Ramsete III V9.68 Release Notes

Changes and additions

• Now it is possible to select which colorway to import while loading an area with the original colors. The background image must already have colorways, otherwise the function is disabled. The colorway selection is in the "Open file" window.
  
• While making colorways the UNDO e REDO functions are now available (till 50 actions).
• New functions are added to draw concentric regular polygons and concentric stars.
• Now it is possible to load an area of any supported file format, while you can load an area only from the XPF type if you are using original colors.
  

• During colorways the way the software select the next color has been changed: now selecting the right arrow button the software will advance to the next color up to the last, but will not change anymore to the next colorways when it reach the end. To have the same behavior as before you must select also the down arrow button
• Importing a colorways from a different design now keep the name. If there is already a colorway with the same name a confimation window will appear. Confirming the operation the colorway will be imported with a progressive number added to the and of the name.
  

• The toolbar of the color chart definition has been changed; now there is a single icon to access to the menu for the various functions.
  During the definition there is always an empty page at the end of the chart that will be removed automatically if still empty at the end of the definition.
  Typing a name in the name field starting with the symbol '=' will search that name into the color charts present in the system
  

• The printing subsystem has been completely reviewed.
  - Ramsete now automatically configure the system printers; you still need to set the presets manually
  - The "Printer Manager" has been mantained only to help the transition to the new user interface. All the configuration steps are now done into Ramsete.
  - In the "Preferencies" window it is possible to setup the printer directly managed by the internal Ramsete drivers.
  - In the statusbar there is a new icon when there are some print job in the que. Clicking on that icon open the printing que status window. In this window there are also the printing job managed by the OS (Windows and Mac only)
  - In the printer window now is possible to customize the position of the color chips, the remark line and the font size.
  - In the printer window there is a new button to change the printing settings. It open a new user interface to manage presets and calibrations. The calibration can now be read in stripes using the EyeOne.
  - The calibration procedure now uses a new tecnology to get better results on color reproduction.
  
• The "Color chart" user interface has been changed.
  - In the toolbar now there are only the icons to get the options menu, set the zoom level, find a code, find the next and previous code and show the out of gamut warning.
  - It is possible to zoom into the chart and panning with a simple drag.
  - In the options menu it is possible to manage and print the color charts. To load a color chart simply select the name from the popup.
  - At startup the software reload the last selected color chart.
  
• The "Color Atlas" user interface has been changed to make it similar to the "Color Charts" one.
  - There are two new color atlas that can be selected from the options menu
  - It is possible to zoom in.
  
• In the Colorways manager it is possible to find a color of the design into the color chart or the color atlas simply double-clicking on it into the colorways panel.
  
• The "Technical chart" has been reviewed to make it more usable.
  
• It is possible to save images even multichannel in PSD format. This options is under license and must be activated by request.
• In the files menu now there is the list of recent loaded files.
  

• The menubar is now active during coloring.
• Loading of images is now faster.
• The color selection tool has been redisegned to make the color selection easier.
• In the coloring tools an icon to call the color-selection has been added (no more double-click needed)
• In the printer configuration it is possible to select the render resolution for the Windows and MacOSX drivers.
  

• It is possible to do coloring on Fullcolor images. The first time you enter in the colorways function the software open an interface similar to the "Layer separation" that let you select some groups of colors. These groups can then recolored using the standard functions.
  
• Il the "New image" dialog it is now possible to select the image type and the background color. If the image is in layers the color is used for the first layer.
• In the colorways manager it is possible to save a small file that contain only the color information.
• It is possible to read the .DES files (Dr. Wirth)
  
• The printing support has been completely revieved.
  It is now possible to print an image directly from the main module without saving the drawing and reopen it in the "Printer Manager". The basic functionality are the same with the addition of the capability to print 100 colorways (10 x 10) and print and image on multiple sheets with an overlap of 3 mm for any page.
  From the utility menu is possible to call anyway the standard "Printer Manager"
  
• The F5 panel shows also the LCh values for the color entered with this colorspace.
  
• The JPEG, PSD and TIFF files saved in CMYK will be loaded as CMYK separation.
• In the Linux version the "set_wacom" command has been updated to manage also the new X11 servers
• The Mac version is now "Universal binary" and can run nativeli on both PowerPC and Intel.
• During the installation procedure the HASP key drivers is also loaded.
• In the "Save thumbnails" window it is possible to select the group of colorways to be saved.
• It is possible to search a color into a color chart like in the color atlas.
  

