RECENT CHANGES -------------- Oct 01 2024 fotocx-24.60 ------------------------ • Refine > Voodoo: function was removed - custom scripts provide greater flexibility for this idea. A default 'voodoo' script is included. • The Script and Plugin functions were moved into the Custom menu. • Refine > Flatten Dist: now Flatten Histogram, with an improved algorithm. • Refine > Gradients: now Amplify Contrast - a more appropriate name. • Repair > Denoise: simplified - two best methods instead of six. • Gallery > Screen: additional select options: rating range, tag list. • Gallery > Recent Folders: new - set gallery from list of recent folders. • Select > Area Blend: new capability to soften the edges of area edits or pasted images, using edge blur instead of mixing the background image. • Effects > Alien Colors: easier to make many iterations (hunt for optimum). • Warp > Warp Linear: new 'curl' factor: warp = exp(mouse distance). • Metadata > view/edit: replace bad utf8 characters in metadata with '?' (instead of deleting the metadata or failing to display it). • Combine > Mashup: better handling of overlapping warp and paint transparent. • Numerous minor user interface, help, and documentation improvements. • Bugfix: Flatten Dist: crash if zone radius is huge. • Bugfix: Sharpen 'median diff' method: crash - exceed process thread limit. • Bugfix: Mashup: crash if project background image is a non-existent file. • Bugfix: Fix Motion Blur: pixel blue values were not being processed. Jul 01 2024 fotocx-24.50 ------------------------ • Effects > Custom Kernel: can now be used with Paint Edits. • New: Edit > Area Fill: fill selected or transparent areas with a color. • Print Image: new option to print selected area(s) only. • Dither > Blobs: now condenses into blobs by itself until user stops it. • Gallery > Screen: user interface was rationalized and simplified. • Bugfix: Select > Freehand Draw: erase drag was incomplete if zoom > 1x. Jun 23 2024 ----------- dkopp-8.1: Compensate for long disc media format response time to avoid misleading "dkopp is not responding" from Gnome/GTK. Jun 06 2024 ----------- • mystuff-4.3: Stop accidental drag/move of menu position in window. • watsup-7.3: Add 'X' to popup menu: exit menu and do nothing. Jun 05 2024 fotocx-24.40 ------------------------ • Effects > Outlines: improved algorithm, better user control of output. • Edit Metadata: improved UI, increased limits for text metadata. • Improved logic to prevent conflicts if functions are used in parallel. • Refine > Local Contrast: new edit curve and algorithm, improved result. • Batch Photo Date: accept photo date-time missing time data, use 00:00:00. • Bugfix: Select > Find Gap: better algorithm, less need to try again. • Bugfix: crash if image cropped to zero width or height (now disallowed). • Bugfix: long delay when adding geocoordinates by clicking on the map. • Bugfix: crash if a new image is opened while Rotate is left active. • Bugfix: Refine > Vignette: was not working correctly for large images. • Bugfix: Batch Tags: specific tag delete was deleting all tags. May 04 2024 fotocx-24.30 ------------------------ • Effects > Outlines: improved algorithm. • Warp > Flatten Photo: fixing a curved horizon (from a wide-angle lens or panorama image) is easier: draw 4+ points along the curve to flatten it. • New: Combine > Stack/Layers: combine image versions in any desired ratios. Paint different combinations/ratios in selected areas using the mouse. • New: Denoise > Mean: new method is good for suppressing noise in uniform image areas where noise is most visible, preserving detail in other areas. • New: Effects > Set Colors: Replaces the Color Depth function. The number of levels for each RGB color can be set separately and is not based on "bit depth". You can set any value, e.g. 3, 9, 13 ... for each RGB color. • Edit Metadata: new popup editor for long descriptions - more practical. This avoids oversize dialog window when a description is huge. • Text file edits (e.g. custom menu): these are now done with a simple edit dialog instead of launching the default text editor on the user system. • New release processing: user is notified if revised settings files have possibly omitted past user additions. Compare old/new files to check. • Plugins file format was changed and editing this file was made easier. • Help > Uninstall: risky auto delete was