🎉 ImageBridge v2.1.0 — Released Updates

In this release, the following issues have been resolved:

• Reduced external tool dependencies from 5 to 3 (now relying only on GhostScript, Poppler, and Potrace).
• Replaced Ghostscript with PyMuPDF for PDF-to-bitmap conversion.
• Added a new “Extract Rasters from Vectors” function for SVG, PDF, ICO, and GIF files.
• Fixed PDF rotation-related bugs.
• Introduced new application icons.
• Resolved file selection bugs on Linux systems.
• Merged the “Icon” and “Animation” tabs into a unified “Composition” tab.
• Addressed bugs in ICO file generation.
• Corrected the first-page preview for .ico and .gif files.

🎉 ImageBridge v2.0.0 — An Upgraded Public Release

ImageBridge represents a major evolution from its predecessor ImBridge, introducing powerful new features including colored vectorization, image transformation, cropping, and icon & animation generation. 🚀

This release enables Windows users to process images and vectors in batch—no separate Python environment required. The previous ImBridge project has been retired as ImageBridge fully supersedes its functionality.

✨ What's New

• 🔍 Deep Image Analysis

  • Automatic raster/vector detection
  • Detailed metadata with instant preview

• 🖼️ Batch Format Conversion

  • Bitmap: PNG ⇄ JPEG ⇄ BMP ⇄ TIFF
  • Vector: SVG ⇄ PDF ⇄ EPS/PS (with vector integrity preserved)
  • Cross-format: SVG/PDF/EPS/PS ⇄ PNG/JPEG/BMP/TIFF

• 🛡️ Integrity-Preserving Operations

  • Transformation: upscaling, resizing, flipping, rotation
  • Cropping with pixel/path precision
  • Real-time preview for immediate feedback

• 🎯 Utility Tools

  • Icon (.ico) generation
  • GIF animation creation

• 🔒 Privacy & Performance

  • 100% local processing
  • Lightweight architecture leveraging specialized external tools

📦 Installation

1. Download ImageBridge.exe from this release page
2. Optional: Install required external tools for vector workflows:
   • Ghostscript, pstoedit, pdftops, Potrace, libcairo-2.dll
   • Add them to your system PATH
3. Double-click to run—no Python installation needed!

ℹ️ Note on external tools:
These are only required for vector format conversion and vectorization.
You can install specific tools based on your needs (e.g., just Potrace for vectorization).
All other functions (bitmap conversion, transformations, icon generation) work without them.
Check the ReadMe.md file for why and how these tools are needed.
Check the About tab for installation status.

📝 Usage Notes

• Default output directory is your system's user folder—you can change this anytime
• Missing dependencies are indicated with ❌ in the About → Tool Check section
• Processing may take several seconds for complex operations—please be patient

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Thank you for your support! 🎈
We hope you enjoy using ImageBridge! ✨

Have feedback or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!