| 1 | PHOTOVAULT 0.5.0-dev |
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| 3 | RELEASE NOTES |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | This is release 0.5.0 of Photovault, a cross-platform Java based image |
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| 6 | archiving application for photographers. 0.5.0 improves color adjustment |
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| 7 | possibilities, adds XML export for image metadata and fixes several importat bugs. |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.5.0 |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | New features |
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| 13 | * New color curve tool that makes it possible to adjust colors of all images, |
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| 14 | not just raw image files as in 0.4.0 |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | * New tool for adjusting saturation of images |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | * New tool for deleting photos from database |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | * Import/export metadata stored in Photovault database in XML format. In this |
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| 21 | first version of the feature, Photovault just exports the whole content of |
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| 22 | database, but in future this framework can be extended to allow more controlled |
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| 23 | exchange of image data. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | * Improved support for MacOS X. Photovault 0.5.0 adjusts is user interface to |
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| 26 | be closer to look and feel of native MacOS applications. Also a native installer |
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| 27 | for Mac is provided. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | * Significant speed improvements when changing raw conversion or color settings. |
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| 30 | This comes with price in image loading time - this can take somewhat longer |
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| 31 | than earlier. |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | * Reorganized toolbars for better clarity and new keyboard accelerators for |
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| 34 | most used functions. |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | * The window for viewing individual images has the same controls & menus as main |
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| 37 | window |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | * When opening multiple images to new window, Photovault no longer opens separate |
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| 40 | windows for each. Instead, it opens only 1 window with all the images visible |
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| 41 | as thumbnails in preview pane. |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | * Discontinued support for Java 1.4. |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | Bug fixes |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | * #107 Inconsistent logic for deciding whether a file is raw image |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | * #108 Error in limiting crop bounds |
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| 51 | * #112 Thumbnail creator thread can go into infinite loop if thumbnail |
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| 52 | creation is unsuccesful |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | * #114 PhotoInfo#exportPhoto does not report all potential errors |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | * #120 Crop action not disabled if preview pane is hidden |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | For full list of changes, see |
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| 59 | http://www.photovault.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/query?status=closed&milestone=0.5.0 |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.4.0 |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | New features |
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| 65 | - Support for importing raw camera files |
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| 66 | - Color correction for raw images |
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| 67 | - Support for additional image file firmats |
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| 68 | |
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| 69 | Bug fixes |
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| 70 | - Disabled username & password fields when using Derby database (#61) |
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| 71 | - Failing crop operation when exporting (#89) |
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| 72 | - Exporting hangs up with erronneus format string (#83) |
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| 73 | - NullPointerException when sorting images with no shooting date (#96) |
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| 74 | |
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| 75 | For full list of changes, see |
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| 76 | http://www.photovault.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/query?status=closed&milestone=0.4.0 |
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| 77 | |
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| 78 | MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.3.1 |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | New features |
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| 81 | - Use checkboxes to select folders a photo belongs to |
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| 82 | - Default thumbnail image used if the photo does not have a thumbnail |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | Bug fixes |
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| 85 | - Improved support for image formats. Photovault can now read all image |
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| 86 | formats support Java Advanced imaging. It also supports using images with |
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| 87 | 16 bits per channel although exporting is always done with 8 bits per |
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| 88 | channel. |
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| 89 | - Better EXIF tag handling |
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| 90 | - Improved error messages when login or database startup fails |
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| 91 | - Possible to cahnge database after unsuccesfull login |
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| 92 | - Improved error handling if photo instance file is missing or corrupted |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.3.0 |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | New features |
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| 98 | - Arbitrary cropping and rotating of images. As all Photovault operations, |
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| 99 | the original image is always preserved and the operations are only |
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| 100 | applied when wieving/exporting the image. |
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| 101 | - Improved exporting of multiple images at once |
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| 102 | - Possibility to freely set resolution of exported images |
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| 103 | - Sorting of viewed images by shooting time, shooting place or quality |
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| 104 | - Visual icons for indicating image quality setting in thumbnail view |
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| 105 | - Toolbar & menu icons |
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| 106 | - Improved performance when indexing external volumes |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | MAIN CHANGES IN PHOTOVAULT 0.2 |
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| 109 | - Support for external volumes |
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| 110 | - Shortcut keys for moving between images in the same folder |
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| 111 | - Use launch4j for starting Photovault (instead if NSIS) |
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| 113 | BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY |
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| 115 | Photovault 0.5.0 requires Java SE 5 or newer. It will nnot work anymore with |
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| 116 | Java 1.4. |
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| 118 | Version 0.5.0 adds new structures to database to support the new features (color |
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| 119 | adjustment). If you open a database created with earlier version of Photovault, |
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| 120 | the program converts the database automatically to new format. The new database |
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| 121 | structure is backwards compatible with older versions starting from 0.2.0. |
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| 122 | However, the earlier versions cannot display raw images at all or color adjustments |
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| 123 | of other images. It is still possible to edit meta data and see icons of these |
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| 124 | photos correctly. |
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| 126 | If you have used custom ICC profile for raw conversion in 0.4.0 you may notice |
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| 127 | that you get different colors in 0.5.0. This is an intentional compatibility |
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| 128 | break. ICC profiles in 0.4.0 were broken and should not be used. |
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| 130 | Starting from 0.4.0, Photovault configuration file format has changed. The new |
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| 131 | config file is saved in <HOME_DIRECTORY>/.photovault/photovault_config.xml |
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| 132 | by default. If this file is not found Photovault will search for the |
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| 133 | old configuration file named photovault.xml in the same directory. If that |
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| 134 | file exists it will use information in the file to create the new |
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| 135 | configuration file. The old confugration file is preserved to allow usage |
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| 136 | of older versions, however, the old file is not updated with changes |
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| 137 | in configuration. |
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| 139 | |
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| 140 | SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS |
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| 142 | Photovault has been tested in Linux, Windows XP and MacOS X 10.4. It should work |
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| 143 | in all environments supported by Java SE. However, raw conversion support works |
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| 144 | out-of-the-box only in the environments mentioned above. It is possible to use |
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| 145 | raw conversion in other architectures by supplying your own dcraw executable. |
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| 147 | REQUIRED SOFTWARE |
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| 149 | Photovault needs Sun Java 5 or newer and Java Advanced Imaging |
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| 150 | libraries to work. You can download both from Sun web site. |
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| 152 | Photovault can use either Apache Derby or MySQL as metadata |
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| 153 | store. Derby is included in this release; if you want to use MySQL |
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| 154 | instead you need to download it from www.mysql.com. |
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| 156 | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS |
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| 158 | Briefly: |
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| 159 | |
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| 160 | * Install Java from http://java.com/getjava |
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| 162 | * Install Java Advanced Imaging from |
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| 163 | http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/downloads/download-1_1_2_01.html |
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| 165 | * Install Photovault |
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| 167 | * Start Photovault and set database name & directory as the program asks for |
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| 168 | them |
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| 170 | See http://www.photovault.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/PhotovaultInstall for full |
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| 171 | installation instructions. |
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| 173 | KNOWN ISSUES |
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| 175 | * Problems when viewing some indexed color PNG files. This is due to a bug in |
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| 176 | Sun's Java implementation |
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| 178 | * Some unit test cases do not pass due to unimplemented features and |
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| 179 | errors in Apache OJB version used in Photovault. |
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| 180 | |
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| 181 | FEEDBACK & SUPPORT |
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| 183 | For feedback and support please send e-mail to pvault-users@sourceforge.net |
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| 184 | or directly to author (harri@photovault.org) |
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