Faststone Image Viewer 4.6 - Changelog

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.6:

June 29th, 2011

· Improved the "Acquire Images from Scanner" tool
· Other minor improvements and bug fixes

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.5:

April 12th, 2011

· Now it is possible to adjust Lighting, Colors, Levels and Curves within selected areas of an image
· Fixed bugs in the Print and Email dialogs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.4:

March 26th, 2011

· Improved the "Acquire Image from Scanner" tool (previously called "Scan Board"). Now it supports batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG. It allows users to rotate, crop, deskew, annotate, print, email and save scanned images directly within this tool
· Added "Watermark" to the Effects menu
· Added "Auto-Rotate" option to the Print dialog
· Added drag-and-drop capability to the Print dialog
· Improved the USM-Sharpen algorithm by allowing up to 50 pixels in radius
· Improved the "Full Screen Preview" of the "Sharpen/Blur" tool. Now it is possible to make adjustments in full screen mode
· Fixed a bug in the "Adjust Lighting" tool that it could not save changes of Highlights
· Other minor improvements and bug fixes

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.3:

January 15th, 2011

· Added Clone Stamp and Healing Brush
· Added "Auto-Adjust Colors" to Colors menu.
· Added "Adjust Lighting" to lighten or darken shadows and highlights
· Added "Adjust Levels"
· Added "Adjust Curves"
· Added USM (Unsharp Mask) option to Sharpen/Blur
· Added Sketch and Oil Painting effects
· Added outward-pointing tails to text objects in Draw Board
· Now images in Slide Show Builder, Multi-page File Builder, Image Strip Builder and Email list can be drag-and-dropped to rearrange the order
· Supported EPS format by displaying the preview image
· Updated the RAW format library. Sony SR2 raw format is supported
· Improved memory management to handle larger images
· Other minor bug fixes and improvements

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.2:

April 29th, 2010

· Now it is possible to batch convert images into PDF files
· Enhanced the magnifier
· Optimized the loading speed of Windowed View
· Fixed some bugs introduced in version 4.1
· Other minor improvements

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.1:

April 20th, 2010

· Improved the loading speed of JPEG images and embedded preview of RAW images
· Improved the rendering quality when the Smooth option is turned on
· Enhanced Contact Sheet Builder
· Added "Auto Crop" to the Rotate window
· Added more callout styles in Draw Board
· Added an option to the Settings (press F12) to specify the location (top or bottom) for displaying filename information in full screen
· Other improvements and bug fixes

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.1 Beta:

January 2nd, 2010

· Improved the loading speed of JPEG images and embedded preview of RAW images. The improvement is noticeable for big images. The Smooth option is turned on by default for better image rendering.
· Added an option to the Settings (press F12) to specify the location (top or bottom) for displaying filename information in full screen.
· Enhanced Contact Sheet Builder.
· Other minor improvements.

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 4.0:

November 19th, 2009

· Enhanced the skins and toolbar icons. Now the windows have drop shadow effect in Vista and Windows 7
· Added "Search and Replace" to Batch Rename
· Added "Renaming Preview" to Batch Rename
· Enhanced "Conversion Preview" in Batch Convert. Now it is possible to compare the original and converted images side by side
· In Advanced Options for Batch Convert, added an option to specify whether color adjustments (brightness, contrast, sharpening etc.) should be made before or after resizing.
· Shows GPS information in the "Image Properties" window. A "Show in Google Earth" button will be available if the image has GPS information
· Added "Border Effects" under Edit menu
· Added an option to remove EXIF/IPTC data when emailing images
· Added shortcuts for favorite folders
· Improved performance on network folders
· Improved compatibility with Windows 7
· Fixed bugs
· Other minor improvements

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.9:

June 8th, 2009

· Enhanced "Multi-Page File Builder" and "Image Strip Builder" under "Create" menu
· Added "Copy", "Paste" and "Cut" to the right-click menu on folder browser
· Improved performance of selecting files in the thumbnail browser
· When dragging thumbnails, now it is possible to cancel dragging by pressing Esc key
· Multi-page TIFF files can be saved as multi-page PDF files
· Added 2 languages: Czech and Swedish
· Fixed bugs
· Other minor improvements

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.8:

