Changelog for
fotoxx-13.08.1-1.4.x86_64.rpm :
Sun Aug 11 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- The Italian and Portuguese translations were updated.
- Bugfix: crash in Fix Stuck Pixels function.
Sun Aug 4 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.08
- White Balance: a direct adjustment for color temperature was added.
- Search Images: apply criteria iteratively to expand/reduce search results.
- Date format (gallery, reports) changed to world standard YYYY-MM-DD.
- Default jpeg save quality was added to the user settings.
- New function: Graduated Blur: blur radius inversely proportional to contrast (can make faces look younger, cartoon effect when taken to extremes).
- Sketch: a 2nd algorithm is provided which works better for some images.
- Sketch: responds much faster to changes in dialog controls.
- Tools > Missing Translations: omit text deliberately left as English.
- Manage Tags: new popup report of unused tags (can be deleted).
- Auto Trim was made much faster.
- Trim/Crop and Rotate dialogs have minor user interface improvements.
- New demo videos are available on YouTube and the Fotoxx web site.
- Bugfix: loss of correct KB Ctrl/Alt state when changed outside app focus.
- Bugfix: right-click popup menu for main window could name a wrong file.
- Bugfix: image rename function was not updating the gallery page.
- Minor bugfixes: area finish, dots transform, prev/next navigation, KB shortcuts.
Fri Jul 19 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Bugfix: Crash in Batch Convert RAW if default \"JPEG\" is never changed.
- Bugfix: Crash in Manage Tags if used incorrectly.
Wed Jul 3 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.07
- Gallery navigation was extended with new options under the [top] button.
- Effects > Drawing and Effects > Outline functions were combined.
- New: Effects > Sketch: Transform a photo into a simulated sketch.
- New: Tools > Missing Translations: list missing translations for the current language.
- Batch Add Tags and Delete Tags were combined into a more flexible tool.
- Edit Collections was made easier (add/delete/cut/copy/paste images).
- New startup option: gallery of the newest images added to the database.
- Ascending/descending option was added to the gallery sort function.
- Gallery File Selection: a [clear] button was added.
- Flatten and Expand Brightness Range: buttons added for popup histogram.
- Write Text: the [apply] button updates the file as well as the memory image.
Wed Jun 12 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.06.2
- Two bugs were fixed:
* Expand Brightness: If brightness retention range is zero and the brightness distribution graph is activated, a crash resulted.
* Edit Metadata + Cancel + Open a new image: this caused a crash.
Wed Jun 5 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.06.1
- Pano, HDR, etc. have greater latitude to warp images for better fit.
- Warp Area: area can be pulled outside its initial boundary.
- Area Finish was made much faster.
- Add Text: (write text on image) optional drop shadows were added.
- Slide Show pause/resume: resume is immediate (no wait for timer), and the B key can be used to toggle between image and blank screen (for talk time).
- Bugfix: fix pan/scroll jerkiness with large image (bug from v.13.03).
- Bugfix: Trim/Crop: do not limit width/height to prior width/height -1.
- Bugfix: thumbnail generation: stop non-RAW files being passed to dcraw (causing useless error messages).
- Bugfix: gallery display was ignoring symlinks to other directories.
- Bugfix: (Fedora) some popup tips were white text on white background.
- Bugfix: Select Area Finish during an active edit would cause a crash.
- The Spanish and Catalan translations were updated.
Tue May 7 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.05.2
- The Spanish and Portuguese translations were updated.
- The geocoding web service was changed to MapQuest Open.
Thu May 2 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.05
- The Fotoxx user guide is now available in Spanish.
- Directory navigation was simplified for multiple top image directories.
- A Quick Start guide is shown at first Fotoxx startup (also Help > Quick Start).
- The menu names and groupings for edit functions are more conventional.
- User Guide addition: use an ImageMagick function as a Fotoxx edit function.
- New user setting: pan/scroll method: with or against mouse, 1x or magnified.
- New user setting: interpolation method used for zoomed image display.
- An anti-alias function was added (suppress pixelation or \"jaggies\").
- The Leverage Edits function was extended to include contrast as a lever.
- The popup window for auto file sync goes away by itself (stop an irritant).
- Workaround: ignore Unity KB shortcuts being sent to the active window.
- New releases are now automatically notified at the next Fotoxx startup.
- Slide Show: compensate jerky transitions introduced with Ubuntu 13.04.
- Edit Geotags: Yahoo API died. Changed over to MapQuest.
- Translations were updated for Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
Mon Apr 1 14:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.04
- Most image edit functions can be more rapidly applied to a bunch of images
(e.g. for the initial processing of fresh images from a camera).
- Ubuntu launcher has 3 options: blank, last image, gallery of recent images.
- Rotate +90 and -90 can have user-defined keyboard shortcuts.
- The escape key can be used to cancel dialogs.
- The parameter \"jpeq quality\" is adjustable and saved across sessions.
- \"installed size\" in the Debian control file was made more accurate.
- Bugfix: crash if [Next] button is clicked rapidly with View Metadata active.
- Bugfix: image search index was not always updated when an edited image file was saved back to itself.
Sat Mar 9 13:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.03.1
- Translations for Spanish and Catalan were updated.
- Bugfix: add automatic change to tab F when the favorites menu is used.
- Bugfix: arrow keys for previous/next image work more consistently.
Sat Mar 2 13:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 13.03
- Reduce Noise: improved user interface, easier to combine methods.
- Warp Area: improved warp algorithm, easier to get desired results.
- Warp Curved: radius of mouse/warp influence was made adjustable.
- Custom keyboard shortcuts: replace text file with a GUI dialog.
- Bookmarks: save gallery positions in a popup list, go to chosen position.
- Write Text: rendering was improved, huge font sizes can be used.
- Edit Translation: ease of use: keep dialog open after each update.
- Better detection and notification of slowdown from memory shortage.
- Menu rationalization: naming and grouping of edit functions.
- Synchronize Files: progress monitor added, 50 files per dot.
- Bugfix: Rotate and Warp functions: stop loss of custom grid settings.
- Bugfix: Geotags: detect outdated geolocations file, request download.
- Bugfix: Fix small flaws in cutouts saved to a file and later pasted.
