fixed: Encounter image problem after updated to ver. 7.50.7200

[BHSY]

After I updated the AIDA64 to the latest version 7.50.7200, I encountered some problems with the images. After I imported a new sensor panel skin, the old background image was still there instead of a new one. I have checked the images from the FinalWire folder -> AIDA64 Extreme -> SensorPanel, it had all the correct images from the newly imported skin. 

As shown in the above screenshot, the new background image is supposed to be a darker image but still shows the orb image. No problem with the older version.

 

Checking the box on the "Background image" (highlighted in red box) does help to rectify the background image problem but I'm not going to keep checking the box every time I load a new skin.

 

As for this screenshot, the CPU, GPU temp and memory gauges were supposed to be in earth stone colour but they still appear in black from the previous file. SensorPanel folder shows that they were all in earth stone colour.

I have no problem with the older version but the new version has these problems. I have tried to clean install my latest GPU driver and update to the latest Windows files. I also uninstalled, removed all files from the Finalware folder and reinstalled it with a new .exe AIDA64 file.

I have to restart the AIDA64 program every time I load a new panel skin.

[BHSY]

My latest finding is very weird. I removed all the images from the SensorPanel folder but my panel still showed all the images, especially the custom gauges. I forgot to attach an ISA Sensor dump file in case you need it.

isasensordump.txt

[BHSY]

Today I tried out the new "Resize" feature for custom gauge. The gauge images were created from Illustrator.

From the screenshot, the smaller gauge is in 100px x 100px PNG format before using the resize feature. It has only 0-15 states (16 images). However, some images lose the background transparency after changing the size to 200px x 200px.

No problem for 500px x 500px. I tried different sizes with no problem except for the 200px size. I tried on my other gauges but they failed to produce the transparency, not even restarting the AIDA.

I believe the background image and other image problems I mentioned in my earlier post were caused by this newly added "Resize" feature. The older version doesn't have these problems.

I like this new feature, please find out the cause and fix it. Thanks.

 

Edited December 12 by BHSY
Added a new sentance highlighted in bold

[Fiery]

On 12/11/2024 at 8:29 AM, BHSY said:

After I updated the AIDA64 to the latest version 7.50.7200, I encountered some problems with the images. After I imported a new sensor panel skin, the old background image was still there instead of a new one. I have checked the images from the FinalWire folder -> AIDA64 Extreme -> SensorPanel, it had all the correct images from the newly imported skin. 

As shown in the above screenshot, the new background image is supposed to be a darker image but still shows the orb image. No problem with the older version.

Checking the box on the "Background image" (highlighted in red box) does help to rectify the background image problem but I'm not going to keep checking the box every time I load a new skin.

As for this screenshot, the CPU, GPU temp and memory gauges were supposed to be in earth stone colour but they still appear in black from the previous file. SensorPanel folder shows that they were all in earth stone colour.

I have no problem with the older version but the new version has these problems. I have tried to clean install my latest GPU driver and update to the latest Windows files. I also uninstalled, removed all files from the Finalware folder and reinstalled it with a new .exe AIDA64 file.

I have to restart the AIDA64 program every time I load a new panel skin.

We've fixed this issue in the latest beta version of AIDA64 Extreme available at:

https://www.aida64.com/downloads/latesta64xebeta

After upgrading to this new version, make sure to restart Windows to finalize the upgrade.

[Fiery]

On 12/11/2024 at 10:07 AM, BHSY said:

My latest finding is very weird. I removed all the images from the SensorPanel folder but my panel still showed all the images, especially the custom gauges. I forgot to attach an ISA Sensor dump file in case you need it.

AIDA64 v7.50 uses image caching to improve rendering performance.  So even if you remove the source image files, the SensorPanel will still work until you restart AIDA64.

[Fiery]

13 hours ago, BHSY said:

Today I tried out the new "Resize" feature for custom gauge. The gauge images were created from Illustrator.

From the screenshot, the smaller gauge is in 100px x 100px PNG format before using the resize feature. It has only 0-15 states (16 images). However, some images lose the background transparency after changing the size to 200px x 200px.

No problem for 500px x 500px. I tried different sizes with no problem except for the 200px size. I tried on my other gauges but they failed to produce the transparency, not even restarting the AIDA.

I believe the background image and other image problems I mentioned in my earlier post were caused by this newly added "Resize" feature. The older version doesn't have these problems.

I like this new feature, please find out the cause and fix it. Thanks.

I've sent you a private message about this issue.

[BHSY]

50 minutes ago, Fiery said:

We've fixed this issue in the latest beta version of AIDA64 Extreme available at:

https://www.aida64.com/downloads/latesta64xebeta

After upgrading to this new version, make sure to restart Windows to finalize the upgrade.

Thank you Fiery for the prompt action. I downloaded the link you provided and it solved the problem.

