1. Download the repo / git clone it.

2. Open a command prompt in the directory / cd viv

3. Run cargo run compile followed by a path/to/image.png to compile PNG to VIV. Example: cargo run compile C:\Uses\User\Downloads\image.png

4. Run cargo run followed by a path/to/image.viv to show the image

1. Double-click on image.viv using your File Explorer.

2. Click on More Apps

3. Click on Choose app from this PC

Tip: tick "Always use this app to open .viv files"

4. Type the path/to/this/project.
5. Select viv.exe inside this folder.

That's it! You can now open .viv files!

1. Preview window width & height are not exact.
2. Huge file size on large images.
3. Slow preview window.
4. Some large images might include #0 hex which will crash the program.
5. No transparency.
6. Only works on Windows
7. EXE doesn't work properly for some reason. at least for me.