Light Image Resizer – Versiegeschiedenis

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.9.47 – 2024-10-07

IMPROVED:

• better trial experience, reduce interruption
• updated Korean translation

FIXED:

• access violation when loading WebP
• orientation for Fuji RAW (.RAF) could be wrong
• preview could fail for HEIC images if output format was set to original
• crop not working after blur is added (Light Image Editor)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.8.45 – 2024-10-04

NEW:

• add WebP format for saving (Light Image Editor)
• Czech, Finnish, Korean, and Swedish translations (Light Image Editor)

IMPROVED:

• adjust text border width relative to font size (Light Image Editor)
• better performance for blur layer (Light Image Editor)
• increase default height of dropdown for Stickers and Shapes (Light Image Editor)

FIXED:

• DPI value not updated correctly for JPEG
• screenshots would not auto save when OCR was enabled with Tesseract engine (Light Image Editor)
• text or other objects would still appear outside the background image if cropped (Light Image Editor)
• toolbar button captions could be truncated in some cases (Light Image Editor)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.7.42 – 2024-09-24

NEW:

• Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Ukrainian translations (Light Image Editor)

FIXED:

• loading of image could fail if path name contained an archive extension (like .zip or .7z)
• filename could be truncated if it contained dots when saving (Light Image Editor)
• in some cases it was not possible to increase the font size in text properties (Light Image Editor)

IMPROVED:

• text properties optimized for high DPI (Light Image Editor)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.6.41 – 2024-09-20

NEW:

• Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Italian translation for Light Image Editor

FIXED:

• crash in Editor when applying effect to non-image layer
• error about outdated library could occur during installation

IMPROVED:

• text fields can now be aligned in Light Image Editor

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.5.40 – 2024-09-17

NEW:

• localization support for Light Image Editor

FIXED:

• crash on launch could occur on older versions of Windows

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.3.35 – 2024-09-06

NEW:

• includes Light Image Editor with features like adding text, highlight, blur, shapes, and much more
• profiles are now stored as individual files in Documents\ObviousIdea\Light Image Resizer\Profiles
• context menu integration for Windows 11
• option to split long images to several pages for Create PDF action (see PDF tab)
• HEIC output format
• lossless compression option for WebP output
• EXIF metadata support for WebP (reading and writing)
• incremental search in profile list by typing initial letters
• watermark text tags for original file size, extension, and dimensions
• “Append” option for text fields in metadata properties

FIXED:

• current session may not have been included when manually saving log before processing
• crash on some grayscale images if show preview was enabled
• word wrapping in watermark text could add unnecessary line breaks
• watermark text could disappear with relative font scaling if word wrap was disabled
• some user fonts may not have been rendered correctly in watermark text
• some profiles could get duplicated in certain cases

IMPROVED:

• output formats are now ordered by popularity (JPEG, PNG, WebP, etc.)
• show loading indicator with option to cancel when adding lots of files
• WebP compression can now also be chosen by a desired output size

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Light Image Resizer – 6.2.0.0 – 2024-02-22

FIXED:

• processing could get stuck when adding watermark for very large images with certain EXIF orientations
• dimensions displayed in log could be swapped for images with EXIF orientation
• resizing icon files (.ICO) could fail depending on the selected dimensions
• XMP metadata in certain JPEG files might not have been detected
• changing the background color with remove.bg did not work in preview

IMPROVED:

• optimizations for handling ultra high resolution images
• better performance when adding watermark or border for EXIF orientations other than top-left
• remove unknown metadata properties if XMP packet is too large for JPEG

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.9.0 – 2023-11-08

FIXED:

• color profile could be incorrectly applied to embedded JPEG thumbnail in some cases
• command line parameter /OptimizeJpeg was not working
• slow thumbnail loading could interfere with processing, causing load errors
• manual crop could crash when loading very large images

IMPROVED:

• updated libwebp to version 1.3.2 (addressing CVE-2023-4863)

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.8.0 – 2023-09-12

FIXED:

• “Adjust resolution for portrait” was not working for some portrait images with EXIF metadata
• displayed PDF paper sizes in centimeter were not rounded correctly
• orientation data may have been removed when customizing metadata leading to incorrect orientation
• wrong font may have been used when choosing some 3rd party fonts for watermark text
• output could be empty in rare cases when JPEG optimization failed for very large files

IMPROVED:

• processing should now be faster for large outputs when a maximum file size is set

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.7.0 – 2023-05-11

NEW:

• add support for JPEG XR
• smart watermark text variable for oldest and newest date (evaluating EXIF, IPTC and file dates)

FIXED:

• preview was showing an error if image was skipped due to selected policy
• minor interface glitches on Windows 11
• orientation issues with some Camera RAW photos
• output from CR3 files was garbled black and white in some cases
• generated filename could be wrong when there was a name conflict and “Split into parts” was enabled
• changing border options did not refresh preview
• pressing TAB key to navigate in metadata dialog could lead to a crash in some cases
• file extension was not considered when sorting, resulting in a different order than in Explorer
• output format was not respected when resize policy was set to else skip
• preview thumbnail could be displayed with wrong orientation during processing

