Iridient Developer Version History

2.1.0 - May 9, 2013 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Complete noise reduction overhaul! Three all new, state of the art, noise reduction methods plus auto level adjustment based on image ISO and other parameters.
  • New RAW channel mixer monochrome (B&W) conversion method which allows direct access to RAW color data direct from demosaic without any color processing.
  • Support for black point compensation added to color management options.
  • Support for LittleCMS v2.4 color management engine in addition to Apple ColorSync. LittleCMS provides full ICC v4.3 compatibility and support for ICC profiles containing floating point data.
  • Adds support for Apple's RAW conversion libraries. Provides an additional option for RAW camera support where native Iridient support is missing and an alternate demosaic/color/noise processing option for RAW format images.
  • Support added for the Canon Rebel T5i (700D, Kiss X7i) and Rebel SL1 (100D, Kiss X7).
  • Support added for the Nikon D7100, Coolpix A and Coolpix P330.
  • Support added for the Sony SLT-A58.
  • Support added for the Olympus XZ-10.
  • Support added for the Panasonic DMC-G6 and DMC-GF6.
  • Support added for the Ricoh GR.
  • Support added for the Fuji X-Pro1, X-E1, X20, X100S, F900EXR, HS50EXR, HS35EXR and SL1000. The X-trans based cameras require Apple RAW v4.05 or conversion to DNG Linear format.
  • Support added for the Hasselblad H5D-50, H5D-40, H4D-40 and H4D-31.
• Improvements:
  • Includes latest OpenEXR v2.0 libraries.
  • Improved overall noise reduction processing for Sigma Merrill cameras which should give both lower noise and sharper results in many cases.
  • Support added for DNG linear format images most all Fuji models, even EXR models and X-trans models.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed crashing bug with some standard (non-RAW) images on opening with Mac OS X 10.6.8.
  • Fixed crashing bug with some Leica M format images due to bad EXIF copyright metadata, mostly from early prototype models.
  • Fixed bug when changing images on Retina screens where preview image may not update on image change without zooming in/out.
  • Fixed bug with Retina screens where moving preview window from Retina display to non-retina display would cause image shifts or update issues.
  • Fixed bug with cropping on Retina displays.
  • Fixes improper loading of Sigma exposure bias, exposure mode and exposure program metadata fields.
  • Intermediate ISO settings of 1/3 stop are now properly handled on Sigma DP Merrill models.

2.0.1 - February 26, 2013 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Added full support for DNG v1.4 Camera Profile color rendering specification in addition to the existing support for DNG v1.1 color rendering.
  • Added support for loading DNG Camera Profiles from both standalone camera profile files (DCP) as well as DNG images.
  • Added the ability to optionally override DNG Camera Profile tone curves using custom point based Camera Curve.
  • Added the ability to use dragging to scroll through the thumbnail browser.
  • Added back the View menu items to set the thumbnail size to standard sizes (small, medium, large).
  • Support added for the Leica M (Typ 240).
  • Support added for the Sony NEX-3N.
  • Support added for the Pentax MX-1.
  • Support added for the Sigma DP3 Merrill.
  • Support added for the Hasselblad H4D-40.
  • Support added for the Nikon 1 J3 and 1 S1.
• Improvements:
  • Improved performance of preview image and histogram display updates, particularly when scrolling or dragging the preview image.
  • Greatly reduced size of disk image by using DropDMG application to build disk image.
  • Improved sizing of thumbnails so that they more fully fill their available area with some cameras and orientations.
  • Added tool tips to hide/show thubmnails arrrow button to indicate function of this button and indicate that thumbnail area can be resized by clicking and dragging on border between thumbnails and image preview area.
  • Improved white point default for Sigma DP Merrill models at ISO 100.
  • Improved handling of deep shadow noise for Sigma SD1 and DP Merrill models.
  • Improved lens color cast handling for Sigma DP Merrill models, especially the DP2 Merrill.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with early Mac Intel based systems (pre-SSE4 processors) which caused random crashes and instability with v2.0, particularly systems running 10.6.8.
  • Fixed issue with bundled eSellerate libraries which caused the "Buy Now" functionality to not work.
  • Fixed file permissions issue which could cause some non-admin type users from running the program.
  • Fixed issue with disk image where the window positioning and background image would not display properly. Now using the terrific DropDMG application to build much smaller and hopefully much more reliably compatible disk images in the future!
  • Fixed issue with odd vertical line count, flipped bottom to top row layout DNG images produced by some backs that allow in camera cropping of the RAW data.
  • Fixed bug with saving the preferences for hiding/showing state of the Histogram window.
  • Fixed bug with the as shot white balance of Nikon D800 multi-exposure images shot using auto gain option.
  • Fixed issue with Sigma SD15 black levels at ISO levels above 200.
  • Fixed issue with deleting image files from remote servers.
  • Fixed issue with Retina MacBook models where preview image may not always properly update when rapidly switching between images.
  • Fixed bug with As Shot white balance for some Hasselblad FFF format images.

2.0.0 - January 17, 2013 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support for lens corrections including embedded lens metadata from some cameras (Olympus) and RAW formats (DNG), lens profiles (LCP files), automatic and manual chromatic aberration correction and manual distortion correction.
  • Newly designed image thumbnail browser with support for live updates.
  • Support for star ratings.
  • Support for IPTC, XMP and EXIF v2.3 metadata pass through.
  • Support for most all standard, non-RAW, image formats including JPEG, TIFF, PNG and more.
  • Support for high dynamic range (HDR) image formats including OpenEXR and Radiance.
  • Optimized graphics, user interface controls and image rendering for high resolution Retina displays.
  • Enhanced full screen support including support for new full screen window controls introduced in 10.7 (Lion).
  • Code signed for support of Apple's Gatekeeper security introduced in 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
  • Support for touch gestures for zooming and scrolling preview.
  • Support added for the Canon 6D, Rebel T4i (650D, Kiss X6i), EOS-M, S110, G15 and SX50 HS.
  • Support added for the Nikon D5200, D600, P7700, 1 V2 and 1 J2.
  • Support added for the Sony NEX-6, NEX-5R, SLT-A99 and DSC-RX1.
  • Support added for the Olympus E-PL5, E-PM2 and XZ-2 iHS.
  • Support added for the Sigma DP1 Merrill and DP2 Merrill.
  • Support added for the Panasonic DMC-GH3, DMC-G5, DMC-LX7 and DMC-FZ200.
  • Support added for the Pentax K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-30 and Q10.
  • Support added for the Samsung NX20, NX210, NX1000 and EX2F.
  • Support added for the Leica New S (S3), D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4.
  • Support added for the Fuji F800EXR and XF1.
• Improvements:
  • Improved preview display quality including support for deep color dithering on 10.7 (Lion) and later.
  • The LAB curves keyboard adjustment increments were made adjusted again now offering both smaller and larger increments through the option and shift+option key combos.
  • Improved processing of lens color shift metadata for Sigma SD1 and new DP1/2 Merrill models.
  • Refined default ICC color profiles for many camera models.
  • Numerous performance enhancements including incorporation of Apple's Grand Central Dispatch technology for better utilization of the latest multi-core Intel processors.
  • Improved parsing of various lens distance and lens metadata fields.
  • Added additional name information for some new lens models.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue which would cause a crash when loading Fuji X-Pro1 images which had been converted to DNG format. This camera is not currently supported in either native RAF or DNG format.

