09.05.2008 - Vextactor 3.95.

Added output to ILDA Image Data Transfer Format.

08.04.2008 - RasterStitch 1.90.

Improved memory management for automatic reference points detection.

Image stitching algorithm was significally optimized for modern multicore processors.

24.03.2008 - RasterStitch 1.81.

Improved memory management for stitching palette images (1bpp|8bpp).

Significantly increased maximum size for black-and-white (1bpp) images.

05.03.2008 - Vextactor 3.94.

Added German and Russian interfaces.

19.02.2008 - RasterStitch 1.80.

Added automatic reference points detection algorithm.

Since v1.80 RasterStitch not compatible with MS Windows 95/98/ME.

07.12.2007 - Vextractor 3.93.

Some minor bugs fixed.

12.11.2007 - Vextractor 3.92.

Photo vectorization algorithm has been improved and speeded up.

04.10.2007 - Vextractor 3.91.

Now the undo operation can be done for vectorization.

Fixed bug in photo batch processing.

Fixed bug in opening/closing morphologic filter.

Some improvements in raster processing dialogs.

17.09.2007 - RasterStitch 1.70.

Now you can save raster images to PNG, GIF, TIFF and JPEG with specific settings and compression rates.

Fixed bug in microscope view on 16bit video mode.

06.08.2007 - RasterStitch 1.61.

Fixed bug with raster dpi corruption when stitching.

02.08.2007 - Vextractor 3.90.

New vectorization algorithm for photo and photorealistic images.

Now in vectorization options you can choose a raster preprocesing strategy.

Vectorization wizard was revised and reoganized for complience with new photo vectorization algorithm.

Fixed bug in command line for ArcInfo shape output.

28.06.2007 - RasterStitch 1.60.

Memory usage during stitching was optimized.

01.06.2007 - Vextractor 3.80.

Added vectorization wizard.

14.04.2007 - Vextractor 3.70.

Added image segmantation algorithm.

02.03.2007 - Vextractor 3.61.

Some bugs fixed.

12.02.2007 - RasterStitch 1.50.

Added Command line support.

29.01.2007 - Vextractor 3.60.

Added Gaussian smoothing filter for raster image preprocessing.

06.12.2006 - RasterStitch 1.40.

Stitching algorithm was modified.

04.12.2006 - Vextractor 3.50.

User interface was significantlly redesigned and improved

New design for main toolbar

New options dialog with visual settings for vectorization

Fixed several bugs in vector editor

17.10.2006 - RasterStitch 1.30.

Added zoom to Micro View window

27.09.2006 - Vextractor 3.40.

New vectorization preprocessing option: conversion to monochrome bitmap with adaptive threshold

Fixed bug with wrong parameters initialization in "Remove Isolated Spots" dialog

11.09.2006 - Vextractor 3.30.

Added output in Adobe Illustrator vector format (AI)

11.08.2006 - Vextractor 3.20.

Added new vectorization algorithm for Bezier splines creation

25.07.2006 - RasterStitch 1.20.

Image smoothing algorithm was significantly improved

04.07.2006 - RasterStitch 1.10.

Graphic User Interface (GUI) was redesigned and improved

Microscope tool modified: now you can see a previously set reference point position

05.05.2006 - RasterStitch 1.00.

RasterStitch - the first version of image stitching software was released

15.03.2006 - Vextractor 3.10.

Added Command line support

Now the default vector size will be calculated on the base of image resolution (DPI)

Changed image size indicator in status line

Fixed bug with memory leaks during vectorizing of palette images

Fixed bug with contour's index integrity violation while split contour operations has been occurred. First of all this affect on ASCII XYZ format output

04.01.2006 - Vextractor 3.00.

Now you can choose one of predefined set of vectorization parameters for different image types and make your own optimal sets

Added new option for raster image resizing

ASCII XYZ text format now have a set of parameters for tuning up the fields and delimiters

ArcInfo Shape format: fixed bug with polygones colors. Now it will be stored properly

29.10.2005 - Vextractor 2.96.

Now GeoTIFF coordinate reference information will be taking into account during batch processing

Fixed problem with polygone's disappearing while "Delete Segment" command is applied

Fixed bug with raster image resolution in "Convert to Bitmap" operation

20.08.2005 - Vextractor 2.95.

New edge detection algorithm released

Added support for RAS, PBM, PGM, PPM raster formats

Conversion to grayscale images

Added new "Convert to Bitmap" dialog with two threshold-conversion methods: by brightness and by gradient magnitude

26.05.2005 - Vextractor 2.90.

Added support for GeoTIFF coordinate reference (read only)

Added support for ArcView World-file coordinate reference

Now raster images can be saved in PNG format

Another correction in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) output - float point coordinates support

Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) now has compatibility with coordinate reference

Now closed polylines in SVG treated as polygon objects

Interface: scale indication in percents; added "fit to window" command

Interface: Coordinate Reference Dialog changed for compatibility with GeoTIFF and World-file coefficients

Some minor bugfixes and improvements in interface and vector editor

21.03.2005 - Vextractor 2.81.

Added support for Wireless Bitmap (WBMP) and Windows Icon (ICO) file formats

New units type: geographic longitude/latitude for MapInfo MID/MIF format

Corrected output to Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) - fixed bug in image size calculations

30.01.2005 - Vextractor 2.80.