- Bugfix: Write Text: stop transparency change when [apply] is clicked.
- Bugfix: Directory names containing quotes could not be opened.
Mon Feb 11 13:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- update to 13.02.1
* The Italian translation was updated.
* Bugfix: crash when switching tabs G to F (hopefully rare).
Fri Feb 1 13:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- update to 13.02
- New features include the following:
* Color space conversion via LCMS was added (e.g. Adobe RGB <--> sRGB).
* Square and flatten a photo of a book page. The print is stretched where the page curves down at the binding, making it easier to read.
* Transform a photo into a cartoon-like drawing.
* Image date/time in the search index has 1 second resolution instead of 1 day (an index re-synch is required, which may need some time).
* The thumbnail gallery view can be sorted by file name, file mod date, or photo date (from EXIF). The date displayed is determined by the sort.
* RAW files converted to tiff/png/jpeg now retain all available metadata.
* The brightness distribution graph allows selection of the colors to show, and reflects only the visible area if an image is zoomed bigger than the window.
* The first startup after installing a new release shows the release notes in a popup window.
* The edit function summary table and other small help files can be viewed in the locale language if translations are available.
* The GUI translation method was slightly simplified, and the guide document \"translations\" was revised accordingly.
* Small popup texts (tooltips) go away by themselves after a few seconds.
- The following bugs were corrected:
* PNG images with 16-bit color were being written with the bytes swapped, making them incompatible with Gimp and other editors.
* Geotag search for city/country was not working if latitude and longitude were left at \"null\" (i.e. values never input).
* Open RAW from a gallery thumbnail left a popup text permanently open.
* Window width was sometimes impossible to reduce without restarting the app.-
Sat Jan 12 13:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- update to 13.01.2
* The Dutch translation was updated.
* Bugfix: If file sync is cancelled it may become impossible to continue or quit
Thu Jan 3 13:00:00 2013 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- update to 13.01.1
* The French, Catalan and Netherlands translations were updated.
* A vertical menu/toolbar option was added for better utilization of modern wide-screen monitors.
* Gallery view: image size and date were added to the view.
* Gallery view: mouse hover on a thumbnail shows a popup metadata report.
* Manage Collections: the user interface was reworked to make it easier to use.
* Icons for all edit functions were added for use in the Favorites menu.
* Gallery file selection: multiple images can be selected for insertion or deletion, making re-arrangement of the sequence faster and easier.
* Favorites menu: ignore small inadvertent drags from flying mouse clicks which can cause accidental displacement of the menu entries.
* Brightness histogram: added \"overall\" graph to existing R/G/B graphs.
* Missing popup mini-explanations (tips) for some menus were added.
* Bugfix: some metadata functions crashed if index file sync was disabled.
* Bugfix: the Grid Lines menu and keyboard on/off toggle were not working.
Fri Dec 28 13:00:00 2012 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- Update to 12.12.2:
* The Spanish and Russian translations were updated.
* Bugfix: Geotag latitude/longitude fractions were being truncated for locales using a comma decimal point.
Sun Dec 2 13:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.12:
+ New false color tool: gradually shift selected colors to other colors.
+ Slide Show: save selected images as a collection. Modify and re-use.
+ Thumbnail gallery window now suppresses hidden subdirectories.
+ Minor UI improvements for geotag dialogs using the world map.
+ Select Area: additional selection method can speed-up some tasks.
+ Paint Pixels: minor UI change to better conform with common practice.
+ Batch convert/resize/move: optional resize, optional delete originals.
+ Batch Rename: sequence number can be embedded anywhere in the base name.
+ New right-click menu convenience tools: rename, copy, move, trash ...
+ Translation (.po) files are compressed, reducing package size 0.7 MB.
+ Bugfix: Slide Show omitted file versions selected out of sequence.
+ Bugfix: gallery file chooser: shift+click was sometimes ignored.
+ Bugfix: Sync Files memory leak (significant for huge image library).
+ Bugfix: EXIF edit history was not complete for re-edited images.
+ Bugfix: Select Area finish failed if window auto focus from mouse.
+ Bugfix: incorrect scaling of 16-bit PNG files.
Sat Nov 3 13:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.11:
* user interface improvements and bugfixes
* world map pan/scroll was made to work like image pan/scroll
* using the world map to find images by location was simplified
* icons in the favorites menu can be individually sized
* batch functions and slide show can select multiple images and image ranges
* from the gallery-navigator
* the image brightness histogram has separate RGB colors
* a new right-click popup menu offers fast access to many functions
* user-defined keyboard shortcuts are another way
* five minor bugs and irritants were fixed
Sat Oct 6 14:00:00 2012 marcin.bajorAATTgmail.com
- update to 12.10.1:
* The user manual and F1 help are now available in Castilian Spanish.
* The search index was revised for greater scalability. Metadata edits and related image searching should remain fast beyond 500K images. A fresh resync of the search index will be done at first startup.
* A custom graphic menu in a popup window was implemented. Frequently used functions can be added and the layout arranged to taste.
* RAW files can be opened in Ufraw (via menu or gallery thumbnail click).
* A more precise world map was implemented (a new download will be required when a geotag function is used).
* Large image files open 30% faster and memory consumption is reduced.
* The batch RAW file converter now has a dialog to configure the parameters.
* Alternative pan/scroll mode: image sticks to mouse and moves with mouse.
* Stop unnecessary refreshes of the image gallery for metadata edits.
* Added support for exotic PNG formats (e.g. palletized) via the GTK library.
* Vignette bugfix: stop radius increase if vignette is moved off-center.
- Prevoius updates:
- update 12.09.1:
* RAW files are now visible in the galleries and can be opened and edited with Fotoxx or Ufraw.
* Batch RAW conversion parameters are user configurable and the process runs faster.
* A wavelet noise reduction method was adapted from dcraw.
* A tool to fix chromatic aberration (color fringes) was added.
* Support for PNG files with 16-bit color was added.
* A world map shows the locations of geotagged images
* click a location to see a corresponding image gallery, view, or edit from there.
* The vignette function was extended to brighten, darken, or colorize from any image center using a flexible response curve.
- update 12.08:
* Menus now show a popup description if the mouse dwells on the menu.
