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

PicView 1.6.6

Changelog:

• Fixed incorrect thumbnail size generation when using batch resize
• Added Romanian language
• Updated translations
• Updated Magick.net dependencies

PicView 1.6.5

Changelog:

• New resize image window to perform batch resize, compress, convert and thumbnail generation
• Russian translation
• Fixed logo area not responding to mouse drag move
• Fixed missing space in aspect ratio display in the title bar
• Fixed incorrect resizing when having window resizable and image is not from file
• Updated crop file picker to select same directory if possible and reload if same file
• Updated UI for better display when using languages with long words
• Misc UI updates, rounded corners