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Version history for HyperSnap
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Changes for v7.12.00 - v7.12.01
- Fix - with some particular program configuration ver. 7.12.00 would crash on startup
- Automatic update of Firefox add-on upon the first try to capture image or text from it, if the version of add-on in HyperSnap directory is newer than the one currently installed in Firefox.
Changes for v7.11.04 - v7.12.00
- Mid-edge handles for selection resizing.
- Pressing F1 key now displays correct help HyperSnap main window and dialog boxes.
- Online help now synchronizes with the "Contents" tab.
- Fixes to undo/redo not correctly remembering modified state of the drawing.
- Added icon selection to Options menu.
Changes for v7.11.03 - v7.11.04
- Updated Firefox add-on for compatibility with Firefox 9
- Fix: HyperSnap 7 minimized to system tray and with menu selected interface, would open with ribbon interface after 1st capture
Changes for v7.11.02 - v7.11.03
- Fix: changing Windows "theme" would mess up HyperSnap 7 window, check-boxes in the thumbnail list became huge etc.
Changes for v7.11.01 - v7.11.02
- Fix: capturing rounded rectangle or elliptical region did not respect opacity setting under Capture Settings - Default background color....
- Change - the default image save format is now PNG instead of .dhs (HyperSnap drawing format, which preserves shapes for later editing, but is incompatible with other applications)
- Fix - double click on an image icon would not open in HyperSnap 7, if HyperSnap was registered to handle this format.
Changes for v7.11.00 - v7.11.01
- Fixed: Image/Black & White function crash on some 32-bit images.
Changes for v7.10.00 - v7.11.00
- Fixed: HyperSnap 7.10 would crash on startup if the user set the "number of recent files to show on File menu" to 0.
- Fixed: changing image resolution did not mark an image as modified.
- Added %clip% macro to print header/footer and to stamps text macro expansions. Takes up to 256 characters of the text from clipboard, if any found.
- Added "Clear recent files list" option to "Startup and tray icon" dialog box. Added "Options" button to the File panel of the ribbon to access this box from there as well.
Changes for v7.09.0 - v7.10.00
- Right-click on a closed shape (only one must be selected) offers now a "Convert to selection" option
- New option under File/Open to use color correction if a color profile is found in a PNG, JPEG or TIFF file
- The list of most recently used files under "File" menu is cleared automatically from files that no longer exist upon program startup
- When setting zoom above 400%, drawing mode is auto-switched to "draw directly on image", restored when lowering zoom to what it was before
- Bug fix: File/Page Setup did not work correctly if text window was opened and currently active inside HyperSnap (e.g. from TextSnap command). It would crash when orientation changed to Landscape or on other operations
- Bug fix: Color Resolution, click on 1 bpp did not work on the first try. Also, selection was not modified by color resolution changes, now hiding it
Changes for v7.08.01 - v7.09.0
- Firefox addon made compatible with Firefox 8
- Changed the way flood fill works - it now respects current area selection, or if clicked on a shape - modifies the shape's color.
Changes for v7.08.00 - v7.08.01
- Bug fix - undo/redo was not working for Rotate Any Angle, Shear, Mosaid and a few other functions.
Changes for v7.07.06 - v7.08.00
- HyperSnap drawing files (.dhs) now show a preview thumbnail in Windows Explorer
- Printing multiple images from HyperSnap thumbnails bar is improved, now respects the settings under File/Page Setup, draws shapes, header and footer texts.
- Fixed: search command from the ribbon's "File" tab would sometimes crash the program.
- Upon fresh install the default save-to directory will by "My Pictures", not an obscure directory under "roaming"... something.
- Other small fixes.
Changes for v7.07.05 - v7.07.06
- Fixed saving TIFF files in 8, 4 and 1 bits per pixel color resolution (colors were incorrect or totally black.)
- Shear, mosaic, emboss, sharpen/blurr and black & white functions now remember values used previously and offer them as default upon next use.
- A few other small fixes.
Changes for v7.07.04 - v7.07.05
- Bug fix: crash when selecting rectangular area totally outside the image.
