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Version History
Windows Version 1.13 (November 2022)
- Standalone:
- Support for the raw files of 25 new cameras based on MetaRaw 3.12
- Installation:
- Installation support for Photoshop Elements 2023 and Affinity Photo 2
- The installation now deletes the registry keps that keep Photoshop Elements 2022/2023 from loading plugins that crashed 3 times.
- Support for the MS Store version of Photoshop Elements 2022. Does not try to install into the WindowsApps folder anymore.
Windows Version 1.12 (September 2021)
- The "Photoshop Dark" skin style is now used by default
- Bug Fix: Some tab buttons are not blocked anymore in certain modes when using a skin. Unusable tab buttons are not displayed anymore.
- Bug Fix: Copying settings from one preview tab to another does not requires switching to that preview tab first anymore.
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Standalone:
- Support for the following new raw formats: CR3, SRW, MFW, BMQ, CINE, HDR, IA, KC2 and PXN
- Support for the raw files of 120 new cameras based on MetaRaw 3.10
- Bug Fix: When minimizing a maximized window two times, the controls previously vanished when displaying the window again.
- Metaraw.dll does not require vcruntime140.dll to be installed anymore
- Installation:
- Installation support for newer versions of Photoshop Elements
- The installation now deletes the registry keps that keep Photoshop Elements 2020/2021 from loading plugins that crashed 3 times.
- Demo version:
- The window of the demo version can now be expanded up to a size of 1680 x 1050 pixels (instead of 1024 x 768).
Mac Version 1.11 (April 2020)
- The preview works again in Photoshop 2020 (Version 21.1.0 and higher)
- No security warnings under macOS 10.15 Catalina
- MacOS 10.6-10.8 is not supported anymore (to avoid installation problems under macOS Catalina)
- Installation support for Photoshop Elements 2020
Windows Version 1.11b (November 2018)
- Affinity Photo:
- Fixed control repositioning in Affinity Photo 1.6.4 when maximizing the window
- Color dialogs are now displayed in Affinity Photo.
- Standalone:
- Support for the raw files of 35 new cameras based on MetaRaw 3.03.
- Support for saving grayscale 8-bit images as PSD files
- No more crash when reading the EXIF data from DNG files taken by the Huawei P20 (Pro).
- Plugin Installer:
- Works again under Windows XP
- Support for the Microsoft Store version of Photoshop Elements 15
Mac Version 1.10b (November 2018)
- Support for the App Store versions of Photoshop Elements (Use the Install icon!)
Mac Version 1.10 (August 2018)
- The preview works again with Affinity Photo 1.6.7
- Installation support for Photoshop Elements 2019
Windows Version 1.11 (April 2018)
- All tools can now be used if the preview zoom is 200% or higher
- Bug Fix: The preview coordinates on the Info tab sheet are displayed correctly if the preview zoom is 200% or higher
- Plugin:
- Plugin Installer:
- Supports the Microsoft Store version of Photoshop Elements 2018
- Standalone:
- Support for the raw files of 70 new cameras based on MetaRaw 3.01.
- Bug Fix: Saving PNG files works again
- Installation:
- Bug Fix: The External Editor Installer previously crashed on some systems. This should not happen anymore.
Mac Version 1.09c (November 2017)
- Bug Fix: The presets were previously not installed. They are now included in the plugin itself. When running this version for the first time, they are copied to a new preset folder at /Users/<user name>/Library/Preferences/PhotoWiz/ContrastMaster/Presets/ in case this folder does not already exist. All user-saved presets from the old preset folder at /Library/Application Support/PhotoWiz/ContrastMaster/Presets/ are also copied to the new preset folder. If you previously modified included presets, you have to manually copy them from the old Presets folder to the new one.
Windows Version 1.10c (October 2017)
Mac Version 1.09 (October 2017)
- Installation support
for Photoshop Elements 2018
Mac Version 1.09 (June 2017)
- New installation:
- Install, Uninstall and Manual icons
- Installation support for Affinity Photo, GraphicConverter and Photoline via the new Install app
- Installation support for the full version of Affinity Photo and the upcoming Photoshop Elements 16
- Icons for drag and dropping the plugin to the plugin folders of various Photoshop and Photoshop Elements versions
- No more problems with Gatekeeper
- Bug Fix: Sometimes there was a crash when using a 16bit/channel image, maximized window and HiDPI setting (Retina screen)
- Bug Fix: In Affinity Photo the preview is displayed correctly for RGB 16-bit images.
