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JPEG Saver 5.47
Since I added animated GIF support in the last version, I thought I should add support for other types of animated image next. So that's mostly what this version is about.
APNG but not MNG
Version 5.47 supports playing APNG files - these are PNG files with some extra data and more frames to make them animated. APNG is a bit better than animated GIF really, since PNG files support a full alpha channel and animated GIF only supports a single transparent colour.
JPEG Saver 5.46
The last update wasn't very exciting, so I was determined to do something useful this time. To that end, I'm happy to add something that I have been asked about a few times.
G as in gabble, or G as in giraffe?
However you choose to pronounce it, JPEG Saver now supports playing animated GIFs if you have video enabled. Most of the video controls will work, though you can't stop the animation looping. The seek controls work, but since animated GIFs are usually quite short I don't think seeking is all that important.
JPEG Saver 5.45
A small update this time, mainly because it is the first to be built using Visual Studio 2026 and I wanted to make sure everything works properly.
Background check
Apart from updating all the libraries that have had updates since the last release, I have only added one new thing to this version. Now when you add folders to the list they are scanned for files in the background worker thread. That's it.
JPEG Saver 5.44
This is a version with a bunch of small changes and fixes in it, so it should hopefully improve things for most users.
Bordering on the ridiculous
The first change was the third-oldest item on my to-do/issues list, added back in 2018. I've added the option to set an alpha value for border items. Don't ask me why it has taken so long to get this one done - it was pretty simple to do when I actually decided to look at it.
Having done that, I realised that testing the new border setting was a bit tedious - to help with this I have added a preview display box for borders so you can see the effect immediately without having to close the dialog.
JPEG Saver 5.43
There isn't much new in JPEG Saver 5.43, but it does fix a few things. It's also the first version I have compiled using Windows 11, so please report any new weirdness if you come across it. Or even any old weirdness - if there's weirdness, I should fix it.
Optional options
The only really new thing in this version is a command-line option that lets you override options from the config file. I don't expect this to be useful for the average user, but it should allow me to create scripts for testing various features that I would otherwise have had to either use the config dialog to change, or edit the config file, or use lots of slightly different config files.
The option is /o for “override” or “option”,
it should be followed by an option in the same format as a line from the config
file, and it can be used multiple times: