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 digiKam 7.1.0 - Release date: 2020-09-06
 
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 NEW FEATURES:
 
 QueueManager: Add new tool to fix hot pixels from images.
 QueueManager: Add new tool to apply texture over images.
 Metadata:     Better Exif and XMP metadata support with CR3 file using libraw info parser.
 Metadata:     Add support of IPTC strings encoded as UTF-8 imported to the database.
 
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 BUGFIXES:
 
 001 ==> 421043 - Faces Detection crashes digiKam.
 002 ==> 363599 - Media File ctime Changes Even When Only Writing To XMP Sidecar File.
 003 ==> 412578 - Manual geotagging is difficult and time-consuming.
 004 ==> 424365 - Bad selected folder when adding photos to export.
 005 ==> 424482 - Album view crashes creating thumbnails.
 006 ==> 424463 - Incorrect face thumbnail.
 007 ==> 424540 - Option "regular expression" does not work.
 008 ==> 424501 - Right click >> Open in File Manager does not work.
 009 ==> 424553 - Authenticating to Flickr does not work.
 010 ==> 422078 - Album creation date is modification date of the folder.
 011 ==> 409685 - ImageEditor can only be invoked once.
 012 ==> 411723 - Trying to edit the date of a video kills digiKam.
 013 ==> 412022 - Editor not show images.
 014 ==> 412417 - digiKam fails to start - update fails.
 015 ==> 412590 - New files are not showing in album.
 016 ==> 412917 - On macOS Mojave image editor opens without toolbars.
 017 ==> 413242 - Image editor launches only once on Kubuntu 19.10.
 018 ==> 413464 - Crash in Windows 10 when 'browsing' images before initial 'import' complete.
 019 ==> 413508 - digiKam crashed.
 020 ==> 414186 - digiKam crashes when loading pictures from pCloudDrive.
 021 ==> 415103 - "Preview on mouse-over" setting is not saved.
 022 ==> 415783 - Rejected face keep coming up as faces when detected faces again.
 023 ==> 415873 - Database Path wrong after adaption (/ instead of \).
 024 ==> 416180 - Number of "new items" not updated after face recognition.
 025 ==> 416560 - Crash on adding a smb folder.
 026 ==> 417330 - It is impossible to move an album to a collection or album not visible in the albums list.
 027 ==> 417738 - Cannot rename album.
 028 ==> 418337 - Crash after resume.
 029 ==> 419316 - digiKam displays "Lens: unavailable" for all lenses used on Canon EOS M6 Mark II camera.
 030 ==> 419555 - Image editor is not displayed when opened after editing an image.
 031 ==> 419847 - If user/group opens digiKam without write access to databases, system will hang with high CPU and write attempts.
 032 ==> 420401 - Face region bounding boxes are in wrong location if photo Orientation != Horizontal.
 033 ==> 420403 - Delete does not always move all files to trash.
 034 ==> 420510 - Metadata / Views settings not applied correctly?
 035 ==> 420667 - Portrait SX70HS RAW files have wrong orientation.
 036 ==> 420923 - Nor auto-scroll either children album expansion is possible while drag and drop photos to the album tree.
 037 ==> 421674 - digiKam 7.0.0 beta 3 macOS startup very slow.
 038 ==> 422112 - XMP file moves end up as inconsistent if an xmp file already exists at destination.
 039 ==> 423146 - Fonts Too Large with Laptop Screen after New Install.
 040 ==> 423722 - uninstallation will delete all files under installation directory.
 041 ==> 190315 - 23hq.com service not work.
 042 ==> 308243 - Inconsistent reset behaviour within curve tools.
 043 ==> 380966 - Copy and paste text in comment field.
 044 ==> 396382 - Editor window empty.
 045 ==> 396740 - Empty image editor after closing and re-opening.
 046 ==> 396913 - Crashing when changing the timestamp for exif creation in bulk.
 047 ==> 399705 - cannot copy coordinates from map.
 048 ==> 400926 - Reverse Geocoding gives no results.
 049 ==> 400938 - Light table: Empty window when opened again.
