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Added get/set methods to conveniently
get or set members of the various structures required by the
API.
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A temporary file manager has been
added to help prevent temporary files from being left behind when
ImageMagick exits.
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Register with the web-based
ImageMagick
Discourse Server to create, moderate or join ongoing
discussions about ImageMagick.
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ImageMagick may be built with 32-bit
quantum depth support, allowing color components to be stored with
32-bits of precision.
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ImageMagick automatically discovers
(and uses) the Ghostscript DLL or executable under
Windows.
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ImageMagick retrieves the list of
installed TrueType fonts from the Windows Registry.
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ImageMagick now provides an
installation wizard (setup.exe-style install) for Microsoft Windows
which includes a Windows COM object and PerlMagick for ActiveState
ActivePerl.
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Supports accessing the Clipboard and
rendering EMF files under Windows.
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The utility,
conjure, interprets the Magick Scripting
Language a XML-based language to convert, edit, and compose
images.
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ImageMagick now supports Scalable
Vector Format (SVG) files.
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Support for Wireless BitMap, used in
WAP - Wireless Access Protocol, was contributed by Milan
Votava.
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ImageMagick 5.0 uses substantially
less memory than previous versions. If the the memory requirements
exceeds available RAM, all subsequent image operations are
performed on disk to conserve memory.
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ImageMagick 5.0 utilizes
memory-mapped I/O on machines that support it. This feature can be
a substantial speed-up for image operations.
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As of version 4.2.9, ImageMagick now
has native blob support.
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Thanks to Glenn Randers-Pehrson
ImageMagick now supports the MNG image format.
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Thanks to Bob Friesenhahn ImageMagick
now has a C++ wrapper: Magick++.
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ImageMagick has a delegate subsystem
that allows image formats not directly supported by ImageMagick to
be seamlessly added via a delegate configuration file.
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PerlMagick includes 300+ regression
tests invoked with make test.
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ImageMagick now automatically invokes
pgpv to decrypt a PGP encrypted
image when the filename ends in .pgp.
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ImageMagick supports the
FlashPix image format under NT/Win95.
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PerlMagick
now works on NT and Win95 computers.
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Support for TrueType fonts is now
available as a delegate within ImageMagick
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Create 3-D web screamers with
ScreamerMagick.
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Convert or manipulate images directly
from a Web page with
MagickStudio.
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Text is now antialiased when
rendering Postscript.
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Subimages can now be specified in any
order. For example, image.miff[3,2],
image.miff[11-1], or
image.miff[1,2,2,3].