Version history for IrfanView (64-bit)

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Changes for v4.53 - v4.54

• Multiple Undo/Redo steps added (max. 20 steps, Properties-Editing)
• - Zoom magnifier added to fullscreen mode
• - Option to disable Zoom magnifier (Properties-Viewing)
• - Profiles option added to Print dialog
• - New option in Properties-Fullscreen: Set horizontal and/or vertical centering
• - New option in Print dialog: Set horizontal and/or vertical centering
• - Option to set selection border thickness (Properties-Editing)
• - Option to enable/disable PlugIns (Help-Installed PlugIns)
• - Extended sidecar files option: Copy/Move possible (Properties-File Handling)
• - New Canvas dialog option/method: Set aspect ratio
• - New option in Watch/Hot Folder dialog: Watch subfolders
• - New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Add (or Replace) ICC color profile
• - New Thumbnails option: Keep focus in folder tree (after folder change/click)
• - Option to show Color Corrections dialog in dark mode
• - Fix in Metadata PlugIn (crash with bad EXIF tag in CR2 files; KVE-2019-1184)
• - BMP loading bug fixed (thanks to Joshua Faust, CVE-2019-16887)
• - JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq)
• - ANI PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17252)
• - RAS PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17251)
• - EXR PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17255)
• - DPX PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17256)
• - WSQ PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17250)
• - JLS PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17253)

Changes for v4.52 - v4.53

• New effect in Image->Effects menu: Insert Speech Bubbles
• Examples/Screenshot: speech_bubbles.jpg
• New effect in Image menu: Add Shadow, Shape, Rounded corners, Snowflake etc.
• New effect in Image menu: Add Hexagon (or tiles), Star, Spikes, Heart etc.
• Show mouse zoom magnifier: CTRL+SHIFT + Mouse-move in the image
• (mouse wheel zooms within magnifier area, click inside closes it)
• New border effect in "Add Frame" dialog: Broken Edge
• New effect added: Radial Brighten (Effects browser dialog)
• New option in Capture dialog: Draw red circle around cursor
• New option in Advanced batch dialog: Set maximal dimensions for resize
• Profiles option added to Contact Sheet dialog
• Option to read 1 BPP images in RAW dialog
• Command line: /filepattern can be combined with /slideshow
• TIF/PCX/PSD loading bugs fixed (thanks to Apriorit)
• Some PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:

Changes for v4.51 - v4.52

• Improved Paint PlugIn stability
• Support for DPX and CIN formats (DPX PlugIn, thanks to Patrick A. Palmer)
• Support for FLIF format (Free Lossless Image Format, PlugIn)
• Support for HEIF format (with installed HEVC extensions/codec, see Win10)
• New option in Advanced batch dialog: Set minimal dimensions for resize
• Option to save settings in Canvas dialog
• Insert Text dialog: CTRL + click in image adds the text permanently
• Command line: /filepattern option: accepts multiple extensions ("*.jpg;*.png")
• Improved support for high DPI displays
• Improved JPG2000 format loading
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:

Changes for v4.44 - v4.50

• IrfanView and many PlugIns ported to Unicode!
• The INI file will be converted to Unicode if you call the "Properties" dialog
• IrfanView will NOT run on Win9x anymore
• Support for iPhone PNG files (Formats PlugIn, thanks to Jongware)
• Move selection with: CTRL or SHIFT + right mouse button (Y or X axis only)
• New option in Extract Pages/Frames dialog: Set page/frame range
• Some fixes in the Print dialog
• New text pattern: $m = show number of megapixels
• New Thumbnails sort menu: Sort by Megapixels
• Adjust print preview image to color/bw printer settings
• Wallpaper save format changed to PNG (Win8 and later)
• New zooming method: Mouse wheel alone, if "Browsing->View other files" disabled
• New command line option: /hotfolder="folder"
• => start Hotfolder option with a specific folder
• ANI format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
• JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (Talos Advisory TALOS-2017-0310)
• FPX/RLE/DJVU/ANI/SVG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Lin Wang)
• Tools PlugIn EXE-loading problem fixed (thanks to Cody Sixteen and Lin Wang)
• Several PlugIns fixed or ported to unicode, please install the newest versions:

Changes for v4.42 - v4.44

• Metadata PlugIn ported to Unicode (EXIF/IPTC/Comment data in JPG files)
• Batch scan dialog: Scan to multipage file works also with PDF output
• New Edit menu options: Remove or Insert strip (based on selection)
• New Blur filter: Gaussian Blur (thanks to Ivan Kuckir)
• New Blur filter: Fast Gaussian Blur (thanks to Mario Klingemann)
• New Properties->Fullscreen option: Show blurred image sides
• Option to show mouse coordinates (Properties->Viewing)
• New options in Histogram dialog: modeless dialog, selections, curves
• New effect added: Vertical Shift (Effects browser dialog)
• New Thumbnails menu: Show/hide filenames text for thumbnails
• New Image->Effects PlugIn: Film Simulation (thanks to Jan Ingwer Baer)
• (check the PlugIns page for CLUT files download)
• New wallpaper option: Fill (Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + F)
• New Rename dialog option: Rename also sidecar files
• New Print dialog option: Save settings (without printing)
• Command line option "/append" works also with PDF output
• A BMP loading bug fixed (thanks to Ren Yi)
• The hotkey "D" (clear screen) works also in Fullscreen/Slideshow mode
• Loading crashes fixed in JP2 PlugIn (JPG-2000 format)
• The Luratech formats (JP2/JPM) are now Freeware (Saving and Batch mode)
• Command line: /convert accepts wildcard also for a single filename, like:
• i_view32.exe c:\testimg.bmp /convert=c:\tifs\*.tif => save as "testimg.tif"
• Command line: /capture=7 can contain the input rectangle, like:
• i_view32.exe /capture=7=(0,0,800,600)

Changes for v4.41 - v4.42

• New File menu: Save Selection as (Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + B)
• New option in Capture dialog: Show timer countdown
• New option in Export Tiles dialog: Extract all pages from multipage files
• New option in Fine Rotation dialog: Select "best" old image
• New option in Print dialog: No image overflow on page
• New HTML-Export dialog option: Copy extra files to destination folder
• (prepare a "copy_files.txt" file with filenames)
• Some PCX/BMP/PPM loading bugs fixed (thanks to Moshe Kaplan)
• Improved FITS format loading
• New text pattern: $R = image aspect ratio (width/height)
• New hotkey: CTRL + Click into selection = clear selection
• Some minor fixes (Thumbnails/folder scan)
• Some workarounds for Windows-10 bugs/issues (Installer signature, Associations)
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

Changes for v4.40 - v4.41

• 64-bit version: Use 32-bit TWAIN drivers if 64-bit drivers not installed
• New dialog/GUI on Windows tablets ("2 in 1", Thanks to Arun Anbu from Intel)
• New hotkey: SHIFT + Tab: Start/End Tablet mode dialog
• New hotkey: CTRL + Insert: Edit->Copy
• New Slideshow hotkey: Q = Pause/Resume a timer slideshow
• New option for /info command line: write CSV file: /info=infofile.csv
• Added PlugIns-Installer options for: /silent and /folder (Check FAQs page)
• "Amazon 1Button App" offer removed
• Some fixes (Auto color correction, PNG compression, UNC-Paths in 64-bit)

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