• The software now support up to 16 million of colors. Images created with more than 8 million colors cannot be loaded with the previous versions.
• Support for Gretag SpectroEye and Eye-One Display has been added.
• The interface for the layer separation has been completely reviewed.
  
• During layers separation the option "Display density" change the visualizzation.
  
• An error messages is shown if the system cannot find the spectrophotometer during the configuration.
  
• The loading of an image with a lot of colors has been speeded-up
  
• In the colorways it is possible to enter colors in LCh adding a "*" before the numbers.
• In the printout LCh color appear with an "*"
  
• Color atlas subpages has been changed to match the ones found in MatchPrint
  
• It is possible to use an ICC profile for the conversion of the color from Lab to display
  
• The interface of the definition of the color chart has been changed.
  
• In the film generation it is possible to enable the repeat during the sepearation.
• In the film generation it is possible to save the image before processing and save all the information related to the color separation.
• The multiprocessor support on the Mac version has been enhanced.
• It is possible to print up to 36 colorways on a single page.
  

Bug fixed

• In the selection of the area to import, the colors of the selected colorway were not displayed.
  
• During the color chart definition the toolbar shown was wrong.
  

• The PSD file import sometimes rounded the image resolution to an incorrect value.
• The list of the recent files was not updated importing non-XPF images.
• In the rare case of a not accessible or empty fonts directory the software closed as soon as the text function was selected.

• In some cases the area distortion failed closing the program.
  

• The printer panel failed when system printers with a very long list of paper formats (more than 100) were used.
  

• Loading a colorway the software lost the Name parameter.
• The color chart list has not updated after saving a new color chart.
  

• Doubleclicking into the colorways window without the color chart opened the software crash. Fixed.
• In the Mac version sometimes the software lost the release of the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT keys.
  
• In the color chart if a single name was too long all the other names disappear. Now codes are shortened.
  
• In the color chart the font used sometimes was not readable.
  
• In the Linux version not all the directories were showed in the "Destination directory" dialog.
  
• Using the "Printer Manager" it was not possible to print more than 32 color chips.
• The Windows installation procedure did not install correctly the hardware key driver.
  
• In the Windows version the printjobs was displayed twice when using system printers.
  
• Using the system printer the printjob owner was not displayed.
  
• In the Windows version the "Printer Manager" did not save the parameters when exiting.
  
• The "Undo" function was not available after a cut if the image had more than 65000 colors.
  
• In the Windows version the number of removed colors was not showed in the "Coverage" dialog.
  
• The printing sharing did not work correctly between Intel and PowerPC machines.
  
• It was not possible to load PSD images with more than 24 channels.
  
• In the Windows version doubleclicking on an ".xpf" file give an error.
  
• It was not possible to print the color chip inside the image when put on the left or on the top.
  
• In the Linux version starting from "Fedora Core 5" the text tool did not work.
  

• In the Linux version the "File Manager" cannot be started from the "Utility" menu. Fixed.
  
• In the Windows version the "save dialog" does not appear if the image was loaded from the "Browse" function.
  
• During the color chart definition the current color was not hilighted if empty.
  
• The "Repeat are" function often does not work correctly.
  
• In the printout of the color charts and atlas some text can overlap. Now the text are truncated.
  
• The print panel did not remember the last selected printer if some printer was hidden.
  
• Installing the version 9.5x it was not possible to create films with older version. Fixed.
  
• The LCh color search was wrong.
  

• Starting from version 9.50 the resolution value was les precise than before.
  

• Due to an extensive image compression optimization the software was changing the image type automatically to get better compression results. This happen too many times and annoying the user and so it has been removed.
  

• Some JPEG were displayed in the preview window but was not possible to load them.
  
• In the linear shading function with more that one control point the noise was not applied correctly.
  
• Choosing to print more than one repeat of an image without colorways put the system in a unstable state.
  
• The "Repeat" option during the films generation sometimes was not working.
• Using Windows Vista the software randomly crash. Fixed.
  
• Using Windows Vista some configuration files are now in a location visible to the user. Actually the files are still there but set to be hidden.
  
• The CMYK-TIFF files were not imported correctly.
  
• Some PSD files (with alpha planes) were not imported correctly.

• In the Mac and Windows version it was not possible to run the "Files Manager"
• It was not possible to close the "Change resolution" dialog
• The current color panel sometimes was not updated correctly.
  

