What’s new in Light Image Resizer 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