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- ForceVision 3.35 Release Candidate 3
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- Added:
- - supported TIFF YCbCr images
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- Fixed:
- - bug reading and writing PSD files
- - fixed memory fragmentation reading JPEG thumbnails
- - fixed bug writing TIFF 8 bit paletted images
- - fixed bug writing PS (PostScript) files
- - some actions performed by keys are synchronized
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.35 Release Candidate 2
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- Added:
- - this release includes supporting for following languages:
- - Arabic
- - Croatian
- - Czech
- - English
- - French
- - German
- - Hungarian
- - Italian
- - Japanese
- - Russian
- - Slovak
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- Fixed:
- - selection area did not disappear after Crop
- - issues in program translation
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.35 Release Candidate 1
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- Added:
- - image caching support
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- Improved:
- - if Delay Filtering is on then rendering filter will affects only after image showing
- - optimizations for faster and smoother browsing
- - performance increased in folders with big quantity of images
- - thumbnails' rendering performance increased
- - current folder now is always indicated in the folders tree
- - default folder is set to the My Pictures
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- Fixed:
- - selection did not disappear after loading next image
- - file copy procedure
- - animated GIFs handling
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.35 Beta 2
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- Fixed:
- - Slide-Show stopes aftet the first image
- - Actual Size zoom mode now works properly
- - XIF and PSD file associations
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.35 Beta 1
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- Added:
- - experimental support for Abode Photoshop PSD
- - experimental support for JIF file format (JPEG)
- - experimental support for XIF file format (TIFF)
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- Fixed:
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.33 Release Candidate 1
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- Fixed:
- - selected file was not opened when current folder contains many files and Thumbnails is used
- - thumbnails were not updated after changing their size until another folder was selected
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.33 Beta 1
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- Added:
- - folders history to the 'Copy to Folder' and 'Move to Folder' dialogs
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- Fixed:
- - very slow animation of GIF
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32.3
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- Added:
- - included Czech language
- - included Polish language
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- ForceVision 3.32.2
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- Added:
- - included Croatian language
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- Improved:
- - quality of thumbnails rendering
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- Fixed:
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32.1
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- Added:
- - included German language
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- Fixed:
- - image resolution were determined uncorrectly after Undo \ Redo
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32 Final Release
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- Fixed:
- - bug with zooming after Rotate / Flip
- - bug with zoom value after Undo
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32 Release Candidate 2
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- Improved:
- - optimized PNG loading (memory optimization)
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- Fixed:
- - bug loadind ICO and CUR files
- - absent text in Options dialog
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32 Release Candidate 1
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- Improved:
- - zoom factor step was changed for better zooming
- - now it is possible to zoom-in and zoom-out manually even with locked zoom
- - ForceVision's logo was redesigned
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- Fixed:
- - fixed found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32 Beta 4
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- Added:
- - Next Image and Previous Image function to the Viewer's pop-up menu
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- Improved:
- - Viewer's pop-up menu was redesigned
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- Fixed:
- - bug which occured message "Cannot open file ''''"
- - wrong behaviour of zoom modes
- - Sepia color effect was not undoable
- - In Options, two branches at tail of Zoom mode were not displayed
- - zoom mode was not applied from Options dialog
- - fixed found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.32 Beta 3
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- Added:
- - Fit width and Fit Height functions
- - Sepia color effect
- - copy/paste with alpha channel
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- Improved:
- - start speed enhanced
- - interface was improved
- - optimizations for better support of scanners
- - optimized Contrast function
- - main menu was reorgonized
- - multilanguage support was totally rewritten (may be buggy in Beta)
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- Fixed:
- - fixed bug loading some RAWs
- - help file was not opened in some cases
