
  Welcome to Quantum Image 3.5 Release (Build 3.550)  for Windows 95/98 & NT
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                        DEMO version!

*   Helpfile included. Documentation and option to save files for registered users

*   IP functions in the demo version are restricted in size: 256*256 for 
    most functions and 128*128 for PRO options (deconvolve,RL,ME,BD,3D openGL)

*   Start the SETUP.EXE program for Installation!
  
*   Change Option/Preferences for default temp and start-image dir!
      (Default is c:\temp\ and c:\program\quantum image\image\)

*   Read EXAMPLE.TXT and FAQ.TXT for more info!


*   Check http://www.quantimage.com  for updated versions!!

*   If you need openGL drivers for the 3D openGL surface and contour plot, 
    you can find them at www.sgi.com web site. There are new dll's for OpenGL,
    primarily for Windows95A ( Win98 and NT4 come with opengl preinstalled ),
    and maybe are also more improved or have fixed bug.
    It should also work fine with the standard dll's included in windows.
    We will soon put the latest drivers on our website.

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  Coming attractions:

*  Support for more CCD cameras, Apogee, Meade Pictor and OES

*  Focus assist and finetune shifting with FFT correlation

*  Improved Measure and Photometry

*  Automation servers - so you can control QI with VBA scripts.

*  Smoothing with range

*  More Blind Deconvolution alorithms (rabiew et al, schulz and Tsummarayn et al)

*  and more...

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 Version History...

Quantum Image 3.5 (Build 3.550)
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* Blind Deconvolution (half-)
* Wiener Deconvolution with preview
* Batch operation with Flatfield, Darkframe & postfix filename
* Restrict Range for operations
* Full Screen preview with pop-up menu or mouse wheel zoom & invert
* Stretch image data option when loading (Preferences/Image Format)
* Histogram display with mouse zoom & make a new image from range
* Pad image fix
* RL and ME non quadratic size fix
* More bugfixes

Quantum Image 3.5 (Build 3.520)
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* SaveAs file extension fix
* Raw file option byte order fix and stretch function
* Calibrate flux function in Point Operation
* Batch save dir fix
* FITS unsigned option when BZERO & BSCALE is missing

Quantum Image 3.5 (Build 3.500)
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* QI is now divided into a standard and a pro version
* New 3 times faster Intel optimized FFT code
* Maximum Entropy deconvolution
* Scan PSF, use an image of a PSF-function to generate a PSF (circular symmetric)
* New "probe" presentation of FFT vector
* Split R & I parts with color presentation of FFT
* More FFT tools
* New SetMax % function
* The statistic contrast buttons on each window, Unproc,20-99,L%-R%.... 
  is not inherited to the new result window wich was intended, fixed!
* New advanced 3D openGL surface and contour plot with many functions
* New redesign of the CCD control called Camera Control Center with autocolor,
  multiimage, autocallibration and support for SBIG filter wheel
* Support for Starlight MX and HX CCD cameras hopefully in the final release
* Batch operation support, with individual or combine operation witch makes it
  possible to make file conversions. It will be improved in later version.
  A more complete script language is under development to be released later this year
* Select area with moveble and resizeble selection
* Select all fix for non square images
* Top left position is displayed when a pasted selection is moved
* Option to edit the text of an image window
* New display & default presentation AC setting, setMax%
* more bugfixes...


 Quantum Image 3.1 (Build 3.199)
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* Adaptive HistoEQ
* Improved Line histogram
* Image stacking with multisize and common point
* Hot/Dark pixel improved detection with preview
* Compiled with a faster software engine with improved performance
* Dynamic memory mapping with lower memory usage
* Dynamic image and FFT size (reg.version only)
* Registration Key integrated in the software, no need to download a registered version
* Save and load of FFT image format
* Multiply images with scale to 65535 option (masking)
* Digital Development Process DDP with preview
* New Flat Field form in 'CCD' tab
* Some graphic redesign
* Customized image size adjusted to screen size
* LRGB auto rot, scale & shift fix
* BMP format 1-bit, 4-bit color palette convert fix
* RGB combine with multisize, auto/manual rot&shift, new CMY model and preview
* Intermediate HP filter fix
* Drag and Drop fix
* Paste from Clipboard
* Support for Pixcel-237 files
* Support for Starlight Xpress MX5-C Color Fits format
* Updated Helpfile
* Many bugfixes

 Quantum Image 3.02 (Build 3.120)
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* Print function fix
* SBIG CCD camera control fix and update
* SBIG compressed file format fix, no more strokes in the image
* Minor bugfixes..

