RAW Developer Version History

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)