Changes Log

This page is a change log for our old version 3 of HyperSnap-DX. To see what's new in the new version 4, please click here

As you can see, HyperSnap-DX receives continual attention as we listen to users' comments and suggestions to make it the best screen capture utility for Windows possible. You may download the latest version at HyperSnap-DX Download Page.

2000.08.28 HyperSnap-DX 3.63.01

• Fixed the game capture code to correctly capture screens from the "Everquest" game. No other changes since ver. 3.63.00

2000.08.21 HyperSnap-DX 3.63

• Updated "special capture" (games) to correctly handle colors in 32 bit color mode, available now on 3dfx Voodoo5 series cards.

• Added Image/Invert Colors menu.

• Added -snapi to command line, identical to -snap, except that inverts colors.

• Fixed - would not print after capture window with auto-scroll, with Quick Print enabled. 

• Fixed for crash in version check on some old Win95 machines.

2000.07.06 HyperSnap-DX 3.62

• Added new image conversion function to the "Image" menu: "Black and White Only..." - can convert any image to black and white colors, with customizable "black level" value.

• Changed the "Check for new version" function on Help menu, to check for the new version only after a click on a button. Previously it checked Hyperionics web site first, which sometimes caused trouble.

• Corrected "Color Resolution" function on Image menu, to correctly set "Std. Windows" palette for 4 bits per pixel resolution - previously it did nothing, still using the "optimized" palette.

2000.05.9 HyperSnap-DX 3.61

• Fixed Setup program to default to the same folder as the earlier version 3.xx of HyperSnap-DX.

• Changed the "capture cancel" handling (e.g. press Esc or right click on Region capture) - now HS-DX window will not force itself to front after such cancel, and the old picture will be preserved.

• Fixed the bug in Image/Crop (Ctrl+R), after Tab press the cropped region would be incorrect, usually very small. 

• Added the Ctrl+PrintScreen and Alt+Ctrl+PrintScreen shortcuts, that work just like regular PrintScreen and Alt+PrintScreen (capture full screen or active window), but reverse black and white when Quick Print is enabled.

2000.04.03 HyperSnap-DX 3.60 "AdWare"

Advertiser sponsored version 3.60 released today. Except for the "ad-bar" at the top, no new features, only small bug fixes:

• Quick Save feature will now display an error message, if trying to save to a non-existent folder.

• A small fix in the license entry window, will no longer erase the key or licensee name when switching the license type between single user or site license.

2000.01.12 HyperSnap-DX 3.55.00

• Corrected an unexpected program shut down on some systems when accessing File/Open or File/Save dialog boxes.

• Corrected a small problem with printing in "best fit" page orientation - for some pictures and printing settings it would switch between portrait and landscape on each print.

2000.01.04 HyperSnap-DX 3.54.00

• Corrected the printing bug, introduced in ver. 3.53.

2000.01.03 HyperSnap-DX 3.53.00

• Corrected DirectX/Direct3D game capture code - it would sometimes not capture games using DirectX 6 interfaces, if DirectX 7 was install on the system.

• Corrected to not forget the file name, if the image was edited (e.g. cropped, resized etc.)

1999.12.02 HyperSnap-DX 3.52.00

• Some small bugs introduced in rel. 3.51 fixed.

1999.11.30 HyperSnap-DX 3.51.00

• Added support for screen captures from DirectX 7 programs.

• Added a feature to File/Open and File/Save boxes to easily access your favorite and recently used folders and files (a limited version of our other product, FileBox eXtender). This feature is only available in the HyperSnap-DX Pro package.

• Added -defprn:"Printer name" option to select the default printer from command line.

• Fixed to save "ignore errors" option in "Quick Save" on exit of HyperSnap-DX.

1999.10.06 HyperSnap-DX 3.50.00
Added "Pan Last Region" to capture menu (to move on the screen a rectangle with the exact size of last capture, to capture another region of the same size).
Added more sub-formats to TIFF save (PackBits compression for RGB, YCbCr and CMYK)
Fixed small memory leak in capture routine (about 400 bytes)
Added blocking to game capture code, so that if "special capture" key is pressed again too soon, it won't spoil the previous, unfinished capture.
Fixed problem with scan (acquire) - cancel, would crash or quit HyperSnap-DX with some scanner drivers.
Fixed margins for multi-page printing (on pages other than page 1 they could be incorrect).
Fixed resolution reading from files (e.g. GIF) that do not store image resolution. Previously it would default to 200 dpi, now we are using the default resolution values set under "Options" menu. For file formats that do store resolution, we still use resolution as read from file (e.g. BMP files).
Fix for not reading bitmaps in "basic" version
Fix for not adding file extension (e.g. .jpg) with -save option 

