PicView 3.0.4

Installer

PicView-v3.0.4-win-x64.exe

38.3 MB

PicView-v3.0.4-win-arm64.exe

33.8 MB

Portable Windows x64

PicView-v3.0.4-win-x64.zip

52.4 MB

Portable Windows arm64

PicView-v3.0.4-win-arm64.zip

47.2 MB

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3.0.4

Improvements

• Scroll Window Size: Improved size calculation when Auto fit window is on while scrolling is enabled.
• Print Everything: Improved the print function to save the image to a temporary file if it’s not already a file, or convert the image to a temporary file if it’s in an uncommon format.

Bug Fixes

General Fixes

• Multipage TIFF Navigation: Fixed the page count not updating in the title bar after adding files to the current directory while viewing multipage TIFF files (#190).
• Update Function: Fixed an issue where the update function only selected the portable builds; if PicView is installed, it now downloads and starts the appropriate installer.
• Set as Wallpaper: Fixed an issue where setting an image as wallpaper was not applied when the image is not a file.
• Gallery Setting: Fixed incorrect gallery translation, now correctly indicating whether the gallery is closed or open.
• Recent Files Highlight: Fixed the currently viewed file not being highlighted in the Recent Files submenu in the context menu.
• Animated Image Crop: Fixed animated image not being shown after closing crop (cropping animated images is currently not supported).
• Bottom Toolbar Text: Fixed the context menu option to hide the bottom toolbar, to properly display “Hide bottom toolbar” instead of “Show bottom toolbar”.

  Renaming and Title Bar

• Renaming Stability: Fixed a potential crash when renaming files due to an out-of-range exception.
• Renaming Closing: Fixed Keyboard shortcuts not registering after closing renaming in the title bar by pressing Esc button.
• Window Title Bar Translation: Fixed instances where translations were not loaded properly when starting PicView without loading a file.
• Table Bar Width: Fixed incorrect width in the table bar when the window is resized to small sizes.

Rendering Fixes

Auto Fit

• Auto Fit Sizing: Fixed incorrect sizing when Auto fit window is enabled and the image dimensions exceed the window dimensions.
• Auto Fit Scroll Sizing: Fixed incorrect sizing when changing pictures while Auto fit window is on and scrolling is enabled.

Side-by-Side

• Side-by-Side Navigation: Fixed navigation in side-by-side mode to skip 1 image so that the image on the other side gets skipped correctly, handling looping and end-of-file list scenarios.
• Loading Crashes: Fixed crashes when Side by side is enabled while navigating pictures.
• Side-by-Side Rendering: Fixed rendering issues and title bar updates when toggling side-by-side view on and off.

Startup 1:1 ratio and Table Bar Width

• Startup Rendering: Fixed an issue where images with a 1:1 ratio or where both dimensions exceeded the window size were rendered incorrectly on startup when the window was resizable.

Keyboard & Input Handling

• Arrow Key Registration: Fixed an issue where arrow keys were not registering after renaming a file in the title bar.
• Text Box Selection: Fixed an issue where selection was not cleared when pressing the left or right arrow keys in a text box.
• Key Repeat Handling: Fixed unintended repeated calls when a key was held down.

Miscellaneous

Buttons and Visual Updates

• Next Picture Button Position: Moved the hover button for navigating to the next picture next to the scrollbar when scrolling is enabled.
• Title Bar Buttons: Changed the title bar buttons’ width to intersect with the scrollbar width.
• Button Availability: Disabled buttons when the resources they rely on are not available (e.g., no file/image present, or unsupported image format for optimization).
• Text Shadow: Added text shadow to highlighted menu items for better contrast.
• Color Update: Updated secondary accent colors for improved visual aesthetics.

3.0.3

Improvements

• Enhanced Preloader: Improved the preloader to boost loading speeds when renaming, deleting, or adding files within the current directory.
• Enhanced Light and Glass theme: Made visual Improvements and fixes to the Light theme and Glass theme.

Bug Fixes

• Image zoom panning: Fixed an issue where images could not be dragged properly in full-screen or maximized mode when Autofit was enabled (#185).
• Margin Reset: Fixed an issue of margins not resetting correctly, when entering or exiting maximized window state.
• Crop Mode Layout: Fixed an issue where the layout was incorrect when entering crop mode with the bottom gallery visible. PicView will now automatically hide the gallery when entering crop mode and show it again upon exiting.
• Crop Mode: Fixed the interface menus not closing when entering crop mode.
• Multipage TIFF Navigation: Fixed an error that caused an incorrect file count and prevented navigating back to the first page when viewing multipage TIFF files.
• File Renaming: File renaming inconsistencies and crashes has been fixed.
• Thumbnail Generation: Fixed instances where thumbnails were not generated for newly added images in the current directory.
• Image Display: Fixed some instances where images appeared blank instead of being displayed.
• Full-Screen Startup: Fixed a fullscreen startup issue where the buttons in the top right corner were not visible.
• Full-Screen Restore: Fixed an issue where returning from fullscreen mode to the regular window did not work when pressing the hotkey associated with the fullscreen function.
• Folder Drop Functionality: Fixed instances where certain functions did not work correctly after viewing the first file in a folder when the folder was loaded via drag-and-drop.
• Glass Theme: Fixed incorrect colors and visual layout issues when using the Glass theme.
• Image Effects: Fixed image saving, where image effect was not applied.
• Image Effects Stability: Fixed possible crashing when changing the image effects.
• Startup Image Rendering: Fixed a bug where images were rendered incorrectly at startup when the image was larger than the window and the window was resizable.
• Window Title Bar Size: Fixed the window title bar size being incorrect when image scrolling was enabled and the window was resizable. Scrollbar Layout: Fixed the scrollbar being larger than the layout when scrolling was enabled, and the window was resizable.