 Quantum Image 3.01 (Build 3.100)
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* Make FFT size check bug on shareware version
* Logotext displayd on image in the shareware version
* FFT Arith Re -> -Re fix

 Quantum Image 3.01 (Build 3.090)
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* Redesigned for lowest resource usage. 
* Lower memory use, faster upstart and load time
* Multi histograms, press the histogram button several times
* Minor bugfixes..

 Quantum Image 3.0 (Build 3.060)
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* LRGB improved quality in the final image
* Rotation and resize optimized for color images

 Quantum Image 3.0 (Build 3.040)
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* LRGB Autorotation support
* Faster calc in LRGB
* Option to convert 256-color images with unknown palette to gray
* Resize bilinear or nerest neighbour and color fix

 Quantum Image 3.0 (Build 3.030)
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* New graphical engine with improved zoom
* Improved color support with many IP functions
* New graphical design with moving toolbars
* Multiload of images
* Total of 17 fileformats
* Twain support for scanner and other devices
* Math Operation on image
* Min-Max and L%-R% with set value option
* Rotation any angle
* Fractional shift
* HSI, CMY, Ybr color adjustmen
* HSI-Split
* CMY combine
* LRGB (Quadcolor) replaces brigtness component of color image
* Min,Max and Median filter with 3x3 - 7x7 mask
* Scan or probe image
* Statistic Calculation
* Flux of two images
* Colorize gray levels for detail information
* FFT Max value
* RL with Stop function
* CLS with preview
* Improved Arithmetics
* Image Stacking with support for all fileformats and Normalization
* Blink compare two images with transparent option
* Make Gaussian or exponetial noise
* Calc of separation between two objects
* Magnitude measurment with ccd or referenc star
* Telescope and CCD setup
* Copy and paste with Automatic edge brightness calculation
* And more...
* Many bugfixes...


 Quantum Image 2.52 (Build 5.98)
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* Save the image as it is displayed with AC or as raw image
* Column and Row Repair
* Option for not using 0 & 65535 for the Stat L%-R% button
* Edit FFT as it is displayed with the selected AC
* Minor bugfixes and grafic fixes

 Quantum Image 2.51 (Build 5.95)
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* CopuServe GIF file support
* Support for 16-bit bitmaps 
* Drag and Drop image from ex. explorer to QI and the image
  loads automatic 
* Save image as text file
* Message dialoge redesign
* Make Gaussian PSF fix! only made one quandrant 
* Edit individual pixel and assign new value
* Convert Color image to 16-bit gray function in 'color tab'
* Browse window when selection of TEMP and IMAGE directory
  in preferences
* Minor bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.51 (Build 5.90)
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* New design of Richardson-Lucy form with preview and abort option
* Stretch and resize of image form fix!
* When you associate QI with a filetype, QI starts and loads the image automatic
  [Color tab]
* Split RGB image into its Red, Green and Blue components. 
* Shift RGB-planes (fractional support in comming version)
  [Other tab]
* Removal of Dark(defect) pixels
* Removal of Hot pixels

 Quantum Image 2.5 (Build 5.10)
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* Enhanced printer option, you can select size and placement of the printed image
* Completed helpfile 
* Min-Max was not updated when image shifted, effected histogram, AC and info. Fixed!

