DirectXTex: November 15, 2012

Author: walbourn_cp

ReadMe.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DIRECTX TEXTURE LIBRARY (DirectXTex)
 
 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
-September 28, 2012
+November 15, 2012
 
 This package contains DirectXTex, a shared source library for reading and writing DDS
 files, and performing various texture content processing operations including
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ writer since this image file format is commonly used for texture content process
 but is not currently supported by a built-in WIC codec.
 
 The source is written for Visual C++ 2010 using the Direct3D headers from either
-a current DirectX SDK or Windows SDK. It can also be compiled using the VS 2012 RC and the
-Windows SDK 8.0 headers included with that release.
+a current DirectX SDK or Windows SDK. It can also be compiled using Visual Studio 2012 and the
+Windows SDK 8.0 headers.
 
-It is recommended that you make use of Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 or VS 2012 RC, and
-Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or the Windows 8 Release Preview.
+It is recommended that you make use of Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 or VS 2012, and
+Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.
 
 DDSTextureLoader\
     This contains a streamlined version of the DirectX SDK sample DDSWithoutD3DX11 texture
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES
   for 3D volume mipmap-generation.
 
 * Due to the underlying Windows BMP WIC codec, alpha channels are not supported for 16bpp or 32bpp BMP pixel format files. The Windows 8
-  version of the Windows BMP WIC codec does support 32bpp pixel formats with alpha when using the BITMAPV5HEADER file header.
+  version of the Windows BMP WIC codec does support 32bpp pixel formats with alpha when using the BITMAPV5HEADER file header. Note the updated
+  WIC is available on Windows 7 SP1 with KB 2670838 installed.
 
 * The WIC conversion cases currently ignore TEX_FILTER_SRGB_IN and TEX_FILTER_SRGB_OUT out.
 
@@ -111,56 +112,81 @@ RELEASE NOTES
 * WICTextureLoader cannot load .TGA files unless the system has a 3rd party WIC codec installed. You must use the DirectXTex
   library for TGA file format support without relying on an add-on WIC codec.
 
+* Loading of 96bpp floating-point TIFF files results in a corrupted image prior to Windows 8. This fix is available on Windows 7 SP1 with
+  KB 2670838 installed.
+
 
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 RELEASE HISTORY
 
-September 28, 2012: Added ScreenGrab module for creating runtime screenshots
-                    Renamed project files for better naming consistency
-                    New Typeless utilities for DirectXTex
-                    Some minor code cleanup for DirectXTex's WIC writer function
-                    Bug fixes and new -tu/-tf options for texconv
-
-June 22, 2012: Moved to using XNA Math 2.05 instead of XNA Math 2.04 for USE_XNAMATH builds
-               Fixed BGR vs. RGB color channel swizzle problem with 24bpp legacy .DDS files in DirectXTex
-               Update to DirectXTex WIC and WICTextureLoader for additional 96bpp float format handling on Windows 8
-
-May 31, 2012: Minor fix for DDSTextureLoader's retry fallback that can happen with 10level9 feature levels
-              Switched to use "_DEBUG" instead of "DEBUG" and cleaned up debug warnings
-              added Metro style application project files for DirectXTex
-
-April 20, 2012: DirectTex's WIC-based writer opts-in for the Windows 8 BMP encoder option for writing 32 bpp RGBA files with the BITMAPV5HEADER
-
-March 30, 2012: WICTextureLoader updated with Windows 8 WIC pixel formats
-                DirectXTex updated with limited non-power-of-2 texture support and TEX_FILTER_SEPARATE_ALPHA option
-                Texconv updated with '-sepalpha' command-line option
-		Added USE_XNAMATH control define to build DirectXTex using either XNAMath or DirectXMath
-                Added VS 2012 project files (which use DirectXMath instead of XNAMath and define DXGI_1_2_FORMATS)
-
-March 15, 2012: Fix for resource leak in CreateShaderResourceView() Direct3D 11 helper function in DirectXTex
-
-March 5, 2012: Fix for too much temp memory allocated by WICTextureLoader; cleaned up legacy 'min/max' macro usage in DirectXTex
+November 15, 2012
+    Added support for WIC2 when available on Windows 8 and Windows 7 with KB 2670838
+    Added optional targetGUID parameter to SaveWIC* APIs to influence final container pixel format choice
+    Fixed bug in SaveDDS* which was generating invalid DDS files for 1D dimension textures
+    Improved robustness of CaptureTexture when resolving MSAA source textures
+    Sync'd DDSTextureLoader, ScreenGrab, and WICTextureLoader standalone versions with latest DirectXTK release
 
