Pixillion Versions

To find out what version of the software you are currently using, click Help on the menu bar at the top of the program's window (not the Help button on the toolbar), and then click "About Pixillion Image Converter".

If you purchased more than 3 months ago you should be aware that you may need to purchase an upgrade to use the current version. For upgrade pricing go to www.nch.com.au/upgrade with your old registration ID number and Key.

If you want to try the new version but want to be able to restore the old version, please backup your Program Files sub folder containing the software. You will need to do this if you want to be able to restore the old version again.

You are under no obligation to upgrade; if you are happy with your current version we suggest you keep using it.

Click the appropriate button to download the latest version of this software:

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Build Version Logs Follow:
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Version 2.43

• Fixed Greysacle image to PNG format showing loading error.
• Added support for 8 and 16 bit grayscale (without alpha channel)
• Added support for Express Burn
• Corrected text related to "Preferences" instead of "Options", in the app and in the help docs
• Fixed mouse wheel behaviour is inconsistent in image viewer dialog
• Fixed for some file types 'Opacity' does not work
• Fixed WebP and JPEG2000 (conversion) support
• Fixed mouse wheel support in image preview window (panning and zooming)
• Fixed opacity of non RGBA files in watermark image preview window
• Fixed adding image files from Finder (right click then Open With Pixillion)
• Added Help text for image preview of selected image
• Added shortcut key for image preview of selected image
• Added shortcut keys in right click context menu
• Fixed Pixillion does not offer to install 'Conduit toolbar' and doesn't have menu 'Install Related Tools and Extras'
• Fixed conduit toolbar and related programs support
• Fixed crashes during conversion
• Fixed multiple selection of existing files after adding new file
• Fixed list does not scroll down and show current converted file while converting multiple files
• Added scaling up effect
• Added can now remove images using right click context menu
• Added can now create new output folder instead of showing "Invalid Folder"
• Added detailed info on scaling settings in help menu
• Added zoom in preview window using Ctrl-key and mouse wheel
• Changed cursor in preview window when zooming and panning
• Added popup message when selected image takes too long to load in preview pane
• Added popup message in Effects dialog when watermark image is too large
• Uploaded 2012-04-11

Version 2.42

• Fixed crash rendering PDF.
• Fixed Pixillion crashes when adding C drive
• Fixed image with alpha channel shows incorrect pixels in transparent areas when converted to BMP
• Fixed transparency is black, even though I specified white in the options.
• Done multiple pages in preview window
• Done WebP format support
• Fixed application crashes when adding a .pdf file.
• Fixed very high resolution images cannot be viewed or converted
• Done add "Format not supported" option to uninstall reasons
• Fixed Pixillion crashes when converting the attached pdf files
• Done Prompt for unsupported file formats in the uninstall dialog
• Done conversion from / to multi-page files
• Added support for Loading and Saving WebP format images.
• Added combine more than one source image files into a single PDF or TIFF file.
• Added custom uninstall reason ("Format not supported") when users uninstall Pixillion.
• Added applicaton usage statistics for conversion, combination and preview.
• Added conversion from an image file with multiple pages to multiple image files that only support one page.
• Changed: Image preview dialog can now browse pages of multi-page files.
• Fixed some PCX files that wrapped encoding across scanlines could not be loaded.
• Fixed some crashes for PDF [llib].
• Uploaded 2012-03-19

Version 2.41

• Done add used component keys to
• Fixed running instance doesn't come to front when a new file is loaded
• Fixed [PDF to Any] Image appears as black rectangle
• Fixed Effects->Restore Defaults resets transparency alpha channel color also which is located in Options
• Fixed "Convert with Pixillion" context menu item missing for some supported formats
• Fixed when Scaling dimensions are too large, empty file is created in output folder
• Fixed the effects dialog restore defaults button was resetting options from different dialogs.
• Fixed the 'Convert with Pixillion' shell context menu item was not appearing for some formats.
• Fixed empty placeholder files weren't being deleted after a failed conversion.
• Fixed there was no tooltip for the 'Encoder settings...' button.
• Fixed 32 bit TGA files with zero bits assigned to the alpha channel are now loaded correctly.
• Fixed using the top right help (?) tool on certain controls in encoder settings dialogs would open the wrong help page.
• Uploaded 2011-12-22

Version 2.40

• Uploaded 2011-11-16

Version 2.39

• Uploaded 2011-11-08

Version 2.38

• Uploaded 2011-10-26

Version 2.37

• Uploaded 2011-10-26

Version 2.36

• Fixed application crashes while adding folder which includes long characters in file name
• Fixed after click Effects button, Encoder Settings button is disabled
• Uploaded 2011-10-24

Version 2.35

• Fixed preview panel does not redraw after being obscured
• Fixed when free version has expired, buttons for paid-only features should be enabled and offer purchase when clicked
• Done PDF format support
• Done decide Plus-only features
• Fixed Cannot load attached BMP (diablo1.bmp)
• Uploaded 2011-10-20