1.9.5 - June 7, 2012 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Canon 5D-III, 1D X and G1 X.
  • Support added for the Nikon D4, D800, D800E and D3200.
  • Support added for the Sony SLT-A37, SLT-A57, NEX-F3 and DSC-RX100.
  • Support added for the Olympus E-M5.
  • Support added for the Sigma SD1 and SD1 Merrill.
  • Support added for the Panasonic DMC-GF5.
  • Support added for the Pentax K-01.
  • Support added for the Leaf Credo 40, 60 and 80.
  • Support added for the Leica M Monochrom and X2.
  • Support added for the Fuji X-S1, F770EXR/F775EXR and HS30EXR/HS33EXR.
• Improvements:
  • The LAB curves keyboard adjustment increments were made smaller offering greater precision when using the arrow keys to adjust points.
  • Complete overhaul for all Sigma cameras (Foveon) processing routines which improves color rendering, highlight recovery, noise reduction, detail and just about every aspect of these images!
• Bug Fixes:
  • More issues fixed with some EXR (DR) modes and file resolutions of the Fuji X10 which could result in incorrect default image size or tinted highlights and incorrect exposure levels.
  • Fixed an issue which would cause RAW Developer to crash on systems running 10.7 or later when closing the image preview window and then opening a new set of images.

1.9.4 - December 23, 2011 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-GX1.
  • Support added for Leica V-Lux 3.
• Improvements:
  • Minor performance improvements to decompression speed for many cameras.
  • Updated default color profiles and camera curves for several recent models including Sony A65, A77, NEX-7, Fuji X10, Canon S100, Samsung NX200 and Nikon 1 series.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issues with some EXR (DR) modes and file resolutions of the Fuji X10 which could result in incorrect default image size or tinted highlights and incorrect exposure levels.
  • Fixed a couple resource file permissions that would prevent RAW Developer from running when logged in as non administrator user.
  • Support for Pentax K110D now is working again.
  • Preferences for horizontal and vertical grid lines can now be saved with values of 5 and 3.

1.9.3 - November 26, 2011 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Nikon P7100, J1 and V1.
  • Support added for Canon PowerShot S100.
  • Support added for Olympus E-PM1.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-FZ150.
  • Support added for Sony NEX-7.
  • Support added for Samsung NX200.
  • Support added for Ricoh GR Digital IV.
  • Support added for Fuji X10 and F600EXR.
  • Support added for Seitz 6x17 Digital, Roundshot D2x and Roundshot D3.
• Improvements:
  • Performance improvements for lossless JPEG decompression which is used by numerous camera models for RAW data compression.
• Bug Fixes:
  • A couple bug fixes to allow for support of RAW files larger than 140 megapixels in size!

1.9.2 - September 2, 2011 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Nikon D5100.
  • Support added for Olympus E-P3 and E-PL3.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-G3 and DMC-GF3.
  • Support added for Sony NEX-C3, NEX-5N, SLT-A35, SLT-A65 and SLT-A77.
  • Support added for Leaf AFi-II 12.
  • Support added for Samsung NX11.
  • Support added for Pentax Q.
  • Support added for Sigma DP2x.
  • Support added for Ricoh GXR Leica Mount Module.
  • Expanded support for non-RAW DNG file format images including DNG files from some scanners and other processing software.
  • New "preview" checkbox control for easy toggling between the original camera defaults and current image adjustments without having to save current settings.
• Improvements:
  • Greatly improved processing performance of Richardson-Lucy based sharpening algorithm and also improved quality of pixels near the edge of the image when using this sharpening method.
  • Improved demosaic processing, particularly with chroma noise along fine edges and in areas of high micro detail.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Now possible to set shadow/highlight waring prefernces below 0.2% and above 99.8%,
  • Fixed issue where some Sony camera white balance presets were not available when running in 64-bit mode.
  • Fixed incorrect thumbnail orientation with some images shot with Leaf backs on 645AFD camera body.
  • Fixed issue where some Fuji F550EXR images shot in special EXR modes would create images at reduced resolution size rather than high resolution size.

1.9.1 - March 31, 2011 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Fuji X100, F550EXR and HS20EXR (HS22EXR).
  • Several new keyboard shortcuts added for preview image navigation including the space key for quickly toggling to the hand cursor tool combined with the command and options keys allows for zooming in/out centered at a particular image location besides the middle. Home and end keys now navigate preview to top, left and bottom, right and can be combined with the option key for top, right and bottom, left. The command key combined with page up and page down now scrolls left and right.
• Improvements:
  • Reduced memory usage when loading large numbers of some image formats, particularly Pentax PEF format.
  • Updated default camera profile for Fuji S200EXR/S205EXR.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with loading of some Fuji RAF fomat images when running in 64-bit mode.

1.9.0 - February 28, 2011 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Now runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS X 10.5 or later with 64-bit capable Intel processors. Allows for extremely large image scaling on export and improved processing performance throughout.
  • Support added for Canon Rebel T3i (600D/Kiss X5) and Rebel T3 (1100D/Kiss X50).
  • Support added for Olympus E-PL2 and XZ-1.
  • Support added for Pentax 645D PEF format.
  • Support added for Leaf Aptus-II 12 and 12R.
  • Support added for Phase One ACHROMATIC+ AND IQ180.
  • Support added for Kodak Z981.
  • Support added for Phase One EIP format files containing Leaf or other manufacturer image data.
• Improvements:
  • Major performance improvements to processing speed, particularly on Mac OS X 10.6 and recent Mac models with high processor core counts and hyper-threading. In some cases image export may be 4-6x faster!
  • Improved image loading performance.
  • Improved onscreen preview speed and rendering quality.
  • Numerous updates to default camera profiles and tone curves.
  • Improved as-shot camera white balance for recent Samsung (NX) models.
  • Various refinements to the handling of Phase One backs. Resolved some remaining tiling/centerfold issues with the P65+ and other recent Phase One models including the P40+ and IQ180.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with EXIF metadata option not appearing in single file export dialog.

