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0001 digiKam 2.6.0 - Release date: 2012-06-03 0002 0003 ***************************************************************************************************** 0004 NEW FEATURES: 0005 0006 General : Add support of Little CMS version 2. 0007 General : New tool to run all maintenance process in background. 0008 General : Lprof 3rd party library have been removed from core implementation. 0009 General : Thumbs/Preview for read-only files (as RAW) can be rotated through a flag in thumbnails database. 0010 General : Add a Progress Manager as into Kontact to drive process running in parallele. 0011 General : JPEGEngine tool is now disabled in digiKam. A dedicated solution is now implemented. 0012 in digiKam core to rotate/flip image using multithreading, parallelization, and image versioning. 0013 0014 ToolsInterface : Handle progress events from tools through digiKam Progress Manager. 0015 0016 ImageEditor : Template Superimpose feature have been moved to PhotoLayoutEditor. 0017 ImageEditor : New film color negative inverter filter. 0018 0019 RAWEngine : Add progress management support, and parallelization of tasks using ThreadWeaver. 0020 0021 DNGWriter : Add progress management support, and parallelization of tasks using ThreadWeaver. 0022 0023 RedEyesRemoval : Add progress management support, and parallelization of tasks using ThreadWeaver. 0024 0025 TimeAdjust : Add items listview support, progress management support, multithreading, and parallelization of tasks using ThreadWeaver. 0026 0027 SendByMail : Dialog Layout improvements, progress management support, and parallelization of tasks using ThreadWeaver. 0028 0029 PhotoLayoutEditor : Add SuperImpose Template support to compose fun frame, post-card, etc... template file use SVG format. 0030 0031 Panorama : Bugfix for binary detection on OSes different than Linux (fixes the same issue with expoblending). 0032 Bugfix for the back button of the assistant. 0033 First steps towards a cropping for target panorama. 0034 Parallelization of tasks using ThreadWeaver. 0035 0036 General : New tool to export items to ImageShack web service (http://imageshack.us). 0037 General : New tool to export items to MediaWiki web service (http://www.mediawiki.org). 0038 General : New tool to export items to Imgur web service (http://imgur.com). 0039 0040 ***************************************************************************************************** 0041 BUGFIXES: 0042 0043 001 ==> 286730 - digiKam crash when tagging faces. 0044 002 ==> 290496 - digikam-2.5.0 core fails to build. 0045 003 ==> 272980 - Crash while searching on a tag. 0046 004 ==> 290642 - Build failed with gcc-4.7.0 [patch]. 0047 005 ==> 287772 - Build failed against boost-1.48 [patch]. 0048 006 ==> 267777 - Versioning not working properly when saving changes in the image editor. 0049 007 ==> 290466 - MacPorts digiKam package fails to build. 0050 008 ==> 268262 - Editor: Color: Color Effects: Vivid - black areas become reddish. 0051 009 ==> 283491 - Caption/Tags tab: Active sub-tab not restored after restart [patch]. 0052 010 ==> 234067 - Annoying list of languages to select from when entering picture captions [patch]. 0053 011 ==> 277328 - Album Icon View Header linkable. 0054 012 ==> 290022 - Edit and Rotate in the Light Table open or change the wrong image. 0055 013 ==> 171823 - Add a non-permanent template superimpose option. 0056 014 ==> 103696 - Fit image into superimpose template. 0057 015 ==> 117343 - JJ: Border images - Christmas and other seasons templates wanted. 0058 016 ==> 103695 - Precise movement in superimpose template. 0059 017 ==> 289264 - Add option: "show thumbbar in full-screen picture preview". 