CDisplay

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CDisplay

Developer:	David Ayton
Latest release:	1.8
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	Image viewer
License:	Freeware
Website:	http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay

CDisplay is a free sequential image viewing utility used in viewing images one at a time, or two at a time just like comic pages. CDisplay was written to easily view JPEG, PNG and static GIF format images sequentially. The program's inspiration and implementation was partly because the existing programs currently available were too general purpose and thus were awkward to use when simply viewing images sequentially.

The program was compiled using Borland C++ Builder 5.0 and has been tested in many Microsoft Windows Platforms including Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP Tablet.
CDisplay has no write capabilities, and therefore files are left totally untouched. A small amount of configuration data is written to the registry but leaves the computer and data unchanged.

CDisplay is no longer actively maintained by the original author, and the open source CDisplayEx has been adopted by many users in its place due to its greater speed and stability, along with its ongoing development, although it still lacks many of the features available with the original.

1 Features
2 Files
- 2.1 See also
3 External links
- 3.1 Third-party use of .CBR files

[edit] Features

Loads JPEG, PNG and static GIF images which are automatically ordered alphabetically and presented for viewing one at a time or two at a time.
The images may be viewed from a folder, or zipped in a .zip, .rar, .ace or .tar archive file - CDisplay is able to view images without decompressing the archive.
Page through the images sequentially and scroll around pages with single key presses.
Many automatic page sizing options including choices to display one or two pages at one time. Image resizing uses the Lanczos approximation for the best picture quality.
If a .txt file is within a Folder or .CBR file, it displays the Comic's contents on file opening.
If a .sfv file is within a Folder or .CBR file, it displays the SFV file, to confirm that the file is not corrupted.
Automatic colour balance and yellow reduction if desired.
No bloat caused by non-essential general purpose image processing features.

[edit] Files

CDisplay files typically have the extensions .cbr or .cbz, which are simply RAR or ZIP, respectively, files renamed for convenience, with the files within extractable by any program which supports those formats. The standard icon for cbr and cbz extension is a comic balloon.

CDisplay supports the display of JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TXT and also SFV files to confirm that the file is not corrupt, either "loose" or contained within RAR or ZIP files, as above.