- Bug Fix: When scrolling the preview in Affinity Photo, it is not displayed distorted anymore for RGB 8-bit images.
- The ? button displays the pdf manual now
Windows Version 1.10b (March 2017)
- "The Plugin Site" sub menu does not appear at the top of the Filter menu anymore, because the leading space character was removed.
- Bug Fix: No more error message or crash when running the plugin on images larger than 2 GB, but it is not possible to process such large images by clicking OK.
- Standalone/Lightroom Version:
- Support for the raw files of 38 new
cameras based on MetaRaw 2.07.
- Bug Fix: The automatic image rotation previously produced strange results for 180 degree rotated JPEG, TIFF and PSD images.
- Bug Fix: The EXIF orientation item was previously not adjusted when saving JPEG files, which resulted in wrong rotation when opening the saved file again.
- Installation:
- Bug Fix: On 32-bit systems the installer previously did not install the Standalone/Lightroom versions.
- Plugin Installer:
- Support for Irfan View
- The Install button now gets the focus when the dialog shows up.
- External Editor Installer:
- In Lightroom the version numbers are again displayed after each product name
- Bug Fix: No more message is displayed on uninstallation
- Bug Fix: No PhotoWiz entry is added to Lightroom on uninstallation anymore
- Bug Fix: Does not crash on uninstallation anymore
Windows Version 1.10 (February 2017)
- New Skin feature that imitates
the user interface of Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements,
PaintShop Pro and Affinity. There are 17 skin options in total
on the Prefs tab sheet. Changing the skin option in one product,
automatically changes it in all others. Standalones, Lightroom
versions and plugins can have different skins though.
- Support for preview zooming up to
3200%
- New Reset arrow button, which replaced the
On Reset combo on the Prefs tab sheet
- The last selected tool is restored on startup now.
- Cosmetic UI enhancements
- Key Shortcuts:
- New Ctrl + 0 and Ctrl + 1 key shortcuts for zooming the preview to Fit and 100%
- You need to use Ctrl and the -/+ key for zooming the preview. Previously it worked with the -/+ keys only
- You can now use the 0 key to set the slider, which currently has the input focus, to a zero value.
- The space key shortcut for switching to the hand tool now only works if the cursor is over the preview.
- The welcome message now displays after the
main window appeared. It either asks if you want to use a dark
skin or if you want to use an easier mode.
- Bug Fix: In Photoshop Elements under Windows
10: The background color of all controls on tab sheets are now
pure white. Previously some were light grey.
- Bug Fix: Under Windows 10 with a Wacom graphics
tablet: Clicking on the preview with the hand tool to show the
original image works now
- Bug Fix: No more flickering when starting
up with a maximized window.
- Improved manual with table of contents
- Standalone/External Editor Versions:
- New "Convert to sRGB"
and "Do not save meta data" options on
the Batch and Save Options dialogs
- Support for the raw files of
80 new cameras based on MetaRaw 2.06.
- Improved PSD support:
- Reading and writing PSD files with 16-bit per channel
now works without downsampling to 8-bit/channel
- Support for color profiles when opening and saving PSD
files
- Improved meta data handling:
- EXIF meta data is now preserved when
opening a JPEG, TIFF, PSD or certain camera raw files
(CR2, NEF, DNG, PEF) files and saving a JPEG, TIFF or
PSD file.
- When saving a PSD file, all available
meta data (PSD, XMP, IPTC, EXIF) is now saved.
- Opening and saving IPTC meta data
for TIFF files works again.
- All meta data is preserved when opening
a PNG file and saving a PNG file.
- When opening a PNG file, XMP meta
data is opened and when saving a PNG file, available XMP
meta data is saved now.
- Bug Fix: A maximized window is restored
when running it again.
- Bug Fix: The image was not displayed
in the preview when running it as an external editor from
an application other than Lightroom or when running it with
an image path in the command line.
