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Version 1.D
- New in 1.D2
. Left mouse double click exits Full Screen mode (ending
slideshow, if one is being executed)
. Spacebar advances to next image, during a slideshow
. Confirmation is now requested before overwriting
existing files, when the file extension is generated
by LView Pro, in the File/Save As command
. New Web and email contact information
- LView Pro 32-bit for Windows 95 now runs under Windows 3.1
when Win32s extensions (version 1.30 or newer) are installed.
The software also runs under Windows NT 3.51 or newer
- Added TWAIN support for both 16 and 32-bit TWAIN drivers. New
menu commands File/Select source and File/Acquire allow for
selection of a TWAIN driver and acquisition of images. If
your TWAIN software is not prepared to work with 32-bit
applications, additional (TWAIN) software may be needed. Look
for it at our ftp site, ftp.std.com, directory /ftp/vendors/
mmedia/lview/twain
- New slideshow commands/options:
. Interactive navigation to the next, previous, first and last
images, using keyboard hotkeys or floating menu selections
. Display of images in resized format (when needed to fit the
screen dimensions) or using their original dimensions. Mouse
controlled scrolling is available for large non-resized
images
. Optional random order display (Shuffle)
. Optional exhibition of the filename being displayed
. File deletion command
- File/Multiple Open now "remembers" the last file selection made
during one session with LView Pro (selections can be saved to
text files across sessions).
- New command "Batch conversion" replaces "Batch compression":
"Batch convesion" is available at File/Multiple Open (and as
one drag&drop destination at File/Properties/Interface). It
allows for the selection of groups of files to be batch
converted to another image file format.
- Files in UUENCODED format are now read by LView Pro. They will
be automatically decoded to their original format (UUDECODED),
and then read
Bug fixes:
. Fixed problem printing under Windows 95
. Menu command File/Save As would sometimes fail to change the
file extension
. JPEG file format decoding:
Fixed peoblem that would make the software create temporary
files even when the user selected not to allow for their
creation (using File/Properties/Memory)
. TARGA file format decoding:
Fixed problem loading 8-bit grayscale files
Fixed problem loading 16-bit/pixel color deep files
. TIFF file format decoding:
Fixed problem loading files with tags not known to LView Pro
Fixed problem with files that remained opened after loading
Version 1.C
- First shareware version of LView Pro built as a native Windows
95 application. Being this a 32-bit version of LView Pro,
registration is required from all users who decide to keep it.
This version also runs under Windows NT 3.51 with the NewShell
- Win95 "NewShell" look and feel, redesigned toolbar, property
sheet dialogs, etc
- Dialogs File/Open and File/Save As now use the Explorer: Copy,
Move, Rename or Delete files during selection (Win95 only)
- File/Multiple Open's image preview feature is now also available
in the dialogs File/Open and File/Save As (Win95 only)
- Improved support for long filenames, including spaces on the
directory (folder) name
- Long filenames are now supported in the dialog File/Multiple
Open and for contact sheet building
- Options menu has been replaced with Property Sheet dialog
(File/Properties)
- Automatic registration with the Explorer for all supported
file extensions. File extensions are configurable: the user may
add new extensions or remove existing ones (File/Properties/
Install)
- Optional creation and deletion of LView Pro group on the
taskbar (File/Properties/Install)
- ToolBar may now be closed (File/Properties/Interface)
- Optional "Error free" slideshow operation: corrupt files are
decompressed without error/warning messages
- Support for reading and writing progressive JPEG files
- Saving transparent color information to GIF89a files is now
optional (File/Properties/GIF)
Bug fixes:
. Some problems related with TIFF files are solved in this
32-bit version of LView Pro
Version 1.B
- New dialog command: File/Multiple Open has a new button
"Delete" to delete files in the selection list from the
disk
- New dialog command: Options/Background Color (when editing
a palette based image) and Retouch/Palette Entry now allow
the user to exit the dialog and select a palette entry by
clicking on one of the pixels (Dropper button)
- Options/Full Screen now allows the user to switch to other
applications (with ALT-TAB) without exiting full screen mode.
- New dialog option: Options/Interface can now configure Full
Screen display to be performed in a "topmost" window.
- Improved command line parameters: Files with '.txt' extension,
containing a list of filenames (one per line), may now be passed
on the command line. For example, executing LView Pro with the
command line:
a.jpg list.txt b.jpg
will make the software read the file 'a.jpg', then all files
specified in 'list.txt', then file 'b.jpg'
- Easier registration procedures:
1. credit cards (VISA or MasterCard) are now accepted
2. registration forms using credit card payment may be sent
via email to mmedia@world.std.com or by fax to (USA,
Florida) 305-458-9698
3. LView Pro may be registered at CompuServe's Shareware
Registration Database (GO SWREG), Id#: 4702
Bug fixes:
. Edit/Capture now works under Windows NT and other 32-bit
Windows versions. Previous versions of LView Pro would fail to
capture client areas and windows. Edit/Capture/Desktop Area
is no longer supported. Window and Client Area capturing
does not require the user to select a target window, instead,
they use the previous active window as target. 16-bit versions
of LView Pro do not support capturing of client areas or
windows, under Windows NT and other 32-bit versions of
Windows.