replaced with an example command based on the actual install location (/usr, /usr/local, $HOME/.local ...). • New: Detect and repair .png file with .jpg extension (this does happen). • Anti-Alias function can now be used in scripts. • Bugfix: possible crash if 'capskeys' file includes a blank or null keyname. • Bugfix: checking the available outboard programs was being omitted after a Fotocx re-install following a system release upgrade or re-install. Apr 04 2024 fotocx-24.21 ------------------------- • Bugfix: Makefile, correct location of fotocx.desktop. Apr 01 2024 fotocx-24.20 ------------------------- • Makefile - source package installs at /usr/local instead of /usr/share (conform with the GNU FHS standard for locally installed packages). Binary package installs at $HOME/.local/bin and /share (no change). • Maps > Map Location: input a partial location name, use a picklist to see matching full names, zoom-in to the chosen location on the internet map. • Maps > Map Regions: add custom named regions (location and scale) for the internet map, use a picklist to choose and display a map region. • Local map files capability was removed - the internet map works better, and custom map files can be adequately replaced using the internet map. • Edit Metadata: clicking on a map location now adds the location name and geocoordinates to the image metadata, if the clicked location is an existing marker or within 10 km of a known map location. English names with normal syntax are used (not the chaos you get from camera GPS location names). • Remove Halo: now handles dark halos (not common) as well as bright ones. • Select > Paste image: add flip horz/vert (in addition to rescale/rotate). • Images can be selected for batch functions from file view, gallery view, or back and forth - easier/faster when images must be screened more closely. • More pattern files and palette files are available (files are from Gimp). • Paint Image: the color chooser image was replaced with a CIE color chart. • Tools > Dark/Bright Pixels: pixels now stand out via periodic blinking. • Tools > Resources: added capability to clear the internet maps cache, which can grow to hundreds of megabytes after extensive usage. • Custom Menu is better looking. Menu entries can now have popup tool tips. Specific image files and album names can also be custom menu entries. • Effects > Outlines: replaces previous drawing transform with something simpler and faster. Also works with Select Area and Paint Edits. • Bugfix: world locations data: duplicate location names were getting lost (e.g. Reading USA, Reading UK). • Bugfix: command: $ fotocx file.name.ext: file with embedded '.' failed. • Bugfix: top panel "dialog busy" indicator was sometimes false. Mar 12 2024 Imbedded libraries were updated for all binary packages except Fotocx. Feb 07 2024 fotocx-24.11 • BUGFIX: correct file permissions to allow access by all users (problem if fotocx installed in debian fashion with root file ownership). Feb 01 2024 fotocx-24.10 • NAME CHANGE: from 'fotoxx' to 'fotocx'. A google search for 'fotoxx' includes pornography in the search results (google thinks "foto xx"). I finally fixed this after years of living with it. • The fotocx home folder is renamed from '.fotoxx' to '.fotocx'. • Suppress useless output from 'which' command in startup code. • Warp > Stretch: renamed to Warp Radial (fix barrel/pincushion distortion). • Warp > Linear: improved algorithm for better control and flexibility. • Meta > Edit: improved interface for editing long descriptions. • Edit > Crop: more reliable capture of crop rectangle side or corner. • Slide Show: • Correct random transition preference calculation. • Add file preference values for random file sequence. • New transition "implode" = explode running backwards. Dec 16 2023 fotoxx-23.82 • Bugfix: crash for locales using a 'comma' for a decimal point. (GTK initialization replaces process locale with system locale) Dec 10 2023 fotoxx-23.81 • Bugfix: possible crash if location metadata is present but incomplete. Dec 01 2023 fotoxx-23.80 • New: Effects > Blobs: pixels attract each-other and condense into blobs around local centers of mass (mass == pixel brightness). • "exiftool -n orientation=1" replaced "exiftool orientation=horizontal" (only for consistency - should not make a difference in functionality). • User Guide: format revised to better handle