                       Active Gif Creator 2.23
                   Copyright(c)2000-2005 WSoft Lab
                       http://www.wsoft-lab.com/
                      E-mail: agif@wsoft-lab.com


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09 septembre 2002. Version 2.11
* ajout: fenêtre d'effets sur les images (menu Image/Opérations/Effets)
  - Ondulation (aléatoire, jet, ligne, triangle, denté, vague);
  - Masque (frame ovale colorée);
  - Texture (mosaique depuis l'image source);
  - Marbre;
  - Secousse (horizontale, verticale).
* fichier Manifest pour Windows XP.
* traduction de l'aide en français (c'est pour nous, ça).
* amélioration: double-click de la souris sur la palette de couleur permet d'afficher la fenêtre de modification de la palette de couleurs.
* correction: erreur dans la fenêtre de modification de la palette de couleurs pour l'opération "ajouter".

Juillet 08, 2002. Version 2.10
* ajout: opérations d'exportation et d'importation des fichiers ANI (curseurs animés).
* ajout: fenêtre simple d'affichage des images sur une page web (menu Outils/Page Web).

-- date de la création du fichier d'aide français --

May 20, 2002. Version 2.9
* Feature added: New checkbox in Preferences dialog (page Image)
  "Keep original frame attributes of added GIF-files".
  The appropriate parameter has been added for batch mode too.
* Feature added: moving selected part of image with pressed key Ctrl
  creates the copy of selection which can be moved to some other place.
* Improvement: using image selection as initial area for image crop operation.
* Improvement: contextul help for internal image editor.
* Improvement: preview window for advanced open picture dialog has
  "next picture" and "previous picture" buttons.
* Improvement: new button Paste in Help/Registration/Register dialog.
* Bugs fixed:
    - in moving of selected parts of images;
    - in "Image/Paste Image" operation.

March 01, 2002. Version 2.8
* Feature added: tools "image collections" make possible to use images
  from bitmap strips for pasting them to editing frame;
  color conversion to active palette of frame takes place;
  pasted image is not transparent in this version.
* Feature added: export to tiff-files.
* Improvement: tutorial has been updated.
* Bug fixed: button "paste" placed to standard toolbar will be activated when
  buffer becomes not-empty from external programs.
* Bug fixed: preview in edit color palette dialog was invalid in some cases.

January 14, 2002. Version 2.7
* Feature added: assign current image attributes to all checked images.
* Feature added: new operations "delete global palette", "delete local palette",
   "create local palette".
* Feature added: menu item "tutorial" (invoke tutorial in native language).
* Feature added: clipboard operations for jpeg,ico,metafiles
   (for example, you can use copy-paste for shapes from MS Word window).
* Improvement in image editor:
   - no reset drawing tool to marquee for the next selected image;
   - zooming has extra scale 9 for small (up to 200*200 pixels) images;
   - zooming keeps viewed part of image on screen.
* Improvement: automatic scrolling in image list during drag-and-drop operations.
* Improvement: backup registry data before taking file type .gif
  (dialog Preferences/Tools)
* Bug fixed: error in optimization "move colors from local palettes to global".

December 10, 2001. Version 2.6
* Feature added: thumbnail pictures in image list.
* Feature added: new image operations:
   - rotate left 90 degrees;
   - rotate right 90 degrees;
   - rotate 180 degrees;
   - flip horizontally;
   - flip vertically.
* Feature added: edit image size as image operation with attributes
   "keep aspect ratio", "crop/stretch".
* Improvement: size dialog for added jpeg and metafiles has attribute
   "keep aspect ratio".
* Improvement: two separate checkboxes in optimization dialog:
   "remove image comments" and "remove image titles".
* Improvement: checkbox Animate in map editor.
* Improvement: duplicated or cropped image does not include comments from source image.
* Bug fixed: shortcut for image/insert is "ctrl+del" instead of "del"
  to make possible using key Del for editing in attribute toolbar.
* Bug fixed: GIF with empty image title is saved correctly now.
* Small GIF collection has been added.

November 05, 2001. Version 2.5
* Feature added: export/import bitmap strips.
* Feature added: batch mode for creating gifs from command lines.
* Feature added: standard banner sizes in preferences dialog.
* Feature added: new checkboxes in preferences dialog for image/add
   (jpeg and metafiles) - "use original file size" and "invoke size dialog".
* Improvement: operation comment/add inserts signature defined in preferences dialog.
* Improvement: menu item "Save" disabled if GIF-file was not modified.
* Improvement: correct behaviour during error file reading.
* Bug fixed: status bar in main form does not show hints from other dialogs now.
* Bug fixed: checkbox File/Preferences/New/Interlaced works now.

September 17, 2001. Version 2.4
* Feature added: map editor for html tag <map>.
* Feature added: associate Active GIF Creator with .gif extension
  (dialog Preferences/Tools).
* Feature added: first parameter in command line as input GIF-file name
  (e.g., agif myfile.gif).
* Improvement: rapid speed of pen drawing in image editor.
* Improvement: language dialog box contains names and e-mails of translators.

July 25, 2001. Version 2.3
* Feature added: advanced open picture dialog (thumbnailer).
* Feature added: using icon files (*.ico) for frame addition.
* Feature added: using Windows metafiles (*.wmf,*.emf) for frame addition.
* Improvement: saving current settings for standard open picture dialog.
* Improvement: in image list use Ctrl+Click to check/uncheck image,
  Shift+Click to select range of images, double click to edit title.
* Impovement: language dialog box contains sorted list of languages
  with strings duplicated in english.