1.8.11 - December 2, 2010 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 60D, S95, G12 and CHDK modified G9 models.
  • Support added for Nikon D7000, D3100 and P7000.
  • Support added for Olympus E-5.
  • Support added for Pentax K-5, K-r and 645D.
  • Support added for Sony DSLR-A390, DSLR-A290, DSLR-A560, DSLR-A580, SLT-A33 and SLT-A55.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-GH2, DMC-GF2, DMC-LX5, DMC-FZ100 and DMC-FZ45 (FZ40).
  • Support added for Samsung NX100, NX5, TL500 (EX1), TL350 (WB2000).
  • Support added for Leica D-Lux5 and V-Lux2.
  • Support added for Sigma SD15, DP1x and DP2s.
• Improvements:
  • Improved onscreen preview rendering quality.
  • Updated to modern toolbar buttons for several controls.
  • Various updates to default camera profiles.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with loading of EXIF metadata for Leaf backs.
  • Fixed issue with highlight and shadow warning levels not retaining/saving their preference values.
  • Clip warning buttons now indicate their on/off state.
  • Shift-up and shift-right keyboard shortcuts now work properly for white balance tint adjustments.

1.8.10 - May 28, 2010 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Sony NEX-3, NEX-5 and DSLR-A450.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-G2 and DMC-G10.
  • Support added for Fuji S205EXR and HS10/HS11.
  • Support added for Leaf Aptus-II 8 and Aptus-II 10R.
  • Support added for Sigma DP1, DP1s and DP2.
  • Support added for Hasselblad H4D-50.
  • Support added for Casio EX-FH100.
• Improvements:
  • Improved "centerfold" elimination processing for Phase One P65+.
  • Improved default camera tone curve for Samsung NX10.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with loading of uncompressed PEF format images from the Pentax K20D.

1.8.9 - March 10, 2010 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon Rebel T2i (550D/Kiss X4).
  • Support added for Olympus E-PL1.
  • Support added for Samsung NX10 and WB5000 (HZ25W).
• Improvements:
  • Improved filtering out of unsupported, non-RAW TIFF format files.
  • Added "centerfold" elimination processing for Phase One P65+.
  • Improved default camera settings for Phase One P40+ and P65+.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed several issues with support of the Phase One P65+.

1.8.8 - January 18, 2010 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 1D Mark IV.
  • Support added for Fuji S200EXR.
• Improvements:
  • Improved default camera ICC profile for Canon 1D Mark III.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with Canon 20D model ID and associated default ICC profile.

1.8.7 - December 8, 2009 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Nikon D3s.
  • Support added for Olympus E-P2 and E-600.
  • Support added for Pentax K-x.
  • Support added for Leica S2 and X1.
  • Support added for Leaf Aptus-II 5.
  • Support added for Ricoh GXR.
• Improvements:
  • Improved default camera ICC profile for Leica M9.
• Bug Fixes:
  • White balance preset values are now correct for the Canon 7D final firmware versions.

1.8.6 - October 9, 2009 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 7D, G11 and S90.
  • Support added for Nikon D300s.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-GF1.
  • Support added for Sony DSLR-A850, DSLR-A550 and DSLR-A500.
  • Support added for Leica M9.
• Improvements:
  • Improved default camera ICC profile for Nikon D300.
  • Improved default camera ICC profile for Canon 50D.
• Bug Fixes:
  • The JPEG quality slider in batch processing window now properly sets the quality level rather than always exporting at best quality setting.

1.8.5 - August 21, 2009 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Nikon D3000.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-FZ35/DMC-FZ38.
  • Support added for Ricoh GR Digital III.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with Mac OS X 10.4 systems displaying a posterized image preview at certain scale sizes.
  • Fixed issue with new demosaic processing for Fuji S3 Pro and S5 Pro models introduced in version 1.8.4 on Mac OS X 10.4 systems.
  • Fixed issue where RAW format files using the TIF file extension could not be opened.

1.8.4 - July 3, 2009 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon Rebel T1i/500D/Kiss X3.
  • Support added for Nikon D5000.
  • Support added for Pentax K-7.
  • Support added for Olympus E-P1 and E-450.
  • Support added for Sony DSLR-A230, DSLR-A330 and DSLR-A380.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-GH1.
  • Support added for Phase One P40+ and new EIP format from Capture One.
  • Support added for Kodak Z980.
  • Support added for DNG format files from non camera or non RAW source images such as scanners and DNG conversions of TIFF, JPEG or PSD images.
• Improvements:
  • Greatly improved quality of preview image rendering, especially at small scale sizes.
  • Improved handling and default settings for various Sinar IA/STI/DNG format files.
  • Much improved interpolation for the Fuji SR type sensor as used in the S5 Pro and S3 Pro models.
  • Improved default camera tone curves for the Olympus E-30 and E-620.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issues with loading some Hasselblad FFF format files.
  • FIxed issue where some Leaf images would be skewed when upscaled on export at 16 bits/channel.

1.8.3 - March 24, 2009 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Olympus E-620.
  • Support added for Canon PowerShot SX1 IS.
  • Support added for Casio EX-FH20.
  • Support added for GPS metadata export.
  • Support added for 3FR and FFF format files produced by recent Hasselblad backs and from Phocus software conversions.
  • White balance edits made by Nikon Capture NX2 to NEF files are now recognized.
• Improvements:
  • Improved default camera tone curve and ICC profile for Nikon D3X.
  • Default DNG style color matrix values added for the Nikon D3X and Olympus E-30 models.
  • Updated white balance presets for the Nikon D3X and other Nikon models to exactly match those used by the most recent version of Nikon Capture NX2 v2.1.1.
  • Improved default camera tone curve for Sony DSLR-A900.
  • Improved default settings for all Hasselblad backs.
  • Updated to new image export handling libraries for JPEG, PNG and JPEG2000 formats which increases maximum image size possible and improves metadata handling for these formats.
  • Improved memory management of image preview cache allows for larger image scale sizes on export.
• Bug Fixes:
  • DNG converted files from the Nikon D3X shot at ISO 50 or 100 now load with proper baseline exposure level.
  • Fixed loading issues with some PEF files from Pentax K2000 (K-m) and K10D models.

1.8.2 - December 18, 2008 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 5D Mark II and PowerShot G10.
  • Support added for Nikon D3X and Coolpix P6000.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-G1.
  • Support added for Olympus E-30.
  • Support added for Pentax K2000 (K-m).
  • Support added for Kodak Z1015 IS.
  • Support added for Leica D-LUX4.
  • Support added for Phase One P65+.
  • Support added for DNG converted files from the Sigma DP1.
• Improvements:
  • Improved rendering of extreme shadow regions.
  • New default settings and camera ICC profiles for most Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax and Sony cameras.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Camera as shot white balance now properly determined in all cases for Nikon D90.
  • Fixed issue where low memory warning dialog would be displayed even when plenty of free memory was available.
  • Fixed issue where "Cancel All" button in the Job Queue window could cause crash.
  • Fixed issue with copy/paste of settings which would require two pastes for new settings to be applied.
  • Fixed issue with crop aspect ratio selection menu which would sometimes require two changes for aspect ratio to take effect.
  • Fixed issue with Rollei d30flex and d530flex files which could result in crash on loading images.