Changes for v7.07.03 - v7.07.04
- Updated Firefox add-on to make it compatible with Firefox v.7
Changes for v7.07.02 - v7.07.03
- Added keyboard access to ribbon commands, e.g. Alt+F - O to open a file etc.
- Selecting a rectangular area beyond the image made the part of selection beyond image opaque, corrected it to be transparent again.
Changes for v7.07.01 - v7.07.02
- Bug fix: when used at 150% screen magnification on Windows 7, did not select correctly the screen area
Changes for v7.07 - v7.07.01
- Online help updated to cover all HyperSnap 7 functions.
Changes for v7.06.01 - v7.07
- Many users had trouble finding the Highlight and Arc functions, hidden under "More shapes" button on the Edit tab of the ribbon and on the drawing toolbar. Moved them to the main part of the tab and toolbar, removing "More shapes" button.
- Rectangular and freehand area selection modes are modified slightly, allowing you to resize the rectangle, move it etc. without changing the mode to "View/select".
- Other small bug fixes.
Changes for v7.05.02 - v7.06.01
- HyperSnap 7 Firefox plugin made compatible with Firefox 6.
- Selecting the color button on the optional drawing toolbar, "pick from screen" function did not work, fixed.
- The "auto-trim" function was not showing the selection rectangle, where the trimming would occur, fixed.
- In text window (after a scuccesful TextSnap capture) Ctrl+A keys did not select all text, fixed.
- Opening graphics files (e.g. PNG, JPEG) from Windows Explorer - right click - Open with HyperSnap did not work correctly, fixed.
- Other small fixes.
Changes for v7.05.01 - v7.05.02
- Bug fix: an issue was identified and fixed, where using a hot key to capture screen while Print Preview was opened, could lead to a confusing situation of the program or even a crash. The same issue is now corrected in HyperSnap ver. 6.91.03.
Changes for v7.05 - v7.05.01
- Bug fixes:
- Rotating a selection smaller than the whole image did not work correctly.
- Rotating some images with 8 bits per pixel or less color resolution unexpectantly changed colors of the image.
- For some images with color resolution 8 bpp or less, clicking color buttons on the ribbon to select line or fill color had no effects, the color was always black.
- Reversed the direction of zoom when turning mouse wheel and holding Ctrl key, to be consistent with (illogical in my opinion) direction that all other programs use.
Changes for v7.03 - v7.05
- Easy one click software updates impelemented
- A number of smaller fixes to printing and selection code.
Changes for v7.02 - v7.03
- Many users were confused about how selection works in HyperSnap 7 (rectangular and free-shape selection), so changed that. Now these tools are enabled all the time. If there are any un-selected shapes within the selected area, the shapes are added to selection. If no new shapes are added, instead an area of the underlying image is selected and can be moved, scaled, rotated, or deleted to clear that area to the current background color.
- Fixed some problems with reading/saving GIF files, including saving/reading transparency and a program crash on some GIF images.
- Fixed a problem with program crashing when using the highlight tool for a longer time.
- Fixed the program lock with area fill (bucket) tool use for some images.
- Many other smaller fixes.
Changes for v7.01 - v7.02
- On popular demand changed the way drawing tools work. Now - as in v.6, when you select e.g. drawing lines, HyperSnap will remain in drawing lines mode until you change it (in 7.01 it went back to selection mode). You may right-click to go back to selection mode at once anytime.
- Corrected a problem with text drawing (new text appeared in left top corner instead where drawn), also fixed the crash if text entered in "draw directly on image" mode.
- Right-click on shape that is not selected, now selects it and shows the properties menu. Previously did nothing, you had to left-click to select the shape first.
- Added "Edit text..." item to the right-click-on-shape menu, if clicked on text or callout shape.
Changes for v7.0 RC 1 - v7.01
- Finally! The big v.7 release. Too many new features to describe them here, will do so on the main product page.
- Please note: version 7 upgrade is free for users who bought v.6 license on or after July 1, 2010. Otherwise there is a $19.50 upgrade fee.
