ImageGlass 9.3.0.514
ImageGlass is a lightweight, open-source image viewer for Windows that supports over 80 formats, including WEBP, GIF, SVG, HEIC, and RAW. It offers a clean, minimal interface, slideshow capabilities, and animated GIF support. Customizable with themes and icon packs, it also includes color channel viewing, zooming, and EXIF metadata support. The viewer integrates with external editors for easy image editing and works with keyboard shortcuts, drag-and-drop, and file association. ImageGlass is portable, open-source, and free, ensuring a seamless, efficient experience.
ImageGlass is free for both personal and commercial use, except the Store version.
ImageGlass key features:
- Slideshow capabilities for seamless image presentation.
- Animated GIF support for viewing GIFs without external tools.
- Customizable interface with themes and icon packs.
- Color channel viewing for detailed image analysis.
- High-quality zooming and smooth image transitions.
- Supports EXIF metadata viewing for images with embedded data.
- Multiple file viewing with easy navigation between images.
- Supports image rotation and basic adjustments.
- External editor integration for easy editing from the viewer.
- Windows 10/11 compatibility for smooth operation on modern systems.
- File association for automatic opening of supported formats.
- Keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation and control.
- Customizable right-click menu for quick access to common actions.
- Supports image thumbnails for better file management.
- Drag-and-drop functionality to open images directly into the app.
- Open source and free with no ads or bloatware.
- Portable version for use without installation.
ImageGlass 9.3.0.514 changelog:
New Features
- Invert Colors: Quickly invert image colors with a single click (#2048)
- New Format Support: Added support for SVGZ, JXR, HDP, and WDP image formats (#1047, #2066)
- Live Photo Support: View motion/live photos embedded in JPEG files (#1927)
- Explorer Sort Order V2 (#404, #544, #635, #1683, #2024, #2093):
- Full compatibility with Explorer's sort orders, including search result ordering
- Supports following sort order from saved search file: .search-ms
- Supports refreshing the image list with Explorer's sort order
- Limitation: The Explorer window or tab must be open (it can be minimized)
Improvements
- Upgraded to .NET 9
- Updated Magick.NET to v14.6
- Updated "Set default photo viewer" feature to use per-machine level (#1938 #2102 #1855)
- Updated HEIC format read setting MaxChildrenPerBox up to 500 to suppress error "Memory allocation error: Security limit exceeded" (#2099)
- Updated SVGs viewed via WebView2 to display checkerboard backgrounds only within the image bounds (#2076)
- Updated Frame Navigation tool to remember its last-used state between sessions (#2072)
- Disabled "Window Backdrop" setting for Windows 10 (#2083)
- Disabled "Use Explorer sort order if possible" for the Standard user profile in Quick Setup dialog
- Added "Use Explorer sort order if possible" to the "Loading orders" context menu
- Removed the deprecated setting: "Enable image transition" in Settings > Image > Image loading
- Improved thumbnail extraction of Gallery Bar
Bugfixes
- Fixed: Rapid zooming with the mouse wheel misaligned the focus point
- Fixed: Image Booster did not preload images before switching between images (#1482)
- Fixed: Could not change "Toolbar icon size" and "Image quality" setting (#2058, #2059, #2070)
- Fixed: App crashed when opening Crop tool and Color Picker tool on a second monitor with different DPI (#1758, #1868, #2063)
- Fixed: The Copy button in the Color Picker didn't fit within the modal boundaries (#2062)
- Fixed: JPEG XL HDR images on a non-HDR-system appeared dark and dull (#1677)