NEW: added mode “Extend to square” which adds blurred content to make the image rectangular
NEW: added action to create animated GIF from input files
NEW: rename action to just rename files without changing image contents
NEW: more layout templates for collage
NEW: drop target area to easily add files by drag & drop (can be enabled in settings)
NEW: manual crop by right-clicking an image in the list
NEW: images in listview can be re-ordered manually by dragging
NEW: dynamic watermark text color (image’s average color or complementary color)
NEW: round edges option (see Effects)
NEW: Background removal powered by remove.bg (see respective tab)
NEW: added output format “Icon (.ico)”
NEW: background color for preview window can be changed via right-click menu
NEW: select which metadata values to keep or remove, text based values can also be replaced
NEW: auto-detect width and height when creating new profile with dimensions in name (like “Photos 800×600”)
NEW: JPEG compression can be optimized to create smaller files (see Optimization tab)
NEW: colors can now be entered as HTML color values (for background or watermark text colors)
NEW: default action for close button when processing has finished can be changed (see Settings, Process tab)
NEW: save as for profiles (via “…” icon), to save current changes under different name
FIXED: preview is not updated when replacement color is changed in settings
FIXED: embedded thumbnails were not updated when copying metadata
FIXED: crash or error when resizing 1bit image and output is PDF
FIXED: relative paths for collage filename did not work
FIXED: unit could be set to something else than pixels for collage in some cases
FIXED: preview for collage was showing normal preview after collage window, which could lead to crashes
FIXED: custom format for %CreationDate% and %ModificationDate% watermark tags was not working
FIXED: error could occur when trying to backup raw files with action set to “Replace original”
IMPROVED: images are now kept untouched if size is set to 100% and no other effects are applied
IMPROVED: workaround for some 3rd party shell extensions where files could not be loaded by drag & drop
IMPROVED: combined PDF creation is way faster now using multi-threading
IMPROVED: changes to image list in collage window are now reflected in main image list
IMPROVED: accept path with filename for /Dest parameter and set output format accordingly
IMPROVED: command line switch “/OptionsPage” can be used to go to options page
IMPROVED: a folder can now be dropped on the destination box to insert its path
IMPROVED: support for EXIF date tags located in wrong IFD section for watermark text (some Samsung devices)
IMPROVED: keep zoomed view rectangle when updating preview