May 21st, 2012· NEW: InDesign/Photoshop CS6 compatibility.
· improved: Better handling of certain InDesign errors.
April 13th, 2012· Fixed an issue in which an error could happen while calculating estimated saved size during analyzing.
May 25th, 2011· Updated: Compatibility with Adobe InDesign/Photoshop CS5.5
April 26th, 2011· new: GIF files can now be optimized and converted to other formats.
· new: Image processing criteria reference can be viewed from the Links window.
· fixed: Fixed an issue in which final color mode of the image could be displayed incorrectly if "Convert to profile" option was checked.
· fixed: Fixed an issue in which checking format conversion options could cause an internal error.
· new: GIF files can now be optimized and converted to other formats.
April 13th, 2011· Fixed: Fixed an error which could occur when analyzing InDesign CS documents.
February 16th, 2011· Improved: Improved reporting of some activation errors.
· Improved: Improved accuracy of checking for new updates.
February 2nd, 2011· New: The option to use ZIP and JPEG compression when converting images to TIFF.
· Fixed: LinkOptimizer now ignores images linked to a database storage.
December 29th, 2010· Fixed: Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer could crash when scanning certain ICC color profiles on launch.
December 27th, 2010· Fixed: Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer could crash on launch when scanning the installed ICC color profiles.
December 22nd, 2010· fixed: Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer could ask user to locate an InDesign dictionary on Mac OS X 10.4.x Tiger only
December 20th, 2010· new: The option to convert image color to an ICC profile instead of using the Image>Mode command in Photoshop. Users can also specify Intent, Black Point Compensation and Dither options.
December 18th, 2010· Fixed an issue in which the Support window could not be open under certain conditions.
December 14th, 2010· Fixed an issue from v4.4.12 in which analyzing could stop with an error under certain conditions.
December 4th, 2010· Fixed an issue from v4.4.10 in which analyzing links with certain kinds of text wrap could cause an error.
December 3rd, 2010· Fixed an error in which link info on some flipped images didn't show in the Links window.
· Fixed an issue in which some vertically flipped images weren't reported as flipped.
November 9th, 2010· Fixed an issue in which duplicate links weren't relinked properly when "Overwrite original images" option was checked. It also fixes an error which occurred when the image format had to be converted.
· This update is essential to all LinkOptimizer users.
September 28th, 2010· Fixed an issue in which Photoshop CS5 couldn't open images under certain conditions.
· Fixed some issues with resizing the Links and History windows.
· The status of "Duplicate original doc" setting now appears in settings summary.
· This update is strongly recommended to all LinkOptimizer users.
September 9th, 2010· Conversion to PNG now works as expected. Previous versions could not convert images to PNG due to an error.
August 5th, 2010· Removed limitation in which LinkOptimizer ignored cropped area of less than 4 pt.
· Fixed an issue in which an error could occur if certain system permissions were set incorrectly.
July 26th, 2010· Fixed an issue in which the target monochrome resolution could apply to color and grayscale images during analyzing.
· Note: This update is essential to all LinkOptimizer 4.4 users to avoid improper image processing.
· New option to convert files into the same format (i.e. resave files). For example convert TIFF into TIFF to resave TIFFs with LZW compression. This option can also be required to avoid the Options dialog on saving when running certain Actions in Photoshop.
· Fixed an issue in which some ignored links weren't grayed out.
· Fixed an issue in which the some variable name settings weren't preserved when the current settings presets wasn't saved.
· Direct access to Zevrix forums and release notes in the Help menu.
July 22nd, 2010· Fixed an issue in which some preset settings were not saved under certain conditions.
· Improved hyperlink fields behavior.
· This update is absolutely essential to LinkOptimizer 4.4.1 users (see v.4.4.2 release notes).
July 20th, 2010· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which the target monochrome resolution could apply to color and grayscale images during processing.
· This update is absolutely essential to all LinkOptimizer 4.4 users to prevent improper image processing.
June 21st, 2010· NEW: LinkOptimizer now processes Monochrome black and white images (Bitmap mode in Photoshop). Target effective resolution for such images is specified separately.
· The Duotone color space is now reported in the Links table.
