Photo Toolbox: What's New

Photo Toolbox V1.9.2.0

This version redesigns the free-rotate feature and add mosaic effect. Below is the release-note.

1. Redesigns the Free-Rotate feature.
2. Add Mosaic effect.
3. Delete the recent opened file records if the file is not existed.

Photo Toolbox V1.8.6.4

This version corrects the display accuration issue, improves selection tools and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Improves selection accuration. Displays size & position while creating marquees.
2. Improves display accuration. Users can manipulate every pixel accurately.
3. Changes some cursors and line-styles of selection tools.
4. The position of selection region can be moved by pressing the direction keys when any selecting-tool is selected.

Fixed Bugs:

1. The size of previewing image is incorrect.
2. Scrollbars disply incorrectly when the size of image is very large.

Photo Toolbox V1.8.2.2

This version changes the preview mode for all color-adjust-tools, improves two fearues and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Preview result in the main window for all color adjustment tools.
2. Add more instructions for selection tools and retouching tools and white-balance tool.
3. Improve the UI of white-balance, effect tools.

Fixed Bugs:

1. Access network even the 'Notify me if a new version is avaiable' option is checked off.
2. Application crashes sometimes when undo operations.

Photo Toolbox V1.7.4.5

This version adds two features to help import photos and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Options added to auto-organize image files while importing.
2. Show detailed information after importing if error occurrs.

Fixed Bugs:

1. Opening image file via double-clicking or context-menu in 'Windows Resource Explorer' may be failed.
2. After importing photos, the modal dialog may become modeless.
3. Application may crash after set the option 'Memory usage for history data' from a large size to a smaller size during editing.

Photo Toolbox V1.7.2.2

This version adds support to digital cameras and memory management, improves some features and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Importing photos from the digital camera. Users can directly import and edit photos from any digital camera connected to the PC.
2. Add memory management options for controling the memory usage of history data.
3. Add an option to support the 'Orientation' information in EXIF.

Fixed Bugs:

1. The option 'Notify me if a new version is avaiable' can not be unchecked.
2. Options for saving(encoding) can not be remembered.

Photo Toolbox V1.6.4.5

This version adds the Feathering and Color Range features, improves some features and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Add Feathering feature. It's usually used to soften the edges of your selections.
2. Add Color Range feature. With this feature, you can create selections which only contains some specified color and it's related colors.
3. Add a context menu in the editing-area.
4. Compress currently unused history data to reduce the memory consumption.
5. Add 'Aligned' option for clone stamp tool.
6. Change the behavior of the 'Clear all operations' button in the 'History' window.

Fixed Bugs:

1. The states of some menu items are incorrect while processing.
2. The 'History' window can be operated while processing.
3. Memory leak when create selections.
4. Crash happens sometimes when switch among history records.
5. Zoom operation is very slow when the selection region is complex.

Photo Toolbox V1.4.2.2

This version adds the Magic Wand Tool, improves some features and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Add Magic Wand Tool. This tool allows you to select an area of an image based on its colour.
2. On Windows 7, the progress information while processing image can be displayed on the taskbar button.
3. The installer can detect the existed VC runtime to avoid the repeated installation.

Fixed Bugs:

1. Correct the display precision problem of selections while the view scale is larger than 100%.
2. Cursors of Marquee Selection Tools are displayed incorrectly when the overlapping mode is 'add' or 'substract'.

Photo Toolbox V1.3.0.2

This version adds the Red-eye Reduction Tool and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Add Red-eye Reduction Tool. With this new tool, you can fix the red-eye effect in your photos very easily. Just press the left-mouse-button and drag the mouse to select one red-eye, and all be fixed automatically when you release the mouse button.

Fixed Bugs:

1. Crash occurrs sometimes while detecting a new version.
2. Message-box pops up on 'History' tool-pad, not on the main window.

Photo Toolbox V1.2.1.3

This version adds the Curves Tool feature, improves Levels Tool and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Add Curves Tool. It is the most sophisticated tool for changing the color, brightness, contrast or transparency of the picture or a selection.
2. Users can adjust levels of each color channel at the same time with Levels Tool.
3. Improve mouse cursors in the main editing window.

Fixed Bugs:

1. It's unable to preview feathering effect in the the preview window of editing tools.
2. Moving selection area offset a bit distance(less than 1 pixel), the selection will become empty.

Photo Toolbox V1.1.0.2

This version add the Spot Remover feature, and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Spot Remover is a very useful tool. You can remove stain spots on photos only by clicking on the spots.

Fixed Bugs:

1. The cursor size doesn't change sometimes while using Dodge & Burn tool.
2. The saved picture will be flipped if the memory is insufficient.

Photo Toolbox V1.0.14.3

This version adds some small features, and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note.

Features:

1. Add a check-box in Options dialog to control whether a message-box will be shown when a new version is avaiable.
2. The show/hide states of tool-bar, side-bar and status bar can be saved and resumed.
3. The Floating toolpad window's states, size and position can be resumed when startup.
4. Application main window's states, size and position can be resumed when startup.

Fixed Bugs:

1. When the selection is in some special situations, cropping operation can not be performed.
2. Set default values for application settings/options when the first running.
3. Application title is not changed immediately after registration.

Photo Toolbox V1.0.10.0

This is a bug fixing version. Change log:

1. Feathering effect is supported in cropping and cutting features.
2. The installation of VC Runtime will be performed in background. Uses will not be bothered any more.

Photo Toolbox V1.0.8.6

This version adds some convenient features, and fixes some bugs. Below is the release-note. And you can see full features here.

Features:

1. Lasso tool can switch to Polygonal Lasso tool while pressing 'Alt' key during dragging.
2. If you make a mistake while using Polygonal Marquee tool, you can press 'Delete' key to erase the latest segment.
3. During using Polygonal Marquee tool. If the pointer is not over the starting point, double-click, or Ctrl-click. A straight selection segment is drawn from your pointer to the starting point of your selection.
4. To reposition a marquee tool selection border, hold down the spacebar as you drag with the selection tool.
5. Copy feature is disabled in TRIAL VERSION.
6. Improved the application's exception handler.
7. Detect new version automaticaly.

Fixed Bugs:

1. The Help->Register menu is always shown even the app has registered.
2. Appication crashes when select history record if the first record is a selection modification.
3. RegNow BuyURL error.
4. Text can not be displayed on pen options GUI.
5. When the momery is not enough to perform operations. The wrong history record is removed.

Photo Toolbox V1.0

This is the first release of Photo Toolbox, see full features here.