Image Comparer what's new

Image Comparer 4.2 Build 808

• some comparison optimizations applied, especially for exact duplicate mode
• changed a way of handling HEIC/HEIF files
• Comparison Wizard now uses Similarity Threshold from the Preferences instead of constant 95%
• added "Open File Location" item for the results thumbnails popup menu
• some minor fixes and improvements

Image Comparer 4.1 Build 807

• fixed comparison among the small gallery
• changed the select folder dialog to the one that allows multi-folder selection when adding folders to the gallery
• several minor fixes

Image Comparer 4.1 Build 806

• fixed a bug when adding images was less than thread count
• fixed a bug with showing the info panel
• fixed a bug with refreshing giant gallery files
• several minor improvements and fixes

Image Comparer 4.1 Build 805

• enhanced Comparison Wizard a lot: added ability to use existing galleries, displaying the image file amount, and additional enhancements
• restored functionality to mark all the full duplicates from either the right or left side
• improved the stability of the gallery creation and hash calculation process
• some improvements to full-screen compare window layout
• fixed a bug with the maximized state of the main window being lost after opening the Preferences
• added the total file size for the confirmation dialog
• added the ability to stop the process when checking new images for the dupes in the current gallery
• updated several GUI translations
• many internal optimizations and bug fixing

Image Comparer 4.0 Build 800

This version is re-worked a lot. Increased multi-threading stability, fixed hang issues, etc. Requires new 4.x license.
• fixed problem with multithreading that may produce wrong results or hangs in previous versions
• numerous new image formats supported, including WEBP, HEIC, JBIG
• new comparison algorithm that is much faster, used by default. You can enable old algorithm in the Preferences
• added high-dpi monitors support
• added displaying progress in the taskbar icon
• many internal routines were optimized for better performance

Image Comparer 3.8 Build 713

• added Danish translation
• fixed small font issue under the right preview

Image Comparer 3.8 Build 712

• added Chinese and Greek translations
• fixed deleting of files with Unicode file names
• several visual improvements
• fixed a dozen of minor issues as well

Image Comparer 3.8 Build 711

• added: favorite folders for automarking feature when results are in tree view mode
• added: Swedish and Romanian translations
• added: ability to rename selected image in the gallery or in the "Top 10 similar" list
• added: automarking wizard for the "Results as a tree" mode
• fixed: wrong time estimation while compare within a gallery
• fixed a bug that brings an error on some multicore CPUs

Image Comparer 3.7 Build 710

• added: multicore CPU optimization
• added: Bosnian translation
• fixed: rare bug that caused wrong comparison results
• fixed: slow multi image selection
• fixed: rare error when checking image in tree

Image Comparer 3.6 Build 709

• added: Finnish translation
• added: Finnish help file
• added: an ability to disable delete confirmations
• added: mark images with lower quality automatically in additional to automarking images with higher quality
• icons were changed
• fixed: DNG files loading problems
• fixed: minor Vista issue
• fixed: batch delete images with Unicode file names

Image Comparer 3.5 Build 708

• added: displaying comparison results as a tree. You can switch display mode using menu item "Compare-View results as"
• added: "Do not compare in the same folder" option to the Preferences
• added: option to create gallery much faster (using embedded thumbnails) but a bit roughly
• added: option to display high quality thumbnails (slower loading)
• added: French translation
• fixed: now default parameters are optimized to the fastest processing
• fixed: RAW format processing. Now it is 2x faster at least

Image Comparer 3.4 Build 707

• added: "Compare-Check new images..." menu item. You can compare new images with images from the gallery before adding them
• added: Hold CTRL key while setting a filter by similarity degree for results to filter pairs with selected per cent value similarity ONLY
• fixed: auto mark images by quality applied for the filtered range only, not for entire results
• fixed: several minor issues

