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Version History
Windows Version 2.13 (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 2.12 (September 2021)
- The "Photoshop Dark" skin style is now used by default
- Bug Fix: The Anti-Halo slider with a value larger than zero does casue a freeze anymore after applying LightMachine several times.
-
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 2.11b (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 2.11 (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.
- Bug Fix: The individual installation previously did not correctly install into Lightroom, because the name of the .exe file was set incorrectly.
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/LightMachine/Presets/ in case this folder does not already exist. All user-saved presets from the old preset folder at /Library/Application Support/PhotoWiz/LightMachine/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 2.10c (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 2.10b (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 image was previously not displayed in the preview when running it as an external editor or when running it with an image path in the command line.
- 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.
- Bug Fix: Activating the check box on the last installation page previously did not run the standalone version.
- 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 2.10 (February 2017)
- Support for multiple cores,
which increases rendering speed up to several times
- The preview is rendered up to 12 times
faster with modern CPUs or up to four times on old single core CPUs.
- LightMachine can be used as
a smart filter and its settings can be recorded with actions
- 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: A negative Intensity slider value for
a spot does not cause overexposure on 16-bit/channel images anymore
- Bug Fix: Under Windows
10 dragging the spots works now with a Wacom graphics tablet. To make
it work even better please deactivate the "Use Windows Ink"
check box under "Projection" in the Wacom control panel.
- 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
- Improved manual with table of contents
- Bug Fix: No more flickering when starting up with
a maximized window.
- Bug Fix: It is now possible to drag and delete spots if the Multi check box is activated (and Split View deactivated).
- 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 Fit zoom option now uses zoom levels
below 6% in order to fit very big images into the preview.
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
- 64-bit Standalone/Lightroom
version, which renders up to 30% faster.
- General Improvements:
- 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.
- Bug Fix: Removed some cosmetic UI problems
- Bug Fix: Fixed control mixup in Shadows/Highlights and Color
Replace modes
- Plugin Improvements:
- After the plugin dialog appears the Enter
key now always applies the effect and the Esc key always cancels
the plugin. Previously it sometimes only worked after clicking
a control.
- Bug Fix: When using the Enter key instead
of clicking the OK button, the settings were not saved.
- Plugin Installer now displays "Photoshop
CC 2014" instead of "Photoshop CC2". It also
supports Photoshop Elements 13 64-bit, Paint
Shop Pro X6/X7 64-bit, Illustrator CS6 and Photoshop CS5.1.
The broken support for Photoshop CS2 was fixed. "Photoshop
CS7" was renamed to "Photoshop CC".
- Standalone Improvements:
- 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 shares the same raw,
color management and batch settings with other standalones that
were built in March 2012 or later.
- Bug Fix: 8-bit TIFF files with a transparency
channel can be opened now. The transparency infomation is ignored.
- Bug Fix: Resizing the window with displayed
Images tab caused preview to scale below the Images tab.
- Bug Fix: The Open and Save buttons have
the correct tab order.
- Bug Fix: When restoring the window after
mininize, the preview is updated.
- Bug Fix: Exiting with Exit item from the
arrow down menu did not save the settings.
- Bug Fix: Crash when opening images from
command line and switching to second image.
- Bug Fix: The filter settings of the first
image were overwritten when opening a second one.
- Bug Fix: Opening PNG files with 8-bit/channel
did not work.
- 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.
- Bug Fix: The big icon with the product
initials is now displayed in the task bar.
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: Program error in Photoshop CS6 is
fixed
- 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
- Bug Fix: The filter settings are not saved
anymore if you click Cancel (unless you change the Prefs settings).
- Bug Fix: Previously it displayed a wrong
English welcome message
- 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
- Bug Fix: Entering a minus sign in a slider
edit box does not changes the zoom anymore.
- Bug Fix: Resizing the window with displayed
Images tab caused preview to scale below the Images tab.