1.8.1 - September 22, 2008 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 50D.
  • Support added for Nikon D90.
  • Support added for Sony DSLR-A900.
  • Support added for Leaf AFi-II (6,7,10) and Aptus-II (6,7,10).
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-FZ28 and DMC-FX150.
  • Support added for Olympus SP-565UZ.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with some Panasonic DMC-LX3 files which could result in crashes.
  • Fixed support for some compressed images files from Nikon D3 and D700 models.
  • Fixed support for Phase One P45 DNG files produced by Capture One version 4.
  • Fixed issue with Pattern Noise Filter when used with batch processing which could result in strong color cast issue with batch processed files.

1.8.0 - August 28, 2008 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Highlight recovery slider adjustment.
  • Shadow fine tuning slider adjustment.
  • Variable highlight and shadow tint correction controls.
  • Default camera exposure, black point and white point can now be overridden.
  • Alternate white balance color temperature estimates based on DNG color matrix values.
  • Support added for Canon Rebel XSi (450D) and Rebel XS (1000D).
  • Support added for Nikon D700 and D60.
  • Support added for Sony A200, A300 and A350.
  • Support added for Olympus E-520, E-420 and SP-570UZ.
  • Support added for Pentax K20D and K200D.
  • Support added for Leaf AFi 5, AFi 6 and AFi 7.
  • Support added for Fuji S100FS.
  • Support added for Ricoh Caplio GX200.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-LX3.
  • Support added for Samasung GX-20
  • Support added for DNG format files produced by Sinar eXposure.
• Improvements:
  • Improved default settings, camera tone curves and ICC profiles for numerous camera models.
  • Obsolete image formats (SGI, BMP, PICT and TGA) removed from export options.
  • Improved white balance presets and As Shot determination for Mamiya ZD camera and back.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Image color labels now draw properly on Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Custom thumbnail background colors and frame styles now display correctly on Mac OS X 10.5 systems.

1.7.2 - December 20, 2007 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Ricoh GR Digital II.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-L10.
  • Support added or significantly improved for all 16, 22, 31 and 39 megapixel Hasselblad models (CF backs, H2D, H3D and H3DII), including both FFF and DNG formats. Support for loading 3FR format has been re-enabled, however 3FR support is currently "experimental" and not intended for production use.
  • Support added for Pentax Optio 750Z.
  • Support added for medium resolution X3F format files from Sigma SD9, SD10 and SD14 cameras.
  • Automatic support for White Balance presets (Daylight, Tungsten, etc) and color temperature controls for DNG format files created from unsupported/unknown cameras or non-camera/generic DNG files.
• Improvements:
  • Key combination for image bookmarks has been changed to avoid conflict with system global Dock key combination.
  • Hot and dead pixel filter noise reduction options are now supported for Sigma X3F format files.
  • Pattern noise filter option is now supported for Sigma X3F format files.
  • Improved default settings for Sigma SD9, SD10 and SD14 models.
  • Improved handling of camera auto and custom white balance settings for Sigma X3F format.
  • Improved color rendering of highly saturated colors with the Sigma models, particularly ultra saturated reds and yellows.
  • Improved highlight recovery algorithm for Sigma X3F format files.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed potential application crash/hang when rapidly switching from image preview to image preview.
  • Fixed support for 14 bit uncompressed format NEF files from the Nikon D300 and D3 models.
  • Fixed issue where image would appear under exposed with Fuji S3 Pro and S5 Pro set to high ISO with D-Range option set to auto or wide modes.
  • Default ICC input profile for Sigma X3F format files could result in sporadic crashes or error messages on some systems. This ICC profile has been replaced.
  • Fixed issue where some TIFF files converted from Sigma X3F format images would cause RAW Developer to crash if they were opened.
  • Fixed support for loading MRW files from Minolta DiMAGE 7 and 7i models on Intel based systems.

1.7.1 - November 27, 2007 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon G9, 40D and 1Ds Mark III.
  • Support added for Canon sRAW format files from the 40D, 1D Mark III and 1Ds Mark III models.
  • Support added for Nikon D300 and D3.
  • Support added for Sony DSLR-A700.
  • Support added for Olympus E-3 and SP-560 UZ.
  • Support added for Fuji FinePix IS-1.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-FZ18.
  • Support added for Leaf Aptus 54S and 65S.
  • Support added for Phase One P20+, P21+, P25+ and P30+.
  • Support added for Pentax K100D Super.
• Improvements:
  • Improved visual results in many cases for Auto 1 and Auto 2 white balance algorithms.
  • Much faster processing speed for Auto 2 white balance algorithm.
  • Improved file loading speed for most Canon DSLR models which use CR2 file format.
  • New default settings for most Canon DLSR models.
  • New default settings for most Nikon DSLR models.
  • Entirely new image processing for Sigma SD9, SD10 and SD14 models using the X3F file format. Includes new Sigma sensor specific Early Stage Noise Reduction algorithm and special extended dynamic range monochrome modes.
  • Improved handling of camera white balance presets for all Sigma models.
  • Better handling of As Shot and in camera preset white balance options for Mamiya ZD.
  • New default white balance presets for Mamiya ZD.
  • New default settings for Mamiya ZD.
  • Added several new Sony lens ID values.
  • Support added for Minolta lens identification metadata.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with auto white balance options for some camera models on Intel based systems.
  • Fixed issues with Sigma SD9, SD10 and SD14 X3F format files.

