• Compatibility with a larger range of 16 bit TIFF formats: corrects "image read error" and other issues.
• Corrected a print sizing issue when using "Img. Info" with "Optimal" placement.
• Improved the logic for the saturation "lock channels" check box in the batch filter.

• Initial positioning of prints in "Freehand" placement mode has been improved by showing an outline of the current print as the mouse is moved over the preview page on the main window. The outline allows better initial placement on the preview page during click/drag from the thumbnails.
• Fixed a bug that was causing image size/location to change arbitrarily under some conditions when using "Freehand" placement mode.

• Preliminary support for JPEG 2000 images. Qimage will recognize files with .JP2 extension as JPEG 2000 images and can also convert images to JPEG 2000 format via "Convert Images" from the queue. Current limitations of the JPEG 2000 format in Qimage:

• JPEG 2000 loading/saving is inherently slower than JPEG due to complexity of the "wavelet" technology.
• While Qimage will recognize and use embedded ICC profiles in existing JPEG 2000 images, all saved JPEG 2000 images will be saved without a profile.

• Fixed a bug that was causing prints to "creep" down or right on the page editor under some conditions.

• Updated JPEG 2000 processing offers faster and more efficient loading/saving of JP2 files.
• Added black point compensation to printer profile options under "Settings", "Color Management".
• Added the ability to select rendering intent and black point compensation when doing image conversions from the queue or "Save As" from the batch filter.
• Made some minor cosmetic changes/fixes to the batch filter window.
• Fixed some display issues related to resizing the full page editor window.
• Fixed the "Filter: Empty", "Filter: Present" indicator on the batch filter window.
• Improved floating text so that the script/character set is recognized in order to support foreign language text.

• Semi-automatic downloader/installer allows the ability to quickly identify the latest available version, read release notes, and download/install via "Help", "About Qimage" from the Qimage main menu.
• Ability to activate/deactivate embedding of ICC profiles in saved/converted images via "Settings", "Color Management".
• Fixed an issue that was causing the "Convert Images" dialog to continue running after the close-window ("x" button) was clicked.

• "Optimal" placement enhancement: Ability to click the "Image Lock" button to take control of print orientation manually when using "Optimal" image placement. When using "Optimal" image placement, if the Image Lock button is up (unlocked), Qimage has full control over print placement and orientation. If the Image Lock button is down (locked), images are initially added in their default orientation and the print orientation (portrait/landscape) buttons also become active to allow you to manually switch individual prints to portrait/landscape orientation as needed.
• Improved reading of 48 bit TIFF images to increase compatibility with a wider range of 48 bit TIFF's.
• Improved reading of PNG images to increase compatibility with a wider range of PNG images.
• Fixed a problem with "Template" placement mode that was causing some prints to print on top of others, partially obscuring the bottom print.
• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect image information to be displayed when using "Display Image Info" on files with .TIFF extensions.
• Corrected a problem with reverse compatibility of session files in Qimage, allowing v2003.253 to read session files from any [older] version.

• "Optimal" and "Optimal/spaced" placement methods can now be used with the "Img. Info" option (grayed out in previous versions).
• Improved the page preview and page editor display when using the "Img. Info" option to be more WYSIWYG.
• Made poster printing easier by automatically selecting the best print orientation for the selected poster size and paper orientation.
• Improved "Freehand" placement mode by offering the ability to reduce/expand layouts when paper size is changed while in "Freehand" placement mode.
• Fixed a problem where some large prints were rotating to the wrong orientation and not fitting on the page when using one of the optimal placement methods.
• Fixed a few minor print auto-orientation issues when printing large sizes.

• Cutouts/frames that are not perfectly square will now auto-rotate to obtain the best fit before stretching/stamping on images.
• Fixed some batch filter display issues where the main work image was not being updated properly in some cases.
• Re-enabled the lossless JPEG transforms in the batch filter window.
• Corrected the initial resolution (PPI) reading for uncropped images in the queue that contain a border.

