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There were numerous updates, here are only the more important things.
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Version 2.52
- Save options are now in the Save dialog
- Preview support for Windows Metafiles
- Preview support for AVIs (Video for Windows)
- New option: 'Gamma Correction'
- New: 'Best fit to desktop' is now "on" or "off"
('Always fit to desktop for big images' is removed)
- New feature in the 'Resize' dialog: 'Preserve aspect ratio'
- Improved 'Brightness' and 'Contrast'
- Support for 64-BPP PNGs
- Save large images as ICO (more than 128 x 128 pixels)
- Remember the last slideshow file list
- Some minor bugs fixed
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Version 2.50
- Saving file as ICO (The maximum size for an ICON is: 128 x 128 pixels)
- Support for uncompressed PCXs (read)
- New option: 'Convert to 2 Colors' (black/white)
- New option: 'Clear MRUDs' (in 'Properties->Other Options')
- New option: 'Rename File' (Hotkey: F6)
- New slideshow option: 'Random display'
- New print option: 'Vertical - Best Fit'
- New option: 'Swap colors' (RGB->RBG, RGB->BGR, RGB->BRG, RGB->GRB, RBG->GBR)
- Improved 'Set as wallpaper' (centered/tiled/restore)
- Improved AVI playing
- Some ICO bugs are fixed (black/white ICONs etc.)
- The registry-bug with some extensions is fixed (ICO, BMP)
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Version 2.40
- Support for TIFFs with the JPEG compression (read/write)
- The bug with some LZW-TIFFs is fixed (incorrect colors)
- Support for TIFFs with separated color channels (read)
- Support for YCbCr-TIFFs (read)
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Version 2.37
- Brightness/Contrast dialog: CANCEL-button is available
- New option: 'Edit palette' (display and change image palette)
- New options in 'Properties->GIF', choose transparent GIF color (palette index)
- Some minor bugs fixed
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Version 2.35
- Support for PBM/PGM/PPM file formats (binary only)
- Support for Amiga IFF/LBM format
- Save GIFs with transparent (background) color (=black)
- The 'minimize bug' is now fixed ;-)
- New menu item: 'MRUDs' = 'most recently used directories' (Menu: 'File')
(IrfanView can remember the last 5 viewing directories)
- New option: 'Remember last window position' in 'properties->others'
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Version 2.32
- Play animated GIFs in normal window ! (no fullscreen more :-)
- Improved GIF-Saving (save as 1 and 4 bits-per-pixel)
- Saving file as PCX
- Support for CMYK TIFFs
- Enabled copy/move files in the fullscreen mode (F8/F7)
- Remember the last viewing/saving directory
- Remember the last window position
- New options for slideshow: load/save slideshow, pause (press 'Pause')
- New option: 'Always on Top'
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Version 2.30
- PREVIEW option ('File->Open'), doesn't work with WMF/EMF and AVI !
- Support for multiple Icons (1,4,8,16,24 and 32 bits-per-pixel)
- The bug with 'Properties' under WinNT 4.0 Service-Pack-2 is fixed
- New options for slideshow (see 'slideshow')
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Version 2.27
- New feature: SLIDESHOW :-)
How to use? You can add files to the slideshow list with:
- Drag & Drop (select one or more files ...)
- Select one or more files and press the 'ADD' button
- Double click on the filename
- Some minor bugs fixed
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Version 2.25
- New features: converting to greyscale, negative, brightness and contrast
- Bugs with some BMPs are fixed (new decompression routine :-)
- New menu item: 'Refresh directory' -> update of directory indexes (hotkey: 'U')
- New option in 'Properties->MultipleGIF': "None" (for no animation)
- New hotkey: 'Shift+R' for "Reopen"
- Double click on left mouse button -> Fullscreen
- Click on left mouse button -> load previous image (in fullscreen mode only !)
- Click on right mouse button -> load next image (in fullscreen mode only !)
- New registration price: 10 USD or 15,- DEM ;-)
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Version 2.22
- Support for some special JPEGs (Adobe ...)
