Building on Mathematica's extensive data manipulation capabilities, Mathematica 8 adds a wide range of new import and export features, advanced image processing algorithms, and built-in wavelet representation and manipulation functions.

New Import & Export Formats

"Affymetrix" — Affymetrix microarray formats (.cel, .cdf, .chp, .gin, .psi)

"ArcGRID" — ESRI GIS format

"BDF" — BDF physiological signal recordings format (.bdf)

"C" — C code generation (.c)

"DIMACS" — DIMACS graph data format (.col, .col.b)

"DOT" — DOT graph data format (.gv, .dot)

"GPX" — GPX global positioning format (.gpx)

"GRIB" — GRIB meteorology format (.grb, .grib)

"Graphlet" — GML graph data (.gml)

"GraphML" — GraphML graph format (.graphml)

"GXL" — GXL graph data (.gxl)

"EPS" — import EPS (.eps)

"ICS" — ICS calendar data format (.ics, .ical, .ifb)

"JSON" — JSON web service format (.json)

"KML" — Google Earth GIS format (.kml, .kmz)

"LEDA" — LEDA graph format (.gw, .lgr)

"NDK" — NDK seismographic data format (.ndk)

"NEXUS" — NEXUS phylogenetic format (.nex, .nxs)

"Pajek" — Pajek graph data (.net)

"QuickTime" — Apple QuickTime codecs (.mov)

"SurferGrid" — geospatial data format (.grd)

"TGF" — graph format (.tgf)

"TLE" — TLE satellite data format (.tle, .tce)

"VCS" — VCS calendar data format (.vcs)

"VideoFrames" — sequence of raster images

"VTK" — Visualization Toolkit 3D format (.vtk)

"XLSX" — Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet format (.xlsx)

Updated Import & Export Formats

"BMP" — support for additional data types

"FLAC" — import and export meta-information

"JPEG" — added support for CMYK color space

"HTML" — new elements for importing images

"MAT" — import of data tags

"MTX" — performance enhancements

"OBJ" — added support for color

"OFF" — import and export of opacity information

"PDB" — added advanced import elements

"PDF" — import password-protected PDF files

"STL" — overall performance improvements

"TIFF" — overall performance improvements

"XLS" — import embedded images and hyperlinks

New in Date & Time »

DateList (modified) — quicker date format conversion

DateString (modified) — quicker conversion of date input to a string

New in Image Processing & Analysis »

ImageCapture — captures an image from your computer's primary camera device

ImageAspectRatio  ▪  ImageColorSpace  ▪  ImageDifference  ▪  ...

Inpaint  ▪  MeanShift  ▪  ImageTransformation  ▪  ...

RandomImage — generate a random image from a distribution

EdgeDetect  ▪  ImageCorrespondingPoints  ▪  ImageKeypoints  ▪  ...

MinDetect  ▪  MaxDetect  ▪  Radon  ▪  ...

Masking — specify the image or graphics description of the region to which filters will be applied

BilateralFilter  ▪  ImageDeconvolve  ▪  KuwaharaFilter  ▪  ListDeconvolve  ▪  ...

MeanShiftFilter  ▪  RangeFilter  ▪  TotalVariationFilter  ▪  WienerFilter  ▪  ...

ComponentMeasurements  ▪  MorphologicalBinarize  ▪  ClusteringComponents  ▪  ...

DeleteSmallComponents  ▪  DeleteBorderComponents  ▪  WatershedComponents  ▪  ...

Colorize — color every component differently

Pruning  ▪  Thinning  ▪  FillingTransform  ▪  ...

InverseDistanceTransform  ▪  SkeletonTransform  ▪  ...

New in Wavelet Analysis »

DiscreteWaveletTransform — discrete wavelet transform (DWT)

ContinuousWaveletTransform — continuous wavelet transform (CWT)

LiftingWaveletTransform  ▪  DiscreteWaveletPacketTransform  ▪  ...

WaveletPhi — scaling function

HaarWavelet  ▪  DaubechiesWavelet  ▪  CoifletWavelet  ▪  ...

MexicanHatWavelet  ▪  GaborWavelet  ▪  MorletWavelet  ▪  ...

WaveletThreshold — threshold filtering of wavelet coefficients

WaveletBestBasis  ▪  DiscreteWaveletData  ▪  ContinuousWaveletData  ▪  ...

WaveletScalogram — plot 1D scalogram

WaveletListPlot  ▪  WaveletMatrixPlot  ▪  WaveletImagePlot  ▪  ...