 Quantum Image 2.5 (Build 5.06)
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* Redesigned TAB bar with new tabs 'Point Operations' and 'Color'
* Five display modes in the image window, insted of the autocontrast button
* Autocontrast button in Preview mode for some operations ex. Brightness, Threshold ...
  PS! Use this option with care, it will hide the underlying operation.
* User selected Histogram Specification
* Transfer and Histospec function with user designed spline curve fitting.
* Improved histogram calculation
* Threshold levels user selected with histogram display
* Invert at threshold (Solarize) function
* Free Pad size
* Resize Image
* Color Gamma and Balance function 
* Improved Unsharp Masking with gaussian and mask size options
* Option to make a new empty image
* Support to make Mosaic image
* Copy Paste function with transparent & brightness option
* Support for Starlight Xpress and Quantum Image internal image format

* Pad PSF function
* Center PSF by diogonal shifting
* Compare spread function at step (edge)
* Shift Image with rotate option (shifted part is rotated)

* Numerous bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.01
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* Custom filter buttons in the 'Spatial Filter' TAB. You can make custom designed
  filter buttons with a 3x3 or 5x5 matrix, by using the 'User Filter' form in the
  'Spatial Filter' TAB. You can make up to 5 buttons.
* The 'Edge' TAB is completed with some new Previtt, Sobel, Kirsch edge filter buttons.
* Minor Bugfixes...

 Quantum Image 2.0b
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* Help File Included!
  Minor Bugfixes...
* Wrapp-around suppression(FFT) fix, now interpolates between start and
  stop values insted of using zeros
* On startup the message: "Cannot open file d:\code\image\alaskab.bmp"
  could appeaed. Fixed!
* If you made an operation on two FFT images with the same size you got the
  message "First and second operand have different size!" although both of
  them are 256x256. Fixed!

 Quantum Image 2.0a  Release.
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* Support for manualy pick common stars in RGB combine, if the stars are
  shifted to much the auto routine can't align the RGB images

 Quantum Image 2.0  Release.
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* Support for load and save JPEG images
* Some speedup in the preview windows
* Freehand draw of curve in Transfer Function window with save/load
* Improved Pseudo color, the generated image can be saved as RGB Bitmap
* RGB Combine. You can make a color image from tree R,G,B images and save it as RGB Bitmap
* Fixed AutoContrast when saveing processed SBIG images
* Fixed a bug in LP,HP and User Filter
* More bugfixes...

 Quantum Image 2.00.51a beta
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* Install path fix in the 2 disk ver!! Sorry for the inconveniance..
* Wrapp-around suppression(FFT) fix.
* Display a gray-scale range fix in Histogram form.

 Quantum Image 2.00.51 beta
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* FFT bug fix!! Sorry for the inconveniance, it appeared when we 
  changed compiler..
* You can now display a gray-scale range in the image with a color of your
  choise. Use the Histogram form and turn on 'Disp Range on Image' button
  and select range, and move the mouse over the histogram and press left
  mouse button to display the range on the image. Or press and hold down the
  right mouse button on the histogram and stretch out a range of you choise. 

 Quantum Image 2.00.50a beta
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* Extract PSF fix

 Quantum Image 2.00.50 beta
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* All code recompiled with a new compiler, with a new graphical interface
  and increased performance.
* Quantum.ini file removed! We use the windows registry for all that now
  (you can find it in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Quantum Image)
* You can quick load the last nine used files now, under Menu File
* Extract gaussian PSF from image
* More accurate Gaussian PSF generation
* Centroid calculus, maximum and weighted center, in the New Photemetry group.
* Gaussian histogram equialization 
* In selected area hisoEQ you can now select from Normal or Gaussian histogramEQ.
* Autopreview in User Filter
* Morph Gradient filter in Edge-group
* and some more bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.00.32 beta
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* Fixed Statistic histogram button in 'Histogram' tab so it calc. 20-99%
  or L%/R% stretch right.
* Continous preview for brightness and transfer function should work ok now
  (speed optimisation and AC to come)
* Mailing list for Quantum Image up and running..
* Minor bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.00.31 beta
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* Fixed so Cookbook images .p1 & .pa is loaded right
* Support for 8-bit FITS
* Minor bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.00.30 beta
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* Image preview and working on thumnail preview
* Posterize images
* Fixed deletion of all temp images
* SBIG Dark Subst and Flatfield operation is now creating SBIG type of images
* Redesigned SBIG CCD camera support to work more stable, guide support still to come..
* Internal program optimisation to reduce memory demand (temp files saved to HD..)
* New 3D histogram chart 
* Redesign of 3D Rayhistogram to set viewpoint with mouse,
  and color selection. Full Raytrace to come..
* Padded image can now be centerd with pad tool
* Option to mark motion blur vector by copying a part of a image to a edit window
  to make a motion blur PSF
* Continous preview for BriCon and Transfer function
* Multiselection of files (working for delete file(s) for now..)
* Popup menu with right mouse button and shortcuts
* Autocontrast fix for .CB and .TIF images
* Laplacian edge filter
* Make noise, Calc noise, Add noise
* Constraned least square deconvolution
* Richardsson Lucy deconvolution
* Homomorphic filtering
* More bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.00.20 beta
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* SBIG CCD Camera support (guide support not ready yet)
* Live Zoom
* TIF file support (not compressed yet)
* Cookbook CCD file support
* Recalculates Histogram and 3D-plot when you point on new image
* Selected Area Histogram on whole image
* New Histogram design
* Stretch image choice on image panel
* Image Aspect ratio is the same when image is stretched
* Fixed Windows NT 4.0 graphical bug, works under NT 4.0
* Applyed SBIG autocontrast on SBIG images
* 20%-99% autocontrast option
* More bugfixes and graphical redesigns
* More consistent use of terms
* Noise estimation support