- Bug Fix: Fixed some memory leaks
- Installation:
- Combined installer for plugins and standalones
- Future versions will be able to install over the current
version without uninstallation. Please uninstall any previous
version to avoid superfluous files.
- It is now also possible to install the full version over
the demo version without uninstalling the demo version.
- The installation does not allow selecting an installation
folder anymore. You can only select the drive. This avoid
double installations of plugins.
- Only one uninstall option is added to the "Add/Remove
Programs" section of the control panel for new minor
versions of the same product including demo/trial and full
versions.
- New Uninstall item is added to Start menu which displays
the Add/Remove Programs dialog
- The desktop icons of the standalones are uninstalled now
- Bug Fix: The PhotoWiz Bundle uninstallation previously did
not remove the external editor presets from Lightroom. To
remove left-over entries manually go to c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\External
Editor Presets\
- Plugin Installer:
- Two new "Adobe Photoshop CC (All Versions)"
items for installing plugins to a 32-bit or 64-bit
plugin folder which is used by all existing and future
versions of Photoshop CC. This way you do not need to
install the plugin again after you installed a new version
of Photoshop CC. Best uninstall the previous version to
avoid duplicate plugins when using this new option.
- Support for Affinity Photo (Please
activate the "Allow Unknown plugins to be used"
check box under Edit > Preferences > Photoshop Plugins
in Affinity Photo to make it work.)
- Plugin Installer now correctly displays "Photoshop
CC 2015.5" instead of "Photoshop CC 2016".
- Clicking on a list item activates its check box now
- Plugin Installer has all applications activated by default
during installation.
- External Editor Installer (previously
called "Lightroom Installer"):
- Support for Exposure X2 and higher
- Support for Corel AfterShot Pro 1 and higher
- Support for ACDSee Ultimate 8 and higher
- Support for ACDSee, ACDSee Pro, Bibble Lite/Pro 5
- In Lightroom only the product name is added without
the version number to
avoid clutter.
MacOS X Version
1.08 (Installer Update) - June 2016
- Support for installation in Photoshop
Elements 14
- Support for installation in Serif
Affinity Photo. You may have to activate "Allow
unknown plugins to be used" check box under Affinity Photo
> Preferences > Photoshop Plugins in order to make the plugins
appear on the Filter > Plugins sub menu.
Windows Standalone Version 1.09b (March
2016)
- MetaRaw
Converter is now used for opening camera raw files.
This has the following advantages:
- Support for 285 new raw file types
- The images have a higher quality by default
(so the High Quality options were removed).
- The images already look brighter by default (so the Vivid
style option was removed).
- Full-size raw files are opened at least 20% faster
- Support for new raw file types can be added much faster
in future
- Bug Fix: The width, height and profile information
on the Info tab sheet are now updated immediately after opening
a new image.
- Bug Fix: The width and height information
on the Info tab sheet are updated after saving a raw file in case
it was reopened.
- Bug Fix: In the Save dialog the original
file extension is not displayed anymore to avoid an unecessary
overwrite prompt.
Windows Version 1.09 (December 2015)
- Support
for HiDPI
- The Standalone/Lightroom versions do
not show a scaled up UI by default anymore.
- The UI-Scaling-Preview-Cutoff problem
in Photoshop CC 2014/2015 and Photoshop Elements 13/14 was
fixed. However, the Soft Proof effect is not visible in the
preview anymore if UI Scaling is active.
- Histogram display was fixed
- The positions of some control were readjusted for high dpi
settings.
- Larger cursors and program icon
- Standalone Bug Fix: When saving to a path,
which contained a dot character, and the entered file name contained
no extension, the file was previously saved to the wrong folder
with a wrong file name.
- Double clicking the hand tool activates Fit
zoom.
- Double clicking the split view tool deactivates
the Split View feature.
- Improved installation:
- Three less clicks are necessary, because
the language, start menu and ready pages are not displayed
anymore.
- There are no separate Start menu folders
and desktop icons added for different versions anymore. So
better uninstall previous and demo versions before installing
new/full versions.
- Under Windows 8 & 10 there are even
less icons with better names installed on the All Apps section
of the Start menu to avoid clutter.
