News archive
News - 23/03/2005
I'm releasing CRCDropper3 - I wouldn't call it completely finished, but it works OK and does more than CRCDropper and CRCDropper2 (multiple files, MD5, MD4, MD2, SHA1 support, command line options). I had planned to do more to it, but I've been working on JPEG Saver and another small utility that will be appearing here when I get around to documenting it.
News - 24/01/2005
JPEG Saver 2.0.3 released... There's another background type, "Image Copy", a few new transitions based on fading stuff, and another option in the Background tab for blending background images with the first background colour. Also, the fading transitions should now work on 24-bit DirectX screens - but I haven't got a 24-bit screen to test with.
News - 25/10/2004
Version 2.0.2 of JPEG Saver fixes a couple of bugs and there's a new background type, "Noise." The only other interesting change is that I've used NSIS to create an installer and uninstaller for it. Unless someone can provide me with a good reason to do otherwise, I will be releasing future versions like this instead of as zip files.
The next version of JPEG Saver is likely to take me a while, as it involves some big (internal) changes and I would like to get started on a new version of CRCDropper first. Having said that, if you spot any bugs in 2.0.2, please let me know and I will do my best to fix them.
News - 28/08/2004
Version 2.0.1 of JPEG Saver is a bugfix release - JPEG Saver was totally failing to find any files on Windows 98 (and presumably on Windows 95 and ME.) I've also taken the opportunity to update the version of libpng to 1.2.6.
News - 10/08/2004
JPEG Saver version 2.0 is complete. At first glance it doesn't look much different to version 1.9, but here's a list of the most obvious changes:
- DirectX gamma correction options - I finally took this off the to-do list. Then I got rid of the to-do list, since it no longer resembles what I have planned.
- DirectX display mode option - so the screen saver can run in a lower or higher resolution than the desktop.
- Desktop background mode option - takes a snapshot of the screen when the screensaver starts, and uses it as a background image.
- JPEG 2000 image support - this uses the JasPer library to load .jp2 and .jpc JPEG 2000 images.
- Aspect ratio option - for changing the shape of images to match your display mode (see the Readme file, this option is not on the dialog yet).