Re: [darktable-dev] Re: darktable 2.2.0 released

[Steven Adler]

Many thanks to the developers for getting this out on time yet another
year.  Well done.

On Dec 25, 2016 7:33 AM, "Matthias Bodenbinder" 
wrote:

> Many many thanks to the developers. What a Christmas present!
>
> Matthias
>
> Am 24.12.2016 um 17:50 schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus:
> > we're proud to finally announce the new feature release of darktable,
> 2.2.0!
> >
> > the github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/
> > releases/tag/release-2.2.0.
> >
> > as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by
> github, but
> > only our tar.xz. the sha256 checksum is:
> >
> > 3eca193831faae58200bb1cb6ef29e658bce43a81706b54420953a7c33d79377
> > darktable-2.2.0.tar.xz
> > 75d5f68fec755fefe6ccc82761d379b399f9fba9581c0f4c2173f6c147a0109f
> > darktable-2.2.0.dmg
> >
> > and the changelog as compared to 2.0.0 can be found below.
> >
> > when updating from the currently stable 2.0.x series, please bear in
> mind that
> > your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be
> possible
> > to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.0.x any more.
> >
> > - Well over 2k commits since 2.0.0
> > - 298 pull requests handled
> > - 360+ issues closed
> >
> > Gource visualization of git log from 2.0.0 to right before 2.2.0:
> > https://youtu.be/E2UU5x7sS3g
> >
> > The Big Ones:
> >
> > - Add new automatic perspective correction module (
> https://www.darktable.org/
> > 2016/03/a-new-module-for-automatic-perspective-correction/)
> > - Liquify tool for all your fancy pixel moving (
> https://www.darktable.org/
> > 2016/04/liquify-liquify/)
> > - A new image module to use a Color Look Up Table (CLUT) to change
> colors in
> > the image (https://www.darktable.org/2016/05/colour-manipulation-
> with-the-colour-checker-lut-module/)
> > - In Highlight reconstruction module, the mode LCh reconstruction was
> > completely rewritten, and is no longer useless!
> > - A new tool, darktable-chart, that goes along with the CLUT module, to
> create
> > styles for the latter
> > - Exposure fusion in the basecurve module to lower the dynamic range of
> images
> > (https://www.darktable.org/2016/08/compressing-dynamic-
> range-with-exposure-fusion/)
> > - Add new raw overexposure indication (https://www.darktable.org/
> 2016/10/raw-overexposed/)
> > - Darkroom: the preview (in top-left corner) is now no longer
> pre-demosaiced
> > (but just downscaled without demosaicing it at the same time), thus the
> > preview, color picker, histogram show the proper results, especially when
> > there is highlight clipping.
> >
> > Quite Interesting Changes:
> >
> > - Split the database into a library containing images and a general one
> with
> > styles, presets and tags. That allows having access to those when for
> example
> > running with a :memory: library
> > - Support running on platforms other than x86 (64bit little-endian,
> currently
> > ARM64 only) (https://www.darktable.org/2016/04/running-on-non-x86-
> platforms/)
> > - darktable is now happy to use smaller stack sizes (no less than
> 256Kb). That
> > should allow using musl libc
> > - Allow darktable-cli to work on directories
> > - Allow to import/export tags from Lightroom keyword files
> > - Allow using modifier keys to modify the step for sliders and curves.
> > Defaults: Ctrl - x0.1; Shift - x10
> > - Allow using the [keyboard] cursor keys to interact with sliders,
> comboboxes
> > and curves; modifiers apply too
> > - Support presets in "more modules" so you can quickly switch between
> your
> > favorite sets of modules shown in the GUI
> > - Add range operator and date compare to the collection module
> > - Add basic undo/redo support for the darkroom (masks are not accounted
> !)
> > - Support the Exif date and time when importing photos from camera
> > - Input color profile module, when profile is just matrix (and linear
> curve), is
> > 1/3 faster now.
> > - Rudimentary CYGM and RGBE color filter array support
> > - Nicer web gallery exporter -- now touch friendly!
> > - OpenCL implementation of VNG/VNG4 demosaicing methods
> > - OpenCL implementation of Markesteijn demosaicing method for X-Trans
> sensors
> > - Filter-out some useless EXIF tags when exporting, helps keep EXIF size
> under
> > ~64Kb
> > - OpenCL: properly discard CPU-based OpenCL devices. Fixes crashes on
> startup
> > with some partially-working OpenCL implementations like pocl.
> > - darktable-cli: do not even try to open display, we don't need it.
> > - Hotpixels module: make it actually work for X-Trans
> > - Cmstest tool should now produce correct output in more cases,
> especially in
> > multi-monitor setups.
> > - Darkroom histogram now uses more bins: use all 8-bit of the output,
> not just
> > 6.
> >
> > Some More Changes, Probably Not Complete:
> >
> > - Drop darktable-viewer tool in favor of slideshow view
> > - Remove gnome keyring password backend, use libsecret instead
> > - When using libsecret to store passwords then put them into 

[darktable-dev] Re: darktable 2.2.0 released

[Matthias Bodenbinder]

Many many thanks to the developers. What a Christmas present!

