Version History

Version 2.0 for Windows (May 2013)

• Includes a 64-bit plugin, which is up to 30% faster
• Resizable window
• New Skin feature that imitates the user interface of Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and PaintShop Pro. The 15 skin options on the Prefs tab sheet also include a dark version of Aero (the default UI style of Windows Vista/7) and a special PhotoWiz skin style. There is also an option to only skin the sliders. When you run HyperTyle for the first time, you are asked if you want to use a dark skin or keep the standard controls. Alternatively you can manually choose a skin on the Prefs tab sheet.
• Action support: The HyperTyle setting can be recorded to actions.
• Smart filtering support: Hypertyle can be used as a smart filter.
• Fit and 100% zoom buttons
• Instant Sliders check box on the Prefs tab sheet for making the sliders update the preview instantly.
• Improved support for image files
• Smooth window display at start up
• New Help/Prefs tab sheet instead of Tutorial Mode
• Clicking the texture thumbnail displays the Open Texture file dialog
• Selected tab sheet is kept when running HyperTyle again
• The sliders of each main effect now have different default values
• No more slider colorization for Classic Windows style
• Bug Fix: The Last Filter command works
• Bug Fix: The Gaussian and Subtle effects now work with 16-bit images
• Bug Fix: Using a zero value for the Zoom slider is not possible anymore
• Bug Fix: No more error message for low values of the Cut Off slider
• Bug Fix: No more error message if a texture is not found.
• Bug Fix: No error message for certain settings of the Fusion effect.
• Bug Fix: The value of the Cut Off slider is restored at startup
• Bug Fix: The prompt to use best zoom quality is now only displayed once if you answer it with yes.

 

Version 1.05 for Windows - January 2011

• Renders two times faster than previous versions. The Image Surface effect is even four times faster.
• HyperTyle Texture Pack with 1100 additional textures can now be downloaded by registered customers. 1000 of these textures were previously only available on CD. 100 new and unreleased textures are also included in the Texture Pack.
• 1 new preset file
• UI Improvements:

  • Visual styles supported. If visual styles are active, the sliders are not colorized anymore.
  • The HyperTyle window is now only movable by clicking and dragging the titlebar-like area at the top. This avoids that imprecise clicks on controls accidentally move the window.
  • Double clicking a slider label sets the slider to its default value
  • Unused control are now invisible instead of grayed out.
  • The Main Effect combo box was moved above the seperation line
  • The Use Transparency check box was moved to the bottom of the Main tab sheet. It is not enabled anymore if there is not alpha channel present.
  • "No ..." combo box items were renamed to "Off"
  • The Range combo box was renamed to "Tonal Range". The "All" item was renamed to "Full".
  • The Grain slider was renamed to "Phase".
  • Bug Fix: The Fade slider does not vanish anymore when switching between main effects
• To avoids write permission conflicts .ini and preset files are now saved in this folder:
  2000/XP:
  c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\ThePluginSite\HyperTyle\
  Vista/7:
  c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\ThePluginSite\HyperTyle\ Please move your self-saved presets to the Presets sub folder of the mentioned folder in order to access them faster.
  
• More precise rendering time measurement
• Installation:

  • Plugin Installer supports several new compatible applications and displays less options during installtion
  • All files are now installed in the "The Plugin Site" sub folder of the Program Files folder by default. Additionally "The Plugin Site" sub menu of the Start menu is now used for installation items.
  • Support for silent installation: If you run the installer with the /silent or /verysilent command line parameter, the installation will run automatically and require no click. Plugin Installer will then automatically install the plugin in every supported application that it can find.
• The demo version includes all 129 textures of the full version now.
• The demo version renders less opaque watermarks faster to the image.

 

Version 1.04 for Windows - February 2009

• The crashes and program error messages under 64bit Vista were fixed.
• In Version 1.03 some presets displayed an memory error message. This was fixed.
• New multilingual installer that supports 38 languages
• Plugin Installer is now also available in German and it support many more applications as well as several localized versions of Photoshop

 

Version 1.03 for Windows - December 2007

Important Improvements:

• Windows Vista Compatibility: HyperTyle does not crash anymore under Windows Vista with 2 GB or more RAM available.
• DEP Compatibility: If Data Execution Protection (DEP) is activated in the Windows Control Panel, HyperTyle still works.
• HyperTyle now supports the Photoshop memory management, which avoids memory problems with large images in Photoshop.
• Improved compatibility with some applications, e.g. color dialogs now work in GIMP and PhotoBrush and preview scrolling now works in SignLab and Image Analyzer.
• At the end of the installation the Plugin Installer tool now lets you copy the HyperTyle plugin conveniently to your image application's plugin folder.
  
• Preview zooms smaller than 100% now correctly display the final result. The Cut Off, Offset X and Offset Y sliders on the Texture tab sheet do not show a different effect for different preview zoom anymore.
• The "Stretch To Image" check box now works again.
• The filter settings (the HyperTyle.ini and MainEffects.ini files) are now saved in the user's application data folder in case the folder of the HyperTyle plugin is not accessible. This avoids problems if you are not logged in as an administrator. The .ini files are only saved on exit and not for every preview update.
• HyperTyle looks for a missing texture in more folders, so there is a bigger chance that it will be found. There are also no repeated messages about missing textures anymore.
• 15 new preset files

Cosmetic Changes:

• The preview cross is better visible.
• The Show Grid check box displays a dotted grid that is not influenced by the blend mode. Shift clicking the check box to choose a gird color does not work anymore.
• Bug Fix: The texture thumbnail on the Texture tab sheet does not vanish anymore.
• Bug Fix: Exiting the plugin with the ESC key does not cause a messed up dialog anymore when running the plugin again.
• The HyperTyle version number is now displayed on the menu in the host application.
• The Reset button now also resets the Equalize check box.
• The labels of check boxes can now be clicked to activate or deactivate the check box.
• The edit boxes of sliders have a new look.
• The texture path on the Texture tab sheet is now displayed fully.
• The manual was updated.

Demo version :

• The demo version can now be applied to the image. It displays a watermark on the rendered image. All textures and presets of the full version are now included.
• There is a Freeware main effect in the demo version, which does not apply a watermark.

 

Version 1.02 for Windows - March 2003

• Black-Checkbox-Problem under Windows XP was fixed
• Tab sheets aren't displayed mixed up anymore after exiting HyperTyle with Cancel
• New mouse cursor for placing a preview cross. The busy cursor is displayed during the preview calculation.
• When positing the preview cross by right clicking on the preview, the cross is now placed when you release the right mouse button. This should give you a better control over the placement.
• If the image was smaller than the texture, the zoom slider didn't work correctly in a certain range. This was fixed.

Version 1.01 for Windows - October 2002

 

Version 1.0 for Windows - July 2002

• Initial Windows Release