 050 ==> 400962 - Image editor doesn't display the image.
 051 ==> 402754 - Light Table pops up empty second time it has been activated from digiKam.
 052 ==> 403207 - Image editor shows white screen.
 053 ==> 403233 - Geolocation-Editor does not work.
 054 ==> 403238 - digiKam Editor Blank Screen for 2nd image opening in same session.
 056 ==> 404495 - Message 'Google Maps cannot be loaded properly'.
 057 ==> 406675 - Failed to update the database schema from version 9 to version 10.
 058 ==> 424668 - Advanced Search finds all cameras of a similar model depending on search order.
 059 ==> 424666 - Windows de-install deletes shortcuts.
 060 ==> 314386 - digiKam crashes on startup with large collections.
 061 ==> 382366 - Dark theme: dark icons on dark background.
 062 ==> 382630 - digiKam segfaults at start.
 063 ==> 384200 - digiKam segfault when changing image metadata in bulk.
 064 ==> 385507 - digiKam crash at startup.
 065 ==> 385844 - Showfoto crashed on close.
 066 ==> 386322 - digiKam crashed on opening.
 067 ==> 387515 - Crash on start-up.
 068 ==> 388447 - Context menu in map is inactive.
 069 ==> 389047 - Make previous/next buttons work when opening a single Photo.
 070 ==> 390359 - Landscape crop size is not remembered like portrait crop size.
 071 ==> 393539 - Wishlist: Option to save rotation information (pixel, EXIF-flag) to the file always, instead of sidecar.
 072 ==> 393838 - Right click on map doesn't offer "copy coordinates".
 073 ==> 267553 - SETUP : Starting digikam with "--database-directory" prompts for new database folder after any configuration change.
 074 ==> 365098 - Crash when sorting on import window.
 075 ==> 365123 - Crash on export to Facebook.
 076 ==> 374397 - Wrong Map icon (32px).
 077 ==> 374432 - digiKam Incorrectly Reports Free Disk Space; off by 1000x.
 078 ==> 374472 - Crash on Import after going into shell.
 079 ==> 374560 - Lens Model and Make are not displayed anymore.
 080 ==> 374988 - digiKam-root-tag.
 081 ==> 375910 - Crash when Opening Geolocation Editor.
 082 ==> 377248 - Wrong space reported in tooltip during import.
 083 ==> 378116 - Themes icon washout.
 084 ==> 378724 - digiKam - Direct crash when rotate left is choosed.
 085 ==> 379511 - Introduce additional sidecar types and fix bug in mime setup [patch].
 086 ==> 380261 - digiKam crash when click on button "add a collection".
 087 ==> 380395 - digiKam crask after startup.
 088 ==> 351260 - Crash with sqlite backend.
 089 ==> 351261 - Crashing by tagging.
 090 ==> 351374 - Crashed while scanning.
 091 ==> 351400 - digiKam crash when tagging.
 092 ==> 352174 - Crash when choosing an icon for a new tag.
 093 ==> 352313 - digiKam crashes when using page up or page down to switch between pictures every third to Fifth time.
 094 ==> 353131 - HUGIN error "pto2mk" mising with digiKam 13.0 AND "component information" lacks information of HUGIN's components.
 095 ==> 353236 - digiKam dies after tagging multiple files.
 096 ==> 353456 - Picture taken with camera with GPS off -> appears as geolocalised.
 097 ==> 353457 - Panorama tool does not work anymore after updating Hugin to Hugin 2015.
 098 ==> 354725 - Panorama reports missing component with hugin 2015.
 099 ==> 354874 - digiKam crashes during batch-rename.
 100 ==> 355154 - Crash on while exporting.
 101 ==> 355745 - Crash on Export to social network.
 102 ==> 355903 - digiKam crashes when saving modified pictures.
 103 ==> 355950 - Crash on changing metadata.
 104 ==> 356229 - Batch manager can't import curve file.
 105 ==> 356282 - digiKam stop to export photo.
 106 ==> 356598 - Change folder view.
 107 ==> 357078 - Tool tips unreadable due to bad contrast of font against background box.
