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Changes from v4.23 -> v4.25

• New capture option: Region capture (Thanks to grebulon)
• (as option in Capture dialog or hotkey: CTRL + PrintKey)
• OCR Feature/PlugIn added (Options menu, Hotkey: F9, full image or selection)
• PlugIn download: http://rerecognition-download.ch/irfan/kadmos44/KADMOS.htm
• New command line switches for /capture
• 4 = use region capture, 5 = start in capture mode using dialog settings
• New and re-arranged Properties dialogs
• New Color Management options in Properties->Viewing (new LCMS PlugIn needed)
• Burning PlugIn: can burn using Nero or Windows interface (WinXP or later)
• Support for JLS format (JPEG-LS, PlugIn by KATO Kanryu)
• Support for WBZ/WBC/WB1 formats (Webshots formats, PlugIn by V. Paramoshin)
• New display option: Use Resample for zooming (Menu: View->Display options)
• New fullscreen option: Use Resample for zooming (Properties->Fullscreen)
• Option to save changes on exit in now also used for image/file change
• New option in Batch-Scan dialog: Remember last scan counter
• Previous "Search files" dialog results showed again on next search
• Batch rename dialog: Last 15 rename patterns are saved
• New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by image DPI
• New placeholder: $p (image DPI)
• New buttons/options in File-Replace dialog for multiple files
• Resample bug with very special images fixed (TIF bug reported by Secunia, thanks!)
• The option "View->Lock zoom" works now with all display options
• Show PNG and TGA/DDS alpha color options merged (Properties->Viewing)
• New command line option: /reloadonloop
• Reload input source used in /slideshow when list is finished
• Command line, /convert: exit codes added: 0 = OK, 1 = load error, 2 = save error
• Support for TIFs with 12 bits per channel
• New option in Postscript PlugIn: Enable Antialiasing for better quality
• New button in EXIF dialog: Show in GeoHack-Wiki (for GPS coordinates)
• New help menu: Check homepage for updates
• Browsing hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + number (0-9), decrease file index by number
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

Changes from v4.22 -> v4.23

• Added History list for Random slideshow ("No file repeat" removed)
• New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
• Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
• TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
• New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
• i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt
• i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /thumbs
• i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /convert=d:\*.jpg
• => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
• New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
• Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
• External editor names are showed in the menu text
• New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
• Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
• New wallpaper menu: Stretched - proportional
• New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
• New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
• Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
• New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
• New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
• New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
• New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas; CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop; SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)
• Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving

Changes from v4.20 -> v4.22

• Added History list for Random slideshow ("No file repeat" removed)
• New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
• Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
• TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
• New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
• i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt
• i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /thumbs
• i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /convert=d:\*.jpg
• => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
• New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
• Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
• External editor names are showed in the menu test
• New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
• Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
• New wallpaper menu: Stretched - proportional
• New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
• New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
• Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
• New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
• New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
• New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
• New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
• CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
• SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
• http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)

Changes from v4.10 -> v4.20

• Basic Unicode support added (Properties->Misc 1, thanks to Christophe Paris!)
• New zoom options; improved relative zoom (Properties->Viewing)
• Thumbnails can be sorted manually using drag/drop
• GIF animations can be played in fullscreen/slideshow mode
• New Advanced batch options: Fine rotation, Blur, Median ...
• Option to show TIF Annotations created by Kodak Imaging (Properties->Viewing)
• New JPG save option: Set file size (PlugIn: thanks to Lucian Sabo)
• New save menu: Save for Web (PlugIn: thanks to Lucian Sabo)
• New thumbnails options to disable or configure info text on mouse over
• New edit menu: Auto crop borders (remove outside lines/rows of same color)
• New feature in Canvas dialog: negative border sizes are allowed (border crop)
• New option in Capture dialog: Capture desktop on current monitor only
• New options in Custom selection dialog: Set custom ratio; Save values
• New slideshow option (window mode): Set window position
• New Fullscreen display options: Fit to screen width/height (Hotkeys: 5/6)
• IPTC data in TIF files can be showed (no editing yet)
• Fixed Thumbnails crash on multi core CPUs
• New command line option for EXE Slideshow: /window=(x,y,width,height)
• Option to set Status bar text using placeholders (Properties->Misc 3)
• Option for proportional paste into selection (Properties->Misc 3)
• Support for EXR format (PlugIn)
• Support for MAG format (MAKI, Formats PlugIn)
• Default display option is now: Fit only big images to desktop
• Expanded Copy/Move dialog (4 more folders)
• New Edit menu: Maximize and center selection (hold CTRL to center only)
• New option in Edit Palette dialog: Click on image to find color index
• New Thumbnails menu: Remove selected thumbs from list, Hotkey: Ctrl+Del
• New Thumbnails menu: Save selected files names as TXT
• New Thumbnails menu: Start Panorama dialog with selected files
• The Enhance/Correct colors dialog can be resized/maximized
• Enhanced TIF-LZW saving with 24 BPP images (smaller files are created)
• New command line option: /jpg_rotate=(...values...) JPG lossless rotation, see i_options.txt for examples
• New command line option: /transpcolor=(r,g,b) set transparent color: can be used for GIF/PNG/ICO saving
• New Hotkey: SHIFT + F = Fit only big images to desktop
• New Hotkey: SHIFT + W = Fit images to window
• New Hotkey: NUM-PAD 5 = Scroll to image center
• New Hotkey/Menu: CTRL + N = Open current file in another IrfanView window
• New Thumbnails option: Auto scroll during creation
• New option in JPG IPTC/Comment dialog: Append text to old text
• Scan dialog: 'Skip existing files' works also for multipage TIF files
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)

