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Shutter 4.7 has been released.

Summary of changes:

  • Added an event for detecting the full screen mode.

  • Unicode support for retrieving the logged in user name, enumerating processes and killing processes.

  • Replaced time input controls. Avoid potential negative values.

  • Replaced numeric input controls. Offer a greater range of values.

  • Updated the OpenSSL library to version 1.1.1u.

  • Restore base compatibility with Windows 2000.

  • Added Turkish language file. Thanks to Yusuf Can Özdemir.

  • Updated Italian, French and Russian language files.

See the full changelog between v4.6 and v4.7 for more details.


ReNamer 7.5 has been released.

Highlights of changes:

  • Added new features to the Regular Expressions engine: named groups, non-capturing groups, atomic groups, lookaround (positive and negative), possessive quantifier and Unicode categories.

  • Added an option to remove duplicate extensions.

  • Added IPTC_Keywords meta tag.

  • Added global variables in Pascal Script: SetGlobalVar, GetGlobalVar and other related functions.

  • Added WinCPToUTF8 and UTF8ToWinCP functions for Pascal Script.

  • Interpret the plus sign "+" literally in wildcard replacements.

  • Added Croatian language file. Thanks to Marko Puskaric.

  • Updated Russian, Italian, French, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese language files.

See the full changelog between v7.4 and v7.5 for more details.


Pricing and maintenance period update

We are updating the pricing and extending the maintenance period in response to economical and sociological turmoil of the recent years.

The software development process has been affected by several factors outside of our control. This has negatively impacted the frequency of major releases. To counter that, we decided to extend the maintenance period, also known as the free upgrade period, from 1 to 2 years for new licenses issued from October 2022 onward. Hopefully this will give you a piece of mind when it comes to purchasing a license.

Furthermore, the rising cost of pretty much everything adds substantial pressure on sustainability of many businesses. The annual inflation rate across Europe is around 10%, with some countries exceeding 20%. In order to offset the rising costs, we have to marginally increase the base price across all products, effective from February 2023.

In any case, we remain dedicated to providing quality software development and support. This year we hope to bring several exciting new features to our products and services, but more on that later.


Shutter 4.6 has been released.

Summary of changes:

  • Implemented the "Restart Apps" feature for Shutdown and Reboot actions.

  • Implemented a modern and lightweight mechanism for monitoring CPU usage.

  • Expand environment variables in parameters of events and actions.

  • Improved the identification of the system language and the options for overriding it.

  • Updated language files: Russian, French, Italian, Corsican.

See the full changelog between v4.5 and v4.6 for more details.


ReNamer 7.4 has been released.

Highlights of changes:

  • Implemented a new serialization mechanism using music notes, e.g. C0, C#0, D0, D#0, E0, F0, F#0, etc.

  • Added FindRegEx, IntToRoman, RomanToInt, RomanToIntDef, TryRomanToInt functions and TIntegerArray type to Pascal Script.

  • Use Windows native logical sorting algorithm. Fall back to the custom implementation on other platforms.

  • Avoid the effects of Windows sorting rules and Unicode equality rules in the string replacement function, i.e. replace only exact matches.

  • New "whole words" matching mechanism. The boundaries around the subject must not be between two word characters, instead of the former mechanism where the boundaries must be between word and non-word characters.

  • Added an option to unmark all rules after a rename.

  • Resolve relative paths when importing file paths and new names from a file.

  • Handle errors when creating target directories during a renaming operation.

  • Updated the bundled User Manual.

  • Updated translations: French, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Polish.

  • Added translations: Korean, Corsican.

  • Added translit alphabets: Korean, Arabic.

See the full changelog between v7.3 and v7.4 for more details.


Shutter 4.5 has been released.

Summary of changes:

  • Added "Program Output" event for monitoring the exit code of a program.

  • Added "Port" event for checking if a network port is open or closed.

  • Added an option to the "Ping" event to trigger when the host is responding, rather than not responding.

  • Added an option to the "File Size" event to trigger when the file size is below a certain size.

  • Added an option to the "User Inactive" event to trigger when the user becomes active after a period of inactivity.

  • Added an option to open a new instance via the File menu, also accessible via Shift+Ctrl+N shortcut.

  • Added an option to keep the display on and prevent screensaver.

  • Updated OpenSSL library to version 1.1.1g. Use the highest TLS/SSL version mutually supported by the client and the server, including SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3. Older OpenSSL library files are automatically deleted by the installer. If upgrading a portable version, you should manually delete "libeay32.dll" and "ssleay32.dll" files from the application directory.

  • Fixed: Settings are not saved when terminating the application via the tray icon.

  • Fixed: Application is not terminating via the web interface or the planner action when the option to minimize on close is enabled.

  • Added language files: Hungarian, Spanish, Corsican.

  • Updated language files: Japanese, German, Polish, Russian.

See the full changelog between v4.4 and v4.5 for more details.


ReNamer 7.3 has been released.

Highlights of changes:

  • High DPI support with automatic user interface scaling. Note that icons are not scaled yet.

  • Remember and restore the last used preset by the preset name, rather than via an anonymous default preset.

  • Handle the 12-hour notation (AM/PM) when searching for dates in the Reformat Date rule.

  • Significant improvements to the decoding of email meta tags, including handling of Windows-specific encodings.

  • After adding files, sort first, then preview, to avoid breaking the effect of order sensitive rules.

  • Added "Path Length" and "New Path Length" columns to the file table.

  • Added file signature for WebP image format.

  • Improved identification of the system language and options for overriding it.

  • Updated translations: French, German, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese (Portugal), Simplified Chinese.

See the full changelog between v7.2 and v7.3 for more details.


Hasher 4.1 has been released.

Highlights of changes:

  • Upgraded the build environment for an improved support of newer platforms and other optimizations.

  • Improved system language detection and language override options.

  • Load product registration code using a file drag and drop.

  • Do not offer to create desktop shortcut in the installer.

  • Minor visual improvements to avoid overflow of components.

  • Added German, Turkish and Corsican language files.

  • Updated Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Italian and Dutch language files.

The list of supported platforms has been updated to Windows 2000 and later. Support for obsolete Windows 9x platforms has been dropped.

See the full changelog between versions 3.4 and 4.1 for more details.


RandPass 2.1 has been released.

Highlights of changes:

  • Upgraded the build environment for an improved support of newer platforms and other optimizations.

  • Added an option to insert random digit and symbol into word list based passwords.

  • Fixed: Custom chars checkbox state was restored incorrectly in some cases.

  • Load product registration code using a file drag and drop.

  • Do not offer to create desktop shortcut in the installer.

  • Added Turkish, Corsican, Italian and German language files.

  • Updated Japanese, Dutch and Serbian language files.

The list of supported platforms has been updated to Windows 2000 and later. Support for obsolete Windows 9x platforms has been dropped.

See the full changelog between versions 1.6 and 2.1 for more details.


Resizer 2.1 has been released.

Highlights of changes:

  • Upgraded the build environment for an improved support of newer platforms and other optimizations.

  • Implemented command line image processing, see "--process" and "--silent" options.

  • Load product registration code using a file drag and drop.

  • Enhancements for the installer and storage customization.

  • Added Corsican language. Updated Italian, Dutch and Japanese languages.

The list of supported platforms has been updated to Windows 2000 and later. Support for obsolete Windows 9x platforms has been dropped.

See the full changelog between versions 1.2 and 2.1 for more details.


Older announcements are available on the News Forum.