Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003-2006 by Chun Sejin


Imagine - Image / Animation Viewer for Windows

1. Introduction

a.  What is Imagine?
b.  What's new?
c.  Supported file formats
d.  Keyboard shortcuts

2. Credits

a.  Translation
b.  Special thanks to

3. Feedback

a.  Internet
b.  Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Imagine is Copyright (c) 2003-2006 by Chun Sejin.


What is Imagine?

Imagine is a image viewer for Windows (TM). Imagine also provides Total Commander lister plugin.

Features

- Views Image/Animation files with the fastest speed.
  (NO dependence on their extensions)
- Numerous image formats supported.
- Shows information of image/animation files.
- Shows EXIF(JPEG) information.
- Shows transparency.
  (Imagine also shows the alpha channel in 32bit image.)
- Extracts a frame(or whole frame) from Animation file.
- Exports Animation file to Animated GIF file/AVI/Flic/Pro Motion Animation.
- Manipulates image
  (Flip,Grayscale,Negative,Change color depth,Swap colors,Rotate,Resize,
   Effect filter,Edit palette,Transparency set)
- Tiny & Fast & Pure & Neat executable.
- Fully customizable.
- Plugin add-on available.
- Multilingual support
- NO dependence on any OLE method or any other external viewer.
- NO creation or use of any registry value except for essential things.
- Shell extension support.


What's new?

Version 0.9.7.0 beta 4 'Feb 01 2006

- Thumbnail image can also show transparency.
- Thumbnail directory tree can hide.
- Thumbnail loading speed enhancement.
- 'Rotate according to EXIF' option is also available in thumbnail window.
- Item list in preferences dialog can be dragged with mouse.

Version 0.9.7.0 beta 3 'Jan 25 2006

- Status bar configure available.
- Some enhancement in 'Display while loading' option.
  (Now there's no resizing process after loading.)
- Some enhancement in thumbnail window.
- Now mask in information dialog can show 32bit alpha value.
- Zoom factor changes automatically when it enters to full screen mode.
- File size in information dialog added.
- Some PNG error fixed. (16 bits per sample)
- Some TIFF error fixed. (16 bits per sample and tiled image)
- Some bug with PCX fixed.
- Full screen toolbar and status bar disappearing problem fixed.

Version 0.9.7.0 beta 2 'Jan 08 2006

- 'Open with' menu added.
- Enhanced printing available.

Version 0.9.7.0 beta 1 'Dec 19 2005

- Mouse configure available.
- 'Lock zoom' menu added.

Version 0.9.0.0 'Sep 16 2005

- Shell extension crash bug fixed.
- Shell extension enhancement.
- Filter browser dialog error in Windows XP fixed.
- Thumbnail window was reformed.
- Preference dialog was reformed.
- 'Ignore errors' option added.
- Metafile error fixed.
- Preferences dialog font bug fixed.
- Some file types are changed to built-in.
- Launching error in Windows 95 fixed.
- Flickering Lister when its size is changed fixed.
- Menu in thumbnail window available.
- MRUD count configure available.
- Unicode version is available.
- Plugin SDK updated. (Version 0.1.0.5)

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 12 'Jul 15 2005

- File format added:
  WMF (Windows Metafile)
  EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile)
- Zoom factor configure available.
- 'Create multiple page' menu added.
- Scroll bug fixed.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 11 'Jul 06 2005

- File format added:
  MAC;MACP (Apple Macintosh MacPaint)
  RLA (Wavefront Raster Image)
- Some EXIF error fixed.
- 'Previous frame' menu added.
- 'Rename' menu added.
- 'Only one instance' option added.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 10 'Apr 10 2005

- File format added:
  XCF (GIMP Bitmap) (Requires plugin)
- Transparent image scroll bug fixed.
- Some EXIF error fixed.
- Thumbnail background color problem fixed.
- 32bit clipboard paste bug fixed.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 9 'Mar 10 2005

- File format added:
  PSP (Paint Shop Pro Image)
  XBM (X10/X11 Bitmap) (Requires plugin)
  XPM (X11 Pixmap) (Requires plugin)
  ANM (DeluxePaint Animation) (Requires plugin)
- Zoom/Fit feature was renewed.
- More internal optimizing.
- Resize resample filter added.
- Rotate according to EXIF option added.
- Fixed the flickering screen.
- Dialog font configure available.
- Thumbnail Tooltip added.
- Bug fixed when directory has more than 1024 image files.
- Rotation bug fixed.
- Shortcut dialog bug fixed.
- Plugin SDK updated. (Version 0.1.0.2)

