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Image Tricks Changelog

What's new in Image Tricks 3.9.6

Aug 31, 2023
  • Improved program stability.
  • Bug fixes and usability improvements.

New in Image Tricks 3.9.5 (Aug 4, 2023)

  • Image Tricks now runs natively on Apple Silicon M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.
  • Improved dark theme appearance.
  • Fixed the problem with images drag and drop from Apple Photos.
  • Introduced support for HEIC format (photos made on an iPhone).
  • Improved macOS 12 Monterey compatibility.
  • Added new image filters that become available in the latest macOS: Bokeh Blur in Focus category; Color Threshold, Dither, Document Enhancer, Gabor Gradients, Morphology, Morphology, Gradient, Morphology Rectangle in Style category; Color Absolute Difference, Mix in Overlap category.
  • Moved some filters into new categories: CMYK Halftone, Comic Effect, Vignette, Vignette Effect into Style; Flash into Lumine; Composite Filters into Overlap.
  • Other bug fixes and usability improvements.

New in Image Tricks 3.9 (May 23, 2017)

  • Enhances Export and Share capabilities.

New in Image Tricks 3.8.1 (Nov 5, 2014)

  • New filters and quartz compositions were added for OS X 10.10 Yosemite:
  • Accordion Ford Transition, Linear to sRGB Tone Curve, Masked Variable Blur, Perspective Correction, sRGB Tone Curve to Linear, Black and White, Comic Book.
  • Filters from "Others" category were improved and moved to different categories:
  • Blend with Alpha Mask, Color Clamp, Color Cross Polynomial, Color Polynomial, Photo Effect, Vignette, Vignette Effect.
  • Improved german, french and spanish localizations.
  • Fixed "File > New from Clipboard" menu option.
  • The program can now automatically check for and download available updates using the Sparkle auto-updater technology.
  • Fixed interface glitches on OS X 10.10.
  • Improved program stability and performance.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Image Tricks 3.0.4 (Sep 19, 2011)

  • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility improvements.

New in Image Tricks 3.0.3 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Solved the problem that caused the program to crash when using filters whose parameters are controlled by numeric values only.
  • Improved compatibility with third-party filters.

New in Image Tricks 3.0.1 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • Fixed cursor representation for image crop.
  • Solved the problem with image crop in German localization.
  • Resolved the problem with new images not opening in the correct size when the View > Fit to Window Size menu item is selected.
  • Addressed an issue with loading custom images in Composite Filters.
  • Fixed the problem with center input adjustment by changing fields value in filter parameters.
  • Improved behavior of quality settings for JPEG export.

New in Image Tricks 3.0 (Mar 24, 2010)

  • Added support for Quartz Compositions, including custom ones created in programs such as Quartz Composer. By default the program contains 35 system compositions (40 in Pro version).
  • Added 21 system Core Image filters (29 in Pro version):
  • Affine Transform, Lanczos Scale, Perspective Transform (Pro version);
  • Color Map (Pro version), Color Matrix, Mask To Alpha, Sepia Tone, Spot Color (Pro version);
  • Median;
  • Affine Clamp, Displacement Distortion, Glass Lozenge;
  • Height Field From Mask;
  • Maximum Component, Minimum Component;
  • Affine Tile, Perspective Tile (Pro version);
  • Constant Color, Linear Gradient (Pro version), Radial Gradient, Spot Light (Pro version);
  • Blend With Mask, Copy Machine, Desintegrate With Mask, Dissolve, Flash, Ripple (Pro version), Swipe;
  • 23 Composite Filters (Pro version).
  • Altered and added parameters for Core Image filters: CMYK Halftone, Reflected Textures, Lenticular Halo, Starshine Generator, Sunbeams, Bars Swipe Transition (Pro version), Mod Transition, and Page Curl (Pro version).
  • Introduced support for third party Core Image filters (effects).
  • Improved the interface. Now users can resize the parameters panel as well as collapse and expand filter categories.
  • Added draggable handles for filters that have controllable points.
  • Changed the default parameters of Color Controls, Exposure Adjust, Gamma Adjust, and Hue Adjust to reflect the original image.
  • Extended Crop parameters.
  • Added a compression option for TIFF format at export.
  • Changed the order in which masks are applied to images with filters. This has made it easier to apply both filters and a mask to a single image.
  • Many other improvements and fixes.

New in Image Tricks 2.4.2 (Nov 3, 2009)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Image Tricks 2.4.1 (Sep 4, 2009)

  • Added support for Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6).

New in Image Tricks 2.4 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • [New Filter] Transform;
  • [New Filter] Bi-Color (PRO version), False Color (Color category);
  • [New Filter]Square Tile (Tilecategory,PRO version);
  • [New Filter] Comic Effect (Color category);
  • [New Filter] Box Blur, Disc Blur (Focus category, in Blur group);
  • [New Filter] Bump Distortion Linear (Distortion category);
  • [New Filter] Line Overlay (Style category);
  • [New Filter] Fourfold Rotated, Fourfold Translated, Glide Reflected (Tile category, Tiled Textures group);
  • [New Filter] Eightfold Reflected, Fourfold Reflected, Sixfold Reflected, Sixfold Rotated (Tile category, Reflected Textures group);
  • [New Filter] Bars Swipe Transition (Overlap category, PRO version).
  • [Improvement] Export and Save changes, option to use OpenGL acceleration affects mage preview only, final result is created with a higher quality rendering.
  • [Improvement] Applying filters to your photos will not affect EXIF data. EXIF data is kept after applying effects to photos.
  • [Improvement] Kaleidoscope filter improved (Tile category).
  • [Improvement] Option to adjust second color added for Gaussian Blur (Focus category); Stripes, Checkerboard Generator (Overlap category) filters.
  • [Improvement] Improved compatibility with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).
  • [Fix] Problem with losing mouse cursor and zoom parameters when applying masks solved.
  • [Fix]Parameters behaviour on Leopard system fixed for Rectangular Splash (Distortion category), Shaded Materials (Style category), Net Distortion (Distortion category).
  • [Fix] Random Generator filter (Style category) fixed.
  • [Fix] Problem with showing black instead of transparent background in plug-in solved.
  • [Fix] Background transparency when saving to TIFF format is fixed (plug-in).
  • [Fix] Save dialog on Leopard system (Mac OS X 10.5) fixed.