ImageGlass 9.1.6.14 - From The Merge Berlin

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📝 Changelog

🌱 New Features

• Added support for viewing one or more color channels in Main Menu > Image > View channels (Disable Alpha channel while keeping RGB (or combo) channels enabled. #593).
• Added menu Magick.NET Lossless Compression (hotkey Alt+C) in Main Menu > Tools to support for reducing the size of image using Magick.NET library (Add support for reducing the size of image with lossless compression #1518).
• Added Reset settings link in app settings window to launch ImageGlass Quick Setup window for resetting all user settings (Option to Reset all settings/preferences #1694).
• Added Startup Boost feature in Settings > General > Startup to accelerate ImageGlass startup launch (First launch is slow #1832).
  • Added new command --startup-boost for ImageGlass.exe to run in the Startup Boost mode.
  • Added commands set-startup-boost and remove-startup-boost for igcmd.exe to enable / disable Startup Boost mode.
• Added support for new image loading orders: EXIF: Date taken and EXIF: Rating. If user enables the Use Windows File Explorer sort order if possible setting, ImageGlass can retrieve the Rating sort order of File Explorer (besides name, file extension, and file size).
• Added menu Change background color... (hotkey M) in Main Menu > Layout to open Color Picker to set background color
• ImageGlass API:
  • Added API IG_SetBackgroundColor(string? hexColor = null) to change the background color. If hexColor is not defined, it will show Color Picker dialog instead. User can use this API to add a custom toolbar button to quickly change background color (Background Color toolbar button  #730).
  • Replaced API IG_ViewNextImage() and IG_ViewPreviousImage() with IG_ViewImage(int step) to allow user to skip forward/backward images (Skip forward/backward 10 images #1767).

🔮 Improvements

• Upgraded Magick.NET v13.9.1
• Improved app launch time by asynchronously loading toolbar icons
• Added Magick.NET version information in About dialog.
• Improved the performance of Color Picker tool, kudo to @Charltsing.
• UI for the experimental settings:
  • Added option Open the Save As dialog in the current image directory in Settings > Edit (Add option to save to same folder as original image #1144).
  • Added option Enable image synchronous loading in Settings > Image (Fast viewing images does not render all images #1775).

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where thumbnails were not updated when replacing the image file with same name (Thumbnails are not refreshed. #1564, Gallery saves thumbnail cache by name causing problem #1859, The thumbnail doesn't match real image content. #1922).
• Fixed an issue where ImageGlass window didn't restore correctly when using multiple monitors (Fullscreen window disappears when using multiple monitors #1785, ImageGlass going to the wrong monitor making it inaccessible or seem to not work #1865, Imageglass window will not appear in the correct screen #1918).
• Fixed an issue where GIF formats with embedded color profile could not animate (Animated gifs aren't moving in ImageGlass 9.0.11 #1907).
• Fixed an issue where user could not minimize ImageGlass window when using Frameless or Fullscreen mode, kudo to @AntonyCorbett (Unable to minimize ImageGlass when using Frameless or Fullscreen mode #1904).
• Fixed an issue where the window background would flash white on startup when in Maximized mode, or not using the Backdrop style (Opening in maximized view flashes white #1889).

Full Changelog: 9.0.11.502...9.1.6.14

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11/06/2024: Updated the binary files to fix an issue where toolbar icons are not scaled correctly (#1936)