-February 21, 2012: WICTextureLoader updated to handle systems and device drivers without BGRA or 16bpp format support
-
-February 20, 2012: Some code cleanup for DirectXTex and DDSTextureLoader
-                   Fixed bug in 10:10:10:2 format fixup in the LoadDDSFromMemory function
-                   Fixed bugs in "non-zero alpha" special-case handling in LoadTGAFromFile
-                   Fixed bug in _SwizzleScanline when copying alpha channel for BGRA<->RGBA swizzling
-
-February 11, 2012: Update of DDSTextureLoader to also build in Metro style apps; added WICTextureLoader
-                   Added CMYK WIC pixel formats to the DirectXTex conversion table
-
-January 30, 2012: Minor code-cleanup for DirectXTex to enable use of PCH through 'directxtexp.h' header
-
-January 24, 2011: Some code-cleanup for DirectXTex
-                  Added DXGI 1.2 implementation for DDSTextureLoader and DirectXTex guarded with DXGI_1_2_FORMATS compiliation define 
-
-December 16, 2011: Fixed x64 compilation warnings in DDSTextureLoader
-
-November 30, 2011: Fixed some of the constants used in IsSupportedTexture(),
-                   added ability to strip off top levels of mips in DDSTextureLoader,
-                   changed DirectXTex to use CoCreateInstance rather than LoadLibrary to obtain the WIC factory,
-                   a few minor /analyze related annotations for DirectXTex
-
-October 27, 2011: Original release
+September 28, 2012
+    Added ScreenGrab module for creating runtime screenshots
+    Renamed project files for better naming consistency
+    New Typeless utilities for DirectXTex
+    Some minor code cleanup for DirectXTex's WIC writer function
+    Bug fixes and new -tu/-tf options for texconv
+
+June 22, 2012
+    Moved to using XNA Math 2.05 instead of XNA Math 2.04 for USE_XNAMATH builds
+    Fixed BGR vs. RGB color channel swizzle problem with 24bpp legacy .DDS files in DirectXTex
+    Update to DirectXTex WIC and WICTextureLoader for additional 96bpp float format handling on Windows 8
+
+May 31, 2012
+    Minor fix for DDSTextureLoader's retry fallback that can happen with 10level9 feature levels
+    Switched to use "_DEBUG" instead of "DEBUG" and cleaned up debug warnings
+    added Metro style application project files for DirectXTex
+
+April 20, 2012
+    DirectTex's WIC-based writer opts-in for the Windows 8 BMP encoder option for writing 32 bpp RGBA files with the BITMAPV5HEADER
+
+March 30, 2012
+    WICTextureLoader updated with Windows 8 WIC pixel formats
+    DirectXTex updated with limited non-power-of-2 texture support and TEX_FILTER_SEPARATE_ALPHA option
+    Texconv updated with '-sepalpha' command-line option
+    Added USE_XNAMATH control define to build DirectXTex using either XNAMath or DirectXMath
+    Added VS 2012 project files (which use DirectXMath instead of XNAMath and define DXGI_1_2_FORMATS)
+
+March 15, 2012
+    Fix for resource leak in CreateShaderResourceView() Direct3D 11 helper function in DirectXTex
+
+March 5, 2012
+    Fix for too much temp memory allocated by WICTextureLoader; cleaned up legacy 'min/max' macro usage in DirectXTex
+
+February 21, 2012
+    WICTextureLoader updated to handle systems and device drivers without BGRA or 16bpp format support
+
+February 20, 2012
+    Some code cleanup for DirectXTex and DDSTextureLoader
+    Fixed bug in 10:10:10:2 format fixup in the LoadDDSFromMemory function
+    Fixed bugs in "non-zero alpha" special-case handling in LoadTGAFromFile
+    Fixed bug in _SwizzleScanline when copying alpha channel for BGRA<->RGBA swizzling
+
+February 11, 2012
+    Update of DDSTextureLoader to also build in Metro style apps; added WICTextureLoader
+    Added CMYK WIC pixel formats to the DirectXTex conversion table
+
+January 30, 2012
+    Minor code-cleanup for DirectXTex to enable use of PCH through 'directxtexp.h' header
+
+January 24, 2011
+    Some code-cleanup for DirectXTex
+    Added DXGI 1.2 implementation for DDSTextureLoader and DirectXTex guarded with DXGI_1_2_FORMATS compiliation define 
+
+December 16, 2011
+    Fixed x64 compilation warnings in DDSTextureLoader
+
+November 30, 2011
+    Fixed some of the constants used in IsSupportedTexture(),
+    added ability to strip off top levels of mips in DDSTextureLoader,
+    changed DirectXTex to use CoCreateInstance rather than LoadLibrary to obtain the WIC factory,
+    a few minor /analyze related annotations for DirectXTex
+
+October 27, 2011
+    Original release