• Fixed a problem with printing large prints from low resolution images where prints showed "tiling" that looked like slightly misaligned chunks.
• Enhanced "Save Printer Setup" and "Load Printer Setup" functions so that "Printer ICC", interpolation type and level, smart sharpening, and other print-related parameters are also saved with print driver properties. This enhancement allows association of an ICC profile (and other settings) with print driver settings. Speed buttons are also available at the top of the window for these functions, and the old "Load Settings" and "Save Current Settings" speed buttons have been removed.
• Changed wording on the batch filter "File", "Save As" function to read "Vector Resample" instead of the old default "Lanczos Resample".

• Ability to select rendering intent for printer profiles: check "Settings", "Color Managament" to access printer profile intents.
• Fixed the "Custom", "Full Page" sizing button so that the warning message about spanning more than one page does not appear.
• Fixed a bug that was causing crop filters to not show in the batch filter when using "File", "Open Filter Parameters...".

• Fixed a bug that caused some (mainly small) prints to have blown out or falsely-colored highlights in v2003.207 and v2003.208.
• Fixed an issue that was causing inaccurate resolution (PPI) values in the queue for some images with an associated crop.
• Fixed a print location problem related to overwriting file names in the queue with the [Template] thumbnail.

• More accurate color for D100 raw (NEF) images.
• Increased maximum pixel resolution for all image operations from 16,384 x 16,384 to 32,768 x 32,768.
• Improved the "print to file" function so that the printer profile is embedded in saved images if using "Printer ICC" and images are saved in TIF format.
• Fixed a bug that caused Qimage to become unstable after clicking "Slide Show" and then clicking "Cancel" before starting the slide show.

• TWAIN support via "File", "Import via TWAIN" allows scanning from Qimage.
• Fixed a bug related to EXIF and ICC profile information not showing for images with ".jpeg" extension.
• "Queue is limited to 2000 images" error message will now only appear once when dropping >2000 images from another application.
• Qimage is no longer unstable when entering a folder of unsupported NEF/ORF files; appropriate error message is displayed.
• Updated the Qimage program icon so that it is visible and consistent across all operating systems and configurations.

• Modified the thumbnail selection/print size interface to allow for two workflows: "select thumbs, add size" or "select size, add thumbs". See the help under "Help", "Contents", "Learn by Example" and look at the workflow notes at the bottom of example 3 for more info.
• Preview page now automatically advances to show current page when using "Preview/Add" feature.
• Fixed floating text alignment when using page margins.
• Fixed a problem that was causing poster sizes to change size or not "stick" under some conditions.

• Improved the "Flash Card Copy/Move" function so that the proper image folder is auto-selected when reading flash cards from Canon cameras. Older versions were auto-selecting the "CANONMSC" folder by mistake.
• Added "use sRGB color space" checkbox to the "Create e-mail/web size copies" feature so that images in other color spaces such as Adobe RGB, etc. can be converted directly to sRGB when creating the e-mail/web copies.
• Made the selections on the "Create e-mail/web size copies" window stick so that they are remembered for future sessions.
• Added text that describes how to use the "Flash Card Copy/Move" function to the help.

• Qimage now supports the EXIF "orientation" parameter so that images will automatically display in portrait/landscape orientation for cameras that have a built in rotation sensor. To display old thumbnails in the proper (upright) orientation with v2003.216, simply click "View", "Rebuild Thumbs".
• The "Flash Card Copy/Move" function has been improved so that multiple image folders can be detected. After the first folder of images is copied/moved, the user is prompted to continue to the next folder on the flash card that contains images.

