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@Ademking Ademking released this 10 Oct 20:44
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v3.2.0
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What's new in 3.2.0

New: BetterViewer desktop app for Windows, Linux and macOS (#98)

  • The same viewer in its own window, to open the pictures on your computer.
  • Right-click an image → Open with → BetterViewer, or make it your default image viewer (PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, BMP, ICO). Drag and drop and Ctrl+O work too; opening another image reuses the same window.
  • ← / → browse the other images of the folder; the image list (top right) shows them as thumbnails.
  • Save with your system's Save dialog, F11 for full screen, and a clean title bar of its own.
  • Everything from the browser version works: editing, annotations, OCR, background removal, QR codes, animations.

Animated GIFs play (#96)

  • Animated GIF, WebP and APNG files now play instead of showing their first frame, with their own timing and looping.
  • Long GIFs work too: frames are decoded as they're needed, so a GIF with thousands of frames starts playing right away.
  • A frames bar under the image: play / pause (K), previous / next frame (, and .), a timeline to click or drag to any frame (hover it to preview a frame), and playback speed from 0.25× to 4×.
  • The ⋯ menu on the frames bar copies the frame on screen, saves it as PNG, or keeps only that frame as a still image (undo brings the animation back).

Edit animations

  • Crop, resize, straighten, rotate, flip, adjustments, curves and levels apply to every frame.
  • Blur / pixelate zones hide whatever each frame shows there.
  • Ctrl+S (and Save) on an animation saves an animated GIF with your edits and annotations, keeping its timing and looping. PNG, JPEG and WebP save the frame on screen.
  • The navigator follows the animation, and Image info shows frames, duration, frame rate and looping.
  • Background removal is for still images. On an animation, use Keep only this frame first.

Save original is easier to reach (#95)

  • New shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S, a toolbar button (hide it like any other by right-clicking the toolbar), and Original file at the top of More → Save.

View original (#96)

  • Now in the right-click menu for images opened from a web page, with a shortcut (Shift+O).

All shortcuts can be changed in Settings → Viewer → Keyboard shortcuts.

No new permissions in this version.

Install

Desktop app (download below)

  • Windows: BetterViewer_3.2.0_x64-setup.exe (or the .msi)
  • Linux: .deb (Debian, Ubuntu), .rpm (Fedora, openSUSE) or .AppImage (any distribution)
  • macOS: BetterViewer_3.2.0_aarch64.dmg (Apple Silicon) or BetterViewer_3.2.0_x64.dmg (Intel)

The desktop installers aren't code-signed yet. On Windows, if SmartScreen warns, click More info → Run anyway. On macOS, allow the app once in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

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