Windows Plugin 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:
- New standard tab controls instead of
custom ones
- New standard title bar instead of a graphical
one. The last opened preset is displayed in the title bar.
- The window width was reduced by a few
pixels.
- 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
- Automatic color box selection with active
eyedropper tool when switching between tab sheets in the pro
modes. Previously it was necessary to click on the color box
to select it.
- 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 N, P, S and H buttons did not work
when the Multi check box was active.
- Sometimes the Local Contrast effect in
Brightness/Contrast Pro mode was not applied to the whole
image.
- 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.
- Reset previously made the color boxes
on the top tab sheets white instead of mid grey.
- The oval spot marquee does not exhibit
lines anymore.
- 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 (February 2011)
- New 64-bit version for Photoshop CS5
- Only one version of LightMachine 1.02 is
offered. This universal binary contains PowerPC 32-bit, Intel
32-bit and Intel 64-bit plugins. It works with Photoshop CS2-CS5
and Photoshop Elements 6-9. 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.
- Support for images larger than 30,000
pixels in width or height. You need at least 6 GB RAM
to process such images with LightMachine 64-bit. The Windows version
does not support such large images yet.
- To unify the UI of all PhotoWiz plugins
the following changes were made:
- A new tool bar above the
preview for choosing the following tools: hand, cross, eyedropper
and split view.
- In the Color modes the cross cursor (of
the cross tool) is now used to select a color for the color
mask. Previously it was an eyedropper cursor.
- 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.
- The B/W button below the preview was turned
into a check box and moved to the Info tab sheet
- 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
B/W and Show Blown Highlights check boxes.
- 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".
- New "Delete Spot" item on the arrow-down menu
of the Spot Mask tab sheet
- Bug Fix: In the Virtual Studio modes the
spot circle was not displayed when the Multi check box was active
even if split view was off.
- If the zoom ratio is set to Fit and you maximize
the window, then the image in the preview is also zoomed.
- 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: No black line in preview on start-up
and Undo feature works again.
- Bug Fix: The color information on the Info
tab sheet was not displayed in the Virtual Studio modes.
- Bug Fix: Shadow Depth was not set correctly
by Reset and on first startup.
- 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 LightMachine 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.
- The spots, split view line and focus point
can be moved smoother and faster over 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\LightMachine\
Vista/7: c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\ThePluginSite\LightMachine\
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:
- A new tool bar above the
preview for choosing the following tools: hand, cross, eyedropper
and split view.
- In the Color modes the cross cursor (of
the cross tool) is now used to select a color for the color
mask. Previously it was an eyedropper cursor.
- 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.
- The B/W button below the preview was turned
into a check box and moved to the Info tab sheet
- Visual styles are now automatically used.
The Prefs > Dialog Theme check box was removed.
- New key shortcuts: H/Space for the
hand tool, V for the cross tool, I for the eyedropper and
S for the split view 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.
- No cursor flicker anymore when moving
sliders with Instant Preview activated.
- The Reset button now deactivates the Show
Blown Highlights and B/W check boxes.
- Double clicking the label of a slider
resets it to its default value.
- The Prefs > Instant Sliders check
box was removed. Its functionality is now activated with the
Instant Preview 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.
- A size grip was added in the bottom right
corner.
- The "Auto Preview" check box was renamed
to "Preview".
- The "Multiple" check box was renamed to
"Multi"
- The item names of the Satuation combo boxes
were slightly changed to match with the other PhotoWiz plugins.
- 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.
- In the Virtual Studio modes you previously
had to click on the preview in order to activate the cursor keys
for moving the selected spot. Now you only need to move the mouse
over the preview to be able to use the cursor keys.
- New "Delete Spot" item on the arrow-down menu
of the Spot Mask tab sheet
- The rendering time is measured more accurately.
- The Reset button activates the Preview check
box
- Bug Fix: Undo/Redo function works again
- Bug Fix: In the Virtual Studio modes the
spot circle was not displayed when the Multi check box was active
even if split view was off.