· Fixed an issue in which EPS raster images in InDesign CS5 were ignored.
June 10th, 2010· Fixed an issue where an image file without file extension assigned could cause LinkOptimizer to stop with an error during processing.
June 3rd, 2010· Updated an error dialog to reflect an error that can happen in Photoshop CS5 under certain conditions.
May 25th, 2010· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which images with user-modified text wrap or clipping path were not ignored as they ought to. Processing of such images caused them to appear wrongfully cropped and resized.
· This update is strongly recommended to all users.
May 20th, 2010· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which certain images could cause an error during processing.
May 11th, 2010· Adobe CS5 compatibility.
April 30th, 2010· NEW: Two new resampling methods are now available: Nearest Neighbor and Bilinear.
· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which analyzing some barcode vector EPS files could cause LinkOptimizer to stop with an error.
March 24th, 2010· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which an image file name without extension could make LinkOptimizer stop with an error during analyzing.
January 15th, 2010· FIXED: Processing of InDesign CS documents is now possible.
· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which an error message was displayed when selecting links in Links table after analyzing InDesign CS/CS2 documents. Note: Image previews are not supported in InDesign CS/CS2.
· Users who don't use InDesign CS/CS2 can skip this update.
January 4th, 2010· Fixed an issue in which the TIFF compression was not applied as specified under certain conditions.
November 25th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which processing duplicates could result in error under certain conditions.
· Note: This issue, although being very rare, can affect any user. This update is a must-have for all LinkOptimizer users.
· Expanded explanations added to some error info.
November 7th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which analyzing some small non-Illustrator vector EPS files could cause LinkOptimizer to stop with an error.
October 22nd, 2009· Fixed an issue in which analyzing a flipped image in InDesign CS2 could result in error. Flipped images in InDesign CS2 are now ignored.
· Fixed an issue in which selecting a link in the Links window after analyzing an InDesign CS2 document could result in error.
October 21st, 2009· Fixed an issue in which an error could occur when editing images in Photoshop on Mac OS X 10.4.11.
October 15th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which Unsharp Mask settings weren't saved with the current preset.
October 4th, 2009· French InDesign: LinkOptimizer now correctly interprets French color modes: RVB as RGB, CMJN as CMYK etc
· Note: Users of non-French version can skip this update.
· Some interface improvements.
September 16th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which image copying on Tiger and Leopard could result in error.
· Only recent updates for Snow Leopard (LinkOptimizer 4.1 - 4.1.1) were affected.
September 12th, 2009· Fixed issue in which some backup settings could not be used under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
· Fixed issue in which the total links size could be reported incorrectly under Mac OS X 10.6.
September 10th, 2009· Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
September 4th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which some links with forbidden type of clipping path/text wrap weren't ignored as expected under certain conditions. It caused the links to be processed and updated incorrectly in InDesign.
· Fixed an issue in which missing vector links could cause LinkOptimizer to hang during analyzing.
· Fixed an issue in which attempts to replace an image with itself during copying caused LinkOptimizer to crash.
· On non-English systems, LinkOptimizer could not overwrite original images if the backup option was unchecked due to an error. This issue is fixed.
· This update is highly recommended to all users.
September 3rd, 2009· Fixed an issue in which some links with forbidden type of clipping path/text wrap weren't ignored as expected under certain conditions. It caused the links to be processed and updated incorrectly in InDesign.
· Fixed an issue in which missing vector links could cause LinkOptimizer to hang during analyzing.
· Fixed an issue in which attempts to replace an image with itself during copying caused LinkOptimizer to crash.
· This update is highly recommended to all users.
September 2nd, 2009· Fixed an issue when LinkOptimizer stopped with an error while trying to display certain dialogs during processing.
August 18th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer asked to locate a support application on the first launch.
August 14th, 2009· LinkOptimizer doesn't freeze when analyzing FreeHand EPS files anymore.
August 9th, 2009· The Deactivate menu and button are now working as expected.
July 25th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which an image with layer group could cause an error during flattening.
· Fixed an issue in which skipped images remained open in Photoshop which caused the rest of the images to show the same error during processing.
· Fixed an issue in which some optimized images could be renamed incorrectly.
