Release Notes

Version 3.1.2 - June 22, 2015   

Free Update for All Version 3 Users - To upgrade to this version simply click the button above and install. You will not have to reactivate the plug-in.

• Addition of installer support for Photoshop CC 2015.

Version 3.1.1 - April 7, 2014

• Addition of installer support for the next release of Photoshop.
• Corrected a problem with some older GPUs where only a white preview screen would be shown.
• Reduced memory usage during interactive operation of the plug-in dialog.
• Spike effects have been adjusted to be brighter and more vibrant.
• Made improvements to ToolTip help wording.
• Made error handling more robust, e.g., for memory allocation failures.
• Higher quality results through improvements to internal pixel management routines.
• Corrected an underflow causing an incorrect brightness for the dimmest (or only) light source in the image.

Version 3.1 - March 14, 2014

• New effect editor - tune color, brightness, or position or even add effects where no star was detected.
• Better support for high dpi displays - controls size up per Desktop settings, e.g., to 125%, 150%, and more.
• Accelerator key improvements - keys now work more as expected no matter what control has the focus.
• Higher quality effects - cleaner, smoother spikes, more natural and beautiful appearance.
• Faster and higher quality preview through greater use of GPU.
• Better mouse scroll wheel support including side scrolling.
• Improved Quantity control ranging - more accurate control over the brightest and dimmest effects.
• Fastest and most accurate image analysis yet - startup time is reduced and recognizes even dimmer stars.
• Special code added to better recognize stars with significant existing optical spikes.
• The max size image you can process on a 32 bit system has been increased through better RAM management.
• Fixed an issue where keyboard focus wasn't managed properly when using the Settings selector.
• Now initially defaults to Higher Quality OpenGL mode on more systems.
• Made selection rectangle pixel-accurate.
• Eliminated the possibility of duplicate light source detection between sections analyzed by different threads.
• Corrected a problem where a selection made in the editor before running the plug-in would not properly align with the image pixels and effects could be drawn in the wrong place.
• Corrected an issue where holding down the Control key wouldn't change to the Magnifier Tool in every case.
• Radically improved performance through increased multithreading and use of SSE2 instructions.

Version 3.0 - November 11, 2013

What's New In Version 3.0

• New Spike Spread effect!
• Cleanest and most refined looking results yet.
• New configurable UI choices from Dark to Light.
• New control usability features.
• Everything highly optimized to make operation faster.
• Excellent Photoshop integration - familiar plug-in operation.
• Hyper-accurate star recognition to the sub-pixel level.
• Recognizes even dimmer stars while still rejecting nebulae and galaxies.
• Installer support for the latest releases of popular image editors.
• StarSpikes Pro 3 can coexist on the same machine with versions 1 and 2.

StarSpikes Pro 1.x and 2.x Users

• You are eligible for discounted upgrade pricing!  Don't miss out on this fantastic deal!

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