Update history

This page lists changes and new features in recent versions of Digimizer^®. The most recent additions and changes are listed at the top.

Version 6.3

• Added the calculation of "distance" in Path tool (the distance between the first and last point of the path).
• New in scripts:
  • obj.Selected attribute
  • obj.Select and obj.Unselect method
  • UnselectAll procedure

Version 6.2

• Improved zoom functions.
• Fixed a bug in the detailed statistical report which could caused to program to block.

Version 6.1

• Added a more detailed statistical report. In the Statistics frame click the button and select Detailed statistics. A statistical report will be displayed of the selected items in the statistics frame. If no items are selected, the report includes all tools and measurements.

Version 6

• Improved integration with Windows 11.
• Fixed a compatibility problem with some antivirus software.
• Fixed a problem that could cause the program to generate an error message when closing the program in Windows versions before Windows 10.

Version 5.9

• Added an option "Objects are circular" in Analyse objects (Binary menu).
• Added commands so Show or Hide all measurement info boxes (View menu).

Version 5.8

• Added an Arc measurement tool.
• Added a command to Autofit column width in the measurements list and statistics window (available on the pop-up menu activated by clicking the button).
• Improved zooming.
• Added an option to increase the size of text boxes when saving the image as a bitmap.
• Draw slightly thicker lines when size of text boxes is increased.

Version 5.7

• Added Contraharmonic Mean Filter.
• Added a Repeat function (Function key F7) for filters.

Version 5.6

• Improved support for high resolution screens.

Version 5.5

• Improved the Digimizer script language.
• Added several new rounding functions in the Digimizer script language.
• Added an Ellipse tool.

Version 5.4

• New Image annotations in the File menu.
• Added an option to set the file name of an image according to a barcode contained in the image.
• Added new functions Time(), Now() and Hypot() in the Digimizer script language.

Version 5.3

• Added detection and uncoding of Bar codes.
• Added an Image properties item in the File menu.

Version 5.2

• Added To color image conversion.
• Completely revised Scripting.

Version 5.1

• Added a function to grab an image from a live camera feed - see Grab Image from Camera
• Added an option Show area centroid - see Options
• Threshold values are displayed in the histogram - see Stretch Histogram and Binarization
• In Analyze Objects: added an option to specify a minimum and maximum object length in Analyze Objects, and an option "Objects can contain other objects".

Version 4.5

• Added a Change image command that allows the use as a measurements template of a digimizer file containing measurements.
• Added the Centroid (geometric center) to the Area tool.

Version 4.2

• Added an option to export results as Excel xslx files.

Version 4.1

• Possibility to define a lower and higher threshold value for binarization.

Version 4

• New in measurements list: Average intensity of blue, green and red channels; and Average hue.

Version 3.8

• Allows calibration of average intensity measurements.

Version 3.7

• Several compatibility fixes for Windows 7.
• New New Image from Clipboard command.

Version 3.6

• New Canny Edge Detector and Range Filter.

Version 3.5

• New default zoom option.
• New measurement for areas: roundness.

Version 3.3

• Import Binary Layer from Image File

Version 3.2

• Reset Calibration
• Adjust Colors
• Selective Color Brightness
• Export coordinates of measurement objects
• Set coordinates origin

Version 3.1

• Added width and height for the Rectangle measurement tool
• Added length and width for the Area measurement tool
• Export Measurements list as a MedCalc file.
• Improved Thumbnail view of Digimizer Image files (*.dgz) in Windows Explorer
• Improved default calibration settings - see Options

Version 3

• Redesigned layout.
• Cropping
• Statistics window

Version 2.2

• Support for DICOM files

Version 2.1

• Added measurement of average intensity.
• Toolbars have been reorganized into one single toolbar
• Added measurements list feature
• New in View menu:
  • Measurements List
• Implementation of Online Help (this help file)
• New in View menu:
  • Grid
• New Binary menu:
  • Binarization
  • Overlay Binary Image
  • Hide Binary Layer
  • Morphological Dilate
  • Morphological Erode
  • Morphological Close
  • Morphological Open
  • Noise Reduction
  • Analyze Objects
• New in Tools menu:
  • Scripts
• "Lasso" function: when using the path or area tools, the program will "sample" points when you press the Ctrl key whilst moving the mouse.
• Rectangular selection tool: in Select mode, you can select measuring objects by dragging the mouse over the objects.
• Fit line: when 2 or more Marker, Perpendicular Line or Circle objects are selected, a "Fit Line" is available in the context menu (which appears after right-clicking the mosue in the image). The line is fitted using a custom (perpendicular) regression method. The angle is reported with 95% CI. For Circle objects the center is used, and for Perpendicular Line objects the middle point of the perpendicular line is used in the regression procedure.
• New in File menu:
  • Save: save the image in Digimizer native format (file extension .dgz)
  • Save as: save the image in Digimizer native format, or in JPG, GIF, PNG or TIFF format.
  • Select Source: select scanner (if available)
  • Acquire Image: acquire image from scanner (if available)
  • Print: Print image
• New in Edit menu:
  • Undo: multi-level Undo
• New in Format menu:
  • Resize: resize image
• New in Image menu:
  • Background Correction: corrects image defects caused by uneven illumination (e.g. in microscopy)
  • Despeckle: Removes noise from images without blurring edges
  • Convert to Grayscale: Converts the image to a grayscale image
  • Invert: Creates a negative of the image
  • Negative: Inverts selected colors
  • Sharpen: Applies a sharpen filter to the image
  • Filters: several filters (experimental - some of these may be removed in future versions of Digimizer)