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- File : 'changes.txt' - Info about IrfanView updates
- Author: Irfan Skiljan
- E-Mail: e9227474@student.tuwien.ac.at
- WWW : http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/
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- Version 3.07
- - Support for Apple QuickTime 3 and 4 (activate in Properties->Others 2)
- => Support for QTIF, Mac PICT, FLI/FLC, FPX, SWF, MP3 formats
- - Support for KDC format (Kodak Digital Camera format) as plugin:
- http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/plugins/kdc120.zip
- - Change: the Filter Factory part is now moved to a plugin:
- http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/plugins/ffactory.zip
- - Change: the LWF format is now moved to a plugin:
- http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/plugins/lwf.zip
- - New thumbnail option: print selected thumbs as single pages
- - New slideshow option: Don't display same image again (if random slideshow)
- - New option in Properties->Extensions (read only associated types)
- - New option in Properties->Others 2: Enable/Disable MRUDs in File menu
- - New feature: count colors used (Menu: Image)
- - Improved contrast control
- - New feature: read/write TIFFs with ZIP compression
- - New option: show videos with desktop size (menu: options->video size)
- - New command line option: '/killmesoftly' (close all IrfanView instances)
- - Some minor bugs/features fixed/added
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- Version 3.05
- - New: Help file is available! Many many thanks to Steve Clark! :-)
- - Support for SFW files (Seattle Film Works)
- - New feature: Open any file in HEX viewer (Menu: File)
- - New view option: Show HEX view of file (HotKey: F3, like Windows Commander)
- - New option in Properties->Others 2: Don't change index after renaming
- - New View menu item: Start/Stop automatic moving through directory
- - New features in thumbnail window (toolbar, MRUDs, browse button)
- - New thumbnail options (in thumbnail window)
- - New fullscreen options: Rotate (L/R), Flip (H/V)
- - New command line option: '/thumbs' (start IrfanView in thumbnail mode)
- - New option in Properties->Viewing: Always center window when load new image
- - New option: show file information for AVI/MPG/MOV/WAV files
- - New feature: Add subdirectories in Slideshow/Batch dialog
- - The command line option '/c=' is changed to '/convert='
- - Some minor bugs/features fixed/added
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- Version 3.02
- - Support for PSP format (Paint Shop Pro)
- - New: Paste an image into another one (selection)
- - New: Save thumbnails as an image
- - New: Save thumbnails as HTML file
- - New: Save thumbnails as separate images
- - New: Open current file (or thumbnails) with external viewer/editor
- - Support for AU and SND sound files (MS Active Movie is required !)
- - Support for DAT files (Video CD) (MS Active Movie is required !)
- - Support for ICL files (Icon Library)
- - Improved support for EXE/DLL files (extracting icons)
- - Some minor bugs/features fixed/added
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- Version 3.00
- - Finally: Thumbnails! Menu: File, Hotkey: T :-)
- - New: Extract frames from MPG/MOV files is possible
- - The edit field in the toolbar is now editable (set custom directory index)
- - Move to next/previous file with PgDn/PgUp (if no vertical scrollbar)
- - New option: Display 'Save'-Dialog for 'File->Save' (in Properties->Others)
- - Some minor bugs fixed
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- Version 2.98
- - The memory bug with the Filter Factory is fixed !
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-
- Version 2.97
- - Support for the Photoshop Filter-Factory. Thanks to Michael Johannhanwahr :-)
- IrfanView's menu: 'Image->Effects->Filter Factory', Hotkey: K
- Supported are FF (*.8BF) filters. You can find more than 1500 (!!!) such
- filters at the web site of Steve Fisher:
- http://www.netins.net/showcase/wolf359/adobepc.htm
- - New edit option: Add text to image (into the selection)
- - New: Capability to extract icons from (most) 32-bit EXE/DLL files
- - Saving file as TGA (uncompressed)
- - New menu item: 'View->Random file in directory', Hotkey: CTRL+M
- - New menu item: 'View->No Zoom', Hotkey: CTRL+H
- - New advanced batch option: 'Use aspect ratio' for resize
- - New option: 'Use flat toolbar' in Properties->Others
- - Some minor bugs fixed (animated cursors etc.)