 Quantum Image 2.00.10 beta
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* Removed some useless FFT filters
* Added convolve with FFT (saves some steps)
* Edit FFT with external editor of your choice
* Motion blur PSF (ex. useful to remove startrails)
* Pseudo Colors, preview..
* Improved 3D Histogram
* Set Max value function
* Rotate image in quadrants, free angle soon
* Multi image Mean
* Gradient filter (derivative)
* Shift Image in X and Y direction
* Improved pad function
* Some bugfixes
* Some strange bugs when run under NT 4.0!
* New option file, the old one dont work
* New, realistic, example images
* FAQ

 Quantum Image 2.00.06 beta
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* Phong 3D Histogram with surface and light tools

 Quantum Image 2.00.05 beta
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* 3D Histogram
* Line Histogram
* Some minor bugfixes

 Quantum Image 2.00.04 beta
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* Flat Field and Master Flat Field Option
* Save as SBIG .STX
* New zoom function
* Some program design changes

 Quantum Image 2.00.03 beta
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* Auto/Min-Max Contrast for presentation
* FFT examples should work now! (fixed convFFT)
* Arith function in 'Multi Image' tab
* Flat Field soon ready 

 Quantum Image 2.00.02 beta
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* Cleans upp the temp directory
* Dark Substract(SBIG)
* Fixed .FTS support for FITS files

 Quantum Image 2.00.beta
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* First beta release
* Internal 16-bit image support
  updated Bri/Cont, Transf Funk., Histogram....
* FITS file format support
* Improved FFT
* Min/Max, Autocontrast option on SBIG and FITS images
* Copy image area
* User define Filter
* Histogram zoom

 Quantum Image 2.00.a6
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* Transfer function ln and exp
* Fixed Contrast bug
* Fixed some pull dows menus
* Working on internal 16-bit support...

 Quantum Image 2.00.a5
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* Install shield program for easy installation (not in update file!)
* Now you can close any window in any order
* Fixed a bug in the FFT
* Wiener Filering working in the 'Fourier Transform'
* Treshold sliders in histogram
* Selected area Histogram
* 'View tab' redesigned to 'Palette tab' with Brightness/Contrast
   and Transfer function improved
* Selected area histogram EQ implemented on the whole image
* Fixed SBiG ST4,ST5,ST6,ST7,ST8 support, working on autocontrast
  images a bit dark for now after loading..

 Quantum Image 2.00.a4
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 First release on the Internet...

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  Known problems:
*   If you can't see QI statusbar at the bottom of the screen when it
    is maximised in Windows-95, change the Windows-95 status at the bottom
    of the screen to the Autohide option. 

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Special thanks to:

Dr. Helge Binder, Germany - The most supportive betatester and ideamaker
Magnus Jacobsson, Östersund, Sweden  -  Betatester, Raytrayce routines and more
Adri Koppes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands  -  Betatester
Mickael Martinsson - Östersund, Sweden - CCD camera driver support

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Please feel free to send bugreports and comments to:

  Christer Strandh :   christer.strandh@quantumimage.nu
  Per Sabelström   :   per.sabelstrom@quantumimage.nu       (FFT Questions)
  
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