Version 14.0.0

New Features

◼Added: ImageEn supported under Delphi 64bit IDE
◼Added: TImageEnVect code is no longer included when compiling unless used, saving 450KB from the EXE
◼Added: Attribution comment can be customized in files saved by ImageEn
◼Added: No maximum point limit for drawing of shapes
◼Added: Improved drawing of shapes at very low quality settings
◼Added: Polyline layers with complex paths (e.g. bezier curves) can be freely rotated
◼Added: TIEShapeLayers use GDI+ anti-aliasing
◼Added: Any ImageEn shape can be used for layer and selection grips
◼Added: When multiple layers are scaled together, their positions are scaled to maintain the overall look
◼Added: GetHash supports the alpha channel
◼Added: TImageEnMIO printing supports auto-orientation
◼Added: Improved some toolbar glyphs
◼Added: IEShowImagePreview supports TImageEnMView previews with navigation
◼Added: Preview Image item in TImageEnMView popup menu
◼Added: Four new shapes: Magnifying Glass, Zoom In, Zoom Out and Pan
◼Added: New zoom hover button for TImageEnView
◼Added: Options to force centering of Twain dialogs
◼Added: Objects can be arranged on a PDF page (i.e. change of z-order)
◼Added: Layer objects can be used with the PDF Viewer and converted to PDF objects (Experimental)
◼Added: Setting of default video format for MMF can be disabled to greatly speed up capture initialization
◼Added: Code optimization
◼Added: Aspect ratio is maintained when cropping or rotating layers via Previews dialog
◼Added: Easier rotation of fixed angles in Previews dialog
◼Added: Methods to determine if a point is within the polygon of a Polyline or Shape layer
◼Added: Better handling of TIFF files with tiles and very large blocks of Photoshop meta-data
◼Added: Vectorizing of raster images to SVG
◼Added: RemoveIsolatedPixels supports full color images
◼Added: Support for audio devices with MMF
◼Added: Layer images are cached at smaller sizes at high zoom levels
◼Added: TIOParams.ResetInfo clears large TIFF photoshop meta data blocks
◼Added: Verbose exceptions option for TIEDirectShow
◼Added: New shortcuts for TImageEnView, TImageEnMView and TIERichEdit: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Reset Zoom, Show Rulers, Undo and Redo
◼Added: KeyInteract property to handle all keyboard interaction for TImageEnView
◼Added: AutoOrient parameter for GetImageDetails
◼Added: Arrow cursors when hoving over TImageEnView buttons
◼Added: Any shape can be use for TIEColorCurve.PointShape
◼Added: Bar/Arrow and decorative end styles for line layers
◼Added: Use system cursor for rotated image layers for cleaner styling
◼Added: New property for Twain compatibility options

Bug Fixes

◼Fixed: ParamsFromFile error for WIC formats
◼Fixed: Drag selection may be triggered unexpectedly in TImageEnMView
◼Fixed: Difficult to exit layer point editing mode
◼Fixed: Polygon layer resize and point editing interactions don't work well together
◼Fixed: Some issues with images in SVG
◼Fixed: Unexpected wrapping with TImageEnProc.DrawTextEx()
◼Fixed: Adding a frame wrongly positions text with TImageEnProc.DrawTextEx()
◼Fixed: Scaling issues with rotated polygons and shapes exported to SVG
◼Fixed: Bezier curve points may shift when moving layers
◼Fixed: Text becomes selected when clicking PDF navigation buttons
◼Fixed: Text may be cut off in right-aligned text layers
◼Fixed: Editing of PDF objects uses strange positioning if view is rotated
◼Fixed: Issue with asymmetric scaling and rfFastLinear
◼Fixed: If media type has not been specified for MMF, default media type was not returned
◼Fixed: Memory issue if load very large TIFF that uses tiles
◼Fixed: TImageEnView scrollbar position not updated when application is themed
◼Fixed: Initialization issue for TIEFolderTree if used on a tab
◼Fixed: Folder specific popup menu not shown when clicking background of TImageEnFolderMView
◼Fixed: Layer Fix methods do not automatically update the TImageEnView
◼Fixed: loAutoFixRotation can cause multiple selection
◼Fixed: Memory issue when set TImageEnView.SetExternalBitmap to nil, if already nil
◼Fixed: Potential loss of quality when accessing TIELayer.Bitmap for non-image layers
◼Fixed: Order of colors not correct when reducing color count for gray scale to less than existing count
◼Fixed: Layer undo may not reset the layer cache

