What's New in v6.8?
latest update: 8-aug-2007

Below is a list of the most important features that have been added recently. Some are general features which have been added to all modules and others are format specific. If you have a specific question or want to make an enhancement request, please let us know (support@visual-integrity.com).
 

General

  • Intelligent object recognition of circles and ellipses from paths and polygons New!
  • Great degree of flexibility in the naming and numbering of output files
  • Convert a PDF page range
  • Further improved font mapping options New!
  • Watch Folder support (6.1 and higher)
    Using a watch folder program, such as www.watchdirectiory.net, PDF FLY can be used
    as an automatic conversion tool.
  • FLY Print Driver is supported using redmon (6.1 and higher)
    Integrates all PDF FLY output formats into any Windows application that you are running! Requires "redmon" to be installed on your PC.
  • FLY Batch - Batch tools for converting PostScript and PDF files (6.1 and higher)
    Licensed per input/output format.
  • Support of stdin (6.1 and higher)
  • Self contained application, all files in one directory (6.0 and higher))
    Provides the option to run different versions on one PC
  • Support of cropping/clipping on an object level in case output formats
    do not support it natively (eg WMF, DXF) (5.x and higher)
  • Default font mapping option - All unknown fonts can be automatically mapped to specified font.
  • Option to emulate text in a certain font (render it as paths/polylines)
  • Wildcards support in the font names

Platform News
  • Supports Windows Vista New!
  • Runs on 64-bit Windows in 32-bit compatibility mode. Will be release in a native 64-bit version later in 2007. New!
  • Supports Linux (5.x and higher)
  • Support of IBM i5/OS series (6.5)

Input & Output Formats
  • BMP (Windows Bitmap) added to PDF FLY, META FLY and pdf2image New!
  • HPGL output improved in PDF FLY and added to pdf2cad New!
  • PostScript output added New!
  • CGM input option (CGM FLY) New!
  • Support of Unicode font encoding

Formats Specific Enhancements
WMF (PDF FLY, pdf2picture))
EMF

  • support for hatch filling New!

  • improved text alignment New!

  • support for both 24-bit image objects and 8-bit dithered objects (6.0 and higher)

  • support of scaling (6.5))

  • support of Aldus placeable or plain WMF (6.0 and higher)

  • Improved text placement increases fidelity and creates a smaller file size.

  • pdf2picture (current version is 6.85) released as a dedicated, low-cost solution for converting PDF files into editable WMF or EMF vector objects for Microsoft Office; selectable page range (no batch capabilities, $59)
SVG

  • Kerning of text to improve exact positioning New!

  • Supports unigue style names per page

  • Innclude CEF fonts into the SVG file
DXF (PDF FLY, pdf2cad))

  • DXF layering based on colors New!

  • Circle/ellipse recognition of paths/polygons New!

  • pdf2cad released as a cost-effective solution for converting single PDF files into DXF (no batch capabilities, $195)

  • Limit conversion to a range of pages instead of the complete filee

  • New option to convert splines to polylines/polygons option (6.5) for programs that do not natively support SPLINES.

  • Option to convert splines into circle/ellipse option (6.5)

  • Improved text support in DXF output(6.5))
Image Formats - JPEG, PNG, BMP and GIF (PDF FLY, pdf2image), TIFF (PDF FLY only)

  • BMP (Windows bitmap) added as a new image format New!

  • Improved TIFF fax format support New!

  • PNG added as a new Web format (6.0 and higher)

  • pdf2image released as a dedicated, low-cost solution for converting PDF files into WYSIWYG image formats for the Web and Microsoft Office (no batch capabilities, $59). Current version of pdf2image is 6.81

  • High quality anti-aliased bitmap files (6.1 and higher)

  • Batch conversion feature makes it easy to generate web-images automatically and in volume from PDF and PostScript files.

  • Option to remove margin or white space from around image (custom cropping)

  • Choose relative pixel dimensions to create thumbnails or other graphics to fit perfectly into your web designs.

  • Create a cropped, fit-to-dimension thumbnail as second image.
CGM (PDF FLY)

  • CGM input supported (CGM FLY) New!

  • CGM output supports more CGM profiles - ATA, PIP, MIL etc (6.5)
EPS (PDF FLY)

  • now also supports EPSF (EPS with TIFF preview) (6.1 and higher)

  • Improved EPS output (6.0 and higher)

  • Option to map fonts to a PostScript printer font name

  • Option to fit result to page

  • Option to include type-1 fonts

  • Lists unknown fonts in EPS file so you can determine best substitutes.
ASCII (PDF FLY)
  • Improved text placement for forms (overlapping text) New!