v. 6.3.8 (November 2011)

from v. 6.3.8.1 to 6.3.8.4: solved some issues
» Photoshop Plugins no longer require special dll
» Layers now appear in descending order in the layers list. The top layer is the first item in the list and the background is the last item. This uniforms to other image editors standard.
» Added Perspective Transformation
» Some Interface improvements

v. 6.3.7 (September 2011)

» Some Minor Fixes
» Some Interface improvements and restyling
» Added a dialog for program and project options. Now it is possible to customize several aspects of the project and application
» Now Saves Exif info to Tiff as well
» Work Area sizes and margins can now be adjusted all together
» New Options to create new projects (from layer, from object, etc..)
» Now Layers can be exported directly without having to be converted to objects
» Print Preview has been restyled and supports other measure units
» Now Textures have ability to shift their alignment

v. 6.3.5 (July 2011)

• Important fix (for Win 7 and Windows Vista)
• Restyled Main Form Interface
• Several Improvements to interface and usability
• Improved Save Dialog and added some extra save formats

v. 6.3.4 (June 20th 2011)

• Added White Balance with Multipliers
• Added more Raw Options
• Added Latest Raw Formats support
• Improvements and small fixes

v. 6.3.3 (May 11th 2011)

• A few fixes and improvements

v. 6.3.2 (March 27th 2011)

• Improved Splitlight Filter.
• Reorganized Filters Menus and Categories
• Improved User Interface of Corrections and Filters
• Other Minor Improvements and fixes

v. 6.3.1.1 (February 3rd 2011)

• Improved Performance and usability of the Print Preview
• Solved issue with the user interface skin not showing on the print-preview dialog

v. 6.3.1 (February 1st 2011)

• Improved Auto-Colors, now it is very effective and reliable
• Improved Color Cast Detection in Quick-Fix
• A few fixes and improvementsl

v. 6.3.0.1 / 6.3.0.2
(January 19th 2011)

• A few fixes and improvements
• More changes and improvements to Manual

v. 6.3
(January 14th 2011)

• Help Manual was largely rewritten and has now more examples and pictures
• Improved Menu icons and user interface graphics
• New Save Dialog (when using Focus Style)
• Reorganized and improved manual corrections
• Better White Balance / color temperature Correction
• Added new "Copy Special" Options
• Added new layers merge options
• Improvements to layers
• Improved speed of loading and switching between projects
• Improved Painting
• Solved a number of issues

v. 6.2.9.1
(November 19th 2010)

• Fixed a problem, introduced with previous release, that would make the program slow down after browsing files. This was due to misbehavior of a new component.

v. 6.2.9
(November 17th 2010)

• Faster Undo-Redo Operations (10-15%)
• Now Floating Windows are easy to organize
• Now it is possible to have a magnified preview of the current pixel both with color picking tools and in the correction and filters dialog
• Improvement to paint engine when painting on transparent layers
• Patterns may now be rescaled and inverted (right-click on pattern icon in the tool window)
• Improved Light Studio Filter
• Now Also Transformations and alpha Channel editors have instant preview of changes and bigger preview windows
• It is now possible to import objects and layers from any psd file and import / export of objects is now also easier
• Now Texture scale is previewed when moving scale slider
• Many different improvements to interface and usability
• Fixed many minor issues
• we have started to re-update the manual that should be comprehensive with upcoming v. 6.3

v. 6.2.8.5
(October 18th 2010)

• RAW Formats added support for PTX, RWL and NRF
• Quick Fix algorithm improved and re-tuned to give even more balanced and colorful pictures
• Color Temperature algorithm improved. Now it has a smoother transition between neuter and warm temperatures.
• Other fixes / improvements

v. 6.2.8.4
(October 14th 2010)

• Fixed two problems with Batch Processing in both "Save To FIle" and in general processing
• Batch Process: Added option to undo any single change  of a script (see main menu > Options > Batch)

v. 6.2.8.3
(October 11th 2010)