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 8 'Feb 10 2005

- File format added:
  DDS (DirectDraw Surface) (Requires plugin)
- Some internal optimizing.
- Toolbar color was renewed.
- Windows 9x transparent pixel color problem fixed.
- Thumbnail treeview icon bug fixed.
- Shell extension crash bug fixed.
- CMYK TIFF is now showed correctly.
- Plugin SDK available. (Version 0.1.0.0)
- Preview color quality enhancement.
- Application icons were changed.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 7 'Jan 22 2005

- Supports TC 6.5 thumbnail mode.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 6 'Jan 08 2005

- Anti aliasing option added.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 5 'Dec 27 2004

- Shell extension context menu available.
  (You can view the image briefly with context menu in Explorer.)
- Toolbar data is now in Imagine.ini
- Shortcut data is now in Imagine.ini

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 4 'Dec 10 2004

- Thumbnail window was decorated.
- The main routine file was changed from Imagine.wlx to Imagine.DLL
- Some file operations added. (Copy/Move)
- Resize available (Primitive yet)
- Print available (Primitive yet)
- Help available (Primitive yet)

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 3 'Aug 28 2004

- Thumbnail window available.
- 'Supported file formats' menu added.
- Packer Plugin for Total Commander now can read Imagine.ini.
- Some window menu added.

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 2 'Aug 14 2004

- Packer Plugin for Total Commander available. (Imagine.wcx)
- Some translation added.
- MRUD available.
- Some window option added.
  (Center window, Fit to image)

Version 0.9.0.0 beta 1 'Aug 06 2004

- Stand-alone executable can be executed without arguments.
- File extension registering dialog was reformed. (Now in Preference dialog)
- Save, Close, Clear clipboard command added.
- File format added:
  PIC;CEL (Autodesk Animator PIC)

Version 0.8.4.0 'Jul 26 2004

- Toolbar added. (customizable)
- Some delete bug fixed.
- Palette import added.

Version 0.8.4.0 beta 3 'Jul 14 2004

- Stand-alone executable available.
- Transparency set/clear available.
- File format added:
  CDR;CDT;PAT;CMX (CorelDRAW Drawing)
- PNG interlaced saving added.
- TGA 32bit alpha value supported.
- Some JPEG error fixed.

Version 0.8.4.0 beta 2 'Mar 18 2004

- Keyboard shortcuts configure available.
- Some bugs of Multiple TIFF were fixed.
- More texts can be translated.
- Comments in language file(menu,text) available.
- Multiple Icon/Cursor saving added.
- Show zoom factor when image is fitted.
- 16bit color depth conversion available.

Version 0.8.4.0 beta 1 'Feb 26 2004

- 'Display while loading' option added.
- Multilingual support.
- Image information enhancement.
- File list sorting support.
- 'Delete(Direct/Recycle Bin)' menu added.
- 'Reopen' menu added.
- 'Paste' menu added.
- 'Preference' shortcut was changed to 'Alt+Enter' again.
- Support saving Progressive JPEG.

Version 0.8.0.0 'Feb 07 2004

- Effect filter supported (Requires plugin)
- 'Full screen' menu added.
- Multiple page image(TIF,ICO,DCX) supported.
  (Browse the pages with Shift+PgUp/PgDown(Home/End).)
- EXIF(JPEG) information available.
- Information dialog was reformed.
- Most common TIFF compression method added.
  (RAW,Packbits,CCITT,LZW,ZIP,JPEG,ThunderScan)
- TIFF saving added.
- 'Rotate free' menu added.
- 'Installed plugins' menu added.
- 'Ask to overwrite file' option added.
- 'Don't notify end/begin of the directory' option added.
- Zoom out smaller than original size of the image.
- Zoom in/Zoom out with mouse wheel supported. (with Shift key)
- Refresh speed enhancement when image is zoomed in.
- Horizontal scroll with mouse wheel supported. (with Ctrl key)
- Some palette file type added.
- 'Palette export' menu added.
- File format added:
  DCX (Zsoft Multi-Page Paintbrush)
  WBMP;WAP;WBM (Wireless Bitmap)
- Some PCX error fixed.
- Some RLE error fixed.

Version 0.7.3.0 'Jan 01 2004

- An image has alpha value (ex. PNG 32bit) now showed correctly.
- Drag&Drop supported.
- Zoom in/Zoom out supported.
- 'Open' menu added.
- 'Fit only big images' menu re-added.
- 32bit BMP that has color mask is now showed correctly.
- Properties dialog is now opened correctly in Windows NT.