text line wrapping. • Bugfix: Copy/Move: menus not working if current file moved elsewhere (but recover OK when new file is opened). Nov 01 2023 fotoxx-23.74 • New: Edit > Upright: one-button image upright function (±90 or 180 degrees). EXIF orientation parameter is used to determine the direction required. • Bugfix: Rotate: if rotate angle is exactly ±90 or 180 degrees, do not perform a small sharpening of the rotated image. It is already perfect. • Bugfix: When an image is rotated or uprighted, set exif orientation=1 instead of deleting it. • Bugfix: Edit Meta: delete location/country did not delete geocoordinates. • Bugfix: Stop [harmless] "not replaced" log messages during startup. Oct 23 2023 picpuz 3.5 + handle image files with alpha channel Oct 23 2023 findwild 3.4 If search string contains delimiter characters, these are automatically removed from the list of delimiter characters for the current search. Oct 20 2023 fotoxx-23.72 • HDR, HDF: Improved alignment: compensate greater camera motion between photos. • Flatten Distribution: small improvement in user interface. • Bugfix: HDR: Restore ability to align images with large exposure difference. • Bugfix: do not show top panel if fullscreen view mode. Oct 01 2023 fotoxx-23.70 • Settings: A picklist was added for RAW file conversion tools/parameters. Options can be tailored for different cameras, ISO settings, etc. • Select Area: Selection of complex features (hair, foliage) is faster and easier (special Copy Complex function is no longer needed and was removed). • Startup file on command line: embedded blanks will work without quotes. • Copy/Move: Made easier to copy and rename multiple files with less typing. • Blending area edits is now a separate function with greater flexibility. Area edits can be blended with any prior edit step. All edges can be blended over a specified width (as before), or the mouse can be used to blend any part of an area edit with the chosen prior edit step. • Panorama: auto brightness matching was discarded in favor of user control. (Slower but often better. Occasional color cast problem is avoided.) • User Guide: embedded images were updated and made a little larger. • User Guide: new topic: make an image from a color slide or color negative. • User Guide: new topic: upscale an image with optimum sharpness and detail. • Bugfix: Edit Any Metadata: using the full keyname picklist was not working. • Bugfix: Retouch: possible crash if [OK] is pressed when in gallery view. • Bugfix: Margins: possible crash if margins are increased very rapidly. • Bugfix: possible false warning about unsaved edits when opening a new file. • Bugfix: Fix Motion Blur: some image edge regions were not being processed. • Bugfix: Rotate > Mirror and > Auto Upright: image may get reduced in size. • Bugfix: Workaround: parallel exiftool threads limited to 20K files each (?). • Bugfix: 'Combine' functions did not block attempted parallel edits: crash. Aug 01 2023 fotoxx-23.60 • Repair > JPEG Artifacts: improved algorithm works significantly better. • Multi-image functions like HDR and Panorama now contain a list of input image files in the metadata edit history. • Internal sort functions now use 4 threads for a small performance gain. • Gallery thumbnails have two larger options: 724 and 1024 pixels wide. These are useful for comparing/pruning multiple photos or image versions. Gallery scroll may be slow - these large thumbnails are created on the fly. • Mashup: image size limits were made 2x greater, and the interactive responsiveness for large projects was improved. • World Map file increased to 547m pixels - marker separations are 2x greater. • Effects > Painting: additional input control and improved algorithm. • New: Effects > Engrave: convert an image into black and white lines. • New: Effects > Tiles2: irregular image tiling to match image features. • Gallery > Select Files: reworked for more flexibility and UI improvements. • Search: new capability: exclude files with specified metadata missing. • Additional edit functions which can now be used with Select Area: Plugins [all], Fix Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration, Match Colors, Mosaic. • Bugfix: crash when saving edited image with huge 'description' metadata. • Bugfix: Voodoo2 used after Flatten Dist could reduce the image size. Aug 01 2023 cpuclock-2.0 Initial release. Adjust CPU