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A workaround was implemented for compatibility with GDK changes (Ubuntu 13.10).
A right-click popup menu can too easily execute the first entry by accident, because the user does not move the mouse off the menu before releasing the mouse button.

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The user interface was revised for faster workflow when processing multiple photos:

    An edit function can be started without closing a prior active edit function. The prior edit becomes the new base and an undo/redo position is added automatically.

    You can step through a series of images with an open edit function. Apply the function to an image or pass over by pressing the [next] button.
    Brightness and color functions can recall prior settings for faster application to other photos made under the same lighting conditions.

Other changes:

    RAW files are now edited like other image files. Auto-copy to TIFF-16 is no longer done. Edit as usual and save in the desired format (TIFF/PNG/JPEG, 8/16 bit color).
    Add Text: new option: retrieve and edit metadata caption/comments.
    Captions: new option: show metadata caption/comments above each image.
    Move Collections is more flexible: any pathname segment can be replaced.
    Some intermediate files now use ramdisk for a small performance gain.
    Mashup: move layout images in 1-pixel steps with the keyboard arrow keys.
    Mashup: internal speedups, especially when painting transparency.
    New Slide Show transition type: double doors open from the middle.
    Log file output was made always current, like a terminal session.

Bug Fixes:

    Unsaved edits were lost if the [next] button was used beyond the last image file.
    Curve nodes were lost when reloading saved complex edit curves.
    Mashup: fix erratic overlay image corner drag behavior.

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Index Image Files (aka Synchronize) runs faster. Intermixing image files with
100K other files under /home/user/... has little effect on speed.
Startup time is also faster for the normal case of few new image files.
Retouch Combo: sliders were added for fast adjustment of overall brightness,
contrast and color. The curves can then be hand-tuned if needed.
Slide Show: a new transition type simulates turning a book page.
Slide Show: images are clipped to exactly fit the monitor if the difference
in aspect ratio is less than a predefined limit.
Slide Show: optionally show captions/comments above each image.
The batch Rename and Convert functions were combined for convenience.
Batch Convert has a new option to automatically sharpen images.
Paint/Clone: a "shadow" paintbrush tracks the source of copied pixels.
Retouch Combo, Trim/Rotate and Resize can recall prior settings for easier application to multiple images needing similar treatments.
Mashup: resizing/rotating an overlay image with the mouse is smoother.
Editing in a selected area: edge blending was made a bit smoother.
Search Images: select a gallery (thumbnails) report or a tabular report for
listing desired metadata along with a thumbnail image.
Block metadata edits for image types not supporting this (e.g. bmp, gif).
Bugfix: Texture function converted RGB 0/0/0 pixels into illegal values.
Bugfix: Bogus error message about exceeding geotag limits.
Bugfix: Trim function left temporary image remnants on the window.

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Bugfix: a memory corruption problem was fixed that can cause a crash.
The Spanish translation was updated.
Bugfix: stop spurious "low memory" warning.

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Gallery view: highlight the current image with a red frame.
Gallery thumbnail right-click menu: new entry to pop-up a large resizable movable image. View multiple images within the gallery.
Mosaic: new function to convert an image into a mosaic with tiles made from all available images. Click a tile to pop-up the underlying image.
Pattern: new function to add a semi-transparent pattern to an image background
(e.g. make an image seem painted on canvas or a brick wall).
New slide show transition: Ken Burns effect (slow zoom-in).
Mashup transparencies can be adjusted instantly as well as gradually.
Several small user interface changes were made for convenience and consistency with common practices. Speed was also improved.
Keyboard shortcuts editing was simplified.
Leverage Edits was removed (this is more easily done with Paint Edits).
Edit Translations was removed (unused AFAIK, and slightly buggy).
Bugfix: Paint/Clone: ignore source pixels beyond image edge [crash risk].
Bugfix: Fix memory allocation thread contention [crash risk].
Bugfix: If a collection once contained images that are now deleted, copy/cut/paste operations could move the wrong images.

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The classic top menu was replaced with a vertical menu on the left side.
Retouch Combo: improved capability to adjust individual colors.
Retouch Combo: brightness distribution graph cohabits the curve edit window.
Retouch Combo: new control to adjust the sensitivity of the edit curves.
Gallery: additional slow scroll mode for scanning images visually.
Slide Show: specify transitions and dwell times per image where wanted.
Slide Show: specify zoom-in per image (speed, target center, magnification).
Leverage Edits is back (for some cases it is better than Paint Edits).
All curve edits: sharper bends can be made (closer anchor points are allowed).
Background Pattern: GUI is easier to use and the pattern is now resizable.
Bugfix: memory leak in Retouch > Brightness Distribution.

