Thanks to all dt devs for all the great work. All the best for 2023 Alex
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, 10:05 pm Pascal Obry, <pas...@obry.net> wrote: > We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 4.2.0! > > The github release is here: > [ > https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-4.2.0](https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-4.2.0) > . > > As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by > github, but only our tar.xz file. The checksums are: > > ``` > $ sha256sum darktable-4.2.0.tar.xz > 18b0917fdfe9b09f66c279a681cc3bd52894a566852bbf04b2e179ecfdb11af9 > darktable-4.2.0.tar.xz > $ sha256sum darktable-4.2.0_x86_64.dmg > 89308cb7222ec0d0b539771dd90284e98b35bae4b53c8f3aa1b2feb861536b82 > darktable-4.2.0_x86_64.dmg > $ sha256sum darktable-4.2.0_arm64.dmg > 7cbc03cc0e9a4a1769e4321815ed99384de8c063990eb5d746ffbd7599e32193 > darktable-4.2.0_arm64.dmg > $ sha256sum darktable-4.2.0-win64.exe > 748e617d36f810890fcc7829fdf0e9999da2906b20293a2ac919808f80709e27 > darktable-4.2.0-win64.exe > ``` > > When updating from the stable 4.0.x series, please bear in > mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new > library and configuration will no longer be usable with 4.0.x. > > You are strongly advised to take a backup first. > > #### Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting > the raw file format for your camera, *please* read [this > post](https://discuss.pixls.us/t/raw-samples-wanted/5420?u=lebedevri) > on how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the > *full* raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license! > > Since darktable 4.0: > > - Almost 1411 commits to darktable+rawspeed > - 409 pull requests handled > - 60 issues closed > > ## The Big Ones > > The following is a summary of the main features added to darktable > 4.2. Most of these features are described more fully in the user > manual. > > - New Sigmoid display transform module, which can be used in place of > the filmic and base curve modules. > > - Two new algorithms are provided in the highlight reconstruction > module: > "inpaint opposed" and "segmentation based". The "inpaint opposed" > algorithm has proved to be very stable and provides good results in > many images, so it replaces "clip highlights" as the new default > algorithm. > > - The pixelpipe used for image display in the darkroom view has been > reworked > so that it can be used elsewhere (darkroom view, second display > window, > duplicate manager, style preview, snapshot routine). This has allowed > for code de-duplication as well as enhancement of many of these > features > (see below). > > - The second darkroom image window has now been enhanced to support > both > the focus peaking and ISO-12646 color assessment modes. > > - The snapshot module has been entirely reworked so that, instead of > using a > fixed screen capture it now uses a dynamically generated view using > the new > pixelpipe functionality. This means that it can now be zoomed and > panned > with keyboard/mouse. > > - The duplicate manager previously used a different pipe routine to > calculate > its previews (i.e. when long-pressing on a duplicate image thumbnail) > which > often meant that the displayed duplicates differed from the main > darkroom > view in subtle ways. Use of the new pipe routine now means that these > previews > will be identical to those produced during darkroom editing. > > - It is now possible to preview the effect of a user-generated style on > an image before applying it. Simply hover over the style name in > either > the lighttable styles module or the darkroom quick-access menu and a > new tooltip will appear, showing the image with the style applied > along > with details of the modules that are included. > > - Some cameras record lens correction information within the image > EXIF metadata. The lens correction module has been enhanced so that > it can extract this data and use it to correct lens distortions. > > - darktable is now able to read and write JPEG XL images > > - Processing and utility modules have been altered so that if a module > is > not entirely visible when expanded, it will be automatically scrolled > until the entire UI is visible on screen. > > For users who currently use the "scroll to the top when expanded" > preference > setting to achieve this effect, this change may provide a better > alternative. > > As part of this change, a new animation effect has been added when > expanding/collapsing modules. The speed of the expand/collapse > animation > can be controlled via a preference setting > (`preferences > miscellaneous > duration of ui transitions`). > Set this to zero to disable the animation. > > - The pixelpipe caching functionality has been completely overhauled. > More > cachelines are used with an improved hit-rate while controlling > the total amount of memory used, leading to a significantly faster > interface. > > - The slideshow has been rewritten for a better user experience. > A small preview is displayed while the full image is computed > to provide feedback to the user that something is being done in > the background. > > - A new drop-down menu has been added to the top filter bar to allow > filters to be easily added and removed. Some range widgets have been > removed from this list as they are not easily readable on the top > bar. > > - The UI of the range rating filter widget has been reworked for better > readability. This revised widget is designed to be easier to use > and more efficient. > > ## Other Changes > > - Added support for manipulating shapes without using the mouse scroll- > wheel > (for tablet users). The mask manager has been enhanced with a new > collapsible > section containing controls for