GTKRawGallery changelog


version 0.9.61
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+ GTK UI was ported to the GTKBuilder format. Libglade no long required;
+ Message Dialogs were created at runtime;
+ liblcms was included in the package to permit the Profile Inspector to work on systems with lcms2 installed too;
+ Splash screen progressbar;
+ New "Reset Workflow" toolbutton;
+ New Print toolbutton on development window and ability to print a modified raw image directly; 
+ Protection from undecodable image errors;
+ New "Sort by size" gallery option;
+ New square thumbnail option;
+ Fast thumbnail loading on Mail client and Burner;
+ Burn is disabled when no device found;
+ Fix some deadlocks on Curve tool (requires feedbacks); 
+ Fix "Invalid Text Buffer Iterator" bug on ErrorLog class;
+ Fix random segmentation fault on gallery loading;
+ Fix not working autosave in save_workflow method;
+ Fix some portability issues;
+ Fix some code not thread-safe;



version 0.9.6    2010-09-26
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+ Color Management based on ICC profile;
+ Basic ICC profile inspector;
+ Ports to Python 2.6 (2.5 no long supported!);
+ PIL is deprecated! Added a check for numpy support on pygtk in order to replace PIL on Magickwand to GDKPixbuf transformation
  with increased performance. It also permits to eliminate the dependence from PIL;
+ Gettext support;
+ Provided messages.pot file for translators (read TRANSLATORS file for more information);
+ Adds support for .bay, .bmq, .cs1, .dc2, .fff, .k25, .mos, .rdc, .sr2 and .rw2 raw formats;
+ Checks for dcraw lcms support;
+ Updated Pythonmagickwand and removed max version block;
+ Possibility to send photos by mail;
+ Possibility to store photos on CD/DVD (requires cdrtools);
+ Possibility to rename multiple files with pattern;
+ Print support;
+ Exif, iptc and xmp metadata write support;
+ New Tag Manager design with advanced metadata editor and custom templates;
+ New "Clear keywords" button was added to the Tag Manager;
+ Tag Manager multilanguage support;
+ Tag Manager was switched to the main thread;
+ Metadata informations were separated by group and customizable "Favorites" tab was added; 
+ Some shortcuts were changed;
+ Smaller thumbnail size option provided;
+ More image effects (charcoal, sketch, tint, posterize, spread, negate, radial blur, motion blur, adaptive blur);
+ Curves;
+ White balance;
+ Color temperature adjustment;
+ White balance preset editor!
+ Auto white balance presets (looks for presets stored on metadata);
+ Synchronize database tool can recognize keywords stored as list type by Exiftool;
+ Improved cache control;
+ New About dialog;
+ Faster Directory Tree. It was rewritten for best performance;
+ Error Log dialog allowing to read debugging information;
+ Removed Exif tab on settings dialog;
+ Removed Fontchooser on settings dialog to avoid display issues with font's unsupported characters;
+ GIO File Monitor for directory tree auto-updating;
+ Exiftool interface was rewritten using the more convenient JSON format;
+ Faster Synchronize database tool;
+ Batch manager improvements;
+ Batch queue , settings, albums and templates are stored as soon as modified to save them from improvvise crashes;
+ New "sort by date" gallery option;
+ Improved dependencies control;
+ Statistics were moved near histogram;
+ Added progressbar during raw extraction;
+ Added uninstall-gtkrawgallery launcher;
+ Added Disconnect togglebutton on dcraw GUI;
+ Added Rotation option on dcraw GUI;
+ "Default Colors" button on preferences now restores rc style colors;
+ Fast gallery refresh when reducing thumbnail size, on delete, move functions and layout switching; 
+ Other GUI improvements;
+ Copy and Move functions were protected from insufficient disk space error;
+ Fix the issue of different behaviour with some image effects between scaled and full sized image; 
+ Fix a bug on X3F and DNG files with embedded thumbnails as .ppm format;
+ Fix a functional error on synchronize database tool;
+ Fix a bug on slideshow background color;
+ Fix a bug on layout 3 image label updating;
+ Fix selection delay;
+ Fix desktop file errors;
+ Fix loss of keywords when album is renamed;
+ Fix save button's sensitivity setting on image effects;
+ Fix wrong image size on statusbar with some raw formats; 


