NEW FEATURES:
AlbumGUI : All Album tree views are ported to pure Qt4 model/view implementation.
ImageEditor : Brightness/Contrast/gamma tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Color Balance tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Hue/Saturation/Lightness tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Auto Color Correction tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Channel Mixer tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Black and White tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : White Balance tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Adjust Curves tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Adjust Levels tool is multithreaded and use a zoomable preview widget.
ImageEditor : Complete rewrite of the FilmGrain tool. FilmGrain tool use now YCrCb color space to add noise. Graininess size can be adjusted with an option to set-up photographic distribution of noise. Different amounts of noise can be added to highlights, shadows and midtones.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to fix Brightness/Contrast/gamma.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to adjust Color Balance.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to fix Hue/Saturation/Lightness.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to convert images color space.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to mix color channel.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to convert to Black and White.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to adjust White Balance.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to adjust Curves.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to blur images.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to add Film Grain to images.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to apply Local Contrast (LDR tone mapping).
BatchQueueManager : New tool to add/remove vignetting.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to invert image colors.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to convert color bits depth.
BatchQueueManager : New tool to add border around images.
BatchQueueManager : Rotate tool support Free Rotation adjustments.
BatchQueueManager : It's now possible to Stop and restart a processed queue.
BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA:
001 ==> 223936 : Moving photos between albums is slow.
002 ==> 224698 : digiKam fails to rotate pefs via orientation tag.
003 ==> 224021 : Zoom shortcuts inconsistent between editor and preview.
004 ==> 225160 : digiKam built with QT4 ver 4.5.3 does not display pictures in album view.
005 ==> 225397 : Tip refers to "Print Wizard", it is now "Print Assistant".
006 ==> 225555 : Crash when deleting tag.
007 ==> 207244 : Image disappears when enlarging.
008 ==> 221155 : Add collection fails on similarly named directories (seems that check is not strict enough).
009 ==> 225731 : digiKam no preview icon for movie.
010 ==> 222698 : digiKam 1.0.0 crashes when editing tags by drag-and-drop.
011 ==> 225328 : Creating new album during import fails.
012 ==> 216633 : Additional aspect ratios in crop tool.
013 ==> 151406 : Filters in 'Enhance' dropdown menu lack mouse-over preview mode.
014 ==> 225698 : When I export my Album to a Html Gallery then Digikam crashed at the End.
015 ==> 225787 : Scroll wheel doesn't work while moving images.
016 ==> 226081 : Trying to delete tags crashes digiKam.
017 ==> 226118 : IPTC metadata tag delimiter is no longer stored (since 0.10).
018 ==> 226235 : digiKam fails after upgrade - no albums - rh tag & captions bar frozen.
019 ==> 225272 : digiKam destroy some exif data.
020 ==> 226584 : digiKam crashes in the starting phase.
021 ==> 226537 : hovering doesn't show sub-tags.
022 ==> 225827 : Gpswidget inactive on default selected photo.
023 ==> 226381 : Copy/Paste of images in Albums view selects wrong image.
024 ==> 224999 : Thumbnails blury after upgrade to 1.0.0 from 0.10.
025 ==> 226789 : Metadata settings only EXIF.
026 ==> 185266 : digiKam shows unknown icon when moving images to other directory.
027 ==> 226872 : Tag tree not expanded with "Tags already assigned" button.
028 ==> 226858 : digiKam 1.2 My Tags window always blank.
029 ==> 226568 : digiKam 1.1 crashes when renaming tag.
030 ==> 226515 : My tags on Caption/Tags becomes empty after removing a single tag.
031 ==> 227244 : Images on local disk not shown in middle pane.
032 ==> 226853 : No images shown after upgrading from previous version.
033 ==> 226932 : Batch Color Space Conversion Tool.
034 ==> 207338 : Batch queue manager does not cancel processing.
035 ==> 215657 : Raw import tool does not use general digiKam settings.
036 ==> 226846 : Issues with color management and color profiles.
037 ==> 227498 : digiKam no longer shows any fotos. opengl image viewer works. showFoto works.
038 ==> 226537 : hovering doesn't show sub-tags.
039 ==> 227550 : Tags already assigned looks messy.
040 ==> 226962 : Applying tags to images requires extra work.
041 ==> 226238 : Histogram never get completed in image editor after any change in the image.
042 ==> 227545 : Toggle Auto/Parents does not work as expected.
043 ==> 219772 : Opening the application causes crash.
044 ==> 226382 : Curves Adjust dialog broken: No Histogram and no effect when changing the line.
045 ==> 227555 : Preview image in digiKam is not displayed after saveas in editor.
046 ==> 225728 : Adding vignette should not increase brightness in the center.
047 ==> 227992 : Search field should not lost focus if nothing was found.
048 ==> 228326 : Crash trying to create a new tag.
049 ==> 227905 : ISO Album dates for 2009 2010 sort wrong.
050 ==> 225443 : Fileview preview panning shortcut back to old.
051 ==> 224094 : Modifying file (caption, keywords, EXIF) takes a very long time and 100 % CPU.