June 25, 2001. Version 2.2
* Feature added: customize standard toolbar.
* Design improvement: icons in all menu items.
* Bug fixed: color distortion during save in unregistered version in some cases.

May 25, 2001. Version 2.1
* Feature added: define transparent color directly on image.
* Feature added: "Select All" operation in image editor.
* Improvement in AVI-export:
  - frames duplication to simulate time delay;
  - user can define number of loops;
  - correct export of transparent frames.
* Design improvement:
  - icons in menu;
  - new button on standard toolbar: undo, redo.
* Bug fixed: display selection border in operation "paste".

April 15, 2001. Version 2.0
* Feature added: image editor with the following tools:
  - Marquee: select and shift rectangle image fragment;
  - Lasso: select and shift arbitrary image fragment;
  - Zoom: scale image;
  - Eraser: erase an area in the image
    (replace any color with background or foreground color);
  - Pen: draw line with foreground or background color;
  - Brush: paint free-form patterns on the image;
  - Spray: airbrush a spray of small dots on the image;
  - Text: add text to the image;
  - Fill: fill an area of the image with color;
  - Get pixel color: display color under the cursor and select it;
  - Line: paint straight lines;
  - Curve: draw a curve line with foreground or background color on to an image;
  - Rectangle: draw a rectangle or a filled rectangle on the image;
  - Polygon: draw a polygon using selected points;
  - Round rectangle: draw a round rectangle or a filled round rectangle
    on the image;
  - Ellipse: draw an ellipse or filled elipse on the image.

January 15, 2001. Version 1.6
* Feature added: drag-and-drop items in list of frames.
* Feature added: launch image editor.
* Feature added: copy/paste images using clipboard.
* Feature added: autosave with defined time interval.
* Feature added: set background colors in image area,
                 draw borders of logical screen and frame.
* Feature added: new preferences
                 (start with opened file, confirm image deletion).
* Feature added: button "default" in Preferences dialog.
* Feature added: new optimization option -
                 move colors from local palettes to global palette.
* Improvement: Button "Optimize" was removed from Optimization dialog.
  File size and download time are recalculated after each click on checkboxes. 
* Improvement: GIF preview in open and save dialogs.
* Design improvement:
   - popup dialogs for selection of background and transparent colors;
   - list of frames: cut long text (ends "...", full text in status bar);
   - changes in dialog for comments editing;
   - changes in registration dialogs.

November 15, 2000. Version 1.5
* Feature added: Advanced palette editing tools.
* Feature added: Addition of JPEG images as frames.
* Feature added: Export to AVI file and set of JPEG files.
* Feature added: Import from AVI file.
* Feature added: Internationalization.
* Bug fixed: Addition to GIF the image from BMP with resolution more then
  resolution of GIF global palette was impossible before.
* Bug fixed: Correct setting of loop counter.

September 25, 2000. Version 1.4
* Feature added: Text commentaries.
* Feature added: Image operations: duplicate, merge, crop.
* Feature added: Palette operations: editing (add color, delete color,
  change color), saving palettes in files.
* Feature added: Optimization of GIF-file by means of:
   - crop of transparent images;
   - remove reduntant pixels;
   - remove image titles and comments;
   - optimization of color maps.   
* Feature added: Display of GIF size and download time for different speeds of
  modems.
* Improvement: Popup menus on list of frames and image.

July 24, 2000. Version 1.3
* Feature added: Hide/show panels: Standard toolbar, Attribute toolbar,
  Status bar. All actions in Standard toolbar and edition of parameters in
  Attribute toolbar are duplicated in menu.
* Feature added: Standard color dialog is replaced by dialog for color
  index selection on the base of used palette.
* Feature added: Using titles of frames. Name of added BMP-file as the title of
  new frame.
* Feature added: Frame parameter: "how to remove".
* Feature added: Global parameters: size of logical screen, background color.
* Feature added: List of frames has checkboxes to display images from different
  frames simultaneuosly on editing stage.
* Feature added: Import of frames from GIF-files.
* Feature added: GIF-files can be saved in non-registered copies of AGIF with
  additional text at the left top corner in each frame: AGif - UNREGISTERED.
* Improvement: button Cancel in the dialog for saving of modified GIF file.
* Help improvement. Additional file history.txt.

June 25, 2000. Version 1.2
* Feature added: Dialog for setting of parameters for added frames:
  menu item File/Preferences.
* Feature added: List of recently used files in menu File (up to 9 files).
* Feature added: Toolbar contains all parameters of frame. Dialog for delays
  may define delay for all frames or for current frame only.
* Bug fixed: Animation runs real number of times not infinitely.
  Icon STOP remains on toolbar  that serves as a signal that loop is finite.
* Feature added: Toggle of Interlaced flag for frame.
* Feature added: Selection of transparent color.
* Feature added: Offset of frame is added. Offset may be defined by means of
  spinedits or by image dragging by mouse. StatusBar  displays current mouse
  coordinates.
* Feature added: Dialog for registration by input or copy-paste
  of registration code.

May 1, 2000. Version 1.1
* Design changes: Changes in toolbar.
* Feature added: Export GIF-file to set of BMP-files.
* Feature added: Toggle of image transparency.
* Feature added: Editing of  delay of frames.
* Feature added: Help.
* Protection and registration.

April 14, 2000. Version 1.0
* Main features. Freeware.
