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🪁 System Requirements

• 🆕 Windows 10/11 64-bit, version 1809 (build 17763) or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8 (64-bit)
• WebView2 Runtime 64-bit v119.0.2151 or later

📝 Changelog

🌱 New Features

• Added support for saving image as AVIF format
• Added support for custom WebView2 Runtime:
  • Create "WebView2_Runtime" folder in the Configuration Folder
  • Download the Fixed Version of WebView2 x64 (e.g. Microsoft.WebView2.FixedVersionRuntime.124.0.2478.67.x64.cab)
  • Renamed the downloaded file extension from .cab to .zip and extract it to a folder
  • Copy all files and folders where the msedgewebview2.exe file is located into the "WebView2_Runtime" folder
  • Restart ImageGlass
  • Open About dialog (Main menu > Help > About) to verify the WebView2 Runtime version
• Experiment feature (No UI yet):
  • Added support for opening the Save As dialog in the current image directory via setting OpenSaveAsDialogInTheCurrentImageDir (#1144)

🔮 Improvements

• Upgraded Magick.NET v13.7.0
• Upgraded libwebp v1.4.0
• Improved first launch time of ImageGlass
• Improved text message when WebView2 Runtime is not found and added a link to download (#1852)
• Added support for VarDCT Lossy for JPEG XL image format (#1864)
• Added support for selecting action buttons with arrow keys in dialog box (#1663)
• Added support for resetting all settings with Quick Setup dialog (#1694)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where some PSD files could not be opened due to "incorrect check in the PSD coder" (#1806)
• Fixed an issue where some WEBP files could not be opened due to "insufficient image data" (#1807)
• Fixed an issue where some animated GIF files could not be saved as animated WEBP format (#1849)
• Fixed an issue where igcmd.exe still displayed UI without passing --ui param (#1835)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass could not work due to "An item with the same key has already been added" error (#1842, #1892)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.12.4.30...9.0.11.502

Please support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version:

📝 Changelog

🔮 Improvements

• Upgraded Magick.NET v13.7.0
• Updated Check for Update dialog to check and always show the ImageGlass 9 Requirements

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/9.0.10.201...8.12.4.30

🤔 FAQs

1. What does it mean for "The Last ImageGlass 8"?

ImageGlass 8 has officially reached its End of Life status as of April 2024, marking the final release of this version. Subsequent updates or patches will not be provided for version 8.

2. Can I stay on ImageGlass 8?

While you can continue using ImageGlass 8, it's strongly recommended to transition to ImageGlass 9 to ensure compatibility with newer systems and to access the latest features and improvements. However, if your system does not meet the minimum requirements of ImageGlass 9, you may choose to remain on version 8.

3. What will happen if a vulnerability is discovered in version 8?

In the event of a vulnerability being discovered in version 8, there will be no public updates or patches released to address it. Users concerned about security may opt for the Paid Support service, where updates addressing vulnerabilities can be provided for a fee.
For more information on Paid Support, please visit our support page.

4. I don't like ImageGlass 9 for various reasons. Are there any alternatives?

Certainly! There are numerous alternative image viewing applications available. Feel free to explore and select the one that best suits your preferences and workflow to ensure your continued satisfaction and productivity. 😊

Please support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version:

🪁 System Requirements

• 🆕 Windows 10/11 64-bit, version 1809 (build 17763) or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8 (64-bit)
• WebView2 Runtime 64-bit v119.0.2151 or later

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 8.11)

Please read the blogpost: https://imageglass.org/news/introducing-the-new-imageglass-version-9-88

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 9.0.9.1230):

🔮 Improvements:

• Added EnableImageAsyncLoading setting (experimental) in igconfig.json file that allows users to switch back to synchronous image loading as same as version 8 (#1775)
• Added new parameter --per-machine to command set-default-viewer in igcmd.exe to support setting default photo viewer at machine level (#1828)
• Added Exit option to the context menu (#1322)
• Added PageUp, PageDown as default hotkeys for view next/previous image
• ImageGlass Store only: Clicking "Update" button in Check for Update dialog now opens ImageGlass on Microsoft Store
• Updated icon for Viewer, Toolbar and Gallery in sidebar of the App settings
• Shows message "Slideshow paused" when slideshow ends (#1805)
• Shows more details on Unhandled Exception popup: MagickNET, WebView2 version.
• Shows more details if users run ImageGlass in Debug mode: DPI, Screen resolution, WebView2 version, Renderer engine.

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where "VerticalBlankTicker" error appeared on some monitors (#1814, #1797) and Windows Server 2019 (#1771)
• Fixed an issue where pressing Win key caused image zoomed out for AZERTY keyboard layout (#1769)
• Fixed an issue where users could not save the clipboard image if the image list was empty (#1801)
• Fixed an issue where saving HEIC for other formats caused "Unsupport image format" popup (#1822)
• Fixed an issue where the crop selection reset after saving the image (#1825)
• Attempted to fix an issue where Crop button triggered "Null Reference Exception" (#1758)
• Fixed an issue where the Background color in App settings > Appearance tab did not show and load correctly
• Fixed an issue where clicking on "Get extension icon packs" link in App settings > File type associations tab did not open Extension icon packs site

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/9.0.9.1230...9.0.10.201

Please support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version:

♨ Binary updates

• 12/29/2023: Updated the binary files to fix an issue where the app icon does not show on taskbar on launch (#1799)

🪁 System Requirements

• 🆕 Windows 10/11 64-bit, version 1809 (build 17763) or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8 (64-bit)
• WebView2 Runtime 64-bit v119.0.2151 or later

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 8.11)

Please read the blogpost: https://imageglass.org/news/introducing-the-new-imageglass-version-9-88

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 9.0.8.1208):

🔮 Improvements:

• Updated Magick.NET to v13.5.0
• Lowered Windows version requirement: Windows 10/11 64-bit version 1809 (build 17763) or later
• Unchecked "Enable image transition effect" setting by default (#1744, #1770, #1791)
• Added .jfif to the image format list (#1798)
• Hid zoom information on title bar if there is no image
• Added more information for debug mode

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the image displayed squashed depending on the window size (version 9.0.8 only) (#1716, #1762, #1786, #1789, #1794)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass did not show the first and the last image in the list when holding navigation arrow keys with setting "Loop back to the first image when reaching the end of the image list" unchecked (#1754)
• Fixed an issue where the app window did not maintain between launches (#1790)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass could not display the correct image after rotating and cropping (#1780)
• Fixed an issue where the image stayed in screen when deleting the last image in the list (#837)
• Fixed an issue where Gallery did not reload when deleting the last image in the list (#1763)
• Fixed an issue where users could not use decimal number for custom zoom value (#1774)
• Fixed an issue where using Zoom In/Out buttons on toolbar ignored zoom levels setting (#1778)
• Fixed an issue where zooming by hotkeys did not follow zoom levels setting (#1756)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass did not respect the "Last Write Time" image order (#1747)
• Fixed an issue where Toolbar and Gallery panel appeared again after quitting from Full screen mode (#1705)
• Fixed an issue where users could not use igconfig.default.json or igconfig.admin.json files for app configuration (#1773)
• Fixed an issue where Gallery metadata caching process caused high disk usage
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass did not update the background color correctly when switching between dark/light mode
• Attempted to fix an issue where ImageGlass showed error 0xC000000D on Windows Server 2019 (#1771)