Matthias

Am 24.12.2016 um 17:50 schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus:
> we're proud to finally announce the new feature release of darktable, 2.2.0!
> 
> the github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/
> releases/tag/release-2.2.0.
> 
> as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but 
> only our tar.xz. the sha256 checksum is:
> 
> 3eca193831faae58200bb1cb6ef29e658bce43a81706b54420953a7c33d79377  
> darktable-2.2.0.tar.xz
> 75d5f68fec755fefe6ccc82761d379b399f9fba9581c0f4c2173f6c147a0109f  
> darktable-2.2.0.dmg
> 
> and the changelog as compared to 2.0.0 can be found below.
> 
> when updating from the currently stable 2.0.x series, please bear in mind 
> that 
> your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible 
> to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.0.x any more.
> 
> - Well over 2k commits since 2.0.0
> - 298 pull requests handled
> - 360+ issues closed
> 
> Gource visualization of git log from 2.0.0 to right before 2.2.0:
> https://youtu.be/E2UU5x7sS3g
> 
> The Big Ones:
> 
> - Add new automatic perspective correction module (https://www.darktable.org/
> 2016/03/a-new-module-for-automatic-perspective-correction/)
> - Liquify tool for all your fancy pixel moving (https://www.darktable.org/
> 2016/04/liquify-liquify/)
> - A new image module to use a Color Look Up Table (CLUT) to change colors in 
> the image 
> (https://www.darktable.org/2016/05/colour-manipulation-with-the-colour-checker-lut-module/)
> - In Highlight reconstruction module, the mode LCh reconstruction was 
> completely rewritten, and is no longer useless!
> - A new tool, darktable-chart, that goes along with the CLUT module, to 
> create 
> styles for the latter
> - Exposure fusion in the basecurve module to lower the dynamic range of 
> images 
> (https://www.darktable.org/2016/08/compressing-dynamic-range-with-exposure-fusion/)
> - Add new raw overexposure indication 
> (https://www.darktable.org/2016/10/raw-overexposed/)
> - Darkroom: the preview (in top-left corner) is now no longer pre-demosaiced 
> (but just downscaled without demosaicing it at the same time), thus the 
> preview, color picker, histogram show the proper results, especially when 
> there is highlight clipping.
> 
> Quite Interesting Changes:
> 
> - Split the database into a library containing images and a general one with 
> styles, presets and tags. That allows having access to those when for example 
> running with a :memory: library
> - Support running on platforms other than x86 (64bit little-endian, currently 
> ARM64 only) (https://www.darktable.org/2016/04/running-on-non-x86-platforms/)
> - darktable is now happy to use smaller stack sizes (no less than 256Kb). 
> That 
> should allow using musl libc
> - Allow darktable-cli to work on directories
> - Allow to import/export tags from Lightroom keyword files
> - Allow using modifier keys to modify the step for sliders and curves. 
> Defaults: Ctrl - x0.1; Shift - x10
> - Allow using the [keyboard] cursor keys to interact with sliders, comboboxes 
> and curves; modifiers apply too
> - Support presets in "more modules" so you can quickly switch between your 
> favorite sets of modules shown in the GUI
> - Add range operator and date compare to the collection module
> - Add basic undo/redo support for the darkroom (masks are not accounted !)
> - Support the Exif date and time when importing photos from camera
> - Input color profile module, when profile is just matrix (and linear curve), 
> is 
> 1/3 faster now.
> - Rudimentary CYGM and RGBE color filter array support
> - Nicer web gallery exporter -- now touch friendly!
> - OpenCL implementation of VNG/VNG4 demosaicing methods
> - OpenCL implementation of Markesteijn demosaicing method for X-Trans sensors
> - Filter-out some useless EXIF tags when exporting, helps keep EXIF size 
> under 
> ~64Kb
> - OpenCL: properly discard CPU-based OpenCL devices. Fixes crashes on startup 
> with some partially-working OpenCL implementations like pocl.
> - darktable-cli: do not even try to open display, we don't need it.
> - Hotpixels module: make it actually work for X-Trans
> - Cmstest tool should now produce correct output in more cases, especially in 
> multi-monitor setups.
> - Darkroom histogram now uses more bins: use all 8-bit of the output, not 
> just 
> 6.
> 
> Some More Changes, Probably Not Complete:
> 
> - Drop darktable-viewer tool in favor of slideshow view
> - Remove gnome keyring password backend, use libsecret instead
> - When using libsecret to store passwords then put them into the correct 
> collection
> - Hint via window manager when import/export is done
> - Quick tagging searches anywhere, not just at the start of tags
> - The sidecar XMP schema for history entries is now more consistent and less 
> error prone
> - Rawspeed: fixes for building with libjpeg (as opposed to libjpeg-turbo)
> - Give the choice of