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The Spanish and Catalan translations were updated.
Deprecated GTK functions were updated (Ubuntu >=13.10 is now required).
The Blur function for a large radius (>20) was made 10x faster.
A new function Color Drawing converts a photo into a color drawing.
The flakey plugins editor was improved and the functionality revised.
A plugin was added to clean-up a smudgy white board photo using ImageMagick.
Retouch Combo was revised for better control of color changes.
Retouch Combo can now load and save its settings from/to a file.
Bugfix: a memory leak in Dark/Bright Pixels was plugged.
Bugfix: fix desktop file (launcher) for non-English locales.

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    Bugfix: The gallery page could crash if the thumbnail size was minimized to zero.

14.06:

    The Window "tabs" paradigm was revised to improve space utilization.
    The user guide has many minor revisions to reflect this change.
    A custom convolution kernel can be edited and applied to an image.
    These can also be saved to a file for later re-use.
    Make thumbnails automatically for RAW files lacking embedded thumbnails.
    Panorama: images can be moved and warped with the mouse to fix residual alignment offsets (parallax, horizon shift, others).
    Fix Perspective: move corner markers in 1-pixel steps with the KB arrow keys.
    Trim/Rotate: move trim rectangle in 1-pixel steps with the KB arrow keys.
    Batch Convert has new controls to sharpen output images.
    Batch Convert RAW has new controls to resize and sharpen output images.
    Mashup can more easily adjust image overlaps and transparencies.
    Behave more nicely when running out of disk space.
    3 minor bug fixes and a few other minor improvements.

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Fotoxx 14.10.1

6/10/2014

 
The Russian translation was updated.
 
Fotoxx 14.10.1

2/10/2014

 

    Bugfix: Upgrade from an older version of Fotoxx may make the
    window menus invisible. Workaround: delete the line "menu style"
    in the file  /home/<user>/.fotoxx/parameters.
    Translation updates for Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese.

 
Fotoxx 14.10

1/10/2014

 
Fotoxx 14.10 includes the following additions and corrections:

    Make Waves effect: Horizontal and vertical wavelength, magnitude and variance can be set independently. More realistic appearance.
    Drawing lines and arrows on an image or mashup montage was made easier:
    create a line or arrow and then drag the end-points into final position.
    Gallery popup image improvements: window fits image without margins, window and image can be scaled up or down with the mouse wheel.
    New setting: Monitor scale: adjust panel scale for high DPI monitor.
    Bugfix: Image date and size in the search index were not always updated when changed (this error fixed itself at the next Fotoxx startup).
    Bugfix: The Print Image function with grid lines enabled did not print the horizontal grid lines clearly (adjacent black and white lines).
    Bugfix: The Shift Colors function [reset] button reset the dialog controls but failed to reset the image edits.
    Bugfix: Mashup crash when deleting and adding text in a mixed sequence.

 
Fotoxx 14.09

10/9/2014

 
The Portuguese translation was updated on Sept. 10.
 
Fotoxx 14.09

31/8/2014

 
This release makes improvements and fixes annoyances in the user interface.

    Dialogs set focus back to the main window after use of the [apply] or [next] button, so subsequent KB shortcuts will work without extra mouse action.
    File Save: both unsaved metadata edits and image edits are now saved.
    (Using [apply] in a metadata dialog saves only the metadata changes.)
    Display "no more images" after deleting the last image in the current gallery (otherwise the window goes inexplicably blank).
    Additional dialogs now restore previous inputs, also across sessions.
    Search Images: if time is omitted in a date/time search range, then 00:00 or 23:59 is defaulted for the start or end time respectively.
    Search Images: new option: include only the latest version of each image.
    Batch Convert: If image files are renamed or moved and the originals are deleted, collections containing the images are updated automatically. The problematic Move Collections function was removed.
    Gallery popup images: new option: use the same window or open another window when a thumbnail is clicked. The one window option is effectively a combined image and gallery view, with adjustable allocation of screen space between the two views, and two-click selection of each image to view.
    Area Select: select by matching colors was made a little smarter.
    Gallery Selection: the selection list is scrolled to keep new insertions in view.
    There is a new utility function to find and display all duplicate images.
    Slide Show: new option to auto-replay after reaching the end.
    Bugfix: Manage Collections: dragging a thumbnail to the bottom of the gallery window would not scroll up if the window was maximized.

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A world map and several larger-scale continental maps are provided in  a separate package: fotoxx-maps. These maps show locations of photos having geotags. Clicking a map location shows a gallery of thumbnail images that can be selected in turn for viewing full size or editing. A user may add more maps, and these will work the same way.
Gallery thumbnail popup: expanded speed and functionality for zooming thumbnails and comparing images side by side.
Gallery scrolling is smoother and easier to control with the mouse: scrolls faster as mouse is dragged closer to top or bottom of window.
Sync Gallery can now have a KB shortcut (default 'S' for new installs).
Bugfix: Edit Geotags: If the dialog inputs were cleared to blanks, the image geotag data was not being erased.