Changes for v7.0 Beta 8 - v7.0 RC 1
- Changes since beta 10:
- A big request placed many times: File/Open dialog box now allows you to select multiple files to open at once
- You may also print multiple selected images, after selecting them in Thumbnails list, right-click and choose "Print Selected...". One image per page, centered and at 100% size is printed, unless the image is too big to fit on that page - in that case it's shrunk to fit page. Headers/footers, frame and other settings available under File/Page Setup won't work here, you need to print one by one for that.
- Repeat last capture function now also repeats the "capture window/region with auto-scroll"
- Setup/uninstall program
- new icons on the ribbon Capture tab, slightly re-arranged the sequence of icons there
- updated icons on TextSnap tab
- changed the way flood fill tool works with 32 bpp images (preserves the original opacity of pixels now)
- TextSnap now works with Firefox 4, but only if you disable hardware accelerated graphics use in Firefox 4 options.
- More cosmetic changes and bug fixes.
Changes for v7.0 Beta 3 - v7.0 Beta 5
- Save as PDF. Can also read PDF files that were saved from HyperSnap, but not other PDFs
- Firefox 4 add-on, as without it we cannot determine from HyperSnap code where exactly the web page area is inside FF window. The add-on has a few other nice features, see more on the HyperSnap 7 Firefox Add-on info page
- Help tab added to the ribbon interface
- A few more bug fixes
Changes for v6.91.01 - v6.91.02
- Small bug fixes.
Changes for v6.90.04 - v6.91.01
- Game capture updated to snap screens from CM Battle for Normandy and other games using OpenGL graphics drivers.
Changes for v6.90.03 - v6.90.04
- Added an option to minimize HyperSnap window when Escape key is pressed. Turn it on under "Options" menu, "Startup and Tray Icon"
Changes for v6.90.02 - v6.90.03
- Another small to game capture code - one of Lara Croft games under Steam engine did not capture.
Changes for v6.90.01 - v6.90.02
- Small fix to game screen capture code to make it work with some games running in Steam engine (e.g. Batterfield: Bad Company 2)
Changes for v6.83.02 - v6.90.01
- Updated game screen capture technology to snap full screen games running with Direct3D v.9, v.10 and v.11. No admin rights necessary to capture game screens.
- Small fix - TextSnap restores HyperSnap window to full screen, if before text capture HyperSnap was in full screen mode.
Changes for v6.83.01 - v6.83.02
- Image/Shadow function would crash on certain images - fixed
- Minor fix to capture window with auto-scroll function.
Changes for v6.82.01 - v6.83.01
- Additional option to Tabs page under View/Customize menu, allows you to decide which tab is activated after you close a tab.
Changes for v6.81.05 - v6.82.01
- Custom colors defined by the user are now remembered across program restarts.
- When prompting to save a modified image before program exit, HyperSnap now visually switches to the image in question.
- Color correction dialog made to behave more logically and to remember the "show changes immediately" setting.
Changes for v6.81.04 - v6.81.05
- HTML clipboard format did not work in auto-copy mode.
- Colors were inverted in auto-copy mode when 256 color format was selected for bitmap copy.
- Always captured RTF text format from 64-bit programs, even if only plain text was required.
- Some WMF and EMF files read by HyperSnap were displayed with incorrect colors.
- Program became unresponsive if a file name given on the command line was not a graphics file.
- Improved display of 32-bit images used as stamps, when they use partial transparency in alpha channel.
- Importing an image into a new stamp (without other information set) automatically sets the total size of the stamp to the size of imported image.
Changes for v6.81.03 - v6.81.04
- Fix for image resolution being set incorrectly after some specific sequence of operations.
Changes for v6.81.02 - v6.81.03
- A bug causing excessive use of memory ("memory leak") fixed
- Other minor fixes.
Changes for v6.81.01 - v6.81.02
- A problem with pasting images at less than 32 bits per pixel corrected
Changes for v6.80.03 - v6.81.01
- Displaying transparency from 32 bit images
- Fixes to incorrect shadow function and uncorrect screen refresh in ver. 6.80
Changes for v6.70.02 - v6.70.03
- More corrections to Metafile reading code
- Extended Windows icon reading code to support Vista icons.