 108 ==> 357149 - digiKam crashes while writing Exif metadata.
 109 ==> 357340 - digiKam crashes when modifying picture.
 110 ==> 357421 - Crashes using Image Editor.
 111 ==> 358356 - digiKam collapsed.
 112 ==> 358488 - digiKam crashed after tag.
 113 ==> 358829 - digiKam crash when clicking on thumbnail.
 114 ==> 359540 - digiKam crash.
 115 ==> 359674 - Showfoto - EditorWindow-Et2833.digikamtempfile.
 116 ==> 359977 - The sudden closure of digiKam when browsing directories.
 117 ==> 360665 - digiKam crashed.
 118 ==> 361310 - digiKam crashes when using align_image_stack.
 119 ==> 361523 - Nikon Coolpix P610: "Failed to detect camera with GPhoto2 from Solid information".
 120 ==> 363736 - Crash when changing folders.
 121 ==> 364153 - Crash during geotagging (repeatable 100%).
 122 ==> 364635 - digiKam crashes on startup.
 123 ==> 424688 - Ignore Directories not working (Win10 64bit).
 124 ==> 424758 - Face Tags on Samsung photos are rotated 180 degrees.
 125 ==> 347937 - SETUP : Collections added as "Removable Media" change as "Local Collections".
 126 ==> 416266 - digiKam crashes during face detection.
 127 ==> 403073 - Can't remove a removable media when digiKam run.
 128 ==> 414737 - digiKam becomes unresponsive when clicking on NFS-mounted photos.
 129 ==> 364231 - Support JPEG2000 using OpenJPEG to replace LibJasper.
 130 ==> 397718 - String comparison type field - meaning is unclear.
 131 ==> 410438 - No access to attached Storage device.
 132 ==> 417140 - Map panel shows white rectangle when using Google Maps.
 133 ==> 423312 - Qt 5.15.0 compilation warnings trace.
 134 ==> 422495 - Can't register more than one IPTC keyword.
 135 ==> 422124 - Manage manually versions.
 136 ==> 412591 - New unwanted window opens with map tab.
 137 ==> 405764 - Albums disappear when "sshfs - transport endpoint is not connected".
 138 ==> 399148 - digiKam sometimes crashes when writing metadata (Tags or Geo coordinates).
 139 ==> 378971 - Incorrect handling of DateTimeOriginal tags when editing NEF (Nikon RAW).
 140 ==> 424691 - Thumbnails not showing for face tags.
 141 ==> 419079 - Star rating on TIFF images destroys the image.
 142 ==> 401459 - Turning and cutting in one step.
 143 ==> 396995 - Colorize Captions/tags and Filter Tags from right panels to differentiate views.
 144 ==> 406584 - digiKam crashes after scanning for new items.
 145 ==> 400552 - Marking multiple pictures.
 146 ==> 405856 - Misplaced selection.
 147 ==> 382706 - Assigning tag to NEF-file results in crash + config disappearing.
 148 ==> 406979 - Specific PNG crashes digiKam.
 149 ==> 408592 - "Broken PNG Image" cause digiKam to crash under Windows 64 bit.
 150 ==> 411763 - When I enter in "Tags" tab in "No tags" mode, the program is crashing every time.
 151 ==> 372762 - List of face tags are not sorted by recently uses.
 152 ==> 380403 - License of plugins interface.
 153 ==> 374686 - HTML Gallery tool must support modern HTML5 tags.
 154 ==> 378393 - Rename LUT3D.
 155 ==> 412374 - KRA (Krita) files thumbnails not rendered.
 156 ==> 374161 - Color management options not visible in simple print dialog.
 157 ==> 375572 - Don't keep the splash screen always on top while launching.
 158 ==> 404899 - File transfer tool error without processing items.
 159 ==> 403050 - Export to remote storage does not work.
 160 ==> 397856 - Export to remote storage: transfer not done.
 161 ==> 413905 - Some icon / picture are not displayed in maps but picture have GPS data.
