Hi there,
we have just deployed a new Find my Font version: 3.1.00.
You can find bellow the full list of new features, the most important being the addition of an image correction tool, which allows the user to identify a font without any external image pre-processing even in cases of perspective deformation (e.g. a photo taken from a weird angle) or a low quality image.
The new tool performs one or all of the following operations in a single step:
Correct Deformation & Perspective, Enlarge Image x3, Mirror Image, Increase Contrast & Shrink or Expand Image Horizontally.
This is a sample screen to show how the image correction tool works: You select a 4-points area -by following the text-flow-, select all required options (in this case Enlarge & Perspective Fix) and click on the [Apply] button to acquire a corrected image copy, on top of your original image.
The next step is to proceed with letter selection & font identification - as usual.
I 'd like to thank all Typophile site font-masters for the valuable expertise I gained by your feedback and I also like to thank all of you asked for or solved a font ID request, because the only way to improve an application is to adapt it to real-world samples and real people needs.
You can download the latest release by entering your license number in the product update page:
http://www.findmyfont.com/index.php/members/product-update
or you can always download the free-30-days-trial edition here:
http://www.findmyfont.com/index.php/download/download-free-edition
I will be glad to hear your thoughts about this new release.
Cheers,
Fivos
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Full list of Find my Font v3.1.00 new features:
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(1) Image Correction tool
This new tool allows the user to make multiple corrections on the image such as:
Deformation correction
Image enlargement
Image mirroring
Contrast correction
Image expansion
All the above corrections can be performed on the whole image of any part of it. A preview is shown to allow the user to perform the necessary adjustments before finalizing the correction.
(2) Network Parameters
The program now allows the user to indicate if he's using a proxy to connect to the internet and the parameters for the connection.
(3) Improved Baseline Rotation tool
The tool now shows vertical lines to make the 'horizontalize' operation much easier.
(4) Tool tips
The new tool tip area provides useful information about the selected tool. The user may also adjust the tool's parameters in this area.
(5)Minor corrections / improvements
Mac OS GUI corrections
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