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 Tools > Magnify Image: New function - analogous to viewing a printed image through a magnifying glass that can be moved freely over the image.
Tools > User Settings: When stepping through image files with the prev/next button or KB arrow keys, there is a new option to show only the last edited
version (or the original file if never edited).
Retouch Combo: The slider to emphasize darker...brighter pixels for color adjustments was made more effective.
New command parameter "nosync": Allows a faster startup, but search and map functions are disabled because of the risk of incorrect results. More information is in the Technical Notes section of the User Guide.
Select Area: The Finish dialog has a new option to extend the selection automatically to designated image corners - a time saver.
Bugfix: Edit Metadata was not being canceled if a conflicting function was started.
Bugfix: Adding geotags by clicking on a map sometimes failed.
Bugfix: Copy text from a dialog widget with Ctrl+C was not working.

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Panorama: better image projection math for more precise stitching.
Several slider controls were given a log scale for easier and more precise
control of small changes near the neutral value.
Reduce Noise: new option: selectively apply to darker image areas.
Adding and editing plugins was made easier. 
The Plugins menu was moved into the Edit menu.
Gallery view has a small layout change for improved appearance.
Gallery popup windows: F11 toggles full screen view, Escape terminates.
Magnify function: user interface was made more flexible.
Slide Show: zoom-in limit raised to 3x. Image retains native sharpness.
Map View: red dots are sized for good visibility at any map scale.
Bugfix: Printing an edited but unsaved image file printed the original file.

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Plugin interface was broken. If a plugin function was used for the initial edit of an image file, a crash resulted.
Ukopp 5.3 released

8/4/2015
 
Copying file owner and permissions to the backup location is now optional. 
This is useful if the backup location is a Microsoft file system, which does not support Linux owner and permissions. Note that owner and permissions data
is still copied to the backup location in an extra data file, and if files are later restored, owner and permissions are also restored.  This works even if the
backup location is a Microsoft file system.
Bugfix: The following job logic was made to work properly:
     include /home/mike/*                               #  include everything
     exclude /home/mike/docs/*                   #  exclude docs/*
     include /home/mike/docs/* (30,3)        #  re-include with version retention
The last record adds a version retention rule only for  .../docs/* 
(retain all versions 30 days, retain last 3 versions indefinitely).

Fotoxx 15.04 Released

1/4/2015
 
Fotoxx 15.04 is released with the following changes:

New: Zonal Flatten: enhance contrast in dull areas, even if overall brightness and contrast is already well optimized (powerful, try it).
New: Directed Blur: 1-dimensional image blur in direction of mouse drag.
Properly extract thumbnails from RAW files enclosing .ppm thumbnails.
Album edit: View any image full size while adding and arranging images.
Slide Show: Support for stop show, jump to a new position, resume show.
Slide Show: New image transitions: implode, explode, Japanese fan.
Print dialog accepts margin inputs in either inches or centimeters.
New user setting: show or hide hidden directories in gallery view.
Bugfix: print dialog: displayed print size was not always correct.

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New: Smart Denoise: measure and reduce noise with minimal loss of detail.
Also measure camera sensor noise using a RAW image.
The function Newest Images was revised to show a gallery of the newest 1000 image files, based on either EXIF photo date or file modification date.
Zonal Flatten: algorithm improvement and stronger deband controls.
New: Cycle Background: cycle Desktop background image via Fotoxx album.
Bugfix: Possible crash in some edit functions if the [done] button or Return key
is pressed very quickly after adjusting a dialog control or edit curve.
Bugfix: Edit Metadata: tags with special characters were sometimes getting split into two tags.
Bugfix: Color Mode: color negative: it was sometimes possible to create invalid RGB colors which affected later color functions. 

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New: HSL Color: change the color of selected image areas using an HSL color chooser. Blend with original image to preserve existing variation.
Threshold Denoise algorithm was improved.
The Noise measurement tool was made less sensitive to RGB levels having a small gradient over the measured spot.
Cycle Desktop (background image): Runs in the background. Add to the startup list to get a new desktop image each logon or time period.
New: Set Desktop Image: Set the desktop background image from Fotoxx.
New slide show transition: Image falls over to reveal the next image.
Mashup: UI improved for adding text and lines/arrows to a layout.
Trim/Rotate now includes an [auto] button to remove the black image margins left by composite or warp functions. The Auto-Trim menu was removed.
KB shortcuts includes a button to report all the standard shortcuts.
Multiple UI and help text improvements.
Three minor bug fixes.

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