Version 2.34

• Fixed Does not run on OS X 10.3
• Uploaded 2011-10-07

Version 2.33

• Fixed after trashing of Pixillion, then install again , pixillion icon is missing in application folder.
• Fixed [PPC] Controls overlap status bar when window style is changed
• Fixed [PPC] about box text overlaps
• Fixed preview image is getting greyed out after conversion of any image,
• Fixed replace all magic numbers with proper lxa defines
• Fixed cancel convertion button does not stop convertion.
• Fixed "Converting Image(s)" progress dialog doesn't close
• Fixed LImageViewer zoomed scrolling
• Done enable LImageviewer preview
• Fixed convert to pcx makes wrong files. Only bmp-32bit to pcx works fine, other fail
• Fixed Pixillion does not let add some raw files, but dcraw supported those formats
• Fixed load wrong raw image fujifilm_finepix_f550exr_08.raf
• Fixed fails quietly on OS X 10.3
• Done add TIFF file support for Mac.
• Done JPEG 2000 support
• Fixed [ppc] "Converting Image(s)" progress dialog does not close
• Uploaded 2011-09-20

Version 2.32

• Fixed Encoder settings button overlaps several controls at smaller screensizes.
• Fixed system requirements have not been updated for OS X version
• Fixed help/keys.html - Most keys here are win version keys. Please rename here Ctrl to Command, change Alt+F4 to Command-Q and F1 to mac help shortcut
• Fixed Effects -> Scale -> Width/Height fields - values on those fields will not be saved if change with click on Up/Down btns. Typing with keyboard save changes
• Fixed preview window show wrong background if image with alpha channel
• Fixed jpeg properties -> quality slider - high and low quality settings, both makes the same file.
• Done there is 3 instances of the same file(app.icns) in the package content, each of 260kb. If leave 1, package size will be 0.7Mb instead of 1.2 Mb. That is 40% improvements in package size.
• Fixed AppStore build is just 12 kb file which install nothing
• Done Options-> Overwrite Options - please set by default "Append number to filename" instead of skip
• Uploaded 2011-06-22

Version 2.32

• Uploaded 2011-06-02

Version 2.32

• Fixed Pixillion unable to autoinstall JPEG2000 component
• Uploaded 2011-06-02

Version 2.31

• Fixed can not convert the following jpeg properly. Output file is 0 length. Load Failed
• Fixed Ctrl on tooltip is spelt Ctl
• Fixed 64 bit installation issue
• Done increase the default width of the window
• Done put the 'Browse...' button opposite the 'Output Folder:' drop-down list.
• Fixed size column always shows 0 size when you load attached jp2 file
• Fixed alpha images cause watermark to blank image
• Done Effects window -> please add Reset effects btn to Disable all effects
• Done add BUILD_REGSYS_DONTEXPIRE_LIMITFEATURES
• Fixed Command-line "add" argument does not check if file exists
• Fixed application crashes when trying to open an empty bmp file
• Done port to OS X
• Done load preview in background thread to prevent GUI freezing
• Added ICO (Microsoft icon) format conversion support
• Added Encoder settings for JPEG 2000 output.
• Added pressing the Enter key when the list has keyboard focus now opens the preview window for the selected image.
• Fixed conversion of a large file could not be stopped before it finished.
• Fixed UI no longer freezes while loading image previews.
• Fixed BMP files with BITMAPCOREHEADER, v4, and v5 headers weren't loading.
• Fixed JPEG files using CMYK colour-space weren't loading on Windows 7.
• Fixed RAS files were not loading or saving correctly.
• Fixed PBM files were not loading correctly.
• Fixed PGM and PPM files with greater than 8 bits per channel weren't loading.
• Fixed Grey-scale JPEG 2000 images can now be loaded.
• Fixed no longer show empty preview window and / or crash when image can not be loaded.
• Fixed attempting to load a JPEG 2000 file with an unhandled colour space now fails gracefully instead of potentially crashing.
• Fixed preview panel format descriptions for PGF and PNG were swapped.
• Fixed error in Watermark text rendering conditions.
• Changed new layout for effects options dialog.
• Changed smoother updating of conversion progress bar.
• Changed more informative error messages when source or destination image dimensions are too large.
• Fixed some files is not converted to PSD format.
• Uploaded 2011-05-30

Version 2.30

• New French Language Version Release
• Uploaded 2011-01-21

Version 2.30

• New German Language Version Release
• Uploaded 2010-12-23

Version 2.30

• New Spanish Language Version Release
• Uploaded 2010-12-22

Version 2.29

• Added File -> "Preview selected image..." menu item.
• Added descriptions for "OutputFolder", "OutputFormat" command-line arguments to help.
• Added example command-line usage to help.
• Added more detailed help description of scaling filter option.
• Fixed Windows Explorer "Convert with Pixillion" and "Open with" -> "Pixillion Image Converter" context menu items weren't working.
• Fixed Command-line conversion
• Fixed "UseInputFolder" command-line argument is working.
• Fixed output BMP files are now compatible with older versions of Microsoft Paint.
• Uploaded 2010-12-22