clock and monitor CPU watts and temperature. May 15 2023 fotoxx-23.50 • New: Repair > JPEG Artifacts - suppress jpeg artifacts in highly compressed images, esp. where dark areas were brightened, making artifacts more visible. This tool is helpful but does not completely remove the artifacts. • Refine > Edit Distribution can now be used together with Paint Edits. • Repair > Graduated Blur can now be used together with Paint Edits. • UI improvement: edits made before starting Paint Edits in the current edit function are preserved - no need to [apply] and restart the same function. • Custom Menu: menu entries can specify optional file or album names. • Bugfix: Paint Edits had a tendency to paint unintended area if pointer was left sitting within the image while dialog controls were changed. • Bugfix: Flatten Distribution was not working with Paint Edits (from 23.4). May 01 2023 fotoxx-23.4 • Refine > Flatten Distribution: improved functionality and user interface. • Refine > Edit Distribution: improved functionality and user interface. • Edit > Rotate: Upright and Mirror functions are now included in the Rotate function, and these two specialized funcions were removed. • Repair > Blur: Normal Blur can now work with Paint Edits. The specialized function Paint Blur was removed. The user interface was also improved. • Mashup: project image files are now copied into a project folder. This keeps a project valid even if member files have been moved or deleted. Existing projects are converted, with "-x" added to the project name. • Refine > Voodoo1: now usable with Select Area (Voodoo2 already worked). • In menus and user guide, "rescale" has replaced "resize" when used for image pixel dimensions. This seems to be the normal convention. • New: Help > Uninstall: uninstall Fotoxx (delete all application files). This works for both the source package and the binary package. • New slide show transition: current image breaks apart into hundreds of pieces which fly outwards and off the screen to reveal the next image. • Custom Menu: custom notes or tips can now be added to the custom menu. • A custom folder icon 'folder.png' can be added to the Fotoxx home folder. This helps Fotoxx to follow the user's theme or style preference. • If Fotoxx crashes, the activity log file and backtrace file are combined and copied to the user $HOME folder. The file name is fotoxx-nn.n.log. • Bugfix: Batch Overlay: overlay image was being placed on the right side of the host image instead of the position set by the user. • Bugfix: fix failures from embedded quotes (") in file names or metadata. Apr 05 2023 fotoxx-23.32 Bugfix: prevent malformed jpeg file from crashing Fotoxx. Bugfix: compensate change in 'cp' command status '$?' (Arch & derivatives). Apr 03 2023 fotoxx-23.31 Bugfix: fix lost recognition of file types .webp .heic .jp2 .avif Apr 01 2023 fotoxx-23.3 • Image size limit was increased to 50K pixels width/height and 1024 megapixels total image size. Exceeding this limit will cause sudden exit with apology. • Denoise: new option: work selectively on more uniform image areas where noise is most visible. This is adjustable and applies to all denoise methods. The point is not to wash out subtle small details interpreted as noise. • New: Repair > Anti-Alias: suppress jaggies along high-contrast feature edges. Most usefull to improve scaled-up images. Normal photos are slightly affected. • New: Edit > Margins: add margins to an image, with any color or transparency. • Edit > Upright: all 8 categories of orientation are now recognized and used for image correction (rotate 90/180/270 and mirror horizontal/vertical). Batch Upright was similarly expanded. • Edit Distribution: a capability was added to improve details in areas that were darkened with "low cutoff" to remove unwanted background light. • Support was added for .avif image files (heif-convert must be installed). • Rawtherapee and MPO-extract were revised to become plugin menu entries. • Settings: allow the SMP thread count to be set below the hardware default (2/Pcore + 1/Ecore). This can make some functions run faster. • Bugfix: parallel use of different releases caused crash or lost edits. Mar 01 2023 Appimage packages were replaced with binary packages complete with needed libraries. No other infrastructure is needed to install and run. Instructions: https://kornelix.net/downloads/downloads.html