June 29th, 2011· Improved the "Acquire Images from Scanner" tool
· Other minor improvements and bug fixes
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
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
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
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
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
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.
December 7th, 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
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
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
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
January 21st, 2009· 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 "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 "Image Strip Builder" (under Create menu), which is used to put multiple images side by side horizontally or vertically
· Improved the Print dialog
· Fixed some bugs
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
January 21st, 2009· Added "Side by Side" comparison in "Enhance Colors"
· Added "Line Highlighter" in "Draw Board"
· Enhanced "Text" tool in "Draw Board". Now shadowed text is possible
· Added "Border" effects in "Batch Convert"
· Optimized algorithm for "Text" and "Watermark" in "Batch Convert"
· Updated the RAW format library
· Restored a skin called "Steel" which was dropped in a previous version
· Some UI improvements and bug fixes
January 21st, 2009· Added RGB adjustment to "Enhance Colors"
· Added option "Batch-convert RAW files in" to RAW tab of the Settings
· Added "Wallpaper Builder" to "Create" menu
· Enhanced menu fonts
· Enhanced built-in batch convert tool
· Added a skin with Vista look and feel
· Fixed some bugs
January 21st, 2009· Added "Enhance Colors" (press Ctrl+E), which makes it easy to adjust brightness, gamma, contrast and saturation of the image
· Enhanced "Sharpen/Blur"
· Added "Obscure (Blur)" under "Edit" menu, which can be used to obscure sensitive information in the image
· Added new option "Remind me to save changes" to the Settings. Uncheck this option if you do not want the popup message "Do you want to save the changes you have made to this image?"
· Allowed image tagging in slide show
· Added "Slide Show Builder" (under "Create" menu), which allows you to save a slide show, including image and music files, into a single exe file that can be played in other computers without FastStone Image Viewer
· Enhanced the "Download Photos" tool. Now it is possible to get photos from both cameras and card readers via USB
· Enhanced the "Change Timestamp" under Tools menu. Now it allows you to change/adjust the date time when photos were taken
· Added "Remove JPEG Metadata" to Tools menu. It allows you to remove metadata such as EXIF, IPTC, embedded thumbnails etc from jpeg files
· Added Show Histogram option to the image comparison tool
· Enhanced the RAW library. Now it is recommended to view RAW files using the embedded preview image for faster performance (see RAW tab in the Settings)
· In the image comparison tool, now it is possible to pan around with arrow keys
· Other small improvements in the user interface
· Fixed some bugs
April 24th, 2007· Added option Print current page only in Print dialog
· Improved Rotate by any Degree
· Fixed some bugs
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
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
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