* Auto-synchronization (indexing of new image files) has been made optional.
* If disabled, metadata edit and search functions are also disabled.
* These can be restored at any time by synchronizing the image files.
* The size of a printed image (centimeters) can be set in advance.
* A sepia coloring function has been added (aged photo effect).
* Painting and scrolling the gallery window has been made faster.
* Navigating the gallery window to other directories has been simplified.
* The Fotoxx website has been changed to kornelix.com/fotoxx.
- update 12.07.1:
* Bugfix: World map loses mouse connection and becomes unresponsive after a left mouse click/drag is used to zoom/pan the map image.
- update 12.07:
* Tabs are now used to switch between the image and gallery windows.
* List Geotag Groups by country, country/city, or country/city/date.
* Nearby dates can be grouped together. Click a listed group to get a
* corresponding thumbnail gallery, view or edit images from there.
* Click a location on a world map, get a corresponding gallery of images.
* Several small UI improvements in geotag edit and report functions.
* Bugfix: Edit Collection: removing images was sometimes not possible
* if some other images in the collection had been deleted from disk.
* Bugfix: memory leak if successive images were viewed in rapid sequence.
* Bugfix: Art > Dots treatment was destroyed when the image was saved.
* Bugfix: crash in Open Recent File if the first file had been deleted.
Sun Apr 22 14:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.05:
* Geotagging and reporting was added. Geotags may be entered using city
names, with substring matching. Click the wanted city from multiple
candidates. Multiple images can be processed rapidly. Batch processing is
also available. Search images by city [country] or within radius of a given
location. Output is a gallery of clickable thumbnails. Select locations to
assign or search from a world map. Database has 3000+ cities and others can
be added as needed from a web geocoding service.
* Search Images function was simplified. Searching by date, rating, tags,
comments, caption, filename, geotags, and any other metadata is in one GUI
with buttons to select the unusual options.
* Bugfix: captions and comments with imbedded quotes were causing some
metadata edits to fail (do nothing).
* Bugfix: stop GUI lockup if window is resized by user while panorama or
other composite function is still computing.
* Bugfix: stop paranoia if an image directory is read-only and thumbnail
subdirectory cannot be created - just leave out the thumbnails.
* Bugfix: GUI was too difficult to view and edit the same collection.
Sun Apr 1 14:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.04:
+ Select Area by color tones is almost 2x faster with less flicker.
+ New: Erase an object by overpainting with selected background.
+ New: Vignette Tool: change brightness or color in a radial pattern.
+ Art > Tiles: an optional 3D depth effect was added.
+ Edit Pixels: do area edge blending same as other edit functions.
+ Gamma Curve: buttons [++] etc. added as in brightness/color curves.
+ Select Area: \"tweak\" mode added: nudge an edge line using the mouse.
+ White Balance: slider added to adjust the impact from 0 to 100%.
+ Gallery window navigation was made a little more flexible.
+ First time startup: initial thumbnail creation and image file indexing
is 2x faster (2000+ images/min. on a strong PC with 4 cpu cores).
+ New: Help > Log File: view the current (live) log file.
+ Memory allocation failure: no crash, exit with a reasonable message.
+ Bugfix: rare crash when a concurrent edit function completes.
Fri Mar 30 14:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.03.2:
* Bugfix: select Area / Finish: crash in cairo. This is apparently a new bug
in gtk3/cairo which affects some distros. Fotoxx was changed to avoid the
problem (remove calls to gdk_flush()). This can make Fotoxx appear to
\"freeze\" during Select Area / Finish.
- changes from 12.03.1:
* Bugfix: Select Area: cancel button did not kill the Finish process
* Bugfix: Retouching a zoomed image caused temp. change in aspect ratio
- changes from 12.03:
* Mouse-driven area select and edit functions respond much faster.
* The internal image format was changed from int-16 to float-32 per RGB
color. This simplified the code and made some edit functions slightly
faster. There is no visual image impact. The main memory needed to edit a
20 megapixel image has grown to about 800 MB.
* The exiftool program is started as a server process and left running. This
eliminates a significant startup delay for every image opened.
* Indexing of new files at startup was made much faster: typically 1-2
seconds on a strong PC if only a few new images are found.
* A toolbar button is used to change the mouse-drawing color for select and
edit functions. Similar buttons on many dialogs were removed.
* The pixel edit function was made easier and faster to use.
* An edited file can be saved in the additional formats .bmp and .ico.
* Setting the zoom ratio was simplified: each 2x zoom is 1-3 clicks.
* Create Blank Image: the file type can be .jpg, .tif, .png, or .bmp.
* The E-mail function was removed because Thunderbird and Evolution do not
work (or no longer work) with the \"standard\" xdg-email protocol for
attachments. Use Tools > Batch Convert to select images, export, and reduce
size (if wanted) for attaching to e-mail or uploading.
* Bugfix: If the top image directory was set to /home/
, thousands of
unwanted files in /home//.thumbnails/
* were being indexed.
* Bugfix: Stack/Noise image alignment was poor if there was significant
camera movement between photos.
* Bugfix: Progress monitoring for some functions was very inaccurate.
* Bugfix: some .gif files produced empty thumbnail images.
* Bugfix: file synchronization at startup was sometimes wasting time with
unnecessary updates.
