What's new in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.5.2.2

Feb 8, 2018
  • Fixed an issue where image processing profiles created in older versions of the software (v4.0.0.x and v2 series) failed to load correctly.
  • Software binaries and installation packages are now digitally signed with an SHA-2 certificate.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.5.2.1 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue where some 64bit users receive the error "Unable to load DLL 'FreeImage_x64.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)" when adding images to the file list.
  • Reduced the size of the installation package (the installation package no longer contains and installs the Microsoft Visual C++ 12 Runtime as the software is no longer dependent on the runtime).

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.5.2.0 (Mar 4, 2015)

  • GUI and Scripting:
  • Software now runs as a true 64 bit process on computers with a 64 bit operating system. This means that when the software is running on a 64 bit operating system it can process higher resolution images than when running on a 32 bit operating system.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes to improve software stability.
  • Software now requires the Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5.2 or higher is installed in order to run.
  • Retired software support for the Microsoft XP and Windows 2003 Server Operating Systems.
  • GUI:
  • Replaced old HTML Help style documentation with new PDF help documentation.
  • Updated software to use latest Telerik UI controls.
  • Added Width and Height columns to the image file list.
  • Fixed some graphical anomalies in the software's themes.
  • Fixed an issue when you click on a column header to sort the image file list and then press the Delete key or choose "Remove Selected Image", the wrong image is removed from the list.
  • Fixed an issue where tabbing between controls would not result in focus being sent to the next logical on screen control.
  • Redeveloped the Check for Updates feature.
  • Scripting:
  • Introduced a new lightweight application Multiple Image Resizer .NET Script Engine (MirDotNetScript.exe) which provides command line batch scripting functionality. If you have been using the command line batch scripting in previous versions of the software please migrate to using MirDotNetScript.exe rather than MirDotNet.exe - see the "Scripting" section in the help documentation for more information.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.6 (Nov 12, 2013)

  • Fixed a problem where corruption of the primary window profile would cause an error when the software loads.
  • Fixed an issue where the resized images would so signs of "ringing" e.g. artifacts on the 0th/1st row and column of the image.
  • Added $(ORIGINALFILECREATIONDATETIME) and $(ORIGINALFILEMODIFIEDDATETIME) replacement tags for use on text overlays.
  • Updated the software and installation package with new Multiple Image Resizer .NET logos.
  • Updated the Help file to include additional images.
  • Changed the Check for Updates feature to retrieve software update information from the multipleimageresizer.net domain rather acumensystems.com
  • Software now supports Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes to improve software stability.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.5 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • Full revision of the Portuguese translation.
  • Fixed a problem on Windows 8 when using the Add Border feature, the border would be drawn with a 1x1 pixel incorrect offset.
  • Fixed a problem on Windows 8 when using the Resize Within Dimensions Add Background feature, the border would be drawn with a 1x1 pixel incorrect offset.
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.4 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • After removing an image from the list of images to process the software selects the next image in the list, rather than taking the user back to the beginning of the list.
  • Pressing the Delete key when an image is selected in the list of images to process removes the image from the list.
  • Fixed an issue where when the unprocessed or processed image windows were hidden, the corresponding menu items in the window menu were not unticked.
  • Altered the software so that if unprocessed / processed image windows are hidden the software doesn't update the image previews.
  • Altered the software so that it will not overwrite an orignal image under the following circumstances: the original image and processed image are JPEGs, the image has not been altered during processing, the output quality is set to 100%, and the processed image is to overwite the original image. IMPORTANT: This modification only applies to JPEG to JPEG conversions.
  • Updated software to use newer Telerik UI controls.
  • Updated the installation package. The installation package no longer automatically downloads the .NET Framework v4.0 Runtime. From this release on users are required to download the .NET Framework v4.0 from Microsofts website.
  • Software now supports Windows 8 RTM.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.3 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Added 'Reverse Overlay' option to the 'Image Overlay Options' panel. This allows the software to Underlay a specified image beneath images being processed (see Help file for more information).
  • Added two new batch script functions - UnderlayImage and UnderlayImageByPosition (see Help file for more information).
  • Added /silent command line argument to allow batch scripting users to suppress the software's scripting output information.
  • Added /log command line argument to allow batch scripting user to send the software's scripting output information to a log file.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.2 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Fixed a long standing problem with the output quality of GIF image files. Images processed and saved as GIF's are no longer grainy/poor quality.
  • Added the ability for the software to read/open Multiple Image Resizer .NET v2 profiles.
  • Added /maxparallel command line argument to allow users some degree of control of multi-core processing (see Help file for more information).