• The monitor calibration gamut was not saved correctly.
• During the color chart definition the "name" field was not updated.
• Any color code with a "-" symbol result in a black color.
• The installation of the versions 9.10-9.12 was not correct.
• Selecting a film from a fullcolor image sometimes crash.
• Depending on the size of the drawing it was not possible to select the right colorways to print.
• The printing dialog crash with images with more than 64 colors and with remarks with more that 40 characters.
• In the Mac version moving the main window result in useless docked windows.
  
• Getting a color from the drawing during colorways put the system in an unstable situation.
• Printing of a colorchart larger than paper size crash.

• The gamut of the monitor calibration was not saved correctly.
• During the color definition the color name was not updated correctly.
• Using any sequence of characters with the symbol "-" as color atlas name the result was a wrong black color.
  
• The installation procedure of versions 9.10-9.12 does not startup correctly the printing services under Windows.
• Making a film from a fullcolor image sometimes fails.
• In the printing window of the main module sometimes, depending of the image size, it was not possible to select the colorways.
• Opening the printing window with a color image with more than 64 colors the software crash.
• Always in the printing window the software crash using a remarks with more than 40 characters.
• In the Mac version moving the main window makes the docked windows useless.
• In some situation selecting a color from the drawing in the coloring function will make the software unstable.
• The software close trying to print a color chart bigger than the paper size.
• In the Linux and IRIX version the software locks opening and closing a docked window while some areas are prensent on the display.
• Deleting pages or color from the color chart sometimes crash.
  

• In the Linux and SGI version the Files Manager was not able to display more thar 1024 directories. Now the limit is 2048.
• Loading a flat image after having used the "Operations" tools the software crash.
• Due to a limitation present in the older revisions the 9.10 creates some unreadable files. This revision correctly read and write file compatible with all the versions 8 and 9.
• The "LastSaveOnKeyError.xpf" file was not saved in the correct location.
• In the new printer interface the nubers was displyed as integers. This create some errors in the size of the print-out
  

• With some security policy under Windows it was not possible to use remote licenses
  
• Some texts appears always black on the printed color chart.
  
• The colors of the image was not correctly updated when saving the file from the colorways manager.
  
• The "File Manager" for Windows and Mac does not use the prefeerences settings for the unit of measure.
• Selecting the option "Read/Define colors" int the docked color chart the software locks.
• If the F12 panel the memory buttons from 12 to 16 was not hilighted correctly.
• Some images in layers were printed with wrong colors.
  
• The background color of the imported PSD files appear black.
  
• In the Windows version the "LastSave.xpf" file was not updated correctly.
• Using the "Undo" after a regeneration the image appear damaged.
• After a regeneration the protections on layers could give unexpected results.
• Load an image from the "Browse" window does not update the filename.
• Calling the "License Manager" from the utility menu the licenses were not released.
  

• The toolbar in the "Layers definition" function was not displayed correctly.
• Sometimes on the Windows system the "Rotate area" fails due to not enough memory. Now an error message is displayed.
  

• The file browser could close selecting a white space on the file list
• Depending on the current color the "Regenerate" function could fail.
  
• In the color separation the system close choosing the curve tools with no color selected.
• The version from 9.00 to 9.02 creates some incompatibilities with the older version installed.
  We suggest to remove the version 9.00-9.02 after installing 9.03
  

• The installation for Linux and SGI does not have the support for TIFF files
• On the windows system it was not possible to rename ore delete a file if the preview was not completely displayed.
  

• Some PSD files were not imported correctly.
  
• The first page of the atlas was not prined correctly.
  
• Sometimes the LastSave file dissappear.
  
• The color reduction function has been fixed.
  
• Enabling the remove oprtion in the film separation the layers with two tones becames empty.
• In case of error it was not possible to remove the item from the separation que.
  
• Showing the separation que window sometime the software crash.
  
• The Mac version was extremely slow on some functions.
  

Known Problems:

• Due to an intrinsic limitation in the Windows OS it is not possible to manage image bigger that 1.7 GB of memory regardeless the amount of RAM installed in the system. With the same hardware the Linux version works fine even with bigger images.
  
• Color choosed from a Pantone in the .PSD files are loaded as black.
  
• In some cases the formats Zed, Grt, Sep are not precise.
• For Linux Redhat version 7.0 the visualization / view in "Fullscreen" is not correct.
• When removing the visualization / view in "Fullscreen" in Linux Redhat versions 6.X the position of the window is different from the one set before. Sometimes the window even disappears (outside the screen) so that it becomes impossible to use the menus. In this case, in order to shift the window, keep the ALT key pressed and select the window in any point.
• During the rotation of the area with the option "2/3 points" the border disappear.