Better JPEG

Better JPEG Revision history

Ver. 2.0.0.9a September 24, 2014.
- fixed: lossless rotation.

Ver. 2.0.0.9 January 12, 2009.
- fixed: initial position.

Ver. 2.0.0.8 November 18, 2008.
- fixed: incorrect file extension when saving to Destination Folder.

Ver. 2.0.0.7 October 8, 2008.
- fixed: sometimes crashed due to memory overwrite in folder view.

Ver. 2.0.0.6 September 11, 2008.
- fixed: Save auto suffix logic.

Ver. 2.0.0.5 September 4, 2008.
- fixed: Save As dialog auto suffix logic.

Ver. 2.0.0.4 September 3, 2008.
- fixed: additional EXIF validity checks added.

Ver. 2.0.0.3 July 28, 2008.
- improved: support for Unicode strings in EXIF.

Ver. 2.0.0.2 July 4, 2008.
- fixed: reconstruction bug.

Ver. 2.0.0.1 July 3, 2008.
- added: lossless conversion to grayscale.
- added: lossless brightness/color adjustment.
- added: JPEG noise removal.

Ver. 1.7.2.1 April 18, 2008.
- fixed: menu width bug.

Ver. 1.7.2.0 April 3, 2008.
- added: CMYK and RGB JPEG support.
- fixed: menu bug when using two monitors.

Ver. 1.7.1.7 August 28, 2007.
- fixed: context menu triggered twice.

Ver. 1.7.1.6 August 12, 2007.
- fixed: Save As dialog logic.

Ver. 1.7.1.3 July 9, 2007.
- added: GPS longitude, GPS latitude, GPS altitude EXIF tags support.
- fixed: text mode template context menu did not show on right-click.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.7.1.0 April 23, 2007.
- added: Pad with Color option for lossless rotation.
- added: lossy rotation option.

Ver. 1.7.0.1 April 4, 2007.
- fixed: bug in Open and Save As dialogs.

Ver. 1.7.0.0 March 10, 2007.
- improved: toolbars and menus style, new icons.
- improved: folder view icons, thumbnails look.
- improved: YCCK images support.
- fixed: sometimes crashed when folder view settings changed.

Ver. 1.6.2.4 November 19, 2006.
- fixed: crop canvas color bug.

Ver. 1.6.2.3 October 17, 2006.
- fixed: paste toolbar layout.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.6.2.2 beta October 3, 2006.
- added: folders are displayed in the navigation pane.
- added: destination folder can be selected for the save action.
- added: dpi and quality indicator for the crop action.

Ver. 1.6.1.0 beta April 1, 2006.
- added: e-mail action.

Ver. 1.6.0.0 beta March 28, 2006.
- added: resize action.
- added: Create Copy for macro actions.

Ver. 1.5.0.5 March 9, 2006.
- improved: treatment of incorrect EXIF data.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.5.0.3 beta February 16, 2006.
- fixed: scale bug.

Ver. 1.5.0.1 beta January 19, 2006.
- fixed: font selection bug.
- fixed: undo crop selection position shift.

Ver. 1.5.0.0 beta December 21, 2005.
- added: batch actions (several actions can be processed as a single unit).
- added: initial positions for the crop area.

Ver. 1.4.4.1 October 6, 2005.
- added: 3D text effect.
- improved: emboss text effect.

Ver. 1.4.4.0 August 31, 2005.
- fixed: crop area selection algorithm.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.4.3.0 beta August 12, 2005.
- added: text outline, emboss options.
- fixed: zoom to selection bug.

Ver. 1.4.2.0 beta July 25, 2005.
- added: JPEG full recompression option.
- added: text shadow option.
- fixed: text / red eye quality after rotation.
- fixed: focus loss in text edit controls.
- fixed: switched to stable protection software version.

Ver. 1.4.1.2 May 21, 2005.
- added: imprint file name w/o extension.
- fixed: Select All respects Auto Flip Crop Aspect after rotation.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.4.1.0 beta May 10, 2005.
- added: "outward crop" option - lossless canvas enlargement.
- added: canvas color selection.
- added: separate language setting for custom text.

Ver. 1.4.0.2 beta April 30, 2005.
- improved: core functionality moved into a separate reusable dll, available to third party developers.
- improved: undo info is kept in a swap file.
- added: copy to folder / move to folder commands.
- added: "Save As" to original folder option.
- fixed: folder view thread stops correctly on exit.

Ver. 1.3.9.5 March 27, 2005.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.3.9.3 beta. March 22, 2005.
- fixed: undo buffer did not get cleared.

Ver. 1.3.9.2 beta March 21, 2005.
- added: align bottom/right of crop selection to MCU boundary option.
- added: Z + selection by mouse zooms to selected fragment.
- improved: focus switches between panels on mouse move.
- fixed: EXIF is treated correctly when maker notes go after IFD1.
- fixed: browser panel thread error handler.

Ver. 1.3.9.0 beta. March 7, 2005.
- added: 'start in cropping mode' command line option (-mc).
- added: 'exit on save' command line option (-q).
- added: 'show no browser panel' command line option (-nb).
- added: saving confirmation options.
- added: auto file name suffix for 'Save As' command.
- added: zoom in / out using Shift + Ctrl + mouse wheel
- improved: crop undo restores crop selection.
- fixed: file names localized in browser panel.

Ver. 1.3.8.0 . February 19, 2005.
- added: rotation according to EXIF orientation flag.
- improved: EXIF orientation flag cleared on rotation.

Ver. 1.3.7.0 beta. February 13, 2005.
- added: option to update/discard EXIF thumbnails.
- improved: last used folders come first in folder history combo.