ver. 3.42.00, released 1999.07.12
Using different 3Dfx picture filters depending on user's selection on "Special Capture" window. 
Restored "Print Screen" key handling for DirectX and Glide captures (necessary if some picture disappears when any other key is pressed).
The Special Capture hot key selection was not saved, and always restored to default Scroll Lock key on HyperSnap-DX exit - fixed.
Trying to get the current screen resolution for Glide3X games now from DirectX - this should make games like NFS:High Stakes snap correctly now.
Fixed: font size and header/footer alignment for printing were not used or saved correctly on some Win95/98 machines.
Fixed: NFS:High Stakes game would not capture correctly 
Fixed: Saving WPG, PNG or PSD files would result in files with wrong extension to the name.
Worked around a bug in some ATI graphics card drivers that caused a crash in Region capture or Crop function.

1999.06.15 HyperSnap-DX 3.41.00
Bug fixes: saving GIF and maybe some other format files, captured in 16 bpp (65536 colors) screen mode would make corrupt files.
Printing with reverse black and white of images captured in 16 bpp color mode did not work correctly
"Special Capture" option would be turned off after exiting and restarting HyperSnap-DX

ver. 3.40.00, released 1999.06.
New in this version:
- support for multi-monitor systems (Windows 98, Windows 2000)
- text headers and footers when printing images
- corrected color filter for screen captures from 3Dfx Voodoo3 cards
- added option to start HS-DX with Windows (Startup menu)
- added the ability to configure "Toggle Help and Zoom" key, previously fixed to F1.
- modified the mouse operation in Crop and Capture Region operations to easier pick up e.g. (0,0) point.
- upgraded Leadtools DLL distributed with HyperSnap-DX to ver. 10
- miscellaneous small enhancements and bug fixes

1998.12.31 HyperSnap-DX 3.30.00
Added the ability to capture images from hardware overlays, which are largely used in video software (e.g. DVD players). The limitation is again, that the overlay must have been created and managed with DirectX in the target program, otherwise we'll still capture only the color rectangle (the overlay key color).

Good news is a new way to snap DirectX screens, including games, videos, DVD etc. It is no longer necessary to start HyperSnap-DX and enable DirectX capture first, before the target program. HyperSnap-DX can be started or stopped at any time, and it will capture these screens correctly. DirectX and Glide capture is now a lot more stable, should not cause game/computer crashes or lock-ups.

Other changes:

Added new "Quick Crop and Scale" function to Capture menu. Added "Toggle Cursor Capture" button to the toolbar.

Added a setting to change picture resolution, in dots per inch (dpi). This setting affects how images are printed or pasted into other documents. Also added a "zoom" window for Region capture and crop operations, which lets you to see the area around the cursor under 3x or 4x magnification.

Fixed a problem with color captures from 256 color applications using entire system palette.

Fixed the problem under Windows 98, where selecting Region capture from the menu or when HS window was in front, did not permit you to use keyboard to control region selection.

ver. 3.21.00, released 1998.09.15
Added support to capture games using DirectX 6 technology. Corrected some small errors regarding saving files in EPS and other formats.

ver. 3.20.00, released 1998.08.05
Added ability to capture pictures from Glide 3.x applications.
Selecting "DirectX and Glide Capture" now displays a dialog to actually choose DirectX/Direct3D and/or Glide capture technology, and set image post processing and gamma correction factor. Some more small fixes for Glide and DirectX captures.
Added Gamma Correction, Rotate and Mirror options to the Image menu.
Window close button will now only minimize HyperSnap-DX, and not completely exit it, if "Display Tray Icon" option is turned on.

ver. 3.13.00, released 1998.06.19
Earlier versions of HyperSnap-DX would sometimes hang when snapping pictures from high action games running in Glide mode on 3Dfx Voodoo2 and compatible hardware. This has now been fixed. Other small changes: now saving the last captured area between sessions, more command line options and other small fixes.

ver. 3.12.00, released 1998.05.19
Page Setup preview did not display correct scale for pictures loaded from files, if constant scaling factor was selected.
Fixed full screen capture for some rare programs that use palettes in 8 bit color mode, that don't contain Windows static colors.
Added "Optimized or Std. Windows" palette choices to Save As.. options
Added "Black and White" palette choice to "Color Resolution" on Image menu.

ver. 3.11.00, released 1998.04.22
New features:
Quick Save function extended for auto-number and prompt for name options to work together.
New "Black and White" palette setting under Image/Color Resolution
Page Setup dialog extended in Scaling section, to set fixed scaling or auto-fit, if the picture is too large for given scale.
Bug fixes: occasional crash in Crop functions. Problem with printing some GIF files in constant scale factor. Occasional crash if Quick Save had an invalid file name.

