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+ [Carsten Klein] added save option constants EXR_DEFAULT, EXR_FLOAT, EXR_NONE, EXR_ZIP, EXR_PIZ, EXR_PXR24, EXR_B44 and EXR_LC for EXR format.
+ [Carsten Klein] added save option constants for EXR format to enumeration FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS.
+ [Carsten Klein] added declared function FreeImage_TmoFattal02(): adds support for Gradient domain high dynamic range compression (R. Fattal, 2002)

! now FreeImage version 3.10.0

February 24, 2007 - 2.0.1
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in function FreeImage_CreateFromScreen(): now size of image created is according to window to be captured if parameter 'hwnd' <> 0.
+ [Carsten Klein] added parameter 'bClientAreaOnly' to function FreeImage_CreateFromScreen().
+ [Carsten Klein] added blitting option 'CAPTUREBLT' when calling function BitBlt() in function FreeImage_CreateFromScreen().
- [Carsten Klein] removed unused variable 'hDIB' from functions FreeImage_CreateFromScreen() and FreeImage_LoadEx(). Thanks to Bruce Rusk for pointing that out.

February 16, 2007 - 2.0
! [Carsten Klein] changed constant FREEIMAGE_RELEASE_SERIAL: set to 3 to match current version 3.9.3
! [Carsten Klein] changed JPEG load/save flag option values: changed constants and both enumerations FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS and FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS.
+ [Carsten Klein] added ICC Color Profile support:
!                 changed signature of declared function FreeImage_GetICCProfile(): is now declared 'Private' and suffixed with '...Int()'.
+                 added wrapper function FreeImage_GetICCProfile(): is the public wrapper function for private function FreeImage_GetICCProfileInt(), returing a real FIICCPROFILE structure.
+                 added constant FREE_IMAGE_ICC_COLOR_MODEL_MASK.
+                 added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_ICC_COLOR_MODEL.
+                 added wrapper function FreeImage_GetICCProfileColorModel(): returns the color profile's color model (FIICCPROFILE.flags member).
+                 added wrapper function FreeImage_GetICCProfileSize(): returns the color profile data's size in bytes.
+                 added wrapper function FreeImage_GetICCProfileDataPointer(): returns the pointer to the color profile data.
+                 added wrapper function FreeImage_HasICCProfile(): returns whether a color profile is available for a dib or not.
! [Carsten Klein] changed behaviour of wrapper function FreeImage_RescaleEx() and all it's derived functions: no clone is returned if the actual and desired image size are the same.
+ [Carsten Klein] added parameter 'bForceCloneCreation' to wrapper function FreeImage_RescaleEx() and all it's derived functions.

! now FreeImage version 3.9.3

January 09, 2007 - 1.9.4
! [Carsten Klein] changed scope of declared function FreeImage_GetFileTypeUInt(): is now private according to all other '...Int' functions wrapped by a VB-friendly function.
! [Carsten Klein] changed scope of declared function FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilenameUInt(): is now private according to all other '...Int' functions wrapped by a VB-friendly function.
! [Carsten Klein] changed signature of declared functions FreeImage_GetBackgroundColorInt() and FreeImage_SetBackgroundColorInt(): now both have a 'ByRef bkcolor As RGBQUAD' parameter instead of 'ByVal bkcolor As Long'.
+ [Carsten Klein] added declared functions FreeImage_GetBackgroundColorAsLongInt(): this has a 'ByRef bkcolor As Long' parameter and provides the background color as a Long value.
+ [Carsten Klein] added declared functions FreeImage_SetBackgroundColorAsLongInt(): this has a 'ByRef bkcolor As Long' parameter and takes the background color as a Long value.
! [Carsten Klein] changed signature of wrapper functions FreeImage_GetBackgroundColor() and FreeImage_SetBackgroundColor(): now both have a 'ByRef bkcolor As RGBQUAD' parameter instead of 'ByVal bkcolor As Long'.
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper functions FreeImage_GetBackgroundColorAsLong() and FreeImage_SetBackgroundColorAsLong(): both have a 'ByRef bkcolor As Long' parameter and so offer getting and setting the background color through a Long value.
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper functions FreeImage_GetBackgroundColorEx() and FreeImage_SetBackgroundColorEx(): both both take 4 ByRef Byte parameters 'Alpha', 'Red', 'Green' and 'Blue', one for each color component.