- Please uninstall from the Control Panel
as the uninstall icon is not added to the Start menu anymore.
- Plugin Installer supports HiDPI
MacOS X Version
1.08 (October 2015)
- Requires OS X 10.6 or higher
- Support for Retina displays
and HiDPI under OS X
10.7 and higher
- The Dynamic Contrast effect renders
faster
- The Fit zoom option now uses zoom levels
below 6% in order to fit very big images into the preview.
- Bug Fix: No more crash if the Info tab sheet
if displayed.
- Bug Fix: Sat. Mask slider does not produce
artifacts anymore.
- Bug Fix: Sat. Mask slider works for images
with 16-bit per channel and no crash occurs for certain 16-bit
images anymore.
Windows Version 1.08 (October 2014)
- Support for processing images larger
than 30,000 pixels in witdh or height. Processing such
big images usually only works with the 64-bit version and enough
RAM.
- No more window flashing at startup
- The Fit zoom option now uses zoom levels
below 6% in order to fit very big images into the preview.
- The installation
files, Standalone/Lightroom executables and Plugin Installer are
now signed to avoid potential problems with security software.
- The installation offers 46 instead of 21
languages.
- The Split View combo box is now centered
below the preview.
- Plugin Installer now supports the
64-bit version of Photoshop Elements 13 and displays
"Photoshop CC 2014" instead of "Photoshop CC2".
- Bug Fix: No scrollbar is placed over the
preview tab buttons anymore when using German language for the
dialog.
- Standalone Bug Fix: 8-bit TIFF files with
a transparency channel can be opened now. The transparency infomation
is ignored.
- Standalone Bug Fix: When opening an image
via command line does not work, that image does not appear on
the Files tab anymore and the next command line image is automatically
opened.
- Standalone Bug Fix: The big icon with the
product initials is now displayed in the task bar.
Windows Version 1.07 (August 2013)
- Dynamic Contrast effect renders
up to four times faster
- 64-bit Standalone/Lightroom version,
which renders up to 30% faster.
- Plugin Installer now supports Paint
Shop Pro X6 64-bit, Illustrator CS6 and Photoshop CS5.1.
The broken support for Photoshop CS2 was fixed. "Photoshop
CS7" was renamed to "Photoshop CC".
- Support for external editing in Bibble and
AfterShot Pro. The standalone installer automatically installs
into Bibble and AfterShot Pro.
- Support for new raw file formats in the Standalone
version
- The standalone offers a new "Recent
Files" sub menu on top left arrow menu, which offers the
20 last opened files.
- The standalone now share the same raw, color
management and batch settings with other standalones that were
built in March 2012 or later.
- Bug Fix: Sat. Mask slider does not produce
artifacts anymore.
- Bug Fix: Sat. Mask slider works for images
with 16-bit per channel and no crash occurs for certain 16-bit
images anymore.
- Bug Fix: Color Mask sliders did not work
anymore.
- Bug Fix: Contrast slider was not shown at
start up even if check box was active
- Bug Fix: Wrong cursor was sometimes used
for the split view tool
- Bug Fix: Reset now activates the Preview
check box
- Standalone Bug Fix: The Open and Save buttons
have the correct tab order.
- Standalone Bug Fix: When restoring the window
after mininize, the preview is updated.
- Standalone Bug Fix: Exiting with Exit item
from the arrow down menu did not save the settings.
- Standalone Bug Fix: Crash when opening images
from command line and switching to second image.
- Standalone Bug Fix: The filter settings of
the first image were overwritten when opening a second one.
- Standalone Bug Fix: Opening PNG files with
8-bit/channel did not work.
MacOS X Version
1.04 (January 2013)
- Support for Photoshop
Elements 11
- Support for GraphicConverter 8.2 and higher
MacOS X Version 1.03 (July 2012)
- The plugin now appears on "The Plugin
Site" sub menu of the Filter menu. Previously it appeared
on the PhotoWiz sub menu.
- Bug Fix: Damaged .ini files do not produce
crash anymore.
- Bug Fix: Program error in Photoshop CS6 under
OS X 10.7 is fixed
- Bug Fix: Sat. Mask slider produces the correct
effect and does not produce dot artifacts anymore.
