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PHOTOVAULT 0.5.0-dev
RELEASE NOTES
This is release 0.5.0 of Photovault, a cross-platform Java based image
archiving application for photographers. 0.5.0 improves color adjustment
possibilities, adds XML export for image metadata and fixes several importat bugs.
MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.5.0
New features
* New color curve tool that makes it possible to adjust colors of all images,
not just raw image files as in 0.4.0
* New tool for adjusting saturation of images
* New tool for deleting photos from database
* Import/export metadata stored in Photovault database in XML format. In this
first version of the feature, Photovault just exports the whole content of
database, but in future this framework can be extended to allow more controlled
exchange of image data.
* Improved support for MacOS X. Photovault 0.5.0 adjusts is user interface to
be closer to look and feel of native MacOS applications. Also a native installer
for Mac is provided.
* Significant speed improvements when changing raw conversion or color settings.
This comes with price in image loading time - this can take somewhat longer
than earlier.
* Reorganized toolbars for better clarity and new keyboard accelerators for
most used functions.
* The window for viewing individual images has the same controls & menus as main
window
* When opening multiple images to new window, Photovault no longer opens separate
windows for each. Instead, it opens only 1 window with all the images visible
as thumbnails in preview pane.
* Discontinued support for Java 1.4.
Bug fixes
* #107 Inconsistent logic for deciding whether a file is raw image
* #108 Error in limiting crop bounds
* #112 Thumbnail creator thread can go into infinite loop if thumbnail
creation is unsuccesful
* #114 PhotoInfo#exportPhoto does not report all potential errors
* #120 Crop action not disabled if preview pane is hidden
For full list of changes, see
http://www.photovault.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/query?status=closed&milestone=0.5.0
MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.4.0
New features
- Support for importing raw camera files
- Color correction for raw images
- Support for additional image file firmats
Bug fixes
- Disabled username & password fields when using Derby database (#61)
- Failing crop operation when exporting (#89)
- Exporting hangs up with erronneus format string (#83)
- NullPointerException when sorting images with no shooting date (#96)
For full list of changes, see
http://www.photovault.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/query?status=closed&milestone=0.4.0
MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.3.1
New features
- Use checkboxes to select folders a photo belongs to
- Default thumbnail image used if the photo does not have a thumbnail
Bug fixes
- Improved support for image formats. Photovault can now read all image
formats support Java Advanced imaging. It also supports using images with
16 bits per channel although exporting is always done with 8 bits per
channel.
- Better EXIF tag handling
- Improved error messages when login or database startup fails
- Possible to cahnge database after unsuccesfull login
- Improved error handling if photo instance file is missing or corrupted
MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.3.0
New features
- Arbitrary cropping and rotating of images. As all Photovault operations,
the original image is always preserved and the operations are only
applied when wieving/exporting the image.
- Improved exporting of multiple images at once
- Possibility to freely set resolution of exported images
- Sorting of viewed images by shooting time, shooting place or quality
- Visual icons for indicating image quality setting in thumbnail view
- Toolbar & menu icons
- Improved performance when indexing external volumes
MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.2
- Support for external volumes
- Shortcut keys for moving between images in the same folder
- Use launch4j for starting Photovault (instead if NSIS)
BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
Photovault 0.5.0 requires Java SE 5 or newer. It will nnot work anymore with
Java 1.4.
Version 0.5.0 adds new structures to database to support the new features (color
adjustment). If you open a database created with earlier version of Photovault,
the program converts the database automatically to new format. The new database
structure is backwards compatible with older versions starting from 0.2.0.
However, the earlier versions cannot display raw images at all or color adjustments
of other images. It is still possible to edit meta data and see icons of these
photos correctly.
If you have used custom ICC profile for raw conversion in 0.4.0 you may notice
that you get different colors in 0.5.0. This is an intentional compatibility
break. ICC profiles in 0.4.0 were broken and should not be used.
Starting from 0.4.0, Photovault configuration file format has changed. The new
config file is saved in <HOME_DIRECTORY>/.photovault/photovault_config.xml
by default. If this file is not found Photovault will search for the
old configuration file named photovault.xml in the same directory. If that
file exists it will use information in the file to create the new
configuration file. The old confugration file is preserved to allow usage
of older versions, however, the old file is not updated with changes
in configuration.
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
Photovault has been tested in Linux, Windows XP and MacOS X 10.4. It should work
in all environments supported by Java SE. However, raw conversion support works
out-of-the-box only in the environments mentioned above. It is possible to use
raw conversion in other architectures by supplying your own dcraw executable.
REQUIRED SOFTWARE
Photovault needs Sun Java 5 or newer and Java Advanced Imaging
libraries to work. You can download both from Sun web site.
Photovault can use either Apache Derby or MySQL as metadata
store. Derby is included in this release; if you want to use MySQL
instead you need to download it from www.mysql.com.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Briefly:
* Install Java from http://java.com/getjava
* Install Java Advanced Imaging from
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/downloads/download-1_1_2_01.html
* Install Photovault
* Start Photovault and set database name & directory as the program asks for
them
See http://www.photovault.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/PhotovaultInstall for full
installation instructions.
KNOWN ISSUES
* Problems when viewing some indexed color PNG files. This is due to a bug in
Sun's Java implementation
* Some unit test cases do not pass due to unimplemented features and
errors in Apache OJB version used in Photovault.
FEEDBACK & SUPPORT
For feedback and support please send e-mail to pvault-users@sourceforge.net
or directly to author (harri@photovault.org)