 162 ==> 353458 - Some pictures have geolocalisation data, but the «geolocalised» tag is not attached.
 163 ==> 372568 - Krita (.kra) thumbnails are not showed.
 164 ==> 219403 - Create calendar pdf output takes hours.
 165 ==> 398195 - "Ignored folders" are not saved.
 166 ==> 329464 - Add automatic pic "repairs" (dust, fusels).
 167 ==> 411014 - Thumbnail Support for AFPHOTO files.
 168 ==> 389194 - New file types for digiKam
 169 ==> 114272 - Calendar information from Akonady as source for geolocation.
 170 ==> 371635 - Unable to use keyboard only to process imported photos.
 171 ==> 374012 - Binary "Exif.Photo.UserComment" converted to "METADATA-START" caption at import.
 172 ==> 422240 - Description caption appears as "binary comment".
 173 ==> 424934 - Making an album a part of itself will fill the hard-drive with copies of itself.
 174 ==> 372041 - "Add Folders" attempts to import parent directory AND target dir.
 175 ==> 262403 - BQM DNG tool : Add Aptina Camera Sensors support.
 176 ==> 386591 - Cannot save changes in geolocation coordinates to .RW2 RAW files from a Panasonic FZ300 camera.
 177 ==> 393449 - Failure to build from source (CMake error).
 178 ==> 387004 - Rename on import is inconsistent jpg to raw.
 179 ==> 377739 - index.docbook:13: element link: validity error : IDREF attribute linkend references an unknownID "using-mainwindow-mapview".
 180 ==> 377597 - digiKam 5.5 fails to build @ docs/sv.
 181 ==> 301543 - Support for .ora and .kra file format in digiKam (at least read only).
 182 ==> 388116 - Add possibility to switch with the mouse between images in preview mode.
 183 ==> 217494 - Separate export to File-System with remote and local sections.
 184 ==> 404613 - Docs are missing.
 185 ==> 395141 - Map does not show location if picture is selected before opening map.
 186 ==> 389620 - Right panel - Map - Image location isn't shown properly on the map until user switches to previous/next image.
 187 ==> 319492 - Scan of new items seems to ignore or badly interpret jpeg EXIF information.
 188 ==> 275571 - Export light table selection.
 189 ==> 389274 - Export selected Images to a local folder.
 190 ==> 378066 - Export to remote folder does not work.
 191 ==> 373820 - Export to Remote Storage tool does not work on non-linux systems.
 192 ==> 377249 - Moving a photo to album in different collection deletes its folder.
 193 ==> 425085 - Export to flickr dialog only allows a single file to be selected.
 194 ==> 397334 - digiKam crashes after deleting unused tags.
 195 ==> 425100 - No photos show up when selecting a face tag in "People" panel.
 196 ==> 388707 - Add Hot pixel removal in Batch Queue Manager Workflow.
 197 ==> 425122 - ShowFoto can open .heic files but is not offered in Dolphin context menu.
 198 ==> 224241 - Film grain effect is not realistic.
 199 ==> 273754 - Unintuitive change of image resolution.
 200 ==> 286276 - Use .thm file as sidecar files for video files.
 201 ==> 424605 - Cannot use Image Mosaic Wall on Windows.
 202 ==> 425150 - Option to filter images by orientation, resolution, ISO.
 203 ==> 425138 - Unable to add local collection.
 204 ==> 424786 - Scroll Bars cover up sort icons.
 205 ==> 159477 - "Robust metadata support", "Exception resistance", "Versioning", "Outside Program Interference".
 206 ==> 425193 - panorama tool seems to miss components to run.
 207 ==> 375560 - interruptable BQM.
 208 ==> 425237 - No way to show back the hidden menu bar.
 209 ==> 425220 - LightTable "put into bin" function deletes pictures unrecoverable.
 210 ==> 374379 - After drag-n-dropping photos the view shifts to far down.
 211 ==> 425223 - Typo on Maintenance panel for processors.
 212 ==> 416757 - Tags incorrectly displayed when deleted from Edit Metadata / IPTC.
 213 ==> 425308 - Show always currently displayed folder in light table.