Version 0.7.0.1 'Nov 24 2003

- Windows XP runtime error fixed.

Version 0.7.0.0 'Nov 22 2003

- Now with TC 6.0, BMP,ICO files can be viewed with Imagine plugin.
- File format added:
  JBG;JBIG (JBIG Bi-level Image)
  ICO (Windows Icon)
  CUR (Windows Cursor)
  ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
  CLP (Windows Clipboard)
  RLE (Utah RLE)
- Flic saving added.
- Animation file saving is now 'Save as'.
  (Some export menus(except for AVI) were deleted.)
- Plugin system added.
- 'Center Image' option added.
- Menu was reformed.
- Mouse left button to get pixel color information.
- Mouse right button to scroll.
- Next/Previous image (Space/Backspace).
- Ini file location was changed. (Same directory as Imagine.wlx)
- Keyboard shortcuts now work correctly in Win9x.

Version 0.6.0.0 'Sep 06 2003

- File format added:
  RAS (Sun Raster Image)
  SGI;RGB;BW (Silicon Graphics Image)
- 'Change color depth' added.
- Auto color conversion when saving file.
  (Now you can save JPG to GIF with auto color conversion.)
- 'Set as wallpaper' added.
- Edit palette keyboard access added. (Use arrow keys and press 'E' or 'Alt+E')
- 'Preferences' added. (Background color, Transparent background color/pattern)
- Small scroll bug fixed.

Version 0.5.0.0 'Aug 10 2003

- Status bar added.
- Save option available.
- Show progress(in save file/modify image) available.
- Some shortcuts added.

Version 0.4.9.0 'Aug 06 2003

- PNG transparency added.
- File format added:
  PBM (Portable Bitmap)
  PGM (Portable Graymap)
  PPM (Portable Pixelmap)

Version 0.4.8.0 'Aug 02 2003

- PNG saving added.

Version 0.4.7.0 'Aug 01 2003

- 'Show transparency' added.
- File format added:
  PCD (Kodak PhotoCD)
  JPC;JP2;J2K (JPEG2000 Wavelet)

Version 0.4.1.1 'Jul 28 2003

- Some PNGs error fixed.

Version 0.4.1.0 'Jul 28 2003

- 'Edit palette' added.

Version 0.4.0.0 'Jul 24 2003

- 'Fit only big images' option added.
- 'Vertical/Horizontal flip' added.
- 'Grayscale, Negative' added.
- 'Swap colors' added.
- 'Rotate' added.

Version 0.3.7.0 'Jul 22 2003

- Some GIFs error fixed.
- Scroll error fixed.

Version 0.3.0.0 'Jul 16 2003

- First release.


Feedback

URL

http://www.nyam.pe.kr

e-mail

nyam@nyam.pe.kr


Translation

Danish
Peter H. S. Madsen

Dutch
Roland Dalmulder

German
Kurt Lettmaier

Hungarian
Bodnar Gabor Kalman (Panthera)

Polish
Dariusz J. Kawecki

Romanian
Lorant Szakacs

Russian
Irakly Tchanturia
Dmitry Yerokhin

Swedish
Leif Larsson

Ukrainian
Roman Novostavsky

English, Korean
Chun Sejin (myself)


Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

1. What's the Imagine.wlx and Imagine.wcx files?

Imagine can be used with Total Commander. (famous file manager)
Imagine.wlx file can be associated with the lister of Total Commander and
Imagine.wcx file can be used as a packer plugin of Total Commander.
But if you don't use Total Commander, these files can be deleted if you want.
In this case, the minimal required files are only Imagine.EXE and Imagine.DLL.

2. How can I use Imagine.wcx file?

The following is applied only to Total Commander users as I said at the above.
With Imagine.wcx file, you can browse the image/animation files as if they're archive files.
Associate with 'Imagine' extension. Then you can browse into any graphic files that are supported by Imagine.
You can also extract frames that you want from animation file. (ex. Animated GIF file)
And you can convert the format of image. The target image format is determined by the extension of target image filename.
With the 'Create separate archives, one per selected file/dir' option, it can be used with batch conversion tasks.

3. I can't uninstall Imagine, the Imagine.DLL file cannot be deleted.

You seems to be using the shell extension feature.
If you use the shell extension feature, the Imagine process is not unloaded until the explorer is closed and the executable file cannot be deleted.
First, disable all the shell extension features. (It's on Shell Extension tab in preference dialog.)
Now logoff or reboot the Windows, and you can delete the Imagine.DLL.

4. I want to make the plugin of Imagine. How can I start?

There is the plugin SDK of Imagine. You can download the latest version at the homepage of Imagine.
But it may lack of document or description. Then you can reach me by WWW or E-mail.

