JPEG Saver 4.16
Published
JPEG Saver 4.16 is mainly a bugfix release, but there is one fairly major change that I think justifies version number 4.16 instead of 4.15.1.
First things first, the bug that is fixed in this version took about a month of confusion, testing, updates, more testing, rinse, repeat, etcetera between the user who reported the problem and myself before we found where the bug was and how to fix it. The problem was that the colours on his PCs were messed up - the red and blue components of the images and almost everything else on the screen were swapped. This happened overnight after a Windows update, which didn't help. In the end I traced it back to a problem with a DirectX texture, so this version fixes that and the colours are back to normal. Phew.
The one new feature in this version starts with an extra option in the installer marked “Windows Explorer integration”. What this does is add an extra entry to the Windows Explorer folders right-click context menu, named “JPEG Saver slideshow”. Choosing this option will start up JPEG Saver loading images from the selected folder, using your current config file but without its folders, filters or aspect ratio option. There are a couple of extra options in the “Interactive options” dialog so you can choose whether to use sequential mode and random start or not when using the slideshow. The selected folder is scanned recursively for images, so don't be surprised if it spends a long time “Finding images…” when you point it at your Program Files folder.
One thing that the slideshow can't do is display images from multiple selected folders. The way it works is by using a simple registry entry that Windows Explorer uses to start up JPEG Saver, but when you select multiple folders and click the slideshow menu item Explorer will start up multiple copies of JPEG Saver, one for each folder. There is a way around this, but it means building Explorer extension DLLs and I'm not keen on that idea at the moment. It may be something for the future.
The new version is available from the downloads page.