April 28th, 2009

· Now it is possible to draw callout (cloud, oval, rectangular...) objects in "Draw Board"
· Translated user interface into 15 languages
· Added option "Number of Copies" in the "Print" dialog
· Added option "Color Subsampling" (also called "Chroma Subsampling") for saving JPEG files
· Optimized for better performance
· Fixed a bug in version 3.7 that the program cannot auto-refresh when viewing files in a network folder
· Fixed a bug in previous versions that the program cannot view animated GIF files with zero frame delay time
· Other minor improvements

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.7:

January 21st, 2009

· Added Preview to the "Batch Convert" tool. Now it is possible to preview the conversion by clicking the "Conversion Preview" button
· Added a checkbox to allow converted files to be saved in their original folders in the "Batch Convert" tool
· Enhanced the "Cover" style of Set as Wallpaper. Now it is possible to zoom and drag an image to set any particular part of it as wallpaper
· Now it is possible to adjust EXIF Timestamp by both hours and minutes using the "Change Timestamp" tool under "Tools" menu
· Added an option to the Settings to determine which (move or copy) action to take when files are dragged to the folder tree
· Enhanced the Magnifier to view large images faster
· Updated the RAW format library. Panasonic RW2 files are supported
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.6:

September 16th, 2008

· Now it runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
· It plays video files (avi, wmv, mpg) in slide shows
· It is possible to show EXIF / Histogram information and work on the thumbnails at the same time. Just press I key to turn the Image Properties window on/off
Improved the "Batch-Convert" (under Tools menu):
· Allowed Sorting Files in the Input List
· Added "Expand Mode" option to the Canvas tab of the "Advanced Options" window
· It is now possible to "drag and drop" files from Windows Explorer to the Input List
· Improved the "Draw Board" (under Edit menu). Now annotation objects (texts, lines, boxes etc.) can be edited by re-opening the Draw Board (press D key)
· Added "Animated GIF" as an output option in Multi-Page File Builder
· Added "Multi-Page File Splitter" (under Create menu), which is used to split a multi-page file into single files
· Added "Panorama Image Builder" (under Create menu), which is used to put multiple images side by side horizontally or vertically
· Improved the Print dialog
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.2 Final:

April 24th, 2007

· Added option Print current page only in Print dialog
· Improved Rotate by any Degree
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.1 Final:

April 16th, 2007

· Created a multi-language version
· Improved the Raw library
· Improved navigation (page up/down) of multi-tiff files
· Now embedded thumbnails are updated when jpeg files are saved
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 3.1 Beta:

March 23rd, 2007

· Created a multi-language version (curently German and French)
· Improved RAW library
· Improved navigation (page up / down) of multi-tiff files
· Fixed minor bugs in writing PDF files

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 2.9:

January 18th, 2007

· Enhanced Draw Board (previously called Text Board)
· Added "Download from Memory Card". Now it is possible to use FastStone Image Viewer to transfer images from your digital camera's memory card to your computer
· Added new frame masks in "Wallpaper Anywhere" - Thanks to Albert Hansen and Lu Wei
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 2.8:

October 27th, 2006

· Completely new icon design
· Enhanced usuability
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 2.7:

October 18th, 2006

· Enhanced the magnifier in full screen
· Built-in Screen Capture tools are back (they were removed in previous versions)
· Added Contact Sheet Builder (under Tools menu) - put/print multiple photos on one page. Fully configurable!
· Added Custom Sort - drag & drop to arrange thumbnail orders (For better performance, turn off the Preview panel)
· Now it is possible to drag & drop thumbnails into sub-folders within the thumbnail browser
· Fixed some bugs

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 2.7 Beta 3:

August 20th, 2006

· Built-in Screen Capture tools are back (they were removed in previous versions);
Enhanced Contact Sheet Builder:
· Added "No Caption" option
· Now it is possible to specify 4 margin values (Left, Right, Top, Bottom) instead of 2 (Horizontal, Vertical)
· Added Contact Sheet Builder (under Tools menu) - put/print multiple photos on one page. Fully customizable!
· Added Custom Sort - drag & drop to arrange thumbnail orders (For better performance, turn off the Preview panel);
· Now it is possible to drag & drop thumbnails into sub-folders within the thumbnail browser.

What's new in Faststone Image Viewer 2.7 Beta 1:

July 25th, 2006

· Added Custom Sort - drag & drop to arrange thumbnail orders (For better performance, turn off the Preview panel).
· Now it is possible to drag & drop thumbnails into sub-folders within the thumbnail browser.