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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.
ImageMagick automatically
discovers (and uses) the Ghostscript DLL or executable under
Windows.
ImageMagick retrieves the list of
installed TrueType fonts from the Windows Registry.
ImageMagick now provides an
installation wizard (setup.exe-style install) for Microsoft Windows
which includes a Windows COM object and PerlMagick for ActiveState
ActivePerl.
Supports accessing the Clipboard
and rendering EMF files under Windows.
The utility, conjure,
interprets the Magick Scripting Language a XML-based language to
convert, edit, and compose images.
ImageMagick now supports Scalable
Vector Format (SVG) files.
Support for Wireless BitMap, used
in WAP - Wireless Access Protocol, was contributed by Milan Votava.
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.
ImageMagick 5.0 utilizes
memory-mapped I/O on machines that support it. This feature can be a
substantial speed-up for image operations.
As of version 4.2.9, ImageMagick
now has native blob support.
Thanks to Glenn Randers-Pehrson
ImageMagick now supports the MNG image format.
Thanks to Bob Friesenhahn
ImageMagick now has a C++ wrapper: Magick++.
ImageMagick has a delegate
subsystem that allows image formats not directly supported by
ImageMagick to be seamlessly added via a delegate configuration
file.
PerlMagick includes 300+
regression tests invoked with make test.
ImageMagick now automatically
invokes pgpv to decrypt a PGP
encrypted image when the filename ends in .pgp.
ImageMagick supports the FlashPix
image format under NT/Win95.
PerlMagick
now works on NT and Win95 computers.
Support for TrueType fonts is now
available as a delegate within ImageMagick
Create 3-D web screamers with
ScreamerMagick.
Convert or manipulate images
directly from a Web page with MagickStudio.
Text is now antialiased when
rendering Postscript.
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].
