» FreeVimager

- New compile with MFC security update (MS11-025 and KB2538241)

- Optimized installer size and removed installer CRC check
because it can fail on network shares
- Fixed background color popup not displaying correctly bug
appeared with version 3.1.0 and affecting the unicode
executable running under Win 2003, XP and Win 2000
- Enhanced the Paste command
- Fixed Preview Display not showing correctly bug
for small sizes on Windows 7
- Added a Cut operation to the Crop/Copy/Cut command

- Reduced dialogs and resources
- Fixed randomness for slideshow in random mode

- Beside the multi-page file the Scan to Tiff command
saves now also the single pages in separate files
- New toolbar button for Scan to Tiff and for Email
- When Scan to Tiff or Scan to Pdf dialogs are closed
the program asks whether more pages are to be scanned
(removed the superfluous Lock Scan Dialog option)
- Convert 32 bpp images to 24 bpp when sending them to the
printer; this because the alpha component is interpreted
by some printers even if it's not an image with alpha channel

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- If file to open through command line (double-clicking on it)
is empty or not existing paste the clipboard into it;
if nothing in clipboard make it a 1x1 image
- libpng updated to 1.2.49

- Save As Pdf stores now all high resolution bit depths with jpeg compression (8bpp grayscale, 16bpp, 24bpp and higher -> jpeg)
- Removed single pages save when tiff multi-page scanning because since version 4.0.5 there is the lossless extract all pages command if somebody wants the single tiff pages

Support for all Windows versions from Windows 95 up to Windows 8
The program is freeware and available in four languages: English, German, Italian and Russian
Touch screen gestures support for zoom in/out and for next/previous picture
View image location in Google Map. Check this FAQ entry
View & Edit picture files of type: jpeg, bmp, gif, tiff (multi-page), png, pcx and emf
Save As Pdf command
Jpeg lossless rotate and crop
Full-screen multi-monitor support: switch form one monitor to another through context menu or TAB key
The executable only version stores the settings to a INI file in the same directory
Unicode support: Open, Edit, Batch Process or Batch Rename your files named in Russian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese...
All metadata (EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC, ...) are kept when editing and saving images
EXIF date / time adjustment in batch mode (it's a lossless adjustment)
IPTC & XMP single file / batch editing support for jpeg and tiff files (it's a lossless edit)
Batch Processing and CD / DVD Slideshow creation
Print Preview with image positioning by dragging
Size optimized Email sending of images and avi files
Well known editing features like: rotate, crop, resize, brightness, contrast, sharpen, ...
Live configurable Redeye removal tool
Live Ansel Adams Zone System Histogram under Brightness, Contrast, ... (thanks Jordi for the suggestion)
Twain Scan multiple pages to tiff and pdf (possibility to Email directly)
Avi video player with snapshot functionality and draggable borders in full-screen mode (integrated mpeg4 (divx), mjpeg, theora, vorbis and ADPCM codecs)

- The generated pdfs are now smaller and compatible with all current viewers (solved wrong color display issue of Nitro Pdf Reader and some mobile pdf viewers)
- Files sorting an viewing is now done like in Windows Explorer (1.jpg, 2.jpg .. 10.jpg, 11.jpg, 12.jpg)

- The crop tool permits now precise selections through the arrow keys (use the tab key to switch crop handle)

Faster transition to full-sized jpeg image
High Quality Stretch enabled by default
Libpng updated to 1.2.51
icclib updated to 2.14
Simplified video encoding settings by removing the bitrate parameter and dropped vorbis, flac and mp2 audio encoding support
In installation folder there is a new MasterConfig.ini file which determines the configuration files location, the temporary folder location and whether to use the registry or an ini file

Dropped DirectX (IDirectDraw7) drawing support because it is obsolete and poses stability and in some cases even memory leaks problems on Windows 8/8.1
Avi player has now an AAC codec
Licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3

- Bigger toolbar buttons
- Fixed the recognition of the email client used to send pictures
- Using UTF-8 encoding for JPEG/JFIF COM comment sections
- Using UTF-8 encoding for GIF comments

- Enhanced the Sharpen dialog by using the unsharp mask method