🟣 Other updates for ImageGlass 9.0

• Published ExifGlass app v1.4.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/9.0.8.1208...9.0.9.1230

Please support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version:

🪁 System Requirements

• Windows 10/11 64-bit, version 2004 or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8 (64-bit)
• WebView2 Runtime 64-bit

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 8.10)

Please read the blogpost: https://imageglass.org/news/introducing-the-new-imageglass-version-9-88

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 9.0.7.1125):

🔮 Improvements:

• MSI installer:
  • Added support for Windows Server 2019 x64 (#1711)
  • Added support for installing as system wide app for all users (#1708)
• Added support for auto-detecting WebView2 Runtime and showing a message if user does not have it installed (#1722, #1724)
• Changed the WebView2 user data location from the app config folder to %LocalAppData%\ImageGlass\<version>\Webview2_Data\
• Added WebView2 Runtime information in About dialog
• Added support for copying version information in About dialog (#1730)
• Improved image interpolation setting (#1716):
  • Always uses NearestNeighbor when zoom factor is 100%
  • Updated the setting When zoom ≤ 100% to When zoom < 100%
• Removed in-app message for all window modes (#1739)
• Added + and - numpad key together with =, - as default zooming hotkeys
• Added a message in app settings where user select Current monitor profile option for Color management to tell them ImageGlass does not auto-update monitor color profile when moving between monitors (#1709)
• Removed the Save/Save As context button on the toolbar when users edit the image
• Updated the default toolbar buttons to make it similar to version 8 (#1648)
• Renamed Page navigation tool to Frame navigation tool, and its menu name from MnuPageNav to MnuFrameNav
• Added .avif to the SingleFrameFormats (#1735)
• Enabled "Maximize" button in Window Fit mode

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the functionality of Zoom In and Zoom Out button on toolbar was swapped (#1704)
• Fixed an issue where the style of Full Screen button on toolbar was not updated after exiting Full Screen mode (#1729)
• Fixed an issue where user could not increase the slideshow interval (#1728)
• Fixed an issue where user could not run ImageGlass as Administrator because WebView2 could not write data to the installed directory (#1725)
• Fixed an issue where scroll wheel didn't work if "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them" is disabled in Windows settings (#1723)
• Fixed an issue where the image was blurry at 100% zoom (#1701, #1716, #1736, #1737)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass window was flickering when manually resizing Window Fit mode (#1720)
• Fixed an issue where user could not minimize ImageGlass window in Window Fit mode (#1741)
• Fixed an issue where ARM64 build did not work (#1717)
• Fixed an issue where user could not zoom the SVG image with WebView2 by mouse wheel due to JSON parsing error (#1743)
• Fixed an issue where frame size was not render correctly when viewing separately
• Fixed an issue where users could not save tool settings
• Fixed an issue where image was blinking when switching between images
• Fixed an issue where setting EnableImageTransition did not apply for Slideshow mode
• Fixed an issue where image file created by Save As function did not appear in the Gallery

🟣 Other updates for ImageGlass 9.0

• Published ImageGlass.Tools library v1.9070
• Published ExifGlass app v1.3

🟣 New contributor:

• @turbedi with PR #1746

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/9.0.7.1125...9.0.8.1208

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ImageGlass Classic

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📝 Changelog:

🔮 Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to v13.4.0

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass update prompt fails to recognize 64-bit Windows (#1712)
• Fixed an issue where clicking "Save" button from Crop tool triggers "Save as" instead (#1614, #1631, #1654)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.10.9.27...8.11.12.6

Please support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version (version 8):

🪁 System Requirements

• Windows 10/11 64-bit, version 2004 or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8 (64-bit)
• WebView2 Runtime 64-bit

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 8.10)

Please read the blogpost: https://imageglass.org/news/introducing-the-new-imageglass-version-9-88

📝 Changelog (since ImageGlass 9.0 RC):

🌱 New:

• Updated app icon and the built-in theme packs
• Added new setting LastOpenedSetting to save the last opened setting tab
• Added "Export language pack" in app settings > Language tab
• Added available image information tags in app settings > General tab

🔮 Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to v13.4.0
• Corrected the ImageInterpolation setting value from SampleLinear to MultiSampleLinear. If you encounter error "Could not load user settings" after upgrading, you can edit the new value in igconfig.json file.
• Added Ctrl+W as an additional hotkey for closing the app (#1667)
• Now uses the toolbar background color for the window title bar when the backdrop style is set to None
• Will not reload the image if the folder contains only 1 image when users view the next/previous image
• Improved the opening time for Print Pictures dialog
• Improved the time taken to save image files
• Improved the opening time for image files larger than 16380 pixels by implementing PhotoSauce.MagicScaler to scale the image file
• Updated the image information on the title bar:
  • Now displays the rendered and actual image dimensions if the image file is larger than 16380 pixels
  • Used a vertical em dash (U+FE31) as the image info separator on the title bar
• App settings:
  • Moved the Slideshow background setting from the Appearance tab to the Slideshow tab
  • Added a tooltip for each textbox in the app settings to help the user input a valid value
  • Moved the position of the "Get help" button from the top right to the bottom left corner
• Updated the Quick Setup dialog to follow the user's language and theme settings

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass didn't save the Color profile setting (#1669)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass failed to remember its window's position when anchored (#1646)
• Fixed an issue where app settings window is not functional if the installed path contained an apostrophe (') (#1685)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass did not render correctly when using a theme pack with a transparency color
• Fixed an issue where opening a photo in single-instance mode caused random clicks on other apps
• Fixed an issue where pressing Ctrl+C multiple times resulted in an unhandled exception
• Fixed an issue where the user couldn't select an image area to crop when navigation buttons were visible
• Fixed an issue where layout buttons in the app settings were not updated when changing the select box or text box
• Fixed an issue where the language of the Aspect ratio in the Crop tool and the Image information on the title bar was not updated
• Fixed an issue where the zoom value is reset when viewing a single image frame
• Fixed an issue where Window Fit mode does not scale the window correctly when enabling Page Navigation tool is visible
• Fixed an issue where the buttons in the toolbar overflow dropdown does not show tooltip on hovering
• Fixed an issue where users cannot install language pack if "Language" folder does not exist (#1688)
• Fixed an issue where users cannot use "Kobe-Light" theme if the startup directory is not writable
• Fixed an issue where saving clipboard image crashes the app

🟣 Other updates for ImageGlass 9.0

• Published ImageGlass.Tools library v1.9070
• Published ExifGlass app v1.3

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/9.0.6.1008...9.0.7.1125

Please support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version (version 8):

🎐 Requirements

🟢 Recommended

• Windows 10/11 x64 version 22H2
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8
• WebView2 Runtime x64 (required for App settings, Quick Setup, Check for Update, About dialog)

🟠 Minimum requirements

• Windows 10 x64 version 2004 (20H1)
• .NET Desktop Runtime 6

📝 Changelog:

ImageGlass 9.0 RC is the continuation of the version 9.0 beta 5,
you should read the previous changelog here: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/releases/tag/9.0.5.726.

