[gthumb: 471/472] updated news
- From: Paolo Bacchilega <paobac src gnome org>
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gthumb: 471/472] updated news
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:27:06 +0000 (UTC)
commit 66a6cae378351058c1dfd6e3bd5695b5462c159d
Author: Paolo Bacchilega <paobac src gnome org>
Date: Sun Jan 3 18:07:43 2010 +0100
updated news
NEWS | 148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
1 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-trunk, since last 2.10.x
-
- Major Distro-Related Changes:
-
- * gThumb now requires gnome-desktop >= 2.25.1
- * gThumb now requires exiv2 >= 0.18
- * gThumb now imports photos using the libgphoto2 backend for gvfs.
- It is no longer necessary to unmount any gvfs/libgphoto2 mounts
- under ~/.gvfs beforing importing. The import process may be
- invoked using:
-
- gthumb --import-photos
- or
- gthumb --import-photos /path/to/device/mount
-
- If no path is given as an argument, gThumb will scan all folders
- under /media and ~/.gvfs/gphoto2*, looking for "dcim" or "DCIM"
- sub-folders.
-
- UI Changes:
-
- * Make the cropping dialog more intuitive. Bug #408342.
- * Modified redeye tool to reflect crop tool changes.
- * Added tool to change exif date. Bug #408183.
- * Use "Position" instead of "Selection" in redeye removal dialog.
- * Fixed Bug 427984 - Show and Help items share the same mnemonic
- * New Tango-ized app icon by Ulisse Perusin <uli peru gmail com>.
- * Optionally use subfolders when generating web albums. Bug #119492.
- * Wrap to next/previous line when navigating with arrow keys
- at start/end of a row of images. Bug 449338.
- * Added a warning when renaming imported photos to avoid file
- overwrites. Bug #332684.
- * Corrected the Rename tool documentation (help file).
- * Add option to change text case when renaming files. Bug #459349.
- * Add option to preserve the original enumerator when renaming
- files. Bug #459349.
- * Added exposure time, f-number, ISO, focal length to fullscreen
- properties display. Bug #472491.
- * Added exif-date-based and mtime-based subfolder grouping of images
- upon import. Removed the concept of a "film" name. Bug #431187.
- * Added %b (basename) and %m (basename without extension) parameters
- for hotkeys. Bug #501420.
- * Moved the hotkey / script definitions out of the Preferences menu,
- and into a new "Scripts" menu. Added names for scripts. Added menu
- launching of scripts (in addition to hotkey launching). Bug 502309.
- * Use "Slideshow" instead of "Slide Show". Bug #504326.
- * Default aspect-ratio constraint mode when cropping is now "none".
- Bug #504580.
- * Bug #402942 - Add status message during photo import (orientation
- adjust step)
- * Added preference to ignore audio and video files. Bug #467468.
- * Made UI for selecting a web album theme more obvious. Bug #501570.
- * Allow swapping of height and width during scale-series for
- best fit. Bug #507216.
-
- Bugfixes:
-
- * Do not use tifftopnm / pamscale to load tiff thumbnails after all,
- even though this greatly reduces memory usage, because the tiff
- orientation tag is not accounted for. Partial reversion of patch
- for bug 142428.
- * Fixed bug #454492. Web export does not support themes with spaces
- in the name.
- * In fullscreen mode, detect motion based on movement rather than
- acceleration. Bug #472491.
- * Fixed bug #327245: Full screen mode crippled if Xinerama is used
- * Added support for importing ASF files (bug #471496)
- * Fixed bug #543993: web export of camera data prints warnings
- about _g_escape_text_for_html
-
- Other features:
- * Added basic XMP metadata support (read only)
- * Extract video metadata with gstreamer
- * Added a Flickr uploader (by launching Postr). Bug #489403.
- * Added user prompts to the scripting feature.
- * Added strftime format codes to the scripting feature.
- * Added page_rows and page_cols web album tags. Bug #543966.
-
- Library changes:
- * exiv2 0.18 or higher is now required.
- * libiptcdata is no longer used.
- * libexif is no longer used.
+version 2.11.1
+--------------
+ New features and user visible changes:
+
+ * Added a video/audio player. Added ability to take a screenshot of
+ the current video.
+ * Allow to edit IPTC/XMP fields.
+ * Added 3D effects to the slideshow transition.
+ * Use a tree view for the folders.
+ * Catalogs are listed in the folder tree instead of using a different
+ pane.
+ * Allow to create custom file filters. Allow to view any kind of file
+ not just images, audio and video files.
+ * Allow to search files in the libraries (catalog collections).
+ * Added tool to automatically organize files in catalogs, based on
+ the file creation or modification date.
+ * Allow to choose the metadata to display in the file list.
+ * The cut and red-eye removal tools are now integrated in the image
+ viewer, instead of using a separate dialog.
+ * Added an "Adjust colors" tool to modify the colors of an image in
+ single place.
+ * Group imported files by date, automatically creating a catalog for
+ each different date, furthermore creates a catalog with all the
+ imported files.
+ * Removed the Tools menu, the file list tools are now listed in a
+ toolbar dropdown button.
+ * Allow to add files to catalogs using the context submenu, instead of
+ using a separate dialog.
+ * Use a context submenu to open a file with an external application
+ instead of using a separate dialog.
+ * Allow to set a custom name for the bookmark menu items.
+ * Added a delete command to permanently delete files without moving them
+ to the trash.
+ * Allow to choose the metadata to print, instead of just allowing to
+ print the comment.
+ * Moved the system bookmarks in the Bookmarks menu.
+ * Allow to set the file type specific options in the preferences dialog
+ instead of always asking them before saving a file.
+ * The image properties are displayed in a sidebar, no more at the
+ bottom of the image.
+ * Removed the Image menu. Image tools are now listed in a sidebar
+ when the image viewer mode is active.
+ * Allow to set a title and a date for the catalogs.
+ * Searches are updated in place, without the use of a separate dialog.
+ * Removed the script menu, and moved the scripts in a toolbar dropdown
+ button. Simplified the script editor tough it still requires some
+ advanced skill to be used.
+ * Started work to use modern icons. New Tango-ized application icon
+ by Ulisse Perusin.
+
+ Technical changes:
+
+ * Rewritten the whole code in order to use an extension (or plug-in)
+ based architecture that allows to add new features with ease.
+ * Removed the use of old and deprecated libraries such as gnome-vfs,
+ libgnome, libgnomeui, libgnomecanvas, libbonobo and many others.
+
+ Regressions:
+
+ * Some tools, present in the 2.10 series, are missing because of the
+ complete code rewrite. Some of these tools are considered important,
+ such as the web album exporter, and will be added during the 2.11
+ development series, other secondary tools will added in the next
+ development cycle (2.13).
version 2.10.12
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