IMPROVED:

• copy EXIF from CR3 when converting to JPEG
• internal handling of some formats
• updated libraries (IENv12)

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.6.0 – 2022-12-15

FIXED:

• out of memory issue when saving large multi-page TIFF
• wrong dimensions could be applied for portrait images
• some log messages were not correctly formatted
• some RAW images could be distorted

IMPROVED:

• limit threads when processing multiple raw files

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.5.0 – 2022-11-07

FIXED:

• Canon CR3 files could load with wrong orientation
• orientation could be wrong in some cases when converting JPEG to other formats
• wrong orientation for TIFF files with EXIF data
• interface glitches on some systems with Windows 7

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.4.0 – 2022-09-28

FIXED:

• saving in WebP format could fail due to missing system DLL
• “Adjust resolution for portrait” was broken for images containing EXIF metadata
• alpha channel (transparency) was lost when saving in Targa (.tga) format
• JPEG images in RGB format could load with wrong colors

IMPROVED:

• faster loading for watermark preview
• add hint for filenames in preview window if too long to display

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.3.0 – 2022-07-13

IMPROVED:

• increase limit for compression size
• updated detection for OS version and edition
• improved support for terminal server

FIXED:

• Light Image Resizer was not available in context menu for JFIF files

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.2.0 – 2022-04-27

FIXED:

• a wrong (shifted) file date could be set in some cases when “Keep original file date” was checked
• watermark or border could appear at the wrong position for some images (depending on their EXIF orientation)

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.1.0 – 2022-02-21

IMPROVED:

• apply compatible properties to IPTC and XMP when customizing metadata
• prevent main window from appearing quickly when run with /minimized parameter

FIXED:

• displayed saved space was wrong for files that were just copied without processing
• some image formats other than JPEG were fully processed even if not neccessary (due to original size)
• color profile was not applied when updating EXIF thumbnail
• application could hang under some conditions when using both /minimized and /run parameter

Light Image Resizer – 6.1.0.0 – 2021-12-08

NEW:

• add filename mask variables for original filename in upper case (%FUP) and lower case (%FLO)

IMPROVED:

• load “fried” PNG (non-standard format used by iOS)

FIXED:

• crash could occur on some systems when processing multiple files due to synchronization issue
• relative folder path was not working from command line
• backup of overwritten file could fail if input and output format were different (i.e. PNG to JPG)

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.9.0 – 2021-09-29

NEW:

• added command line parameters: Size, KeepQuality, Progressive

IMPROVED:

• default to LZW compression for TIFF to avoid out of memory issues
• better reliability for update check
• add notice for AVIF files if codec is missing

FIXED:

• original image could have wrong orientation in preview
• wrong dimensions could be applied to image depending on its EXIF orientation
• a crash could occur when using Center mode and padding was applied

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.8.1 – 2021-08-24

FIXED:

• profile could be empty in some cases
• some images could have a wrong orientation in preview
• processing could hang in some cases if multithreading was disabled

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.8.0 – 2021-08-23

NEW:

• add read support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files

IMPROVED:

• support local UNC paths in filelist

FIXED:

• “The handle is invalid” error could occur when using Center mode
• out of memory could occur when loading very large interlaced PNG files
• large JPEGs with EXIF orientation other than 1 (top left) could lead to endless processing
• unlock prompt could appear with missing email if license data was stored for all users
• ICC color profile could get damaged in rare cases on certain system locales
• action was always reset to its default (create copies) when set via command line parameter

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.7.0 – 2021-05-05

NEW:

• output filename tag %F-Date for original file date

FIXED:

• processing large multi-page TIFF files could lead to crash
• memory leak when cancelling process with multi-page files
• processing could crash due to potential double free error
• saving manual crop could crash if lossless mode was toggled before
• WebP loading failed if there was no codec (i.e. Windows 7)
• loading of file info (date) could fail for very long paths
• time zone issue with file date for watermark tags depending on locale
• deadlock if EXIF tag used in filename mask or watermark text was returning very long text

IMPROVED:

• tabs for PDF and GIF options are highlighted now

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.6.0 – 2021-02-15

FIXED:

• some resize policy options were broken, which could result in some images being inadvertently resized
• when undoing a lossless crop, the save button was not always disabled, which could lead to a crash when clicked

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.5.0 – 2020-12-08

FIXED:

• certain malformed or damaged TIFF files could cause the application to crash
• watermark text position was not saved correctly
• Crop mode was missing background color selector (used for images smaller than target dimensions)
• corrected some mistakes in contextual help

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.4.0 – 2020-11-02

NEW:

• policy options added to skip files which are smaller/larger than target dimensions

FIXED:

• processing could hang when aborting from a warning prompt (for example warning about bad quality)
• unable to create a collage when “Recreate folder structure on destination” was enabled
• preview form was not closed when switching to collage mode
• wrong filename could be shown in log when choosing to rename already existing file
• collage was misaligned when using slash layouts

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.3.0 – 2020-07-23

NEW:

• watermark can now use both image and text at the same time

FIXED:

