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Added get/set methods to conveniently get or set members of the various structures required by the API.
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A temporary file manager has been added to help prevent temporary files from being left behind when ImageMagick exits.
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Register with the web-based ImageMagick Discourse Server to create, moderate or join ongoing discussions about ImageMagick.
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ImageMagick may be built with 32-bit quantum depth support, allowing color components to be stored with 32-bits of precision.
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ImageMagick automatically discovers (and uses) the Ghostscript DLL or executable under Windows.
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ImageMagick retrieves the list of installed TrueType fonts from the Windows Registry.
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ImageMagick now provides an installation wizard (setup.exe-style install) for Microsoft Windows which includes a Windows COM object and PerlMagick for ActiveState ActivePerl.
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Supports accessing the Clipboard and rendering EMF files under Windows.
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The utility, conjure, interprets the Magick Scripting Language a XML-based language to convert, edit, and compose images.
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ImageMagick now supports Scalable Vector Format (SVG) files.
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Support for Wireless BitMap, used in WAP - Wireless Access Protocol, was contributed by Milan Votava.
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ImageMagick 5.0 uses substantially less memory than previous versions. If the the memory requirements exceeds available RAM, all subsequent image operations are performed on disk to conserve memory.
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ImageMagick 5.0 utilizes memory-mapped I/O on machines that support it. This feature can be a substantial speed-up for image operations.
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As of version 4.2.9, ImageMagick now has native blob support.
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Thanks to Glenn Randers-Pehrson ImageMagick now supports the MNG image format.
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Thanks to Bob Friesenhahn ImageMagick now has a C++ wrapper: Magick++.
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ImageMagick has a delegate subsystem that allows image formats not directly supported by ImageMagick to be seamlessly added via a delegate configuration file.
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PerlMagick includes 300+ regression tests invoked with make test.
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ImageMagick now automatically invokes pgpv to decrypt a PGP encrypted image when the filename ends in .pgp.
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ImageMagick supports the FlashPix image format under NT/Win95.
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PerlMagick now works on NT and Win95 computers.
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Support for TrueType fonts is now available as a delegate within ImageMagick
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Create 3-D web screamers with ScreamerMagick.
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Convert or manipulate images directly from a Web page with MagickStudio.
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Text is now antialiased when rendering Postscript.
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Subimages can now be specified in any order. For example, image.miff[3,2], image.miff[11-1], or image.miff[1,2,2,3].