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Version history for FreeVimager

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Changes for v9.9.8 - v9.9.10

  • - Always open images with zoom level Fit or Fit Big
  • - File formats like .png and .gif can store a background color which is
  • used to render the images. When watching pictures one after the other
  • a fixed background color may be preferred. That's now possible with
  • the "Lock Background Color" option found in View menu
  • - More robust exif metadata reader, for some corrupted jpeg files
  • the program could crash
  • - Solved a Color Picker display bug (thanks to Veksha for helping)
  • - Updated the avir library to version 2.5
  • 9.9.9 (May 2nd 2020)
  • - The full path shown in titlebar is shortened to fit the system
  • given maximum titlebar text size of 159 characters
  • - Fluid and constant speed when quickly forwarding several images
  • - Zoom ComboBox working now correctly when a slideshow plays
  • - Background color toolbar button high DPI and high contrast aware
  • - Fixed scrolling for big images and big zoom factors



Changes for v9.9.5 -

  • Supporting high DPI aware NSIS 3 (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)



Changes for v9.9.3 - v9.9.5

  • - Bottom toolbar color popup must not cover its own button



Changes for v9.9.1 - v9.9.3

  • - Increased a security check limit which prevented loading
  • big .png images



Changes for v9.7.0 - v9.9.0

  • - Better support for high contrast themes
  • - Support for .jfif graphics files
  • - Updated installer with an improved closing logic for multiple
  • running instances of FreeVimager
  • - Fixed a bug which in some circumstances blocked the display of
  • a good image placed near a corrupted one
  • - Updated the avir library to version 2.4



Changes for v9.0.7 - v9.0.9

  • - New temperature, humidity, pressure and water depth exif tags
  • - Updated the AVIR library to version 2.2



Changes for v9.0.5 - v9.0.7

  • - Updated the AVIR library to version 2.1
  • - Fixed dialog positioning when the secondary monitor is to the left of the primary monitor



Changes for v9.0.3 - v9.0.5

  • - Building the application with LARGEADDRESSAWARE set to have up to
  • the double of address space



Changes for v7.7.0 - v9.0.0

  • - FreeVimager is now DONATIONWARE
  • - Document tabs have got a close button
  • - User interface clean up
  • - Using better random generators
  • - libpng updated to 1.2.59



Changes for v5.5.0 - v7.0.0

  • - Small fixes



Changes for v5.0.9 - v5.5.0

  • - libpng updated to 1.2.57
  • - Fixed memory leak of CRT threads under Windows XP



Changes for v5.0.7 - v5.0.9

  • Enhanced the Sharpen dialog by using the unsharp mask method



Changes for v5.0.1 - v5.0.5

  • - When sorting in Batch Processing dialog if the Date Taken doesn't
  • exist use the oldest between Date Created and Date Modified
  • - Added crash dump support and verbose diagnostic logging
  • - libpng updated to 1.2.56
  • 5.0.3 (November 18th 2015)
  • - Jpeg loading is more fault tolerant: ignore missing SOI marker
  • - Show/hide commands for Statusbar and Toolbars
  • - Removed fullscreen only slideshow mode as CD/DVD slideshows
  • are from the old days
  • - Removed audio file opening support as we are a graphics viewer
  • and not an audio player



Changes for v4.3.0 - v4.7.0

  • - The crop tool permits now precise selections through the
  • arrow keys (use the tab key to switch crop handle)
  • 4.5.0 (May 14th 2013)
  • - The generated pdfs are now smaller and compatible with all
  • current viewers (solved wrong color display issue of
  • Nitro Pdf Reader and some mobile pdf viewers)
  • - Files sorting and viewing is now done like in Windows
  • Explorer (1.jpg, 2.jpg .. 10.jpg, 11.jpg, 12.jpg)



Changes for v4.1.0 - v4.3.0

  • - New image Reload (from disk) command
  • - Changed command accelerators to be more translation friendly
  • - Removed Burning with Nero support (the Microsoft Windows
  • burning API works well since Windows XP)
  • - Removed OCR txt batch output support because it needed
  • the Microsoft Office MODI component



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