• high memory consumption when adding lots of files, which could lead to out of memory issues
• no appropriate error was reported in some cases when disk was full
• output from certain source formats (like JPEG2000) could be empty in some cases
• metadata was not copied when source file was PSD
• metadata tags with UTF-8 encoding were not correctly decoded when used in watermark text
• memory corruption could occur in some cases when handling EXIF metadata
• IPTC tags in watermark text could just display “N/A” when IPTC was disabled in Misc tab (not copied to output)
• drag & drop from some older (non-Unicode) applications was not working

IMPROVED:

• log can now be scrolled without having focus

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.2.0 – 2020-06-10

NEW:

• support for reading Canon .cr3 raw files

FIXED:

• clicking cancel during processing and then continuing could lead to a crash
• undoing a manual crop did not disable the save button, which could cause a crash when clicked
• context help was broken for some controls
• mouse scrolling in help window worked only if it had focus
• screen width & height were not updated when resizing animated GIFs, leading to enlarged background

IMPROVED:

• validate remove.bg API key when entering
• clearer message for errors during background removal
• when undoing a manual crop, the crop selection is now displayed again automatically
• use LZW compression for TIFF output when converting from other formats
• log proper error in case dimensions are too large for output format

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.1.0 – 2020-03-03

FIXED:

• manual crop crashed in some cases when saving
• division by zero when size is set too small
• collage preview was not correct for sizes smaller than 1000
• sometimes preview was not loading on first try
• preview was not showing split lines when using split in parts option for transparent images

IMPROVED:

• when doing a manual crop the thumbnail in the list is now updated
• changed collage size in preview will apply to dimensions in main window
• when adding HEIC files and a required codec is missing a notice is shown

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.0.24 – 2020-01-06

NEW:

• background can now be filled with a color when using background removal

FIXED:

• dimensions could not be set to values smaller than 1.00 in/cm when Mode was set to Stretch
• potential deadlock when processing is cancelled
• deadlock when cancelling overwrite prompt
• wrong dimensions could be output when processing certain raw files
• out of memory issue when outputting files with huge dimensions

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.0.20 – 2019-11-21

FIXED:

• remove.bg link was not clickable
• some dialogs were not scaled to DPI correctly

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.0.18 – 2019-11-07

FIXED:

• load fallback for Fuji raw files (.RAF) from newer cameras did not work
• installer was unable to close the application while update form was showing

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.0.16 – 2019-10-22

NEW:

• added option “Expand image to background size” for background removal

FIXED:

• loading of WebP images could fail on systems without codec
• there could be duplicates when using “Save as” and choosing to overwrite an existing profile
• background could be scaled incorrectly with remove.bg, not filling the image
• effects were applied before removing background, which could lead to unexpected results
• background removal options were not checked before preview
• fit to window was not applied if preview was reloaded with different dimensions

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.0.14 – 2019-10-10

FIXED:

• message “Please enter a valid resolution” could appear when leaving one dimension empty (wildcard)
• some settings were not kept when changing collage preview
• drag & drop to collage form was not working
• animated GIF could produce empty output
• background removal only used preview size

IMPROVED:

• don’t stretch images larger than original size by default when fitting to window

Light Image Resizer – 6.0.0.10 – 2019-09-25

NEW:

• added mode “Extend to square” which adds blurred content to make the image rectangular
• added action to create animated GIF from input files
• rename action to just rename files without changing image contents
• more layout templates for collage
• drop target area to easily add files by drag & drop (can be enabled in settings)
• manual crop by right-clicking an image in the list
• images in listview can be re-ordered manually by dragging
• dynamic watermark text color (image’s average color or complementary color)
• round edges option (see Effects)
• Background removal powered by remove.bg (see respective tab)
• added output format “Icon (.ico)”
• background color for preview window can be changed via right-click menu
• select which metadata values to keep or remove, text based values can also be replaced
• auto-detect width and height when creating new profile with dimensions in name (like “Photos 800×600”)
• JPEG compression can be optimized to create smaller files (see Optimization tab)
• colors can now be entered as HTML color values (for background or watermark text colors)
• default action for close button when processing has finished can be changed (see Settings, Process tab)
• save as for profiles (via “…” icon), to save current changes under different name

FIXED:

• preview is not updated when replacement color is changed in settings
• embedded thumbnails were not updated when copying metadata
• crash or error when resizing 1bit image and output is PDF
• relative paths for collage filename did not work
• unit could be set to something else than pixels for collage in some cases
• preview for collage was showing normal preview after collage window, which could lead to crashes
• custom format for %CreationDate% and %ModificationDate% watermark tags was not working
• error could occur when trying to backup raw files with action set to “Replace original”

IMPROVED:

• images are now kept untouched if size is set to 100% and no other effects are applied
• workaround for some 3rd party shell extensions where files could not be loaded by drag & drop
• combined PDF creation is way faster now using multi-threading
• changes to image list in collage window are now reflected in main image list
• accept path with filename for /Dest parameter and set output format accordingly
• command line switch “/OptionsPage” can be used to go to options page
• a folder can now be dropped on the destination box to insert its path
• support for EXIF date tags located in wrong IFD section for watermark text (some Samsung devices)
• keep zoomed view rectangle when updating preview