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AKVIS SmartMask Version History
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Changes Version 4.0
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(free update)

1. Added the standalone version and new variants of licenses. 
2. Added compatibility of the plugin with Adobe Photoshop CS6.
3. Improved compatibility of the plugin with Corel PSP X4. 
4. Changed the interface design, added the application icon. 
5. Reorganized the workspace and optimized image processing. 
   Now the program offers two editing modes - Auto and Manual, with specific tools in each. 
6. Added new Quick Selection tool. 
7. Improved the Color Picker (eyedropper). Now it displays a color ring which helps to select colors more precisely.
8. Improved the Background Eraser tool, with the new Tolerance option.
9. Added the History palette with the possibility to keep states of an image (checkpoints), available for Deluxe and Business licenses.  
10. Added the support for AKVIS format which contains the original image, the state of the image at the moment it was saved, manually created checkpoints, and the most recently used color sets and parameters. 
11. Added the possibility to save/load the color lists for the Magic Brush.
12. Added Image View Modes - various options for displaying the original and processed images.  
13. Renamed some parameters, tools, and options. 
14. Added the How-To panel with links to video tutorials and instructions. 
15. Added the HotKey Manager that helps to customize hot keys for tools and commands. 
	The button that opens the Hot Keys dialog box has been added to the program's Preferences. 

	
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Changes Version 3.0
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(free update)

1. Improved compatibility with Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6. 
2. Added 64 bit support (now works with Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS5 64-bit).
3. New installation program on Windows. 


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Changes Version 2.5
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(free update)

1. The eyedropper tools (in Complex mode) have become more flexible. Earlier the eyedroppers sampled an average color from an area of 3x3 px around the eyedropper's tip. Now it is possible to change the number of pixels in the sample area with the following hot keys: the Alt-key (on Mac the Option-key) with a mouse click reduces the area to one pixel, the Shift-key with a mouse click enlarges the area to 5x5 px.
2. New interface languages added - French and Portuguese.
3. Improved compatibility with Photoshop CS3, CS4 on Macintosh computers.
4. Fixed minor bugs. 


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Changes Version 2.0
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(free update)

1. Added HotKeys for tools.
2. Added new interface languages: Spanish, Italian.
3. Fixed bug that caused the program to crash on the second monitor on multi-monitor systems.
4. Fixed color profile bug that led to incorrect display of an image in the preview window on some monitor profiles.
5. Improved compatibility with Vista SP1.

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Changes Version 1.2
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(free update)

1. Macintosh-version made available in two different files: 
 - "akvis-smartmask-setup.dmg" for Photoshop CS3, 
 - "akvis-smartmask-legacy.dmg" for old versions of Photoshop, Photoshop Elements. 
2. Added new languages to the program interface and the Help files (German, Japanese). 
3. Fixed some minor bugs in Win-version.

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Changes Version 1.1 
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- first public release