· Fixed an issue in which some pre-release preset settings could cause LinkOptimizer to crash on launch.
· This update is highly recommended to all users.
July 20th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which an InDesign error which could occur when calling LinkOptimizer from InDesign menu under certain conditions.
July 15th, 2009· Fixed: GIF, BMP and PICT files don't cause LinkOptimizer to stop with an error dusing analyzing anymore. These images are being ignored.
July 13th, 2009· Images on locked layers don't cause errors during processing anymore.
July 11th, 2009· Images on locked layers don't cause errors during updating anymore.
· If Optimize Resolution settings are not activated, links are not being resized to 100% upon updating anymore.
July 8th, 2009· If 'Delete hidden layers' is checked, LinkOptimizer now performs it prior to layer merging. It ensures that layer merging is not prevented by existence of hidden layers.
· Help menu with access to User Guide, website and support.
July 6th, 2009· The issue of white rows in the Links table on Tiger is solved.
· When duplicating InDesign document, LinkOptimizer will now warn if a file with the same name already exists.
June 30th, 2009· LinkOptimizer now displays the complete system error message when permission is denied while copying links to the backup folder.
June 29th, 2009· Fixed error reporting in certain cases when files cannot be open in Photoshop.
· Some interface fixes.
June 14th, 2009· No links are now selected when the Links window opens.
· Fixed an issue of wrongfully reported Optimize Resolution action when Upsampling is checked.
· Most of errors are now logged without interrupting the processing.
· Error files now appear in red after processing.
· Error description appears when an error file is clicked.
· The correct link preview is now shown after processing.
· Links with effective resolution lower than target are now properly scaled and cropped when upsampling isn't allowed.
June 12th, 2009· Fixed major issues related to processing duplicates while overwriting original images.
· LinkOptimizer could delete the entire links folder, then crash.
· Duplicate images weren't relinked/resized properly.
· "Limit to 31 characters" option for image naming is temporarily discontinued.
June 11th, 2009· Rotation and skew are now set to their exact original values after relinking.
· Eliminated a Preferences related error that could happen in the beginning of processing.
· The issue of white rows in the Links table is most likely solved - please provide feedback.
· The Choose Folder dialog now provides more informative messages.
· Photoshop doesn't show the Color Work Space/Profile mismatch warning on file opening anymore.
June 9th, 2009· Some minor bag and interface fixes.
June 9th, 2009· Fixed a bug introduced in the following versions only: LinkOptimizer 3.3.4-6, LinkOptimizer Light 2.7.2.
· The above versions of LinkOptimizer can wrongfully resize links after processing in InDesign CS3. If you downloaded one of these versions, please update your copy to the recent version.
June 7th, 2009· Fixes an issue that caused images to be resized incorrectly in InDesign CS3.
June 7th, 2009· Images that only need to be converted/edited are not resized anymore.
· Define resampling methods for downsampling/upsampling.
· Text of highlighted ignored links turns to white in the Links table.
June 7th, 2009· Variable file/folder name fields now warn when user attempts to insert forbidden character like /, &, $ etc.
· Other fixes and improvements.
June 4th, 2009· Illustrator EPS don't cause error on analyzing anymore.
· Save Preset menu.
· Cmd-W shortcut now works
· Numerous other fixes.
June 3rd, 2009· Fixed an issue in which effective resolution of Photoshop EPS files wasn't reported after processing.
June 3rd, 2009· Images now are properly relinked when overwriting originals.
· Images aren't reported as needed cropping anymore after optimizing.
· Many other fixes and improvements.
June 1st, 2009· Fixed various issues related to optimizing images while overwriting originals.
· Improved History.
· Other numerous fixes.
June 1st, 2009· Convert image formats (i.e. TIFF>PSD, JPEG>TIFF etc.)
· Save settings as presets.
· Process all links regardless of resolution settings.
· Optimize images for external use without relinking to InDesign.
· Resolution oversampling.
· The option to resave all JPEGs in Photoshop (so digcam images don't present the Save As dialog on saving).
· The option to optimize only resolution without resizing the images. This will allow to optimize several documents of similar design at once by optimizing one of them.