1.7.0 - June 28, 2007 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Automatic highlight recovery processing applied when using negative exposure compensation adjustment. Greatly reduces the appearance of tinted highlights in many cases.
  • Support for DNG metadata (2 color matrix) style camera color rendering in additional to existing support for ICC camera profiles.
  • "Scale to Fit" mode now automatically resizes the preview image to fit the window size.
  • White balance dropper tool now supports variable sample size from 1 pixel to 7x7 pixels.
  • Can now hide the status bar in the image preview window.
  • Image preview window now supports full screen mode.
  • Support added for processing both types (high and low sensitivity) of pixels from the Fuji SuperCCD SR II (Pro) sensor used in the Fuji S3 Pro and S5 Pro models in wide dynamic range mode (the original SR sensor used in S700, S710 and S20 Pro models was already fully supported in previous RAW Developer releases).
  • Support added for automatic use of embedded Leaf develop curves from MOS format files. Camera defaults for all Leaf models are now setup to automatically load these embedded camera tone curves if available.
  • Support added for Canon 1D Mark III (sRAW format is not supported yet).
  • Support added for Nikon D40X.
  • Support added for Olympus E-410, E-510, SP-510 UZ and SP-550 UZ.
  • Support added for Fuji S5 Pro.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-FZ8.
  • Support added for Leaf Aptus 75S.
  • Support added for Phase One P21 and P45+.
  • Support added for Mamiya ZD Digital Back.
  • Support added for Sigma SD14.
  • Support added for Samsung Pro 815.
  • Support added for Ricoh Caplio GX100.
• Improvements:
  • Processing speed improvements for Intel processor and dual core processor based Macs.
  • Improved precision of curve parsing when loading Leaf develop curve format files into camera tone curve pane.
  • Improved pattern noise filter with better pattern detection algorithm and faster processing speed.
  • Improved white balance presets and color rendering for most Olympus models.
  • Improved parsing of manufacturer maker notes stored in DNG format files.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes issue with high ISO files from the Olympus E-1.
  • Sigma SD9 and SD10 models are now supported on Intel processor based Macs.
  • Aperture value was sometimes incorrectly rounded for display in preview and info windows (actual EXIF metadata in files was not affected).
  • Leaf embedded ICC camera profiles from MOS format files are now correctly used for exported images when selected in Input Profile menu.

1.6.2 - January 8, 2007 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Olympus E-400.
  • Preliminary support added for Sinar eMotion 22 and the Sinar "IA" image file format.
  • Support added for loading of Leaf camera tone curve files (Develop Curves) which were created using the "Leaf Capture" applications. These curve files can now be opened using the "Load Curves..." button on the camera tone curve pane.
• Improvements:
  • RAW Developer no longer requires an administrator level user account to run.
  • Dead pixel filtering is now automatically used when loading images from Panasonic DMC-L1 and Leica Digilux 3 models. Previously images from these cameras could show a dead pixel pattern if dead pixel filtering was not manually enabled by the user.
  • Updated default ICC camera profile for Leica M8. This camera profile is still intended for use without an IR cut filter. Alternate ICC camera profiles for use with B+W IR filters (and eventually official Leica IR filters) are currently being worked on, contact support@iridientdigital.com if you're interested in testing pre-release profiles for use with IR filters and the M8.
  • Phase One P20 image size now should always match the manufacturer's size exactly (4080x4080), previously this model had a size of 4080x4078 in RAW Developer.
  • Updated default color rendering matrix for Phase One P30.
  • Improved loading of image metadata information for images from Leaf backs.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes issue where image preview cache could become invalidated after image file export. Image preview could display as all black the next time the image was accessed. In some cases this could result in a crash when closing the image preview window or quitting the application.
  • Fixes file loading issue with high ISO (800 or 1600) images from Leica Digilux 3 models.

1.6.1 - December 5, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Nikon D40.
  • Support added for Pentax K10D.
  • Support added for Samsung GX-10.
• Improvements:
  • Updated default camera tone curve and ICC camera profile for Canon 1Ds.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fix for potential use of lower quality "fast preview" image interpolation, which is intended only for low resolution on-screen previews, for image export. In the RAW Developer 1.6 release the "Process Image and Save As..." command could use a lower quality interpolation method to export images if the image preview had not first been viewed at a scale size above 50%. Batch processing or individual image processing using the "Send To Batch" button were not affected. The lower quality interpolation may result in jagged edge artifacts or "zipper" effects and some loss of very fine image detail.
  • Use of hot/dead pixel filters at the lowest threshold settings with certain images could result in application crash on Intel based systems.
  • Some Phase One compressed ISO 400 images could be rendered underexposed.

1.6.0 - November 21, 2006 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • New early stage noise reduction filter for performing advanced noise removal as early as possible in the image rendering process.
  • New ChromaLogic noise reduction filter for effective reduction of color noise while preserving excellent image detail.
  • New pattern noise filter for elimination of pattern noise which can occur with some camera sensors.
  • New "soft look" option for a smoother image rendering.
  • 100% zoom toggle button now available for toolbar in image preview window for easily switching between 100% preview scale and the last viewed scale.
  • New status bar area in image preview window which moves progress indicator off of preview image and provides basic camera information display.
  • New thumbnail indicator icon for image files with previously saved image settings.
  • Detailed camera lens model information for images from many SLR type cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony/Minolta, Pentax and Olympus.
  • Support added for Leica M8, D-LUX3, Digilux 3 and V-LUX1.
  • Support added for Panasonic DMC-LX2, DMC-FZ50 and DMC-L1.
  • Support added for Fuji S6000fd/S6500fd and S9100/S9600.
  • Support added for Kodak P712.
• Improvements:
  • Numerous performance improvements to image loading and processing operations.
  • Updated default camera settings for many models.
  • Settings window ICC profile popup menus are now automatically updated when profiles are added or removed from system ColorSync folders.
  • White balance dropper and thumbnail drawer no longer act upon first mouse down events when application is not currently active.
  • Warning dialog now displayed when option is selected to send image files directly to batch processing window.
  • Default white balance presets (Daylight, Tungsten, etc) are now provided or loaded from manufacturer proprietary metadata when using DNG format files for most all camera models.
  • Default white balance preset values now added for Leica DMR and Nikon D1 models.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Canon Pro 1 model is now properly supported again.
  • Nikon D1 as-shot camera white balance is now correctly loaded.
  • Issues with certain sized crop settings and export of 16 bits/channel TIFF and PSD format files are fixed.
  • Fixes issue with very small crop sizes (less than 1/2 width or height) and 8 bits/channel TIFF export.

1.5.4 - September 6, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon Rebel XTi (400D/Kiss X).
  • Support added for Nikon D80.
• Improvements:
  • Default tonal rendering improved for some images from recent Hasselblad models (CFV, CFH-39, H2D).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with loading the thumbnail from some Sony DSLR-A100 images.
  • Fixed issue with hot/dead pixel filter on Intel processor based systems.
  • Temporarily removed support for Hasselblad 3FR format files. The FFF and DNG format files are still supported for all Hasselblad models.

1.5.3 - August 22, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • The increments for arrow key based adjustment of sharpening controls have been reduced to allow for more precise adjustment by keyboard.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Some of the camera default ICC input profiles included with the 1.5.2 release, though valid and conforming to ICC specifications, were incompatible with Mac OS X 10.4.0-10.4.2 and could result in sporadic crashes on some sytems running later versions of Mac OS X 10.4.x. Affected profiles had names which began with "RDv152". These profiles have been modified for better system compatibility, but will give identical color rendering results to those included in 1.5.2.

