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* [Remo Eichenberger] fixed small bug concerning DLLMain and static LIB generation
* fixed 1-bit bitmaps not properly loading in FreeImageQt
* fixed bug in conversion 16->16
* FreeImage now uses LibPNG 1.0.10
! [Martin Weber] improved loading of BMP files
! [Martin Weber] improved loading of TARGA files
! [Dave Larson] improved visual appearance after 16 conversions
! FreeImageQt now converts 32-bit bitmaps to 24-bit when saving PNGs and JPEGs
+ added functions FreeImage_Initialise and FreeImage_DeInitialise
+ added internal plugins
+ re-added combine/alphablend functions

March 8th 2001 - 2.1.0
* [Martin Hemming] fixed bug in 16-bit TARGA loading code
* fixed PNG's with alpha masks not loading correctly
! FreeImage is now dual-licensed: the FI-License and the GPL license
! FreeImage now uses LibPNG 1.0.9
! FreeImage now uses LibTIFF 3.5.6 Beta
! FreeImage now uses LiBMNG 1.0.0
! changed the ordering of the FREE_IMAGE_FORMAT table
! improved linux support
! improved test script
+ added transparency table support to SavePNG
+ added BI_BITFIELDS support to LoadBMP and SaveBMP
+ added reading support for OS/2 2.x BMPs
+ added support for MNG and JNG reading using LibMNG
+ added support for Deluxe Paint reading
+ added 'hot swap' support to the Core DLL
+ added 'hot swap' support to FreeImage Qt
+ added functions GetFIFFromFormat and GetFIFFromFilename
+ added functions FIFSupportsReading and FIFSupportsWriting
+ added function GetFIFRegExpr

January 14th 2001 - 2.0.0
* [Herve Drolon] fixed a bug in the conversion 4->8
* [Herve Drolon] fixed a bug in metrics handling in SaveJPEG
* [Herve Drolon] fixed a bug in the return value of the function SaveTIFF
* fixed the presence of two WuQuantizer.cpp files in the distribution
* fixed bug where a BMP renamed to ICO isn't loaded
- removed FreeImage_ConvertToGreyScale. Use FreeImage_ConvertTo8Bits instead.
- removed the boolean parameters from all conversion routines
- removed page handling in LoadTIFF. A new range of functions will be added.
! The void pointers used in FreeImage are now typed
! LoadBMP now takes palettes in 24/32 bit images in respect
! All effects and MMX functions are now stored in a new library (FreeEffects)
! [Herve Drolon] fixed bug in FreeImage_GetColorType
! [Herve Drolon] improved PCX loader. It can now read 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit images
! [Manfred Tausch] improved FreeImage_Rotate
! [Luca Piergentili] fixed crash bug when saving some 1-bit TIFFs
! rewrote all bitdepth conversion routines making use of the new scanline converters
! rewrote bitdepth conversion in FreeImageQt (uses less memory)
! FreeImage is now compiled __stdcall
+ [Herve Drolon] added WBMP (Wireless Bitmap Format) support: loading and saving
+ [Herve Drolon] added 4, 16 and 32 bitdepth handling in GetColorType
+ [Herve Drolon] added handling of 8-bit greyscale bitmaps in SaveJPEG
+ [Herve Drolon] added NeuQuant color reduction algorithm to ColorQuantize
+ added DLL_CALLCONV (calling convention) flag
+ added bitmask support to all bitmaps
+ added a series of functions converting scanlines from one bitdepth to another
+ added functions ConvertFromRawBits and ConvertToRawBits
+ added project FreeImageM2: Magenta II MMT bindings for FreeImage
+ added basic foundation for linux support

December 2th 2000 - 1.4.4
* fixed small bug related to TIFFSetDirectory in FreeImage_LoadTIFF
* fixed FreeImage_Rotate sometimes clipping too much pixels
* fixed other small bug in FreeImage_Rotate
* fixed FreeImage_Clone not taking the FREEIMAGEHEADER in account
* fixed bug in FreeImageQt where 1-bit images are not correctly allocated
* fixed FreeImage_Crop not copying the palette
* fixed message function pointer crash bug
* fixed bug where the palette wasn't copied when saving in FreeImageQt
* fixed FreeImage_Clone not copying the transparency table
- removed FreeImage_WritePaletteEntry
! [Adam Gates] rewrote parts of FreeImage so that c compilers can handle it better
! FreeImageQt doesn't statically link with the FreeImage lib anymore
! FreeImageQt now uses atexit() to automatically unregister
! rewrote parts of FreeImage_LoadBMP to increase speed
+ [Markus Loibl] added metrics handling code to LoadBMP, LoadJPEG, LoadTIFF and LoadPCX
+ added metrics handling code to FreeImageQt
+ added functions FIQT_IsLoaded, FIQT_GetVersion and FIQT_GetCopyrightMessage
+ added conversion 1 -> 16
+ added FreeImage_SaveJPEG and JPEG quality settings
+ added FreeImage_GetBitsRowCol
+ added function FIQT_SetOutputMessage to FreeImageQt
+ added FreeImage_GetFileTypeFromExtension and FIQT_GetFileTypeFromFormat
+ added project FreeImagePy: python bindings for FreeImage

