What’s New in 4.2

• Updated the Image Effects window with several new sliders and presets, by @mghe01

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rendering issue when loading the last file from startup menu, when Auto-fit was on.
• Fixed the hover bar incorrectly being visible after restoring the window from full-screen.
• Fixed some potential crashes when rendering SVG images.

Windows

• Fixed an issue where minimizing the window from maximized state not working correctly. #314

Translations

Serbian translations have been split into a Latin and a Cyrillic version

• Introduced Serbian (Latin) translation by @rammba in https://github.com/Ruben2776/PicView/pull/311
• Updated Serbian (Cyrillic) translation by @rammba in https://github.com/Ruben2776/PicView/pull/308
• Fixed a flaw in the zh-CN localization file #313

Maintenance:

• Updated Avalonia to 11.3.13
• Updated Svg.Controls.Skia.Avalonia to 11.3.9.5
• Updated SharpCompress to 0.47.3
• Updated Magick.NET to 14.11.1

Heads up 📣 Updates have been slow for a while, and will continue to be, because I am working on a new 5.0 release separately.

New Contributors

• @rammba made their first contribution in https://github.com/Ruben2776/PicView/pull/308

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Ruben2776/PicView/compare/4.1.2...4.2.0

What’s New in 4.1.0, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2

4.1.2

What’s new

• You can now disable the zoom previewer pop-up from showing when zooming.
• Added Slovenian localization

Bug fixes

• Fixed the Save and Save as buttons not doing anything in the Effects window
• Fixed startup crash when the screen was not recognized. It will now fall back to a dummy 1920 x 1080 screen
• Fixed window not centering when the Auto-fit window was enabled during folder/archive startup
• Fixed the zoom previewer showing up unintended.

Windows:

• Fixed right-click menu icons not displaying in Window’s Explorer

Miscellaneous:

• Moved the archive navigation right-click menu items into the Navigation section.

Maintenance:

• Updated Avalonia to 11.3.11
• Updated SharpCompress to 0.44.1

4.1.1

What’s new

• You can now drag the window automatically when mouse is held down when the UI is hidden, without interfering with image panning.
• Updated image scaling logic to use BitmapInterpolationMode.None for nearest neighbor settings.

macOS Updates

• Resolved an issue where, enabling the setting Open files in same window caused infinite processes to spawn on macOS.
• Fixed occurrences of incorrect color tones on animated GIFs.
• Updated the startup procedure to handle arguments. I.E, you can now use open -a "PicView" --args /path/to/file.jpg in the terminal.

Maintenance:

• Updated Magick.NET to 14.10.1
• Updated Magick.NET.AvaloniaMediaImaging to 1.1.9
• Updated Svg.Controls.Skia.Avalonia to 11.3.9.1
• Updated copyright year to 2026

4.1.0

This update adds improvements to the Print Preview, expanded macOS support, and better stability and performance.

Highlights

• PDF Export: Save any image as a PDF directly from the Print Preview window.
• Archive Navigation: Added support for navigating to the next/previous archive file, such as .cbz files.
• Searchable Shortcuts: Keybindings in the Application Shortcuts window are now searchable.
• Improved RAW Support: Manually constructed Exif profiles for formats like .cr2 that previously lacked data.

Image Information

• Scaling Improvements: The Image Information window now scales more effectively when resizing.
• Exif Handling: Added support for reading Exif information by manually constructing profiles for files like .cr2.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a crash occurring when the day of the week (-ddd) was included in the OS date format.

Print Preview

• Save as PDF: Added a standard Save as PDF option to convert images directly to PDF.
• Print Sources: Fixed an issue where only images saved as local files could be printed.
• Visual Fix: Fixed a bug where image effects were not applied when opening the print preview window.

macOS Updates

• Clipboard Support: Added support for copying files directly to the clipboard.
• UX Improvements: The cursor position now stays on the next/previous buttons when changing images.
• Added cursor movement support when clicking rotation on the macOS titlebar.
• Print preview: Added the Print Preview window version for macOS.

Navigation

• Closing: The application can now be closed from fullscreen by pressing Esc.
• Lock zoom: Added an option to not change the zoom level when changing image.

Bug Fixes and Performance

• Crop Tool: Fixed multiple bugs in the Crop functionality.
• Stability: Fixed null reference exceptions and blank screen issues when opening unreadable files at startup.
• UI Polish: Fixed the hoverbar fading in while the gallery is open.
• Logic Fixes: Corrected keybinding mappings for scroll and rotate actions.
• Performance: Optimized file extension checks.
• Refactored debug logging methods.