Iseult, thumbnail creator

Version 1.1

Version 1.1

October, 6th 2003

Fixed:
- Unix shell script included in Java release failed at launch time
- Correctly writes JPEGs from very large TIFF (up to tens of Mb)
- JPEGs couldn't be read on Mac OS X (since X.1)
- JPEGs with abbreviated streams couldn't be read
- Greyscale JPEGs couldn't be written
GUI:
- Full Spanish support (interface and documentation translated)
- Updated filechooser
- Better look under Java 1.4
- Image formats icons displayed on lists
Image codecs:
- Added ICO, CUR, PCX, PICT, PSD, Sun Raster, TGA, XBM, XPM support
- Enhanced BMP, JPEG and TIFF support

Version 1.08

March, 3rd 2003

General:
- Revised help
Fixed:
- When trying to choose an image directory for the first time on Windows XP, you couldn't expand root drives
- JPEGs created from GIF files had corrupted colors
- When canceling a process, last working image was created but not listed in output list
- Launching web browser failed on Windows 9x/Me
- At startup, main window position wasn't restored, but centered
- Image lists didn't resize the same way when resizing main window
- Remember Manager size
- Now report file writing problems
- Status didn't appear when mouse passes over a popup menu
- Folders now appear in alphabetical order in filesystem tree
GUI:
- No longer search within hidden directories, and hides them from user
- Uses native Aqua Look&Feel on Mac OS X
- Updated Look&Feel metal theme on other platforms
- Updated image file chooser
- Updated menus, icons, logs, status bar
- Added more UI customization
- Added a drop down menu to select thumbnail size
- Added an option dialog to select jpeg options
- Added an image viewer tab to display images from input and output lists
Image codecs:
- Added support for the Wireless Bitmap (WBMP) format
- Enhanced FlashPix, GIF, PNG and TIFF decoders

Version 1.05

June 15th, 2002

Fixed:
- If you Cancelled the choice of a color for image borders in Poster mode (aka Thumbnails with fixed size), it caused the "border color" dialog box not to appear again
- JPEG quality settings didn't work in v1.02
- Main layout fixed (had a problem when resizing the main window)
GUI:
- Revised help
- Iseult becomes bilingual : added built-in French support
- Uses latest version of Kunststoff Look&Feel (v2.01)
- Added a log manager
- Added a status bar
- Most of Dialog boxes can now be dismissed with the Escape key
- Images to process are directly chosen from input list, so that only selected ones are processed
- Images can directly be removed from the lists
- Output image remain in output list when new images are processed in the same output directory
- Image lists and log manager are resizable (the latter is also hidable)
- Main Window size and position are remembered
- When launching an url on UNIX, Iseult first search for Mozilla, and launch Netscape if Mozilla is not found

Version 1.02

December 31rd, 2001

Fixed:
- Output filename issue
- General GUI improvements
GUI:
- New Look&Feel
- Explorer tree to select input or output directory
- Input directories can be recursed to find images in their subdirectories
- Input directories are filtered to list only supported image files
Image codecs:
- GIF with transparent background and animated gif are now correctly loaded
- Better TIFF support
Performance:
- Use java 1.3
- MMX optimisation on Windows
- Native acceleration on Linux
- Added support for large files

Version 1.0	March 4th, 2001
Features : - 3 processing modes : Reduce to The Max, Zoom In/Out, Poster - JPEG encoding - Support for BMP, GIF, FlashPix, JPEG, PNG, PNM and TIFF images