- 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.
- Six new presets that prodcue pseudo
HDR effects.
Windows Version 1.03 (October 2009)
- A 64bit version of LightMachine is available.
It can be used with the 64bit version of Photoshop CS4.
- Visual styles are now supported.
- The plugin file size was reduced to 55% of
the previous version.
- The installer now supports a total of 38
languages. Plugin Installer supports Photoshop Elements 8, localized
versions of Photoshop CS2 and CS3 and several new applications.
- The demo version renders less opaque watermarks
faster to the image.
Windows Version 1.02 (April 6, 2008)
- The Brightness slider produces a higher
quality result especially when darkening the image.
- Six new presets for creating pseudo HDR effects.
- Support for multiple processors and hyperthreading
processors: but only for mask creation and the Local Contrast
effect. In case of problems you can deactivate it with the "Multi-CPU
Off" check box on the Prefs tab sheet.
- DEP Compatibility: Even if Data Execution
Protection (DEP) is activated in the Windows Control Panel, LightMachine
still works.
- LightMachine now supports the Photoshop
memory management which avoids memory shortages in Photoshop.
- Improved compatibility with some applications,
e.g. color dialogs now work in GIMP and PhotoBrush and preview
scrolling now works in SignLab and Image Analyzer.
- The the .ini files are now saved in the user's
application data folder in case the folder of the LightMachine
plugin is not accessible. This avoids problems with restricted
user permissions.
- The language files are now contained within
the plugin itself. This avoids problems with unacessible language
files.
- Bug Fix: After maximizing the window (by
double clicking the LightMachine logo), exiting and running LightMachine
again, it was not possible to minimize the window (by double clicking
the LightMachine logo). It works now.
- Bug Fix: Exiting the plugin with the ESC
key does not cause a messed up dialog anymore when running the
plugin again.
- Updated Plugin Installer tool, manual and
installation
MacOS X Version 1.0 (April 2, 2007)
- Mac-Intel Version for Photoshop CS3 is now
available
Windows Version 1.01b (File Date: March 26,
2007)
- Bug Fix: Previous versions of LightMachine
crashed under Windows Vista on some computers if there
was 2 GB or more RAM available.
- The HTML and PDF manual were slightly updated
- The Plugin Installer was slightly updated
MacOS X Version 1.0 (April 18, 2006)
- First MacOS X release of LightMachine based
on the Windows Version 1.01.
Version 1.01 (File Date: November 7, 2005)
New Features:
- Selections from your graphics application
can now be seen in the LightMachine preview. The effect
is only visible on the selection area in the LightMachine preview.
This feature currently only works in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements,
Paint Shop Pro 4 - 7, Photo-Paint, Canvas, FotoCanvas and Ultimate
Paint. Other applications don't support it sufficiently.
- The LightMachine dialog was localized
to German and a Language option was added to the Prefs tab.
The manual and setup is still only available in English.
- New Fade slider for fading the overall
effect of LightMachine.
- New button menu at the top with
Open Preset, Save Preset, Undo / Redo options and a list of
all presets from the Preset sub folder. As a consequence the
Open Preset, Save Preset and Undo buttons were removed.
- New Spots button menu in the
Virtual Studio modes for selecting a certain spot, copying
spot properties to other spots and hiding/showing all spots.
- New key shortcuts in Virtual Studio
mode:
- You can directly select the first ten
spots with the numeric keys.
- You can move the currently selected
spot with the cursor keys by 10 pixel. If you additionally
hold down the CTRL-key you can move the spot by 100 pixel.
(You may need to click on a spot or use a numeric key
at first to move the focus to the preview before you can
use the cursor keys. Activating InstantPreview from the
Prefs tab sheet updates the preview with every key stroke.)
- In addition to the Del key you can
now also use the Backspace key to delete a spot.
