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🟢 New Features

1. HDR Support (#2121, #2148, #1430)

• Added setting EnableHdrToneMapping for toggling HDR processing
• HDR tone-mapping support for image formats: AVIF, JXL, HDR, EXR...
• Added new Image information tag to show HDR image info: HdrInfo

2. Native Vector Rendering

• Added support for rendering SVG, SVGZ format
• Added support for animated SMIL-based SVG
• Added setting EnableVectorRenderer to fallback to the raster rendering

3. Introduce ImageGlass.SDK library

• External tools, similar to ImageGlass.Tools library
  • Uses Out-of-process IPC
  • Registration via Tools setting in igconfig.json, same as version 9.
    For example, add exiftool as external tool for ImageGlass:

    {
     "ToolId": "Tool_ExifTool",
     "ToolName": "ExifTool",
     "Executable": "cmd",
     "Arguments": "/k exiftool.exe -fast -G -t -m -q -H \"<file>\"",
     "IsIntegrated": false,
     "Hotkeys": ["Alt+Q"]
    }

• Native codec plugin
  • Uses In-process native ABI
  • Plugin registration: Declare your plugin in a igplugin.json file, put it in %LocalAppData%\ImageGlass_10\_plugins\<your_plugin_dir> folder

    {
     "id": "Plugin_MyCodec",
     "name": "My Codec Plugin",
     "description": "Native plugin that exposes one codec to ImageGlass.",
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "author": "Your Name",
     "website": "https://example.com",
     "kind": "Codec",
     "executable": "MyCodecPlugin.dll",
     "supportedExtensions": ".foo;.bar"
    }

4. Redesigned Built-in Tools

• Crop Image
• Resize Image
• Frame Navigation
• Lossless Compression

5. Implemented features from v9

• Thumbnail persistent cache support with setting GalleryCacheSizeInMb
• Added settings
  • Loop navigation: EnableLoopBackNavigation and EnableLoopSlideshow
  • Preserve modified date on saving: EnablePreserveModifiedDate
  • Navigation buttons for viewer: EnableNavigationButtons
  • Option to load embedded image only: EnableOnlyLoadRawPreview, EnableOnlyLoadNonRawPreview, PreviewMinWidth, PreviewMinHeight
  • Mouse actions: MouseClickActions, MouseWheelActions
  • Background color: BackgroundColor, SlideshowBackgroundColor

🟡 Improvements

• All binary files are now signed
• Updated the installer type: MSIX for Windows builds, DMG for macOS, flatpak for Linux
• Library updates: MagickNET to v14.13.1, Avalonia 12
• Added support for multi-frame image formats: TIF, TIFF, FAX,...
• Added setting EnableGalleryShellThumbnail to disable usage of Windows thumbnails (Option to disable usage of Windows thumbnails #2301 )
• Added support Motion Photos (Support for Motion Photos and Live Photos #1927 ), use "Frame Navigation" tool to play the embedded video
• New image interpolation values for settings ImageInterpolationScaleDown and ImageInterpolationScaleUp
  • Nearest
  • NearestMipmapNearest
  • NearestMipmapLinear
  • Linear
  • LinearMipmapNearest
  • LinearMipmapLinear
  • CubicMitchell
  • CubicCatmullRom
  • Anisotropic

🔴 Bugfixes

• Fixed: Images with "and rotate CW" Orientation Metadata not displaying (Images with "and rotate CW" Orientation Metadata not displaying #2309 )
• Fixed: The program didn't always respect the "Maximum gallery cache size" setting (The program doesn't always respect the "Maximum gallery cache size" setting #1706 )
• Fixed: Error when opening ImageGlass from Windows Search results (Error when opening ImageGlass from Windows Search results (search-ms: URI treated as invalid path) #2189 )
• Fixed: Touch gestures sometimes opened context menu unexpectedly
• Fixed: Temp folder wasn't deleted when app closed
• Fixed: Clipboard data was empty after the app closes
• Fixed: Windows: Photo list did not loaded when opening file from desktop
• Fixed: Linux: Missing libraries in Linux build (Missing libraries in Linux build #2320 )
• Fixed: Mac: Avalonia Application quitted unexpectedly (Mac: Avalonia Application quit unexpectedly. #2304 )
• Fixed: Mac: Font was not consistent

ImageGlass Roadmap Update – 2026:

Please read announcement at: #2287

New Contributors

• @philocalyst made their first contribution in External Plist file #2310

Full Changelog: 10.0.0.314-beta-1...10.0.2.66-beta-2