- - fixed found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.31 Beta 2:
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- Fixed:
- - bug in loading of small files
- - file specified as a parameter wasn't opened at program's start
- - files selection routines
- - thumbnails' size was wrong after applying options
- - found bugs to increase stability
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- ForceVision 3.31 Beta 1:
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- Enhanced:
- - navigation speed: now you can select file to load while another file is being loaded
- - thumbnails' appearance:
- * external border around thumbnails
- * smaller font is used to display image resolution and color depth
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- Fixed:
- - several memory leaks
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.3 Final Release:
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- Added:
- - Add Folder to Favorites item to file's pop-up menu
- - selection over List and Thumbnails mode from the file's pop-up menu
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- Enhanced:
- - file navigation routines
- - Automatic Left-Side and Right-Side layouts are more accurate now
- - remember last used resample filter in resize dialog
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- Fixed:
- - loading file with File-Load menu
- - loading BMP with alpha-channel
- - adding folder to Favorites from folder's pop-up menu
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.3 Release Candidate 2:
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- Changed:
- - now cursor keys are used to scroll image in Viewer
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- Fixed:
- - Access Violation error after click on empty space of Thumbnail Panel and trying to load next image
- - the first thumbnail were corrupted in some cases
- - selecting thumbnails with Ctrl key
- - applying options results in extra added thumbnails
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.3 Release Candidate 1:
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- Added:
- - Russian language returned after series of Beta version
- - hotkeys for file selection functions
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- Enhanced:
- - greatly improved options applying speed
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- Fixed:
- - Hourglass and empty folder bug
- - strange behaviour of Thumbnails after multiply mode changeovers and folders selections
- - high CPU load with not animated GIFs
- - Invert File Selection bug
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.3 Beta 5:
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- Added:
- - Select All Files menu item
- - Clear File Selection menu item
- - Invert File Selection menu item
- - now all thumbnails will be loaded automatically
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- Enhanced:
- - Thumbnail and List mode changeover speed
- - current file will be always visible in the List or Thumbnails
- - some speed improvements for thumbnails creation
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- Fixed:
- - bug with selecting one of the thumbnail from earlier selected group of thumbnails
- - some bugs with animated GIF
- - images were not loaded when List mode was used in Details style
- - double click on blank space around thumbnails now will not start Full-Screen
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- ForceVision 3.3 Beta 4:
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- Added:
- - thumbnail selection with right mouse button
- - Paste menu item to the files and thumbnails pop-up menus
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- Fixed:
- - file selection lost after Move and Copy to Folder dialogs
- - update file information in Status Bar and caption region of Viewer window after Crop or Resize functions
- - losting file associations
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- ForceVision 3.3 Beta 3:
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- Added:
- - support for multi-selection for List and Thumbnails mode
- - pop-up menu for file management for List and Thumbnails mode (copy, cut, paste, properties and others)
- - pop-up menu for folder management for Folders tree (copy, cut, paste, create new folder, Add to Favorites and others)
- - dialogs Copy and Move files to specified folder (also you can choose on of the Favorites)
- - huge number of options for out formats in Batched Format Conversion
- - Favorites folders manager
- - now you can assign names to the favorite folders (for more handy access)
- - Random transition effect option for normal browsing and Slide-Show
- - support for converting files from different sources (folders, disks)
- - convertion process now will be displayed in new window
- - now it is possible to create and delete folders in dialogs of folder selection
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- Improved:
- - Batched Format Conversion engine and window are totally revised and greatly improved
- - now file conversion runs in separate thread
- - user interface in Options window
- - Viewer window now will get focus automatically for better mouse interrupt
- - temporary files now created in temporary system fodler
- - intial folder of Save and Open dialogs now will be stored
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- Fixed:
- - file sequence in List and Thumbnails mode synchronized
- - files associations assigning for users without Administrator rights
- - setting Custom thumbnails size in some cases results in checking Small, Standard, or Large size
- - ESC starts Full-Screen mode
- - attempt to load corrupted file results in that malfunction: all other files will not be loaded
- - after turning-off Full-Screen Viewer's caption display "0x0x24b" if there was no image loaded