Now you can save closed polylines as polygons in ArcInfo Shape format

New selection tools: selection by rectangle, invert selection, delete selected objects

Now you can save selected vector objects in separate file

Added polylines length filter. You can select or remove polylines which have length in specified range

12.12.2004 - Vextractor 2.70.

Added output in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format

01.09.2004 - Vextractor 2.60.

Vectorization algorithm for building centerlines has been improved for better processing of noised images

Added new vector operations: Delete Segment and Close Polyline

Closed polylines may be drawn by different color via View Settings dialog

30.07.2004 - Vextractor 2.50.

Vectorization algorithm was modified: added line width limit for centerlines

Interface changes: XP-style menu

02.06.2004 - Vextractor 2.40.

Now supported vectorization for color (palette) images

New color transformations for Black'n'White and Palette images

Vectorization algorithm changes: now "min contour size" filter available for outline mode

Snap To Grid mode for vector editor

Snap To Node mode for vector editor

Edit->Edit Options dialog for grid and snap settings

Zoom by selected rectangle

Added PNG raster format support

Added Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format support

Input Z-value toolbar has new option for z-stepping (with auto increment)

UNDO enhanced, stack depth increased

Image Brightness/Contrast

Image Median filter

Image Erode/Dilate filter

Raster/Vector layers visibility switches on toolbar

"Batch processing" dialog design changed

Despeckle filter in batch processing

Fixed bug in batch processing: now File Open dialog can add any number of files to processing list

DXF and DXB output changes for closed polylines: the last points will be coincidental with the first points. In the previous versions last point in closed polylines was ignored

Vextractor File Format (VFF) autosave option (check for changes at every 10 minutes)

... Many little improvements and minor bug fixes

14.11.2003 - Vextractor 2.31.

Fixed bug with raster resolution after color transformations

Changed image encoding after "negate image" operation (for 1 bpp images only)

31.10.2003 - Vextractor 2.30.

Added batch processing

New vector output format: ASCII XYZ simple text format

04.09.2003 - Vextractor 2.20.

Added support for Z-values (elevation)

Some minor changes and bugfixes in vector editor

Coordinate reference procedure was changed. Added new "vector image size" option

For AutoCAD dxf output added "Closed polyline" flag

04.05.2003 - Vextractor 2.10.

Vectorizing algorithm has been significantly rebuild and improved

Fixed rarely occurred bug in SmartTrace algorithm

Smoothing didn't work properly for 3-points polylines - fixed

20.01.2003 - Vextractor 2.00.

Added arcs and circles recognition module

Added ortholine detection module

Rotation on arbitrary angel for raster images

Undo now work for all type of operations: raster and vector

Vector editor enhanced for arcs and circles manipulations

21.10.2002 - Vextractor 1.90.

New vector format added: MapInfo MID/MIF

07.08.2002 - Vextractor 1.80.

Windows Metafile formats WMF and EMF now supported

Vectorizing algorithm has been improved

New option: View Settings allow user customize raster/vector colors

New option: Vector statistics

22.07.2002 - Vextractor 1.72.

Fixed bug in Create Polyline tool: program fails if undo polyline creation

Fixed bug in Delete Point. In exclusive edit mode: if last polyline's point has been removed - editor will be switched to nonexclusive mode

Split Polyline now highlight polyline before splitting (in nonexclusive edit mode)

11.07.2002 - Vextractor 1.71.

Fixed bug in draw system that may cause Vextractor to crash in edit mode

22.06.2002 - Vextractor 1.70.

The most significant thing in this version: added polyline editor. Read more in docs

Vector information now may be automatically backup on disk. See vectorize options and read more in docs

Polyline nodes highlight on/off option

User Interface: Dockable toolbars and toolbars on/off option

User Interface: Left Button with SHIFT pressed now can change microscope center

Help system bug fixed: in some cases help didn't work properly or didn't show at all

Help system improvement: show tips at startup

Bug fixed: error occurs when saving long polylines in Shapefiles

05.04.2002 - Vextractor 1.60.

Targa Image file support (*.tga)

Raster operations toolbar

Scrolling improvement.

12.02.2002 - Vextractor 1.50.

New raster despeckle filter

Smart trace algorithm improvement

15.12.2001 - Vextractor 1.40.

AutoCAD DXB and ArcView shapefiles formats support

New trace option: snap to grid

Added raster image info dialog (size, color depth and resolution)

Added vector units type settings (inch, meter, cm, mm, pixel)

Raster resolution and vector units type may be used for setting vector coordinate system

10.09.2001 - Vextractor 1.30.

Added advanced T-junctions processing

25.07.2001 - Vextractor 1.20.

Added color/grayscale to black&white image conversion by adjustable threshold

Added option for viewing selected polylines info in simple text format

Some user interface improvements has been made>

Fixed some minor bugs

10.07.2001 - Vextractor 1.11.

Fixed bug in drawing on Win9x platform (GDI 16bit restrictions)

Fixed bug in Coordinate Reference - with one reference point vector coordinates was wrong

Fixed some minor bugs in polyline smoothing

27.06.2001 - Vextractor 1.10.

Added polylines merging

Added small polylines removal

Fixed bug in Coordinate Referencing, so the output to DXF now work properly with user defined coordinate system

05.06.2001 - Vextractor 1.00 released.