April 7, 2017

• VS 2017 updated for Windows Creators Update SDK (15063)
• texassemble: -tonemap switch
• texconv: -wicmulti switch

January 31, 2017

• DirectX 12 versions of IsSupported, CreateTexture (PrepareUpload), and CaptureTexture
• Update to DirectX 11 version of IsSupported
• WIC format 40bppCMYKAlpha should be converted to RGBA8 rather than RGBA16
• DDS support for L8A8 with bitcount 8 rather than 16
• DXGI_FORMAT_R32G8X24_TYPELESS and DXGI_FORMAT_R24G8_TYPELESS should be IsDepthStencil formats
• Updates to DDSTextureLoader, ScreenGrab, and WICTextureLoader
• Minor code cleanup

See this blog post

December 5, 2016

• Fixed over-validation in DDS header parsing
• VS 2017 RC projects added
• Minor code cleanup

October 5, 2016

• breaking change Renamed Evaluate to EvaluateImage, Transform to TransformImage
• texdiag: new command-line tool for texture debugging
• texconv: -bcmax, -bcquick, -tonemap, and -x2bias switches
• texconv: overwrite writing and -y switch
• texconv/texassemble: optional OpenEXR support
• texassemble: command syntax with support for generating strip and cross images from cubemap
• Updates to DDSTextureLoader, WICTextureLoader, and ScreenGrab
• Minor code cleanup

September 14, 2016

• HDR (RGBE Radiance) file format reader and writer
• Evaluate and Transform functions for computing user-defined functions on images
• Fix BC6H GPU shaders on WARP device
• Fix for alignment issues on ARM devices in software compression codec
• Added TEX_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT (0.5f) constant default alpha threshold value for Convert & Compress
• Minor CaptureTexture optimization
• texconv/texassemble: Support for .hdr file format
• texconv: added -gpu switch to specify adapter to use for GPU-based compression codecs
• texconv: added -badtails switch to enable loading of legacy DXTn DDS files with incomplete mipchain tails
• texconv: added -c switch for old-school colorkey/chromakey transparency to alpha conversion
• texconv: added -alpha switch for reverse premultiply along with TEX_PMALPHA_REVERSE flag
• texconv: added wildcard support for input filename and optional -r switch for recursive search

See this blog post for more information about .hdr.

August 4, 2016

• CompileShader script updated to build external pdbs
• Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK (14393)

August 2, 2016

• Updated for VS 2015 Update 3 and Windows 10 SDK (14393)

August 1, 2016

• Workaround for bug in XMStoreFloat3SE (impacts conversions to DXGI_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP)
• DDSTextureLoader12, WICTextureLoader12, and ScreenGrab12 for Direct3D 12 support
• Minor code cleanup

June 27, 2016

• texconv command-line tool -wicq and -wiclossless switches
• Code cleanup

April 26, 2016

• Optional callback from WIC reader functions to query additional metadata
• Retired obsolete adapter code
• Minor code cleanup