. Fixed bug on Edit/Capture that sometimes caused problems
when capturing 16 color mode
. Long filenames containing embedded spaces (in either
their path or file name) are now accepted, in the
32-bit version of LView Pro
. Previous versions of LView Pro had problems starting up
under beta versions of Windows 95, depending on the font
size selected for the window caption text
Version 1.A
- New menu command: Options/Save GIFs interlaced enables
saving both GIF87a and GIF89a files in interlaced format
- Long filenames are now supported in the 32-bit version of
LView Pro
- The ToolBar button position on the window caption now
adjusts itself not to cover system buttons, when running under
versions of Windows newer than 3.1
Bug fixes:
. When Options/Interface/"Show thumbnails on icon" was
not checked, LView Pro would take keyboard focus during
file I/O operations
Version 1.9
- The location and name for CTL3DV2.DLL (or CTL3D32.DLL for
32-bit versions of LView Pro) is now configurable in the
[Options] section of the LVIEWP.INI file. See the new help
topic "Installation and Troubleshooting"
- Loading and exiting the software is faster
- When minimized, LView Pro will optionally exhibit a thumbnail
of the current image instead of its icon. Use Options/Interface
to enable/disable this feature by checking/unchecking the
"Show thumbnails on icon" option
- Some requirements imposed for recognizing valid PCX files were
relaxed
- Bug fixes
. Certain PCX files were not being correctly decoded, even when
recognized as valid PCX files
. When saving an image in JPEG format, LView Pro would not
catch an insufficient disk space error
Version 1.8
- New image file formats:
. Aldus' Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) 6.0
reads 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit/pixel images, in strip or
tile format, uncompressed or compressed with LZW,
PackBits, Next compression or Thunderscan
writes 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit/pixel images, always in
strip format, either uncompressed or with LZW
compression
. ZSoft's PCX:
reads all versions, 1, 4, 8 and 24-bits per pixel
writes PCX version 3.0
. Jef Poskanzer's PBMPLUS:
reads PBM, PGM and PPM formats, in ascii or RAWBITS
writes PPM RAWBITS format
- Changed "3D" painting style for dialogs windows and
controls
- Option "All Files (*.*)" added to File/Open dialog
- Bug fixes
. File/Multiple Open would not enable the "OK" button
after loading a list of files from a text file
. Depending on the font size, the Options/Quantizing
and Retouch/Color Depth dialogs would not allow a
custom number of colors with more than two digits
to be entered
. File/Open would exhibit a error message under some
conditions "(Undocumented error 3002")
. Edit/Rotate when applied to detached selection areas
would sometimes fail to update pieces of the image
underneath the area
Version 1.7
- New help topics: "Performance Comparisons" and
"Win32s, What is it?"
- The Palette Entry dialog (Options/Background color,
Retouch/Palette entry) now exhibits the index of the
currently selected palette entry, as well as the RGB
component values for that entry
- The Palette Entry dialog (Options/Background color,
Retouch/Palette entry) may optionally mask out pixels
that don't match the current selection. These pixels
may be painted in black or white
- LView Pro now saves GIF files in both GIF87a and GIF89a
formats
- When saving/loading GIF files LView Pro saves/loads their
associated background colors (selected with Options/
Background Color)
- When saving GIF files in GIF89a format, the current
background color is also saved as the transparent color
- LView Pro's File/Open, File/Save as and File/Multiple open
dialogs now "remember" the last file extension chosen
- Bug fixes
. A small subset of TRUE color BMP files were not being
read correctly
. Attempting to read some types of TARGA files would cause
a GPF
Version 1.6
- Windows 3.1 can now run multiple instances of LView Pro.
Version 1.5 limited execution to a single instance of the
software
- Bug fixes
. Fixed a display problem that caused GPFs when using certain
graphics cards/drivers
Version 1.5
- New features/commands added to the File/Multiple Open dialog
. Color preview of files in both listboxes:
. Optionally, previews JPEG files in grayscale, for added speed
. Previewing can be turned on/off
. Double clicking on a file at the left list box will add it
to the list box on the right
. Double clicking on a file at the right list box will
remove it from that box
- Retouch/Image Filters is now also available for Palette
based images
- New dialog Options/Macro retouch (or CONTROL+'M')
. Allows the definition of "macro retouch operations",
selection and optional execution of the current macro
operation
. Macro retouch operations may execute up to 8 individual
retouch operations (from the Retouch menu) in sequence. The
currently selected macro retouch operation may be executed
from within the Options/Macro retouch dialog, or by using
the CONTROL+'K' accelerator
. Individual retouch operations in a macro retouch definition
are parametrized using integer values corresponding to those
in the scrollbar(s) shown in their own dialogs. For instance,
a Macro retouch may define the execution of the Retouch/Color
balance operation, with parameters: 20, -10, 0, to increase
Red by 20, decrease Green by 10 and keep Blue unchanged
. Macro retouch operations are usefull when editing a sequence
of images which share the same characteristics (all are too
dark, or too bright, or need contrast enhancement, etc.).
After editing the first image in the sequence, the user may
set a Macro retouch operation to perform the same editing
operations in the subsequent images, and execute that with
a single keystroke
. Undoing a Macro retouch operation will undo all operations
performed by it
- Legends added to ToolBar buttons
. Position the mouse pointer over an enabled ToolBar button
for a short while, and a text legend will be displayed to
explain the function of that button
. New interface option at Options/Interface: "Show ToolBar
legends", allows the user to enable/disable ToolBar legend
automatic display. The default is enabled (checked)
- Edit/Resize now has scrollbars to allow for aspect ratio
specification
- Bug fixes
. Edit/Redimension would ignore the new height when a new width
was specified (and vice-versa)
Version 1.4
- Overall improvement in performance for JPEG decompression
- Options/JPEG I/O dialog
. Added "1-pass Quantizing" option
. Added "Fast dithering" option
- Bug fixes
. Printing would not be done in Landscape orientation
Version 1.3
- Bug fixes
. Printing would sometimes fail to center/size images
. A subset of GIF files were not being recognized
. Edit/Redimension would reduce new dimensions by 1 pixel
. Edit/Paste would not work for 16 color bitmaps
. Scrolling presented problems in some display drivers