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Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.9 Released

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Shotwell graffitiYorba has released version 0.9 of Shotwell, our digital photo organizer.  This release includes the following enhancements:

* New search bar can filter by media type, rating, and text matching. (Titles, filename, tag and event names are searched.)
* TIFF support
* Extensible plugin framework for Web publishing and slideshow transitions.
* Print multiple photos, and multiple photos per page.
* Configurable user directory pattern during import.
* Edit multiple photo titles at once.
* Improved rendering of underexposed RAW photos.
* Various improvements and bug fixes.

And as an added bonus, we’ve also updated our Gexiv2 library with an enhancement to the logging system

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Download a source tarball from the gexiv2 home page at:
http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/gexiv2

Binaries of both packages for Ubuntu Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.8.1 Released

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Yorba has released Shotwell 0.8.1, an update to our digital photo manager for GNOME. This release provides bug fixes, support for new video and RAW formats, and translation updates. Specific enhancements include:
  • Fixes a problem where Shotwell could crash unexpectedly at startup or when reading/writing metadata to files.
  • Fixes a problem where Shotwell could hang when importing voice-annotated videos.
  • Fixes a problem where Shotwell failed to import date and time information for some camera-generated MP4 videos.
  • Shotwell can now delete video files from camera memory.
  • Shotwell now supports the 3GP video format common on mobile phones and RAW files with the SRW suffix generated by Samsung cameras.
  • Numerous translation fixes and updates.
We recommend that all users upgrade.
You can download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
or grab a binary for Ubuntu Maverick via Yorba’s Launchpad PPA at:
Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.8.0 and gexiv2 0.2.2 released

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Yorba has released Shotwell 0.8.0, an update to our digital photo
organizer.  This release includes some great new features:

  
* Video support for most major video formats, including importing them off of camera and adding them to events and tags.

  * Publish videos to major Web services, including YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, and PicasaWeb.

  * Runtime monitoring of library directory and auto-import of newly created files.

  * Background writing of metadata (tags, titles, ratings, orientation, and exposure date) to master files (user-configurable).

  * Flagging photos for batch operations.

  * Set multiple photos to desktop background slideshow.

  * Numerous translation updates.

  * Various bug fixes.

It’s highly recommended all users upgrade.

In addition, Yorba has released an update to our Exiv2 GObject
wrapper library, gexiv2 0.2.2.  (This library is a requirement for
Shotwell.)  This update fixes a bug where a photo file with malformed
EXIF could cause a crash.  It’s highly recommended that all users
upgrade.

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Download a source tarball from the gexiv2 home page at:
http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/gexiv2

Binaries for Ubuntu Lucid (gexiv2) and Maverick (Shotwell, gexiv2) are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.7.2 and gexiv2 0.2.1 released

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Yorba has released Shotwell 0.7.2, an update to our digital photo
organizer.  This release includes crucial fixes and translation updates.  It’s highly recommended that all
users upgrade.

This release includes the following:

  * Fixed major startup problem when the user’s Pictures directory is actually
    a symbolic link.
  * Fixed potential crasher when the user’s Pictures directory contains a
    large number of subdirectories.
  * No longer asking if copying or linking if importing from Pictures directory
    (which will always be linked).
  * Fixed update problem when using an external editor on a photo that was
    edited externally in an earlier session.
  * Various bug fixes.
  * Updated translations.

In addition, Yorba has released an update to our Exiv2 GObject wrapper library, gexiv2 0.2.1.  (This library is a requirement for Shotwell.)  This update fixes a bug where a photo file with malformed EXIF could cause a crash.  It’s highly recommended that all users upgrade.

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Download a source tarball from the gexiv2 home page at:
http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/gexiv2

Binaries for Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.7.1 Released

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Yorba has released Shotwell 0.7.1, an update to our digital photo organizer.  This release includes:
* Fix for a critical bug that caused Shotwell to crash when deleting the only photo in an event
* F-Spot import now correctly interprets older databases
* Fix for an issue where pressing F11 would not exit full-screen mode
* New Kazakh translation
* Many updated translations including Czech, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish
* Updated documentation
We highly recommended that all users upgrade.
Yorba would like to thank all of our bug testers and translators for their fabulous work.
You can download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page.
Binaries for Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA.
Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.7 Released!

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Yorba has released Shotwell 0.7.0, a major update to our digital photo manager. This release includes a host of new features, such as:
  • Migration support for F-Spot users: Shotwell can import photos directly from your F-Spot library, preserving tags and ratings.
  • Photos can be rated on a 1-5 star scale or marked as rejected. A filter button supports viewing only photos of a specified rating or better.
  • A new Last Import page in the sidebar gives you instant access to your most recently imported photo roll.
  • Sidebar functionality and appearance have been improved with new icons and inline renaming.
  • Numerous bug fixes and translation updates.
We highly recommend that all Shotwell users upgrade.
Yorba would like to thank all of our bug testers and translators, without whom this release would not have been possible.
You can download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page.
Binaries for Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick users will be available on Yorba’s Launchpad PPA within a few days.