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