5. Some options don't work.

Anti aliasing option, and some toolbar styles may require later version of common control.
You can update this by installing later version of Internet Explorer.


Special thanks to

Help file

Finn Ekberg Christiansen (Shalom Help Maker)

etc.

Chun Seyoung
Hwang Jonghwan
Kim Panki
Kim Changnam
Kim Seungtae
Park HeeJoong
Chae Jonghwan


Keyboard shortcuts

*** All keyboard shortcuts can be configured. ***

Main window

B	Fit only big images
D	Anti aliasing
E	Palette edit
H	Horizontal flip
I	Information
L	Rotate left
R	Rotate right
S	Show frame number
T	Show transparency
V	Vertical flip

Space	Next
Backspace	Previous
Delete	Delete
Pause	Pause
Enter	Full screen
Application	Menu context
Esc	Exit
F1	Help Index

Up	Scroll up
Down	Scroll down
Left	Scroll left
Right	Scroll right
Page Up	Scroll page up
Page Down	Scroll page down
Home	Scroll page left
End	Scroll page right

Num +	Zoom in
Num -	Zoom out
Num *	Zoom to normal
Num /	Thumbnail

Ctrl+A	Always on top
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+D	Change color depth
Ctrl+E	Extract all frames
Ctrl+I	Filter browse
Ctrl+O	Open
Ctrl+P	Print
Ctrl+R	Reopen
Ctrl+S	Save as
Ctrl+T	Transparency set
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+Scroll Lock	Next frame
Ctrl+F4	Close

Shift+A	Toolbar
Shift+G	Grayscale
Shift+I	EXIF Information
Shift+O	Palette import
Shift+R	Rotate free
Shift+S	Resize
Shift+T	Negative
Shift+Delete	Delete directly
Shift+Esc	Minimize
Shift+End	Page last
Shift+Home	Page first
Shift+Page Down	Page next
Shift+Page Up	Page previous

Alt+Enter	Preferences

Thumbnail window

Backspace	Parent
Enter	Open
Esc	Close
F2	Rename
F5	Reread

Ctrl+A	Always on top

Shift+A	Toolbar
Shift+Esc	Minimize

Alt+Enter	Preferences


Supported file formats

Extension (Type)	Read	Write	Note

JPG,JPEG (JFIF Compliant)	   O	   O
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)	   O	   O
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)	   O	   O
BMP (Windows or OS/2 Bitmap)	   O	   O
PCX (Zsoft Paintbrush)	   O	   O
TGA (Truevision Targa)	   O	   O
PSD (Adobe Photoshop)	   O	   X
TIF,TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)	   O	   O
LBM,IFF (IFF Interleaved Bitmap)	   O	   O
FLI,FLC (Autodesk Flic Animation)	   O	   O
SPR (Pro Motion Animation)	   O	   O
PCD (Kodak PhotoCD)	   O	   X
JPC,JP2,J2K (JPEG2000 Wavelet)	   O	   O	Requires plugin
PBM (Portable Bitmap)	   O	   O
PGM (Portable Graymap)	   O	   O
PPM (Portable Pixelmap)	   O	   O
RAS (Sun Raster Image)	   O	   O
SGI,RGB,BW (Silicon Graphics Image)	   O	   O
JBG,JBIG (JBIG Bi-level Image)	   O	   X	Requires plugin
ICO (Windows Icon)	   O	   O
CUR (Windows Cursor)	   O	   O
ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)	   O	   O
CLP (Windows Clipboard)	   O	   O
RLE (Utah RLE)	   O	   O
DCX (Zsoft Multi-Page Paintbrush)	   O	   O
WBMP,WAP,WBM (Wireless Bitmap)	   O	   O
LBM,LBMP (LCD Bitmap)	   O	   O	Requires plugin
CDR,CDT,PAT,CMX (CorelDRAW Drawing)	   O	   X	Preview only
PIC,SEL (Autodesk Animator PIC)	   O	   O
DDS (DirectDraw Surface)	   O	   X
XBM (X10/X11 Bitmap)	   O	   O
XPM (X11 Pixmap)	   O	   O
ANM (DeluxePaint Animation)	   O	   X
PSP (Paint Shop Pro Image)	   O	   X
XCF (GIMP Bitmap)	   O	   X
MAC,MACP (Apple Macintosh MacPaint) 	   O	   O
RLA (Wavefront Raster Image)	   O	   O
WMF (Windows Metafile)	   O	   O
EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile)	   O	   O