 214 ==> 150584 - Calendar, Borders, and Texture not working.
 215 ==> 425329 - Tags in Tags tab, and keywords in Metadata, don't match.
 216 ==> 418829 - Thumbnails of moved images not visible.
 217 ==> 425423 - White screen at beginning of Presentation should be avoided.
 218 ==> 425424 - Allow seting max resolution for export to filesystems.
 219 ==> 425448 - Cannot switch input text in different languages.
 220 ==> 425432 - Year separated with dot in title over icons when month selected.
 221 ==> 425425 - No shortcuts available for Slideshow entries anymore in Configure Keyboard Shortcuts.
 222 ==> 388680 - Untranslatable " (auto-detected)" in camera name.
 223 ==> 425644 - Various Observations Regarding Image Viewing.
 224 ==> 424860 - No EXIF display on CR3 images.
 225 ==> 425824 - PayPal donation links are not displayed.
 226 ==> 425879 - Import: view -> sort order sorts only oldest day.
 227 ==> 379050 - Umlauts and accented characters in IPTC metadata not correct.
 228 ==> 379581 - Unicode support to IPTC metadata is not consistent on the UI.
 229 ==> 304187 - XMP sidecar files do not write Unicode characters in the Dublin Core section.
 230 ==> 132244 - Special Chars in Keywords decode wrong in IPTC.
 231 ==> 155733 - Make it possible to write/read unicode (or UTF-8) in IPTC metadata.
 232 ==> 199148 - Iptc ascii versus unicode problem.
 233 ==> 324329 - IPTC encoding problem with non English language.
 234 ==> 425877 - FAQ hopelessly outdated.
 235 ==> 370558 - Please allow Unicode input to IPTC tags.
 236 ==> 306822 - digiKam does not geo-information into metadata.
 237 ==> 366406 - Does not write metadata to ORF.
 238 ==> 319735 - HUB: add an option to save geo-location information in image metadata.
 239 ==> 321624 - HUB: add a new option to store GPS data only in database.
 240 ==> 425884 - GPS Processing Method: "charset=Ascii" to remove.
 241 ==> 341307 - digiKam crashing on startup.
 242 ==> 339325 - digiKam crashes on startup.
 243 ==> 269792 - Write metadata to image doesn't save Geotags.
 244 ==> 158713 - Deleted tag is not removed from IPTC keyword data.
 245 ==> 145914 - Exif and Iptc metadata together.
 246 ==> 234889 - Updates of Metadata on filesystem is incredible slow.
 247 ==> 311137 - Preview missing in metadata editor if opened for lots of images.
 248 ==> 281784 - Handle sidecar files from digikam, ufraw, darktable, etc as one file when moving/copying/renaming.
 249 ==> 300446 - Reread Metadata from jpg's.
 250 ==> 093468 - Show Exif creation date under thumbnail.
 251 ==> 339309 - digiKam crashed when closing.
 252 ==> 279403 - Saving Geotagging info fails.
 253 ==> 164440 - Allow to choose between googlemaps and openstreetmap for geotagging.
 254 ==> 286133 - digiKam crashed writing geo tags.
 255 ==> 195508 - HUB : Syncing IPTC with UTF-8 characters from XMP after conversion to printable ASCII.
 256 ==> 375980 - Core dump when adding two keywords to an image that only differ in capitalization.
 257 ==> 339898 - digiKam crashes after importing images.
 258 ==> 240957 - digiKam crash.
 259 ==> 238623 - digiKam crash on deleting picture.
 260 ==> 145497 - Crash when opening first folder.
 261 ==> 420195 - No support for UTF16 characters under Windows.
 262 ==> 166557 - Crash on manual insertation of new photos.
 263 ==> 190045 - digiKam crashes on startup.
 264 ==> 132363 - Support for BOTH "jpgComment" and "jpgUser comment" EXIF data.
 265 ==> 190034 - Crash on startup (importing database).
 266 ==> 207955 - digiKam crash database Exiv2
 267 ==> 192024 - Smart sidecard files handling.
