Version 1.3

What's New

This release is a bug fix release. Highlights of this release are:

• Color channel values now retain their full 8-bit precision (#47, #61).
• The savetime parameter functionality for automatic saves during long rendering has been restored (#43).
• The delay value is properly displayed for the ant automaton (#287).
• Fractals using the log function now render properly (#295 and others).
• Discussions of integer math computations were removed from the documentation (#303)

Consult the change log in the help file or the list of issues closed for milestone 1.3 for a detailed list of changes.

Limitations and Reporting Problems

• #306 Palette editing dims the colormap - fixed in v1.3.1

While every effort has been made to ensure that this release is free of problems, using both automated and manual testing, if you encounter a problem, please open an issue on github.

There are some known bugs, mostly with respect to different renderings of Fractal of the Day images. The documentation lists known limitations of this release.

The release plan outlines in broad strokes the direction of future development.

Dependencies

The Setup program should apply the necessary Visual C++ runtime if it is not installed on your system. The standalone ZIP and MSI packages assume the runtime is already installed on your machine.

If you get an error message about missing the following files:

• MSVCP140.dll
• VCRUNTIME140.dll
• VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

It means you don't have the Visual C++ runtime files installed on your machine. You can install them from here:

https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

Make sure you install the x64 (64-bit) version.