If you are upgrading from 3.x to 2026+ on macOS, please download the application bundle manually and place it alongside the existing 3.x bundle (instead of replacing it). This allows 2026+ to import your application data from the 3.x bundle on first launch.

campaign What's Changed in 2026.1 RC

  • Added support for defining custom image rendering scripts in JavaScript, C# or Python.
  • Added support for defining custom demosaicing scripts in JavaScript, C# or Python.
  • Added the Malvar-He-Cutler, GBTF and MLRI demosaicing algorithms.
  • Added support for playing frames continuously with an adjustable frame rate.
  • Added support for opening TIFF images and saving images as TIFF.
  • Added support for parsing and applying the white balance, color matrix and linearization table recorded in DNG images.
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campaign What's Changed in 2026.0

  • Added support for pinch gesture on touchscreen and touchpad to zoom image.
  • Added support for flipping image horizontally and vertically.
  • Added ARGB Color Format setting to display the selected pixel color as Source Image Bit Depth, 8-Bit (0-255), or Normalized [0.0, 1.0].
  • Added support for applying the system text size to selected parts of user interface on Windows and macOS.
  • Improved metadata reading to correctly handle all EXIF/TIFF orientation values, including those that encode flip.
  • Improved selected pixel color readout to show RGB(...) instead of ARGB(...) when the source image has no alpha channel.
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image Supported Formats

Luminance
L8
L16
YUV
YUV444p
P410
P416
YUV422p
P210
P216
UYVY
YUVY
YUYV
YVYU
NV12
NV21
I420
YV12
P010
P016
RGB
BGR_888
RGB_565
RGB_888
BGRX_8888
RGBX_8888
XBGR_8888
XRGB_8888
BGR_161616
RGB_161616
ARGB
ARGB_8888
ABGR_8888
BGRA_8888
RGBA_8888
ARGB_16161616
ABGR_16161616
BGRA_16161616
RGBA_16161616
ABGR_2101010
ARGB_2101010
BGRA_1010102
RGBA_1010102
ABGR_F16
ARGB_F16
BGRA_F16
RGBA_F16
Bayer Pattern
10-bit MIPI
12-bit MIPI
14-bit MIPI
16-bit
8-bit
Compressed
HEIF
JPEG/JFIF
PNG
TIFF2026.1+
WebP

palette Supported Color Spaces

  • sRGB
  • DCI-P3
  • Display-P3
  • Adobe RGB
  • ITU-R BT.601 525-lines
  • ITU-R BT.601 625-lines
  • ITU-R BT.2020
  • ITU-R BT.2100 (HLG)
  • ITU-R BT.2100 (PQ)

wand_stars Supported Functions

  • Rendering images from raw pixel files.
  • Evaluating image dimensions according to file name, file size and format.
  • Specifying pixel-stride and row-stride for each plane.
  • Specifying the data offset to the image in the file.
  • Specifying the color space of the image and screen.
  • Importing an ICC profile as a custom color space.
  • Defining custom image rendering scripts in JavaScript, C# or Python. 2026.1+
  • Rotating and scaling the rendered image.
  • Navigating to a specific image frame in the file.
  • Playing frames continuously with an adjustable frame rate. 2026.1+
  • Adjusting R/G/B gain for Bayer Pattern formats.
  • Adjusting brightness/contrast and color balance.
  • Adjusting highlights/shadows of the image.
  • Showing histograms of R/G/B and luminance.
  • Demosaicing for Bayer Pattern formats.
  • Defining custom demosaicing scripts in JavaScript, C# or Python. 2026.1+
  • Pasting an image from the clipboard. 2026.1+
  • Saving the rendered image as a PNG/JPEG/TIFF/BGRA file.

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