Version 2.28

• Added ability to rotate preview image
• Added preview for text overlay
• Added support for multi-page TIFF files
• Added physical resolution support to image load and save functions
• Changed to display a more specific message when the Plus version features expire
• Corrected text on Options dialog
• Fixed cr2 and crw formats not opening in Windows 2000
• Fixed failure to open nef file type on Windows XP because dcraw (decoder) has dll dependence which is missing on XP
• Fixed 'Same as source file' conversion failures
• Fixed: .pcx to .jpg conversion failures
• Fixed dimensions in the image description not working for sizes under 500x500
• Fixed files being saved to source folder instead of output folder on Vista and Win7
• Fixed right click "Convert with Pixillion" option not appearing in context menu on .gif and .jp2 files
• Fixed issue with running out of address space
• Fixed Windows7 missing from System Requirements in Help
• Fixed "Using the Pixillion Command-line Tool" in Help
• Uploaded 2010-08-05

Version 2.27

• Added watermark enhancement
• Changed 'Options' dialog layout.
• Fixed watermark scaling quality
• Fixed problem with opening photos taken from pocket device; 32MB limitation imposed by OS, so special approach used to handle allocations of large memory blocks on CE
• Fixed erratic preview zooming/scrolling
• Uploaded 2010-01-06

Version 2.26

• Added new zoom functionality to 'View Image' dialog (zoom option choosen by user is stored in the registry)
• Added ability to scroll in 'View Image' dialog by dragging the picture with stylus/mouse
• Changed 'Add images to the list' dialog so that list of recent directories is stored in registry and appears in "Folder:" combobox
• Fixed Lanczos to work correctly in 16-bit color
• Fixed "The program you have installed may not display properly because it was designed for a previous version ..." message being supressed after installation by WM Logo requirements
• Uploaded 2009-09-11

Version 2.25

• Added an "Add File" button to allow selection of specific files within a folder for conversion
• Added new menu item: "File / Convert List / Add Files..."
• Fixed inclusion of duplicate files in conversion list
• Uploaded 2009-08-10

Version 2.24

• Changed to display registration dialog (for purchase of Pixillion Plus Edition) and disable the Convert button if an attempt is made to convert more than one file at a time.
• Uploaded 2009-07-31

Version 2.23

• First release of Pixillion image converter for Pocket PC devices
• Uploaded 2009-05-15

Version 2.22

• Added support for ICO conversion
• Fixed various conversion bugs
• Fixed crashes after converting lots of files
• Fixed load preview of files created by Pixillion
• Fixed operation of scroll bars when zooming
• Fixed more Watermark issues
• Fixed overlapping buttons
• Fixed issues with Overview dialog on Windows 2000 and XP
• Fixed updating of previews
• Uploaded 2009-04-28

Version 2.21

• Fixed crashes when converting particular files
• Fixed image zooming causing crashes
• Fixed various encoder format and options issues
• Fixed deletion of source file after successful conversion
• Fixed 'Apply Watermark' effect.
• Fixed problems with right click menu option
• Fixed Help button in Options - Overwrite
• Fixed errors in Help file
• Uploaded 2009-03-12

Version 2.20

• Added ability to choose transparent area fill color (instead of always filling with black)
• Added 'text effects' feature (put a caption on converted images)
• Added 'watermark' feature (overlay an image on converted images)
• Added Viewer window (double click item in main listview or image preview to see fullsize)
• Fixed issues with command line options "-convert" and "-format"
• Fixed sorting by filesize
• Improved layout of main window
• Improved integration with PhotoStage slideshow
• Uploaded 2008-10-07

Version 2.11

• Added "Fit image to selected size" option
• Conversion process can be canceled
• Hotkeys fixed
• Uploaded 2008-02-22

Version 2.10

• Added formats arw, cr2, crw, dcr, dng, erf, kdc, mef, mos, mrw, nef, orf, pef, pgf, ptx, r3d, raf, raw, srf, x3f
• Added options "Burn to CD/DVD", "Create Slideshow" and "Edit (PhotoPad)" to File Menu/Right Click Menu
• Added ability to edit images (resize and flip) during conversion.
• Fixed bug in .TGA loader (problem with RLE-encoded images)
• Uploaded 2008-02-15

Version 2.00

• Supports more formats: psd, tga, pcx, tiff, jp2
• Updated the Help file
• Uploaded 2007-10-16

Version 1.00

• Initial release
• Uploaded 2007-08-29