- Fit and 100% zoom buttons were added
at the left of the zoom controls. To comply with Photoshop the
- zoom button is now on the left and the + zoom button on the
right.
- Bug Fix: Entering "-" in
a slider edit box previously changed preview zoom
- The preview background is not white anymore.
It is gray as the window background.
- The last opened preset is displayed in title
bar
- Pressing the Esc key cancels the plugin
- The blue focus rectangle now vanishes from
a slider text box when you click on a slider or other control.
- The arrow down buttons have a more modern
look
- The Reset button now activates the Preview
check box
- The number of CPUs was added to "Multi-CPU
Off" check box
- The arrow down buttons have a more
modern look
- Bug Fix: When you enlarging the window the
Split View combo and the Multi check box moved away from each
other.
Windows Standalone/Lightroom Version
1.06b (November 2011)
- Support for newer camera raw formats
- Support for external editing in
ACDSee. The installer automatically adds it to the External
Editors menu of ACDSee and ACDSee Pro.
- No preview flicker when switching
between images
- The Colors histogram is better visible
on a white tab sheet background.
- The Prefs > Histo Zoom check box
zooms 1.5 times stronger
- The Reset button now activates the
Preview check box.
- Bug Fix: Entering a minus sign in a
slider edit box does not changes the zoom anymore.
- Bug Fix: Sat. Mask slider produces
the correct effect and does not produce dot artifacts anymore.
- Bug Fix: Color Mask sliders did not
work previously.
- Bug Fix: Contrast slider was not shown
at start up even if check box was active
- Bug Fix: Wrong cursor was sometimes
used for the split view tool
Windows Version 1.06 (June 2011)
- Plugin improvements:
- Avoids artifacts when processing
16-bit/channel images in PSP X3 SP3.
- The plugin now appear on "The
Plugin Site" sub menu of the Filters menu (and not on
the "PhotoWiz" sub menu anymore).
- The window cannot be made smaller
than 800x600 pixel.
- No more black check box backgrounds
in PSP X2 and X3.
- Standalone improvements:
- Support for newer camera raw formats
- Opening a logged preset with "Logged
Settings" works now.
- The Log Settings function is performed
after each image saving. Previously it happened on exit.
- Batch processing does start anymore
in the case of an nonexistent output folder.
- Wrong error message texts were
displayed on some occasions.
- UI improvements:
- Shift clicking on a tab button
resets all control of the tab sheet to default values.
- New standard title bar instead
of a graphical one. The last opened preset is displayed in
the title bar.
- Smoother and faster window resizing
- The position of the + and - zoom
buttons were swapped to be conform with Photoshop.
- New Fit and 100% zoom buttons
- Press and hold flick under Vista/7
is deactivated
- The arrow menus are now positioned
correctly under Vista/7
- Selected color boxes have a better
visible frame
- The Instant Slider check box is
deactivated by default again.
- When typing in the edit box of
a slider the preview is updated after half a second.
- Double clicking a slider label
only updates the preview if the slider value was changed.
Additionally the focus is set to the slider.
- New label on Info tab sheet which
displays image size and bit depth.
- Help texts are now displayed when
moving the mouse over labels and edit boxes of slider controls.
- New image for the arrow down buttons.
- The number of CPUs was added to
the "Multi-CPU Off" check box on the Prefs Tab sheet.
- Bug Fixes:
- The settings were previously saved
when canceling the plugin without changing the Prefs controls.
- Pressing the ESC key sometimes
caused the plugin to not update the preview anymore.
- The Show Blown Highlights check
box now works correctly for 16-bit/channel images.
- Double clicking the appropriate
slider label now resets the color of the color box.
- Double clicking the slider label
while the edit box was in focus did not update the edit box
value.
- No progress bar flashing anymore.
- Installation:
- One installation for the 32-bit
and 64-bit plugins.
- Plugin Installer now detects PSP
X2 Ultimate, XnView, FixFoto, Imagelys Picture Styles as well
as Photoline 32-bit on a 64-bit system.
