Welcome to PMView Pro!
- About PMView Pro
- Getting Started
- How do I register PMView Pro?
- What's New in PMView Pro
- Support Information
- License Agreement
PMView is a robust and configurable image viewing, conversion, and editing tool for bitmapped graphics. It loads your images blazingly fast, without compromising quality or robustness. PMView supports saving and loading of more than 40 different file formats, including JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and PhotoCD. PMView offers broader and faster support for these file formats than many other programs do, since we wrote all of PMView's code for format handling ourselves. read more about NEW PMView Pro features
First, thank you for using PMView Pro. To help you make the most of PMView Pro, be sure to take advantage of all of the resources made available here and on our website. Take a moment to learn the basics and you can begin taking advantage of the more advanced features!
PMView is very intuitive and simple to operate. During installation you were given the option of which file formats you wanted to associate with PMView. If you made no changes, this means that opening just about any image file on your system will now open in PMView. To be certain, any file that opens with PMView should have the PMView icon next to it:
If at anytime you need information about a particular dialog or window inside of PMView Pro, just make sure the area in question is active and press F1 to activate the help file that was installed with the program.
To get more in depth information on working with PMView and its features please take a moment to view the included 'Getting Started' PDF file (GettingStarted.pdf). In order to view this file, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later installed on your system. You can download the reader from Adobe.
If you prefer not to install the reader program, an HTML version of the file is maintained online at http://www.pmview.com/gettingstarted/.
Your FREE 31-day trial period begins the day of installation. The trial installation is a fully functional version of PMView Pro, it simply will not operate past 31 days without proper registration. We have worked hard to create a quality program and are confident that you will find it very useful. At anytime during the 31 day trial, you can purchase a full license for PMView Pro. If for any reason you find that PMView is not right for you, an icon was placed on the Start Menu that will uninstall the program from your system.
- EXIF and TIFF/EP support.
- New convert function in the File Open dialog that lets you run scripted batch conversions.
- Lossless JPEG rotate. This function can be accessed on the Transform menu in PMView's main window and on the File Open dialog object menu. The latter lets you batch transform a number of files.
- Support for Windows XP Visual Styles and Themes. The status bar and tool bars are now based on the native Windows Common Controls instead of the custom high-level implementation used in previous versions.
- Display resampling: The rendering speed and display quality are much improved. There is a new option on the "Display" page in the Preferences Notebook that lets you select a standard or a high quality filter.
- Smooth keyboard scrolling: PMView has a new keyboard scrolling method that makes keyboard scrolling faster and smoother than before.
- File menu: The file menu has new options for copying and moving the currently viewed file.
- View/Zoom menu: The View->Zoom menu has a new zoom function "Zoom to Fit" and two new settings for enabling automatic invocation of the function when loading an image. There is also a new "Zoom Lock" option that lets you lock onto the current magnification.
- File Open/Save dialogs: New file replace confirmation dialog with thumbnails. This dialog appears depending on the new file copy/move settings found on the Confirmations page in PMView's Preferences Notebook. (You can also change these options directly on the Copy/Move dialogs).
- File Open/Save dialogs: New "Copy to..." and "Move to..." commands that let you copy or move files. The new Copy/Move dialog has a list that holds the most recently used directories.
- File Open/Save dialogs: New "Print..." command that lets you print one or more files.
- File Open/Save dialogs: Optional file "info tip" that shows information for the file under the mouse pointer.
- File Open/Save dialogs: The image information dialog has been improved.
- File Open/Save dialogs: New sort option that tells PMView to sort files so that damaged files show up first in the file list.
- File Open/Save dialogs: New functions for changing the time stamp to the creation date, current date or to the time information stored in EXIF data.
- File information: Display of EXIF (v2.2) and TIFF/EP data. Additionally a lot of other information can be displayed including JFIF comments and advanced TIFF tag data.
- Transform/Size: New letter/pillar box option that lets you resize an image to any size and keep the image proportional while letter or pillar boxing the image.
- Loading/Saving JPEG: Embedded EXIF data will be preserved when saving a file. The JPEG save options dialog has a new option that lets you enable/disable this feature.
- Loading/Saving TIFF: Embedded EXIF data and TIFF/EP data will be preserved when saving a file.
- Loading, TIFF: TIFF files having old-style JPEG compression (type 6) can now be read.
- Loading, TIFF: TIFF files having 32 or 64-bit IEEE floating point image data can now be read.
- Loading, FAX: The algorithm for detecting and reading raw G3 FAX files has been improved.
- Saving, PCX: There is a new option for enabling/disabling saving of 24-bit files in PCX format.
- Display options: The display gamma can now be set on the "Display" page in the Preferences Notebook.
- File Open/Save dialogs: The loading speed of on-the-fly thumbnails for JPEG files is improved.
- General: New "Use Idle time priority" option on the "Special" page in PMView's Preferences Notebook. This option is on by default.
- General: Tip of the Day dialog added.
- General: Option for disabling the dynamic PMView program icon, i.e. locking it to always show the standard program icon instead of the currently loaded file.
- Command line: New command line option /PRINT that lets you print the specified file(s).
- Command line: New command line option /SCRIPT that lets you run a scripted batch conversion on the specified file(s).
- Palette Editor: The palette editor displays the value in HTML color format (6-digit RGB hexadecimal).
- Preferences notebook: Apply button that lets you apply a change on the fly without closing the notebook.
We have worked hard to put together a wealth of information both in the included documentation and online. Your first option for support for PMView Pro is in the help file included with the program. You will find context sensitive help on almost every dialog and window within the program simple by pressing the F1 key.
Other online sources include:
- Online Discussion Forums
- http://www.pmview.com/forum/
- Online Technical Support
- http://www.pmview.com/techsupport/
- Mailing List
- http://www.pmview.com/mail.html
Of course, if all else fails, you can obtain support through email at bugs@pmview.com
The use of PMView is subject to the following terms and conditions.
If you have not registered PMView Pro yet, the copy that you have is distributed as shareware. You may freely copy and distribute the installation executable but only AS LONG AS THIS FILE IS NOT MODIFIED IN ANY WAY. You may NOT distribute individual components of PMView Pro, either as-is or in modified form without written permission from Peter Nielsen.
Since PMView Pro is distributed as shareware, you may use it for a 31-day trial period, as long as you agree to the provisions of this license agreement. If you continue to use PMView beyond the 31-day trial period, you are obligated to register it. Instructions for registering PMView can be found by selecting Help About from the PMView menu bar or by visiting the PMView Pro website.
When you register PMView, you will be given instructions for converting it to the full, non-shareware version. You may not distribute the full version. You may treat it just like a book, except that you may copy it onto a computer to be used and you may make archival copies of it for the sole purpose of backing up the software and protecting your investment from loss.
By saying "just like a book," we mean that the full version may be used by any number of people, and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is NO POSSIBILITY of it being used at one location or on one computer while it is being used at another. Just like a book cannot be read by two different people in two different places at one time, neither can the full version of PMView be used by two different people in two different places at the same time (unless, of course, Peter Nielsen's copyright is being violated).
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or technical problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please contact the ASP
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