XnView 1.97 beta 1

[xnview]

XnView 1.97 beta 1 can be downloaded here

XnViewShellExt v2.80
XnMediaDetector v1.70
NConvert v5.54

Here is the changelog:

Added:
* read XMP from PNG
* support of colour PNG with alpha - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18517
* [Scan]/newMethod added - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18474
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17523
* Slide show now support folder name - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18593 & viewtopic.php?f=34&t=14819
* 'Edit GPS', exiftool must be copied in AddOn folder - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=17596
* M2T - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17944
* RM - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17648
* Capture output filename - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17584
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=9430
* Email dialog custom size - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17622
* TARGA bottom-up option - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18151
* Sort by folder & ratio - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17038
* Print Dialog, Checkbox for label - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=15603
* Timestamp dialog, filename added - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17386
* EXIF colour space in info & thumbnail label - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18211
* Message when rotate 16bits picture - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18309
* [View]/OpenWithAsPNG - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=15863
* Open container folder - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18538
* Relative zoom step - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18345
* Place holder for view title bar - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17391
* Recreate exif thumbnail after lossless cropping - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17351
* Decrement page number - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17528
* date template - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17603
* #ID_OUTPUT_FOLDER# for html create - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18266
* [Compare]/Text placeholder for displayed text - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18284
* Batch convert/'Add alpha' - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18356
* netbook ratio - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18581
* [Start]/RecentFilesMax & RecentDirsMax - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18671
* 'Open output folder' in batch convert - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18456
* Thumbnail for cbr/cbz - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=18563
* Shadow/Highlight in batch convert
* Backup option for lossless operation
* 'E' key to save pictures from an EXE slideshow
* 8 colors conversion is back
* 'Rating number' & 'colour label number' - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18706
* Adobe Brush abr read support - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18678
* Quick convert menu in contextual menu - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18340
* CreateWithGarfield, Cheese format read support
* FunGraphicMachine Hires, Mono magic & Gigacad hires format read support
* Size auto placeholder - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18450
* Lossless rotation in batch convert - viewtopic.php?t=4814
* Nikon RAW support
* INI filename in about dialog - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18766
* 12 new icons for default toolbar
* NConvert: XNVIEW_GS_DLL (path of gsdll32.dll) & XNVIEW_GS_LIB (path of gs lib folder) environment var added for ghostscript
* NConvert: -add_alpha - viewtopic.php?f=57&t=18701
* NConvert: $$ for folder name - viewtopic.php?f=57&t=17353
* XnShell: Rotation - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=11758
* XnShell: Convert menu can be removed
* XnShell: Custom app to open picture file
* XnShell: Save clipboard - viewtopic.php?t=16109
* MediaDector: rw2 & mts

Changed:
* GPS opened in GeoHack - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=18173
* Mouse position & alignment - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18195
* INI Color entry with # or $ are reversed - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18355
* Enhance 'Get Page' dialog
* Ctrl+A - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18725
* Timestamp dialog, Scrollbar instead of buttons - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=10707
* Overwrite dialog - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3401
* Wiki used instead of chm help file

