QuickView v5.2.1 - The Animation & Personalization Update

Release Date: 2026-04-15

QuickView v5.2.1 focus on modern motion formats and deep visual personalization, delivering our most refined "Geek Glass" experience yet.

QuickView now provides a high-performance viewing experience for modern and classic animation formats.

Universal Formats: Full hardware-accelerated support for .gif, .webp, .apng, and .avifs.
Frame Inspector: Pause animations and use Alt + Arrow Keys to step through frames with precision.

We've overhauled the theme engine to give you absolute control over your environment.

Theme Modes: Choose between Dark, Light, or Automatic (system-synced) UI modes.
Accent Customization: Pick custom accent colors and text colors to match your workflow.
Ambient Dimmer: A configurable overlay that dims the background when interacting with menus or galleries to focus the eye.

Designed for artists and performance enthusiasts.

Dirty Rect Indicator: Toggle a dedicated debug button in animation mode to visualize the exact pixel regions currently being updated on the GPU. Enable in Settings > Visuals > Professional Tools.

HDR Color Fix (#131): Optimized the linear rendering path to ensure HDR images no longer appear "washed out" on HDR-enabled displays.
JXL Stability (#137): Resolved a regression in the JPEG XL decoder causing memory leakage during rapid page-turning.
Sharp Initial Scaling (#127): Fixed a bug where 1080p images could appear slightly blurry on native 1080p monitors.
Right-Click Drag Zoom (#132, #129): Introduced professional vertical drag zooming by holding the Right Mouse Button.
Natural Metadata: Improved EXIF parsing performance and accuracy for modern camera brands.

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