
TrueSpectra Light

Now works on Diamond Viper, IBM, S3, ATI, Oak Technologies, and several other graphics cards.
May not work on TS4000.

Beta Release 30 notes Mar 29, 1995
Changes
* Minor fixes
* Changed expiry date
* Changed address in help, etc.

Beta Release 29b notes Dec 12, 1995
Changes
* Added some user interface to User draw
* Added Palette Realization for 256 colour displays

Beta Release 29 notes Dec 2, 1995
Beta Release 28 notes Nov 29, 1995
Changes
* New regions called User Draw/Paint
* Solid Colour Tool allows selection of any colour now
* Major bug fix that corrects many multithreading crashes 
( eg. when saving rendered )
* Now saves GIF file format, including Transparent and Interlaced GIFs
( useful for WWW homepages )
* ramp region now has new controls for angle and opaqueness
* fixed print Cancel so that it doesn't ask you to Quit program when error
occurs
* fixed entry field height for 1024x768 display
* Colour Shift tool is only here as a test and WILL be removed later

Beta Release 25 notes Oct 1, 1995
Changes
* Improved the bitmap crop dialog ( can move and resize crop area )
* Cancel Drag has been fixed
* Added resolution options (100, 300) to print, new default=100
* Shift-TAB now selects the previous objects
* New region called Ellipse Fade has been added
* New region called Ramp has been added

Beta Release 23 notes Aug 22, 1995

Known Bugs
* Occasional project load/hang problems
* Changes under waves don't always refresh properly
* Some combinations of video drivers and fonts cause characters to disappear
* The install program doesn't always exit immediately when it is complete

Changes
* Added a simple ramp region
* Added a simple ellipse fade region
* Fixed the text disappearance bug on a standard VGA driver
* Fixed the bitmap crop refresh problem
* Improved TIFF writer compatibility

Beta Release 22 notes Aug 17, 1995

Known Bugs
* Same as last release

Changes
* Fixed install program to recover more gracefully from missing files.
* Eliminated various options lockup problem
* Now loads Kodak PhotoCD images on systems with Warp and MultiMedia

Beta Release 21 notes Aug 3, 1995

Known Bugs
* On a VGA 16 colour card, the bitmap crop dialog causes crashes.
* There are occasional project load hangs/crashes in this release.

Changes
* Fixed the Extended Attributes on the executable.
* Minor updates to online help.
* Drag and drop for GDO files now loads as a new project.
* Now handles drag and drop with multiple projects/objects/
  pictures more gracefully.
* Move objects now behaves better from the menu option.
* Improved several focus problems.
* Text now works on a wider array of graphics cards.

Beta Release 20 notes Aug 2, 1995

Changes
* Improved drag and drop compatability for Web Explorer.

Beta Release 16 notes July 6, 1995

Known Bugs
* Changes in objects under a Wave don't always update perfectly.
* Text is very faint on some video card drivers, try the anti-aliased text setting on 
the project settings PPD.

Changes
* Added new keyboard shortcuts to menus, to correspond to CUA conventions.
* Added support for OS/2 Printer
* Added support for drag and drop of .GDO, .ORC and bitmaps onto the 
  project canvas.
* Made the online help context-sensitive (hit F1 and help 
  corresponding to the hint will appear).
* INSTALL.EXE now appears in the task list.
* Improved text anti-aliasing performance.
* Made a change which should fix the text rotated 180 degrees problem.
* Made a change which should lower the likelyhood of a hang on load.
* Made the PhotoCD support conditional on MMPM/2's installation
  and no longer requires MMPM/2 to be installed, disabled for this version.
* Ungroup crash bug is fixed.

Beta Release 15 notes June 16, 1995

Known Bugs
* Requires MMPM/2 (OS/2 2.1 or later) to run.

Changes
* Fixed keyboard shortcut crash bugs.
* Added Kodak PhotoCD import support.
* Added online help system.
* Fixed the ungroup bug which caused crashes.
* Added render status, for when the screen is updating.
* Added dithering support for screens less than 65536 colours.
* Added text anti-aliasing button.


Beta Release 14 notes May 31, 1995

Known Bugs
* Refresh problems with some video cards (black screen instead of white screen)
* Text incompatible with some video cards (TS4000, ...)
* Install.EXE doesn't always exit immediately when run from the shell.

Changes
* Changed text to improve reliability.
* Now understands a custom colour scheme
* Now provides limited support for less than 256 colour modes.
* Text antialiasing added internally, but no UI yet.
* Fixed rectangle to match window size


Beta Release 13 notes May 24, 1995

Known bugs with this release
* Changes in group objects don't update on the screen.
* Keyboard short cuts don't do full error checking yet, and can sometimes
  cause a crash.
* Ungrouping while that group dialog is visible can sometimes cause a crash
* Text still disappears when rotated to 180 degrees.
* It is possible to have a Wave not notice when an object nearby is changed

Changes
* Partial Area updates which makes updates appear on the screen faster
* 256 colour mode should now be compatible universally
* The highlight rectangle uses ants
* Added a new tool "Colour Fade"
* The Wave tool had several interpolation problems which have been fixed.

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