Fixed:
* TIFF 16bits
* Rating & colour label lost after renaming - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17377
* Category lost after renaming - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18085
* Writing GIF + comment - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18541
* NEF exif - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=18515
* WDP thumbnail - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18536
* TIFF - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17943
* ANI 32bits - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18065
* APNG - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17939 & viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18283
* Frame number - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18061
* XBS script problem - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17536
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=18199
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17719
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17718
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18134
* XBS saving - viewtopic.php?t=17629
* Listing & EXIF date - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17970
* Listing & clipboard - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17907
* Resize dialog - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17882
* Enlarge 'copy to' dialog - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18006
* Resize Dialog - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17486
* Capture & delay - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17619
* Save dialog & mnemonic - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17123
* Wrong separator CSV listing - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18161
* NEF GPS - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18574
* "Add text" with '&' - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17862
* Export dialog, 100% used by default - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18044
* Batch convert history, check if exist - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18127
* colors to 32bits conversion - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18294
* Plugins dialog - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17883
* Slide & multipage - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18004
* Sort by type - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18270
* High zoom quality in compare dialog - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=18194&p=76468
* Resize dialog & 2560x1600 - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18306
* PCD dimensions without pcd plugin - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18300
* DPX & folder thumbnail - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18332
* Toolbar icon not update after "stop animation" - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18363
* Extract alpha - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17554
* Comment dialog, setting not restored - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18286
* embedded thumbnail - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18422
* Shortcut not aligned - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18471
* File size & listing - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18451
* Animated GIF - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18510
* Animated GIF & slideshow - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17699
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17911
* Align histogram in batch convert - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17928
* Rating&ColourLabel in batch rename - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18057
* GPS&ICC icon - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18059&p=75981
* View auto image size menu - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17850
* Slide & video move - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17534
* Slide & video not centered
* Zoom indicator - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18391
* Crash in Adobe plugin with grey picture - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17519
* Deleting selected/tagged dialog - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17722
* Category pane & selection - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18185
* 'Save change' dialog size - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18472
* Export & Next/Prev file - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17487
* Dithering grey in batch processing - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=18677
* APNG - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18683
* TIFF
* filesize > 2Gb
* Capture with multiple screen - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=18327
* Position not restored on multiple screen - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13180
* IPTC->XMP
* Animated file + Paint plugin - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766
* Canvas resize "as delta" - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18126
* SGI grey+alpha
* Utah RLE alpha
* XPM with number of colors > 1000
* XWD
* PSD & alpha when no layer
* "Browser>Fullscreen>Viewer" & system icon - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3117&start=15
* 'Batch convert', reload script with 'convert to truecolors'
* EXIF problem on RAW - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18730 & viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18728
* EXIF exposure value - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18729
* Batch convert & 3DBorder - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=18753
* PDF write full path in title field
* NConvert: Floyd dithering missing - viewtopic.php?f=57&t=17667
* XnShell: NT4 menu problem - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17811
* XnShell: Convert & resize - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17607
* MediaDetector: JPEG not imported - viewtopic.php?t=17040
* MediaDetector: lower extension - viewtopic.php?t=16068
* MediaDetector: folder created before import - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18313
* MediaDetector: thumbnail creation stopped on import - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18313

[xnview]

New string for XnViewShellExt:

268=Recognize format by extension
269=Use original file date/time for saved files
270=Rotate
271=Convert
272=Use embedded thumbnail
276=To open picture, use

165=Original format
166=Rotate
167=Rotate +90°
168=Rotate -90°
169=Rotate based on EXIF tag
170=JPEG lossless operation will modify original file(s), and may remove some unused pixels (width and height must be multiple of 8 pixels)!\nDo you want to continue?
171=The picture will be converted in 8 bits per component\nDo you want to continue?
172=This file contains more than one page/image, so it's not possible to rotate it.
173=This file uses a nonwritable format, so it's not possible to rotate it.
174=Associated program
175=Custom program
176=Save clipboard

[xnview]

One thing, XnView is one of the first app that support new JPEG XR format (since the 1.96.5)
JPEG XR is not HD photo format

[rra]

Thanks Pierre,
another big list of improvements .

René

[Peter2]

...Here is the changelog:...

Now I know what I have to read in the railway, riding home: This huge changelog ...

Thanks

Peter

[XnTriq]

Wow, what an awesome change-log

support of colour PNG with alpha - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18517

You did it, man! You really made it work! Congratulations, Pierre, and thanks so much! I'm ecstatic

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

[oops66]

Thank you Pierre - very big list !

[JohnFredC]

It is this kind of attention to detail that is the reason XnView rules!

Thank you, Pierre!

[Dreamer]

Thank you, Pierre!

[ckit]

Thank you, Pierre!
I just noticed in the About box for the Shell Extension it reports v2.8?

[helmut]

Excellent job, Pierre! Thank you!

[Lesmo16]

Thanks a lot, Pierre - especially for the ShellExt enhancements!