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🟣 Breaking changes

• Changed default hotkey for:
  • Gallery (from H to G)
  • Go to (from G to F)
• Renamed setting AllFormats to FileFormats, SinglePageFormats to SingleFrameFormats
  • Remove the wildcard from the format
    • Before: "AllFormats": "*.jpg;*.png"
    • After: "FileFormats": ".jpg;.png"
    • This also applies for commands igcmd.exe set-default-viewer <formats> and igcmd.exe remove-default-viewer <formats>
• Renamed setting ToolbarItems to ToolbarButtons
• Renamed setting InfoItems to ImageInfoTags
• Renamed the Arguments of Tools setting to Argument
• Changed the Arguments type of MouseClickActions, ToolbarButtons from string to string[] (string array)
• Moved theme setting ShowTitlebarLogo to app setting ShowAppLogo

🟣 General changes

• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 13.3.0
• Added support for .NET 8, ARM64 (experiment #1000) build
• Added new Color dialog that supports picking alpha value
• Added feature: File > New window
• Add setting DisabledMenus to disable menus of ImageGlass similar to v8
• Add setting EnableDebug to launch ImageGlass in debug mode
• Added .jxl into the list of non-animated formats by default, you can change it in the setting SingleFrameFormats
• Added default actions for mouse clicks similar to v8
• Added icon for toolbar button "Exit" (#1659 thanks to @xmha97)
• Fixed a vulnerability occurring with WebP files (CVE-2023-4863) (#1655)
• Fixed an issue where some formats are displayed with wrong orientation #1619
• Fixed an issue where mouse click action is not executed when the ToggleOff is empty
• Fixed an issue where Toolbar and Gallery background color are also updated when Backdrop style is None
• Fixed an issue where the Exiting Full screen mode does not restore the previous window modes (Frameless, Window fit)
• Fixed an issue where resetting the background in Settings > Appearance does not follow current theme background
• Fixed an issue where app settings UI does not load due to incorrect path of Icons folder (#1630)
• Fixed an issue when passing method name begins with IG_ causes error "Parameter count mismatch"
• Fixed an issue where setting IsIntegrated = false cause the 2nd instance of external tool cannot be launched
• Fixed an issue where pressing Alt+F4 does not close the window
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass cannot open some images (#1622)

🟣 Quick Setup dialog

• A new Out-of-box experience wizard that replaces First-launch configurations of v8
• Added 2 setting profiles: Standard user and Professional user
• Added setting QuickSetupVersion, set a value greater than 9 will prevent the Quick Setup dialog from showing.

🟣 App Settings

• Added new setting ShowAppIcon to toggle the ImageGlass icon on the title bar
• Added UI for setting ImageInfoTags
• Added UI for setting EditApps:
  • Allows to assign the editing app for multiple extensions:

    // in igconfig.json
    "EditApps": {
      // open .JPG and .PNG file with Photoshop
      ".jpg;.png": {
        "AppName": "Photoshop",
        "Executable": "path\\to\\photoshop.exe",
        "Argument": "<file>" // <file> is the current image path to pass to the 'Executable'
      }
    }
    

• Added UI for setting ToolbarButtons:
  • Supports drag and drop to arrange the order of the buttons
  • Supports drag and drop to add a button
  • Adds "Reset to default" button
  • Adds and edits custom toolbar button in JSON format
  • Adds action buttons to move up/down, edit, delete the toolbar button
    • Only the custom toolbar button is editable
• Added UI for File type associations setting:
  • Adds information for changing File extension icons
  • Adds information for Set/Remove default photo viewer
  • Adds UI for setting FileFormats
• Added a "Get help" floating button for quickly accessing documentation
• Improved UI for setting ZoomLevels:
  • Adds a checkbox Use smooth zooming
  • Adds a link button Load default zoom levels
• Removed "ImageGlass" on the file type when registering it as the default photo viewer (#833)

🟣 Viewer component

• Displays more details on the viewer when ImageGlass cannot open image file

🟣 Gallery component

• Fixed an issue where thumbnail cache is always reset (#1647)
• Fixed an issue where thumbnail cache size limit does not follow setting GalleryCacheSizeInMb (#1647)

🟣 ImageGlass Tools

• Changed the tool config Arguments to Argument:

  // in igconfig.json
  "Tools": [
    {
      "ToolId": "Tool_MyDemoApp", // a unique ID
      "ToolName": "My Demo app", // name of the tool
      "Executable": "path\\to\\the\\DemoApp.exe",
      "Argument": "<file>", // <file> is the current image path to pass to the 'Executable'
      "Hotkeys": ["X", "Ctrl+E"], // press X or Ctrl+E to toggle the tool
      "IsIntegrated": true|false // true: if the tool supports 'ImageGlass.Tools'
    }
  ]
  

🟣 Other updates for ImageGlass 9.0 RC

• Published ImageGlass.Tools library v1.9060 to support .NET 8
• Published ExifGlass app v1.2

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/9.0.5.726...9.0.6.1008

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ImageGlass Classic

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📝 Changelog:

🔮 Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to v13.3.0

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed a vulnerability occurring with WebP files (CVE-2023-4863) (#1655)
• Fixed an issue where user cannot click the toolbar buttons when the window is inactive (#1202, #1363)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass displays NEF files in wrong orientation (#1619)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass could not display TIF files due to invalid tag 34031 (#1617)

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 3 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 4 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 5 was already released.
• Version 9.0 RC was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.

🎐 ImageGlass 9.0 minimum requirements

• 🆕 Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) - 64-bit
• 🆕 .NET Desktop Runtime 6
• 🆕 WebView2 Runtime x64

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.9.6.9...8.10.9.27

⚠ Notes

This is the final beta release of ImageGlass version 9. Features and settings may still be changed when the official version 9 is released.

To follow the progress of version 9 RC, please visit: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/projects/16.
You also can support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version (version 8):

🎐 Minimum requirements

• 🆕 Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) - 64-bit
• 🆕 .NET Desktop Runtime 6
• 🆕 WebView2 Runtime x64

📝 Changelog:

ImageGlass 9.0 beta 5 is the continuation of the version 9.0 beta 4,
you should read the previous changelog here: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/releases/tag/9.0.4.416.

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🟣 Breaking changes

• Change app settings and app registry from per-machine to per-user:
  • App settings: Use %LocalAppData% folder (previouly, it was %AppData%) to save user setting file igconfig.json when ImageGlass does not have write permission in its startup folder
  • App registry: Use HKEY_CURRENT_USER (previously, it was HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) for registering file type associations, app protocol (#1581)
• Updated the argument naming of the settings ToolbarItems, Tools from Argument to Arguments.