changing shapes properties. > > It is also possible to change a property that is shared by a group of > shapes. > > The circle and ellipse shapes have also been enhanced with new on- > canvas > controls to change the mask size and feathering. > > - WebP read support has been added. > > - Embedded ICC profiles are now supported in exported WebP files. > > - Double-clicking on a notebook tab now resets all widgets within that > tab. > > - Regional date/time format is now supported in thumbnail tooltips. > > - Lua commands are displayed in a widget's "action" tooltip. > > - The SSE code path has been removed from the white balance and > output color profile modules as compiler defaults now provide a > similar speed. > > - Added support for JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format) file extension > (which is an extension of the JPEG standard). > > - The preference to auto-apply a sharpening has been removed. For users > who still require this functionality, it can be easily achieved with > a > user-generated auto-applied preset. > > - Added support for updating existing pictures in Piwigo export. > > - All white balance presets have been migrated to an external JSON > file. > This should not affect the module's operation. > > - The preferences to set the layout of the "color balance module" and > the > colors of the "white balance" module have been removed from the > global > preferences dialog, as these controls are already available directly > within > the respective modules. > > - Improved profile support for AVIF & EXR format. Also relax AVIF > reader support by not requiring full compliance. > > - The current collection image count is now shown in the top bar beside > the image filters meaning that it is available even when the top > hinter > area is hidden. > > - Attempt to obtain the color-space for PNG files from the cICP chunk. > This was > added in a recent revision of the PNG spec, so we take advantage of > it, if present. > > - Reading of 16-bit half float for the TIFF format is now undertaken > using > the Imath library. > > - The format and storage parameters in the export module can now be > mapped > to shortcuts. > > - Introduced balanced "OpenCL vs CPU" tiling. This makes it possible to > use CPU tiling if there is not enough memory on the OpenCL card > (which would require a lot of tiles to be handled on the card). In > the > end, the large number of tiles plus the overlapping area would make > the use of the OpenCL code path slower (or much slower) than > handling the image without tiling on the CPU. > > - In preview mode (when pressing <kbd>Ctrl+w</kbd>) the image > information overlay display block is no longer shown by > default. Moving the cursor within the top half of the preview image > will cause the overlay to appear, and it will then disappear again > after a brief period. > > - Light patterns are set for Behringer b-control midi rotors > (BCR2000/BCF2000) > > - Fixed reading of EXIF metadata when importing EXR files (if desired, > existing files must be re-imported, as it is not possible to refresh > metadata). > > - Added support for scrolling through a module's presets using > shortcuts. > > - Panels now use "natural sizes" by default, meaning that their initial > size adjusts according to screen resolution. > > - The geo-tagging module now better supports narrow side-panels by > wrapping rather than ellipsizing text. > > - More actions have been added to the main help screen (displayed by > pressing the <kbd>h</kbd> key). > > - The lensfun library is now a mandatory dependency. This ensures > that all darktable builds correctly include the lens correction > module. > This also means that an edit made using this module won't be > inadvertently > lost due to missing build dependencies. > > - It is now possible to assign shortcuts to the "currently focused" > processing module. This allows a common set of shortcuts to be > created and reused in multiple modules simply by focusing that > module. For example a single key shortcut applied to the "first > slider" will affect the "exposure" slider when the exposure module > is focused, and the "rotation" slider when the "rotate and > perspective" module is focused. Similar functionality can be used to > affect the "nth" slider, combobox, button or tab as well as the > focused module itself. > > - Right-clicking on a module header in the quick access panel now > allows > more widgets from the same module to be quickly added. The tooltip > and > icon show whether those widgets are currently hidden in the full > module. > > ## Bug Fixes > > - Properly use the display color profile in the slideshow view. This > was > missing, meaning that images were ignoring the color profile and were > displayed (very) differently than in the lighttable or darkroom > views. > > - Properly honor a module's on/off status in a style. This means that > styles > can now be used in the export module to disable a module otherwise > enabled in the history stack. > > - Fix bauhaus popup size and position. > > - Fix the name of the "iop order" on reset. > > - Do not display deprecated module actions in the shortcuts section of > the global preferences dialog. > > - Fix the positioning of some bauhaus widgets on Wayland. > > - Fix performance issue when importing large folders where XMPs contain > a lot of metadata. > > - Fix some missing GUI updates in the liquify module. In some cases, > changing the strength of a node in a curve or line was not properly > updating the displacement values. > > - Fix bad interaction between the color assessment mode and the side > panels. > > - Fix infinity focus display in the image information module. > > - Fix translation of retouch module toast messages. > > - When importing images, retain