• faster zooming for images
• improved multiple printers support
• new file browser
• both file browser and favorites appear docked now
• new filters dialog (with preview)
• huge improvements in stability
• complete support for WindowsXP/2003 themes
• support for file format registration on WindowsXP/2003
• fixed mouse scrolling

 

Futuris Imager 2.6c (6 January 2004)

• new installer
• removed support for WindowsXP themes, since it was buggy
• some stability fixes

 

Futuris Imager 2.6a (21 February 2003)

• several bug fixes

 

Futuris Imager 2.6 (10 April 2002)

• fixed broken long file names support (in previous versions “Back” and “Forward” buttons could act incorrectly if current image has file name larger then 8 symbols)
• file size has much nicer look now
• changed Windows Explorer document description to “Futuris Imager Document”
• support for WindowsXP themes is optional now
• new rewritten File Browser with preview
• “Create HTML” plug-in now adds DOCTYPE and content encoding to output HTML file
• “Web View” plug-in resolves some of HTTP errors now
• large GUI changes and improvements
• removed Futuris Bitmap plug-in, “Set Wallpaper” plug-in and capture tool – too buggy and useless

 

Futuris Imager 2.5.1 (14 January 2002)

• PlacesBar will appear in “Open” dialog on Windows2000/Me/XP/2002
• misc. UI improvements
• fixed several bugs in Futuris Bitmaps support plug-in
• fixed some errors in documentation

 

Futuris Imager 2.5 (1 January 2002)

• support for WindowsXP themes
• a LOT of UI updates (menus, toolbar skin, dialogs, etc.)
• support for Futuris Bitmap format (lossless high-compression format)
• some little bugs fixed (wrong file information, buggy “About” dialog, etc.)
• on Windows2000/Me/XP Futuris Imager will add itself to list of digital camera / scanner events
• much smaller installer (almost 500 kb. smaller)
• updated documentation

 

Futuris Imager 2.1a (1 December 2001)

• new installation program – included all additional plug-ins for Futuris Imager in main distribution package

 

Futuris Imager 2.1 (10 June 2001)

• improved “Open” dialog – now with additional information about image and some UI changes
• “Open Special” and “Select Skin” dialogs now also have previews
• now Imager preserves your file associations and able to automatically restore them back on uninstall
• added “New Window” menu item, that opens new Futuris Imager window
• added file management functions in “Go” menu and pop-up menu
• new “Crop” filter
• “Zoom to Fit on Load” function added (automatically sizes image to window on load). See “View menu”
• new informational plug-in by Aqab Bin Talal included into distribution (allows you to get advanced information about bmp/pcx/ico/tga/gif images)
• additional skins added
• some plug-ins and thumbnail browser removed from standard download. You can download then on Futuris website.
• bug fixes and small improvements
• YAFU (yet another FAQ update)

 

Futuris Imager 2.0.2 (28 May 2001)

• small FAQ update
• bug fixes and once again bugfixes

 

Futuris Imager 2.0.1 (12 May 2001)

• new settings storage system – all settings saved in system Registry, so all users at your machine can have separate Imager configurations
• improved memory usage – typically 600 kb. smaller
• advanced printing features – control image position, paper size and orientation, print preview zoom
• added “Favorites” panel for quick access to favorite local and web images
• support for JNG saving and PNG/JNG advanced exporting
• complete support for animated GIFs
• new “Clean Up” command, that quickly removes all Imager’s browsing history/cache (aka “Privacy Enhancements”)
• it is possible now, to scroll image with “Hand” tool
• optional integration with Filters Unlimited
• a lot of bug fixes and small improvements
• serious improvements for plug-in developers
• additional plug-ins and add-ons (including Macromedia Flash support) available for separate download on Futuris website

 

Futuris Imager 2.0 (16 April 2001)

