| Version | Change log |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.516 Jun 28, 2025 |
Stereo Transformation: fixed some minor issues. Hotspot Transformation: added a color control to let you remove colored hot spots. Float Curve control: fixed problem of control points very close to each other disappearing. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.515 Jun 23, 2025 | To prevent problems with installing Picture Window for more than one user on the same computer, the settings folder (normally located in My DocumentsPicture Window Pro) has been relocated to the AppData folder (C:users<user name>AppDataLocalPicture Window Pro). If the old folder is present, on startup Picture Window automatically copies all the files from the old folder to the new folder and then deletes the old folder. If you are not already doing so, I strongly recommend backing up your AppData folder regularly. Note that this folder is normally hidden so to see it in Windows Explorer you need to turn on the View option to show hidden files. For fun, added Fractal to Special Effects submenu – this lets you explore the Mandelbrot set. See the help file or Transformations.pdf for details. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.514 Jun 21, 2025 | To prevent problems with installing Picture Window for more than one user on the same computer, the settings folder (normally located in My DocumentsPicture Window Pro) has been relocated to the AppData folder (C:users<user name>AppDataLocalPicture Window Pro). If the old folder is present, on startup Picture Window automatically copies all the files from the old folder to the new folder and then deletes the old folder. If you are not already doing so, I strongly recommend backing up your AppData folder regularly. Note that this folder is normally hidden so to see it in Windows Explorer you need to turn on the View option to show hidden files. For fun, added Fractal to Special Effects submenu – this lets you explore the Mandelbrot set. See the help file or Transformations.pdf for details. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.513 Jun 10, 2025 | To prevent problems with installing Picture Window for more than one user on the same computer, the settings folder (normally located in My DocumentsPicture Window Pro) has been relocated to the AppData folder (C:users<user name>AppDataLocalPicture Window Pro). If the old folder is present, on startup Picture Window automatically copies all the files from the old folder to the new folder and then deletes the old folder. If you are not already doing so, I strongly recommend backing up your AppData folder regularly. Note that this folder is normally hidden so to see it in Windows Explorer you need to turn on the View option to show hidden files. For fun, added Fractal to Special Effects submenu – this lets you explore the Mandelbrot set. See the help file or Transformations.pdf for details. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.511 Jun 4, 2025 |
Fixed two annoyances related to the mouse scroll wheel: Fixed problem with accidentally rotating the mouse scroll wheel interfering with controlling the cursor in dialog boxes that display an overlay over the input image -- for example, when using the freehand Mask tool to draw and outline. The scroll wheel is now ignored in these situations (unless of course you hold down the Alt key). In the main image area, to use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out, you now need to hold down either Alt, Shift, Ctrl or the middle mouse button – on most mice the scroll wheel can be depressed as well as rotated and this acts as a middle button. Thus, if you depress the scroll wheel while rotating it, the image area will zoom, however you can’t easily do this maneuver if you are using a touchpad instead of a mouse. The reason for implementing this is to prevent unwanted zooming while performing other operations if you accidentally jar the scroll wheel. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.509 May 29, 2025 |
Projection transformation: Radius setting is now normalized to image diagonal so the same setting has roughly the same effect regardless of image size. Added examples to help file and Transformations.pdf. Updated ExifTool to 13.30. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.499 May 4, 2025 |
Favorites: fixed several issues with updating and resizing the Favorites window. Also, the number of buttons per column of favorites can now be set to 5, 10, 15 or 20. Color Picker: when in Color Wheel mode, you can now optionally display a grid over the color wheel connecting the white point to each of the primary and secondary colors. This can be useful when viewing very pale colors to help identify what you are selecting. Added a dialog box displayed when loading scripts, snippets or workspace scripts to let you terminate the script without having to wait for it to run to completion. Progress bars are now always hidden when loading scripts. Fixed problem with cancel buttons on progress bars and various other places not always responding reliably on the first click. Oval Gradient: When shift is down, dragging the radial line to adjust the rotation constrains the angle to be a multiple of 10 degrees. Otherwise, when shift is down, dragging one of the control points to reposition or resize the gradient constrains it to be circular (or square). |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.498 Apr 30, 2025 |
Image Info: all data fields can now be selected and optionally copied to the clipboard. Card to Folder command: added the option to give a warning if the target folder is not empty. This catches the case where you accidentally try to copy two sets of images to the same folder. Watercolor: fixed problem of click on input or output image not recentering the preview. Updated ExifTool to version 13.29 |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.491 Mar 30, 2025 |
Color Picker: fixed issues with entering RGB values manually in some cases not updating. Drop Shadow Transformation: fixed problem with shadow mask not being recalculated after loading a settings file. Updated to ExifTool 13.25. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.490 Mar 22, 2025 | Crop: added the ability to store up to four custom proportions and recall them via a drop-down menu. See the help file for details |