Sun Feb 12 13:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.02
- now requires GTK 3.x
Sun Jan 1 13:00:00 2012 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 12.01:
* new function Search Metadata: search and report image metadata
(EXIF/IPTC/etc.), using a combined image and text display format
* synchronize Files is 2x faster for an initial installation or after
importing a large number of new photos (>1000/min. on a fast PC)
* \"my mouse\" was removed from all edit and selection dialogs. The mouse
belongs to the last widget clicked. The main window can be zoomed and
scrolled during such dialogs by using CTRL + mouse click or drag
* mouse wheel can do zoom-in and zoom-out
* zooming an image re-centers it on the mouse position, and the mouse
position follows the zoom center to the middle of the window
* zoom ratio configurable: choose 1-4 zooms for each 2x increase in size
* DRGB (print color adjust) can save corrections to a file for re-use
* some user settings in various menus were collected together in the new menu
function Tools > User Settings
* bugfix: Search Image was finding false matches for images with very large
caption or comments
* bugfix: cannot escape file open dialog if open previous or open recent is
attempted when there are no previous files (initial installation)
* bugfix: interactive GUI translation function failed to initialize
- changes from 11.12.2:
* Italian translation was updated
* locale of lc_RC will prefer a .po file named \"lc_RC\", fallback to \"lc\"
Sat Dec 3 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.12.1:
* new function Auto-Trim: automatically trim unused edge areas left over from
panorama, HDR, HDF, stack, warp and unbend functions
* new function: Find bright or dark \"stuck\" pixels (camera sensor defect)
(1x1/2x2/3x3 blocks) and fix them by interpolating neighboring pixels;
pixel locations can be saved and applied later to other images
* select Area was extended to both select and unselect by matching colors,
and the pixel search range was made adjustable 1-20x mouse radius
* Batch Resize/Export function now supports output of JPEG, PNG, TIFF; this
can be used to select and convert files to a different format
* convert RAW Files now supports output of JPEG, PNG, TIFF-8, TIFF-16
* Warp Area algorithm was made a bit more intuitive and controllable
* GUI language translation procedure was simplified
* bugfix: restored some lost translations of dialog buttons
* bugfix: Trim dialog mouse ownership was sometimes misleading.
* bugfix: WarpArea did not reset itself if selected area was changed
* bugfix: crash if parallel instances of fotoxx are simultaneously editing
images and using undo/redo
Sun Nov 6 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.11.1 (cumulated+fixed from 11.11):
* creating and editing collections was made easier and more intuitive
* synchronize Files always works incrementally and runs automatically at
startup; image navigation/viewing is immediately possible but editing is
blocked until the synchronize is finished (normally a few seconds)
* straighten Image: fix less than optimal results for images needing a large
correction; menu was renamed to Keystone Correction
* new menu: Help > User Guide Changes: summary of changes in the user guide
for recent releases (minimize effort to keep up with changes)
* new menu: Help > Edit Functions Summary: a one-page \"quick reference\"
summary of all the image editing functions
* new topic added to the user guide: How to organize a large image collection
to minimize effort and to optimize image searching
* the status bar now shows if a dialog is waiting for input (and possibly
hidden under another window)
* new keyboard shortcut: N = Rename Image File
* transform and Retouch menus were rearranged to follow typical workflow
* rotate and warp dialogs have convenience buttons to grid line setup
* grid setup: the x and y grids can be moved around over the image
* new utility: update collections if the top image directory is moved
Sun Oct 2 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- add Requires: perl(Image::ExifTool)
Sun Oct 2 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.10:
* new function: classic gamma curve edit for brightness and individual RGB
colors; applicable to the whole image or a selected object/area
* printing was revised to work better with recent changes in HPLIP that made
printing on small paper sizes more difficult; the paper size must be
specified in the Printer Properties dialog (printer admin function) and not
in the application program - otherwise the print fails with a \"paper
mismatch\" error
* new function: convert \"tetragon\" image into a rectangle; useful for gallery
paintings photographed from the side to avoid reflections, buildings
photographed at an angle, etc
* at startup, check for new files, advise if synchronization is needed
* new option: warn if overwriting original (non-versioned) image file
* Slide Show: stop strange behavior when multiple monitors are used
* Slide Show: option to show only the most recent version of each image
* Slide Show: use spacebar to pause and resume slide show
* Pixel Edit: transparency adjustment steps were made finer
- changes from 11.09.1:
* Bugfix: crash in Slide Show if the last transition type (jaws) is not
included in the user preferences
Thu Sep 1 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.09:
* Print Image File now has margin inputs and tiny margins also work
* the Portuguese translation was brought up to date
* Show RGB: labels on monitored image points were made optional
* Gallery: larger font for file names is used when thumbnails are large
* Edit Captions and Edit User Comments were combined into one function
* File Open will discard a preceding search result or named collection, and
the user is notified and may proceed or cancel
* File > Open (menu and toolbar) can now be used to open a single RAW file
(as tiff-16); a batch conversion function is also available
* CPU load monitor on status bar now includes spawned subprocesses
* Smart Erase: improved algorithm gives better results in some cases
* Panorama: image overlap requirement was relaxed
* bugfix: Flatten: fix uneven conversion of pixels with max. brightness
* bugfix: crash if Tools > Add Menu is started and then canceled
* bugfix: minor memory leak
Wed Aug 3 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.08.1:
* an Italian user guide has been added
* new function DRGB: change brightness and color balance using OD units
* Revise_RGB: added delta mode (show +/- changes from original image)
* Show RGB: added EV and OD units, delta mode, and pixel labels on image
* Slide Show: two image transitions were added, \"radar\" and \"jaws\"
* Slide Show: preferred transitions can be selected and remembered
* a single RAW file can now be opened like any other image file (only needs
more time); batch conversion is also available
* Delete Area was renamed to Unselect Area (reduce ambiguity)
* F1 help topic is now determined by the last dialog opened OR USED
* Bugfix: disable a select-area if Undo/Redo changes the image size
* Bugfix: Create Blank Image got leftover EXIF data from a prior image
* Bugfix: buffer overflow crash in Russian locale; several other risky places
from long translation strings were indentified and fixed
* Bug workaround: crash from GCC 4.5 optimization removing necessary code;
do-nothing variable references were added to prevent this
* Annoyance fix: rapid repetition of prev/next buttons or arrow keys was
sometimes causing a \"function still active\" popup message
Sat Jul 2 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.07:
* the main retouch functions can now be used in parallel (i.e. multiple edit
dialogs can be active at the same time)
* the last position of the main window and most dialog windows is saved and
restored within a session and across sessions
* new function Match Colors: take a spot color sample from two images; the
colors of the 2nd image are changed to match the first
* new function Revise RGB: select up to 9 control pixels on an image and
adjust their RGB values; all image pixels are adjusted to match, using
weights based on distances from the control pixels -- use this function to
make complex color adjustments that vary across the image.