- The installation now creates a
new folder, start menu group (and desktop icon) for each new
version. This makes it easier to have multiple versions installed
and allows you to remove older versions without problems after
installing a newer one. Please manually remove older versions
from the Start > All Programs > The Plugin Site menu.
- The installation now supports
8 more languages and a total of 46 languages.
MacOS X Version 1.02 (January 2011)
- Only one version of
ContrastMaster 1.02 is now offered. This universal binary contains
PowerPC 32-bit, Intel 32-bit and Intel 64-bit plugins. It works
in Photoshop CS2-CS5 and Photoshop Elements 6-9.
- Various bug fixes
MacOS X Version
1.02 (December 2010)
- New 64-bit version for Photoshop CS5. Not
supported anymore are Photoshop 7/CS and Photoshop Elements 1-4.
But we still provide Version 1.01, which works with them as well
as other old applications.
- Scripting
and smart filtering support. You can now record the ContrastMaster
settings in Photoshop actions and use ContrastMaster as a smart
filter in Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5.
- Support for images larger than 30,000 pixels in width
or height. You need at least 6 GB RAM to process such images
with ContrastMaster 64-bit. The Windows version does not support
such large images yet.
- Selections are shown in the preview.
This means that the effect is not applied to pixels outside the
selection in the preview.
- New "Anti Sky
Halo" preset file
- To unify the UI of all PhotoWiz plugins
the following changes were made:
- New maximize
and exit buttons on the title bar.
- New Instant Preview check box
on the Prefs tab sheet that makes the sliders react instantly.
It is activated by default.
- New key shortcuts: H/Space
for the hand tool, I for the eyedropper and S for the splitdrag
tool, + and - for zooming, R for reset.
- Double clicking the label of a slider resets it to its
default value.
- The Reset button now deactivates
the Show Blown Highlights check box.
- On the Info tab sheet only 8-bit
pixel values are shown (even for 16-bit images).
- The "Auto Preview" check box was
renamed to "Preview".
- The "Multiple" check box was renamed
to "Multi"
- "Deactivate Multiprocessor Support"
was renamed to "Multi-CPU Off".
- The histogram is now only calculated
if the Histo tab sheet is displayed. This makes the preview update
faster especially when the ContrastMaster window is maximized.
- A message is now displayed if there
is not enoug memory for processing an image.
- The demo version
renders less opaque watermarks faster to the image.
Windows Standalone/Lightroom Version
1.05b (October 2010)
- Support for color management,
which means that embedded profiles in JPEG, TIFF and PNG files
are used for displaying an image.
- The RAW Options dialog
was renamed to "Options" and now contains RAW and Color tab sheets.
The Color tab sheet contains color management options.
- A Color Space option for raw files was
added to the Options dialog. You can now choose to convert raw
files to sRGB, AdobeRGB or ProPhotoRGB.
- Improved handling of profiles and
meta data:
- New label on the Info tab sheet which displays
image size, bit depth and profile
- Embedded profiles
in JPEG, TIFF and PNG files are preserved when saving them
as JPEG, TIFF or PNG.
- If a JPEG, TIFF
or PNG file does not have an embedded profile, but mentions
sRGB as color space in the EXIF data, an sRGB profile is embedded
when saving it as JPEG, TIFF or PNG.
- A profile is embedded
when saving a RAW file as JPEG, TIFF or PNG.
- The metadata of
JPEG files (EXIF, IPTC etc.) is preserved when saving the
image again as JPEG.
- XMP, IPTC and Photoshop
tags are preserved when opening and saving TIFF files. This
means that the EXIF information is correctly displayed in
Lightroom for processed images.
- Automatic rotation
is now also supported for TIFF and PNG files.
- New "Use Source Folder(s)"
check box on the Batch dialog, which lets you save the batch
processed images in the same folder as the original image.
- New Minimize button in the title bar
for hiding the main window.
- Improved Lightroom
Installer, which is more reliable and sets ProPhotoRGB
as the color space for processing images.
- The Batch button on
the Batch dialog was renamed to "Start".
- The Instant Slider check
box is deactivated by default, because of user complaints.
- Bug Fix: the Color values on the Info tab do
not flicker anymore when moving the mouse over the preview.