052 ==> 228378 : Tag filtering is bugged.
053 ==> 227668 : Not enough space to show alle tags.
054 ==> 227640 : No Pictures visible in Collections.
055 ==> 227075 : digikam3 database is not imported.
056 ==> 225927 : Add white-balance to the batch base tools.
057 ==> 225718 : Crash when having two tags with the same name in one folder.
058 ==> 221918 : Wrong thumbnails after save as.
059 ==> 226586 : digiKam 1.2 crashes after My Tags window goes blank.
060 ==> 226885 : Not displayed thumbnails failed load kio_digikamalbums.
061 ==> 226363 : Root album is not expansed after upgrade to model view port.
062 ==> 224080 : Selected image thumbnails should be automatically added to the list of images for processing in Batch Queue Manager.
063 ==> 225722 : Selection in editor should not darken image.
064 ==> 228802 : Copy paste doesn't work.
065 ==> 227064 : digiKam 1.1.0: crash on image download.
066 ==> 228807 : Dancing thumbs in album view.
067 ==> 214303 : Position of preview type buttons is inconsistent across different tools.
068 ==> 163286 : Accurate histogram preview required.
069 ==> 229287 : Crash in digiKam when renaming with directory.
070 ==> 148540 : Improvements of adding noise tool.
071 ==> 229340 : digiKam Crashes When Saving PNG Files.
072 ==> 229664 : Curves Widget not working anymore in BWSepia Plugin.
073 ==> 229574 : Moving tags doesn't update the "tag counter" next to the tag name.
074 ==> 229690 : No picture on thumb bar icon.
075 ==> 229793 : Drop image file in digiKam.
076 ==> 228483 : digiKam 1.1.0 with system libjpeg-8 breaks image rotation.
077 ==> 187431 : Gui too big for eeepc.
078 ==> 230008 : digiKam Nikon fetching pictures.
079 ==> 229470 : digiKam fails to start with QCursor: Cannot create bitmap cursor; invalid bitmap(s).
080 ==> 221992 : "local contrast" settings make no difference.
081 ==> 230003 : Zoombar slider adjustments below 100% are hard to archieve [patch].
082 ==> 228810 : Need to roll over again on a thumb to correct the rating.
083 ==> 210259 : Scan crashed on multi-layer TIFFs.
084 ==> 229344 : digiKam starting up - loading kipi-plugins.
085 ==> 229578 : Metadata is not correctly updated when just assigning tags.
086 ==> 230323 : ShowFoto and digiKam opening Olympus E-P2 ORF file will crash.
087 ==> 229108 : digiKam doesn't display all images after and upgrade.
088 ==> 201591 : Restart queue in Batch queue manager.
089 ==> 223003 : Cancelling duplicate search doesn't remove waiting cursor.
090 ==> 230358 : Selected album does not match containing items.
091 ==> 231048 : Monochrome tool shows plain grey preview.
092 ==> 222774 : Many (but not all) tags have been lost after multiple albums facility added.
093 ==> 226504 : When moving assigned tag in the keywords hierachy it becomes unassigned.
094 ==> 220415 : Clicking the + in the Album tree expands and just collapses subdirs again.
095 ==> 207881 : Album order differs in import dialog.
096 ==> 231361 : digiKam crash when trying to open NIKON NEF format photos from camera.
097 ==> 230573 : digiKam crash with import from DSL Nikon D90.
098 ==> 196470 : Update files with metadata from DB.
099 ==> 224052 : Pressing Delete repeatedly is not cached.
digiKam 1.3.0 - Release date: 2010-06-07
NEW FEATURES:
General : New Database interface to support different database backend.
MySql and SQlite are supported. Internal and Remote MySql server are supported.
General : libkdcraw dependency set to 1.1.0 version.
General : libkexiv2 dependency set to 1.1.0 version.
AdvancedRename : New option: database. Allows to rename files according to database values.
QueueManager : Add capability to apply an image waterwark over a photo.
BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):
001 ==> 232632 : Tar will not compile DRawDecoding? has no member named DontStretchPixels.
002 ==> 232628 : Crash on startup in RatingWidget.
003 ==> 232875 : Compile 1.2.0 from tar or 1.3.0 from SVN Decorate / Texture gives me a blank target and will not apply.
004 ==> 233109 : digiKam fails pre-compile checks on win32.
005 ==> 229951 : Crash while scrolling library.
006 ==> 228979 : digiKam crashed after saving a photograph to PGF format.
007 ==> 195652 : digiKam crashed after rebuilding fingerprints.
008 ==> 233287 : Introduction of TagsCache has broken compilation on win32.
009 ==> 215737 : digiKam crash when imported from usb flash drive.
010 ==> 216327 : Crashed when scanning for new pictures.
011 ==> 215528 : Crashed after importing removabale storage.
012 ==> 229340 : digiKam Crashes When Saving PNG Files, now 1.2.0 also.
013 ==> 233253 : no thumbnails are displayed in tags, timeline or search mode.
014 ==> 233418 : Apparent slot typo in tagscache.cpp.