* Brightness Ramp was revised to handle RGB colors; this is an alternative
method to remove a color caste that varies across an image or image area
* Tools > Show RGB: EV and OD units are output in addition to RGB values; up
to five points are shown, updated live as the image is edited
* the Brightness/Color curves now have a range of +/-2 EV (F-stops) and the
step-adjust buttons ([+++] etc.) are calibrated in 0.1 EV steps; steps 1/3
this size can also be used -- use this function in conjunction with Show
RGB to make calibrated color adjustments
* numeric feedback was added to the sliders in retouch edit functions
* missing gallery thumbnails are generated 2-3x faster (on multi-core
processors) using multiple threads working ahead of need (usually)
* clone (new window) now has two variants: share desktop 50/50 or open a new
window of the same size, slightly offset for visibility.
* Open File now has two variants: use the same window or open a new window in
a parallel instance of Fotoxx
* new toolbar button: save file as a new version (immediate, no dialog); tThe
current image and its edit history remain unchanged
* Save-As menu and toolbar: new checkbox option to switch the current file to
the saved file; the edit trail (undo/redo) is also retained
* new command line parameters:
+ -prev: open the last file viewed in the previous session
+ -recent: start with a gallery of recent files (most recent at top)
(-prev used to be default but this is no longer the case)
* if the [undo] or [redo] button is pressed with the shift-key, they become
\"undo all\" and \"redo all\"; this makes it easier to compare an image having
multiple edits with the original image
* select Area [Unfinish] button: put a finished area back in edit mode
* Pixel Edit was moved from the Art menu to the Retouch menu
* Hourglass cursor was replaced with a BUSY sign at bottom of the window
* Toolbar help is a topic help like F1; menu help opens the user guide
* Bugfix: warp functions were infrequently putting artifacts in the image
* Bugfix: Edit Collections could crash if adds and deletes were mixed
* Bugfix: Select Area Edge Calculation: if killed by user, the area was left
in a half finished condition
Sat Jun 11 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.06.1:
* Bugfix: A hole was closed that could cause a crash if an area is deleted
while an edit function is open and active
Fri Jun 3 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.06:
* Smart Erase and Remove Dust were made slightly more effective
* Brightness/Color retouching and Tone Mapping were made 25-40% faster
* Retouching brightness/color by \"painting\" with the mouse (dodge and burn)
was made much faster (instant response on a fast computer)
* if at startup the previous image file is no longer present then a gallery
of the 100 most recent files viewed is shown
* new function: Tools > Toolbar Style: set to text, icons, or both
* new function: Tools > Edit Translation: edit translations interactively as
Fotoxx is being used, and the changes are immediately effective
* several other small usability improvements were made
* minor bugfix: paste area edge blending lost 1 pixel around the edge
Mon May 2 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.05.1:
* a new function was added to remove the dark spots on images made from dusty
slides
* named image collections are easier to manage: images can be added, removed,
and rearranged by clicking images on a thumbnail gallery
* the trim (crop) function better handles zoom and scroll
* a desired image size can be input directly in addition to the mouse drag
method
* smart Erase was made faster (significant for slow computers)
* Select Area edge distance calculations for hairy edges was made over 2x
faster
* two minor bugs were fixed
Fri Apr 1 14:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.04:
* Vertical Panorama was added: previously, this was possible but clumsy
* Slide Show can play a music file or playlist, and can be launched from the
command line
* initialization for first-time installs was simplified
* Smart Erase was made easier and faster by combining the select and erase
functions in one dialog
* the 100K limit on the number of image files was remove
* Select by Color can more easily select an object with varying edge tones
and contrasts
Tue Mar 15 13:00:00 2011 toganmAATTopensuse.org
- Fix desktop file Exec and Icon lines
Sun Mar 13 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.03.1:
* three bugs were fixed, two of which can cause Fotoxx to crash
Tue Mar 1 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.03:
* the composite functions Pano, HDR, HDF, and Stack now run 2-3 times faster
* monitor gamma can be adjusted with a feedback graphic for guidance
* external image editors (e.g. Gimp) can be added to the Fotoxx menu and used
like an internal edit function
* a new art function was added to create color outline drawings
* select Area now includes rectangular and elliptical selections
* seven other minor improvements and four bugfixes are included
Tue Feb 1 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.02:
* apply retouch functions to any area of the image using the mouse, vary
radius and strength, and apply incrementally
* remove power lines and other small defects by substituting surrounding
pixels
* remove tourists from a photo by merging multiple shots from different times
* edited curves (retouch functions) can be saved and re-used
* assign images to named groups. Pasted objects have better edge blending and
can be rotated
* panorama pre-align is simpler (check the user guide)
* tags (keywords) have been fixed to be compatible with Photoshop
* there are a few more minor improvements and bugfixes
Sat Jan 8 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.01.2:
* startup warnings about thumbnails and tag index file were revised to make
them less intrusive and perhaps easier to understand
* the French translation was updated
* the Select Whole Image function was broken in the previous release and has
been fixed
Mon Jan 3 13:00:00 2011 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 11.01:
* brightness or color can be used to regulate retouch functions: for example,
you can apply noise reduction to darker image areas (or the inverse)
* an image can be converted into a dot array à la Roy Lichtenstein
* Slide Show now has some cute transitions: fade-out/fade-in and various
kinetic replacements
* the 100 most recent images can be displayed in a gallery window, making it
easier to return to a desired image
* batch tag functions have popup windows to monitor progress
* a mashup can be made using cutouts from other images and text annotations
* a few more user interface improvements and minor bug fixes are included
Thu Dec 2 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.12:
* several user interface improvements and speedups
* easier to pan and zoom when an edit function is using the mouse
* select Area works better and left drag can be used for \"unselect\"
* image captions and comments have an editor interface
* search can find all images with given words in captions or comments
* \"match any\" or \"all\" can be specified separately for all search criteria
* dialogs needing more time show an hourglass
* the Clone function splits the screen 50/50 between two images
* two minor bugs were fixed
* responsiveness for slow CPUs was improved
Wed Nov 3 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.11.1:
* a simple alternative for searching images was added for those not wanting
an elaborate tag system: search based on comments saved in the image file
(EXIF); entered search words are matched against image comments and
optionally file and folder names; image comments are free-form text entered
or revised at will
* annotate Image color and transparency can be specified for text and
background, and watermarks can be made
* annotations can be saved and re-used