Changes for v6.70.01 - v6.70.02
- Correction for old Windows MetaFile reading code.
- Fixed - did not come back to maximized window state after a capture, if was maximized before.
Changes for v6.62.02 - v6.70.01
- New "Save All" command added to File menu and the main toolbar.
- New "paste" commands added on Edit menu, to paste image to the right, bottom, left or top of current selection or entire picture.
- TextSnap improved to capture text drawn with GDI+ API functions (e.g. texts from graphs of SonrayTrader financial application now captures fine)
- Fixed double-click on magnification control in the main toolbar - now again toggles correctly between 100% and auto-fit.
Changes for v6.62.01 - v6.62.02
- Changed the way Print Preview is presented, to prevent the program entering unstable conditions, when the preview is not closed in one tab and the user switches to another.
Changes for v6.61.06 - v6.62.01
- Two new buttons atted to the main toolbar (on top of HyperSnap window) - to open an Explorer window on the current image folder, and to copy the current image path and file name to clipboard.
- Registration of image file types to be opened by HyperSnap 6 updated to work for Vista and Windows 7
- Better quality image scaling when displaying images at magnification levels other than 100%.
Changes for v6.61.05 - v6.61.06
- Fix to capture at least some Direct3D games on 64-bit versions of Vista and Windows 7
- Corrected: automatic saving of screen captures (Quick Save) with file number incrementing will _not_ skip over existing file number, if the "Loop from to to stop number indefinitely" option is selected.
- Correction to auto-scroll capture to allow auto-scrolling of smaller windows.
Changes for v6.61.04 - v6.61.05
- Fixed: pasting a 32-bit image into HyperSnap and then saving a 32-bit PNG image would result in incorrect transparency of the final PNG file.
- Pasting an image extending beyond the bounds of current picture in HyperSnap will now enlarge the current picture if "no clipping" is selected.
- Automatic saving of screen captures (Quick Save) with file numbers incrementing will now "skip" over existing files, instead of overwriting them.
- Yet another improvement in auto-scroll code, now compares the captures before and after each scroll from two different places to improve reliability.
Changes for v6.61.03 - v6.61.04
- Another improvement to auto-scroll
- Fix for printout header and footer not being printed or even remembered.
Changes for v6.61.01 - v6.61.02
- Added "Apply Color Correction" command to "Toolbar Only" category (under View/Customize menu.)
- Fixed a small problem with portable setup.
- Fixed: color pickup from 32 bit images picked up the color of one pixel down from the clicked place.
Changes for v6.60.01 - v6.61.01
- Color correction options can now be auto-applied to all new screen captures, plus include also conversion to gray scale and inversion of black and white.
- When the "replace image in the current window with the new capture" option is selected on "View & Edit" tab of "Capture Settings", the names of new captures are now incremented, e.g. Snap3, Snap4, Snap5 - instead of keeping all the time the same name.
Changes for v6.50.03 - v6.60.01
- Optional portable setup - install on a portable disk/USB key etc., take your HyperSnap to any computer. All your settings are also preserved.
- Much faster startup time.
Changes for v6.50.02 - v6.50.03
- More fixes for TextSnap compatibility with Internet Explorer 8.
Changes for v6.50.01 - v6.50.02
- Two bugs in previous release fixed: saving 32-bit PNG files was incorrect, 64-bit TextSnap component crashed on some machines.
Changes for v6.40.06 - v6.50.01
- TextSnap feature made to work with Internet Explorer 8
- Fix for saving PNG files in 32 bits per pixel format, with transparency
- The "Blend Selection" slider on the drawing toolbar now also affects drawing commands, making them draw in translucent mode, when set in between the left and right position. For normal drawing, keep it at maximum right.
Changes for v6.40.05 - v6.40.06
- Minor fix for PrintScreen key handling
Changes for v6.40.03 - v6.40.04
- Another correction to auto-scroll code... Sigh...
Changes for v6.40.01 - v6.40.03
- Fixed - For Office 2007 skins, check-boxes and radio buttons were too big, if Windows menu font was set larger than normal
- Fixed - Paste command and Paste As New Image always set transparency
- Made auto-scroll work with PowerPoint 2007 and Outlook 2007 message lists
- Corrected menu font height to be the same as ver. 6.31 and older, and same as all other Windows programs.