🟣 General changes

• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 13.2.0
• Removed igcmd10.exe utility
• Added support for reading grayscale DNG images (#1575)
• Added support for showing file thumbnail when dragging from Windows to ImageGlass (.NET 7 build on Windows 11)
• Added new commands for igcmd.exe utility: install-languages, install-themes, uninstall-theme
• Improved DPI and text scaling for menu
• Improved the direction of the menu dropdown when it's open
• Improved keyboard parser with better accuracy (#1612)
• Improved the stability of Share dialog
• Added setting SlideshowImagesToNotifySound to let user determine the number of images to play notification sound in slideshow mode
• Fixed an issue where user could not start slideshow due to incorrect command line prefix
• Fixed an issue where the image is sometimes not displayed after a very quick navigation
• Fixed an issue where orientation of HEIC format is displayed wrong (#1551)
• Fixed an issue where NEF files appear darker with colors less saturated (#1577)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass displays NEF files in wrong orientation (#1478)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass could not display TIF files due to invalid tag 32932 (#1583) and tag 34031 (#1617)
• Fixed an issue when triggering custom hotkeys such as Alt and key causes windows error sound to play (#1613)

🟣 Add UI for App Settings

• Added support for changing user settings for:
  • Tab General
  • Tab Image
  • Tab Slideshow
  • Tab Edit: except for the EditApps setting
  • Tab Viewer
  • Tab Toolbar: except for the ToolbarItems setting
  • Tab Gallery
  • Tab Layout
  • Tab Mouse: except for the MouseClickActions setting
  • Tab Tools
  • Tab Language
  • Tab Appearance
• Resolved an issue where settings are hidden on high DPI screen (#793, #1266)
• Resolved an issue where emoji characters are not rendered in Settings window (#1220)
• Resolved an issue where user does not see the changes when pressing "Apply" button (#623)
• Resolved an issue where the Settings UI is reset when switching tabs (#482)

🟣 Viewer component

• Added support for touch guestures:
  • Supports zooming image by 2 fingers (#591, #739, #1611)
  • Supports panning image with inertia by 1 finger (#591)
  • Supports opening context menu by long tap
• Added support for custom zoom levels via setting ZoomLevels (#1563).

🟢 Added a new Webview2 viewer component using HapplaJs library

• Supports scaling SVG (#421), animated SVG (#1098), interactive SVG files
• Supports opening image by dropping files from desktop
• Supports navigation arrow buttons according to the setting
• Supports showing in-app message
• Supports customizing MouseWheel action
• Supports customizing MouseClick action (right button)
• Supports zooming features:
  • All zoom modes
  • Zoom by hotkeys
  • Set custom zoom
  • Follow zoom levels setting
• Supports panning features:
  • Pan by hotkeys
  • Follow pan speed setting
• Other features may just work, except for Rotation, Flipping, Color picker, Cropping, Page navigation, Copy image data, Print, Set as Desktop/Lock screen, View image channels, Export image frames, ...
• Added an option to switch back to the native viewer component:
  • Open Settings > Viewer
  • Uncheck the option Use Webview2 for viewing SVG format (or set UseWebview2ForSvg to false in igconfig.json).
• When ImageGlass window is minimized, the Webview2 viewer component will be suspended to consume less memory similar to MS Edge's sleep mode.

🟣 Toolbar component

• Added support for adding external tool as toolbar button using the tool ID
• Improved Main menu position to make sure it does not cover the toolbar when the toolbar is at bottom
• Fixed an issue where user cannot use custom image path for toolbar icon (#1554)
• Fixed an issue where user cannot click the toolbar buttons when the window is inactive (#1202, #1363)
• Fixed an issue where tooltip overlaps the hovered button when the gallery's position is not on top

🟣 Gallery component:

• Added support scrolling thumbnails by swipe guesture (#753)
• Added support for resizing gallery by dragging the separator in vertical layout
• Added support for saving the last size of gallery component (#1502)
• Added support for displaying scrollbars with dark mode
• Improved gallery layout scaling according to system text size setting
• Improved click action to only allow to use the left mouse for image navigation
• Fixed an issue where the dragged thumbnail is still selected after mouse is released
• Fixed an issue where thumbnail's tooltip is still showing after leaving the thumbnail
• Fixed an issue where tooltip overlaps the hovered thumbnail when the gallery's position is not at bottom

🟣 Tooltip component

• Added supports for dark mode
• Added supports round corner on Windows 11
• Added supports for using accent color for tooltip title
• Improved tooltip size and text scaling according to system text size setting

🟣 ImageGlass Tools

• Added support for CIELAB color space for Color Picker tool (#1543)
• Added support for setting topmost state of tool window according to ImageGlass window
• Added support for assigning hotkeys for external tool in Tools section in igconfig.json file:

  // in igconfig.json
  "Tools": [
    {
      "ToolId": "Tool_MyDemoApp", // a unique ID
      "ToolName": "My Demo app", // name of the tool
      "Executable": "path\\to\\the\\DemoApp.exe",
      "Arguments": "<file>", // file path to pass to the tool
      "Hotkeys": ["X", "Ctrl+E"], // press X or Ctrl+E to open/close the tool
      "IsIntegrated": true|false // true: if the tool supports 'ImageGlass.Tools'
    }
  ]
  

• Improved the built-in tool window readability by increasing opacity to 95% (from 85%) in inactive state
• Fixed an issue where the second ImageGlass instance cannot open the external tool if other instances already open it

🟣 Other updates for ImageGlass 9.0 beta 5

• Published ImageGlass.Tools library v1.9050
• Published ExifGlass app v1.1

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♨ Updates

• 09/06/2023: Updated the binary files (and hash codes) to fix broken auto-update.

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📝 Changelog:

🔮 Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to v13.1.3
• Added support for reading grayscale DNG images (#1575)

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass always opens using nearest-neighbor zoom (#1549)
• Fixed an issue where NEF files appear darker with colors less saturated (#1577)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass displays NEF files in wrong orientation (#1478)
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass could not display TIF files due to invalid tag 32932 (#1583)

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 3 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 4 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 5 is under development.

🎐 ImageGlass 9.0 minimum requirements

• 🆕 Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) - 64-bit
• 🆕 .NET Desktop Runtime 6
• 🆕 WebView2 Runtime x64

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.8.4.4...8.9.6.9

⚠ Notes

This is the beta-4 release of ImageGlass version 9. Features and settings may still be changed when the official version 9 is released.

To follow the progress of version 9 beta 5, please visit: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/projects/15.
You also can support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version (version 8):

🎐 Minimum requirements

• .NET Desktop Runtime 6
• 🆕 WebView2 Runtime x64
• 🆕 Windows 10 64-bit

📝 Changelog:

ImageGlass 9.0 beta 4 is the continuation of the version 9.0 beta 3,
you should read the previous changelog here: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/releases/tag/9.0.3.1225

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🟣 General changes

• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 13.0.1.
• Improved ImageGlass startup time and latency by enabling ReadyToRun compilation.
• Showed Color space and Color profile info on the title bar.
• Added basic support for animated APNG format (#396).
• Fixed a bug where ImageGlass cannot load image with CMYK color space. Error message: "Operation is not valid due to the state of the object".
• Fixed a bug that caused memory leak during loading image.
• Skipped file existence check while loading image files into the list (#585).
• Changed the prefix for passing app setting as command-line from - to /. Example: ImageGlass.exe /EnableFrameless=true.

🟣 Theme component

• Added support for auto-switching theme according to system's dark/light mode (#434).
  • Splits the setting Theme into DarkTheme and LightTheme.
  • Loads LightTheme if system light mode is on, otherwise ImageGlass uses DarkTheme.
• Removed accent color in theme config.
• Added new icons for toolbar: Play, Pause, Export.