• Futuris Imager Plug-in System (FPS) – plug-in system, that allows developers to extend Futuris Imager functionality.
• Modularization – reduces all executables and dll sizes, moving common parts into separate dlls. Saves memory by loading required parts only when they actually needed.
• Improved “Open” dialog with preview.
• Command line support for /fs (Full Screen) and /print (Print) switches.
• Support for MNG, JNG formats
• Improved PNG support – more than 3 times faster than in 1.x versions
• Save to GIF and PNG added
• Advanced exporters for GIFs and JPEGs
• Support for WBMP (WAP bitmaps) open and save
• Image zooming (several methods available) and auto-fit zoom (hit [ENTER] to use)
• Print with preview
• Improved WebOpen (loading images from HTTP servers) – doesn’t require MSIE anymore and image format selection is not required (auto-detection)
• File browser/manager with image preview
• Ability to create new (empty) images of custom colors
• Simple (in folder) slide shows
• 10 filters (image transformations). More will be available soon.
• Windows9x logo changer
• Windows (all versions) wallpaper changer
• “Wallpaper tester” plug-in (view any image as wallpaper without need to set it as wallpaper in Windows)
• HEX Viewer
• Screen capture
• Custom toolbar skins and background colors

 

Futuris Imager 1.6.5 (7 October 2000)

• Support for EPS files (you can view TIFF previews, if they are included in EPS).
• Support for JPEGs with exotic extemsions – *.jpe and *.jfif
• More settings for UI:
  - you can turn off all hints at once
  - you can set HTTP referrer and HTTP user agent for WebOpen feature
• Totally reworked file formats registration – now you can choose icon for file formats associated with Imager (currently only 3, but I’ll extend it), as well as unregister them from Imager.
• You can customize what files appear in Imager when you click “Back” and “Forward” buttons (some kind of search mask) – Quick Browser Masks.
• Massive improvements in UI (User Interface).
• New ‘Check for Update’ menu item takes you to our website, where you can learn about latest updates for Imager.
• This is the last version in 1.x series

 

Futuris Imager 1.6.4

• Updated graphics engine, smaller and faster.
• Small bug-fixes.
• I changed ONLINE HELP format to separate html files suitable for all browsers.
• Futuris Flash Player 5.0 is included with Futuris Imager.
• Futuris Flash Player allows you to view and print Macromedia Flash movies (and create standalone projectors for them).
• In future versions I’m going to add some tutorials for Imager in Flash format and integrate Futuris Flash Player with Futuris Imager.
• Imager’s version numbers changed (because some previous versions weren’t big updates, with only bigfixes):
  1.9 changes to 1.63
  1.8 changes to 1.62
  1.7 changes to 1.61

 

Futuris Imager 1.6.3 (initially released as 1.9)

• Fixed support for TIFF images with LZW compression.
• Small bug-fixes.
• Small UI improvements.

 

Futuris Imager 1.6.2 (initially released as 1.8)

• Fixed support for GFI fax images (FAX) with CCITT compression.
• “WebOpen” deprication cancelled for a while.
• Export to JPEG (including Progressive JPEGs and Grayscale 24-bit JPEGs).
• Export to WAP Bitmap (WBMP) for cell-phones.
• All unavailable menu items and toolbars are grayed now to prevent errors.
• Small UI improvements.

 

Futuris Imager 1.6.1 (initially released as 1.7)

• Support for GFI fax images (FAX) with CCITT compression.
• Improved color support.
• User Interface (UI) is much redesigned and very cute now.
• FIX: Windows98 & Windows2000 users will see 3D( or flat) menus (standart effect) now.
• Improved “File Browser”, “File Search”, “File Info”.