- Bug Fix: File dialog was sometimes displayed
at start up
- Bug Fix: No memory access error message anymore
if you close an image and move the mouse over the preview with
the Info tab sheet displayed.
- Bug Fix: The preview is not redrawn unnecessarily
anymore.
- Bug Fix: Fixed the color of the labels on the
Options dialog under Vista/7
- Bug Fix: With displayed Info tab when clicking
on the preview the preview did only update when moving the mouse
out of the preview.
- Bug Fix: When the demo version started up at
maximum dialog size, an unnecessary message was displayed.
- The manual was updated with explanation for
the new features.
Windows Version 1.05 (September
2010)
- Standalone and Lightroom versions
of ContrastMaster are now available. Both can open multiple images
and support images with 8-bit and 16-bit/channel.
- The Lightroom version can be used
as an external editor in Adobe Lightroom 1, 2 and 3.
- The Standalone version is a program
that runs on its own. It offers a batch processing feature
and opens the following image formats: Camera RAW (including
DNG), JPEG, TIFF, PSD, PNG, BMP, TGA, PCD, PCX, WMF. It can
save JPEG, TIFF, PSD and PNG files.
- Selections are shown in the preview.
This means that the effect is not applied to pixels outside the
selection in the preview.
- Please move your self-saved presets
to the Presets sub folder at the following location to make them
appear on the arrow-down menu:
2000/XP:
c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\ThePluginSite\ContrastMaster\
Vista/7:
c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\ThePluginSite\ContrastMaster\
To avoids write permission conflicts the .ini, preset and log
files are now saved in this folder.
- To unify the UI of all PhotoWiz plugins
the following changes were made:
- New maximize
and exit buttons on the title bar. When maximizing the
window the task bar is respected. When clicking the maximize
button again the normal window size correctly is restored.
Double clicking the titlebar logo does not maximize the window
anymore.
- New Instant Preview check box
that makes the sliders react instantly. It is activated
by default. No cursor flicker anymore when moving sliders
with Instant Preview activated.
- New key shortcuts:
H/Space for the hand tool, M for the sample area tool, I for
the eyedropper and S for the splitdrag tool, + and - for zooming,
R for reset. If the input focus is on an edit or combo box,
you need to additionally hold down the Alt key to make the
shortcut work.
- Double clicking
the label of a slider resets it to its default value.
- No cursor flicker anymore when
moving sliders with Instant Preview activated.
- The Reset button now deactivates
the Show Blown Highlights check box.
- On the Info tab sheet only 8-bit
pixel values are shown (even for 16-bit images).
- Under
Vista and 7 the height of the sliders is slightly larger to
avoid cuting off the arrows buttons.
- The "Auto Preview" check box was
renamed to "Preview".
- The "Multiple" check box was renamed
to "Multi"
- "Deactivate Multiprocessor Support"
was renamed to "Multi-CPU Off".
- If you change something on the Prefs tab
sheet and press Cancel, all settings are saved. Previously you
needed to press OK to save changes on the Prefs tab sheet, which
meant that you would need to apply the effect to the image even
if you did not want that.
- The rendering
time is measured more accurately.
- Bug Fix: Deinstalling the demo version after
the full version was already installed, causes no problems for
the full version anymore.
- All files are now installed in the "The Plugin
Site" sub folder of the Program Files folder by default. Additionally
"The Plugin Site" sub menu of the Start menu is now used for installation
items.
- Support for silent installation:
If you run the installer with the /silent or /verysilent command
line parameter, the installation will run automatically and require
no click. Plugin Installer will then automatically install the
plugin in every supported application that it can find.
- Plugin Installer
supports more applications, e.g. Sagelight and Fireworks CS2 to
CS5, and displays less options during installation.
MacOS X Version
1.01 (May 2010)
- This is only an installer update. The
installer now detects the plugin folders of Photoshop and Photoshop
Elements and offers these as installation options.
MacOS X Version
1.01 (January 2010)
- A Universal Binary version is
now available that works with PowerPC as well as Intel processors
in Photoshop CS2, CS3 and CS4. There is also a PowerPC version
for Photoshop 7, CS and other old applications.