• Added an indicator that shows the status of "Final Print Sharpening" to the end of the "Interpolation" line in "Print Processing". A green * indicates that sharpening is on while a red * indicates that sharpening is off.
• Added the ability to change all parameters in the "Print Processing" group on the lower right of the main window using left click to toggle through settings or right click to open the properties window. The new left-click-to-toggle function allows quick access to turning on/off profiles, switching sharpening on/off, etc. while the right-click-to-properties function allows access to the detailed properties window for the selected item.
• Improved the "Page Set" function so that different page sets can be loaded without each new page set creating more pages in the document.
• Fixed a bug from v2003.216 that was causing an error message when using a "Page Set".
• Fixed a bug that was causing the font dialog to appear behind the "Info Stamp" filter window in some cases.
• Fixed a bug that was causing checkboxes on the "Info Stamp" window to not be applied properly and/or not "stick" for subsequent uses under some conditions.

• Added a new sample page set called "order-sheet-12up" under "Custom", "Page Set" that allows photographers to print contact sheets with 12 photos per page. Detailed photo information is printed under each photo along with boxes for customers to order the desired number of 8x10, 5x7, 4x6, and wallet size photos.
• Fixed a problem with the "Info Stamp" filter not using the proper font color when adding to existing filters.
• Fixed a bug that caused prints and associated (linked) floating text to become misaligned after manually updating the print locations on the right side of the page editor window.

• Soft proofing option now available for proofing printed colors on screen, with the ability to proof individual images or entire pages of prints. See the help under "Help", "Contents", "Listing of Major Functions", "Soft Proofing" for details.
• Disabled the "Current Image" option when converting images from the queue: all images in the queue are always processed when using the "convert images" option.
• Fixed the "File", "Load filter parameters from file" option so that predefined filters can be loaded when editing the global filter.

• Ability to toggle between the soft proof image and the original image (with monitor profile applied) when soft proofing individual images via the thumbnail grid. Right click after the soft proof appears to see options or press space bar to quickly toggle between the original and soft proof image.
• Fixed the [individual image] soft proofing window so that the window title bar doesn't disappear after using "View Full Screen".
• Improved the print "Border" option so that the entire image is always shown inside the border when crop is set to "fit in frame" (crop button UP).

• Ability to use cutouts as frames without obscuring part of the image. See "Help", "Contents", "Listing of Major Functions", "Cutouts" and read about frames at the bottom of the page.
• Fixed a problem that was causing the full screen soft proof window to display blank under certain conditions.

• Cutouts are now sized and stamped on the final print so that the entire cutout is used regardless of the final print crop. This means that cutouts such as copyrights, frames, etc. will no longer be chopped off when the crop button (scissors icon) is down.
• The filtered/unfiltered slider in the batch filter's preview window now "sticks" and remains in the position last used until Qimage is restarted.
• Improved the print progress meter so that the meter shows overall progress rather than individual print progress.
• Improved the crop wizard so that setting a crop ratio to the same ratio as the image results in the crop including the entire image.
• Fixed a bug that was causing parts of the batch filter window to oversaturate when moving the preview window over the main image.
• Improved the speed of the saturation filter when using the batch filter with the preview window open.

• Eliminated the old "Export pages as files" function, replacing it with a much more robust solution. Qimage can now be operated in two modes: "Print to Printer" (the default) and "Print to File" mode. In "Print to File" mode, the user can specify page size and resolution independent of the print driver. The new "Print to File" methodology not only allows users to use all Qimage print functions such as interpolation type and level, smart sharpening, and printer ICC profiles, but also allows greater flexibility for defining custom page setups when creating print jobs for online print services. See the Qimage help file under "Contents", "Listing of Major Functions", "Print to File" for more information, or refer to example 25a under "Learn by Example".
• Fixed a problem that was causing colors other than pure shades of gray to show as transparent in cutouts.
• Fixed a problem related to applying cutouts to cropped portions of images.
• Re-enabled the special sizing functions such as "x", "*", and "mm" under "Custom", "Specific Size".