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.1 (Nov 9, 2010)

  • Added support for the Russian language.
  • Added support for the Ukrainian language.
  • Fixed a problem where the information on the check for updates screen was always displayed in English rather than the users selected language.
  • Improved the appearance of the software when running on machine where the display font resolution is set to 120 DPI.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 4.0.0.0 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • GUI and Scripting:
  • Software now supports multi-core processors (CPUs) to speed up image processing.
  • Added support to load RAW Camera Image Files (supporting most manufactures including Canon, Casio, Epson, Fuji, Hasselblad, Kodak, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax and Sony).
  • Added support to load Macintosh PICT and Silicon Graphics SGI image file formats.
  • Updated Help File.
  • Fixed bugs, improved error handling, and added additional code to make the software even more robust.
  • GUI:
  • Altered the Border options. You can now have two borders.
  • Added new Resizing method - Resize Within Dimensions Add Background. The new option resizes and image within the dimensions specified and pads the image to the specified size with a selected background color / pattern.
  • Added ability to specify overall transparency of image overlays to make the creation of semi-transparent 'watermarks' easier.
  • Improved the Font dialog.
  • New Colour Picker dialog.
  • Altered the File Replace Warning Screen - this allows you to select the images that should / should not be replaced before processing occurs.
  • Re-developed graphical user interface to use Telerik user interface controls.
  • Added support for theming the software - there are currently three themes - Blue, Silver, and Black.
  • Re-developed the Update Checker - this is now built into the software, rather than being a separate application.
  • New Scripting menu option to encourage users to try the batch scripting functionality. The new menu includes two options; 'Export Profile to Script File' and 'Export Image Files to Script Image List File'.
  • Improved user experience for users who are running the software at a screen resolution of 1152x864 or below.
  • Scripting:
  • Added new scripting function: ResizeWithinDimensionsAddBackground.
  • Fixed bug in AddTextByPosition scripting function (also affected Add Text By Position in the GUI) which could cause text to be incorrectly placed by up to 3 pixels caused by a rounding error in one of the calculations.
  • Modified OverlayImage and OverlayImageByPosition Script Functions to accept optional parameter to specify overall transparency of an overlay image.
  • Tidied script processor output messages.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.9.0.1 (Apr 27, 2010)

  • Added support for the Chinese (Traditional) language.
  • Added support for ASCII character code special tag - $(ASCII, "ASCII Code") for use on text overlays. This tag is used to specify an ASCII character by it's character code within a text overlay. Primarily this was added for use with command line scripting text functions although the GUI also supports this tag.
  • Fixed an issue where the use of more than one special tags in a text overlay could be misinterpreted by the software, causing the tags to be replaced incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue where the software would fail to run if the users "My Documents" folder could not be found.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.8.0.2 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • Added support for the Arabic language.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.7.0.0 (Nov 20, 2009)

  • Software now supports Windows 7 RTM.
  • Fixed an issue where text overlays failed to position correctly running under Windows 7.
  • Updated the GUI controls used to the latest version available.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.6.0.0 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • Updated Spanish Translation.
  • Updated Turkish Translation.
  • Fixed an issue where the batch script function SetResolution incorrectly sets resolution if the resolution measurement was set to dots per centimeter
  • Updated the GUI controls used to the latest version available.
  • Created new light weight installation package (note that installation requires internet connection).
  • Software now supports Windows 7 RC.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.5.0.0 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • Added support for the Catalan language.
  • Added support for the Polish language.
  • Added support for the Turkish language.
  • Updated the GUI controls used to the latest version available.
  • Fixed an issue where the batch script function SetResolutionToOriginal failed to work.
  • When using the batch scripting the software now allows you to scan for all images under a specified folder - see the help file section 'Scripting' -> 'Creating Image List Files' for more information on using the question mark (?) symbol in image list files.
  • Updated the batch scripting functions SaveToFolder, SaveToFolderJpeg, SaveToFolderJpegWithTargetSize, and SaveToFolderTiff to include an optional parameter (recreateoriginalfolderstructure). The parameter allows you to specify if the software should recreate the original folder hierarchy to the destination folder when saving processed images - see the help file for more information.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.4.0.0 (Dec 4, 2008)

  • Added support for the Greek language.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.3.0.0 (Sep 24, 2008)

  • Added support for the Bulgarian language.
  • Added functionality to the Add Text panel to allow rotation of text to any angle (specified in degrees).
  • Added functionality to the Add Text panel for right align, left align and centering of text (where you have multiple lines of text).
  • Added functionality to the Add Text panel to include semi-transparent text.
  • Added two new batch script functions - AddTextWithRotation and AddTextByPositionWithRotation - see Help file for details.
  • Added functionality to update the file list using drag and drop from Windows Explorer. Users can now drag and drop a single image file, multiple image files, and / or a folder containing image files from Windows Explorer onto the file list.
  • Altered functionality to stop the software from allowing users to add the same image file multiple times to the file list.
  • Fixed an issue where image overlays and text are positioned incorrectly by 1px on the x and y axis when they are specified via position and offset method.

New in Multiple Image Resizer .NET 2.0.7.0 (Jun 1, 2007)

  • German language support has been added to this release. We've also updated the software to be fully compatible with 64bit editions of Windows XP and Vista.