| Version | Change log |
| Picture Window Pro 8.558 Mar 24, 2026 |
Auto-Recalc: fixed problems with more than the required images being recalculated when auto- recalc is turned back on. Distort: added a new Edge Width slider. A value of 0% has no effect. Values greater than 0% force the edges of the input image to remain fixed so the output image remains rectangular. Larger values produce smoother results but reduce the amount of distortion near the edges. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.557 Mar 22, 2026 |
Color Management: added a new setting to disable or enable warnings when profile mismatches are detected within a transformation. This only affects transformations that can combine multiple images including: Add Border, Blend, Composite, Difference, Filter, Frame, Layout and Stereo. The Frame setting added in the previous release was removed as it now falls under the new color management setting. Resize: fixed problem with incorrect dpi set in some cases after loading a settings file. Auto/Manual Recalc: fixed problem with splitters and side branches retaining pink background when turning auto recalc back on. Updated ExifTool to version 13.53. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.556 Mar 15, 2026 |
Resize: added warning if output image would be very large with option to reset or continue. Multipoint Gradient: fixed problems with creating 16-bit gradients. Frame: added item to settings menu to suppress color profile mismatch warnings. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.555 Mar 12, 2026 |
Added an auto/manual recalc button to the top of the main window (at the far right). This lets you postpone propagation of changes to transformations, which can save time if you are working with large images or transformations that are slow and want to make multiple changes without having to recalculate after each one. When auto recalc is turned off, thumbnails of transformations that require recalculation are displayed with a pink caption background. Turning auto recalc back on recalculates all transformations that require it. A warning is issued if you try to save an image or script with auto recalc turned off. If auto recalc is disabled, starting a batch operation turns if back on during the batch process and then back off again when it completes. Monitor/Printer Curves: Clicking and dragging on an image highlights the parts of the curve corresponding to the brightness and color of the image. Stretch: fixed some problems with dragging control lines past the input image boundary. Switched the horizontal/vertical selector from a drop-down menu to a tool bar at the top of the dialog box. Two new bitmaps require a full install. Notecard: added two new card layouts for 5x5 square images. These are designed to fit 5.75x5.75 inch envelopes. Mask: fixed problem with resetting the initial image not graying out the undo button. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.554 Mar 12, 2026 |
Step Wedge: Fixed problems with incorrect total number of patches set when dragging dialog box between monitors and in some other cases. Color Lookup: Added support for 1-D lookup tables with sizes up to 65535 entries. 3-D lookup tables remain limited to 256 x 256 x 256 entries. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.553 Mar 2, 2026 |
Step Wedge: Fixed problems with incorrect total number of patches set when dragging dialog box between monitors and in some other cases. Color Lookup: Added support for 1-D lookup tables with sizes up to 65535 entries. 3-D lookup tables remain limited to 256 x 256 x 256 entries. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.552 Feb 19, 2026 | Multipoint Gradient: Fixed problems with amount mask causing program to crash in some cases. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.549 Feb 12, 2026 |
File Preferences: added an option to control how large images have to be before progress bars are displayed. Masks: fixed problem causing a crash in some cases then referring to a mask other than the first one in the Masks transformation. Added a new batch transformation (Transformation/Batch/Video) that lets you create a video file in MP4 or WMV format from a sequence of images. The video file is built up one frame at a time as each new input image is processed. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.548 Feb 6, 2026 |
File Preferences: added the option to locate progress indicators and status messages to the lower left corner (instead of the center) of the main window to be less distracting. Progress Bars: progress bars have always been hidden for images with less than a certain number of pixels. This threshold is now increased for most transformations as computers are faster than they used to be. The threshold is also adjusted to account for the number of threads your computer can run simultaneously. Slower transformations such as Precise Gaussian Blur, Zoom Blur and Multipass Sharpen use a lower threshold. Updated to libpng 1.6.54 and zlib 1.3.1 -- libraries used to read and write PNG files. Resize: fixed issue with upscaling binary images. |
| Picture Window Pro 8.0.547 Feb 3, 2026 |
Fixed problems in several transformations with the histogram in curve controls not always being updated when the input image mask was modified. File Preferences: added a setting to let you set the image file version number separator character to either space or underscore. File Preferences: added a setting to hide progress bars and the yellow status indicators Always. Previously it could only to applied to when scripts or batch was running. This setting now affects status indicators as well as progress bars. When hidden, an hourglass cursor is displayed instead. File Print: fixed problem with printing a second time. Add Border: largely re-written to let you create more complicated border outlines. |
