Spoiler alert, the new Light Image Resizer version 7.1 has a native read and write support for JPEG XL / JXL, but also improvements for the AVIF format.
Both JPEG XL and AVIF are performant for compression and quality. In WordPress these formats are considered as modern. Apple is supporting JPEG XL in Mac OS, and you can create .DNG that LIR 7.1 supports.
Download Light Image Resizer 7.1, it’s a free update for users with a valid v7 license key.
You can see the full list of changes in the history page.
JPEG XL support
The collage feature (underestimated IMHO) has been fixed for High DPI screens.
We will do another YouTube video tutorial about how to make a collage of your photos but you can still look at this one.
About Light Image Resizer 7.1
The new version is a cumulative update of customers feedback and the support of modern formats has changed the internal engine with the introduction of the Imagemagick Plugin. LIR7 could support more formats in the future, as soon as a WIC codec extention is available.
Obviousidea Antivirus policy
Another topic, recently one of our users reported a false alarm with an antivirus. At Obviousidea we use VirusTotal to make sure our software is virus free.
See one of the samples for Light Image Resizer 7.1:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/346fa64e916b0f26f9efb971f87b0b993ccf421015ea4fa2f1d48d6ebd818ff9/detection
As you can see, it’s almost green but sometimes Antivirus products try to scare you doing their job with a zealous method. We need to report these cases one by one and check with the antivirus vendor. We understand customers can be reluctant, and the best you can do is to contact us to speed up the notification and validation process. Of course, security is important to us and we need your report.
In short, don’t hesitate to contact us, your voice is important to improve Light Image Resizer 7.1