🟣 Viewer component

• Improved frame animation (GIF, WEBP, ...)
  • Adds support for hardware acceleration.
  • Supports playing, pausing or viewing a single frame of image.
  • Adds basic support for playing animation for all animated formats using MagickNET, such as APNG.
• Made the navigation arrow buttons clickable on whole left and right areas (#1472).

🟣 Thumbnail bar component

• Shows Color space and Color profile info on the thumbnail's tooltip.

🟣 Image Booster component

• Reduced memory usage when loading non-transparent image.
• Enabled basic support for all animated formats using MagickNET.
• Cached metadata to improve loading image.

🟣 Features

• Added support for updating the viewing image folder in real time:
  • Updates the viewing image, thumbnail when it's changed by third-party app.
  • Updates the thumbnail bar when image file is deleted, added, renamed.
  • Added an option to disable it by setting: EnableFileWatcher.
• Added Edit image with external editor:
  • Added setting EditApps, example:

    // in igconfig.json
    "EditApps": {
      ".png": {
        "AppName": "Paint.NET",
        "Executable": "C:\\paint.net\\paintdotnet.exe",
        "Argument": "<file>"
      }
    },
    

  • Added options what to do after the external editor is launch AfterEditingAction:
    • Nothing: Do nothing (default).
    • Minimize: Minimize ImageGlass window.
    • Close: Close ImageGlass app.
• Added feature: Export image frames
  • Moves the function to igcmd.exe with command export-frames.
  • Shows exporting progress and status.
  • Added a button to cancel the on-going export progress.
  • Added a button to open output folder after the export is done.
• Added feature: Rotate image (only for non-animated format).
• Added image transformation features:
  • Supports image rotation.
  • Improves performance of image flipping / ratation by using hardware acceleration.
  • Shows asterisk * on title bar next to the image name to indicate there is unsaved change.
  • Displays "Save..." / "Save as..." button on toolbar if the image is changed.
• Adds native support for animated Webp format (#1466) using libwebp.dll v1.3.0:
  • Supports hardware acceleration.
  • Fixed: Quality of animated Webp is reduced (#1526).
  • Supports saving image as Webp, including animated format (#1477).
• Supports for saving TIFF, GIF as multiple frames.
• Improves ImageGlass Slideshow view:
  • Removed support for multiple slideshow views
  • Added support for changing slideshow image list when user changes it in the main view.
  • Made slideshow view togglable.
  • Added support for new window modes in slideshow view.

🟢 New window modes

• Frameless mode
  • The window corners are rounded by default.
  • Hold SHIFT and drag to move the window.
• Window fit mode
  • Disables Maximize button of the window.
  • Improve performance when user zooms the image.
  • Added support for all zoom modes in Window mode.
• Window modes combination for the main view and slideshow view:

  Mode	Full screen	Frameless	Window fit
  Full screen	✅	❌	❌
  Frameless	❌	✅	✅
  Window fit	❌	✅	✅

🟢 Layout customization

• Added support for layout customization using setting Layout (#318) for:
  • Toolbar with setting Toolbar,
  • Thumbnail bar with setting Gallery,
  • Contextual toolbar with setting ToolbarContext.
• Supports Toolbar position: Top, Bottom.
• Supports Thumbnail bar position: Top, Bottom, Left, Right.
• Allows to change control's order if they are in the same layout position.
• Example:
  • Default layout:

    // in igconfig.json
    {
      // default layout
      "Layout": {
        "Toolbar": "Top", // Toolbar is at top
        "Gallery": "Bottom;0", // thumbnail bar is at bottom
        "ToolbarContext": "Bottom;1", // contextual toolbar is at bottom, above thumbnail bar
      },
    }
    

  • Layout: toolbar and thumbnail bar at top, contextual toolbar at bottom

    // in igconfig.json
    {
      "Layout": {
        "Toolbar": "Top;1", // Toolbar is at top, below thumbnail bar
        "Gallery": "Top;0", // thumbnail bar is at top, above the toolbar
        "ToolbarContext": "Bottom", // contextual toolbar is at bottom
      }
    }
    

🟢 New Color picker tool

• Shows cursor location on the viewing image.
• Clicks to pick the pixel color.
• Adds support for color formats: RGB, HEX, CMYK, HSL, HSV.
• Adds buttons to copy color code.
• Adds Settings window with options to show alpha value for each color format.

🟢 New Page navigation tool

• Supports for viewing separate image frame.
  • Non-animated formats (TIFF, ICO,...).
  • Animated formats (GIF, WEBP, APNG,...).
• Respects the size and orientation of the image frame (#1077).
• Exports all frames.

🟢 External tools support

• You can download external tools at https://imageglass.org/tools.
• Created https://github.com/ImageGlass/ImageGlass.Tools library for other 3rd-party apps to communicate with ImageGlass via IPC message events.
• Sends events to the external tools using ImageGlassEvents.
• Sends EnableWindowTopMost as a command-line argument to request the external tool window to be top most.
• Uses ToolSettings setting to store settings of the built-in tools (Crop tool, Color picker) instead of Tools.
• Added support for adding external tools to ImageGlass Tools menu with setting Tools and assigning the tool's hotkeys with setting MenuHotkeys.
• Shows "Tool not found" dialog to allow user to select executable path of the tool.
• For more details, please refer to https://github.com/ImageGlass/ImageGlass.Tools.

🟢 Introducing ExifGlass - a new ExifTool for ImageGlass

ExifGlass is a brand new EXIF metadata viewing app, designed to work seamlessly with ImageGlass 9, but can also be used as a standalone software on your computer. To use ExifGlass, you need to have ExifTool by Phil Harvey installed on your system.

For more details, please visit: https://github.com/d2phap/ExifGlass.

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🌱 New:

• Adds setting HideAppName in igconfig.xml to hide ImageGlass text on title bar.
• Adds support for showing "Tag ID" column for the Exif tool.

🔮 Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 13.0.1.
• Uses Magick.NET to load animated WEBP if libwebp.dll does not found (#1526).

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where non-animated transparent WEBP image does not display correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the Exif tool window shows error before showing exif data (#1520).
• Fixed an issue where the Exif tool does not show -H in the preview command (#1530).
• Fixed an issue where the Exif tool throws error when using custom file format .fmt (#1530).
• Fixed an issue where language is reset to English after each update (#1523). This fix applies to next update (from v8.8.4.4 to v8.8+).

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 3 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 4 is under development.
• From version 9.0, .NET 6 Runtime is required to run ImageGlass, you can download it at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.8.3.28...8.8.4.4

♨ Updates

• 26/03/2023: Updated the license to make the registration for non-personal purposes optional, see https://imageglass.org/license.
• 24/03/2023: Updated the binary files (and hash codes) to fix the issue #1516: Zooming by hotkey in Window Fit mode does not work.

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📝 Changelog:

🌱 New:

• Adds setting DisabledMenus in igconfig.xml to disable ImageGlass features using menu name (#1498).
• Adds support for relative path of Exiftool in igconfig.xml file (#1208).
• Adds support for displaying and extracting Unicode characters from EXIF metadata (#1169).
• Adds a new confirmation dialog when the user overrides the current image to warn them about the limitations of ImageGlass regarding image saving (#1094).
• The About dialog now includes information about the ImageGlass license and privacy policy.
• The Check for Update feature has been improved to show more information about the update and check if the user's system can install version 9.0 in the future.
• Image saving has been updated to only work with supported formats listed in the "Write" column of the supported formats page (#1504):
  • If the user attempts to save an unsupported format, the "Save as..." dialog will be opened instead.
  • This change also affects other image saving-related features such as rotation, flipping, and cropping.