- - I have a brand new homepage, designed by Gismo :-)
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- Version 2.95
- - Improved batch conversion ! (Button: Advanced Options) :-)
- - Improved print capabilities (preview)
- - Playing audio CDs in background (Menu: Options or File->Open)
- - New option: Color balance (change RGB intensity)
- - New effect: 3D Button
- - The toolbar is now flat
- - New shell options in: properties->extensions->advanced (SendTo, View with ...)
- - New options in the 'Decrease color depth'-Dialog (Custom number of colors)
- - New options in Properties->GIF: Show transparency in single images
- - New viewing option: Show filename transparent: y/n (in Properties->Viewing)
- - Some command line problems are fixed ;-)
- - Exit fullscreen mode with: left mouse click in the left/right upper corner
- - New hotkey: C (for Options->Capture)
- - New hotkey: CTRL+A (for File->Acquire)
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- Version 2.92
- - Read support for G3 FAX files (the extension MUST BE *.g3 or *.G3 !!)
- - New effect: Pixelize
- - New effect: Fine Rotation
- - New menu item: Image->Effects->Setup (set parameters for effects)
- - All effects are now available for selections too :-) (selection or full image)
- - New fullscreen option: view images with the normal size (in properties)
- - New menu item: Loop video/music (menu: options)
- - New slideshow option: Random after mouse/keyboard input
- - Improved cropping (undo is now possible) ;-)
- - The 'Extract AVI Frames'-Bug under WinNT is fixed
- - Some minor bugs fixed
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- Version 2.90
- - Improved resampling !!! Better results than Photoshop ;-)
- - New effects: Sharpen, Blur, Oil paint, Emboss, Edge detection, Median, Explosion
- - Support for LWF files (LuRaWave format, Wavelet compression)
- (Note: IrfanView can't save images larger than 640 x 480 pixels as LWF ! ->
- For large images use the 'LuraWave Studio' from WWW.LURATECH.COM)
- - Support for ASCII PBM/PGM/PPM files (reading)
- - Support for AIF sound files (MS Active Movie is required !)
- - The Slideshow timer can be now less than one second
- - Improved support for WMF/EMF (Batch conversion is now possible)
- - Saving file as EMF (Enhanced windows metafile)
- - New option: 'Fit images to the whole screen in the fullscreen mode' (Viewing)
- - New scrolling possibilty: with the right mouse button (press and move)
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- Version 2.85
- - Support for EPS files (Encapsulated PostScript, TIFF preview only)
- - Support for CLP files (Windows Clipboard file)
- - Support for CAM files (Casio digital camera file, with JPG)
- - The 'Capture' feature is available :-)
- - New feature: Extract all AVI frames ! (options->extract all frames)
- - Display mouse coordinates (single mouse click/move)
- - New option: Hide mouse cursor in fullscreen and slideshow mode
- - New hotkey: CTRL-W (start slideshow with files from current directory)
- - New hotkey: Shift+G (for Gamma correction)
- - Better compatibility with Win98 (registry)
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- Version 2.83
- - The slideshow bug on some systems is fixed
- - New options: (in the 'Properties' dialog):
- - New option: Delete to Recycle Bin
- - New option: Jump to the next file after deleting
- - New option: Ask to overwrite file for 'Save' and 'Save as'
- - New option: Don't notify if the end/begin of the directory is reached
- - New hotkey: Ctrl+Y for Crop
- - Some minor bugs fixed
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- Version 2.82
- - New menu item: About->Thanks :-)
- - Support for DCX files (multiple PCX)
- - Support for windows cursor files (*.CUR)
- - Support for animated windows cursor files (*.ANI)
- - New menu item: Save (Hotkey: Ctrl+S) - save current file in the same folder
- - New option: Extract all frames (for ANIs and animated GIFs)
- - New slideshow option: Sort (files by name, date etc.) :-)
- - New command line option: '/c=filename' (convert input file to 'filename')
- Example: i_view32 c:\test.bmp /c=c:\giftest.gif
- => Convert file: 'c:\test.bmp' to 'c:\giftest.gif' without GUI :-)
- (Note: supported are all IrfanView read/save formats except: AVI,MOV,MPG,
- WAV,MID,WMF,EMF)
- - New option: video size (for AVI, MOV and MPG)
- Set the video size for all videos :-)
- - New hotkey: D (for edit->delete: remove image from the memory/screen)
- - New options in 'Properties->Viewing':
- a) View all files in directory (enable/disable moving with space/backspace)
- b) Set the zoom step (deafult: 10 %)
- - Moving with <- and -> in WAV, AVI, MPG, MOV, MID
- - Some minor bugs fixed
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- Version 2.80
- - New !!! The toolbar is now available :-)
- - Support for MPEG/MOV files (MS Active Movie is required !)
