What’s new in this version:
Light Image Resizer 7.4.0.129
New:
– AI Image Generation/Editing tool (Beta) (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– line breaks in AI prompt were not correctly saved in profiles
– CMYK color profile may have been copied despite the respective ICC option was disabled
Improved:
– copy EXIF, ICC from HEIC when converting to JPEG
Light Image Resizer 7.3.0.120
New:
– AI Vision (Beta) can now be used to generate image descriptions and store them as file comments
– added new OpenAI GPT-5 models
– Insert button for text fields to insert image metadata like filename, comment, etc. (Light Image Editor)
– option for thumbnail size in screenshot list (Light Image Editor)
– print option in screenshot list context menu (Light Image Editor)
– Comment window to see and edit the file comment (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– direction (clockwise/counter-clockwise) was swapped when using the Rotate feature
– wildcard state (one dimension set to auto) may not have been set correctly when switching profiles
– files could be written twice (causing overwrite prompt) when outputting separate PDFs with OCR
– error message parsing in Vision AI for Gemini (Light Image Editor)
– selection could jump to top when right-clicking in empty area of screenshot list (Light Image Editor)
Improved:
– DPI option can now be set up to 1200 DPI
– Ollama API config will now use the base URL (Light Image Editor)
– only show relevant options in context menu for screenshot list (Light Image Editor)
Light Image Resizer 7.2.1.106
New:
– Ollama support added for AI Vision (Light Image Editor)
– markdown support for AI Vision result (Light Image Editor)
– behavior in case of existing comment can be selected for AI Vision auto mode (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– XMP was not copied for some JPEGs
Light Image Resizer 7.2.0.101
– Change log not available for this version
Light Image Resizer 7.2.0.100
New:
– AI Vision Beta to describe images (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– some portrait images were incorrectly saved with width and height swapped
– some text in the updater was not localized
– opening the Editor via image list context menu could fail if the path contained spaces
Light Image Resizer 7.2.0.82
New:
– new versions can now be downloaded and installed right from the update notification
– LIR profile files now have an icon and can be opened to import them
– add Aspect ratio selection for Crop (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– for empty file dates the watermark text showed “01/01/1980” instead of “N/A”
– loading of preview could fail when creating PDF with OCR enabled
– collage preview not refreshing when changing size
– save button was disabled after changing collage options
– notice about missing HEVC extension may have been shown in some cases even if it was installed
Improved:
– better progress display when converting a PDF with multiple pages to images
Light Image Resizer 7.1.3.73
New:
– add basic copy and paste by right-click on image (Light Image Editor)
– text outline width can be set for text layers (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– throttling on large output was too aggressive and could lead to slow processing
– trying to load a WebP in the watermark dialog could cause the application to lock up
– image orientation could be wrong when creating a PDF from photos
– processing TIFF with large Photoshop data could lead to out of memory error
– font size control was losing focus when entering a value (Light Image Editor)
– mouse cursor not visible on dark elements during screenshot capture (Light Image Editor)
– screen capture coordinates could be wrong with certain multi-monitor configurations (Light Image Editor)
Improved:
– add more font sizes to dropdown list (Light Image Editor)
– prevent blending of text properties window when dropdown is active
Light Image Resizer 7.1.2.64
Fixed:
– upgrade flow was broken
Light Image Resizer 7.1.2.63
New:
– show total file size of all source images in the list (top right)
Fixed:
– thumbnail loading for certain HEIC files could lock up and lead to issues during processing
– buy URL could contain invalid slashes in certain cases
Light Image Resizer 7.1.1.61
Fixed:
– calculating width or height automatically was not possible due to a logic issue
– resetting profiles to default via settings could cause an error in certain cases
– black output when converting certain images to JPEG XR
– exception when saving settings with no Windows OCR languages available (Light Image Editor)
– access violation could occur when creating screenshot after monitor count changed (Light Image Editor)
Improved:
– update clipboard when saving a screenshot and copy to clipboard option enabled
Light Image Resizer 7.1.0.58
New:
– AVIF write support via plugin
– JPEG XL support (read and write)
Fixed:
– collage thumbnail list cropped when using high DPI
– collage preview not updated when using custom layout
Improved:
– use “1K JPEG” as default profile on fresh installations
– change resize policy and quality options for better efficiency for some profiles (1K JPEG, 2K JPEG, 3K JPEG)
Light Image Resizer 7.0.9.54
– Change log not available for this version
Light Image Resizer 7.0.9.47
Improved:
– better trial experience, reduce interruption
– updated Korean translation
Fixed:
– access violation when loading WebP
– orientation for Fuji RAW (.RAF) could be wrong
– preview could fail for HEIC images if output format was set to original
– crop not working after blur is added (Light Image Editor)
Light Image Resizer 7.0.8.45
– Change log not available for this version
Light Image Resizer 7.0.7.43
– Change log not available for this version
Light Image Resizer 7.0.7.42
New:
– Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Ukrainian translations (Light Image Editor)
Fixed:
– loading of image could fail if path name contained an archive extension (like .zip or .7z)
– filename could be truncated if it contained dots when saving (Light Image Editor)
– in some cases it was not possible to increase the font size in text properties (Light Image Editor)
Improved:
– text properties optimized for high DPI (Light Image Editor)
Light Image Resizer 7.0.6.41
New:
– Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Italian translation for Light Image Editor
Fixed:
– crash in Editor when applying effect to non-image layer
– error about outdated library could occur during installation
Improved:
– text fields can now be aligned in Light Image Editor
Light Image Resizer 7.0.5.40
New:
– localization support for Light Image Editor
Fixed:
– crash on launch could occur on older versions of Windows
Light Image Resizer 7.0.3.35
New:
– includes Light Image Editor with features like adding text, highlight, blur, shapes, and much more
– profiles are now stored as individual files in DocumentsObviousIdeaLight Image ResizerProfiles
– context menu integration for Windows 11
– option to split long images to several pages for Create PDF action (see PDF tab)
– HEIC output format
– lossless compression option for WebP output
– EXIF metadata support for WebP (reading and writing)
– incremental search in profile list by typing initial letters
– watermark text tags for original file size, extension, and dimensions
– “Append” option for text fields in metadata properties
Fixed:
– current session may not have been included when manually saving log before processing
– crash on some grayscale images if show preview was enabled
– word wrapping in watermark text could add unnecessary line breaks
– watermark text could disappear with relative font scaling if word wrap was disabled
– some user fonts may not have been rendered correctly in watermark text
– some profiles could get duplicated in certain cases
Improved:
– output formats are now ordered by popularity (JPEG, PNG, WebP, etc.)
– show loading indicator with option to cancel when adding lots of files
– WebP compression can now also be chosen by a desired output size