- New Instant Sliders check box on
the Prefs tab sheet. If activated, the preview updates while
dragging a slider. (Please notice that the Undo / Redo feature
won't work anymore if you have this option activated.)
- Several new presets including vignetting
correction and some polarizer effects.
- A tool called Plugin Installer is
installed with LightMachine and also executed during setup.
It lets you copy the LightMachine plugin to the plugin folder
of various applications and lets you remove it later again.
It can detect the plugin folder of 25 graphics applications.
Improvements / Changes:
- In Virtual Studio mode the spot circle
in the preview gets oval now when using the Ovality slider.
- The unit of the Size slider in the Virtual
Studio modes was changed from pixel to percent. That way the
same setting or preset can now be used with images of different
sizes without having to readjust the spots. You need to resave
old presets though.
- The Brightness, Contrast and Size sliders
work exponentially now. That means smaller values now occupy
a larger part of the slider bar, which makes it easier to choose
small values.
- When entering a value in edit box of a
slider, the preview updates automatically. Previously you needed
to press the return or tab key to make the preview update.
- New general key shortcuts: CTRL + O for
opening presets, CTRL + S for saving presets and CTRL + Z for
Undo/Redo.
- If necessary LightMachine will now look
for the html manual, presets and log files in the original installation
folder. That means, if you only copy the LightMachine.8bf file
into a plugin folder, the mentioned features will work nevertheless.
- A message box is now displayed if you try
to use the Logged Settings feature in an host application that
doesn't support it.
Updates and Bug Fixes:
- Bug Fix: When clicking the color box on
various tab sheets the color was previously not passed to the
color dialog.
- Bug Fix: Transparent areas are now correctly
displayed with a chessboard pattern when applying LightMachine
to a 16bit layer in Photoshop.
- Bug Fix: If the the zoom was not set to
Fit , no preview update occurred after resizing the window.
- Bug Fix: The Last Filter command (CTRL
+ F) in Photoshop didn't work if LightMachine was in one of
the Virtual Studio or Colors modes.
- Bug Fix: The Open/Save Preset file dialog
sometimes displayed the folder of the current image instead
of the folder of the latest opened/saved preset.
- Bug Fix: Beta screen problems
Version 1.0b (File Date: February 28, 2005)
New Features:
- The corrected image and the mask can
be viewed side by side now. All you have to do is to activate
Split View, Multiple and one of the N,P,S or H buttons
- You can now use the mouse wheel to change
slider values. You need to select the slider at first by
clicking on it or using the tab key.
- Some new preset files were added
Updates and Bug Fixes:
- The Manual was updated:
- Step by Step Guide: Using LightMachine
as a Masking Tool
- Switching Modes explained in more detail
- More explanations on Local Contrast
- Several other places were updated
- Bug Fix: The Shift slider didn't work anymore
with deactivated Stretch check box. This previously led to different
final result.
- Bug Fix: On 16bit images using negative
values for the Brightness slider previously caused artifacts
on images with blown highlights.
- Bug Fix: Applying LightMachine a second
time in Serif PhotoPlus caused a black result because
of an incompatibiliyt in PhotoPlus. It was fixed.
- Bug Fix: Activating Log Settings on the
Prefs tab previously caused an error message in Serif PhotoPlus.
- Bug Fix: Applying LightMachine a second
time in ACDSystems Canvas previously caused problems.
- Bug Fix: Streaks previously appeared in
Multiple Split View.
- Bug Fix: Adding spots in the Virtual Studio
modes wasn't possible with activated Split View.
- Bug Fix: Previously the spot crosses and
circles were displayed in the wrong location if you activated
the Mulitple check box in the Virtual Studio modes. Now the
spot crosses and circles aren't displayed anymore and the spots
aren't editable anymore if Multiple is active.
- Bug Fix: Using the mouse wheel to scroll
through the combo boxes works now.
- The Demo version now applies a slightly
less visible watermark.
- Some smaller bugs were fixed.
Version 1.0 (File Date: January 1, 2005)
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