1.5.2 - August 7, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for use of ICC camera profiles embedded in RAW file formats from Leaf, Sinar, Olympus and DNG format files.
  • Adobe RGB (1998) and Lstar-RGB ICC working/output ICC profiles are now bundled with the application.
  • File renaming by image shot time, file modification time and/or file creation time (in addition to previous support for dates).
  • Support for 16bits/channel Photoshop file format export (Mac OS X 10.4 or later only).
  • Support for exporting EXIF metadata to Photoshop file format (Mac OS X 10.4 or later only).
  • Support for LZW compressed TIFF file export (Mac OS X 10.4 or later only).
  • Support added for Nikon D2Xs.
  • Support added for Sony Alpha DSLR-A100.
  • Support added for Pentax K100D, K110D, *ist DS2 and *ist DL2.
  • Support added for Samsung GX-1S and GX-1L.
  • Support added for Epson R-D1s.
  • Support added for Phase One lossy compressed format (IIQ-S).
  • Support added for new Leaf final/converted compressed format files.
  • Support added for Leaf Valeo 6.
  • Support added for recent Hasselblad/Imacon backs including CFH-39, CFH, CFV, CF 132, Ixpress 132C and 96C. FFF, DNG and 3FR file formats are all supported now.
• Improvements:
  • Default white balance preset values added for all Olympus models.
  • Default white balance preset values added for all Pentax SLR models.
  • As Shot camera white balance support added for Hasselblad/Imacon backs.
  • Auto-rotation/image orientation support for Hasselblad/Imacon backs.
  • Support for ISO setting metadata from Hasselblad/Imacon backs.
  • As Shot camera white balance support added for Kodak cameras including P850, P880, DCS Pro 14N(x), DCS Pro SLR(c/n), ProBack and ProBack645.
  • Default white balance preset values added for all Kodak DCS Pro and ProBack models.
  • Updated TIFF and Photoshop image export on Mac OS X 10.4 or later. In many cases, particularly with very high megapixel image output, TIFF file export speed should be noticeably improved and new functionality has been added for the Photoshop file format.
  • Updated default white balance presets for Phase One backs.
  • Updated default settings and profiles for many camera models including ones from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, Fuji, Epson, Leica, Ricoh, Leaf, Hasselblad/Imacon, Sinar, Mamiya and Contax.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with file renaming based on shot date, creation date or modification date metadata which would result in incorrect date value being used when batch processing images.
  • EXIF color space metadata tag now correctly set if output color space is sRGB.
  • Setting of file creator code on image file export now works correctly with all supported versions of QuickTime and Mac OS X.
  • RGB printer ICC profiles can now be selected in Preferences dialog as application global output profile option.
  • Fixed issue where global output profile choice would fail to load on application launch when running on Mac OS X 10.3.9.

1.5.1 - May 25, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Sinar eMotion75.
• Improvements:
  • Documentation files updated to cover new sharpening options and Chroma curve features added in 1.5 release.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with Color Smoothing adjustment when set to values between 1 and 7.
  • Compatible with QuickTime 6.4 or later on Mac OS X 10.3.9 once again.
  • Warnings regarding features not supported on Mac OS X 10.3 are no longer displayed in some cases when the system version is in fact 10.4.

1.5 - May 17, 2006 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support for Mac systems based on Intel processors. RAW Developer 1.5 is now a universal binary application and will run at native speed on both Intel and PowerPC systems.
  • Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution based sharpening (available on Mac OS X 10.4 or later only) applied in 32 bits/channel floating point CIE LAB color space.
  • Difference of Gaussian sharpening applied in 32 bits/channel floating point CIE LAB color space.
  • Toolbar control for easy selection of cursor tools (arrow, hand, white balance dropper, crop and straighten).
  • Toolbar control for toggling the display of highlight, shadow and saturation clipping warnings.
  • XYZ and LAB pixel value display toolbar controls.
  • Current cursor position image coordinates display.
  • New option for luminance channel based digital exposure compensation adjustment.
  • CIE LCH(ab) Chroma curves adjustment.
  • Settings subset copy/paste support for input, working and output ICC profiles.
  • Preferences for optionally specifying working space and output profile color management options on an application wide basis instead of on an image by image basis.
  • Support added for automatically opening exported image files in external applications.
  • User adjustable Y axis scaling in histogram display.
  • New options for histogram view including CIE Lightness, CIE Luminance, CIE Chroma(ab) and a combined individual Red, Green, Blue plus composite RGB view.
  • Support added for compressed RAW files from Leaf digital backs.
  • Support added for the Leaf 65 digital back.
  • Support added for the Mamiya ZD.
• Improvements:
  • Next generation RAW demosaic algorithm further improves RAW Developer's already exceptional image quality and reduces color noise along high contrast edges. Diagonal edge detail in many cases has been significantly improved.
  • Cursor tools (white balance dropper, crop and straighten) are now automatically deselected when changing Settings adjustment panes.
  • Up/down arrow keys can now be used in addition to left/right arrow keys for making image adjustments.
  • Improved support for Phase One sensor meta-data which improves color rendering for some models and can significantly reduce appearance of color casts in some situations.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Potential memory leak with batch export of JPEG format files fixed.
  • Various fixes for Olympus E-330 files and new E-330 default camera ICC profile.

1.4.7 - April 4, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 30D.
  • Supported added for Olympus E-330.
• Improvements:
  • Much improved detection and elimination of "dead" column and "dead" pixels for Phase One digital backs.

1.4.6 - March 10, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for Canon 1D Mark II N.
  • Official support added for Nikon D70s (previously this model worked, but used generic settings).
  • Supported added for Leaf Aptus 75.
• Improvements:
  • Default white balance presets (Daylight, Tungsten, etc) are now included for all supported Leaf and Phase One digital backs. The White Balance by Color Temperature option is now automatically enabled for these cameras.
  • New default settings for all Leaf and Phase One digital backs. The camera defaults for these digital backs now should be able to be used with the manufacturer's ICC camera profiles without having to make major changes to the default camera tone curves.
  • Improved detection and elimination of "dead" column for Phase One P45.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Use of Open Recent menu for opening previous selected images now works correctly on Mac OS X 10.3.9.
  • Batch settings options for image resizing by maximum and/or minimum size are now properly remembered across application launches.
  • Close selected images now closes all selected images properly. Previously if some of the selected files were edited, but others were not, and Save All was chosen the edited files would be closed, but the unedited files would be left open.
  • ISO metadata is now correctly read from more Nikon NEF files, previously some NEF files would have the ISO value set incorrectly (usually to ISO 200).
  • Automatic image rotation works correctly for more Nikon NEF files, previously some NEF files (usually NEF files that had been saved by Nikon Capture or Picture Project) would not be automatically rotated into the proper orientation.
  • The Curves channel popup menu now properly shows the selected channel on initial display. With RAW Developer 1.4.5 this popup menu would initially show a blank selection rather than the proper channel (RGB, etc).

