BandiView

What's new in this version:

BandiView 7.10
Added:
- a feature showing BandiView icon together with the thumbnail preview in File Explorer
- an option to the image converter to convert images to the GIF format
- support for the thumbnail preview of SVG files on File Explorer
- support for the thumbnail preview of CBR and CBZ files on File Explorer
- a feature inserting a space between images in the webtoon view mode
- a feature showing the playback time of an animated image when hovering the mouse cursor on the animation control

Fixed:
- Fixed a bug that occurs when the length of a folder's name exceeds 260 characters
- Fixed a bug that BandiView for ARM64 cannot open an archive
- Fixed a bug that the app cannot correctly show the EXIF comments in some files
- Fixed a bug that the app conlicts with MyDockFinder and cannot show images
- Fixed a bug that opening an image file is slow if the image file and ZIP files are located in the same folder
- Fixed a bug that disabling the context menu in File Explorer also hides the context menu of other apps

- Improved the processing speed of image panning
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.09
- Fixed a bug that the comments in a JPEG file cannot be loaded correctly
- Added a dark mode applied to some UIs
- Added a feature adjusting the contrast
- Added a feature adjusting the scroll speed of the mousewheel
- Improved the HDR output feature to show SDR images correctly
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.08
- Applied a new policy on switching the full screen mode on and off when the app windows is maximized
- Added support for the thumbnail preview of DDS files on File Explorer
- Increased the maximum number of multicore threads available for the image converter from 10 to 20
- Added a sepia filter & a function adjusting the brightness
- Other modifications

Improved:
- the processing of CLIP files
- the image conversion of SVG files to other formats
- the app to show more detailed meta info of DDS files
- the app to show a dark grid background for an alpha channel (transparent images) when using the dark mode in Windows
- the app to recognize the settings for the mousewheel scroll in Windows
- the function showing the prompts of an AI-generated PNG image
- the image converter to add the quality value to the EXIF info
- the HDR output for JXL files

Fixed:
- a bug that two control bars or more overlap each other if the app window is too small
- a bug that files are added wrong to the image list under certain conditions
- a bug that the app cannot open some ICO files or crashes when opening them
- a bug that the app is slow to open many images with the webtoon view mode
- a bug that the scroll position is reset by changing the image effect


BandiView 7.07
- Added a function changing the desktop background of a specified monitor when using multiple monitors

Fixed:
- a bug that the app cannot open some CLIP files (Thanks to rniakrion)
- a bug that selecting "As File Explorer does" for how to sort files does not apply on Desktop
- a bug that "Use arrow keys to scroll images only" does not apply
- a bug that the processing speed is low when deleting a number of files on File Explorer
- a bug that "CMD_SCROLL_..." commands do not work correctly when a customized shortcut key is assigned
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.06
Added:
- an HDR output function for JXL and DDS files
- support for DNG 1.7 (Jpeg XL) format
- a function opening the current image with another app by holding Ctrl + drag & drop

Improved:
- the meta info window to show an image's thumbnail data
- the support for DDS, PNM, and DNG formats
- the visibility of the icon for JPG files
- the function "Set as desktop background" to apply an image's ICC profile

Fixed:
- a vulnerability occurring with JXR files (Thanks to Jae Ho Cho, Song Hyun Bae, Jun Seo Bae, Lee Dong Ha)
- a vulnerability occurring with PSD files (Thanks to Jae Ho Cho, Song Hyun Bae, Jun Seo Bae, Lee Dong Ha)
- a vulnerability occurring with EXR files (KVE-2024-0416)
- a bug that the app cannot play back an animated GIF file if the file has only 2 frames
- a bug that the app cannot open some JP2 files
- a bug with the "Adjust window size to image size" function
- a bug the app's context menu conlifcts with other apps using Electron
- a bug that the app cannot process the transparency of TGA files correctly
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.05
Added:
- an HDR output function for 32-bit PSD files
- support for Apple CgBI PNG format
- a function remembering the page layout in the double-page view mode

Fixed:
- a bug that the app cannot open some CLIP files
- a bug related to hiding the mouse cursor
- a bug that the app cannot process the transparency of SVG files correctly
- a bug that the app cannot show some TGA files correctly
- a bug that the app cannot open high-resolution BMP files

Improved:
- Improved the double-page view mode to read image info faster
- Improved the meta info window to show XMP
- Now the image converter does not store the EXIF orientation
- Improved the context menu which appears on the viewer
- Improved the double-page view mode and webtoon view mode to show animated images
- Improved the app's title bar to show the width, height, and file size of an image
- Improved the zoom function to adjust the zoom level referring to the position of the mouse cursor
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.04
- Added a function processing the aspect ratio of a TIFF file
- Reduced the width of the context menu which appears on the viewer