🔮 Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 13.0.0.
• Improved loading speed for animated WEBP format (#1466) by directly using libwebp v1.3.0.
• Thumbnails are now automatically centered (#1049).
• Enhanced the corner radius of the toolbar, thumbnail bar, and menu to ensure optimal display on high DPI screens running Windows 11.
• Implemented rounded frameless window borders on Windows 11.

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the user couldn't minimize the window in Window Fit mode (#1448).
• Fixed a bug that prevented ImageGlass from loading certain TIF files with invalid tags (#1181, #1454).
• Fixed an issue where the Exif tool was not functional when using the default name of ExifTool: exiftool(-k).exe (#1178).
• Fixed an issue where images became corrupted during the save process, causing display errors when navigating to the next image or exiting the app (#1097, #1273, #1504).
• Fixed an issue where the "loading..." message always shows when viewing next images.

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 3 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 4 is under development.
• From version 9.0, .NET 6 Runtime is required to run ImageGlass, you can download it at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.7.11.6...8.8.3.28

⚠ Notes

This is the beta-3 release of ImageGlass Kobe version 9. Many features of the version 8 are missing and there are a lot of breaking changes. All features and settings may be changed when the official version 9 is released.

To follow the progress of version 9 beta 4, please visit: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/projects/14.
You also can support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version (version 8):

🎐 Minimum requirements

• .NET 6.0 Runtime.
• Windows 7 SP1 ESU 64 bit.

📝 Changelog:

ImageGlass 9.0 beta 3 is the continuation of the version 9.0 beta 2,
you should read the previous changelog here: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/releases/tag/9.0.2.904

Show / hide details

🟣 General changes

• Showed version info of ImageGlass and Magick.NET with the error message when the image is invalid.
• Added support for assigning multiple hotkeys for Menu in igconfig.json (#1400).
• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 12.2.2.
• Improved high DPI scaling for:
  • Viewer component:
    • Scale navigation buttons.
    • Scale in-app message.
    • Scale checkerboard tile.
  • Toolbar component: Scale ellipsis button.
  • Thumbnail bar.
  • Menu component.

🟣 Theme component

• Added support for dark/light title bar in Windows 10, and Mica title bar for Windows 11, according to the IsDarkMode property in theme pack config file igtheme.json (#595, #630).
• Added support for using system accent color.
• Added more theme-aware ability to more controls: Combobox, Numeric box, Check box, Label, Link label, Button, Toolbar, Thumbnail bar, Menu, ...
• Added support for Windows 11 UI (requires Windows 11 22H2) via setting WindowBackdrop:
  • Transparent backdrop style Acrylic, Mica, MicaAlt for the main and slideshow window (#548, #591, #937).
  • Tool window and other dialog windows show MicaAlt by default.
  • Supports alpha value for the background color of the BackgroundColor, SlideshowBackgroundColor, and theme pack (Toolbar, Thumbnail bar).
• Improved menu component:
  • Correctly shows the checkable type of menus: Check box for multiple choices, Radio button for single choice
  • Updates arrow icon.
• Reorganized sections in igtheme.json
  • Added Colors section to contain all theme colors.
  • Settings section is for all other settings.
• Added support for using system accent color in Colors section, by the syntax: accent[:alpha = 255]
  • accent is required.
  • alpha is optional, allows you to change the alpha value of the system accent color.
  • Example: accent:180
• Shows a circle as the default toolbar icon (instead of showing blank) if the icon in igtheme.json is missing or invalid.
• Added support for auto-updating theme colors when system accent color is changed.
• Added support for auto-changing SVG icon color for dark/light mode.

🟣 Viewer component

• Added fading transition when switching images, configurable by the setting EnableImageTransition.
• Added support for smooth panning by default without Image Focus mode.
• Uses accent color for heading text message, navigation buttons, selection.
• Added support for customizing the interpolation mode corresponding to the image's zoom factor: ImageInterpolationScaleDown and ImageInterpolationScaleUp (#1088, #1092). Interpolation values:
  • NearestNeighbor
  • Linear
  • Cubic
  • SampleLinear
  • Antisotropic
  • HighQualityBicubic

🟣 Thumbnail bar component

• Improved the speed of generating thumbnails by using cache from Windows File Explorer.
• Added setting ThumbnailCacheSizeInMb to change the maximum size of thumbnail cache on hard disk. The default setting is 300 MB.
• Aligned the thumbnails center horizontally by default (#1049).
• Added support for auto-scaling the thumbnail size when DPI is changed.
• Added support for auto-adjusting the thumbnail size when scroll bar is visible.
• Fixed: thumbnail is not scaled properly when enabling showing filename.
• Fixed: thumbnail bar size is not correct when the window size is smaller than the minimum size of the thumbnail bar.
• Fixed: image height information in tooltip is not correct.

🟣 Image Booster component

• Added support for GIFV image format.
• Added setting ShowImagePreview to display the image preview while the image file is being loaded, using embedded image, and sync the interpolation mode (#682).
• Added settings: EmbeddedThumbnailMinWidth and EmbeddedThumbnailMinHeight to set minimum size of the embedded thumbnail to use for displaying (#1290, #1293).
• Added setting ImageBoosterCacheMaxDimension to ignore caching large image dimension (#495).
• Added setting ImageBoosterCacheMaxFileSizeInMb to ignore caching large file size (#495).
• Added support for opening image bigger than 16384px by scaling down it to 16384px (#272).
• Fixed an issue that ImageGlass cannot load some TIF files due to invalid tags: 34022 (ColorTable), 34025 (ImageColorValue), 34026 (BackgroundColorValue) (#1181, #1454).

🟣 Settings component:

• Added settings EnableCopyMultipleFiles and EnableCutMultipleFiles to enable/disable copy/cut multiple files (#917).
• Added Tools section dedicated for managing tool settings.

🟣 Features

• Removed Image Focus mode, all of features of Image Focus mode are interated into the Viewer component.
• In the menu Image > Panning:
  • Added menus: Pan image left/right/up/down.
  • Added support for smooth panning when using menu and hotkey.
  • Added menus: Pan to left/right/top/bottom side (#974).
• Added support for smooth zooming when using menu (and hotkey).
• Added File > Unload image (U): to unload the viewing image and release memory resource.
• Menu Help > Set / Unset default viewer:
  • Reverted back to use ImageGlass as key name in registry.
  • igcmd.exe: Added new arguments to optionally show result dialog.
    • --ui: show all result dialogs.
    • --hide-admin-error-ui: hide the error dialog when admin is required to execute the command.
• Full screen mode: Fixed an issue that window icon is missing when exiting Full screen mode.