Changes from v4.0 -> v4.10

• New PlugIn: Paint (Edit menu, Hotkey: F12, thanks to Matteo Italia!) It allows IrfanView to paint lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
• Support for embedded color profiles in JPG/TIF (Properties->Viewing) LCMS PlugIn, thanks to Marti Maria
• New command line option: /advancedbatch (Apply advanced batch options to image) Allows many image operations, add text etc.
• Lossless JPG Crop added (Menu: Options or Thumbnails (batch mode))
• Added option to tag/mark files during browsing (window or fullscreen mode): Hotkeys: X = tag file, SHIFT+X = untag file, SHIFT+Q: show tagged files in Thumbnails
• Support for FLV format (Flash PlugIn, thanks to Remio)
• Histogram feature added (Menu: Image, Hotkey: SHIFT+H)
• Zoom calculation changed: relative, based on previous zoom value
• Auto adjust colors works with selections (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
• Option to save values from "Enhance Colors" dialog
• New effects added: Green and Yellow eye reduction (Effects browser dialog)
• Option to keep current scroll position for the next image (Menu: View)
• Support for HDP/WDP format (Microsoft HD Photo, PlugIn)
• Save support for JNG format (Thanks to Pavel Demchuk)
• New GUI for batch/slideshow dialogs
• Custom selection dialog uses current selection at start, if available
• New compression options in PDF export (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
• New loading options for normal RAW files (Thanks to Sergey Fokin)
• Fullscreen options can be changed during fullscreen mode
• Browsing: if CTRL pressed, the file index increases/decreases by 5 (default: 1)
• 3 external editors are possible now (Properties->Misc 3)
• New option for Import palette: Use nearest color (Properties->Misc 3)
• Changes in print option Scale (original image size is used as input)
• New print option for multipage images: Print odd or even pages
• Some changes/optimizations in HTML templates
• CTRL+A selects the whole image in the main window
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some bugs fixed (IFF/PCX/JP2 loading, GIF animations, Palette import)

Changes from v3.99 -> v4.0

• Improved Vista compatibility
• New display option: Center image in window (Menu: View->Display options)
• Toolbar skin option added (Properties->Toolbar). More Toolbar skins are available on the IrfanView homepage
• New Properties->Video option: Use DirectShow for playing (good for MJPG AVIs)
• New advanced batch option: Auto adjust colors
• "Enhance colors" can be now used on selections
• New EXIF dialog button: Show in Google Earth (if GPS data available)
• The EXIF dialog can stay displayed on screen
• New Vista icon
• New Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + M = Show/edit JPG comment
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
• Some bugs fixed (Start folder, RLE BMPs, ANI loading)

Changes from v3.98 -> v3.99

• Option to Search files (File menu or Thumbnails, Hotkey: CTRL+F)
• Support for PDF export (PlugIn) (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
• New Thumnails option: Load file list from TXT
• New zoom workwise: Centered zoom or based on old scroll position
• Zooming and scrolling is now possible in slideshow mode
• Many new effects added: Unsharp mask, Fish Eye etc. (Thanks to GENiEBEN)
• New Flash Plugin for Flash 5 or later! (Thanks to Remio)
• Option to transfer files by FTP (Thumbnails window, PlugIn)
• Option to set the Start folder (Properties->Misc 2)
• New image option: Auto adjust colors (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
• New effect: Chromatic Aberration (Thanks to Thomas Strauss)
• Support for SIF format (Formats PlugIn)
• Support for PVR format (DreamCast Texture, Formats PlugIn)
• Support for AWD format (Artweaver Format, PlugIn)
• Support for VTF format (Valve Texture Format, PlugIn)
• WMF format check added, to avoid WMF vulnerability (Thanks to Jakub Debski)
• New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by portrait/landscape
• Fullscreen option: Use right mouse button for scrolling (Properties -> Misc 1)
• Fullscreen option: Set display multiplier (for wide screen displays)
• New placeholders for EXIF/IPTC: $E, $I => to load all EXIF/IPTC data
• Command line change for /resample! (see i_options.txt for examples)
• New command line options: /resize_long, /resize_short (see i_options.txt)
• New command line option: /panorama=(direction,file1,...,fileN)
• New command line options: /bright=value, /gamma=value
• Command line switch for /info: /fullinfo (write EXIF, IPTC and Comment)
• Updated CRW/CR2 PlugIn, please install newest Canon DLLs (see i_plugins.txt)
• Option to show a warning on ESC thumbnails exit (Thumbnails options)
• New options in dialog: Create custom selection
• Support for MP4 format (Quicktime PlugIn)
• At request of Luratech: JP2/JPM/LWF/LDF are not available in Batch mode
• New Hotkey: SHIFT + P = Copy current filename to clipboard
• Added YUV (4:2:0) format support to Formats PlugIn
• Help file format changed to CHM (Compatible with Windows Vista)
• Most PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (add-all button, ANI/CUR loading, batch text)

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