v1.0.0

QConvert v1.0.0 First public release

QConvert is a Windows desktop tool for fast image conversion and editing directly from Explorer. It adds a configurable per-user context menu for common image tasks, while keeping the
original files untouched and writing clean converted copies next to the source.

Highlights

• Explorer-first workflow - right-click an image, choose a QConvert action, and get the converted copy immediately.
• Silent conversion runner - context-menu actions use a dedicated CLI host, so conversions do not flash a console window.
• Previewed image editor - open an image in QConvert to preview conversion, resize, crop, avatar, favicon, and sepia operations before saving.
• Practical format support - convert between JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, and ICO where supported.
• Release-ready Windows install - self-contained per-user MSI with no separate .NET runtime requirement.

Full feature set

Conversion

• Convert to JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, and ICO
• Configurable JPG, WebP, and AVIF quality
• Transparent pixels are flattened onto the configured background color when writing JPG
• EXIF orientation is baked into pixels so phone photos stay upright
• Optional metadata preservation for compatible formats
• Safe output naming with collision suffixes so originals are never overwritten

Resize and Crop

• Resize to fit fixed boxes without upscaling
• Crop to exact output sizes
• Crop to aspect ratios
• Position-aware crop previews in the editor
• Square avatar export with configurable sizes

Cleanup and Export

• Remove metadata
• Compress JPG
• Optimize PNG
• Apply sepia filters
• Create favicon bundles with ICO, PNG icons, and webmanifest output
• Paste clipboard images as PNG or JPG into a folder

Explorer Integration

• Per-user Explorer context menu, disabled by default until enabled in settings
• Configurable menu entries so only selected actions appear
• Send To menu integration as an optional alternate entry point
• Context-menu diagnostics and repair from the settings UI

GUI

• Settings window for quality, background color, output naming, ICO sizes, context-menu entries, and diagnostics
• Image editor with live previews and save/save-as flows
• About dialog and Start Menu integration
• Settings persist in %AppData%\QConvert\settings.json

Requirements

• Windows x64
• No administrator rights required for normal install or context-menu registration
• WebP/AVIF decoding may depend on installed Windows image codec support; output encoding is bundled through SkiaSharp

Install

• MSI: download QConvert-1.0.0-x64.msi below.
• winget: winget install Code-iX.QConvert