1.4.5 - February 7, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • New option available in open file dialog to enable or disable recursively opening subfolders. Previously subfolders were always recursively opened when loading images from folders.
  • Support added for the Phase One P30 and P45 digital backs.
• Improvements:
  • Default white balance presets (Daylight, Tungsten, etc) are now included for the Nikon D50, D70, D200, D2X, D2H, D100, D1X and D1H cameras. The White Balance by Color Temperature option is now automatically enabled for these cameras.
  • Loading of compressed Phase One files is now much, much faster (generally 2-3 times faster!).
  • Thumbnail images are now loaded from Kodak RAW files for P850, P880, DCS Pro and ProBack.
  • The ICC camera input profiles have been modified for the Leica DMR and Canon 5D camera default Settings.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue specific to Mac OS X 10.3.9 and RAW Developer 1.4.4 release which could result in preview images not updating correctly or appearing slightly rotated when changing images. This could also cause the Settings window controls to not update properly or appear non-responsive.
  • When using unsharp mask sharpening the image preview could display incorrectly at certain window sizes or preview scales (preview would appear significantly oversharpened or show artifacts along left edge).
  • Fixed issue with scaled 16 bits/channel image export for the Kodak DCS Pro SLR cameras.
  • Fixed decoding of some DNG image files (solves problems reported with certain images from Pentax and Minolta Dynax 5D cameras).

1.4.4 - January 23, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Documentation on the use of the Batch Window has been significantly expanded.
  • RGB sampler values are now updated when image processing adjustments are made even if the cursor is not moved. Previously RGB sampler values would only be updated when the cursor was moved.
  • Tone curve channel selection choice is now remembered across application launches for both the camera tone curve and the Curves tab panel.
  • The initial drag and drop of image file(s) no longer causes the open file dialog to be displayed when RAW Developer was not running prior to the drop.
  • When storing Settings files in a location separate from the original RAW files RAW Developer is now much better at keeping track of the associated RAW files when certain file changes are made by other applications while RAW Developer is running. Example changes include moving or renaming RAW files using the Finder or other image browser or cataloging applications while RAW Developer was open but the RAW image files themselves were not loaded.
  • Histogram window data is now cleared when the last image is closed.
  • The Settings window is no longer automatically shown when selecting a new image file if it had previously been hidden.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a memory leak which could occur with file export and batch processing of 8 bits/channel formats such as JPEG.
  • Custom named white balance presets (Daylight, Tungsten, etc) can now be successfully saved for the Kodak DCS SLR/c and DCS SLR/n camera models.
  • Nikon D2X high speed crop mode files are now properly sized and cropped. Previously these images would show invalid pixels along the right edge.
  • DNG format files with embedded "full size" JPEG Previews and DNG files from some cameras stored in uncompressed format are now properly decoded. This issue was specifically noted for some Pentax and Olympus files converted with Adobe's DNG Converter application.
  • Fixed issue with the decompression of some DNG compressed format files.
  • More robust handling of NEF files edited and saved by Nikon Capture Editor with invalid meta-data information. Previously some NEF files saved by certain versions of Nikon Capture could cause RAW Developer to crash when loading these images.

1.4.3 - January 2, 2006 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Copy and Duplicate Selected Image(s) operations now display an unsaved settings warning dialog prior to copying or duplicating the image files if the images have unsaved settings.
  • Unsaved settings warning dialogs now feature immediate Cancel functionality rather than previous "Review Changes" option.
  • Opened or closed state of accessory windows (Histogram, Batch and Info) are now remembered across application launches.
  • Info window remembers the last selected tab across application launches.
  • Histogram window remembers both the histogram type and bin count settings across application launches.
  • Histogram default type is now overlayed, multi-channel "Colors RGB" instead of "RGB".
• Bug Fixes:
  • Issues with cropped image output being positioned incorrectly with certain image rotations have been resolved.
  • Image files from the Fuji E900 are now decoded correctly. Previously some images from this camera would load fine, but others would show distorted appearance and colors.

1.4.2 - December 30, 2005 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • New camera default settings and profiles for the Nikon D200 and Sony DSC-R1.
  • "Ekta Space PS 5, J. Holmes" ICC profile now included and available as a "built-in" profile option for use as a working space and/or output profile.
  • For camera models that do not contain any embedded thumbnails in their RAW files, RAW Developer will now use a JPEG file which is stored along with the RAW file for the thumbnail if one is available.
  • Support for the Leica D-Lux2 added.
  • Support for the Panasonic DMC-LX1 added.
  • Support for the Pentax *ist DL added.
  • Support for the Ricoh GR Digital added.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Image thumbnail sorting by label now works correctly.
  • The enable/disable crop checkbox now remembers the previous crop box position and size so that it can be toggled on and off without having to re-setup your crop settings.
  • The clear crop button now causes the image size text to display the full image size rather than "0 x 0".
  • The rotate buttons in the toolbar previously could get "confused" about the current image orientation which would cause the rotate buttons to not work unless the image was first rotated in the opposite direction.
  • The Panasonic FZ30 is now working again, support for this camera was included in version 1.4.0, but this camera did not work with the 1.4.1 update.
  • Help documentation searches now return valid results with Help Viewer.

1.4.1 - December 20, 2005 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Support for the Nikon D200 added.
  • Support for the Sony DSC-R1 added.
  • Support for the Fuji S5200 and S5600 added.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes problem with the "Send to Batch" button found on the Settings window where unsaved settings changes would not be properly passed to the Batch Window. This would result in the image being processed with the saved or default image settings even if the "Current Image Settings" option was selected in the Batch Window.