🟢 New Slideshow mode:

• Moves slideshow to a separate process with only clean viewer (#1336).
• Supports open multiple slideshows.
• Supports run ImageGlass in slideshow mode (#740, #885).
• Prevent OS from entering sleep mode (#718).
• Supports sub-second slideshow interval (#1155).
• Uses the correct : symbol for countdown text (#1226).
• Auto-hides cursor after 3 seconds.
• Adds slideshow functions:
  • Play/pause.
  • Toggle full screen / windowed mode (#1394).
  • Toggle countdown.
  • Toggle checkerboard background.
  • Change slideshow background color.
  • Navigate next/previous or first/last image.
  • Change zoom modes and view actual size.
  • Change image loading order.
  • Show "Open with..." dialog for the viewing image in slideshow.
  • Open the viewing image location.
  • Copy the viewing image path.
  • Exit slideshow.

🟢 New Crop tool:

• New crop UI, follows system accent color, and shows size of the selection (#1230).
• Adds support for holding Shift to select a square (#903).
• Adds support for aspect ratio (#755, #1057, #1145).
• Actions:
  • Reset selection
  • Save (Ctrl+S)
  • Save as (Ctrl+Shift+S)
  • Crop image
  • Copy the selection to clipboard (Ctrl+C)
• Crop settings:
  • Load, save selected aspect ratio settings.
  • Close crop tool after crop is completed (#755-3).
  • Set default selection (#755-1, #1311, #1410)
    • Use the last selection
    • 0% -> 100% (select all)
    • User-defined area
  • Option to center the selection.

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Alternatively, you can use the one-time donation from ♥ GitHub Sponsor, then drop me a message in ImageGlass Discord or email, and I will send the code shortly.

📝 Changelog:

🔮 Improvements:

• Added a new property isdarkmode to igconfig.xml to determine the theme pack is dark or light mode. If it's not defined, dark mode will be used by default. For details, visit: https://github.com/ImageGlass/theme.
• Added support for dark mode title bar from theme pack (#595, #630).
• Allowed to set slideshow interval to be less than 1 second (#1155).

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where igcmd.exe crashed when auto-checking for a new update.

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 3 is under development.
• From version 9.0, .NET 6 Runtime is required to run ImageGlass, you can download it at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.7.10.26...8.7.11.6

👐🏿 Support ImageGlass Kobe on Microsoft Store!

This is the paid version, you will need to pay a small amount after 7-day trial. You will get the convenience of fast, easy installation onto all of your Windows devices along with fully automatic, behind-the-scenes updates with all the newest features, improvements, and fixes.

Alternatively, you can use the one-time donation from ♥ GitHub Sponsor, then drop me a message in ImageGlass Discord or email, and I will send the code shortly.

📝 Changelog:

🔮 Improvements:

• Updated Magick.NET to v12.2.0.
• Changed to use Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP (32 bits-per-pixel component) for the best image quality. This requires a bit more memory to load and process the image. You can download the x86 release of ImageGlass, which uses Magick.NET-Q8 for less memory consumption.
• Allowed user to override the extension icons in Exts-Icon from Config folder (similar to Themes folder).
• Added support for showing translators of the language pack in Settings > Language.
• Added support for auto-applying selected language pack in Settings window when clicking Apply button.
• Added support for using millisecond to set slideshow interval (#1155), thanks to @BenHUET.
• Updated the colon character in slideshow countdown (#1226).
• Added Exit option to the context menu (#1322, #1390), kudo to @BenHUET.
• Updated toolbar icon for Thumbnail bar (#1364).
• Re-enabled the ability to change extension icon for .ICO (#1396).

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue when the Window Fit mode is enabled, zooming the image causes the window flickered badly (#1371), a big applause to @2480258.

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 3 is under development.
• From version 9.0, .NET 6 Runtime is required to run ImageGlass, you can download it at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0.

New Contributors

• @2480258 made their first contribution in https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/pull/1380
• @BenHUET made their first contribution in https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/pull/1393

Full Changelog: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/compare/8.6.7.13...8.7.10.26

⚠ Breaking changes

This is the beta-2 release of ImageGlass Kobe version 9. Many features of the version 8 are missing and there are a lot of breaking changes. All features and settings may be changed when the official version 9 is released.

To follow the progress of version 9 beta 3, please visit: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/projects/13.
You also can support this project by making a donation or purchasing the Microsoft Store version (version 8):

🎐 Minimum requirements

• .NET 6.0 Runtime.
• Windows 7 SP1 ESU 64 bit.

📝 Changelog:

ImageGlass 9.0 beta 2 is a continuation of the version 9.0 beta 1,
you should read the previous changelog here: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/releases/tag/9.0.1.514

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🟣 General changes

• Removed support for custom codec.
• Supports for seamless process privilege elevation:
  • No longer requires igtask.exe to run admin commands
  • All functions that require admin permission will trigger the "User Account Control" dialog automatically. For example:
    • Set as desktop background
    • Set as Lock screen image (Windows 10+)
    • Set / unset default photo viewer (#832, #1085, #1360).
• Introduces new classes for user actions that being used widely in the app:
  • SingleAction: contains a single action that can be chained. For example:
    • Click to enter Full screen mode and then set zoom to 200%.
    • See more details in the "Toolbar component" section.
  • ToggleAction: contains ToggleOn and ToggleOff action. Each of them is a SingleAction. ToggleOn and ToggleOff are taken turn to call to switch on or off a feature. For example:
    • First double click to enter Full screen mode.
    • If double click again, exit Full screen mode.
    • See more details in the "ImageGlass.Views" section.
• Added theme-aware dialogs for:
  • Save / Save as
  • Rename
  • Go to
  • Custom zoom
  • Move to Recycle bin / Delete
  • ...
  • All dialogs can be closed with ESC (#1324).
• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 12.1.0.

🟣 New viewer component: ImageGlass.Views

• ImageGlass.Views is based on D2Phap.DXControl which supports both Direct2D and GDI+ graphics thanks to WicNet library.
• Replaced ImageGlass.PhotoBox with ImageGlass.Views, supports Direct2D 1.3 features.
• Supports GPU rendering for transparent formats: PNG,...
• Supports image interpolation modes:
  • NearestNeighbor (default when zoom > 100)
  • Linear (default when zoom <= 100)
  • Cubic
  • SampleLinear
  • Antisotropic
  • HighQualityBicubic
• Improves performance when the checkerboard is on.
• Supports heading for text in-app message.
• Reduces resource usage.
• Image focus mode is now only for panning using keyboard.
• Supports smooth zooming without enabling Image focus mode.
• Zooming with keyboard/ mouse is centered by cursor position (#381).

