2024

Version 18

- Automatic duplicate photo filter
- Automatic photo viewing layout
- GPS data in categories
- PNG loading up to 50 % faster
- Improved meta data format support
- More responsive miniature generation
- Updated GUI elements layout

2022

Version 17

- Windows 11 support
- Native 64 bit Version
- More speed (AVX/AVX2 optimizations)
- JPG loading up to 40 % faster
- Updated codecs
- New scan and burn API

2020

Version 16.1-16.3

- Multi-language support in video files
- File sizes greater 4 GB
- Support for HEIF/HEIC files
- Support for GeoTIF
- GPS/meta data for RAW files

2017

Version 16

- Modern app menu offering often used commands
- Modern GUI for wizards and main window
- PNG animations support
- File size optimizer for PNG and JPG
- Create panorama
- Favorites rating
- Dehaze
- 3D transformation and collage APCDOC templates
- ADF scanning

2016

Version 15

- Geotagging resolve forward and backwards
- Where?-view sorts photos by city, country, street
- Presentation window shows photos on second monitor
- Advanced batch processing using *.apcbatch command files
- Extract frames for videos / animations
- Auto-display of working animation in GUI

2015

Version 14

- Viewer previews (3 photos at once)
- Save as wizard with live preview
- Media Foundation for video files
- High DPI support
- Direct2D support
- Transformation/Perspective modification
- Collage greeting cards and templates
- Webalbum wizard with templates
- Quick filtering with many tags
- Windows 10 support

2014

Version 12

- New main GUI/Layout
- Import wizard
- Photo importer synchronizes imported photos
- Send to cloud services (Dropbox, Google Drive)
- Share via webmail or Ashweb upload
- Improved edit objects with object style editor
- Wallpaper wizard
- Slideshow wizard creates video file
- Cut-Out tool

2013

Version 11

- Automatic photo backup system with versioning
- Inpaint to remove scratches from photos
- Effect center and effect pen
- Denoise
- Minimap navigation instead of scrollbars
- XMP support
- 3D Photo support
- Windows 8 support

2012

Version 10

- Image adjustment with gradation curve tool
- Histogram display
- Support for multi-core cpus
- Improved GUI design for quick-fix and edit tools
- Upload photos/videos to social media sites (facebook, youtube)
- Batchprocess with real time preview
- Supports color profiles
- Overhauled internal image codec engine and plugin interface

2011

Version 9

- Group view display mode
- Virtual albums / file basket
- Photo compare mode
- Photo tagging and filtering by metadata
- Improved video playback
- Touch screen support
- APCDOC version 2

2010

Version 8

- Easier next/previous switch
- Anti-Aliasing for all object types
- New easy to use print dialog with live preview
- Windows 7 support
- Metadata and comment support (EXIF, IPTC)
- View content of several directories at once
- Browser loads threaded completely
- Calendar-View
- Filmstrip mode

2008

Version 7

- Threaded miniature handling
- Hardware accelerated photo display via OpenGL
- Slideshow with Ken Burns transition effect
- Insert rotateable graphics, stamps as objects
- Improved greetings cards with APCDOC templates
- Advanced quicksearch/filter in browser
- Photo importer

2007

Version 6

- All new GUI
- Supports resizing many dialog windows
- Quick-Fix tools like 1-Click-Optimize, straighten line, colors adjustment
- Editable objects: text, arrow may be moved afterwards
- Introduction of APCDOC format
- 5-Star-Rating of files
- Quicksearch in browser
- Multi monitor support
- Windows Vista support

2006

Version 5

- Unlimited undo/redo
- Support for frames and basic greeting cards
- Create collages
- Create calendars
- Burn slideshow on DVD
- Improved browser cache
- New full screen mode
- New editing tools (erasor, clone)

2005

Version 3/4

- New distributor Ashampoo, sold as Ashampoo Photo Commander
- Red eye removement
- New and improved effects
- Draw text, arrows, shapes
- New wizard interfaces
- PlugIn system
- Editing of brightness, saturation, gamma and more
- Wizard for detecting similar image files

2004

Version 2

- Complete overhaul as Mediafile Assistant / Brennig's
- Shareware for commercial use
- 50+ image, audio and video formats
- Screen capture
- Lossless JPG rotation
- RAW loading
- Batchprocessing
- Webalbum
- Image toolbar for editing
- Slideshow with 23 different transition effects
- Fullscreen, browser and viewer mode
- JPG cleaner and optimizer

2003

Version 0.1-1.0

- Improved GUI
- Improved performance
- More languages
- Dynamic toolbar
- Last version of Slowview

2002

Version 0.1-1.0

- More languages supported
- Batch renaming
- Different browser styles per directory
- High quality zoom support
- Audio tags for MP3

2001

Version 0.1-1.0

- Different toolbar graphics
- Language support for italian, spanish, english and more
- Clipboards support
- Support for even more formats and animations
- Harddisk cache for miniatures
- Open with command
- Setup for installation
- Scan support
- Windows XP support

2000

Version 0.1-1.0

- Browser with miniatures display
- Support for english and german GUI
- More formats supported (Animated GIF)
- Batch conversion
- First GIF2MNG converter for Windows
- Commandline parameters
- Video and audio playback
- Undo
- Windows 2000 support

1999

Version 0.1-1.0

- Basic GUI with toolbar
- Windows NT 4 support
- Printing
- Support for JPG, GIF, PNG, TGA, PSD and other formats
- Move, copy, rename and delete files
- Next/previous photo
- Settings/Options

1998

Version 0.1-1.0

- First working version
- Windows 95/98 support
- Basic display of BMP files