ImageView

ImageView is a small, fast program that can display all your images and multi-media files. Images and multi-media files can be stored and viewed from within password protected IVS files.

ImageView first started as a way to just view images and store them within IVS files.  However, as development has been continuing, image manipulation is becoming a major part of ImageView.  As time goes by more and more capabilities are added, increasing ImageView's overall usefulness and power.

ImageView uses a proprietary file format to multiple store images within a single file, an ImageView Storage File, or IVS for short.  An IVS file is "Single File System" to the outside world an IVS file looks like any other file, to ImageView an IVS file looks like an additional hard drive, it can contain files and folders.  Files and folders can be manipulated just as if they were out on your hard drive.  You can organize them, rename them, view them, you can do just about anything you could normally do.

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Region capture
 

Some advantages of using IVS files:

1. Image files can be organized and stored within a single file.
2. A single file can be distributed to friends and family rather than hundreds of individual ones.
3. IVS files can contain thousands of images and folders.
4. IVS files can be protected so images optionally cannot be copied, edited, deleted or even printed.
5. IVS files can be password protected to limit who can view it's contents.
6. IVS files can be tied to digital certificates to limit viewing.
7. IVS files can be linked to Active Directory or NT4.0 Domains to limit viewing.
8. IVS files can have expiration dates to limit viewing.

New features:

• Completely new file handling sub system.
• Fast thumbnail support (faster than many other commercial software programs).
• Better EXIF handling with ability to write comments.
• Save images to an AVI media file.
• Vector graphics.  This adds the ability to add vector based objects, such as circles, squares, images, lines, memos, text and angles all with varying pen widths, brush types and transparency.
• Histogram window to analyze an image or a region within an image.
• Histogram equalization to equalize the color range in an image or a selected region.
• Image Parameters to give you more control over how images are saved.  For instance Jpeg quality and compression.
• List of recently opened IVS files.
• Ability to read RAW images.
• New slide show transformations (133 in total now).
• 4x6 and 8.5x11 aspect ratios to help maximize printing.
• Option to open and IVS file as soon as it is created.
• Layer support to add images on top of each other.  Supports many methods of layering images for different effects.
• Embedded help.
• Much more to come......

Features:

• Loads all major image types such as, but not limited to:
• DIB, RLE, TGA (TARGA, VDA, ICB, VST, PIX).
• PBM, PGM , PPM
• WMF, EMF, CUR.
• AVI, animated GIF ,  multi-TIFF
• DCX (multipage PCX) files
• JPEG,JPG, and JPEG2000
• TIFF
• PCX
• 133 Image transitions for slide shows.
• Multiple methods for screen capture, active window, full screen, region, auto.
• Various effects to modify images.
• Various methods to modify color, color depth, color count.
• EXIF support to read all properties and write some Back such as a comments.
• Vector graphics to add shapes and text to images.
• Layers to create montages.
• Create PDF's and AVI files from Images.
• Histogram.
• Find bad images quickly.
• Image manipulation such as flip and rotate.
• Annotations.
• Build in Web Browser with Downloader.
• Easily change HVS,and RGB values on the fly.
• Conversion between image formats.
• IVS file support to store images in a single high performance single file system.
• View images directly from ZIP files.
• Copy images from ZIP files to folders or an IVS file.

Fixes / Changes:

• IVS Treeview refresh.
• International characters.
• Image Window caption updates with correct size when the image is resized.
• Fixed problem with windows wallpaper always going to C:\WINNT.
• Added two more digits to Consecutive Rename.
• Images in an IVS file did not display the correct resolution when in Details view.
• Updated certificate handling.
• Many internal changes and updates to help improve speed.
• Skin engine update.
• Updated the web browser with new features.  (Save images each time they are clicked on)