• Improved EXIF support so that the status of the flash is reported properly for EXIF 2.2 cameras.
• Eliminated a 1 pixel gap that occurred between printed borders and photos under some conditions.
• The "Print to File" dialog now closes automatically when "printing" starts so that access to the main window is possible.
• Added an "Overwrite existing file(s)" message when printing to file(s) if image file(s) with the specified name(s) already exist.
• Fixed a bug related to changing the size of prints from the page editor while in metric mode.

• Flash card auto detection: v1.13 now automatically detects when a compact flash or smartmedia card is inserted into most PC card readers. When Qimage detects that a flash card has been inserted into the reader, it automatically opens the "Flash Card Copy/Move" window and sets the "FROM" folder by locating images on the flash card. This auto-detection feature can be turned on/off via the options on the "Flash Card Copy/Move" dialog. Note that if the "Flash Card Copy/Move" window does not open when you have this option turned on and you insert a new flash card in your reader, your card reader is not communicating properly with Windows and it may need a new driver, or may be too outdated to use this feature.
• Hard lock: changed the image lock function so that with the lock on, images will only be rotated if they are too big to fit on a single page otherwise. Example: trying to print a portrait 8x10 image on 8.5 x 11 paper when the paper itself is set to landscape (11 x 8.5).
• Floating text: improved the "floating text" alignment so that alignment of text in the page editor window more closely agrees with printed output.
• "Print to File" font: fixed the "Img. Info" font so that the proper font is used when printing to file.
• Look & feel: made some cosmetic changes to a few windows to make them more "standard".

This change has an added benefit in that users can select a print on the page and have the "parameters" of that print carry over to the next thumbnails added to the queue. For example, if a page contains images with both red and green borders, simply selecting a print that has a red border will ensure that the next images added to the queue will contain red borders of the indicated size.

• Improved color for D100 raw/NEF images.
• Corrected an issue where prints with borders appeared distorted (stretched) under some conditions.
• Reduced memory requirements when printing images with large borders.
• Fixed a bug that affected border size when operating in metric mode.
• Improved logic for finding the Windows color (ICC profile) folder when more than one color folder is present.
• Improved the "Cancel Print" button so that it is always visible and is enabled during printing.

• Added the ability to delete thumbnails. See "Utilities", "Manage Thumbnail Cache" for more info.
• Added the ability to reset all Qimage parameters to defaults. See "Help", "Reset All Program Settings" for more info.
• Updated the "safe mode" startup (holding shift key while starting Qimage) so that it boots in default (initial install) settings.
• "Connected" the print orientation (portrait/landscape) buttons so that they affect the default size and not just the size buttons.
• Fixed the thumbnail preview window so that "selected" is not checked by default.
• Restored the "Add" button to the thumbnail preview window so that adding at the current/default size is possible.
• Fixed several inconsistencies related to the current/highlighted work area versus selecting new sizes, print orientation, and cropping.
• Fixed a bug related to right clicking on size buttons to enter a custom size when in metric units.
• Improved the Qimage program icon.

• Fixed a problem related to loading sessions that were saved with previous versions using the old "Optimize" placement option.
• Improved main window sizing/resizing to better accommodate controls and allow true maximize/restore functions.
• Improved print selection in the page editor so that the "Freehand" warning message does not appear when left clicking on prints.

• Final color for D100 NEF's through custom profile, plus support for original/uncompressed NEF's for D100 firmware 2.0.
• Fixed some access violation errors related to manipulating raw files (NEF, ORF, RAF) in the batch filter.
• Eliminated unnecessary warning messages when using "Freehand" placement mode.
• Corrected a problem that was causing inaccurate margins to be displayed in the page editor after using (or adding) prints with borders.
• Added a message that warns users (at print time) about poster size prints that contain only a small "sliver" on a page.

• Selected thumbnails are now outlined with a blue border to make selections more obvious.
• Improved the "By Number" sizing method to account for the space required when "Img. Info" is checked.
• Fixed a problem with the "By Number" sizing method being used in conjunction with metric units.
• Fixed a problem with loading sessions when the original session was designed at a different printer PPI.