015 ==> 232720 : All Digikam Albums show zero items even though pictures exist.
016 ==> 195373 : Crash while closing after loading folder with large images.
017 ==> 223383 : digiKam crashes when selecting another album after exporting an album to Picasa.
018 ==> 233458 : digiKam lost collection identified by volume uuid but its still present.
019 ==> 233739 : Color management is disabled when using "Aspect Ratio Crop".
020 ==> 233927 : Olympus raw file crashes thumbnail view.
021 ==> 183171 : Decode and encode metadata once only.
022 ==> 233987 : digiKam crashes after renaming two files using the #-character.
023 ==> 227911 : digiKam unable to assign movie thumbnail as album thumbnail.
024 ==> 234102 : Images are not displayed into the virtual album.
025 ==> 233879 : Templates for XMP and IPTC not working.
026 ==> 214340 : Crash occured when removing tags.
027 ==> 233094 : libpgf relevant : thumbnails blurry (when scaling) on PowerPC platform (big-endian).
028 ==> 233549 : [database] Stuck at saving new image.
029 ==> 231598 : Metadata on Albums are lost when album moved from one collection to another.
030 ==> 234567 : Setting the rating causes reset of the zoom.
031 ==> 234594 : digiKam crashes when scanning tags.
032 ==> 234022 : Renaming tool "loose" original filename.
033 ==> 234569 : BQM: Changes in "Queue Settings" does not enable the Run button.
034 ==> 235158 : digiKam crashes when setting the rating [database relevant, DatabaseCoreBackend::execQuery].
035 ==> 234545 : Red eye correction tool is missing from image editor.
036 ==> 235368 : When right clic on RAW, the option "open with" is not there.
037 ==> 235469 : digiKam Segmentation fault after 2 or 3 modifications.
038 ==> 235491 : Regression in rev. 1115803, SIGSEGV or SIGABRT in image filters in editor.
039 ==> 235589 : Build error String_literal_as_second_argument_to_i18n, databaseserver.cpp error.
040 ==> 225533 : digiKam does not read metadata from Nepomuk.
041 ==> 184444 : Customize Filename in Download window doesn't seem to work.
042 ==> 188525 : Problem with same names on download from mass storage camera using file renaming.
043 ==> 230515 : Cash of digikam on closing program.
044 ==> 235171 : digiKam crashes when saving ratings to a raw (nef) file.
045 ==> 235600 : Color auto corrections are broken.
046 ==> 235902 : Preview of RAW image is nt updated if settings for import are changed.
047 ==> 236002 : Photos not visible when starting in calendar view.
048 ==> 151156 : Removing the metadata (EXIF) pannel while loading another picture shows blank black picture!
049 ==> 236127 : digiKam crashes sometimes, when changing the rating of a rawfile.
050 ==> 236523 : Auto-rotating of RW2 images is broken.
051 ==> 237178 : digiKam confuses disk partitions.
052 ==> 236425 : digiKam editor crashes when saving multiple images.
053 ==> 237522 : Import doesn't rotate images according to exif orientation.
054 ==> 237514 : digiKam fails to read the tag metadata when importing a digikam3.db database.
055 ==> 237616 : Context menu "Move to Album" doesn't updated.
056 ==> 237555 : digiKam crashed after moving two albums to the same destination album.
057 ==> 219878 : Collection configuration: Configuration dialog is shown for 5 seconds after cancelling a scan for a new collection.
058 ==> 232615 : Crash at closing image editor while importing raw.
059 ==> 206127 : While saving data for multiple images, digikam blocks new changes.
060 ==> 226239 : Clicking on windows ajust tool zoom the image but the view port does not correspond to the selection.
061 ==> 211758 : Saving TIFF-16 compressed using exiv2 0.18 shows odd results.
062 ==> 238338 : Sometimes digikam reads a wrong ICC profile from images.
063 ==> 214669 : Stange duplicated images behavior after fingerprints rebuild.
064 ==> 230442 : digiKam crashes when clicking directory button in rename pictures dialog.
065 ==> 210612 : After rename in digiKam pictures preview are not possible.
066 ==> 211804 : Curves adjust: hard to use when Gray theme.
067 ==> 229370 : ICC profile in Colors tab incorrect for nef raw images, also crashes digikam for some profiles.
068 ==> 221281 : Crash in Image Editor after editing multiple (100+) pictures.
069 ==> 240269 : digiKam crash after update to 4.5 beta (4.4.80).
070 ==> 233409 : Image watermark in batch queue manager.
071 ==> 231585 : Empty date for mod files.
072 ==> 238232 : Image rating widget in AlbumGUI is too sensitive.
073 ==> 209281 : digiKam crashes when dragging image to light table.
074 ==> 240828 : Crash after cancelling save operation that was stuck.
075 ==> 233766 : Deadlock at changing from mysql to sqlite.
076 ==> 240048 : Open images with double instead of single click.
077 ==> 218633 : "Write Metadata to Selected Images" Very Slow for Large Number of Images.
078 ==> 237565 : digiKam crash when unchecking KIPI external modules.