These notes capture the changes published on the legacy site for the last Photo Viewer releases. They help explain how the tool evolved from a lightweight image viewer into a more capable editing and batch processing utility.
Version 1.5.2
Released 2020-12-26
- Added photo-to-video conversion so an MP4 can be created from a directory of photos.
- Added a math-operation menu item for blending two photos with alpha and corner-position options.
- Added a Make a Copy action.
- Updated rotated photos back to disk instead of leaving the original unchanged.
- Fixed GIF reading bugs.
- Added Check for Update to simplify upgrade discovery.
- Included additional minor fixes, changes, and improvements.
Version 1.5.1
Released 2020-12-21
- Added photo-to-video conversion for creating MP4 output from a directory of photos.
- Added a Make a Copy action.
- Updated rotated photos back to disk.
- Fixed GIF reading bugs.
- Included additional minor fixes, changes, and improvements.
Version 1.5.0
- Added Convert To actions for grayscale, RGB, and RGBA conversion.
- Updated licensing so the application became free for both private and commercial use.
- Included additional small fixes and changes.
Version 1.4.9
Released 2020-08-02
- Fixed batch-resize, batch-invert, and batch-adjustment bugs.
- Fixed invert, auto-enhance, saturation, vibrance, hue, sepia, and posterize behaviour for 4-channel images.
- Added RGB pixel information on mouse move.
- Added math operations such as add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
- Added Gaussian, median, and bilateral denoise actions.
- Added image normalisation to the 0-255 range.
- Added an image sharpening action.
- Included additional minor fixes, improvements, and changes.