Iridient N-Transformer Version History

3.3 - June 27, 2024 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z 6 III. Currently there is no support for lossy High Efficiency compression modes.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes display scaling of main window logo at some screen resolutions and scale sizes on Windows.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 16.4 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.10.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libRAW library (2024-05-30).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (3.0.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.2.5).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.9.2).

3.1 - November 2, 2023 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z f. Currently there is no support for lossy High Efficiency compression modes.
  • New File menu option to extract the RAW preview image as a JPEG sidecar file.
  • New File menu option to store the RAW preview image as a high quality macOS file icon (macOS only).
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 16 update.
• Bug fix:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the menu item for choosing a custom camera profile to not appear on Windows.

3.0 - August 28, 2023 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z 8. Currently there is no support for lossy High Efficiency compression modes.
  • New option to use a custom camera color profile from an Adobe DCP or DNG file.
  • New options added to the Setting's menu to beep on file and/or queue completion.
  • Enhanced AppleScript scripting support on macOS including the ability to script preset file changes.
  • Enhanced command line support on both macOS and Windows for specifying a preset file for conversion.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 15.5 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (2023.07).
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.8.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (3.0.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.2.2.1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.7.3).

2.5.1 - July 22, 2022 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z 30.

2.5 - June 22, 2022 (Major Update)

• Improvements:
  • The vary sharpening with ISO option is now disabled by default giving default sharpening levels more similar to versions prior to 2.0.
  • Adobe Lightroom plug-in now displays version information directly in the Plug-in Extras menu header so it's no longer necessary to go into the Plug-in Manager dialog to check version information.
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 14.4 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.6.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (2022.06).
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.6.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.1.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.1.7).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.5.3).

2.0.1 - January 7, 2022 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z 9. Currently there is no support for lossy High Efficiency compression modes.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z fc.
  • New image processing pipeline. Now optimized for both Intel and Apple silicon (M1/Pro/Max) processors.
  • The macOS application is now native for both Apple silicon (M1/Pro/Max) and Intel processors. Application launch is now faster and most operations are 30-50% faster on Apple silicon Macs.
  • The macOS application is now optimized for macOS 12 Monterey.
  • Improved luminance noise reduction algorithm.
  • Improved color noise reduction algorithm.
  • Wider adjustment range for sharpening and noise reduction options.
  • New clarity adjustment added.
  • Support for sharpening masking to more selectively sharpen edge/detail areas.
  • New option to automatically taper sharpening strength off as image ISO increases.
  • Settings presets can now be saved to and loaded from files.
  • Adobe Lightroom plug-in now supports a preferences dialog with file prefix/suffix customization and sub-folder options.
• Improvements:
  • Improved RAW processing.
  • Adobe Lightroom plug-in should be more reliable at finding RAW master images.
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 14.1 update.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the default RAW cropping for some cameras which could result in a default image size that differs from the camera JPEG or NEF.

1.6.6 - September 25, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z 5.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.4 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.5).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWdigets library (3.1.4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.1.4).
  • Updated build with latest Apple and Microsoft development tools.

1.6.5 - June 8, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon D6.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.2.1 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.5.1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.1.2).
  • Updated build with latest Apple and Microsoft development tools.

1.6.4 - April 9, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Coolpix P950.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.2 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (CC2020.01).
  • Updated build with latest Apple and Microsoft development tools.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Workaround some sporadic macOS 10.15.4 specific crashing issues.
  • Fixed a macOS 10.7 specific issue with sporadic crashing when using drag and drop to select images for conversion.

1.6.3 - January 31, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon D780.

1.6.2 - January 15, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Added metadata to force Adobe Lightroom/ACR CC 2018 or later to use the embedded DNG camera profile by default rather than "Adobe Color".
  • Added new option to the default camera profile menu to use "Adobe Color" in Adobe Lightroom/ACR CC 2018 or later rather than the embedded DNG camera profile.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.1 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.5).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWdigets library (3.1.3).

1.6.1 - October 25, 2019 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Nikon Z 50.
• Improvements:
  • Single, unified macOS build now supports 10.7 through 10.15.
  • Now built with the final macOS 10.15 Catalina libraries and developer tools from Apple.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.0.2).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the Lightroom plug-in on Windows which could result in the NEF image not being found.

1.6 - June 27, 2019 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • New "Iridient Standard v2" is now the default camera profile.
  • Support added for registration using license files generated from new e-commerce providers. The eSellerate e-commerce service that was previously used for sales and license generation is being shut down in June, 2019.
• Improvements:
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.9.2).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the File Naming panel's sequence increment not properly incrementing the sequence number.

1.5 -March 7, 2019 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix A1000.
  • Support added for lossy DNG compression which can radically reduce DNG file size.
• Improvements:
  • Greatly improved image compression speed on export. Depending on processor core count and drive speed may be as much as 2-10x faster for the lossless and lossy DNG compression stages.
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 11.2 update (Coolpix A1000).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.2).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.8.3).

1.0 - December 6, 2018 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for macOS 10.14 Mojave's Dark Mode.
  • Support added for automatic digital lens corrections based on NEF/NRW metadata for the new Z models and Coolpix P1000.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Z 7.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Z 6.
  • Support added for RAW images from the D3500.
  • Support added for RAW images from the D700.
  • Support added for RAW images from the D300S.
  • Support added for RAW images from the D300.
  • Support added for RAW images from the D3.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix P1000.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix B700.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix P340.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix A.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix P7800.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix P330.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Coolpix P7700.
• Improvements:
  • Compressed NEF decompression speed improved by 30-40%!
  • The macOS version is now optimized for macOS 10.14 Mojave.
  • The Lightroom plug-in should be more reliable with finding images located on some external drive types (NAS, software RAID), using case sensitive file formats or using some unusual/special file name characters like '$'.
  • The Log window is now automatically displayed if an error occurs during processing.
  • System sleep prevention improved for large batches.
  • Updated baseline metadata for new camera models to match Adobe's latest DNG Converter 11 values.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed uncompressed NEF support for some older models (D800).
  • Fixed crashing issue with macOS 10.7 - 10.9.

1.0 beta 1 - July 26, 2018 (Initial Public Release)