Mar 01 2023 fotoxx-23.2 • Improved user interface and minor function improvements: Edit Metadata, View Metadata, Search Metadata, Flatten Distribution, Local Retinex. • Effects > Emboss: illumination angle can now be input, 0-360 deg. Response to input changes is real time instead of [apply] button. Feb 01 2023 fotoxx-23.1 • Search speed for non-indexed metadata is about 2x faster. • Indexing speed (index metadata + make thumbnails) is about 1.3x faster. • Block user changes to reserved KB shortcuts - falsifies the user guide. • Bugfix: Mashup: add line/arrow was not working. • Bugfix: Minor memory leak in image search function. • Bugfix: possible crash in location lookup if input text had >20 matches. • Bugfix: missing file in appimage container - affects Arch Linux & relatives. • Bugfix: Mozaic: crash if dialog controls are operated in the wrong sequence. Jan 01 2023 fotoxx-23.0 • Edit Metadata and Batch Geotags: The MapQuest query to find geocoordinates quit working, now replaced with a free data table from the internet. • Error reporting for metadata edit functions was improved. • New: Meta > Fix Meta: remove malformed metadata blocking metadata edits. • Removed: Tools > Monitor Gamma, which no longer works with Wayland. • File > New Session is faster (unnecessary image file search was removed). • Initial default menu icon size was reduced so menu fits within 1024x768. • Bugfix: added libcogl files to appimage package, for non-Gnome desktops. • Bugfix: Meta > Search Images: metadata criteria is now recalled in search dialog and included in search criteria [load] and [save] functions. • Bugfix: Fix newest GCC [unnecessary] compiler warning. Jan 01 2023 watsup v.7.1 Add a small bottom margin to the window, to make dragging it easier. Dec 01 2022 fotoxx-22.50 • File > Convert Adobe: Photoshop .psd files can now be converted to JPEG. • Repair > Blur: UI improvements, add missing edit history metadata. • The following edit functions can now be used with Paint Edits (mouse paint): Edit > Color Mode, Effects > Shift Colors, Effects > Texture, Effects > Emboss. • Batch > Convert: added capability to rename files using substring replacement. • Bugfix: Blur > Add Motion Blur, possible crash. • Bugfix: Fix inconsistent date formats, use yyyy-mm-dd throughout. • Add library files in the appimage container needed for Fedora 37. Nov 03 2022 fotoxx-22.41 • Bugfix: add missing library file in the appimage container. Nov 01 2022 fotoxx-22.40 • Defog: improved algorithm, new controls to add brightness, reduce blue. • Thumbnail popup image: zoom in/out via mouse wheel, +/- keys, arrow keys. • Manage Tags: categories having no tags can now be deleted. • Gallery metadata view: extra [user custom] indexed metadata items are now displayed following the standard items. • Gallery Screen: option added to select only files that have been edited. • Copy From Image: source and destination sync points both default to (0,0). This avoids the need to set the sync points for images that are already naturally overlaid, e.g. edited versions of the same image. • Tags per category limit was increased from 2K to 20K characters. • Some fatal error messages now have popups in addition to log file output (no need to hunt for the log file to get error details). • Bugfix: user guide [recent] picklist: hang dead if no choice is made. • Bugfix: widgets for curve editing via mouse: sometimes refused to resize. • Bug workaround: GDK sometimes fails to update window (started with U22.04, gone after point release, returned with next point release). Oct 22 2022 cpuclock This program is withdrawn. It cannot work with the newest Intel processors lacking RAPL. Oct 08 2022 fotoxx-22.35 • Tools > Preferences renamed to Settings (conform with common convention). • Settings: the max. number of parallel working threads can be set by the user. (default value: number of CPU processor cores available) • New: Gallery > Gallery Screen: a quick and easy method to show one of the following gallery subsets: original images only, newest versions only, both of these, only unedited images, and/or those matching a text pattern. • New: Tools > Measure Image: click any two image positions to measure the pixel distances between the two positions: horizontal, vertical, and total. • New: Local Retinex can be mouse-painted to defog or enhance selected areas. • F11: if already fullscreen