Bitnova.PiXy

Overview
The Pixy tool was created in order to handle a large number of image files at the same time for simple operations such as converting and moving to a different folder. The tool finds itself useful especially when converting non compressed graphical files, such as bitmaps, into loss or loss-less compressed formats like png or jpeg.

Below is a quick how to video regarding the installation of the tool and usage:

Features

 * 1) Conversion of image formats between Windows Bitmaps, Portable Network Graphic, JPEG and icon files.
 * 2) Multiple files handling in one pass;
 * 3) File renaming and indexing supported to avoid overwriting;
 * 4) Output files can be saved in original location or a different folder;
 * 5) Integration with the Explorer context menu for .bmp, .png and .jpg graphic files. A link called "Convert with bitnova.PiXy' will appear when right clicking on an image;
 * 6) Compliant with Windows 7 UAC installation requirements;
 * 7) Tested on Windows XP 32bit and Windows 7 64bit platforms.

User Interface
The user interface is very simple, limited to a single application window, with a file selector, settings panel and buttons for conversion and closing. For the moment, only .bmp, .png and .jpeg images can be handled with possibility to later add support for other formats as well. *.XPM an *.ICO files can be opened for conversion but cannot be targeted as output image formats.



The Pixy application is also the first one released by bitnova testing the theme support for the UI controls as it will be integrated in future releases of other products as well.

License
bitnova.PiXy is released under a freeware license, meaning that can be freely downloaded from bitnova site and used for all commercial or personal purposes, but it does not give other rights such as reverse engineering or commercial redistribution.

The current version at the time of this writing, was 1.0.1.

Special Thanks
Special thanks are addressed to the people helping in testing the application before its initial release:


 * Andreea Dumitrescu
 * Anda Tutica
 * Andrei Avasi
 * Florina Mares
 * Andrei Titel

With their help, the release candidate suffered a series of changes regarding the user interface, contex menu handling and installation procedure.