0060 018 ==> 237452 - Tagging interface functionality lost. 0061 019 ==> 192055 - Typo digiKam tip of the day. 0062 020 ==> 284212 - Quick Collection and Progress Center as into KMail. 0063 021 ==> 137191 - I'd like to rotate only the thumbnail of an image (and not allow rotate raw image). 0064 022 ==> 286213 - digiKam allows RAW (ORF) photos to be rotated, but then fails. 0065 023 ==> 289222 - Rotate jpeg images isn't multithreaded. 0066 024 ==> 215770 - Png files can't be rotated without help of imagemagick. 0067 025 ==> 147968 - Some images are erroneously rotated. 0068 026 ==> 240146 - If I press rotate on the thumbnail of a photo an error occurs. 0069 027 ==> 257772 - Image rotate/flip does not work. 0070 028 ==> 233585 - Rotate image fails with digikam on Archlinux and pictures on NTFS. 0071 029 ==> 247947 - Images rotated with JPEGEngine are shifted. 0072 030 ==> 237808 - digiKam don't rotate JPEG images. 0073 031 ==> 207190 - Improve "rotate Image" overlay-buttons. 0074 032 ==> 212362 - Add support for instant rotate. 0075 033 ==> 232777 - Lost images, when they are rotated on (over-)full hd resp. partition. 0076 034 ==> 208504 - Add type icon to images under the thumbnail (patch). 0077 035 ==> 262183 - Rating in thumbbar view is broken. 0078 036 ==> 280044 - Thumbnails flicker. 0079 037 ==> 211757 - digiKam preview: next image with left arrow key. 0080 038 ==> 228869 - Rename image and overwriting existing messes up the thumbnail display. 0081 039 ==> 117301 - Thumbnails generation process running for visible thumbnails only, if it is sensible in order to avoid unnecessary waiting. 0082 040 ==> 292578 - Windows 7 prof. 32Bits, Context Menu not fully visible. 0083 041 ==> 292645 - Build fails at imageproperties/captionedit.cpp. 0084 042 ==> 275122 - Rotating a TIFF file wipes out its metadata. 0085 043 ==> 278909 - Create fingerprints during thumbnail generation. 0086 044 ==> 228314 - Timeline view in digiKam scroll's left but not right. 0087 045 ==> 293563 - digikam-2.6.0-beta1 build failed. 0088 046 ==> 293897 - Sony A350 (alpha 350) camera detected, but no import posible. 0089 047 ==> 237552 - Thumbnails generation process for selected images only. 0090 048 ==> 231777 - Scrolling in Albumview should be smoothed. 0091 049 ==> 282907 - No items are displayed when I enable 'Include Album Sub-Tree' in a folder containing one image and many folders. 0092 050 ==> 294458 - Std namespace issue in FacesEngine [patch]. 0093 051 ==> 286127 - Resize tool in digikam corrupt transparencies on png files. 0094 052 ==> 294423 - Build error under Solaris [patch]. 0095 053 ==> 286437 - "No flag" filter doesn't work. 0096 054 ==> 281877 - Redo same result as discard changes. 0097 055 ==> 294105 - Please support lcms2. 0098 056 ==> 294585 - Crash on facebook export. 0099 057 ==> 294995 - Delete photos and their management in the database Mysql. 0100 058 ==> 295104 - Sdt namespace ambiguity in BlurFilter [patch]. 0101 059 ==> 294884 - digiKam crash at startup (due to notification window). 0102 060 ==> 295294 - Startup reads far too many files. 0103 061 ==> 291921 - Geolocation: Severe rendering problems of map/satellite view. 0104 062 ==> 292316 - digiKam no thumbnail for .mov, .mp4 movies. 0105 063 ==> 233222 - Thumbnails displayed are from incorrect images. 0106 064 ==> 235733 - No possibility to cancel a delete file operation. 0107 065 ==> 267509 - Button to stop collection scan during startup. 0108 066 ==> 223232 - digiKam Does Not Detect the Color Profile in DCF Files. 0109 067 ==> 295340 - digiKam crashed while tagging faces. 0110 068 ==> 278927 - Not all files read. 0111 069 ==> 261879 - Ubuntu unity compatibility bugs: export menu disappeared. 