• Support for Panasonic RW2 format has been added to the picture browser together with other formats (Mamiya, Hasseblad, Epson, Apsus etc..)  that were already supported but did not appear in the browser
• Fixed a problem with the tiles filter

v. 6.2.8.2
(October 9th 2010)

• Some both cosmetic and functional improvements to User Interface
• Improved Bumping Filter
• Fixed a problem picking colors from the previews
• Some other fixes
• Some changes to the splash screen

v. 6.2.8.1
(October 5th 2010)

• Fixed Flickering problem with rulers, from previous release

v. 6.2.8
(October 4th 2010)

• Now Photoshop PSD files are both opened as projects containing image layers and as flattened images
• Added support for more RAW files
• Several Bug Fixes
• Many Small improvements to User Interface
• Faster Preview in Correction Dialog
• Improved Auto-White Balance (now preserves high-lights better)
• Improved other Algorithms for photo correction
• New Light-Zones Curve Correction

v. 6.2.7

• This release fixes a problem with deleting image layers introduced with the previous version and a few other improvements

v. 6.2.6

• Internal reorganization of code to allow new planned features
• Added "Last Opened Files" and "Last Opened Projects" menu items in the File menu
• Added ability to select a range of frames when importing images from animated gif and Multi-Tiff documents. Now the import also works properly for video files.
• Now "Preserve Aspect Ratio" is remembered for each layer
• Improvements to Erase-Restore Layer tool
• Some performance improvements
• Improved interface and some menus
• Solved a bug with groups operations not linked properly to their menu items
• A few bug fixes

v. 6.2.5

• Added support for 32 bits png brushes it is now possible to use brushes extracted from photoshop abr files, by the use of the free 3rd party software abrview
• Added Symmetrical Seamless Transformation
• Fixed a problem importing focus-objects files
• Fixed issue with objects created in the objects factory
• Added Color Stamp Effect to the Object Stamp tool

v. 6.2.4

• Added support for more RAW Formats, including Canon 1d MK 4
• Fixed a problem in automatic detection of skin tone, sometimes going wrong. Now the auto-Smooth Skin should work properly in every case
• Some minor interface improvements

v. 6.2.3

• Added two more parameters to the Auto-smooth skin correction
• Some improvements to the quick fix algorithm

v. 6.2.2

• Fixed Issue with duplicated layers ending-up with identical names (introduced in most recent versions)
• Dynamizer now does not leave halos
• A few other improvements

v. 6.2.1

• Some fixes and improvements
• Instant Preview implemented in the "Quick Fix Wizard" when changing sliders
• New "Fill Alpha" command under the process menu
• Some minor user interface reorganizing

v. 6.2

• New Dynamizer Correction! To apply Light by zones, using the curve tool
• Better RGB Curves algorithm for smoother results and more control
• Working faster with layers
• Improvements to quick-fix and other algorithms
• Faster Exposure-Contrast correction
• Faster Gamma/Levels correction, also added ability to modify for each channel
• Added warning when not saving project files
• Many other improvements to both usability and features
• Fixed several minor issues
• New and bigger Splash Screen at start-up :P

v. 6.1.11

• Corrected problem with the "Tiles" filter
• Improved speed of filters using gradients
• Added ability to synchronize gradients colors and transparencies
• Added Smooth Color in the right-click menu to smooth any color in the image
• Improvements to quick-fix: smarter histogram stretch algorithm
• Improvements to user interface

v. 6.1.10.1

• Filters values were mistakenly reset always to minimum value in previous version. This caused some filter start value to be too low (such as in the USM filter). Restored in this over-night patch.

