The format (PNG, JPEG, etc.) of images can now be
changed as they are resized. Lossless image
formats now produce smaller output files. The
build system should now work out of the box on
standard Linux distributions. The output file name
suffix is now inserted in the correct place.
The code base has been completely rewritten, and now uses Qt4. Functionality has been added and the UI cleaned up. The move to Qt4 has increased the number of supported platforms, and binary packages are available for the first time.
A problem with the Help dialog that would prevent it being re-opened if it was closed using the system's close window widget rather than the "Quit" button was fixed.
This release adds a "Smart Ratio Match" processing option. The new matching functionality allows BIRT to resize a mixed set of portrait and landscape images while maintaining the correct orientation of each image.