0112 070 ==> 280426 - Exif data from jpegs deleted when using XML sidecars and adding keyword tags. 0113 071 ==> 282903 - Image corrupted after writing metadata due to sidecar XMP. 0114 072 ==> 264204 - Existing XMP sidecar file gets overwritten by digiKam. 0115 073 ==> 273565 - digiKam doesn't read EXIF if XMP sidecar file exists. 0116 074 ==> 296141 - Make digiKam compile on ARM. 0117 075 ==> 277618 - Metadata are incompletely imported from XMP sidecar and Tags are not created. 0118 076 ==> 220545 - Cannot write XMP sidecar files. 0119 077 ==> 279710 - Geo-location coordinates and metadata tags mutual exclusive in xmp sidecar file. 0120 078 ==> 289223 - XMP sidecars not written for M2TS and MTS video files. 0121 079 ==> 290816 - Preview mode shows portrait raws in horizontal when a third party app adds xmp files. 0122 080 ==> 273137 - Make XMP Side Car Files Hidden Or Use Separate Database To Store Them. 0123 081 ==> 252458 - Sort order in SlideShow. 0124 082 ==> 277370 - Unclear licensing for profiles/prophoto.icm and profiles/srgb-d65.icm. 0125 083 ==> 221985 - Update histogram before preview. 0126 084 ==> 208286 - Lock zoom when switching photos : add context menu in preview thumbbar. 0127 085 ==> 182110 - Geolocation tab : add "loc.alize.us" support to the more info web service link. 0128 086 ==> 216636 - Option to set parent album in Album -> New Album. 0129 087 ==> 287099 - digiKam crash when using facerecognition. 0130 088 ==> 151849 - Add Right-MouseButton-menu entry to exit fullscreen [patch]. 0131 089 ==> 251887 - Holding SHIFT in timeline to select range. 0132 090 ==> 289330 - Album file watch failing (QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine:addPaths: open: Too many open files in system). 0133 091 ==> 287267 - IptcCore tags are written incorrectly. 0134 092 ==> 298178 - Move photos dialog default button is Cancel, not Ok 0135 093 ==> 296798 - Crop selection not remembered. 0136 094 ==> 297970 - Wrong image deleted 0137 095 ==> 158766 - Using keyboard with timeline view. 0138 096 ==> 298491 - Typos in templatemanager.cpp. 0139 097 ==> 297490 - Copy tags when creating a new version. 0140 098 ==> 297804 - Saving an image loses portait orientation. 0141 099 ==> 298380 - Versioning settings active after digikam start even if versioning is switched off. 0142 100 ==> 288494 - Raw Images disappear after a batch conversion to Jpeg. 0143 101 ==> 274775 - "Find similar search" results are displayed when digiKam starts, although another album is selected. 0144 102 ==> 293500 - Photos disappear from albums after processing in the batch queue. 0145 103 ==> 290983 - digiKam crashes when selecting: Image - Geo-location option. 0146 104 ==> 297549 - digiKam crashes during batch raw converting. 0147 105 ==> 299886 - ShowFoto crash while saving PNG. 0148 106 ==> 289454 - Two faces tagged instead of one. 0149 107 ==> 300277 - digiKam crashed on exit after adding tags to several hundred photos. 0150 108 ==> 267579 - Keep scroll position don't remember the picture viewed but the viewed line number. 0151 109 ==> 295263 - When tagging, "Writing metadata to files" messages never clear from progress queue. 0152 110 ==> 300301 - Crash when applying comments and keywords on a set of jpeg. 0153 111 ==> 231598 - Metadata on Albums are lost when album moved from local collection to a network collection. 0154 112 ==> 257865 - Essential toolbar icons in size 32x32 are still in crystal style (oxygen style in all other sizes). 0155 113 ==> 295430 - Image in preview does not rotate when rotate button is clicked. 0156 114 ==> 300920 - Tags are stored multiple times. 0157 115 ==> 299598 - When I hit the import button digiKam flashes the name of the connected camera and then crashes. 0158 116 ==> 276920 - digiKam shows wrong file size in thumbnail info for files >2Gb. 0159 117 ==> 205824 - EXIF UserComments with special characters get tagged as ASCII. 