ImageGlass 9.0.9.1230 (updated)

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♨ 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: 9.0.8.1208...9.0.9.1230

ImageGlass 9.0.8.1208

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 v119.0.2151 or later

📝 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: 9.0.7.1125...9.0.8.1208

ImageGlass 8.11.12.6 - QoL Update

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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: 8.10.9.27...8.11.12.6

ImageGlass 9.0.7.1125 - Official Release

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🪁 System Requirements

• Windows 10/11 64-bit, version 2004 or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8 (64-bit)
• WebView2 Runtime 64-bit v119.0.2151 or later

📝 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: 9.0.6.1008...9.0.7.1125

ImageGlass Moon 9.0 RC 🌝

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

🥒 Checksums:

File	SHA-1
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ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.6.1008_RC_x64_net7.zip	2AE9FB5F94BE4A293A241FDD3C6D8E15A1504B33
ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.6.1008_RC_x64_net6.zip	0C3E0364C1213C77544B12ACC458D1835238D6FB
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ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.6.1008_RC_arm64_net8.zip	B71C540A5378994B6FEE789052E26C5C07C18B9D

Full Changelog: 9.0.5.726...9.0.6.1008

ImageGlass 8.10.9.27 - WEBP vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)

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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)

🥒 Checksums:

File	SHA-1
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.10.9.27_x64.msi	61EF57B22ED21CCCD8454D8FC9A402A17D8DC168
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.10.9.27_x64.zip	0AF64D67E4095E914A97B6056AC34843098FA5FB
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.10.9.27_x86.msi	6FD5819BDF1B5BAD7111EDF25BF4C3B88ED5185B
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.10.9.27_x86.zip	5DCECC9CC746DFB2B3793F4A1B0BB02F5454C4E4

🛣 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: 8.9.6.9...8.10.9.27

ImageGlass Moon 9.0 beta 5 🌕

⚠ 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

🥒 Checksums:

File	SHA-1
ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.5.726_Beta-5_x64_net6.zip	CEDD125A9581B91D487018C71331D1C867A43B56
ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.5.726_Beta-5_x64_net7.zip	1545D69391F99686E0189CAC0549B891C1D14ED5

Full Changelog: 9.0.4.416...9.0.5.726

ImageGlass Kobe 8.9.6.9 (updated)

♨ Updates

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

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ImageGlass Classic

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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)

🥒 Checksums:

File	SHA-1
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.9.6.9_x64.msi	13C10937298DE6FC0F6F0EFFD4C06FBCCFC3BC07
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.9.6.9_x64.zip	F8149236EEF50CC4726DBEB34721BF6B6F294D64
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.9.6.9_x86.msi	821944971EC2881B1E40D79CC88D22994953F9D0
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.9.6.9_x86.zip	AC5C43C76A64F68B71F535D4E65515867B6DBC52

🛣 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: 8.8.4.4...8.9.6.9

ImageGlass Moon 9.0 beta 4 🌔

⚠ 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.

🥒 Checksums:

File	SHA-1
ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.4.416_Beta-4_x64_net6.zip	CCE6542B9952779972A50FF350984A6961A097D2
ImageGlass_Moon_9.0.4.416_Beta-4_x64_net7.zip	1EFC8419A4364709A9EDAF60E51A2CC230DDCF9E

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📝 Changelog:

🌱 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+).

🥒 Checksums:

File	SHA-1
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.8.4.4_x64.msi	2B8C0D6B8A990A29E3B87C683BE0383DCE130653
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.8.4.4_x64.zip	A4ECA3122C893F7EBEE3EC2AABF5E5F7E8A6F404
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.8.4.4_x86.msi	7A70FAD060AC55339C491A2E1B7CD48DD8191749
ImageGlass_Kobe_8.8.4.4_x86.zip	68DC339943102C1F2FE6B8BF0FEBDB0C461EDAC1

🛣 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: 8.8.3.28...8.8.4.4