1.4 - December 8, 2005 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Settings changes are now preserved on a per image basis (no longer global).
  • New support for direct association of settings with individual RAW images, including automatic loading of image associated settings file(s), fast and easy saving of per image settings files and flexible image settings file storage locations.
  • Unlimited undo/redo support for settings adjustments.
  • "Revert to Saved Settings" support for instantly going back to where you started.
  • Most settings adjustment controls can now be precisely modified using the keyboard arrow keys.
  • Visual clipping warnings for highlights, shadows and saturation with user customizable "clipping" levels.
  • White balance adjustment by correlated color temperature and green-magenta color correction.
  • Support for up to 6 camera specific white balance presets which can all be user customized.
  • Support for reading camera specific white balance presets in addition to the "As Shot" values from RAW files for Canon, Fuji and Minolta cameras.
  • Two application global user customizable white balance presets.
  • Copy/paste of settings adjustments or subsets.
  • Support for saving individual image or image folder location bookmarks.
  • All new Bookmarks window which allows for management and hierarchical grouping of stored Bookmarks.
  • Extensive new support for direct image file management including extremely fast and flexible batch file rename, move, copy, duplicate, move to trash and reveal in Finder functionality.
  • All image file loading is now fully multithreaded and performed in the background so you can begin work on your first image or navigate to other images or even open a new group of images while other images load.
  • Preferences for visual appearance of the image preview window have been added including user selectable background color and preview border.
  • Extensive control over the visual appearance of the thumbnail browser drawer has been added, including thumbnail border display, thumbnail drop shadow, multiple thumbnail frame styles and user selectable highlight and background colors.
  • The thumbnail drawer now has options for variable thumbnail sizing and three fixed preset sizes (small, medium, large) as well.
  • The thumbnail drawer can now be attached specifically to any side of the image preview window, rather than just the top or bottom.
  • Image thumbnails can now be tagged with both a check mark and a color label. There are five user settable color labels available.
  • Thumbnails can now be sorted using seven different options including, order opened, file name, folder name, creation date, modification date, shot date and label, in either ascending or descending order.
  • Most cursor tools (Arrow, Hand, White Balance Dropper, Crop and Straighten) can now be directly selected and activated from a Menu item in addition to button controls provided in Settings window.
  • Thumbnail browser now supports multiple image selection. Images can be selected based on label criteria. Selected images can now have numerous actions performed on the group simultaneously.
  • Support for folders in addition to single images in the "Open Recent" menu.
  • Pixel value labels in the Preview window and in the Histogram window can now be displayed at 8 bits/channel precision in addition to 16 bits/channel.
  • Tone curve view now has ability to display curves for all channels simultaneously.
  • Tone curves now also feature gamma correction controls.
  • Tone curve view now feture a "Reset All" button to reset all curve channels at once.
  • Tone curves now support "tab" and "shift-tab" keyboard navigation forward and backward through curve points.
  • Tone curve points can now be moved using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
  • Tone curve "black" point and "white" point adjustments will now optionally shift the whole curve.
  • Tone curves views now have four new dropper cursor controls for setting "black" point, "gray" point, "white" point and marking "curve" points by clicking on preview image. Option to set either single channel points or separate R, G, B points.
  • Can now load tone curve files from Photoshop CS2.
  • High quality image rotation by any angle is now supported.
  • New "straighten" cursor tool for visually adjusting image rotation.
  • Optional display of image alignment grid with customizable grid line arrangement.
  • Image cropping support
  • High quality image resizing.
  • New options to disable EXIF meta-data export and to disable embedding of ICC profiles in exported images.
  • Additional "shortcut" buttons provided for quick access to "Save As" and "Batch" process commands.
  • Ability to have all opened files and open file events sent directly to the Batch Window without opening the files for interactive editing.
  • New "Batch Window" which replaces and enhances the powerful batch conversion capabilities provided previously through "Drop Convert Windows".
  • More flexible batch file renaming options.
• Improvements:
  • Support for numerous cameras added including the Canon 5D, Nikon D50, Minolta 5D, Olympus E-500, Phase One P20 and P25 and more. The complete list of supported cameras is available here.
  • Tone curves are now displayed in color based on current channel being edited and feature a linear reference line.
  • Folders and entire disk volumes can now be directly selected in the Open file dialog, rather than having to manually selected multiple files.
  • Wider adjustment range provided for color noise reduction.
  • Wider adjustment range provided for unsharp mask radius.
  • Minor improvements made to unsharp mask sharpening.
  • Minor improvements made to color noise reduction.
  • Improvements made to file export ("Save As") controls fo make adjustments like JPEG compression easier.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes issues with white balance dropper not functioning at small preview image scale sizes.

1.2.3 - April 25, 2005 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Full compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger".
  • As-Shot white balance support added for Nikon D2X.
  • Support added for Nikon D2Hs (including as-shot white balance).
  • As-Shot white balance support added for all Fuji cameras including S2 and S3 Pro.
  • Processing improvements for Fuji F700 and S20Pro (improved utilization of Super CCD SR sensor).
  • Minor improvements made to color noise reduction.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes issues on Mac OS X 10.4 with drawing updates to the image preview window and the job queue window.

1.2.2 - March 30, 2005 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Support for the Sinar Sinarback 54 added.
  • Support for the Kodak Kodak DCS Pro SLR reduced size images (3.5 and 6 megapixel) added.
  • Support for the Nikon E900 added.
  • Support for the Fuji F710 and F800 added.
  • As-Shot white balance determination improved for Canon S60.
  • As-Shot white balance determination improved for Contax N DIGITAL.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes issues with the loading of some Kodak DCS Pro SLR files.

1.2.1 - March 14, 2005 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Support for the Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D/Kiss N) added.
  • As-Shot white balance determination improved for Epson R-D1, Pentax *ist D and Nikon E8400/E8700/E8800.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes issues with loading Minolta 7D files.

1.2 - March 9, 2005 (Major Update)

• Improvements:
  • Preview rendering speed has been GREATLY improved. For example on a 1.3GHz G4 an 8 megapixel image preview update has dropped from nearly 3 seconds to less than 1 second. You'll see identical performance (updates in less than 1 second) with images as large as 22 megapixels. On G5 systems preview updates occur nearly instantly.
  • Image loading speed for many cameras has been improved as well. Depending on the camera model image loading time has been reduced by as much as 25%.
  • Improvements have been made to our demosaic algorithm to reduce moire and noise while still retaining outstanding fine detail performance.
  • Improved "As-Shot" white balance determination for several cameras including all recent Canon's with CR2 format files and several Minolta models as well.
  • Improved support for auto rotation of images. Thumbnails as well as the main image are now automatically rotated for all cameras that provide orientation information.
  • Overall memory usage has been reduced, in some specific cases by fairly large amounts.
  • Moderate chrominance noise reduction is now applied in the default settings for all cameras.
  • Support for Adobe DNG files has been added as well as native support for many additional cameras including the Nikon D2X, Nikon E8400, Epson R-D1, Leaf Valeo (now all 11, 17 and 22 megapixel models), Leaf Volare, Imacon Ixpress (now both 16 and 22 megapixel models), Fuji S3Pro, Olympus C70Z/C7000Z, Minolta DiMAGE A200, Minolta DYNAX/MAXXUM 7D, Pentax Optio 33WR and Casio Exilim Pro 700.
• New Features:
  • All new detailed image and EXIF meta data information window.
  • Expanded EXIF meta data support (light source, white balance, EV index and 35mm equivalent added).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Exact EXIF make and model information is now preserved. Previously some make and/or model strings were simplified, for instance "NIKON CORPORATION" was reduced to "NIKON".

1.1.1 - December 24, 2004 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Support for the Olympus E-300 added.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issues that could cause preference file corruption in certain situations.

1.1.0 - December 14, 2004 (Initial Public Release)

• Improvements:
  • Support for numerous cameras added.
• New Features:
  • EXIF meta data support for exported images.
  • Added ability to edit camera color correction matrix.
  • Added ability to edit tone curves in camera color space.
  • "Build Your Own Profile" feature added for creating custom ICC input profiles.

1.0.0 - November 1, 2004 (Limited Private Initial Release)