v. 6.1.10

• History tool now also restores a layer's alpha channel
• Added Color masking capabilities to the filters dialog
• Filters interface was improved
• Some menus were slightly reorganized
• Now when histogram is minimized the histogram is not calculated every time (performance improvement)
• Now the actual pixels are not saved when moving a layer with the move tool (performance improvement), only the coordinates are.
• Added Intensity slider for all colorize filters
• Added tool buttons on the top bar for "Gamma/Levels" and for "Colorize HLS Filter"
• Some minor issues solved with the undo

v. 6.1.9.1

• There was a problem loading a Focus Project containing text layers. It was solved in this patch release
• The maximum amount of text layers is now 200 (previous limit was 30)
• Some problems with text layers also solved

v. 6.1.9

• Corrected a issue about the ctrl and alt keys not doing correctly their job while selecting with polygon lasso
• A few minor  improvements to the GUI

v. 6.1.8

• Added Automatic Skin Smoothing - under Auto menu
• Quick-Fix now better regulates the amount of contrast
• Buttons on the Top toolbar are displaced now in a more intuitive order
• Some Filters menus and order was changed
• a few more improvements

v. 6.1.7

• Text rendering algorithm was improved and has now increased speed. Displaying of text layers is now faster.
• Some improvements to both user interface and features.

v. 6.1.6

• A few minor fixes
• Small improvement to Quick-fix
• Now Layer Alpha Channel Menu Item has submenu

v. 6.1.5

• Several fixes
• Added ability to select borders colors in "Add Borders" Transformation
• Solved issue with paint bucket and selections
• Solved issue with transparence gradient  in alpha channel editor

v. 6.1.4

• Some bug fixes
•  Performance Improvement
• Added Reset buttons for gradients
• Improved Quick-fix and Auto-dynamic Range algorithms
• Improved Unsharp-Mask + corrected lack of contrast and strength in algorithm
• Improvements to paint engine + fixed some issues painting on transparent layers
• Now resizing layers always works according to the "aspect ratio" setting. You have to deselect it in order to set free size for both width and height.
• Although the program is not in beta status anymore, should you find any issue please report it using our support page here - so we can solve it in the shortest time as possible

v. 6.1.3

• A few bug fixes
• Further Performance Improvement
• Other minor improvements

v. 6.1.2

• A few bug fixes
• Minor improvements
• Now the alpha channel editor adopts the same gradient system as the rest of the program

v. 6.1 - 6.1.1

• A lot of improvements - code was heavily modified
• New Gradients System
• Much improved performance
• Improved Quick Fix and several other corrections
• New "Black - Gray - White Point" Correction
• Many bug fixes
• Work is still in progress - but enjoy what has been made so far! I was myself surprised about the performance improvement, when working on a 12 MP image.
• Please report any issue or tip to make the software better from our support page here

v. 6.0.19

• Improved performance working with selections
• Fixed issue with the preview of the regulations and filters dialog not remembering the last preview position

v. 6.0.18

• A few Bug fixes

v. 6.0.17

• Solved problem with flattenig layer with selections introduced with previos version
• Solved some minor issues
• Solved a problem with Quick Fix not adequately stretching the histogram of some pictures
• Improved several corrections
• Improved Interface
• Added new alpha channel editor features

v. 6.0.16

• New Unsharp Mask filter options which allow wider control over the sharpening  process
• Unsharp Mask and Gaussian Blur now can be easily accessed from the program top toolbar
• Solved an issue with the thumbs-browser misinterpreting thumbnails orientation in some raw files and in some jpegs
• Solved bug with the "optimized palette" correction
• Solved a bug while using the history tool Several
• other issues were resolved
• Several improvements to the User Interface
• Added suport for newer raw formats (canon eos 7D, etc..)