- improved rotating left/right for black/white and 16-color images
- improved Drag&Drop (IrfanView changes immediately to the target directory :-)
- The option: 'Always fit to desktop for big images' is available again :-)
- Bugs with some GIFs and PCXs are fixed
- The animated-GIF dialog moved to 'Properties->Multiple GIF' :-)
- Jump to the first/last file (after reaching last/first image in directory,
IrfanView jumps to the first/last image in directory)
- New option: 'Ask to rename if incorrect extension' (in 'Other options')
- Some minor bugs fixed
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Version 2.20
- The BIGGEST IrfanView Bug is fixed !!! :-) (now you can resize images to any
size you wish without deformations and cache contents inserted in the picture)
- Support for 16-bpp (BitsPerPixel) BMPs/DIBs and 16-bpp TIFs (read only)
- Better horizontal flip for black/white images
- The option: 'Always fit to desktop for big images' is not more available
- The IrfanView-Code was again optimized :) => the EXE file is smaller
- And I have a new home page :-)
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Version 2.18
- The bug with corrupted GIFs is fixed
- Support for Multipage-TIFFs with more than 256 pages (pictures)
- New options in "Properties->extensions": 'Select all' and 'Clear all'
- Support for (*.SUN) extension (=RAS, Sun Raster Images)
- Modifikations in About-Box
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Version 2.17
- Multipage-TIFF support ! (One of the first viewers with multipage TIFF support)
- Support for 'Exif'-JPEGs
- New option in "Properties->Copy/Move/Save": default 'save as' directory
- Rename-question for files with incorrect extension
- The Multiple-GIF timer is now much better :)
- Some minor bugs fixed (very large GIFs, 'paste->save as')
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Version 2.15
- Multiple (animated) GIF Support ! IrfanView is the first graphic viewer
WORLDWIDE with Multiple GIF support. (One known bug: with some specially
transparency combinations)
Much fun :)
- New menu: Convert to 256 colors (for true color images only)
- Some WMF bugs are fixed (with old (Win 3.x) WMFs)
- Now: "Save as" with lower case names
- And you can copy my E-Mail address from "About-Box" :)
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Version 2.12
- The GIF-Decompression is now totally rewritten ! I hope without bugs :)
- Windows metafiles support (WMF=Windows Metafile and EMF=Enhanced Metafile)
- Command line support for AVIs (Fullscreen for AVI is not available)
- Some minor bugs fixed (startbar, extensions etc.)
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Version 2.10
- Print support
- "Always fit to desktop" was changed to "Always fit to desktop for big images"
- Some minor bugs fixed (GIFs, rotate under WinNT, overlapping)
- NEW ! Command line options: /one, /fs, /bf, /pos=(x,y), /title=text :
/one - force "only one instance"
/fs - force Full Screen
/bf - force Best Fit
/title=text - set window title
/pos=(x,y) - move the window to x,y
Notes:
- Only lower case options are supported:
Examples:
i_view32 test.bmp /BF = incorrect
i_view32 test.bmp /bf /title=My PIC = correct
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Version 2.07
- AVI support (video for windows)
- Jump to first/last file in the directory (CTRL+F,CTRL+L)
- New option: always fit to desktop (properties->other options)
- Finally: "Save as", non-extension support
- Read support for extensions: *.jpeg, *.tiff
- Correct displaying of all Photo-CD files (rotate)
- Copy/move/delete windows
- Copying/moving: Replace question if the file exists (replace of read-only files)
- More hotkeys (rotate, flip, properties, image info etc.)
- Some minor bugs fixed (GIF,RAS)
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Version 2.05
- Edit options (Copy/Paste/Delete/Clear Clipboard)
- New in "Properties->Other options": allow Only 1 instance of IrfanView32
- Read-Header function is implemented, warning if incorrect extension
- Some fast-directory-view bugs fixed (like: last image)
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Version 2.00
- Progressive JPEG support (read/save)
- Alphabetical sorting of images in directory
- Some minor bugs fixed
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Version 1.99
- New fast directory view ! This part is now totally rewritten;
no more lost files and uncomplete lists. Files are shown in the
order how they stay in FAT, that means unsorted. Coming in next release:
sorting files in alphabetical order.
- Fixed bugs with some ICOs, and compressed BMPs
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Version 1.98a
- Fixed bug with 256-colour-ICO
- Fixed bugs with fit-to-desktop and resize
- New menu outfit
- Zoom percentage shown in title bar
- Positioning window somewhere else than top left corner (biggest known bug:
IrfanView still can NOT correctly resize images whose dimensions exceed actual
screen resolution; if you do not want to cut edges of your image, void saving
in this situation)
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Version 1.98
- Viewing ICO
- Zooming in and out
(known bug: zooming in large images works till now only up to 500 %)
- Resize image
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Version 1.97
- Viewing RAS
- Fixed some bugs with fast directory view and GIF
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Version 1.95
- Viewing TGA
- Image flip/rotate
- Image copy/move to another directory
- New tab-dialogs (Menu: Options->Properties)
- IrfanView32 doesn't support Win32s any more
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Version 1.90
- Viewing Photo CD
- "Fast directory view" (jump to next image in the current directory with space,
to previous with backspace)
- Set image as wallpaper
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Version 1.85
- Windows 95-dialogs (open/save file)
- Viewing 2 bits per pixel PNG
- Saving file as TIFF
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Version 1.80
- Viewing PCX and RLE
- Viewing grayscale TIFF
- Fixed some bugs with GIF
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Version 1.70
- Viewing TIFFs (uncompressed, LZW, packbits, Huffmann, fax group 3, fax group 4)
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