LView
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{{Infobox Software
| name = LView Pro
| developer = CoolMoon Corp
| released = Early {{Start date and age|1993}}
| latest_release_version = 2006
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2006|05}}
| operating_system = Microsoft Windows
| genre = Bitmap graphics editor / Image viewer
| license = Proprietary
| website = {{URL|https://www.lview.com/}}
}}
LView Pro (LVP) is a bitmap graphics editor for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by Leonardo H. Loureiro, who owns the copyright to the software and the LView registered trademark. LView Pro is distributed by CoolMoon Corp.
Commercial history
The first version of LView software, 1.0, was released as freeware on the Internet in early 1993, and was the Windows based image viewer bundled with the pioneer web browser Mosaic.{{cite book|author1=Vivian Neou|author2=SRI International|title=Internet CD|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPsRAQAAMAAJ&q=lview|date=August 1994|publisher=PTR Prentice Hall|isbn=978-0-13-123852-7|page=48}}{{cite book|author=Richard Raucci|title=Mosaic for Windows: A Hands-On Configuration and Set-Up Guide to Popular Web Browsers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7Wq--dL6c4C&q=lview|date=16 June 1995|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-97996-0}}{{cite book|author1=David Angell|author2=Brent D. Heslop|title=Mosaic for dummies, Windows edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwY7CF8kVksC&q=lview|year=1995|publisher=IDG Books|isbn=978-1-56884-242-4}}
In 1994, the first version of LView Pro was sold as a shareware product by MMedia Research. Retail versions of LView Pro, 2.0 and newer, were introduced in 1997. LView quickly gained popularity and was frequently ranked above Corel Paint Shop Pro, McAfee VirusScan, Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer, Quake II, and others, on CNET's Download.com list of the most popular downloads in all categories.{{cite web|url=http://download.com:80/PC/Result/MostPopular/0,3,0-0,00.html?dl.fd.mp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971221152458/http://download.com/PC/Result/MostPopular/0,3,0-0,00.html?dl.fd.mp|archive-date=1997-12-21|title=DOWNLOAD.COM -- Most Popular in all categories|date=21 December 1997|website=download.com|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.download.com:80/PC/Result/MostPopular/0,3,0-0,00.html?st.dl.fd.ag.pop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980625101102/http://www.download.com/PC/Result/MostPopular/0,3,0-0,00.html?st.dl.fd.ag.pop|archive-date=1998-06-25|title=DOWNLOAD.COM -- Most Popular in all categories|date=25 June 1998|website=download.com|url-status=dead}}
In 2001, versions of LView Pro started being titled using the year of release, the current version - as of May 2006 - is labeled LView Pro 2006.
In June 2005, after a 12-year run with MMedia Research, distribution rights to LView Pro were transferred to CoolMoon Corp.
In October 2017, after a 12-year run with CoolMoon Corp, registration fees for the use of LView Pro 2006 were waived by the author of the software.
Version history
LView software started as a pioneer JPEG viewer, one of the first to be available for download on the Internet. Major versions 1.* (1.0 to 1.D2) offered limited image editing capabilities (crop, rotate, color adjustments, etc.) in addition to
common image viewing operations (zooming, slideshows, etc.).
Major versions 2.x (2.0 to 2.85) featured more extensive editing capabilities (brushes, selections, histograms, gradients, etc.) as well as new editors for Web Picture Galleries, Contact Sheets, and others. Versions from 2001 to the
current, support advanced image editing tools (layers, transparency, objects, etc.), similar to those found on commercial titles like Adobe Photoshop.{{cite news |last=Null |first=Christopher |date=2003-09-02 |title=The Best Software You're Not Using |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/112028/article.html?page=3 |work=PCWorld }}{{cite book|author=Jason R. Rich|title=Unofficial Guide to Starting a Business Online|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejSbN1ECmk8C&q=lview&pg=PA167|date=13 December 2005|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-471-79227-7|pages=167–}}{{cite book|author=Bud E. Smith|title=Creating Web Pages For Dummies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUoJ0nJ7taYC&q=lview&pg=PT94|date=11 March 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-44002-5|pages=94–}}
References
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;Notes
- [http://www.lview.com/bookreferences.htm List of selected books referencing LView software]