 

Futuris Imager 1.6

• Support for Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
• Support for PSP (Paint Shop Pro)
• When you browse through the folder, files are arranged in alphabetic order now.
• Now you can export images to BMP and TGA (Truevision TARGA) formats.
• File Search allows you quickly find files on your HDD(s). New format for online help (Microsoft HTMLHelp). For users, that don’t have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or higher) installed – provided special ZIP with HTML files for viewing in other browsers (visit out website to download it).
• Completely changed toolbars (some interesting settings now available, like ‘old-style’ buttons).
• Rewritten web-cam viewing functionality.
• New File Browser.
• Double-click any file to open it in Imager (if it supported by Imager). Otherwise it will open in external associated application.
• ‘Favorites’ window now integrated with ‘File Browser’ to be more comfortable to view. Now you can choose, which files to display in ‘File Browser’ – it can be all files, all image files or only favorite files (IML).
• BUGFIX: Online Favorite didn’t work if opened by double-clicking them in Windows Explorer. FIXED!
• BUGFIX: New copy of Imager launched every time you double-click file in ‘File Browser’ instead of opening file in current window.
• Added new pretty-looking icons for program and associated files.
• Completely changed ‘File Association’ dialog. Now description to most file formats available.
• BUGFIX: File formats associated with Imager from ‘File Association’ dialog sometimes did not work. FIXED!
• BUGFIX: Sometimes Imager incorrectly says, that format is already associated with Imager, but it was wrong. FIXED!

 

Futuris Imager 1.5 (1 June 2000)

• Support for Adobe Photoshop format (PSD)
• Support for Adobe PhotoDeluxe format (PDD)
• Support for additional Windows bitmap formats (DIB and RLE)
• Support for Portable Bitmap format (PBM)
• Support for Portable Pixel Map format (PPM)
• Support for Portable Grayscale Map format (PGM)
• Support for Dr. Halo CUT format (CUT + external palette *.pal files)
• Improved support for SGI images
• ‘Save as…’ feature renamed to ‘Save To Bitmap’ and now it saves all images in Windows Bitmap format (and it works)
• Dialogs now indicated on toolbar “Info” dialog acts as toolbar now
• Status bar added to Imager (it displays hints for all buttons and menu items + progress for long operations, like ‘web cam’ loading)
• Many small improvements
• Completely rewritten file handling

 

Futuris Imager 1.4.1

• PhotoCD and PCX images now can be browsed in directories
• File Browser speed increased in about 10 times!
• Context menus for all files in File Browser available
• Fixed installer issue (folders for favorites and cache wasn’t autocreated by default)
• Some small improvements

 

Futuris Imager 1.4

• Support for ZSoft PCX/PCC
• Support for Microsoft Word 5.5 SCR file format
• Support for Kodak PhotoCD (PCD) format
• Improved TIFF support
• Improved UI (color, Windows standard icons)
• Improved speed of loading
• More customizible (even toolbars handle style)
• MSIE-like favorites system
• Both WWW and local file favorites
• Built-in file browser (Windows Explorer – like)
• Resizable TWAIN-scanning window
• New ’stitch’ image behavior (image auto-stretches to window size)
• FIXED TGA/TIFF images not closing
• New HTML-based help system (not HTMLhelp by Microsoft)

 

Futuris Imager 1.3

• WebImager now integrated to main Imager window as floating panel.
• Futuris Imager now should run on PCs without Common Controls Update (Win95a)
• New style of menu «Recent Files» moved to «Go» menu

 

Futuris Imager 1.2.1

• Better perfomance
• Fixed all directory navigating issues
• Fixed dialog boxes handling
• Registration for file formats improved
• Added «Register All» button for ALL formats registration in 1 second
• Imager now correctly opens an image, even if Windows Explorer gives it a name of file with spaces.
• Redesigned all dialogs
• Improved window sizing – much faster now, less blinking
• New keys for directory navigation – [INSERT] to go back and [HOME] to go forward (also available in full screen mode).