- The ini files are now placed in a folder
(at /Users/<user name>/Library/Preferences/PhotoWiz/) that
always has write permissions. This avoids reoccuring error messages
and lost settings. Different settings are stored for different
versions of Photoshop.
- Bug Fix: The default values of the Strength
and Variations from the Dynamic tab sheet are not set correctly
when running ContrastMaster for the first time.
Windows Version
1.04 (December 2009)
- The histogram is now only calculated
if the Histo tab sheet is displayed. This makes the preview update
faster especially when the ContrastMaster window is maximized.
- The dialog layout was brought in line
with the other PhotoWiz products: The default window width is
now 800 instead of 806 pixel. Aditionally the controls were moved
by a few pixels.
- New sizing grip in the right bottom
corner.
- Bug Fix: A crash
(e.g. when resizing the window) does not occur anymore.
- Bug Fix: Opening a preset from the menu
list disabled the Open Preset and Save Preset options
- Bug Fix: Occasional mess-up of the controls
should be fixed now.
- Bug Fix: The HTML manual now displays
correctly for the 64-bit version
Windows Version
1.03 (October 2009)
- A 64bit version of ContrastMaster
is available. It can be used with the 64bit version of Photoshop
CS4.
- The plugin file size was reduced to 60%
of the previous version.
- Plugin Installer now supports Photoshop
Elements 8.
- The demo version renders less opaque
watermarks faster to the image.
Windows Version
1.02 (January 2009)
- ContrastMaster now supports scripting.
So you can now record its settings in actions/scripts in
Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and Debabelizer. You can also use
ContrastMaster as a smart filter in Photoshop CS3/CS4. (Scripting
does not work in Fireworks yet. You can use ContrastMaster as
a live effect in Fireworks, but it will display the dialog everytime
it is called, so it is quite inconvenient. Cloak Mode was not
removed yet, because it can still be of use, e.g. in Fireworks
and other applications, that do not support scripting. If Cloak
Mode is activated, Contrastmaster ignores any settings received
through scripting.)
- The Logged Settings feature did not work
in Cloak Mode previously.
- The Batch Processing page in the manual
was updated.
- New "Anti Sky Halo" preset file
- The installer now supports a total of
38 languages. Plugin Installer also supports localized versions
of Photoshop CS2 and CS3 (German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch,
Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish) and several new
applications, e.g. Photobie Design Studio and DeBabelizer Pro
6.1.
MacOS X Version
1.0 (December 2008)
- First MacOS X release based on the Windows
Version 1.01.
- There are three
versions included in the product:
- Standard
PowerPC (for various applications on PowerPC-Macs)
- CS2 PowerPC (for CS2/CS3/CS4
applications on PowerPC-Macs, e.g. Photoshop CS2, Photoshop
CS3, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS2, ImageReady CS2 )
- CS3 Intel (for Photoshop CS3/CS4
and Photoshop Elements 6 on Intel-Macs)
- The Standard
version installs by default into Photoshop 7 and the other two
version now install by default to Photoshop CS4. If you want to
install the plugin into another Photoshop version or another application,
you need to manually choose the appropriate plugin folder during
installation.
Windows Version
1.01 (September 2008)
- ContrastMaster was localized to German
language. You can switch between languages on the Prefs tab
sheet. The manual is still only available in English language.
- The interactive English help texts were
updated.
- The Speedup check box is now activated
by default. Deactivating it may produce better results for some
images, but it will also mean a much longer rendering time for
print-size images after pressing OK.
- Bug Fix: The Stretch slider previously
produced artifacts and even a crash at certain settings and with
certain images. For underexposed 16 bit images it even produced
a totally black result.
- Bug Fix: The
Speedup check box produced a crash for small panoramic images.
- Bug Fix: The Equalize slider produced
black areas for images larger than 8 Megapixel.
- Bug Fix: Sometimes low values of the
Stretch slider produced a too dark result after pressing OK.
- Bug Fix: The
hand icon and histogram now use the correct background color.
- The Plugin Installer was updated and
supports four new compatible applications (PhotoFiltre Studio,
Zoner PhotoStudio, PhotoPerfect and HeliconFilter). It now correctly
installs plugins into the German version of Photoshop CS2 and
CS3.
Windows Version
1.0 (August 2008)
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