version 0.9.5	2009-07-18
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+ Updated to dcraw 8.94 new 16 bit with gamma option permitting to start the workflow from a gamma corrected 16 bit depth image (thank you Mr. Coffin!);
+ Setted 16 bit depth as default;
+ Red eye removal;
+ Lens distortion correction;
+ Oil Paint effect;
+ Speckle noise reduction;
+ Shadows/Highlights correction;
+ Updated loader.py (renamed gtkrg_loader.py) to load DrawingWand;
+ Updated setup.py to first remove old data files;
+ Updated Pythonmagickwand to Imagemagick 6.5.4
+ Removed deprecated from Pythonmagickwand;
+ Added DrawingWand wrapper and other needed functions to Pythonmagickwand;
+ Fixed inverted size for rotated images on scale function;
+ Fixed "ImportError" for loader.py module due to the sys.prefix "bug";
+ Fixed a bug on tag manager due to the missing selection control;
+ Fixed a bug in add_missed_tags function;

version 0.9.4 	2009-06-07
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+ Standard setup provided;
+ Uninstaller provided;
+ Command line access;
+ Sox dependence now is optional;
+ Added a GUI written with Tkinter to report missing dependencies;
+ Added library version control;
+ Added gamma correction to Dcraw GUI;
+ Added Median filter to Dcraw GUI (A slow function that can be an effective remedy against iso-noise); 
+ New multi-threaded thumbnail generator for faster gallery loading;
+ Possibility to open files and folders dropped from window manager;
+ Desktop Entry specification compatibility permits to right click a file and open with/gtkrawgallery,
  and associating raw images as all common image formats to be opened with GTKRawGallery;
+ New Sqlite3 dependence;
+ Album preview autorotation;
+ Fast tag search with database support;
+ Synchronize database tool (see README);
+ Metadata writing now is optional;
+ New "Write metadata" button on tag panel;
+ Metadata processing was switched to a separate thread
  and progressbar window can be minimized;
+ "Clear database" button was added to the configuration dialog;
+ Image tags were added on thumbnail tooltip;
+ Keywords tag was added to exif list;
+ Sorted directory tree;
+ Hidden folders access;
+ Updated Pythonmagickwand to Imagemagick 6.5.3
+ Thumbnail quality was improved;
+ Smoother crop selection (rewritten with cairo);
+ thumbnails loading was switched to a separate thread to unblock details window;
+ Opening folder or album during gallery loading was unblocked;
+ Image zooming was unabled also in not full size workflow mode;
+ Temporary directories were made into the system /tmp folder;
+ Settings database was stored into the /home/$user/.GTKRawGallery directory;
+ Fixed "trembling" bug on image dragging;
+ Fixed a bug on grep_image_size function;
+ Fixed a bug on rename function when overwrite dialog is called;
+ Fixed "NULL size bug" on scale function;
+ Fixed autorotation bug when "cache thumbnail" option was unchecked;
+ Added thumbnail modification control on thumbnail generator;
+ Delete function was rewritten to avoid gallery reloading on layout 3
  and quickly deleting wrong photos;
+ New "delete" button was added on details window;
+ The "remove from album" menuitems were removed and unified with "delete" function;
+ Added shortcuts;
+ Removed Fullscreen and Slideshow toolbuttons from details window;
+ Smoother slideshow's fading transition;
+ Details window shrinkage was unblocked for TwinView video mode;
+ "wand2pixbuf" function was improved;
+ Added exception handlers where needed;
+ Exiftool warning report;
+ Many code optimizations and fixes;


version 0.9.3	2008-10-21
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Updated PythonMagickWand to newer Imagemagick versions;

version 0.9.2	2008-10-21
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Updated PythonMagickWand to newer Imagemagick versions;

version 0.9.1	2008-10-18
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Fixed tollbutton sensitivity bug on main window;