Added support for custom mouse actions:

Mouse click actions (#381, #648, #748, #909, #991, #1337): (see full example at https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/issues/991#issuecomment-1238130837)

• Setting name: MouseClickActions.
• Supports events:
  • LeftClick
  • LeftDoubleClick
  • RightClick
  • RightDoubleClick
  • XButton1Click
  • XButton1DoubleClick
  • XButton2Click
  • XButton2DoubleClick
  • WheelClick
  • WheelDoubleClick
• Action for mouse click is ToggleAction which means you can configure on and off event separately. Each on and off action can be chained as well.
• Example:

  "MouseClickActions": {
    "LeftDoubleClick": {
      // first left click to enable full screen mode and set zoom factor to 50%
      "ToggleOn": {
        "Executable": "IG_ToggleFullScreen",
        "Argument": true,
        "NextAction": {
          "Executable": "IG_SetZoom",
          "Argument": 0.5,
        }
      },
      // second left click to exit full screen mode
      "ToggleOff": {
        "Executable": "IG_ToggleFullScreen",
        "Argument": false
      }
    }
  },
  
  

Mouse wheel actions:

• Setting name: MouseWheelActions.
• Supports events:
  • Scroll
  • PressCtrlAndScroll
  • PressShiftAndScroll
  • PressAltAndScroll
• Actions for mouse wheel are pre-defined:
  • DoNothing
  • Zoom
  • PanVertically
  • PanHorizontally
  • BrowseImages
• Example:

  "MouseWheelActions": {
    "PressCtrlAndScroll": "BrowseImages",
    "PressShiftAndScroll": "PanHorizontally",
  },
  

🟣 Thumbnails bar component

• Significantly improved the loading speed when opening big folder.
• Shows more image information on tooltip:
  
  • Image name and dimension
  • Full file path
  • File size
  • Date modified
  • Frames count (if the viewing image contains more than 1 frame)
  • Rating (if image contains rating)
• Use the Magick.NET library to read image metadata to fix the issue that the image dimension shows (0 x 0) in some image formats.

🟣 Toolbar component

• OnClick is a SingleAction. So you can set a chain of actions to run.
• Added support for custom icon path for field Image in ToolbarItems in igconfig.json. The path can be absolute or relative.
• For example for the above changes:

  "ToolbarItems": [
    {
      "Type": "Button",
      "Id": "btn_Flip",
      "Text": "Flip and save the image, then exit ImageGlass",
      "DisplayStyle": "Image",
      "Alignment": "Right",
      "Image": "%systemroot%\\system32\\my_custom_icon.svg",
      "OnClick": {
        "Executable": "MnuFlipHorizontal",
        "Argument": "",
        "NextAction": {
          "Executable": "IG_Save",
          "NextAction": {
            "Executable": "IG_Exit",
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
  

🟣 Image Booster component

• Auto-detects and uses current monitor color profile (#781, #693).

🟣 New features

• Rename
• Delete
• Move to Recycle bin
• Delete / Recycle bin confirmation
  • Option to update the warning setting in the confirmation dialog.
• Go to file
• Custom zoom
• Flip horizontal / vertical
• Set as desktop background
• Set as Lock screen image (Windows 10+)
• Share (Windows 10+)
• View image channels
• Save
• Save as
  • Auto-process image color, rotation,...
  • Supports reading multi-frame format, saving to GIF (#1058)
  • Supports custom quality for JPEG.
• Save / Save as override confirmation (#1074)
  • Option to update the override warning setting in the confirmation dialog.
• Copy & paste image with transparency support (#1305).
• Support Clipboard image (#584)
  • Flip horizontal / vertical
  • Print
  • Save as
  • Set as Desktop background
  • Set as Lock screen image
  • Share
  • Open with
  • Re-copy
• Full screen mode (#1403):
  • Toggle Full screen mode.
  • Options to hide tool bar and thumbnails.
  • Restore window size, position and state correctly when restoring a maximized window from Full screen mode (#1015).
  • Save and restore for next run.
  • Fixed: Screen flashes when entering full screen mode (#905)

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♨ Updates

• Updated the ImageGlass_Kobe_8.6.7.13_x64.msi to fix #1365, the old one is marked 'deleted'.

👐🏿 Support ImageGlass Kobe on Microsoft Store!

This is the paid version, you will need to pay a small amount after 7-day trial. You will get the convenience of fast, easy installation onto all of your Windows devices along with fully automatic, behind-the-scenes updates with all the newest features, improvements, and fixes.

Alternatively, you can use the one-time donation from ♥ GitHub Sponsor, then drop me a message in ImageGlass Discord or email, and I will send the code shortly.

📝 Changelog:

This is a hotfix for ImageGlass 8.6.6.6.

🔮 Improvements:

• Updated Magick.NET to v11.2.0.
• Reverted the app folder back to ImageGlass (instead of ImageGlass Kobe) (#1352).
• Add a non-UI setting AutoFocusToolbarOnHover to fix an issue when the window in inactive, user need to click twice for the toolbar buttons, kudo to @Sxderp (#1202).

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue that the MSI 64-bit installer threw the error "Could not write value..." when user chose the option Only Current User (#1355).
• Fixed an issue that the app could not load image due to missing vcomp140.dll file from Magick.NET library (#1354).
• Fixed an issue that the igcmd.exe was crashed and shown every time user launches the app (https://github.com/ImageGlass/Spider/issues/4)
• Fixed an issue that Left/Right keyboard control keeps losing focus causes by AutoFocusToolbarOnHover setting in igconfig.xml is enabled by default.

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 is under development.
• Since version 9.0, .NET 6 Runtime is required to run ImageGlass, you can download it at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0.

Update & known issues:

• 64-bit MSI installer could not write registry key if "Only for me" option is selected: https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/discussions/1351#discussioncomment-2881696
• The app's code name is changed to ImageGlass Kobe (the installed path as C:\Program Files\ImageGlass Kobe\), it may break your automation flow (#1353).

👐🏿 Support ImageGlass Kobe on Microsoft Store!

This is the paid version, you will need to pay a small amount after 7-day trial. If you buy ImageGlass in the Microsoft Store, you'll be supporting its development directly. You will get the convenience of fast, easy installation onto all of your Windows devices along with fully automatic, behind-the-scenes updates with all the newest features, improvements, and fixes.

📝 Changelog:

🌱 New:

• Added support for WEBP animated format (#508), FITS, MJPEG, VIFF, VX.
• Added a new feature on Windows 10 or later: Share (S).
• Added new settings for vertical / horizontal panning speed in Settings > Image > Panning, kudo to @siblount (#1179).
• Added a setting for automatically displaying new image in folder in Settings > Image > Image loading (#1348).
• Changed the URL for Update service: Since v8.6, when checking for an update, ImageGlass connects to https://imageglass.org/url/update instead of https://imageglass.org/checkforupdate.

🔮 Improvements:

• Updated Magick.NET to v11.1.2.
• Color management: Add option Use current monitor profile to auto-select the current monitor profile in Settings > Image > Color management (#781). If the monitor does not have a profile, sRGB will be used.
• Added support for auto-resizing the windows in Frameless mode when user zoom the viewing image, kudo to @SylwesterZarebski (#822).
• Added support for copy & paste image with transparency (#1305).
• Removed the ugly top and left border of the menu dropdown on Windows 10 (#1218).
• Improved edit feature: try to find and use MS Paint as the default editing app on Windows 11 (#1307).
• Updated the text for clearer explanation in Settings > General > Others (#1325):
  • Start with OS to improve startup speed.
  • Continue running in the background when the app is closed.

🐛 Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue that the app window does not activate when opening an image from Explorer in single instance mode (#620).
• Fixed an issue when the window in inactive, user need to click twice for the toolbar buttons, kudo to @Sxderp (#1202).
• Fixed an issue when printing the viewing image crashes the app if the Temp folder is not found (#1343).
• Fixed an issue when the 32-bit MSI installer has wrong default installation directory and creates unnecessary folder (#1265).

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🛣 ImageGlass 9.0 development updates

• Version 9.0 beta 1 was already released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• Version 9.0 beta 2 is under development.
• Since version 9.0, .NET 6 Runtime is required to run ImageGlass, you can download it at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0.