ver. 3.10.03, released 1998.03.26
More small changes and bug fixes: print sometimes would not work. Added Esc button handling to Window capture, to let you interrupt it that way. Also space bar in Window capture now works the same as left mouse button - using it, e.g. when you click on a menu, will prevent the execution of this menu function. Made Quick Print and the Print button on the toolbar to start printing at once, instead of bringing up Print Dialog first.

ver. 3.10.02, released 1998.03.24
Minor fixes: Windows Metafile default extension was .wfm instead of .wmf. Printing margins did not work correctly (on Page Setup). Added saving of toolbar and status bar visibility and positions. Made Esc key abort Window Capture operation. Added toolbar icon for Page Setup. Some more small fixes like that.

ver. 3.10.01, released 1998.03.18
Minor corrections, e.g. the default extension for Windows Metafile format was set to ".wfm" instead ".wmf".

ver. 3.10.00, released 1998.03.13
New features in HyperSnap-DX 3.10 Basic version:

• New style of File/Open and File/Save dialogs.

• New, powerful Page Setup dialog with a preview of how your picture will be printed.

• Toolbar with one click shortcuts to the most used menu functions, which you may turn off if you don't like it.

• Crop-out function to select rectangular areas from your picture and turn them to white (or other "paper" color). Useful e.g. to edit out unwanted parts when capturing cascading menus.

• Support for Print Screen hot key, e.g. to capture screen savers, that are turned off by any other hot keys. This will also capture DirectX and 3Dfx Glide screen savers, if "DirectX and Glide Capture" option is turned on.

New features in HyperSnap-DX 3.10 Pro version - all of the Basic version plus:

• Support for reading and writing of over 20 graphics formats, including BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PCX and many more.

• Image maniuplation routines: resize, change color resolution, convert to gray scale or dither to black and white. More image manipulation routines will be added here in later releases.

• Acquire images from devices supporting TWAIN protocol (e.g. scanners, digital cameras).

ver. 3.08.00 for Alpha processors, released 1998.01.16
HyperSnap-DX for Alpha/NT ver. 3.08.00 was released today.

ver. 3.08.00, released 1997.12.09
Added saving on exit of the last disk folder (directory) used in File/Save As or File/Open and restoring it on next run.
Added two command line options: -nosetdir and -nosavedir to preserve the old behaviour if necessary.
Fixed: bottom margin in printing was not set correctly (right margin value was used instead).

ver. 3.07.00, released 1997.11.13
Added ability to capture screens from Win32 games using GLIDE (3Dfx) technology. Improved DirectX captures - no more color shifts and less crashes.

ver. 3.06.00, released 1997.10.14
Fixed auto-scroll for MS Office 97 and Internet Explorer 4.
Pasting HyperSnap-DX pictures into some programs, e.g. Lotus Notes, would produce black picture. Fixed.

ver. 3.05.01, released 1997.08.07
Bug fix - in Quick Save mode, if the time between the captures was long, there were problems starting the Explorer and some other applications on Windows 95. Also fixed: pressing a hot key in Quick Save timed mode will abort the mode promptly, without waiting for the next auto-snap to happend.

ver. 3.05.00, released 1997.07.18
Added "Send by Email" item to the file menu. With MAPI enabled mailer this will let you send the current picture to any email recipient as GIF, BMP or JPEG file attachment.
Prepared HyperSnap-DX for localization (translation into other languages)
Fixed a problem in saving BMP files: if the file was loaded from disk or saved with some options, changing BMP options (color depth) had no effect.
Added information about Hyperionics Web Store to "About" and "Register" boxes.

ver. 3.03, released 1997.06.11
Added "Continue on error" check box to Quick Save dialog, so that Quick Save is not aborted on a file error like "file busy" if you want to save to the same file and e.g. continue pushing it to a WEB server.
Added "Center Image on Page" to "Page Setup" dialog.

ver. 3.02, released 1997.04.02
Worked around a bug in Word 97 - it would not paste correctly some of our 256 color DIB pictures (displayed big red X instead).
On capture menu, if Quick Save item is checked on, and you click on it while holding the Shift key on the keyboard, this will pop up Quick Save setup dialog again, instead of checking the item off.
Fixed: Page Up/Down keys would not work correctly if you started HyperSnap-DX with file name argument (to view the file) in a current directory.
Fixed: Page Up/Down keys would not display files in alphabetical order on Windows 95 (or FAT partitions under NT).

ver. 3.00 (HyperSnap-DX), released 1997.04.16
New features include ability to capture DirectX applications (games and others), additional viewing capabilities, more capture shortcuts (Active Window with or without the title and frame) and more.

ver. 2.79, released 1997.01.22
(changes log for HyperSnap ver. 2.xx deleted)