Miscellaneous

• Set as Wallpaper Shortcut: Added a convenient Set as wallpaper shortcut to the Effects window dropdown and context menu.

Languages

• Added Japanese

3.0.2

What’s new

• Added support for navigating multipage TIFF files.

Improvements

• Increased thumbnail generation performance and display thumbnails during image loading.
• Enhanced gallery animation performance.
• Improved multithreaded directory loading.
• Zooming is now centered when the cursor is outside the image area.
• Improved the animations displaying zoom percentage in the centered tooltip.
• Adjusted the slider values for zooming speed for a better user experience.
• Added Maximize option to the Keybindings window and the context menu.
• Enhanced functionality for setting an image as wallpaper.
• The Open and Hide bottom gallery/Show bottom gallery buttons are no longer disabled during loading.
• Adjusting navigation speed for the navigation buttons no longer requires a restart to take effect.

Bug fixes

• Fixed incorrect loading during image navigation.
• Fixed incorrect size on startup when image scrolling is enabled.
• Fixed UI overlapping issues in maximized mode.
• Fixed translations for the context menu not loading when right-clicking text boxes.
• Fixed a potential crash when using the reload function.
• Fixed a potential crash when navigating with file history.
• Fixed the drag preview not showing when dragging a URL.
• Fixed the bottom gallery not correctly closing, when switching to view a picture from either a URL or a clipboard image.
• Fixed adjusting navigation speed, when key held down, was not applied.

Miscellaneous

• Updated to Avalonia 11.2.4.

Languages

• Dutch translation

3.00.1

Improvements

• Improved image file type detection when pasting from base64.
• Updated default keybindings.
• Optimized task cancellation performance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed saving image when it is not an existing file.
• Fixed the cropping interface when using the Light Theme or Glass Theme.
• Fixed visual errors when using the Rename function.
• Fixed visual errors in the Image Info window.
• Fixed incorrect decimal values when calculating the new image size in the Resize Image function.
• Fixed an issue where adjusting the size with the percentage % symbol didn’t work in the Image Info window.
• Fixed the Slideshow immediately changing image.
• Fixed the Unexpected error appearing when it shouldn’t after renaming.
• Fixed and improved behavior when using the Duplicate file function.
• Fixed sorting order not being properly selected when sorting by file extension or creation time.
• Fixed text alignment not being properly centered after resorting the file order.
• Fixed missing text when attempting to rename by right-clicking the title bar.

3.0.0

What’s New

• PicView now displays animated WebP animations.
• New function to toggle viewing images Side by side.
• New Glass theme, which can be changed in settings.
• Added a new navigation feature to move back or forward by either 50 or 100 images at a time.

Improvements

Updated User Interface

PicView’s interface has been remade to be cleaner and more intuitive.

New Updated Settings Window

• You can now change the background choice in the settings window.
• New option to disable fade-in buttons on mouse hover.
• New option to show an animated pop-up message asking for confirmation when closing the window.
• Enabled tab navigation in the Settings window using mouse buttons, allowing back-and-forth movement between tabs.

  New Updated Batch Resize Window

• New resize mode allows resizing all images by both width and height. Clicking the chain button toggles whether the aspect ratio should be preserved. If the aspect ratio is not preserved, images may be stretched.
• New option to batch convert images to .avif, .heic, and .jxl formats.

New Updated Single Image Resize Window

• New option to ignore the aspect ratio. Same functionality as in the Batch Resize Window.
• New option to set quality for supported image files.
• New option to save to the current file or save as a new file.

  New Keybindings Window

• Enhanced Keybindings Support: Keybindings now support Ctrl, Alt, and Shift modifiers.

New Updated Image Info Window

• New buttons to Reset EXIF rating, Convert the image, Save the current image, or Save as to a new location, and more.

Auto Scroll

The image gallery, Keybindings Window, and the Image Info Window now also support auto-scrolling with the middle mouse button.

Performance

Faster startup time and less resource usage.

File Size

PicView is now built with Avalonia using AOT (Ahead of Time) compilation. As a result, the file size is reduced from 215 MB to 129 MB, with no reliance on separate .NET installations.

Improved SVG Support

Loading SVG files is now significantly faster, and quality doesn’t degrade when zooming in.

Miscellaneous

• Separated Save and Save as options, replacing the Show file saving dialog setting.
• New flip animation added.
• New copy animation added.
• Suggest file extension when using conversion. Delete the old file to the recycle bin when converting the extension.
• Cancellation improvements, resulting in better performance when switching between images.

Bug Fixes

• PicView now uses the default Windows minimize animation when minimizing and restoring the window.
• Fixed incorrect rendering of the image gallery thumbnails when changing their size.
• Fixed a bug causing multiple thumbnails to be selected at once in the gallery.
• The context menu no longer unexpectedly changes size.

Language Updates

• Added: Brazilian Portuguese.
• Added: Turkish translation.
• Fixed inconsistencies and mismatched translations.

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