- - Slide-Show finised incorrectly in Thumbnails mode
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- ForceVision 3.10.4:
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- Enhanced:
- - file associations assignment
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- Fixed:
- - I/O error 103 were still executed in some cases
- - file's information in some cases did not correspond to the loaded image
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.10.3:
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- Fixed:
- - I\O error 103 message at the start
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.10.2:
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- Added:
- - now image resolution and color information is displayed under thumbnails
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- Enhanced:
- - RAW formats loading speed (loading halfsize)
- - optimized memory use
- - several minor enhancements
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- Fixed:
- - when program starts the first image were loaded twice
- - bug in 3.10.1: didn't store Favorites list
- - thumbnails' sizes were incorrect
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.10.1:
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- Enhanced:
- - Navigator panel moved to the bottom of Browser window
- - better response of Navigator panel to a mousewheel
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- Fixed:
- - Hourglass cursor bug
- - loading\saving options (Note: first start of ForceVision 3.10.1 will reset all options to defaults)
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.10:
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- Added:
- - now you can scroll image with Ctrl key pressed even if another selection mode was selected
- - selection menu button to the ToolBar
- - zoom menu button to the ToolBar
- - crop menu item to the image popupmenu
- - now alpha channel is saved also with LZW compression
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- Enhanced:
- - now Status bar displays true color information about image (not internal ForceVision format)
- - now Navigator window will work even if Viewer window is hidden
- - now you can navigate through images with mousewheel and focused Navigator panel
- - mouse wheel will zoom image if Ctrl key is pressed
- - mouse middle button enables Full-Screen mode
- - Full-Screen start\stop speed was greatly improved
- - now it is possible to change zoom ratio in any zoom mode
- - Viewer window will be shown automatically when Slide-Show starts
- - Viewer window will be shown automatically when program starts with parameter
- - the images in thumbnails are resampled only if it is greater than thumbnail size
- - added shortcuts to the buttons hints on ToolBar's
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- Fixed:
- - animated GIF caused problems in viewing of certain file types in some cases
- - image winking while loading new image, when old image has zoom different from 100%
- - forcing Full-Screen with hidden Viewer window cause an error
- - now forcing Full-Screen will not result in zoom ratio lost
- - zoom ratio was always displayed at 100% after Full-Screen
- - loading image specified as parameter on the program start
- - zoom ratio is now displayed correctly when mousewheel in use
- - the first file in a folder was not opened when ForceVision starts
- - the first file was not opened, when choose new folder
- - Status bar was not updated after image was pasted
- - bug loading interlaced PNG
- - tiff, cannot read palettes with values from 0 to 255
- - bug loading compressed TGA
- - found bugs
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- (!) The License Agreement has been updated.
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- ForceVision 3.08:
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- Added:
- - an option to exit ForceVision via Esc key
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- Enhanced:
- - now you can navigate through images with mousewheel
- - if Shift key ot Middle mouse button is pressed then mousewheel will zoom the image
- - load/save folder is remembered for current session
- - filetype detection algorithm
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- Fixed:
- - small bug in Safe dialog
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.07:
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- Added:
- - adjustable Delay Open feature for fast browsing
- - Viewer window can be hidden via border's close icon
- - Browser window can be maximized via border's maximaze icon
- - Install: now you can choose do you want to assign ForceVision to the supported formats
- - Install: now you can choose do you want to install QuickLunch and Desktop icon
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- Enhanced:
- - remember last choice of selection
- - main menu was optimized
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- Changed:
- - 'Copy' and 'Copy Selection' actions join in 'Copy' action
- - 'Paste' and 'Paste Selection' actions join in 'Paste' action
- - Tools window removed
- - rotate Left and Rotate Right buttons placed on ToolBar
- - zoom window now on the ToolBar
- - slightly changed ToolBar
- - slightly changed Options window
- - appearance of the progress bar
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- Fixed:
- - Full-Screen did not start via Enter key when Browser had focus
- - applying options in some cases result in 'freezed' application
- - help did not run via F1 hot-key
- - Home and End buttons now work correctly
- - Viewer window now remebmer it's last state
- - bug with file association detection
- - Uninstall: now deletes ForceVision's file associations
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.06.1:
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- Added:
- - support for Spanish
- - support for French