* edit functions operating in a small area are more responsive for slow
computers
* several more minor improvements and bug fixes were made
Fri Oct 15 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.10.2:
* \"Edit EXIF User Comments\" and \"Annotate Image\" (write text directly on
image) were split into separate functions to simplify a confusing interface
* the EXIF descriptive text can also be displayed in a small live window as
images are viewed (also in Slide Show mode)
* annotate Image works faster, especially for netbooks
* the Trim (crop) aspect ratio buttons can be customized
* the Italian and Dutch translations were updated
- changes from 10.10.1:
* bugfix: annotate function was missing the translation capability
* annotate on slow (Atom) processors was made faster, but still slow
Sat Oct 2 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.10:
* an image annotation function was added: descriptive text can be edited or
viewed in a live window updated with each new image opened, or written
directly on the image using any font, size, and rotation
* an e-mail function was added: select multiple images, downsize within
specified limits, and e-mail using the preferred e-mail program
* a small improvement was made in the visibility of grid lines
* max. working threads was raised to 6 (newest CPUs have up to 6 cores)
* image trim (crop): the preset aspect ratio buttons can be customized by
editing a parameters file
* more parameters are saved and restored across sessions: trim size, grid
lines, e-mail size, edit resize, batch resize
* the word \"mass\" in menus and help text was replaced with \"batch\"
Sun Sep 12 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.9.1:
* when using \"save as\", filenames like xxx.yyy.jpg are no longer truncated to
xxx.jpg
* a set of files generated by searching tags is no longer discarded if a
member file is opened, saved, renamed, or trashed
Thu Sep 2 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.9:
* adds functions for
+ combining multiple noisy photos to make a low-noise image
+ making a B/W or color negative
+ or a positive from a negative
+ batch deleting or replacing user tags
* the Brightness/Contrast curve edit can better preserve detail in areas
brightened to saturation
* the other Retouch curve edits are generally 30% faster
* Search Tags can now be used to create a set of images to choose from for a
following batch operation
* HDR and HDF automatically trim edges where all input images do not overlap
* six other small improvements and four bugfixes were made
Thu Aug 19 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.8.4:
* the German and Italian translations were updated
* a greater variety of TIFF formats are supported
* ICC Profile data is included in the metadata (such as EXIF) that is
retained across an image edit
* bugfix: some metadata was being lost across an image edit
* bugfix: rapid pressing of the toolbar [next] button could lead to
application lockup
Thu Aug 12 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.8.3:
* Italian translation update
- changes from 10.8.2:
* bugfix: don\'t lose ICC Profile data
- changes from 10.8.1:
* German translation update
* more TIFF formats are supported
Sun Aug 1 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.8:
* a Portuguese translation was added
* a Mass Resize function was added
* Linux standard trash is now used
* for area selection, the follow-edge method works better for jagged edges
and the select-by-color method is faster and easier to control
* a \"list view\" option was added to the image gallery display
* live help (F1 key) is now available for all functions
* HDF, HDR, and Panorama can handle greater image misalignments more accurately
* view/edit EXIF data was made easier to process a series of images, e.g. to
add text comments
* several other interface improvements and bugfixes were made
Fri Jul 9 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.7:
* the composite image functions were reworked to extend functionality and
improve the user interface
* there is more use of multiple threads
* panorama can join up to four images instead of only two
* rearranging can be done using the mouse
* brightness and color balance are automatically matched to a chosen image
* HDF (high depth of field) can join up to nine images instead of only two
* HDF and HDR (high dynamic range) warp the images if needed for more precise
alignment
* a greater amount of shift or rotation between images can be compensated
more accurately
* other minor improvements and bug fixes were made
Tue Jun 8 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.6.1:
* a subtle bug in panorama image alignment was fixed: this caused a small
shift at the joint near the center of the image, especially if there was a
significant rotation, horizon shift, or lens distortion
Tue Jun 8 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.6:
* search Tags was made more consistent: tags are added or removed from the
search list with mouse clicks, and the [clear] button was removed
* for HDR, the selected images no longer need to include the current image
* a \"make new version\" checkbox was added to File Save-As: the image is saved
with a new version number, making it easier to save an edited image and
keep the original; subsequent saves create increasing version numbers
* fix: Edit Tags \"admin mode\" could be quietly ON even though the check-box
was OFF
* fix: the image gallery window was sometimes not fully rendered
- mark translation files with lang
Wed Jun 2 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.5:
* a Dutch translation has been added to the GUI
* the thumbnail browser is faster and smoother (CPU load has been reduced by
60%)
* tags now have categories (people, places, events, etc.) to help organize
them and to find and select tags more quickly during image editing
* this improves the practicality of having hundreds of tags
* the user interface was revised - use F1 to view the user guide
* rotated images are automatically set upright when an edit is started or an
image is added to an HDR/HDF/panorama -- formerly this was done only with
image viewing
Tue May 25 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.4:
* the panorama function obtains lens focal length from the EXIF data if
available (lens distortion, if significant, is still a manual adjustment)
* the thumbnail image browser is faster, and a scroll bar was added as an
alternative to paging
* the maximum thumbnail size was doubled to 512x512
* an \"essentials\" section was added to the user guide, a very short
explanation of non-intuitive features, accessed from a toolbar button (for
those who hate large user guides)
Mon May 17 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.3.1:
* a Russian translation was added
* the Chinese translation was updated
* two shortcut keys were added:
+ T = Trim (Crop)
+ B = Brightness/Color tune
* the Grid Lines function was extended: separate x and y line counts,
independent of image size, held constant during interactive trim (crop)
function
* trim: width/height ratio can be inverted with a button
* minor bugfix: trim was not always holding the set width/height ratio
* minor bugfix: if panorama was started with a zoomed image, the image
displayed too small during the initial alignment stages
* bugfix: zoom + some edit functions caused a width/height distortion
* bugfix: print function: print resolution was increased from 72 to 300 dpi
- changes from 10.3:
* a German user guide was added (not yet complete)
* the fat GTK dialog completion buttons were replaced with thin ones to save
space
* Undo/Redo was made faster by using a saved image state instead of
re-executing the edit function
* Mass rename now has a status/progress window
* Focal length (35mm equivalent) was added to View EXIF Basic Data
* missing F1 context help was added to the White Balance function