- - Support for Adobe Photoshop files (*.PSD)
- - Support for Corel PhotoPaint 6.0 files (*.CPT) ... this is a TIFF ;-)
- - New edit options: CUT/CROP (select a portion of image with the left mouse button)
- Now you can cut or copy portions of an image :-)
- - New: The ONE-Step UNDO option is available (see next line)
- - New option in 'Properties->Others': "Use UNDO option" (deafult is OFF to save memory)
- Undo is available for following changes:
- Resize/Resample, Increase/Decrease color depth, Convert to grayscale,
- Negative, Brightness, Contrast, Gamma correction, Cut
- - New options in 'Properties->Extensions' (Set Icon, Other extensions)
- - New option in 'Properties->Others': "Create desktop link for IrfanView32"
- - The zoom step is now always 10 % (10 % till 1000 %)
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- Version 2.68
- - Choosing between 5 copy/move directories (ask for copy/move must be ON)
- - Some print bugs fixed
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- Version 2.66
- - Some BMP bugs are fixed (RLE 4)
- - Some IFF bugs are fixed (HAM 6)
- - Some RAS bugs are fixed (support for compressed SunRAS)
- - Support for 40-BPP images
- - Some minor bugs fixed
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- Version 2.65
- - Scan support (TWAIN)
- - New menu option: Sort directory files (by name/date/size/extension)
- - Some IFF bugs are fixed
- - The bug with some long names is fixed
- - New menu item: Minimize (to task bar), Hotkey: M (BOSS-Key ;-)
- - Some minor bugs fixed
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- Version 2.63
- - New 'View' menu item: 'Multipage TIFF' (next/previous page etc.)
- - New GIF save option: 'Save Interlaced'
- - Some GIF bugs are fixed
- - The german version of IrfanView is available :-)
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- Version 2.60
- - New feature: Batch Conversion :-)
- Note: IrfanView32 can't convert WMF/EMF to ANY (format) in batch mode !
- - New menu item: Increase color depth (to 4, 8, 24 BPP)
- - New menu item: Decrease color depth (to 1, 4, 8 BPP)
- - New menu item: Resample image (Smooth), better than 'Resize', but slower
- - New option in 'Properties->Other': "Use 'Smooth' for Fit To Desktop ..."
- - New slideshow option: 'Add All' :-)
- - New options in the 'Resize' dialog
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- Version 2.55
- - Improved GIF-Animation :-)
- - Support for sound files: WAV, MID and RMI :-)
- - Enabled Zooming/Scrolling in the fullscreen mode
- - The bug with some 24-BPP IFF-Files is fixed
- - The bug with some 24-BPP TARGA-Files is fixed
- - New command line option: '/slideshow=txtname.txt'
- Example: i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\mypics.txt
- Note: The file 'c:\mypics.txt' contains, in each line, a name of the image,
- including the full path !
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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"
- - 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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- Version 1.00
- - Irfan was born ;-)
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