[BHSY]

52 minutes ago, Fiery said:

AIDA64 v7.50 uses image caching to improve rendering performance.  So even if you remove the source image files, the SensorPanel will still work until you restart AIDA64.

If I remember correctly, in the previous version 7.5.07100, whenever I remove all the images from the source, all images on the panel will disappear immediately. I guess the newer version works differently which is fine for me. Thanks.

[Fiery]

56 minutes ago, BHSY said:

Thank you Fiery for the prompt action. I downloaded the link you provided and it solved the problem.

Thank you for your feedback.

As for the gauge resizing issue, I've checked your gauge image files, and strangely 1_usage_gauge_xx.png, 4_rpm_gauge_xx.png, 6_mem_clock_gauge_xx.png are indicated as 8-bit PNG files by Windows file properties as well as Irfanview.  While the rest of the images (2_temp_gauge_xx.png, 3_clock_gauge_xx.png, 5_power_xx.png) are properly indicated as 32-bit PNG files.  I've checked and the 8-bit PNG files are loaded sometimes with transparency information discarded, while the 32-bit PNG files are always loaded properly.  Please check why 8-bit PNG images are produced by Illustrator, and make sure to switch them or reconfigure them as 32-bit PNG images.

[BHSY]

38 minutes ago, Fiery said:

Thank you for your feedback.

As for the gauge resizing issue, I've checked your gauge image files, and strangely 1_usage_gauge_xx.png, 4_rpm_gauge_xx.png, 6_mem_clock_gauge_xx.png are indicated as 8-bit PNG files by Windows file properties as well as Irfanview.  While the rest of the images (2_temp_gauge_xx.png, 3_clock_gauge_xx.png, 5_power_xx.png) are properly indicated as 32-bit PNG files.  I've checked and the 8-bit PNG files are loaded sometimes with transparency information discarded, while the 32-bit PNG files are always loaded properly.  Please check why 8-bit PNG images are produced by Illustrator, and make sure to switch them or reconfigure them as 32-bit PNG images.

Thanks for your reply.

I saved all the image files as 8-bit PNG files to make the file size smaller. Sorry, I wasn't clear in my email. 

As I mentioned in my email, I changed the 2_temp_gauge_xx.png, 3_clock_gauge_xx.png, 5_power_xx.png to 32-bit PNG files today to test them on the resize feature and there are no problems with the transparency. 

Can't I use the 8-bit PNG file format? Is it not possible to make it work on this newly added feature? It can save up a lot of file sizes. Thanks.

[Fiery]

3 hours ago, BHSY said:

Thanks for your reply.

I saved all the image files as 8-bit PNG files to make the file size smaller. Sorry, I wasn't clear in my email. 

As I mentioned in my email, I changed the 2_temp_gauge_xx.png, 3_clock_gauge_xx.png, 5_power_xx.png to 32-bit PNG files today to test them on the resize feature and there are no problems with the transparency. 

Can't I use the 8-bit PNG file format? Is it not possible to make it work on this newly added feature? It can save up a lot of file sizes. Thanks.

8-bit PNG is not supported properly at this time.

[BHSY]

2 hours ago, Fiery said:

8-bit PNG is not supported properly at this time.

Noted. From now on, I'll stick to 32-bit PNG format. Thank you!

[JariKoi]

I would have asked if it is possible to get one old feature back. If I make a panel and add a sensor (custom gauge) to panel and upload  images to sensor. However, if I want to change sensor images to a different size or change color, I won't see change without closing entire program and reopening it. Old one stays in some cache and doesn't update until I close entire program and reopen it. Really annoying. Previously, you could change on the fly and see the change immediately and didn't have to close entire program and then reopen it. Or would it be possible to get some kind of "update panel" button in the program? I'm using the latest beta. @Fiery @Mice007  I'm putting this same question in two threads.

[BHSY]

10 minutes ago, JariKoi said:

I would have asked if it is possible to get one old feature back. If I make a panel and add a sensor (custom gauge) to panel and upload  images to sensor. However, if I want to change sensor images to a different size or change color, I won't see change without closing entire program and reopening it. Old one stays in some cache and doesn't update until I close entire program and reopen it. Really annoying. Previously, you could change on the fly and see the change immediately and didn't have to close entire program and then reopen it. Or would it be possible to get some kind of "update panel" button in the program? I'm using the latest beta. @Fiery @Mice007  I'm putting this same question in two threads.

I'm using the latest beta, which is also happening to me. After changing the icon colour, I copy and paste it into the SensorPanel folder, it didn't update the change immediately. It is annoying that I need to save the sensorpanel file every time, close it and reopen it to see the changes😔. 

