v3.0 [May 6, 2014]
- 16 blend modes: Linear Burn, Darker Color, Linear Dodge, Lighter Color, Soft Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Hard Mix, Divide, Hue, Saturation, Color, Luminosity, Overexposure and Hard Mood. The old Soft Light blend mode was renamed to "Soft Mood". The blend mode items are now rearranged as in Photoshop, but with 9 additonal blend modes.
- Added Undo button that restores the effect values that were set when you switched to the current effect. This feature was previously available by right clicking the Default button. There is now also a Undo item on the Reset button context menu.
Adds and Improved Effects:
- 7 presets
- Synthesizer > String Theory effect
- Bluuur > Full Min Blur effect
- Median option for the Full Max Blur effect
- Some of the Bluuur effects render 10% faster
- The Breakfast and Synthesizer effects have better default slider values.
Filter Factory Support:
- Long slider names of Filter Factory effects are now cut off and do not overlap the preview anymore.
- "Fix FX" check box for Filter Factory effects. It activates a higher compatibility mode for making some effects (e.g. Mac's Remove White) work correctly, but it also slows down the rendering and may have adverse effects for other filters.
- The "Real 16-bit" check box was renamed to "Full 16-bit"
- Support for Filter Factoy .txt files with multi-line code
- Bug Fix: The Blend feature now work for all Filter Factory effects.
- Bug Fix: Some Filter Factory effects caused a crash in Paint Shop Pro X3 and older.
- Bug Fix: Importing some .ffx files caused a crash.
- Bug Fix: The default slider values were set to zero when importing .ffx files. Please reimport your .ffx files to fix it.
- Bug Fix: Some .8bf files were not imported correctly.
- Bug Fix: The number of imported filters is now displayed correctly.
v2.0 [Oct 22, 2008]
Combined 32-bit/64-bit installation
Plugin Installer displays less options during installation and offers enhanced 64-bit detection.
Bug Fix: Deinstalling the demo version after the full version was already installed, causes no problems for the full version anymore.
All files are now installed in the "The Plugin Site" sub folder of the Program Files folder by default. Additionally "The Plugin Site" sub menu of the Start menu is now used for installation items.
Support for silent installation: If you run the installer with the /silent or /verysilent command line parameter, the installation will run automatically and require no click. Plugin Installer will then automatically install the plugin in every supported application that it can find.
64-bit version that can be used with the 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4/CS5 and Photoline.
Renders up to 4 times faster than Version 2.0 depending on the used effect and setting. The Bluuur, Edge Tool and Fusion effects benefit the most. Many effects are 1.5 to 2 times faster.
Interactive Preview Cross: The preview now updates instantly when you hold down the right mouse button and drag. This is a more intuitive way of adjusting the preview cross. To center the cross you can now hold down the Ctrl key and right click on the preview.
Selections are shown in the preview. This means that the effect is not applied to pixels outside the selection.
23 new preset including 16 kaleidoscope effects
To avoids write permission conflicts the .ini and preset files are now saved in the application data folder at
2000/XP: c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\ThePluginSite\PluginGalaxy2\
Vista/7: c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\ThePluginSite\PluginGalaxy2\
Please move your own presets to the presets sub folder at this new location to make them appear on the Presets tab sheet in Plugin Galaxy.
Dialog Changes:
New maximize and exit buttons on the title bar. When maximizing the window the task bar is respected. When clicking the maximize button again the normal window size correctly is restored. Double clicking the titlebar logo does not maximize the window anymore.
Visual styles are now automatically used. The Prefs > DialogTheme check box was removed.
A size grip was added in the bottom right corner
The list boxes received a white background
Under Vista and 7 the height of the sliders is slightly larger to avoid cuting off the arrows buttons.
The rendering time is measured more accurately.
The demo version renders less opaque watermarks faster to the image.
Plugin Installer supports more applications, e.g. Sagelight and Fireworks CS2 to CS5, and displays less options during installation.