January 05, 2007 - 1.9.3
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_GetLockedPageNumbersEx(): this returns a real VB-style array of Longs containing the page numbers of all locked pages.

January 02, 2007 - 1.9.2
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in inline description of function FreeImage_GetPaletteEx(): now tells to use function FreeImage_DestroyLockedArrayRGBQUAD() to free an array returned by this function.
* [Carsten Klein] fixed some minor bugs in inline documentation.
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a serious bug in function FreeImage_SaveEx(): parameter 'bUnloadSource' is now interpreted correctly under all circumstances.
* [Carsten Klein] fixed some minor issues in function FreeImage_SaveEx().

December 29, 2006 - 1.9.1
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration item FID_BAYER16x16: now supports Bayer ordered dispersed dot dithering (order 4 dithering matrix).

October 31, 2006 - 1.9
* [Carsten Klein] adjusted page numbers of the API documentation in header comments in FreeImage function declarations to match FreeImage 3.9.2 API documentation
! [Carsten Klein] changed constant FREEIMAGE_RELEASE_SERIAL: set to 2 to match current version 3.9.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for FreeImage_JPEGCrop(): added both declaration and Boolean returning wrapper function.
! [Carsten Klein] changed data type of all occurences of parameter 'Flags' from Long to either FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS or FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS enum. This is true for declared funcitons as well as for wrapper functions.
+ [Carsten Klein] added function declaration for FreeImage_LoadMultiBitmapFromMemory().
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_LoadMultiBitmapFromMemoryEx(): this is dealing with a VB style array (SAFEARRAY) like FreeImage_LoadFromMemoryEx() does.

! now FreeImage version 3.9.2

October 30, 2006 - 1.8
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a memory leak in wrapper function SavePictureEx(). Thanks to Roogames for reporting that bug.
! [Carsten Klein] changed return type of wrapper function SavePictureEx() to Boolean.
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_SaveEx() which brings all the features, as there are inline size- and color conversion and format guessing, so far only known from SavePictureEx() for DIBs.
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function SavePictureEx(): now this is only a thin wrapper for function FreeImage_SaveEx().
+ [Carsten Klein] added enumeration FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS.
- [Carsten Klein] refactored enumeration FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS: removed unnecessary items from enumeration.
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function LoadPictureEx(): added parameter 'Options' (enum FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_OPTIONS) to specify image loading options (called 'flags' in FreeImage).
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_LoadEx() which brings all the features, as there are inline size- and color conversion and format guessing, so far only known from LoadPictureEx() for DIBs.
! [Carsten Klein] changed wrapper function LoadPictureEx(): now this is only a thin wrapper for function FreeImage_LoadEx().

October 13, 2006 - 1.7.2
+ [Carsten Klein] added User32 function GetDesktopWindow()
+                 added User32 function GetWindowDC()
- [Carsten Klein] removed unused constants DI_MASK, DI_IMAGE and DI_NORMAL
+                 added GDI32 function GetDeviceCaps() with constants HORZRES and VERTRES
+                 added GDI32 function SelectObject()
+                 added GDI32 function DeleteObject()
+                 added GDI32 function CreateCompatibleBitmap()
+                 added GDI32 function CreateCompatibleDC()
+                 added GDI32 function BitBlt()
+ [Carsten Klein] added wrapper function FreeImage_CreateFromScreen(): this function lets you capture the whole screen or any certain window

October 10, 2006 - 1.7.1
! [Carsten Klein] changed parameter name 'Page' into 'hPageDib' in declared function FreeImage_UnlockPage(). 'hPageDib' must be the (dib-)handle obtained from FreeImage_LockPage() and not the page number. Now, the declaration is less confusing. Thanks to Ender Wiggin.

August 4, 2006 - 1.7
* [Carsten Klein] fixed a bug in pGetTagFromTagPtr(): removed overflow error when converting unsigned short tags (FIDT_SHORT) with values between 32768 and 65535. Thanks to Andr