· Image previews in the Links table.
· Detailed info on link properties and the actions LinkOptimizer will perform during processing.
· List of ignored links with ignoring reasons.
· History: Detailed processing logs for all documents.
· Optimize InDesign document's duplicate instead of original.
· The option to save optimized files in a folder inside the InDesign document folder.
· Variable names of optimized images/folders/duplicate documents based on Mac OS X tokens.
· Processing of flipped images.
· Process specific range of pages of InDesign document.
· Totally revamped user interface.
May 31st, 2009· Fixed an issue in which some links weren't updated after overwriting originals.
· Also fixed a bug of a briefly released v. 3.3.4 only: The link effective resolution is listed correctly again after processing.
May 2nd, 2009· Fixed an issue in which Sharpen filters weren't applied to layered images in Photoshop.
April 27th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer ignored Photoshop EPS links on systems where Mac OS X and InDesign used different numbers formats.
April 20th, 2009· LinkOptimizer 3.3 allowed users to optimize Photoshop EPS images in InDesign CS4.
· LinkOptimizer 3.3.1 allows to optimize Photoshop EPS files with TIFF preview as well. Such files were ignored by LinkOptimizer 3.3.
April 16th, 2009· LinkOptimizer now optimizes Photoshop EPS images in InDesign CS4.
· A bug in InDesign CS4 prevented LinkOptimizer from doing it before, because InDesign CS4 doesn't report the resolution of raster EPS files. LinkOptimizer now checks the resolution of Photoshop EPS images independently from InDesign CS4.
· Please note: This update is essential for InDesign CS4 users.
April 15th, 2009· The Processing Criteria info updated to reflect the Photoshop EPS realted bug in InDesign CS4.
April 3rd, 2009· Fixed an issue in which images with user-modified text wrap weren't ignored in InDesign CS3/2 as expected. (InDesign doesn't update text wrap of such images properly after reimporting).
February 18th, 2009· Fixed an issue in which small rotation angles still prevented LinkOptimizer from cropping some images.
February 11th, 2009· LinkOptimizer now ignores image rotation angles smaller than 0.01 degree. The respective images are treated as not rotated.
December 15th, 2008· LinkOptimizer now ignores scaled links whose clipping path was manually edited in InDesign. InDesign doesn't update such images properly after relinking.
· New: The new 'Criteria Info' button gives users instant access to the key image processing criteria.
December 15th, 2008· Fixed an issue in which resolution of certain JPEG images could not be changed on some non-English systems.
November 12th, 2008· Fixed an issue introduced in a briefly released v.3.2.3 in which launching LinkOptimizer from InDesign menus resulted in error.
November 11th, 2008· Fixed an issue in which a number related error occurred at the end of processing on some systems.
October 28th, 2008· Fixed a text wrap related error that occurred during analyzing of InDesign CS4 documents.
October 27th, 2008· Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer wrongfully reported that several versions of InDesign are open.
October 25th, 2008· InDesign CS4 compatibility.
· New icon
August 29th, 2008· Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer didn't backup original images before overwriting them even when the backup option was selected.
July 10th, 2008· Fixed an issue in which analyzing stopped with an error when encountering an anchored link located in text overflow. Such links are now ignored as expected.
· A more accurate error is shown when Photoshop can't save JPEG files.
· Fixed an issue in which the LinkOptimizer progress bar could stay after canceling the processing.
June 12th, 2008· LinkOptimizer now stops analyzing with a proper warning when the system and InDesign are using different number formats.
· InDesign and the system should use the same number formats before running LinkOptimizer.
May 30th, 2008· Fixed an issue in which a preferences related error could occur at the end of analyzing under certain conditions.
March 17th, 2008· Delete hidden layers.
· Check for updates from within LinkOptimizer.
· Fixed an issue with updating images whose cropped part was mostly positioned off the pasteboard.
November 20th, 2007· Fixes several issues that prevented LinkOptimizer from running properly on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. It included an error on startup related to the saved space counter, an error when trying to save settings and some other minor issues.
September 20th, 2007· Process images placed multiple times in InDesign document.
· Run Photoshop Actions during processing.
· Detailed Settings Summary in the main window.
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