with menus, keep fullscreen and remove menus and panel (avoid toggle to unfullscreen first, then fullscreen without menus) • Settings > RAW Loader: there is a new option to provide a custom command to use for converting RAW files to .tif and loading them for subsequent edits. • If the last file in a gallery is deleted or trashed, open the previous file. (unchanged: deleting a NOT-last file opens the next file in the gallery.) • Bugfix: cancel a running search via escape key was not working. Sep 01 2022 fotoxx-22.31 • Slide Show: 'paplay' replaced with 'vlc' to support more audio file types. • Slide Show: [Start] begins with the first image in the album. [Resume] begins with the last image shown, or the one selected by clicking its thumbnail. • Denoise: 'flatten' method was improved - good for fine-grain noise. • Bugfix: denoise: poss. crash if 'voodoo' method mouse-painted at image edge. • Bugfix: Windows WSL: disable escape --> quit (auto kills next session). Sep 01 2022 mystuff-4.1 Force window on top of others when created. Aug 01 2022 fotoxx-22.30 • Slide Show: new transition type: flip-tiles. • Keyboard numeric pad can be used for gallery navigation (also with num-lock). • New: Download Maps: download geographic map files for use with Fotoxx (fotoxx-maps package is now obsolete for fotoxx-22.30 and later). • Increase gesettings timeout to avoid bogus "not responding" from Mutter. • UI improvement: mouse-click with tiny motion is not mistaken as drag. • The program addr2line (package binutils) must be installed for Fotoxx. Previoulsy it was included in the appimage container, but this no longer works over multiple flavors and releases of Linux. • Bugfix: Adjust RGB: undo/redo was not working correctly. • Bugfix: New Session failed if current file contained embedded quotes. • Bugfix: Poss. crash if [ALL] folder tree raced up/down using arrow keys. • Bugfix: Flatten Photo: Possible crash with extreme flattening. • Bugfix: minor memory leak in gallery display code. Jul 02 2022 cpuclock-2.0 clockthrottle-1.9 was renamed to cpuclock-2.0 Jul 01 2022 fotoxx-22.20 • New: Batch > Convert Adobe: convert an Adobe document file (.pdf .ps .eps) into a set of jpeg files, 1 file per page. This uses ghostscript. • Warp > Stretch: Add or remove barrel or pincushion distortion. This can fix RAW file lens distortion when lens parameters are missing or ineffective. • Gallery Sort: new: sort by metadata from the Search function metadata report (e.g. sort results by camera + ISO + exposure time). • The function to add an overlay image (for credit, copyright ...) to selected host images was moved from Batch Convert to a new function, Batch Overlay. The overlay image can also be placed anywhere on the host images. • Image captions can now be sourced from any metadata items. • The utility to map camera pixel bias and compensate image files was removed. It was too difficult to use and not very effective (for cameras tested). Jun 01 2022 fotoxx-22.18 • Limited support was added for Adobe file types .pdf .ps .eps • CMYK jpeg files are now supported. • Copy/Move: move-to location is remembered, index to next file is optional. • Left mouse + ALT key works as right mouse (useful for touchscreen). • Removed kludges for GTK bug now fixed (source comment "not needed"). • Line wrap implemented for long titles/descriptions displayed over image. This also applies for optional text display in slide show. • Repair > Denoise: new method added: Symmetric Nearest Neighbor. • Bugfix: parameters dialog: set image position option may crash. • Bugfix: parameters dialog: change map marker size did nothing. Jun 01 2022 watsup-6.0 and watsup_panel-6.0 • watsup was split into two apps: watsup and watsup_panel • watsup has a new option to omit idle processes from the report May 01 2022 fotoxx-22.16 • Tools > Popup Text: added [Edit] button for easier customization. (user-defined cache of special characters for input into text widgets) • Select > Copy/Complex: new tool for copy and paste of areas having complex and/or low-contrast boundaries. Similar to prior "Select Hairy". • Preferences: most changes no longer require an application restart. • PT Panorama was removed because underlying tool [Hugin] has disappeared. Apr 01 2022 mystuff-4.0 expand limits for size of window and number of menu entries. Apr 01 2022 fotoxx-22.15 • Windows WSL: speedup code was removed. Fotoxx