* bugfix: Rename function was not keeping the original file date
* bugfix: two minor memory leaks were plugged
* bugfix: Delete EXIF Tag failed for filenames containing blanks
Mon May 3 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.2.1:
* a new GUI translation was added: Swedish/Svenska
Sat Apr 24 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.2:
* adds a few minor features and user interface improvements
* a history of edits made on an image is recorded under the EXIF key, Edit
Status
* the View EXIF function updates itself when a new file is opened in the
browser
* two new functions were added:
+ add or modify an EXIF key
+ delete a specific key or all EXIF data
* undo/redo was added to White Balance
* blend-width was added to the Tile function
* Tone Mapping was made about 30% faster for multi-core processors
* progress tracking was added to improve feedback for slow processors
* two minor bugs were fixed
Wed Apr 14 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.1.1:
* bugfix: crash on launch if saved state file was from a v.9 release
* bugfix: pano align image too small if starting from a zoomed image
* convert RAW files made 30% faster on multi-core processors; the gain is
limited because the ufraw program already uses multiple threads
Tue Apr 13 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.1:
* tone-mapping reacts live to the blend-width slider, the edit scale is
matched to the contrast range of the image and it is up to 50% faster
* the Brightness Ramp function now works within a select area
* buttons for setting popular aspect ratios were added to the Trim function
* the function busy indicator (clock cursor) was made more obvious
* changing the GUI language from within the GUI was simplified
Tue Apr 6 14:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 10.0:
* the EXIF key for user-defined tags was changed to be compatible with most
other (Windows) programs that also use tags; a conversion function is
provided that should be run before any new image editing is done; a warning
at startup is given; see menu: Help > README for details
* editing of thumbnails is now blocked to prevent thumbnails of thumbnails
from being created
* a small memory leak was fixed
Sat Mar 27 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.9:
* tone mapping gradient method was made easier to use and a little faster
* other tonemap functions were removed because the gradient method is
stronger and more flexible
* select area copy and paste was extended to allow areas to be saved as files
and opened later to paste into other images
* other minor fixes and interface improvements
Sun Mar 21 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.8:
* a gradient-based method of tone mapping was added, replacing a weaker
method
* the dependency on FreeImage was removed, which reduces the supported file
types to TIFF (1/8/16 bits), JPEG, and PNG
* a third sharpen method was added to amplify brightness gradients
* a minor bug was fixed: the F1 context help was not working for the select
area dialog
* the feature to select area outline color can now be toggled among red,
green, and black, whichever gives the best visibility
Sun Mar 7 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.7:
* new function to assign tags to many images at once
* new function to to rename many files at once
* selecting areas to edit was extended and simplified: multiple
areas can be selected with line drawing or object/color
clicking, and unselecting is also easier
* the paste area was made easier and faster
* curve editing no longer loses the cursor connection when nodes
are dragged at high speed
* two minor bugs were fixed
Mon Feb 22 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.6:
* tone mapping calculations are over ten times faster
* sharpen (unsharp mask) is over two times faster
* another tone mapping method was added
* in the gallery window, navigation to another folder was simplified
* two minor bugs were corrected
Tue Feb 2 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.5:
* unintended node creation from rapid mouse drags in curve edit
was stopped
* tonemap 2 was changed to use the full size image for
calculations, which is slower but better
* a new function, Tonemap 3, can enhance local contrast while
suppressing halo effects
* grid lines can be added to assist image alignment in unbend,
rotate, and warp
* HDR (2 images) was removed, since the new HDR (2-10 images)
made it redundant
* a bug in file save-as was fixed: a revised file type selection
was not always reflected in the dialog (but it functioned
correctly)
Tue Jan 19 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.4:
* images can now be printed using a conventional GTK dialog for
print setup and printing
* a bug in which killing a running function could cause later
malfunctions was fixed
Wed Jan 13 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.3:
* two new functions were added:
+ an image can be warped using affine transforms
+ brightness can be varied across the image to fix vignetting
and other problems with brightness uniformity
+ both functions are interactive with live feedback
* the initial blending of HDR images was improved
* rotate was made three times faster by using an affine transform
instead of trig functions
* the brightness histogram was given greater resolution and a new
x-axis scale
Fri Jan 1 13:00:00 2010 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.2:
* select area by color was made easier: an optional radius of
action was added to quickly incorporate excluded \"islands\" or
push-out area edges
* area edge calculation and blending was made into a separate
dialog
* the defog function was removed - it duplicated the functions of
the brightness and color saturation curves, and also the new
tone mapping functions produce better results
* for the Blur function, the minimum blur radius was reduced to
0.5 pixels, which is barely perceptible
* two bugs were fixed:
+ tone mapping with edge blending was causing some pure black
pixels to turn white
+ the edge of a mouse-selected area which also hugs an image
edge was not being omitted for the purporse of edge blending
Thu Dec 24 13:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.1:
* two varieties of tone mapping functions were added; these can
be used to enhance detail at all brightness levels and are
especially useful for retouching HDR composite images
* a bug was fixed in which sharpen via unsharp mask was ignoring
the threshold input
Sun Dec 13 13:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 9.0:
* the HDR function can now merge up to 10 images - the user can
manipulate the input image contributions to the composite
output image while viewing the live output image
* convert RAW Files - revised to allow selection of one or many
files using a standard file chooser dialog
* the Open RAW function was removed: use Convert RAW Files
instead and select a single file, which is then converted and
opened
* context help via F1 key was added to most dialogs - shows the
relevant section of the user guide in a popup window which runs
parallel
Sat Dec 5 13:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- updated translations for it, de, fr
Sun Nov 29 13:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.8:
* bug fix: tag search by date could omit the first date in a
range
* new edit function added: flip image vertically or horizontally
* edited files can now be saved as PNG in addition to JPEG and
TIFF-8/16
* select area by mouse: algorithm changed to improve visibility
of gaps
* select area edge calculation has been made over 10x faster for
large areas
* copy and paste area: a copied area can be resized and edge-
blended with the background image at the time it is pasted
Sat Nov 28 13:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.7:
* area selection using the mouse was extended:
user can switch back and forth among three methods:
