Light Image Resizer – Version History


What’s new in version 7

  • Context menu integration for Windows 11 is here!! Right-click your images from the file explorer
  • Now includes Light Image Editor with features like adding text, highlight, blur, shapes, and much more…
  • In this new app coming with LIR7, you can make screenshots easily with OCR applied (ideal for screenshots)
  • Profiles have been reset with new names, easier to use like 1k, 2k, 4k, or with a file size target (256Kb, 1Mb, 2Mb or your own file size requirement) (old profiles are renamed LIR6_xx)
  • Profiles are now stored as individual files in a sub-folder under user’s documents. It is synchronized with OneDrive cloud account so you can use your profiles between your desktop and laptop.
  • Incremental search in profile list by typing initial letters
  • Option to split long images to several pages for Create PDF action (see PDF tab)
  • PDF, JPEG or any photo can be a source for a OCR task (side file or in metadata). This makes your JPEG searchable by keywords in your local Windows search.
  • Output/convert images to HEIC format (a popular format supported by Apple for iPhone and MacOS)
  • Lossless compression option for WebP output
  • Watermark text tags for original file size, extension, and dimensions (use your files metadata for contact sheet, captioning, documentation)
  • Watermark panel has been improved, the setup package is coming with free sample of watermark with transparency.
  • “Append” option for text fields in metadata properties

For full list of changes see below…


Light Image Resizer – 7.1.2.64 – 2024-11-25

FIXED:

  • upgrade flow was broken

Light Image Resizer – 7.1.2.63 – 2024-11-21

NEW:

  • show total file size of all source images in the list (top right)

FIXED:

  • thumbnail loading for certain HEIC files could lock up and lead to issues during processing
  • buy URL could contain invalid slashes in certain cases

Light Image Resizer – 7.1.1.61 – 2024-11-20

FIXED:

  • calculating width or height automatically was not possible due to a logic issue
  • resetting profiles to default via settings could cause an error in certain cases
  • black output when converting certain images to JPEG XR
  • exception when saving settings with no Windows OCR languages available (Light Image Editor)
  • access violation could occur when creating screenshot after monitor count changed (Light Image Editor)

IMPROVED:

  • update clipboard when saving a screenshot and copy to clipboard option enabled

Light Image Resizer – 7.1.0.58 – 2024-11-05

NEW:

  • AVIF write support via plugin
  • JPEG XL support (read and write)

FIXED:

  • collage thumbnail list cropped when using high DPI
  • collage preview not updated when using custom layout

IMPROVED:

  • use “1K JPEG” as default profile on fresh installations
  • change resize policy and quality options for better efficiency for some profiles (1K JPEG, 2K JPEG, 3K JPEG)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.9.47 – 2024-10-07

IMPROVED:

  • better trial experience, reduce interruption
  • updated Korean translation

FIXED:

  • access violation when loading WebP
  • orientation for Fuji RAW (.RAF) could be wrong
  • preview could fail for HEIC images if output format was set to original
  • crop not working after blur is added (Light Image Editor)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.8.45 – 2024-10-04

NEW:

  • add WebP format for saving (Light Image Editor)
  • Czech, Finnish, Korean, and Swedish translations (Light Image Editor)

IMPROVED:

  • adjust text border width relative to font size (Light Image Editor)
  • better performance for blur layer (Light Image Editor)
  • increase default height of dropdown for Stickers and Shapes (Light Image Editor)

FIXED:

  • DPI value not updated correctly for JPEG
  • screenshots would not auto save when OCR was enabled with Tesseract engine (Light Image Editor)
  • text or other objects would still appear outside the background image if cropped (Light Image Editor)
  • toolbar button captions could be truncated in some cases (Light Image Editor)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.7.42 – 2024-09-24

NEW:

  • Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Ukrainian translations (Light Image Editor)

FIXED:

  • loading of image could fail if path name contained an archive extension (like .zip or .7z)
  • filename could be truncated if it contained dots when saving (Light Image Editor)
  • in some cases it was not possible to increase the font size in text properties (Light Image Editor)

IMPROVED:

  • text properties optimized for high DPI (Light Image Editor)

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.6.41 – 2024-09-20

NEW:

  • Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Italian translation for Light Image Editor

FIXED:

  • crash in Editor when applying effect to non-image layer
  • error about outdated library could occur during installation

IMPROVED:

  • text fields can now be aligned in Light Image Editor

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.5.40 – 2024-09-17

NEW:

  • localization support for Light Image Editor

FIXED:

  • crash on launch could occur on older versions of Windows

Light Image Resizer – 7.0.3.35 – 2024-09-06

NEW:

  • includes Light Image Editor with features like adding text, highlight, blur, shapes, and much more
  • profiles are now stored as individual files in Documents\ObviousIdea\Light Image Resizer\Profiles
  • context menu integration for Windows 11
  • option to split long images to several pages for Create PDF action (see PDF tab)
  • HEIC output format
  • lossless compression option for WebP output
  • EXIF metadata support for WebP (reading and writing)
  • incremental search in profile list by typing initial letters
  • watermark text tags for original file size, extension, and dimensions
  • “Append” option for text fields in metadata properties

FIXED:

  • current session may not have been included when manually saving log before processing
  • crash on some grayscale images if show preview was enabled
  • word wrapping in watermark text could add unnecessary line breaks
  • watermark text could disappear with relative font scaling if word wrap was disabled
  • some user fonts may not have been rendered correctly in watermark text
  • some profiles could get duplicated in certain cases

IMPROVED:

  • output formats are now ordered by popularity (JPEG, PNG, WebP, etc.)
  • show loading indicator with option to cancel when adding lots of files
  • WebP compression can now also be chosen by a desired output size

Version history for Light Image Resizer v6

Version history for Light Image Resizer v5 and v4