PicView 1.9

What's Changed

• Introducing a new bottom image gallery that replaces the full-screen gallery and can be utilized in normal window mode.
• Added support for .thm images, which are used as thumbnails for video files.
• Expanded support for additional image formats: .fpx, .pcd, and .flif.
• Updated the file filtering functionality for the Open File Dialog (accessible via Ctrl + O), providing a more refined selection experience.
• Enhanced visual feedback to indicate active windows more effectively.
• Korean language updated by @VenusGirl in #110.
• The full-screen option now opens on the current monitor for improved convenience.
• Addressed issues with scrolling to the selected image from the first start-up and when performing drag & drop operations with the gallery open.
• Rectified the keyboard shortcut for flipping images to correctly reflect the orientation of the flip buttons and ensure that the image is flipped back when moving to the next image, if it was already flipped.
• Resolved the resize function, ensuring it occupies the entire window size when the window is resizable.
• Made minor updates to UI color schemes for improved visual aesthetics.
• Fixed the application persisting to run after quitting when the thumbnails are loading in the background.

Full Changelog: 1.8.6...1.9

PicView 1.8.6

What's Changed

• New animations for the image galleries
• New setting to choose the amount of thumbnails being shown in the galleries
• Fixed an issue where selecting the sorting order picked the wrong option
• Fixed visual bugs when navigating to the next or previous folder when a gallery view was opened
• Fixed unintended scrolling when editing values in the Image Info window
• Updated logic for determining language at startup
• Minor translation updates
• Minor style updates

PicView 1.8.5

What's Changed

• New setting to toggle if the bottom toolbar should be shown or not
• New setting to chose if you want to display file dialog when saving
• New function to navigate to next or previous folder
• Now shows a spinning indicator when loading
• New option to hide taskbar progress #103
• Added support for applying uncommon image formats as wallpaper/lockscreen image
• Fixed incorrect size at startup when loading the fullscreen gallery when the image is stretched
• Fixed an issue with setting selected item in gallery
• Fixed gallery loading when changing directory
• Fixed crash if using drag and drop from an unsupported source
• Add F12 as shortcut to toggle the fullscreen gallery
• Fix divide by zero exception occasionally occurring when exiting
• Improved image saving and file conversion

Full Changelog: 1.8.1...1.8.5

PicView 1.8.1

What's Changed

• Fixed Korean language not loading by @VenusGirl in #99
• Fix TIFF file reading and saving in file browser by @dan0v in #101
• Improved start-up logic to make window responsive before loading has completed
• You can now copy a cropped image (with effect applied)
• Improved file downloading
• Fixed occasional crash to desktop when loading thumbnails
• Fixed an error that caused a crash when loading an unreadable image file
• Fixed scrolling issues when the window is resize-able
• Fixed displaying incorrect width of the title bar at certain sizes
• Fixed startup when loading from a URL or a directory that is empty

New Contributors

• @dan0v made their first contribution in #101

Full Changelog: 1.8...1.8.1

PicView 1.8

Changes made:

• Significantly redesigned and improved the user interface.
• Added an option in the context menu to easily switch between zooming and navigating with the mouse wheel.
• Introduced a new setting in the preferences window to adjust the navigation speed when holding down the key.
• Implemented a new context menu for the logo when left-clicked.
• Changed when maximizing the window to go into full-screen mode.
• Added support for full-screen and full-screen image gallery when using the fill image function.
• Resolved the issue of not being able to navigate to the first image in the folder when looping is disabled.
• Fixed the problem of not being able to pick a zip file when choosing from the file picker.
• Modified the behavior of the "Include subdirectories" option, so changing the sorting options does not switch directories and stays in the current one.
• Fixed a crash occurring when navigating back to a renamed file.
• Resolved the problem of the resize function being unable to handle files larger than 2GB.
• Eliminated unintended image dragging when the context menu is open.
• Fixed an error that appeared when launching the application for the first time.
• Corrected a crash that occurred when clicking the EXIF image rating stars when there is no displayed image or the image is not from a file.
• Fixed the scrolling value not updating when using it from the context menu.
• Eliminated crashes when using .webp extensions in the batch resizing window.
• Fixed crashes that occurred when trying to optimize .webp extensions in the batch resizing window.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to: 1.7.7...1.8

PicView 1.7.7

Changes made:

• Added a new function to enable users to add an image as a lock screen image
• Added a new function to prevent zooming out of an image when it's at full size
• Improved zoom and panning for the full-screen view and the full-screen gallery view
• Updated the user interface of the effects window and the settings window
• The Optimize Image function now displays an error message if the file is unsupported
• Fixed an issue with clicking the navigation arrows in fullscreen view, which caused the button to return to normal size not to work
• Fixed image resize function to properly reload the image after resizing
• Fixed EXIF rating functionality not working
• Fixed image cropping functionality not working correctly
• Fixed blinking of the image when navigating using the bottom toolbar arrows
• Fixed blinking of the image when using the color picker
• Fixed an issue where the application would sometimes start in the wrong location and size
• Fixed base64 images not loading at the correct size from start-up
• Fixed the display of wrong tooltip in the settings menu
• Fixed the image file dragging functionality to register only when the cursor is on the image
• Fixed the logo menu, when no image is shown, to correctly resize itself when resizing the window
• Fixed the logo image to follow the color scheme
• Fixed incorrect color when clicking the expand button in the image info window and the about window

For a full list of changes, please visit: 1.7.6...1.7.7

PicView 1.7.6

What's Changed

• Logo design now follows color scheme
• Improved performance of the Image Info window
• Fixed a bug where it would enter full-screen when clicking the navigation arrows when hiding the UI
• Fixed application crashing when using crop
• Fixed slow loading when images in the viewed directory were less than 13 images
• Fixed window not returning to it's original size or position when maximized/fullscreen
• Fixed wrong checkerboard background colors
• Fixed loading errors when image file sizes were greater than 2GB
• Fixed SVG's not preserving transparent background when viewed
• Optimized preloader to use existing file info
• Minor UI changes
• Application should now restart itself if an error occurs

Full Changelog: 1.7.5...1.7.6

PicView 1.7.5

What's Changed

• Change file dropping to not use Ctrl & show visual feedback when dragging
• Changed preloading behavior to run in parallel in the background, improving performance
• Update color picker to use RGB when Shift is held down
• Fixed being able to change image when the resize function is open
• Updated to change sorting to not blink image when clicked
• Fixed wallpaper not working
• Fixed incorrect window behavior issues
• Fixed not keeping window size at next start-up when window is resizeable
• Fixed the title bar size when scrolling is enabled
• Fixed hiding buttons not working when interface is hidden
• Changed mouse wheel behavior to use Shift to change image when scrolling the image is enabled
• Changed behavior to move window when mouse is held down if interface is hidden

Full Changelog: 1.7.1...1.7.5

PicView 1.7.1

What's Changed

• Fixed incorrect image size from first time loading when using resize-able window
• Fixed loading wrong files when changing folder
• Fixed the top buttons background color missing after mouse-over
• Fixed unresponsive behavior when using batch functions
• Updated Korean translation by @VenusGirl in #93
• Changed window centered behavior to default to vertical centering
• Fixed the update button not working

Full Changelog: 1.6.6...1.7.1

PicView 1.7

What's Changed

• New UI with semitransparent background
• Improved performance and reduced memory usage
• Improved stability
• Updates to rotate image by angle when key is held down
• Updated Full-screen gallery
• Fixed URL file dropping not working
• Updated to keep the displayed name in the title bar when renaming file and going back
• Support for .Qoi and .Avif file extensions

Full Changelog: 1.6.6...1.7