ImageMagick is continually being enhanced. Check this section
periodically to see what enhancements have been added. See
Changelog
for past enhancements and bug fixes.
- ImageMagick now supports Scalable Vector Format (SVG) files.
- Support for Wireless BitMap, used in WAP - Wireless Access Protocol,
was contributed by Milan Votava.
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ImageMagick 5.0 uses substantually less memory than previous versions.
If the the memory requirements exceeds 80 mega-bytes, 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 substantual 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 aliased 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].
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PythonMagick
is an object-oriented Python interface to the ImageMagick routines.
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PerlMagick is an object-oriented Perl interface
to the ImageMagick routines.
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Added a new format, PLASMA, a plasma fractal image. Specify the
base color as the filename (e.g. plasma:blue-yellow). Use
fractal
to initialize to a random value (e.g. plasma:fractal).
Image manipulation software that works like magic.