- - support for Polish
- - support for Ukrainian
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- Fixed:
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.06:
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- Improved:
- - highly increased speed of turning on/off Full-Screen mode
- - indication of current Zoom mode in Viewer and Tools
- - added Ctrl+D hot-key for clear current selection
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- Fixed:
- - saving from Viewer window
- - bug in Save As dialog
- - menu Selection: check-mark doesn't disappear when choose other
- - Full-Screen keeps clicked status after exit from it
- - Slide-show keeps clicked status when Slide show reaches the end of folder
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- ForceVision 3.05:
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- Added:
- - TIFF: now alpha channel is supported for writing (only uncompressed or PackBits compression)
- - supported real RAW files
- - PDF: supported LZW compression
- - read 48 bit CMYK (converting it to 24 bit CMYK)
- - PPM format: supported read/write 48 bit (RGB, 16-bit per channel)
- - Slide-Show indication
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- Improved:
- - performance increased up to 10-25%
- - enhanced RAW quality
- - if folder doesn't contain any images, current image and it's information will be removed from Viewer
- - Navigator's background now equal to Viewer's background
- - new Setup
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- Changed:
- - menu was rewised completely
- - ToolBar, main and context menus were redesigned
- - hot-keys
- - language now selecting from Options menu
- - standard thumbnails sizes
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- Fixed:
- - setup bug that lead to incorrect set of wallpaper
- - double-click and Enter now will not execute new instance of ForceVision
- - ToolBar and Status Bar were dislpayed after Full-Screen
- - selecting filetype in Save As
- - reading black/white TGA
- - reading Olympus E1 RAWs
- - reading compressed PCX files
- - writing PDF files (memory leak)
- - many founded bugs
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- ForceVision 3.04:
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- Added:
- - supported RGB 48 bit (16 bit per channel) pixel format
- - supported several RAW camera formats: CRW, CR2, NEF, RAW, PEF, RAF, X3F, BAY, ORF, MRW, SRF
- - TIFF: now it is possible to save (not jpeg compressed) and load with 48bit native format (ie48RGB)
- - TIFF: now it is possible load images with SamplesPerPixel=2 and with LZW compression
- - BMP: now supports 32 bit with alpha channel (read/write)
- - TGA: now can read images with 256 colors palette + alpha channel
- - now printing supports all pixel formats
- - read image from URL
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- Fixed:
- - ICO and CUR file association now not in use
- - uninstall didn't delete Charset.txt
- - found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.02:
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- Added:
- navigator panel
- 26 new image transitions!
- controls' hints
- english language help
- Improved:
- performance increased (up to 50% in some cases)
- Changed:
- quit hotkey: Ctrl+Q
- Fixed:
- CompuServe Bitmap (GIF) were absent in the Open dialog
- Next and Previous Image buttons using bug
- found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.01:
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- Fixed:
- - Animated GIF opening bug
- - Found bugs
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- ForceVision 3.0:
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- Added:
- - DCX format support
- - Image resampling
- - Crop selection
- - Clipboard support (copy/paste image and selection)
- - Drag and Drop support
- - Details style to List-mode
- - Language modules support
- - Upper case option to Format Converting
- - Shutting off screensaver when in Slide-show mode
- - ForceVision Help (Russian)
- - German language by Henri Rehulka
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- Improved:
- - Active folder is displayed when save modified file
- - Navigation and Viewer windows snap to edge of screen
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- Changed:
- - Russian language: now using translation by Aleksandr Tim
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- Fixed:
- - Navigation's bugs
- - Converting to g3n, g3f, tga, targa, vda, icb, vst, and pix bug
- - Uninstall
- - Found bugs
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- ForceVision 2.75:
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- Added: alpha-channel support for batched format converting
- Added: converting output formats g3n and g3f
- Added: status bar which contains information about opened file and fulfilment of the filter
- Improved: performance increased (up to 100% in some cases)
- Improved: increased performance of the Balanced rendering at the price of quality
- Improved: increased quality of the Quality rendering without performance lost
- Improved: main menu
- Improved: thumbnail's interface
- Improved: new design of the buttons on the tool bar
- Improved: new icons for file associations
- Fixed: files list was empty
- Fixed: files were not opened when used files list
- Fixed: transitions were used incorrect
- Fixed: browser window was got out from the screen scope at 800x600 at the first start
- Fixed: file is not opened when navigate to another folder
- Fixed: bug at Converting window at low screen resolutions
- Fixed: appearance "???"-symbols at the menu at the start
- Fixed: found bugs
- ForceVision also runs under Windows NT4(SP6)
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- deja vu Picture Viewer has been renamed to ForceVision since version 2.75
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