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What's new in version 5.0 (released Feb 20, 2004)

• Important note! Although several versions of gd, freetype, libpng, zlib libraries have been released recently, we did not update the version of our component. Our component is for Windows platform unlike gd libraries. That is why we changed several parts in the source code of gd to prevent memory leak problems and crashing of the component. Although many of our ideas have been implemented in latest versions of the library, our code still differs. That's because we included these files in the final distribution.


• Used the latest versions of libraries
    GD - http://www.boutell.com/gd/
    FREETYPE - http://www.freetype.org
    LIBPNG - http://www.libpng.org
    ZLIB - http://www.zlib.org
    JPEG LIB - ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/jpegsr6.zip


• We also added a new version of the component called Active Image Lite. This version is intended for users who need only the component itself without source code. Thus you get the opportunity to use all functions of the component for a lower price. If you need to change Active Image license, please contact our support department.

What's new in version 4.9 (released Mar 26, 2003)

• Added GetTextTTFRectangle, ConvertToPaletteNoAlpha, SetTextAntialias methods
• Added following samples:
    "Get dimensions of a text string"
    "Drawing text with a shadow"
    "Drawing text without antialiasing"
    "Replacing colors and creating transparency"
    "Converting images from one image format to another"
  Samples 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
• Revised documentation

What's new in version 4.8 (released Jan 30, 2003)

• Used the latest versions of libraries
     GD LIB v 2.0.11  http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gd-2.0.11.zip
     LIBPNG v 1.25    http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/lpng125.zip
• Fixed bugs

What's new in version 4.7 (released Dec 6, 2002)

• Used the latest versions of libraries
     GD LIB v 2.0.8  http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gd-2.0.8.zip
     FreeType LIB v 2.13 ftp://ftp.freetype.org/freetype/freetype2/ft213.zip
• Added several new methods and new samples:
    CopyImageRotate, CopyImageSimpleRotate, DestroyAll
• Added Rotate samples
• Fixed bugs and corrected documentation
• Now the temporary folder is C:\AI. Please create it before testing samples

What's new in version 4.6 (released Sep 9, 2002)

• Added BMP format. Use SetImageType 4.

What's new in version 4.5 (released Aug 6, 2002)

• Added several new methods and new samples:
    ConvertToGray, CopyImageMerge, WriteToVariableVariant
• Added samples:
    "Copy/resize of transparent image part and saving it to GIF and palette PNG files"
    "Using Active Image in C++"
    "Creating Thumbnails"
    "Merge Transparent Image"
    "Conversion to GrayScale"
  Samples 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

What's new in version 4.4 (released Jul 10, 2002)

• Used the latest versions of libraries
     ZLIB v 1.14  http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/zlib114.zip
     LIBPNG v 1.24 http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/lpng124.zip
      FreeType LIB v 2.12 ftp://ftp.freetype.org/freetype/freetype2/ft212.zip
      JPEG LIB 6b ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/jpegsr6.zip
• Fixed the bug when PSDK is installed (added ::ATL::)
• Added Map World v 1.1 sample

What's new in version 4.3 (released Apr 15, 2002)

• Added GIF format. Use SetImageType 3.
• Added more samples
• Added a sample to work with cell phones and other WAP devices. See Graphics for WAP
• Added ConvertToMonochromeAuto method to convert image to white and black.

What's new in version 4.2 (released Jan 17, 2002)

• Added WBMP format for cell phones and other WAP devices. Use SetImageType 2.
• Added Alpha blending
• Added Transparency for palletized images
• Added more methods for drawing text with true type fonts

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