under WSL is fast enough for image files in the Linux file system, e.g. /home//Pictures/... • Windows WSL: use higher tolerance for file mod-time difference detection. • New: Rename Folder: rename the current folder (image gallery). • Album Create: better UI direction when creating an initially empty album. • New: Batch Copy/Move: copy or move selected image files to a new folder. • Show RGB: reduce CPU loading: repaint only if a monitored pixel changes. • Developer menu: New: toggle display of popup text for mouse events. • Preferences: image justification in window can be left/center/right. • "Select Hairy" was incorporated into the main Select Area function. This is now easier to use, but still a significant learning curve. • Bugfix: Remove Halo: 'undo' drag: crash if pixel RGB is 0/0/0. • Bugfix: Crop: drag crop edge over window edge: drag fails to release. • Bugfix: Select > Edge Blend: zero contrast area creates 'nan' RGB values. Mar 01 2022 fotoxx-22.14 • Montage: function was renamed to "Image Table" (makes a table of images). • Image Table: user can choose the background color (was: white only). table margin, image row and column spacing can now be set separately. downscaled images now have higher quality (compared to bilinear). • Copy in Image: more flexible source/destination location synchronization. • Copy/Move: auto index to next file if dialog is kept open. • Remove Halo: new: remove halo effect sometimes left by sharpen, etc. • Rotate: [crop] button in rotate dialog: auto-crop rotate margins. • Bugfix: Paint Image: correct default image for color selection. • Bugfix: use memmove() not strcpy() in double to string conversion. • Bugfix: Crop: [max] button result may be 1 pixel short of maximum size. • Bugfix: plug minor memory leak in File Save function. Feb 12 2022 lbench-6.0 expand limit of parallel threads to 64 threads Feb 04 2022 Fotoxx-22.12 • GDK bug workaround: add window hide/show calls to force update. • Bugfix: crop [max] button was not working right for rotated image. Jan 27 2022 All programs were updated for library changes - no changes in function. Jan 27 2022 Fotoxx-22.11 • Album Mass Update: report shows before/after files only where changed. • Batch Convert: new option: upsize files to specified width/height limits. • New: Effects > Soft Focus: simulate a classic analog photography method. • New gallery sort option: file names with numbers in same position now sort in numeric order, e.g. xxx1x.jpg < xxx3x.jpg < xxx23x.jpg < xxx101x.jpg • New: Gallery > Add Subfolder: add new subfolder to an existing folder. • Bugfix: Index may fail to refresh the current gallery for changed files. • Bugfix: Crop: fix small difference between input and actual image size. Jan 27 2022 Backwild-2.4 Format of file version numbers is now a user setting - default "(nn)". bugfix: correct purge of expired archive files for deleted source files. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 2022 Backwild-2.3 bugfix: file version number "(nn)" must be last text in file base name. Jan 01 2022 All appimage packages were updated to use libraries from early 2020. Jan 01 2022 Fotoxx-22.1 • Update appimage libraries with those available in early 2020, and remove exiftool and dcraw in favor of the current releases in user systems. • Gallery File Selection: thumbnails are highlighted when selected. • Escape key from gallery or map view mode: set file view mode. • Icons were redesigned and some menu names shortened. • Make thumbnail image brightness correspond to source image alpha channel. • Added hidden menu option for integrated developer tools. • Markup functions: now easier to make multiple markups in sequence. • Local Contrast: sporadic halos at edges of select area were eliminated. • Autosearch: location for search parameters file is saved_searches folder. • New: check and report required/optional outboard programs and functions. • Preferences: remove pick list, user can set any video play command. • Album Mass Update: popup report details album file changes made. • Bugfix: some RAW file thumbnails were rotated 90 degrees. • Bugfix: better detect inconsistent settings in Batch Convert dialog. • Bugfix: stop popup text windows from taking focus (stop minor nuisance). • Bugfix: copy/move: if current file is moved, set no current file. • Bugfix: if out of disk space during edit, warn user: save file and quit.