 268 ==> 189993 - Filescanner can't handle big collections.
 269 ==> 203967 - digiKam crashed when importing pictures.
 270 ==> 249302 - GROUP : writing metadata to grouped photos not only first one.
 271 ==> 222401 - Write only changed metadata to file using single button or on exit.
 272 ==> 247100 - Crash in Exiv2.
 273 ==> 286641 - digiKam crash while loading a new collection.
 274 ==> 264205 - Deleting/renaming image does not delete/rename the XMP sidecar.
 275 ==> 269467 - Writing metadata: strange observation.
 276 ==> 141479 - IPTC Action, no identity import in new IPTC field.
 277 ==> 277574 - Sidecar files are not moved with images moved using digiKam.
 278 ==> 338388 - digiKam doesn't translate GPSAreaInformation metadata character codes to string.
 279 ==> 339593 - Crash on opening.
 280 ==> 279159 - XMP sidecar is not copied along with files.
 281 ==> 281337 - XMP file is not copied when moving images.
 282 ==> 288842 - Tags not deleted from XMP, using Tag-Side-View on the left.
 283 ==> 202144 - Image tags written in meta-data as keyword : tag renaming is not written.
 284 ==> 196515 - Synchronize images doesn't update exif time tags in database.
 285 ==> 295182 - "adjust exif orientation tag" does not change the file.
 286 ==> 318473 - Dont import keywords from Windows Keywords.
 287 ==> 173632 - Transparent update of picture content and metadata after file update and on software start.
 288 ==> 266684 - Writing metadata needs _hurting_ long times (247141 NOT resolved??).
 289 ==> 420601 - write metadata to a jpg file ok, but not for a jpeg file.
 290 ==> 421919 - Writing metadata not possible if path contains non-ANSI characters.
 291 ==> 122697 - Allows rotating of Nikon NEF raw files, but reduces it to only an icon. Original is gone.
 292 ==> 134487 - Keywords are not written to raw files even though they do embed iptc/exif.
 293 ==> 168064 - Save tag on raw files.
 294 ==> 224784 - Save changed exif data of raw files in extra file automatically.
 295 ==> 288513 - Use .thm files as sidecar when files are present (typical case for Canon camera about CR2 and MKV files).
 296 ==> 425999 - digiKam Crash while Presentation with OpenGL.
 297 ==> 375809 - digiKam froze on opening Settings.
 298 ==> 277512 - Add option "Disable writing metadata in exif/iptc" or "Write metadata only in xmp".
 299 ==> 214708 - [wish] Optionally ignore IPTC in digiKam.
 300 ==> 218730 - Metadata delay write option.
 301 ==> 160229 - Option to preserve file timestamps when updating exif.
 302 ==> 132806 - Inconsistency in writing IPTC data.
 303 ==> 308607 - Crashes when autorotating using EXIF data on many pictures.
 304 ==> 335622 - digiKam crash editing EXIF.
 305 ==> 137383 - Sort pictures by creation date even for converted RAW file (from EXIF).
 306 ==> 130728 - Wrong exif and properties data, and broken thumbnail when saving an image.
 307 ==> 309529 - Thumbnails are rotated according to exif tag, images not.
 308 ==> 130943 - Application should display the default EXIF rotation currently used.
 309 ==> 133291 - Upload drops exif informations when asked to resize images.
 310 ==> 289845 - digiKam does not rename .xmp files together with the image files.
 311 ==> 417121 - Crash when switching to google maps in "Edit Geolocation" with v7.0.0-beta-2, beta 1 is ok.
 312 ==> 424618 - When clicking on maps digiKam crash.
 313 ==> 425961 - In pictures taken on certain cameras, garbage data is read into captions field.
 314 ==> 426028 - GPS coordinates manually entered via geolocation are not present in jpeg file.
 315 ==> 412113 - Crash at start, related to QSqlDatabase.
 316 ==> 425810 - Segfault when setting up flickr.
 317 ==> 426054 - Irregular display of thumbs and images in Import from CF card.
 318 ==> 426118 - Tag named -Unknown- cannot be deleted.