Version 2.0 for Windows - October 2007

General:



• New installer that works under Windows Vista
• Up to 450% larger dialog that can be enlarged to full screen.
• All 21 plugins have been combined to one plugin which saves a lot of time when switching between effects. The effects of the previous plugins are selectable from the Group and FX combo boxes.
• 10 new effects were added and many effects have new features.
• New Animation feature (known from Harrys Filters 3) for displaying animations with random slider values.
• New Layers feature for applying multiple effects without leaving the plugin dialog
• Renders two times faster than Version 1.x in average.
• Support for 16bit images and greyscale images
• Options for saving and opening preset files and 400 included presets.
• You can now use Plugin Galaxy for batch processing with the new Cloak Mode.
• New Blending mode feature which lets you blend the effect with the original image according to 20 different blending modes.
• A new Brightness slider is now available for each effect.
• Enhanced support for image layers with transparent areas. Many filters of Version 1.x added unwanted white areas in this case.
• The preview now works correctly for selections. Previous versions showed the effect applied to whole image in the preview, which was not what you got after pressing OK.
• A Help box that displays descriptions of each control when you move the cursor over it.
• You can activate the XP or Vista theme for the plugin dialog on the Prefs tab sheet.
• If the new Constant Size check box is activated, all effects now produce the same result if you apply them to different image sizes. In previous versions several effects produced a different result when applying them to different image sizes.
• Each filters has its own settings by default. You can also have the same settings for each filter group with the "Settings per Group" check box from the Prefs tab sheet.
• Dragging sliders now immediatelly updates the preview by default. You can deactivate this feaure with the "Instant Preview" check box from the Prefs tab sheet.
• Calculation time for the preview and full image is displayed in the progress bar area.
• The Filtering check box was renamed to "Auto Preview".




Alpha Tool:
• Now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.
• The Angle effect now has a Rotate check box.
  
  
Breakfast:
• The Eggs, Butter and Wall effects are rendered with a higher quality. The quality of the other effects is improved only slightly.


Bluuur:

• Second slider for more effect variations. As a result the following effects were combined:
  • Radial Shift, Zoom Shift and LSD Shift were comined to Outburst Shift
  • Vertical Blur, Horizontal Blur and Square Blur were combined to Cross Blur
• 8 new effects: Min Shift, Motion Shift, Max Blur, Min Blur, Motion Blur, Full Blur, Full Burst Blur, Full Max Blur
• Slider range has been extended from 32 to 64, 128 or 255 pixels (depending on the effect) to allows stronger blur effects
• Preview calculation at less than 100% zoom is several times faster.
• Outburst Blur is applied four times faster, Full Blur and Cross Blur render several times faster.
• Some effects (Cross Shift, Motion Shift, Outburst Shift, Cross Blur and Full Blur) now supports image layers with transparent areas.


Coolorize:


• There is a new Adjust filter for brightness and contrast adjustments.
• The Twilight and Fade effects have a preview cross now for better adjustments.


Edge Tool:


• New Splash Edge effect
• New Smooth slider for creating smooth edge borders.
• New Alpha check box for making the area behind the curl transparent for images on a layer. (In Version 1.5 this was done automatically, so you were not able to deactivate it.)
• Second color box for creating colored edges (with the help of the Smooth slider).
• Activating the Circle check box does not enlarge the edge shape anymore. As a result you do not need to readjust the edge size everytime you activate or deactivate the Circle check box.
• The Width and Height sliders work with the same unit now. As a result the horizontal and vertical frame elements will have the same size for rectangular images if Width and Height have the same slider value.
• With the new Prefs > Constant Size check box activated, the Edge Tool effects look the same when applied to images of different size.


Feedback:


• All Feedback effects are rendered three times faster.
• Soften check box for softening the output.
  

• Now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.


Fusion:


• The effect of the previous Pop Art plugin was added to the Fusion group.
• New Frequency slider for more effect variations.
• The Diffuse effect now also works for the Pop Art filter.




Glass & Grid:


• The Glass filters now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.
• With the new Prefs > Constant Size check box activated, the Glass effects look the same when applied to images of different size.


Nature:


• Bug Fix: The Overall slider of the Star effect sometimes cut off a part of the start. This was fixed.




Mirror:

• Now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.




Noisee:

• The Noisy Painting and Mud filters now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.


Page Curl:


• Bug Fix: The curl now renders correctly on image larger than 1024x768 pixel.
• New Alpha check box for making the area behind the curl transparent for images on a layer. (In Version 1.5 this was done automatically, so you were not able to deactivate it.)


Rainbow:


• The Invert slider was renamed to "Shift".


Synthesizer:


• The value range of the Warp slider was inverted.
• The Warp effect now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.




Warp:

• Now supports image layers with transparent areas. In previous versions ugly white areas appeared.


Zoom:


• New Alpha check box for making the outside area transparent for images on a layer. (In Version 1.5 this was done automatically, so you were not able to deactivate it.)

 

 

Version 1.50 for MacOS 9 and MacOS X - April 2003

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Version 1.50 for Windows - April 2002

General


• 18 new filter effects and a new Page Curl plugin
• Many of the old effects were improved
• Small Fixes: Preview coordinates can now be set without having to activating the Radiate and Angulate checkboxes at first (except for the Glass plugin); The big-slider-knob-problem that occured for some of the plugins was fixed


Plugins

• Alpha Tool: If no alpha channel is present, the alpha mask is used to darken or colorize the image
• Bluuur: Radial Shift, Zoom Shift, LSD Shift, Radial Blur, Zoom Blur and Outburst Blur work two times faster; At low slider values the blur effect is calculated correctly now; The preview calculation isn't interrupted after a few seconds.
• Breakfast: new filters called "Butterfly", "Plate" and "Wall"; The Intensity slider has been renamed to "Zoom"; The Zoom slider has been renamed to "Complexity"
• Coolorize: new filters called "RGB Saturation"
• Cryptology: new filters called "Erode En/Decryption" and "Cross En/Decryption"
• Edge Tool: 4 new effects: Cave Edge, Jungle Edge, Curved Edge; The Peaks Edge effect was replaced with the "Cutline Edge" effect; The edge can now be positioned anywhere on the image with a preview cross
• Feedback: new "Quad Feedback" and "Tunnel Feedback" filters; The effects are calculated up to two times faster
• Fusion: new "Diffuse", "Overlay" and "Expose" check boxes; The "Fusion" slider has been renamed to "Diffuse" and influences the new Diffuse effect, too
• Glass: New "Rippled" effect
• Noisee: New Overlay check box
• PopArt: New Overlay check box
• Rainbow: Overlay and Expose check boxes (instead of Positive and Negative) for better color effects
• Star: new "Star Field" effect; Changing the color of the star(s) without affecting the background is possible now; Alpha check box now displays a black background if no alpha channel is available; the value range of the first four sliders has changed a bit; the Glow check box was renamed to Mutate and the Colorize check box was renamed to "Nova".
• Synthesizer: new Blend and Warp features; two new filters called "Space Worm" and "Dragons Tail"
• Warp 1/2: improved Shadow effect

Version 1.02 for Macintosh - June 2001