0160 118 ==> 277206 - Problems exporting RAW (CR2) from editor : original file disappear from icon view. 0161 119 ==> 149269 - Thumbnails are square (HTML Export tool) [patch]. 0162 120 ==> 289283 - HTMLGallery: add keyboard navigation and image preloading to floating_cards theme [patch]. 0163 121 ==> 153249 - Photo arranging and printing tool. 0164 122 ==> 209721 - Search field in digikam's coordinates editor uses black text on black background. 0165 123 ==> 279182 - Batch resize fails possibly due to timestamp in filename. 0166 124 ==> 290932 - Up to date website. 0167 125 ==> 212785 - Cannot preserve rotation when exporting from raw to Facebook. 0168 126 ==> 291762 - Crash with export. 0169 127 ==> 286736 - PrintCreator: If you step through multiple images in crop image, it adds pages 0170 128 ==> 286735 - PrintCreator: Custom paper size isn't retained 0171 129 ==> 257636 - PrintCreator: add 35x45mm photo template for UK passports 0172 130 ==> 272336 - Picasaweb, album date -1. 0173 141 ==> 292537 - Dng tool segfaults. 0174 142 ==> 293301 - digiKam crashes when uploading to PicasaWeb. 0175 143 ==> 220798 - It is not possible to set the language in create calendar tool. 0176 144 ==> 293917 - Crash when exiting digikam. 0177 145 ==> 294133 - Expoblending cannot be compiled. 0178 146 ==> 233926 - New tool to export to Imageshack. 0179 147 ==> 294460 - Std namespace issue [patch]. 0180 148 ==> 294461 - Build failure in picasawebexport - QString ambiguity [patch]. 0181 149 ==> 294547 - The url in 'about' menu doesnt work. 0182 150 ==> 294751 - Unlisted dependancy (hugin). 0183 151 ==> 206842 - New tool to export to Wikimedia Commons. 0184 152 ==> 286018 - Pano Tool and ExpoBlend tool do not work on OS X [patch]. 0185 153 ==> 286633 - Unable to find cpfind executable, but cpfind is installed and availabe within the path. 0186 154 ==> 286382 - Panorama stitcher doesn't run and asks for autooptimizer despite hugin is installed. 0187 155 ==> 296579 - Adjust Date & Time: Wrong date format shown 0188 156 ==> 193874 - When changing dates, change date-based filename as well. 0189 157 ==> 268317 - "Determine from clock photo" dialog: Allow zooming with +/- or ctrl+mousewheel in the preview. 0190 158 ==> 208291 - Lock zoom when switching photos. 0191 159 ==> 279444 - Missing progress information when updating date on several images. 0192 160 ==> 134222 - Gallery2 export doesn't respect items selections. 0193 161 ==> 154699 - Current item in the gallery export list view should be shown in preview. 0194 162 ==> 207390 - Gallery export shows regular file dialog instead of tags or folders. 0195 163 ==> 220319 - Gallery2 Export tool not allowing Maximum Dimension > 999 px. 0196 164 ==> 292268 - Coordinates into LineString not correct. 0197 165 ==> 268315 - xx MB field below "Mail program": Function unclear. 0198 166 ==> 220221 - Batch processing preview shows only the corner of images. 0199 167 ==> 294455 - Batch process preview doesn't show a preview. 0200 168 ==> 298118 - Crash when open Geo-location dialog. 0201 169 ==> 163991 - Import images from Picasa WebAlbum. 0202 170 ==> 285070 - Change Date and Time dialog should warn when no tag to change is selected. 0203 171 ==> 143886 - Replace add and substract in "adjust time and date" menu with positive/negative times. 0204 172 ==> 296776 - Crash while trying to send pictures via default email software (). 0205 173 ==> 299071 - digiKam crashed on export of one image to picasaweb. 0206 174 ==> 288462 - Issues building with highgui [patch]. 0207 175 ==> 299952 - Crash when closing ExpoBlending tool. 0208 176 ==> 224893 - New tool to export to Imgur. 0209 177 ==> 301027 - Fix fail to build on MIPS.