TrueColor Icon Editor

for Windows 7, Vista and XP/200x/NT4/ME/98

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IconEdit2 version history

Version 1.0

The first release.

Version 2.0

Released 05.2000. New features:
- New "look and feel";
- New drawing tools;
- TrueColor icons support.

Version 2.1

Released 10.2000. New features:
- Windows 2000 support in addition to Win95/98/NT4;
- Two languages interface: English and Portuguese (Brazilian);
- Open icons from Windows environment with doubleclick;
- Open icons from Windows environment with drag-and-drop;
- 16x16 icon size support in addition to 32x32.

Version 2.2

Released 03.2001. New features:
- Better transparency handling;
- Button for setting drawing color same as transparent;
- Italian language interface added.

Version 2.3

Released 10.2001. New features:
- Undo/redo;
- Right mouse button functionality (drawing with transparent color);
- ICL format support.

Version 2.4

Released 03.2002. New features:
- Output of BMP format image improved;
- New Color thermometer tool;
- New Hand tool.

Version 2.5:

Released 09.2002. New features:
- Improved look, especially on LCD screens.

Version 2.6:

Released 03.20.2003. New features:
- Copy/Paste ability added;
- Menu bar added.

Version 2.7:

Released 09.08.2003. New features:
- Ability to save 256-color icons in addition to TrueColor;
- GIF format support;
- NIL (Norton Icon Library) format support for extract icons;
- Initial folders for Open and Save dialogue are remembered from last Open and Save actions;
- Camera mode can be canceled with right mouse button;
- French and Spanish languages added.

Version 3.0:

Released 10.26.2003. New features:
- Improved image quality when resizing images;
- 48x48 icons support;
- AOL Instant Messenger™ buddy icons support;
- Image flipping and arbitrary rotation;
- Various image filters added.

Version 3.1:

Released 03.29.2004. New features:
- File menu contains a list of recent files to reopen;
- Confirmation on icon overwrite; Prompt to save on exit;
- Dutch and German languages added.

Version 3.2:

Released 04.09.2004. New features:
- TIFF format support added.

Version 4.0:

Released November 5 2005. New features:
- New screen capture mode: Capture with Crop;
- Large/Normal view;
- Tools menu added;
- Ability to save multi-image ICO files;
- Tool panel added with extended settings for drawing tools.

Version 4.1:

Released November 22 2005. New features:
- PNG support added.

Version 4.2:

Released April 26 2006. New features:
- New tools: Select areas and Type text;
- Improved quality of saved GIF images (optimal 2^n color palette used now instead of 216-color Netscape palette);
- Fixed bug in Search function caused TIFF and PNG files to be skipped from search;
- Fixed minor bug in 16-color icon format caused icon incompatibility with some software, e.g. Perl2Exe.
- Other minor improvements.

Version 4.3:

Released August 27 2006. New features:
- Added ability to combine multiple single-image icon files into one multi-image file;
- Help file redesigned. Now it is much more informative and compatible with upcoming Windows Vista.

Version 4.4:

Released May 6 2007. New features:
- Setup improved for Vista compatibility (Web links in Start menu now created correctly under Vista);
- Context Help invocation added on F1 key in all Filter and Adjustment windows;
- Fixed "Out of system resources" error when trying to open multi-image icon with 128x128 or 256x256 image included.

Version 5.0:

Released December 12 2007. New features:
- 32-bit icon format added;
- Auto Smooth (transparency) Edges option added for 32-bit icons;
- Improved quality for image resize and rotate;
- Improved quality for text, line, and ellipse smoothing;
- 24x24, 64x64, 96x96, and 128x128 icon sizes now supported in addition to 16x16, 32x32, and 48x48;
- New image filters added.

Version 5.01:

Released February 13 2008. Maintenance release.

Version 5.02:

Released September 14 2008. Another maintenance release.
- Now compatible with Windows Vista 64 bit and Windows 2008 Server.

Version 5.3:

Released September 05 2009. New features:
- 256x256 Vista icon support added;
- "Edit | Cut" and "Edit | Clear" menu commands added;
- Icon extraction from EXE/DLL/ICL improved;
- PNG and GIF to icon conversion improved (transparency preserved).

Version 5.4:

Released February 04 2010. New features:
- "View | Preview Area Color" menu command added;
- "Image | Filters - Other | Drop Sadow" filter added;
- Minor bugs fixed.

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