v. 6.0.15

• Now Focus adopts the same convention for alpha channels as other image editors. White for full alpha value and Black for zero value.
• Several improvements to interface

v. 6.0.14

• Solved some issues introduced with v. 6.0.13
• Improved Speed of many operations
• Improved layers window interface. Also now the window can be resized vertically.
• Solved several bugs and annoying issues

v. 6.0.14

• Solved some issues introduced with v. 6.0.13
• Improved Speed of many operations
• Improved layers window interface. Also now the window can be resized vertically.
• Solved several bugs and annoying issues

v. 6.0.13

• Many  improvements and bug-fixes
• Much faster Correction and Filters dialogs
• Now Focus Photoeditor supports Graphic Tablet and Pressure Sensitivity

v. 6.0.12

• Some  improvements and bug-fixes

v. 6.0.11

• Added Thereshold selection
• A few improvements

v. 6.0.10

• Added RGB - Luminance Slider to RGB Curves Correction
• Several improvements

v. 6.0.9.9

• Some Bug Fixes
• Improvements to Cloning dialog.
• Several improvements

v. 6.0.9.7 - 6.0.9.8

• Added new Selection: Select Range
• Improvements to quick fix.

v. 6.0.9.6

• Added Luminance option in Curves, that allows to modify the luminance channel
  using a special algorithm
• Added "Only Midtones" option to Negative Overlay Decontrast
• Improvements to quick fix.

v. 6.0.9.5

• Added Zone Size Control in Smart Flash and other manual corrections
• Improved gamma correction and contrast in quick-fix

v. 6.0.9.4

• Improvements to the threshold algorithm of Unsharp Mask and Autosharpen Filter. Now the sharpening result is stronger and cleaner. The radius value used has been made the equivalent of the ones found in most image editors. (1 radius = 1 pixel)
• Corrected bug with blur/Emboss/etc.. Retouch tool, when editing a layer with alpha channel editing enabled
• Cosmetic Improvements to Clone Window - also now it is possible to select any type of file to import as clone source.
• Minor fixes / improvements

v. 6.0.9.3

• Improvements to the picture browser. Now sorting by name will use natural order when file names contain numbers. A [Raw Files] filter option has been introduced to view only raw files.
• Minor fixes / improvements

v. 6.0.9.1 / 6.0.9.2

• Further Improvements to Quick-fix algorithm
• Added Calibrate Color item in right-click menu
• Minor fixes / improvements

v. 6.0.9

• Last  Raw Settings can now be memorized and will not be prompted every time you import a raw file.
• The batch scripts will now be executed in the same order they have been selected
• Added Decontrast  - Negative Overlay Manual and Automatic correction. Also added to the batch script list.
• A few minor bug fixes

v. 6.0.8

• Introduced manual settings to control Raw Files Decoding process
• Now Importing Raw Files always applies in-camera White Balance by default
• Implemented support for sony SR2 and ARW raw formats and Olympus ORW in picture browser. Also it is possible now to have previews of Sigma SD14 raw files (Still problems reading the SD14 actual raw data though - will be solved in next versions)
• Fixed a problem with the history tool
• A few bug fixes

v. 6.0.7

• Slightly improved Quick-Fix
• Improved automatic raw conversion when importing raw files
• Minor and esthetical interface improvements

v. 6.0.6

• Added New Applying Options in Filters and Regulations
• Added ability to set a custom color mask in the Regulation Dialog
• Other Minor improvements

v. 6.0.5

• Fixed bug on start-up  occurring only with Windows 98
• In batch save, it is now possible to set the jpg quality
• Minor improvements to interface and a few algorithms

v. 6.0.4

• Web Album now works correctly on Safari and other browsers.
• Web Album builder interface was reorganized and slightly simplified.

What's new in v. 6

• Improved interface - The program is more intuitive to use, floating windows are now easily managed and can be closed or docked.
• Formats: Added support for newest cameras. View updated list of supported cameras .
• Improved speed of several editing and displaying operations
• Added some photo corrections and improved existing ones.
• Added "Auto Crop"
• Paint Engine was improved, now follows the mouse movements more smoothly and precisely
• Improved "Quick Fix" correction
• Added Automatic and Manual "Dynamic Range" Correction
• Corrected many bugs
• Improved many other features.