 

Futuris Imager 1.2

• Directory navigation features (next/prev files in directory, home image)
• QuickJump – switch from current image to any image from the same folder using special button
• You can register/unregister image formats, supported by Imager, to be opened with Imager in special dialog box (try ‘Tools/Formats’)
• New help system, based on standard Windows Help 4.0
• All new icons
• Now Imager window cannot be smaller than 380×280 pixels (or about that) – so if you’ll try to view small (10×10 pixels) images, toolbars and menu don’t disappear now

 

Futuris Imager 1.1

• Favourite images system (just like in browsers)
• Help system
• You can view images directly from the web! And auto-refresh them in time periods you want – use ‘Open from the web’
• You can acquire images from TWAIN-compliant devices now
• Most dialogs are not modal now (can be used together with main Imager window)
• Now Imager have standard Windows menu (I made this, because pop-up menu became really huge)
• Image pop-up menu is very simple now
• Main menu are now in Microsoft Office97/2000 style – can be docked and undocked
• Toolbar added (it can be docked anywhere you want). To show/hide toolbars use their pop-up menu
• All sizing/positioning routines has been completely rewritten (hope it’s not so buggy now)
• If you decided not to open an image and closed “Open image…” dialog before selection was made then Imager will display default image path and “Close” menu item made available. FIXED
• New graphic formats supported:
• Animated GIFs (*.gif), TIFF images (*.tif; *.tiff) – uncompressed and LZW compressed, SGI black & white images (*.bw), SGI RGB images (*.rgb), Autodesk CEL files (*.cel), Autodesk PIC files (*.pic), Truevision images (*.tga; *.vst; *.icb; *.vda; *.win) – uncompressed and RLE compressed.

 

Futuris Imager 1.0.6

• Better ‘recent images’ handling and ‘window position’ handling

 

Futuris Imager 1.0.5

• Now you can print your images directly from Imager:
• ‘Print’ – prints your images (or [Ctrl] + [P])
  ‘Printer Setup’ – changes settings of printer
• New keyboard shortcuts (old do not available any more):
  [UP] – Scroll Up
  [DOWN] – Scroll Down
  [LEFT] – Scroll Left
  [RIGHT] – Scroll Right
  [F11] – Go FullScreen
  [SPACE] – AutoSize New “paging” keys
  [PAGE UP] – Page Up
  [PAGE DOWN] – Page Down
  [DELETE] – Page Left
  [END] – Page Right
• Fixed scrollbars and recent files issues
• Fixed default image centering in FullScreen mode
• Some changes in pop-up menu (re-arranged)

 

Futuris Imager 1.0.4

• Now you can work with ClipBoard (copy and paste) using Imager
• You can save any image to BMP inside Imager
• Imager now exits if [Esc] button pressed (it can be turned off in ‘Settings’)
• Imager can display image size in it’s window title (can be turned on in ‘Settings’)
• Default settings are changed in this release (‘window position saving’ and ‘image size in window title’ are disabled)
• Imager now shows last modification date of the file
• New keyboard shortcuts:
  [PAGE UP] – Scroll Up
  [PAGE DOWN] – Scroll Down
  [DELETE] – Scroll Left
  [END] – Scroll Right
  [INSERT] – Go FullScreen
  [HOME] – AutoSize
• No more errors if ’sample.gif’ file is deleted
• Special distribution with installer

 

Futuris Imager 1.0.3

• PCX Support Removed – Too buggy (that was a 3rd party module)
• Imager now won’t change it’s size when exiting
• Added “Recent files” system (you can open your last 4 opened files from special menu item)
• Drag’n'drop support (you can drag files from Windows programs right to Imager window)

 

Futuris Imager 1.0.2

• All routines in Imager have been completely rewrited (more stability added)
• “Lock” mode removed from program
• “Full Screen” mode emproved (with black background, image centering and more)
• Added PCX format support
• Now you can configure Imager settings from special “setting” window
• New “autosize” feature for image window
• All credits, license, this file are now in separate files

 

Futuris Imager 1.0.1

• Now Imager correctly works when launched from root directory
• Scrollbars not flat now, hope you’ll like the new look
• Now Imager correctly shows image path of default image
• Imager 1.01 supports files from command-line (so you can drop file on Image icon and associate it with file formats)

 

Futuris Imager 1.0 (24 November 1999)

• Initial release.