Notes for R2-2

RELEASE.md

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 Release Notes
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+### R2-2 (October XXX, 2020)
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+* Added new ConvertPixelFormat mbbo record with choices of Mono16Low and Mono16High.  
+  This record controls how Mono12Packed and Mono12p pixel formats are decompressed.
+  Mono16Low means that the data is not left-shifted by 4 bits, so bits 11-15 are 0.
+  Mono16High means that the data is left-shifted by 4 bits, so bits 0-3 are 0.
+  This requires ADGenICam R1-7 or later because that contains the code to handle the left-shift option.
+* Replaced the LeftShift record with ShiftDir and ShiftBits.
+  ShiftDir selects the direction in which to shift UInt16 data.  Choices are None, Left, and Right.
+  ShiftBits controls the number of bits to shift.  Choices are 1-8.
+  This change allows complete control over how to shift Mono10, Mono12, and Mono16 pixel formats.
+  For example, FLIR cameras always left-shift Mono16 PixelFormat data so the most-significant bit 
+  is in bit 15, and the data range is 0-65535, even if the ADC is only 10 or 12 bits.
+  In some cases it may be preferable to right-shift this data so that it only spans the 
+  actual range of the ADC.  
+  In the case of a 12-bit ADC this would be done with ShiftDir=Right and ShiftBits=4.
+  The data will then span the range 0-4095.
+
 ### R2-1 (October 2, 2020)
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 * Added support for PixelFormat=Mono12Packed and Mono12p.