What's new for V2.3.0?

Changes and Additions

  1. Change in the distribution method to include a printed manual along with the registered version (details below).
  2. Full support for the CyberGraphX retargetable graphics standard. This now allows users with any of the graphics cards supported by the CyberGraphX system (CyberVison64, Picasso2, Retina etc...) to use the ImageStudio internal viewers to view the current image in upto 24bit colour. ImageStudio can now be run on a CyberGraphX screen itself, to give a fast 24bit colour preview!
We suggest that users completely replace their v2.1.x and v2.2.x IO modules with the v2.3.x versions, as the module format has changed slightly. Don't also forget to change the value of INTERNALVIEWER preference if you have either an AGA Amiga or Amiga with a graphics card to take advantage of the best viewer module for your Amiga.

Change in distribution strategy

Many users have requested the addition of a printed manual for the registered version. We have now changed the distribution method to provide what we think is better value package which includes a professionally printed and illustrated manual along with the registration of the program. We are no longer taking orders directly, all orders must now be placed with LH Publishing, see registering.

Notes about the PNG file format

After the release of v2.1.0 of ImageStudio we wrote an IO module for the new PNG image file format. As the format is new, the code was based on beta versions of the PNG library routines and incomplete specifications. We were hoping that by the time we came to releasing v2.2.0 of ImageStudio the PNG file format would have been finished, but this is unfortunately not the case. The current documentation therefore contains references to the capabilities of the PNG IO module, but no actual PNG module is contained in the package as we still consider it "work in progress". The PNG module will officially be included with the ImageStudio package when the PNG library is finished; until then we keep our pre-release PNG module available separately in the public domain.
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