version 0.9	2008-10-15
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o New detailed and full featured Dcraw GUI with fine controls and automatic preview;                                               
o Image histogram: a very important tool on digital photography;
o Color enhance tools;
o Image effects and transform tools;
o New Imagemagick dependence to permit a non destructive workflow;
o Splash screen;
o Batch Processor;
o Tagging;
o New over and under-exposed pixels buttons was added;
o Preserved metadata on "save_as_png" function;
o Useful "move", "copy", "rename" and "delete" functions was added to the browser;
o Detailed thumbnail tooltip;
o Thumbnail caching was optimized;
o Image handling with left mouse button;
o Automatic thumbnails scrolling on layouts 3 and 4;
o Zoom percentage on statusbar;
o Fixed "Open with Gimp" function bug;
o Fixed "dcraw options" function bug;
o Fixed "raw image dimensions" bug on statusbar and exif panel;
o Fixed "clear cache" bug;
o Autorotation code was optimized;

version 0.6	2008-01-07
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o Deleted PIL dependence porting to gtk+ 2.10
o Thumbnails cache costumizable;
o Added a new layout;
o Added thumbnail border costumizable;
o Added a fading transition in the slideshow;
o Background player in the slideshow;
o Album preview costumizable on left panel;
o Total size calculus;
o Cache level calculus;
o Automatic columns number calculus;
o Sorted folders on directory tree with autoexpansion at the last visited path;
o New Default colors button;
o New "Raw Preview" buttons on "Save As" dialog and Details window;
o New "Save as" and "Exit" buttons on Details window;
o New "Default Settings" button on Options dialog;
o New toolbar buttons;
o Fixed "Cannot rotate 48bit images" bug porting to gtk+ 2.10;
o Added input control in some dialogs; 

version 0.5.1	2007-10-31
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o Added Sorting function;
o Selection color costumizable;
o Fixed "Memory leak" bug;
o Fixed "Collapse Rows function" bug;

version 0.5	2007-10-28
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o Changed gallery implementation to make raw thumbnails singly without preprocessing them all together,
  that permits to enjoy immediately your photos!
o The "Open with" function was switched in a new thread for non-blocking work;
o Now you can browse raws inside directorys without write permission;
o Added a cache system for pixbuf loading improvement on detailed window and fullscreen mode;
o Preserved all metadatas recognized by Exiftool in the Conversion and "Save as" functions;
o Image Autoresizing on detailed window;
o New "Full Exif List" and "Hide Exif" buttons on detailed window;
o New "Open With" button on detailed window;
o Gallery, thumbnails label and treeviews colors costumizable;
o Costumizable thumbnails label font;
o New gallery view mode buttons;

version 0.4	2007-10-04
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o Improved batch conversion code: thanks to Multi-Thread approach,
  now you can browse your photos with non-blocking batch conversion in background;
o Rewrited exif parser with Exiftool only support for best compatibility with raw files and best performance;
o More complete exif data list;
o Added progressbar on "Save as" function;
o Customizable columns number of the gallery with new buttons on the main window;
o Added hotkeys on Full-screen mode view;
o Fixed "Beep doesn't sound on Xfce4" bug;
o Fixed "Cannot convert 48 bit tiff images" bug;
o Fixed "Exif IsoSpeed data not displayed on NEF raw files"
o Fixed some Dialogs' response bugs;

version 0.3	2007-08-20
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o New "Save as" feature with exif data preserved;
o New "Convert" feature for batch conversion of multiple selection;
o New "Slideshow" button on main window;
o Code optimization;
o Graphic interface optimization;
o Fixed "Custom toolbar icons not showed" bug;
o Fixed other bugs

version 0.2.2	2007-08-01
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o Fix some bugs;

version 0.2.1	2007-07-31
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o Fix some bugs;

version 0.2	2007-07-29
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o Completely rewritten functions for raw files management.
  Now, you can quickly display your raw gallery and storage
  your photo collection thanks to the new album manager;
o Thumbnail autorotation;
o New "Open with.." menuitem to open images with Gimp or other
  editing tool;
o Best usability with "New Album" button on "Add Selection" dialog;
o Customizable album directory;
o Added "Remember last visited path" option;
o Several code optimizations;
o Fix known bugs;

version 0.1	2007-06-27
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First version.