[Surjeet]

2 hours ago, JariKoi said:

I would have asked if it is possible to get one old feature back. If I make a panel and add a sensor (custom gauge) to panel and upload  images to sensor. However, if I want to change sensor images to a different size or change color, I won't see change without closing entire program and reopening it. Old one stays in some cache and doesn't update until I close entire program and reopen it. Really annoying. Previously, you could change on the fly and see the change immediately and didn't have to close entire program and then reopen it. Or would it be possible to get some kind of "update panel" button in the program? I'm using the latest beta. @Fiery @Mice007  I'm putting this same question in two threads.

I agree here as "Update Panel" button would be a great idea. That way, at least , we do not need to close and re-open the panel to see the changes!

[BHSY]

16 hours ago, Surjeet said:

I agree here as "Update Panel" button would be a great idea. That way, at least , we do not need to close and re-open the panel to see the changes!

I prefer the sensor panel file to update/refresh automatically after I make some changes. A refresh/update button is acceptable if it can't be done.

[Surjeet]

7 hours ago, BHSY said:

I prefer the sensor panel file to update/refresh automatically after I make some changes. A refresh/update button is acceptable if it can't be done.

I agree the automatically refresh is the BEST option. A new Beta is released and it says the following:

SensorPanel Item dialog / new option: cache image

I do not know if it has anything to do with our conversation above!

[Fiery]

2 hours ago, Surjeet said:

I agree the automatically refresh is the BEST option. A new Beta is released and it says the following:

SensorPanel Item dialog / new option: cache image

I do not know if it has anything to do with our conversation above!

By unchecking the Cache Image option you can disable caching of images on a per-image basis.  However, it doesn't affect caching of custom gauge state images.

[Fiery]

On 12/18/2024 at 7:46 AM, JariKoi said:

I would have asked if it is possible to get one old feature back. If I make a panel and add a sensor (custom gauge) to panel and upload  images to sensor. However, if I want to change sensor images to a different size or change color, I won't see change without closing entire program and reopening it. Old one stays in some cache and doesn't update until I close entire program and reopen it. Really annoying. Previously, you could change on the fly and see the change immediately and didn't have to close entire program and then reopen it. Or would it be possible to get some kind of "update panel" button in the program? I'm using the latest beta. @Fiery @Mice007  I'm putting this same question in two threads.

We've implemented a folder watch trick to update cached images whenever they change.  This will help to ease editing and on-the-fly changes to your SensorPanel layout.  Make sure to upgrade to the latest beta version of AIDA64 Extreme available at:

https://www.aida64.com/downloads/latesta64xebeta

Make sure to leave the Cache Image checkbox checked (enabled).  If it works out for both images and custom gauge states, we will remove the Cache Image option.

[JariKoi]

5 minutes ago, Fiery said:

Make sure to leave the Cache Image checkbox checked (enabled).  If it works out for both images and custom gauge states, we will remove the Cache Image option.

Can you post a screenshot of where this setting is located? I tried looking for it earlier, but couldn't find it. 

And thank you if this now works normally again like before. I'll try it as soon as I can.

[Fiery]

26 minutes ago, JariKoi said:

Can you post a screenshot of where this setting is located? I tried looking for it earlier, but couldn't find it. 

And thank you if this now works normally again like before. I'll try it as soon as I can.

[BHSY]

14 minutes ago, Fiery said:

We've implemented a folder watch trick to update cached images whenever they change.  This will help to ease editing and on-the-fly changes to your SensorPanel layout.  Make sure to upgrade to the latest beta version of AIDA64 Extreme available at:

https://www.aida64.com/downloads/latesta64xebeta

Make sure to leave the Cache Image checkbox checked (enabled).  If it works out for both images and custom gauge states, we will remove the Cache Image option.

I tried it on my side. It worked😊. After I edited the images and the custom gauge images and overwritten the old image files in the SensorPanel folder, they were updated immediately without the need to save, close and reopen the AIDA program. Thank you!😊 

[Fiery]

1 minute ago, BHSY said:

I tried it on my side. It worked😊. After I edited the images and the custom gauge images and overwritten the old image files in the SensorPanel folder, they were updated immediately without the need to save, close and reopen the AIDA program. Thank you!😊 

Thank you for your feedback

[BHSY]

2 minutes ago, BHSY said:

I tried it on my side. It worked😊. After I edited the images and the custom gauge images and overwritten the old image files in the SensorPanel folder, they were updated immediately without the need to save, close and reopen the AIDA program. Thank you!😊 

I forgot to mention that I have also tried the new 'Resize' feature on my custom gauge, and there are no issues. Your latest beta version works flawlessly👍.

[Fiery]

1 minute ago, BHSY said:

I forgot to mention that I have also tried the new 'Resize' feature on my custom gauge, and there are no issues. Your latest beta version works flawlessly👍.

Thank you! Please keep reporting in case you run into any further issues.