Changes for v6.31.01 - v6.40.01
- Updated user interface with several "skins" to choose from on the "Options" menu - "Application Look".
- Image tabs may be configured to be positioned above or below the image area, have different colors and properties. Right-click on a tab displays a short menu to close or save an image and to customize the tabs.
- Corrected auto-scroll to work with Google Chrome browser.
- Added File/Save command to the menu (in addition to "Save As..." that was always there)
- Moved "Close All" command from Window to File menu.
- Corrected a bug that caused sometimes HyperSnap to print multiple copies of an image, when only one copy print was requested.
- Automatic capture processing, such as converting to black & white, substituting colors, adding a shade or frame, inserting stamps - will turned off and you need to manually turn it on when you exit and restart HyperSnap. If you do need to preserve these options at all times, add "-ra" command line option to the shortcut you use to start HyperSnap (see online help, "Command line usage" chapter).
Changes for v6.30.02 - v6.31.01
- Added "Full Screen Presentation Mode" and an option to automatically enter it after each capture. In effect, when this option is used combined with full screen capture, it looks like the screen was "frozen" and you have a floating HyperSnap drawing toolbar to draw all over the screen, highlight features, add text boxes etc. Useful e.g. when presenting software operation.
Changes for v6.30.01 - v6.30.02
- Improved color reduction algorithm for "optimized" palette on Color/Color Resolution menu and for saving GIF images
Changes for v6.21.04 - v6.30.01
- A new method to capture video overlays added - enable it under "Capture" menu, "Enable Video or Game Capture...". Once enabled, regular HyperSnap screen capture functions capture also video images.
- Text and stamps dialog boxes now remember the last used text alignment option (such as centered or right justified text)
- A small bug in print preview fixed.
Changes for v6.21.03 - v6.21.04
- Another correction to TextSnap function "Capture Text with Auto-Scroll" - would not auto-scroll windows that do not react to mouse scroll wheel.
Changes for v6.21.02 - v6.21.03
- Correction to TextSnap function "Capture Text with Auto-Scroll"
Changes for v6.21.01 - v6.21.02
- Corrected a problem with auto-scroll not working with some non-standard settings for mouse wheel scrolling.
Changes for v6.20.01 - v6.21.01
- Added an option to turn off Vista transparency during Window and Active Window captures.
- Fixed Print function - the "Print Range" would ignore the "To:" setting and print all pages till the end, no matter what you entered.
- Capture/Window function from Internet Explorer 7 will now exclude the vertical scroll bar, if you click inside a document.
Changes for v6.13.02 - v6.20.01
- Line smoothing added to drawing options
- Line styles such as dotted or dash style added
- Capture Text From an Object Under Cursor command has now an option to make it capture with auto-scrolling.
- Various small improvements and bug fixes.
Changes for v6.12.02 - v6.13.01
- Window capture on Vista under Aero-Glass interface modified to capture the true shape of the window (e.g. rounded corners)
- Capturing multiple images with tiling them on one image (option on "View & Edit" tab of Capture Settings) modified, so that the first capture, in absence of any other images inside HyperSnap window, works as a normal capture, instead of appending the new capture to an empty new image.
- Correction in JPEG reading code to read correctly certain very rare images that were crashing HyperSnap.
Changes for v6.12.01 - v6.12.02
- A problem with File/Open function on Windows 98 corrected.
Changes for v6.11.02 - v6.12.01
- Auto-scroll updated to work with Office 2007 programs (Word and Excel)
- TextSnap updated to work with Vista RTM releases, including 64-bit version of Vista
- File/Upload to FTP Server... function has a new option - "Copy link text to clipboard...". When selected, you may define a text, including macros like file name and path, image width and height etc., which will be copied to clipboard upon successful FTP upload, ready for pasting into HTML editors.
- %compname% added to HyperSnap macros (for text and stamp editing, and printing header and footer). If you enter %compname% into these boxes, it will be expanded into the current computer name.