+ connect lines from point to point using mouse clicks (as
before),
+ drag the mouse for freehand line drawing,
+ click/drag near an edge to follow the edge
* use right click to undo mistakes or right drag to erase lines
before re-drawing them
* color select: calculation of distances for edge blending is
faster (still too slow for large areas)
* new: copy a selected area from one image and paste anywhere in
another
Fri Nov 6 13:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.6.2:
* translations updates for Spanish and Galician
Sat Oct 24 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.6.1:
* area edit, blend width: notify user if edge calculation is missing
* ignore mouse click if mouse was moved between button down and button up
* bugfix: pano align, fix small image shift on the right side of the joint (v.8.6)
Mon Oct 12 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.6:
* add an automatic white balance function
* success rate for 1-click red-eye removal was raised from 47/54 test cases
to 52/54 (drag method is 100%% successful but needs more time and care)
* convience buttons were added to the HDR final adjustment dialog
* a Spanish translation was added for the User Guide \"quick guide\" section
* bugfix: image navigation could crash if presented with an empty folder
* bugfix: zoom-in followed by some edit functions caused the image to be
displayed with a false width/height ratio (cosmetic only - edit still
worked normally)
Wed Oct 7 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.5.2:
* bugfix: looping can occur in retouch function if colors are oversaturated
Wed Sep 30 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.5:
* new: select area by color
* new: disable selected area, leaving it available for re-use or re-edit
* panorama: better compensation for local scaling differences caused by a
horizon or rotation difference in the images being combined
* panorama: auto search for camera parameters made more robust
* reduce noise, new method added: flatten outliers based on ratio of mean
deviation to the standard deviation of neighboring pixels
* blend-width scale made non-linear for finer control of small values
* image gallery: open folder starts with parent of current directory
* bugfix: clone instance has English GUI instead of original language
Wed Sep 23 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.4.3:
* fix crash in unbend function
Mon Sep 14 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.4.1:
* GUI: an Italian translation was added
* four missing translation calls were fixed
* trim: faster and better user interface
Sun Sep 13 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.4:
* slide Show: add auto interval in addition to KB control
* change cursor to clock icon during long computations (improve user
feedback, especially for slow notebooks)
* trim: darken margins to remove for better visibility
* trim: allow fixed aspect ratio and change margins accordingly
* index tags and thumbnails: now works incrementally (much faster)
* bugfix: axis-lines were not erased after unbend function
* bugfix: Save-as file was not added to recent files list
Tue Sep 1 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.3:
* the Select Area function allows nodes to be inserted or moved anywhere
around the polygon
* the list of recent files is retained across sessions
* a new function to assist photo de-fogging was added
* detection of unsaved changes has been improved to reduce user nagging
* one significant bug and four minor bugs were fixed
Sun Aug 30 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.2.2:
* fix rotate +90 and +1
* fix trim crash (worked OK if done separately)
- changes from 8.2.1:
* bugfix: temp file left in /home/user/.fotoxx/
- changes from 8.2:
* save recent files list across sessions and improve user interface
* defog function added - reduce fog/haze in target image areas
- changes from 8.1:
* bugfix: saving a file to itself (same file) caused loss of EXIF data
+ bugfix: use of zoom+ would sometimes display a smaller image
+ corrected location of man page for install in user-owned directory
* improved pano auto-search for lens parameters
* tag edit: dating a series of images was made easier: [use last] button
* tag edit: allow date approximations, e.g. 2009 or 2009.08
* new convenience function: open file from list of 40 recent files
* the Chinese and French translations were updated
Mon Aug 3 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 8.0:
* standard man page added (thin, with reference to user guide)
* licence changed from GPL v2 to GPL v3
* warp Image algorithm improved - should be easier to get desired shapes
* new function: High Depth of Field (HDF): combine photos with near and far
focus into a composite image with both near and far objects in focus
(experimantal: basically works but needs improvement)
Sun Jul 26 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.8:
* pixel edit function was upgraded:
+ suspend/resume to free mouse for zoom or scroll
+ [undo last] button - remove error and continue editing
+ more flexible brush transparency controls for paint and erase
* catch segment fault, do traceback in popup window (even if GTK hosed)
* change math to avoid overflow and segfault for images >40 megapixels
- changes from 7.7.1:
* bug fix in panorama and HDR (can cause looping)
Wed Jul 22 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.7:
* trim function: slow dotted line drag was fixed
* following functions now use parallel threads for multi-core CPUs: sharpen
(unsharp mask, laplacian), denoise (all 3 methods), unbend
* pano and HDR have small speed improvements (28 and 14 percent)
* bugfix: view EXIF was broken for non-English locale
* Updated French translation
Sun Jul 19 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.6:
* updated Chinese translation
* added initial Czech translation
* the select area function was made easier to use. This function can now be
suspended and resumed using a button. This frees the mouse for zooming or
scrolling the image during the area selection process. Another button was
added to show or hide the area outline while image edit functions are being
applied to the area
Mon Jul 13 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.5:
* simulate painting now works within an outlined area
* the user may specify the minimum color match required to consolidate
smaller patches of color into larger ones
* drag a file (e.g. from Nautilus) onto a fotoxx window or desktop launcher
and the file will open in fotoxx
* dragging a text filespec also works
* scrolling around in an image that is zoomed to a huge size is much faster
(scroll bars are \"virtual\": drag the mouse across the window)
* view basic EXIF data (short output) or all data (long output)
* several other UI improvements and bugfixes were implemented
Tue Jul 7 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.4.2
Tue Jun 30 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.4.1
Sat Jun 27 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 7.3
Thu May 14 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 6.8:
* the Image Tune function has been extended, and color
intensity/saturation/balance may optionally depend on pixel brightness
(e.g., increased color for darker image areas only)
* a new function is available to pixelate an image or image area
* pixel editing functionality and the user interface have been improved
* an image can now be saved as a JPEG file with any quality/compression level
* the Spanish and Galician translations have been updated
* a significant bug and two minor bugs have been corrected
Mon May 11 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 6.7.3
Sun May 3 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 6.7
Tue Apr 7 14:00:00 2009 pascal.bleserAATTopensuse.org
- update to 6.4.2
Mon Mar 2 13:00:00 2009 guruAATTunixtech.be
- update to 6.1