November 7th 2000 - 1.4.3
* fixed FreeImage_SavePNG crash bug
* fixed slighly corrupt size filter in FreeImage_Combine
* fixed FreeImage_SaveTIFF not saving 4-bit images
* [Herve Drolon] fixed bug in FreeImage_LoadTIFF
* [Herve Drolon] fixed bug in FreeImage_GetColorType
- removed fclose from FreeImage_SavePNM (who put it there?)
! rewrote FreeImage_Rotate
! FreeImageQt now automatically detects which formats are supported by Qt and which not
! FreeImage_Allocate now returns a void pointer
! FreeImage_Unload is now called FreeImage_Free
+ added 16-bit 5-5-5 support to FreeImage_LoadBMP
+ added RLE_DELTA support to FreeImage_LoadBMP
+ added directory support to FreeImage_LoadTIFF
+ added functions dealing with transparency
+ added transparency support to 8-bit PNG's in Qt
+ added FREE_IMAGE_QUANTIZE parameter to FreeImage_ColorQuantize
+ added custom FREEIMAGEHEADER header prepended to internal bitmaps
+ added new documentation

October 18th 2000 - 1.4.2
* fixed FreeImage_SaveBMP storing an incorrect bfSize value in the BITMAPFILEHEADER
* fixed bug where JPEG and PNG wouldn't load in FreeImageQt
* fixed FreeImage_Mirror mirroring one pixel less than needed
! FreeImage_MaskedCombine24 is now called FreeImage_MaskedCombine24Ex
! FreeImage_MaskedCombine32 is now called FreeImage_MaskedCombine32Ex
+ added 16-bit bitmap support to FreeImage_Mirror
+ added 16-bit bitmap support to FreeImage_ConvertTo8Bits
+ added simple version of FreeImage_MaskedCombine24
+ added simple version of FreeImage_MaskedCombine32

October 17th 2000 - 1.4.1
* [Herve Drolon] fixed bug in FreeImage_ConvertTo8Bits
* fixed bug in conversion with 16 -> 24 and 16 -> 32
- removed static library support
- removed all unnecessary files from LibTIFF, LibPNG, LibJPEG and ZLib
- removed all absolute seeks from the library
! FreeImageQt now makes use of the DLL distro
! rebuilt the entire directory structure
! improved handling of BMP
! renamed FreeImage_MaskedCombine to FreeImage_MaskedCombine32
+ [Alexander Dymerets] added 24-bit masked alpha blending with a seperate alpha mask
+ added FreeImage_Rotate (known bug in degrees 76 to 106)
+ added 4-bit bitmap support to FreeImage_ConvertTo16Bits
+ added 8-bit bitmap support to FreeImage_ConvertTo16Bits
+ added 32-bit bitmap support to FreeImage_ConvertTo16Bits
+ added 32-bit bitmap support to FreeImage_Mirror
+ added 16-bit 5-5-5 support to FreeImage_ConvertTo24Bits
+ added 16-bit 5-5-5 support to FreeImage_ConvertTo32Bits

October 2th 2000 - 1.4.0
* [Jani Kajala] fixed bug in conversion with 4 -> 24 and 8 -> 32
* [Jani Kajala] fixed bug in FreeImage_Flip
* [Jani Kajala] fixed minor bug in FreeImage_LoadBMP
- [Herve Drolon] removed PBMFlags, PGMFlags and PPMFlags
- [Herve Drolon] removed FI_LoadGeneric
- removed FreeImage_Win32.h
! [Herve Drolon] changed FI_GetFileType
! [Herve Drolon] replaced FI_LoadPBM, FI_LoadPGM and FI_LoadPPM with FI_LoadPNM