What is new in SVGMarks 4
SVGMarks 4 is the latest version of SVGMarks, which was developed by a complete overhaul of the previous version 3.08. It comes with the following major improvements:
- Inkscape is no longer needed. Opening images, their processing, and mark alignment is lightning fast because it is done internally by SVGMarks.
- Image stitching is a new feature that combines multiple images into a single, seamlessly stitched image. These images can either remain untransformed or undergo the same transformation based on the transformation of a selected image. This functionality is particularly useful when images are acquired automatically using a microscope with a motorized stage. Once created, the stitched image can be imported into a design file for further use if needed.
- Support for high DPI displays and font scaling (fonts no longer appear blurred on modern displays in Windows 10/11).
- Mark properties (such as color and thickness) can be adjusted during manual alignment because SVGMarks has full control over the workflow.
Release notes
| 4.2 | 10 Jan 2025 | Major upgrade to the stitching feature. The stitching feature can now create a single large stitched image by combining transformed or untransformed images. Stitching can also be performed based on features (not necessarily marks) present in neighboring images. Specifically, image translation vectors can be defined by manually placing marks on common features in the neighboring images. |
| 4.1 | 29 Sep 2024 | Added support for 4-mark image transformation, also known as perspective correction. |
| 4.0 | 27 May 2024 | The brand-new version that no longer requires Inkscape and has many new features (see "What is new in SVGMarks 4" above). |
| 3.08 | 26 Sep 2020 | Fixed the 'Parameter is not valid' bug. The problem was caused by the last release of Inkscape 1.0.x, which deprecated some commands without providing backwards compatibility. This version of SVGMarks is not needed for Inkscape 0.92.x. |
| 3.07 | 22 Jan 2018 | It is possible to change the size, thickness and colour of marks. Fixed issue with some high-resolution images (e.g. taken from a smartphone). |
| 3.06 | 15 Sep 2017 | It is possible to enter a minus sign in the text boxes using the numeric keypad. Fixed problem with wrong directory separator on Linux. |
| 3.05 | 12 Sep 2017 | Fixed error 'Input string was not in a correct format'. This was caused by a recent version of Inkscape that changed the format of some vector objects. |