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Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.9.1 Released

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Yorba has released version 0.9.1 of Shotwell, our digital photo organizer. This release fixes numerous issues, including several critical publishing bugs. We recommend all users update.

Changelog:

  • Fixes many crashes and other issues in publishing plugins. 
  • Fixes issues where paths and filenames are not displayed correctly after a
    failed import. 
  • Fixed issue where text search in event and camera import pages was a string
    match instead of a keyword match. 
  • For enhanced compatibility with GNOME 3, the desktop name of the Shotwell
    application has changed from “Shotwell Photo Manager” to simply “Shotwell”. 
  • Shotwell now provides a configure script option to set the name of the system
    library directory to either lib or lib64. 
  • Enhanced visibility of red-eye reticle.
  • Fixed issue where the Adjust palette could be positioned partially off-screen
  • Plugins now respect –debug switch in configure script.
  • The event containing undated photos could be incorrectly labeled “(null)” in
    the events directory page.

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

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

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 0.7.1 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.
Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.6.1 released

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Yorba has released Shotwell 0.6.1, an update to our digital photo
manager.  We would like to thank all of our bug testers and translators for their excellent work.

It is highly recommended that all users upgrade.

Major improvements since 0.5 include:

 * Basic support for RAW images, including import support for all common formats like CR2 and DNG
 * Full support for working with PNG images
 * Users can now zoom into photos
 * A new preferences dialog
 * The ability to open photos in an external editor, such as the GIMP, from within Shotwell
 * Photo tags and titles are imported automatically from XMP and IPTC
metadata
 * A photo trash can
 * Numerous bug fixes and improved language support

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

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