Changes to Classes

◼Added: TIEButtonInteraction.MaxHeightButtons
◼Added: TIECanvas.DrawShape
◼Added: New TIEAcquireParams properties: StandardSize, AcquireCount, AutoDeskew, XScaling and YScaling
◼Added: TImageEnView.OnHoverToolbar and TIERichEdit.OnHoverToolbar
◼Added: Exposed TImageEnMView.SelectImage so the active image can be specified without affecting the existing selection
◼Added: TIEGlobalSettings.DefaultAlphaThreshold
◼Added: TImageEnView.OnPlayFrame

Changes to Method Parameters

◼Added: Width and Height parameters for LayersAdd
◼Added: CropThreshold parameter for AutoCrop
◼Added: CheckAlpha parameter for SelectMagicWand and LayersCreateFromEdge
◼Added: CropTransparentBorder returns the crop rectangle

Demo Changes

◼New: Vectorize to SVG demo (Demos\InputOutput\VectorizeToSVG\VectorizeToSVG.dpr)
◼New: PDF Objects with Layers demo (Demos\PDF\PDFPageObjects_FromLayers\PDFPageObjectsLayers.dpr)
◼Added: Improvements to MMF demos (Demos\VideoCapture\MediaFoundationCam\MediaFoundationCam.dpr)
◼Added: Animating of images in Complete Editor demo (Demos\ImageEditing\CompleteEditor\PhotoEn.dpr)
◼Added: Improvements to Twain demo (Demos\ImageAcquisition\Twain\TwainDemo.dpr)

Compatibility Issues

◼Changed: TIFF_PhotoshopImageSourceData has changed from type TIEArrayOfByte to TStream for better memory handling
◼Changed: Items of KeyboardShortcuts now have the prefix ieks, rather than ies, e.g. iesCopy is now ieksCopy
◼Removed: loKeyboardShortcuts is deprecated. You should use vkiLayerEditing of KeyInteract instead
◼Removed: iesoAllowMoveByKeyboard is deprecated. You should use vkiMoveSelection of KeyInteract instead
◼Removed: TImageEnView.KeyboardShortcuts is deprecated. You should use vkiInteractiveTools of KeyInteract instead
◼Removed: TImageEnView.CropTool.GripSize. Instead use SetSelectionGripStyle
◼Removed: TImageEnView.CloneTool.CursorSize/CursorShape. Instead use TImageEnView.CloneTool.BrushSize
◼Removed: TImageEnView.CloneTool.CursorShape. Instead use TImageEnView.CloneTool.BrushShape
◼Changed: TIEColorCurve.PointShape is no longer a TIEPointShape, it is a TIEShape. For iepsSquare use iesRectangle, for iepsCircle use iesEllipse
◼Changed: Instead of IEGlobalSettings().TwainCropBufferedTransferedImage add ietcCropBufferedTransferImage to TwainCompatibilityOptions
◼Changed: Instead of IEGlobalSettings().ReleaseTwainResources add ietcReleaseTwainResources to TwainCompatibilityOptions
◼Changed: Instead of IEGlobalSettings().ReuseTwainWindowHandle add ietcReuseTwainWindowHandle to TwainCompatibilityOptions
◼Changed: Instead of IEGlobalSettings().ModelessSelectTwainSource add ietcModelessSelectSource to TwainCompatibilityOptions

See Also

◼Complete History
◼Updating and Compatibility

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