Image Comparer 3.3 Build 706

• fixed: "Save results as..." menu item was disabled after changing the gallery sort mode
• fixed: sudden second image from result pair disappearing just after comparison among the gallery
• fixed: some minor bugs

Image Comparer 3.3 Build 705

• added: differences highlighting feature
• added: ability to select image file formats to work with
• added: gallery sort modes: by duplicates found, by file name, by file size, by file date, by image width, by image height
• fixed: several minor bugs

Image Comparer 3.2 Build 704

• added: Ukrainian and Korean translations
• added: English and Russian help files
• added: ability to set similarity filter for opened results
• added: ability to switch gallery display mode between previews and table mode. Use menu item "Gallery-View"
• added: ability to delete opened gallery or results database. Menu items "Gallery-Delete gallery", "Compare-Delete results"
• added: new file confirmation window for the file operations. Now you can be sure, IC will not delete wrong files
• fixed: function "mark images with higher quality"
• fixed: looking for image modifications while using comparison wizard
• fixed: some other minor bugs

Image Comparer 3.1 Build 703

• added: Dutch, Turkish, Lithuanian, Czech, Macedonian, Portuguese(Brasil), Hungarian, Italian, German, Bulgarian translations
• added: advanced comparison options - looking for rotated and flipped images
• added: all select folder dialogs are saving their initial folders now
• added: ability to add folder with images to the gallery
• added: Close button added to the fullscreen mode
• fixed: time estimation for comparison among one gallery
• fixed: large galleries opening optimized for speed
• fixed: comparison process optimized for speed. It runs up to 3 times faster now.
• fixed: Vista compatibility increased
• fixed: Win9x compatibility
• changed: gallery creation order - now you point the folder with images first and after that type the gallery name

Image Comparer 3.0 Build 702

• some memory leaks were found and fixed
• key shortcuts were changed for Compare menu items
• added key shortcuts for copy, mode and delete marked images
• added Spanish translation
• added default image viewer launched when doble click on image previews in gallery
• gallery creation is optimized for speed
• fixed: fullscreen main window state is saving and restoring now
• fixed: selected language saving bug
• fixed: corrupted and small (less than 32 pixels dimension) images are bypassed
• fixed: now no marks are set automatically in case of equal image resolution but different image formats
• and some minor improvements

Image Comparer 3.0 Build 701

• First release!
• some fixes were applied
• new main icon

Image Comparer 3.0 Build 700

• Release candidat

version 3.0

• the program has been written completely from scratch
• added full Unicode support including Unicode file names
• works with galleries (set of images) now
• multi language user interface
• shows Top 10 similar images for the selected one
• completely new interface layout
• comparison wizard implemented
• Firebird used as a database engine

version 2.3

• added: "Exclude files" button instead of "Delete records"
• added: ability to select comparison thread priority
• added: ability to save results and exit IC when comparison is done
• added: ability to save results and shutdown PC when comparison is done
• added: About dialog, Bolide Software logo added
• fixed: slow mark/unmark pairs when the database is large enough
• fixed: comparison process optimized and works a bit faster now
• fixed: minor bugs were fixed

 

version 2.2

• added: additional check for 100% similar images. Will be good for small images comparison like icons
• added: main window can be maximized and resized now
• added: main window size is saved and restored when restarts
• added: recently opened databases list for quick opening
• fixed: found bugs were fixed

 

version 2.1

• skinnable user interface. Supports WinXP themes
• Fullscreen mode support. Now you can mark images and navigate the comparison results when the image pair is displayed in fullscreen mode
• found bugs were fixed

 

version 2.0

• new improved image comparison algorithm. You can change the priority for speed or for quality of comparison
• accelerated image loading
• implemented sorting by similarity percentage
• shows how much disk space will be freed after deleting marked duplicates
• some minor bugs was fixed

 

version 1.5

• delete images using Recycle Bin supported now and turned on by default
• Ability to save and open comparison results
• File size displayed now in the main window
• File rename feature in right click menu menu
• some bugs fixed