Fixed:
- a bug that the context menu related to the slideshow is not displayed correctly under certain conditions
- a bug that the expression of color tones for an HDR AVIF image is incorrect with a SDR display
- a bug that occurs when the filenames in an archive are garbled due to an encoding error
- a bug that the app fails to copy the EXIF info of an HEIC file when converting the image
- a bug that the thumbnail preview on File Explorer does not work for TGA files
- a bug that the app shows incorrect info for some JXR files
- a vulnerability occurring with RAR files (KVE-2024-0290)
- a bug that the app cannot open some CLIP files

Improved:
- Improved how the app displays its main menu
- Improved the double-page view mode to show all EXIF info of current two images
- Improved the image converter to start conversion by pressing ENTER
- Improved the window to select an image
- Improved the app's stability
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.03
- Improved the decoding speed for JPEG 2000 (.jp2) files
- Updated DirectXTex, OpenJPEG, and LibTIFF with the latest versions
- Added a function remembering the last image opened in a folder
- Added support for the thumbnail preview of TIF, EXR, TGA, and JP2 files on File Explorer
- Added a function editing the presets for image size in Image Conversion > Resize
- Other modifications

Fixed:
- a bug that the app cannot open some high-resolution TIFF images
- a bug that the app does not work correctly with some touchscreen devices
- a bug that the thumbnail preview on File Explorer does not work correctly for some PSD (PSB) files
- a bug that the auto-hidden taskbar in Windows does not appear again by mouseover if the app's window is maximized
- a bug that the thumbnail preview does not work when the context menu is disabled in the app configuration
- a bug that the app cannot open some PSD files
- a bug that the app cannot show the EXIF info of some JPEG files


BandiView 7.01
- Fixed a bug that changing the zoom level does not work correctly for the rotated image if "Adjust window size to image size" is enabled
- Improved the way how the program continues browsing images in the next (previous) folder
- Improved the function setting an image as the desktop background
- Improved the speed of loading the list of image files
- Improved the processing speed of the image converter
- Improved the speed of opening files located in a network drive
- Fixed a bug in the slideshow function
- Improved the speed at which the context menu appears on the viewer
- Resolved an issue with the frame rate of some animated AVIF files
- Resolved an issue with the white balance of RAW files
- Added a function showing only JPEG thumbnails for RAW files
- Added support for CLIP files saved not in compatibility mode
- Other modifications


BandiView 7.0
- New license policies
- UI/UX improvements
- Now available only on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11
- Added support for AVIF, EXR, ICO, JXL, QOI, SVG, HEIC(HEIF), and CLIP formats
- Added a function downloading the plug-ins for less commonly used formats whenever required
- Improved how image chches are processed, allowing to view images of ultrahigh resolution
- Improved the processing speed for archives & Added supports for more archive formats
- Added a function processing the metadata of RAW files
- Improved the processing speed for RAW files & Added supports for recent RAW formats
- Improved how solid-compressed archives are processed
- Added a view mode optimized for viewinig webtoons
- Added a fucntion showing scroll bars
- Improved the image output
- Improved the image processing speed
- Added support for ARM64 CPUs
- Improved the processing of image's alpha channel
- Improved the processing and showing of image's meta information
- Improved the showing of animated images
- Added support and associated configuration for HiDPI
- Improved the sorting of images
- Added an HDR output function for HDR image formats
- Improved the function changing file associations
- Improve the image filters
- Added context menus for Windows 11 File Explorer
- Improved the function customizing keyboard and mouse shortcuts
- Improved the thumbnail preview on File Explorer
- Added a file rename function
- Fixed a vulnerability occurring with EXR files (Thanks to Lee Dong Ha of ZeroPointer Lab)
- Added a function caching image info
- Improved the image group function
- Added a function exporting the current app configuration
- Added a function selecting a license type on the installer
- Improved the function for remote control
- Improved the bookmark functions
- Improved the image converter, including its processing speed
- Added a function copying the EXIF info of an image when converting it
- Added a function showing the image stored in the clipboard
- Added an HDR output function for HEIF(HEIC, HIF) formats
- Added a function importing the bookmarks saved on Honeyview
- Fixed a bug with the thumbnail preview on File Explorer
- Improved the icons applied to associated files on File Explorer
- Improved the app to display more detailed image info
- Other modifications