Ver. 1.3.6.0 beta. January 9, 2005.
- added: folder history combo.
- improved: file date is used for images with empty EXIF date.

Ver. 1.3.5.0 . December 2, 2004.
- fixed: unsaved changes couldn't be saved when user browsed to another folder.
- fixed: corrupted JPEG files could cause GPE.

Ver. 1.3.4.0 beta. November 28, 2004.
- improved: faster compression / batch processing.
- improved: less memory required for operations.
- improved: got rid of temporary file on saving.
- fixed: clicking within the work area with no image loaded caused GPE.
- fixed: text positioning within the fade box.

Ver. 1.3.3.0 beta. November 11, 2004.
- added: draw mode speed/quality combo.
- improved: faster crop area selection/drag.
- improved: memory management improved.
- improved: other small improvements.

Ver. 1.3.2.1 beta. October 14, 2004.
- fixed: MMX SSE support detection fixed - caused runtime error on Pentium 2 and lower.
- improved: MMX support.

Ver. 1.3.2.0 beta. October 12, 2004.
- improved: faster crop area selection (MMX SSE support).
- added: option to take date/time values from file creation date/time when there is no EXIF.
- added: red eye selection can be adjusted by Shift + mouse wheel.
- improved: batch confirmation dialog now has three options.

Ver. 1.3.1.0 . October 5, 2004.
- fixed: failed to save modified images under certain conditions.
- fixed: comma was not allowed in file paths.
- fixed: other small issues.
- updated: help file.

Ver. 1.3.0.0 beta. September 14, 2004.
- added: batch operations - delete, rotate, flip, crop, date / EXIF info / text insertion.
- added: thumbnails size can be adjusted.
- added: right-click quick-insert menu for text templates.
- improved: memory consumption decreased.
- improved: rotation/flip/crop action speed increased.

Ver. 1.2.0.1 beta. September 6, 2004.
- added: folder view pane.
- added: thumbnail tooltips.

Ver. 1.1.1.0 beta. August 16, 2004.
- added: X, Y text offsets.
- added: relative text size/placement option.

Ver. 1.1.0.0 beta. August 6, 2004.
- added: composition guidelines for crop (rule of thirds, golden mean, etc.).
- added: sort images by time.
- improved: faster fade algorithm - smoother crop selection.
- improved: separate paths for open and save folders.
- improved: tabs added for text options.
- improved: read-only images can be overwritten.

Ver. 1.0.2.0 . August 2, 2004.
- added: help file.
- added: delete image command.
- added: drag and drop feature.
- improved: dummy drag toolbar added.

Ver. 1.0.1.0 preview. July 21, 2004.
- fixed: resources leak in drawing routine.
- fixed: 'image modified' asterisk didn't appear in the title bar.
- improved: XP manifest added.
- improved: crop area resize behaviour next to right/bottom sides of an image.
- improved: zoom to fit, zoom to actual size icons added to the toolbar.

Ver. 1.0.0.0 preview. July 17, 2004.
- improved: faster and smoother crop area selection.
- added: red eye position can be adjusted by arrow keys.
- added: installer used for setup.

Ver. 0.1.1.3 beta. July 14, 2004.
- added: crop to fixed aspect / predefined / user defined size feature added.
- added: retain original file time option added.

Ver. 0.0.1.2 beta. July 7, 2004.
- improved: text insertion - antialiasing option added, transparency algorithm improved.

Ver. 0.0.1.1 beta. July 5, 2004.
- improved: some GUI changes - links to site, about dialog appearance improved, etc.

Ver. 0.0.1.0 beta. July 2, 2004.
- added: customizable text background.
- added: window position gets saved.
- added: path to image directory gets saved.
- improved: some icons changed.

Ver. 0.0.0.9 beta. June 21, 2004.
- added: back and forward buttons for fast switch to previous/next image in the folder.
- added: "fit to screen" and "keep selected scale" on open.
- added: custom text can be edited from the text insertion toolbar.
- added: red eye darkening can be adjusted.
- added: up-down control added to simplify subtle red eye radius adjustments.
- fixed: EXIF width and height were not always set correctly on rotation.

Ver. 0.0.0.8 beta. June 14, 2004.
- added: multi-language support for custom text and date formats, including Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Cyrillic etc. fonts and formats support.
- fixed: path parser didn't always work correctly.

Ver. 0.0.0.7 beta. June 8, 2004.
- fixed: rotation in red eye mode didn't work correctly.
- fixed: cursor didn't always change when leaving client area.
- fixed: scrollers didn't work correctly with high position values.
- fixed: zoom combo didn't refresh when opening a new image.
- improved: "+" and "-" keys work to zoom in/out both with and w/o shift pressed.
- added: file can be closed.
- added: file name can be passed as a command line parameter.
- added: about dialog displays the version number.

Ver. 0.0.0.6 beta. June 7, 2004.
- improved: memory management - now requires less memory to operate.

Ver. 0.0.0.5 beta. June 4, 2004.
- improved: red eye removal algorithm. Sensitivity, antialiasing added.
- improved: image drawing speed increased.

Ver. 0.0.0.4 beta. May 29, 2004.
- added: source file name, destination file name, time w/o seconds, ISO text masks.
- added: program icon.

Ver. 0.0.0.3 beta. May 28, 2004.
- fixed: memory leak in image preview in file open/save dialog.

Ver. 0.0.0.2 beta. May 27, 2004.
- improved: image drawing speed increased.
- added: switching to drag mode by pressing spacebar.

Ver. 0.0.0.1 beta. May 26, 2004.
First public beta.
- lossless rotation, flip, crop, date and EXIF data insertion, red eye removal, copy/paste.