the currently selected folder/filmroll > mode > in the collections module if one of these modes is currently active. > If another collection mode was active the import switches back > to filmroll mode (as before). > > - Fix Lab conversion in TIFF import. > > - Fix highlights visualization in all recovery modes. > > - Fix X-Trans highlight reconstruction visual indicator. > > - Fix undo/redo after a style is applied via a shortcut. > > - Do not rebuild the whole tree when deleting or editing a > preset in preferences. This provides better UI stability. > > - Fix broken refresh of the mask manager when changing images. > > - Fix mask selection after continuous mask creation. > > - Fix name and tooltip in demosaic preferences so it is correct for all > types of sensor. > > - Remove the automatic check for OpenCL headroom - it was causing > more problems than it solved. > > - Fix non-blinking cursor in the darkroom module search bar. This > was making the search bar look as if it was inactive. > > - Properly record the libraw black level. > > - Fix the state of some UI buttons in the retouch module when switching > images. > > - Fix selection of unaltered images. > > - Fix keyboard shortcuts so that they can be applied to widgets in a > collapsed section of a module. > > - Fix typo preventing proper variable expansion `$(FOLDER.PICTURES)`. > > - Fix PNM loader (could display broken images and always used wrong > colors). > > - Fix drawing color picker area at the edge of images so that the > editing > action is no longer lost when the mouse goes outside the edge. > > - An old bug in the cache handling has been fixed. This could have > caused a missing display refresh after parameter changes and even > some > crashes while in the darkroom view. > > - Fix some toggle buttons whose UI state was not properly updated. > > - Fix check of temperature coefficients for displaying the selected > presets. > > - Fix fast-pipe support in some modules for the second display window. > > - In the quick access panel, parameters are now hidden if they are also > hidden > in the full module (for those parameters that conditionally display > based on > the state of other parameters). This even works if those parameters > are > changed from another widget in the quick access panel. > > - Slightly improve the blue color label for better visibility in the > dark theme. > > - Fix navigation window zoom indicator label display. It was sometimes > cut on the right or bottom or displaced within the window. > > ## Lua > > - API version changed to 9.0.0 > > - `darktable.gui.libs.filter.sort|sort order|rating|rating` comparator > functions removed > > - filename removed from `dt_lua_snapshot_t data` type > > - `darktable.gui.libs.snapshot` now updates the screen after changing > direction or rotation > > - lua snapshot datatype correctly retrieves snapshot name > > ## Notes > > - With the support of JXL, AVIF and EXR for export, selecting specific > metadata (eg. geo tag, creator) is not currently possible. For > formats JXL, AVIF and EXR, darktable will not include the metadata > fields unless the user selects all of the checkboxes in the export > preference options. > > - In order to support the correct display of numbers in darktable, the > minimum supported Gtk version has had to be increased to > 3.24.15. For people who need to build darktable with an older > version, this can be supported by reverting the following change: > remove line 241 of darktable.css file on your system. See: > https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/13166 > > ## Changed Dependencies > > ### Mandatory > > - Bump Gtk minimum required version from 3.22 to 3.24.15. > > - lensfun is now a mandatory dependency, not optional. > Supported versions are stable releases (e.g. 0.3.3), > not alpha 0.3.95 pre-release or master branch. > > ### Optional > > - Bump libavif minimum required version from 0.8.2 to 0.9.1. > > - New optional dependency: libjxl, minimum required version 0.7.0. > > ## RawSpeed changes > > ## Camera support, compared to 4.0 > > ### Base Support > > - Canon EOS M2 > - Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR > - Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd > - Fujifilm X-H2 (compressed) > - Fujifilm X-H2S (compressed) > - Fujifilm X-T30 II (compressed) > - Fujifilm X-T5 (compressed) > - Leica D-LUX 6 (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1) > - Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) (dng) > - Nikon 1 J4 (12bit-compressed) > - Nikon 1 S1 (12bit-compressed) > - Nikon Coolpix P7700 (12bit-compressed) > - Nikon D1H (12bit-uncompressed) > - Nikon D2H (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed) > - Nikon D3S (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, > 12bit-uncompressed) > - Nikon Z 9 (14bit-compressed) > - Olympus E-10 > - Olympus E-M10 Mark IIIs > - Olympus E-P7 > - Olympus SP570UZ > - Panasonic DMC-G2 (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1) > - Pentax K2000 > - Pentax K200D > - Ricoh GR II > - Samsung NX mini > - Samsung NX10 > - Samsung NX11 > - Samsung NX20 > - Samsung NX2000 > - Samsung NX5 > - Sony DSLR-A380 > - Sony DSLR-A560 > - Sony ILCE-7RM5 > > ### White Balance Presets > > - Fujifilm X-T5 > > ### Noise Profiles > > - Fujifilm X-E4 > - Fujifilm X-T5 > - Leica M (Typ 240) > - Nikon Z 9 > - Olympus E-500 > - Panasonic DMC-FZ330 > > ### Missing Compression Mode Support > > - Fujifilm "non-lossless"/lossy > - Nikon HE > - Sony lossless > > ### Suspended Support > > No samples on raw.pixls.us > > - Creo/Leaf Aptus 22(LF3779)/Hasselblad H1 > - Fujifilm FinePix S9600fd > - Fujifilm IS-1 > - GoPro FUSION > - Kodak EasyShare Z980 > - Leaf Aptus-II 5(LI300059)/Mamiya 645 AFD > - Leaf Credo 60 > - Leaf Credo 80 > - Minolta DiMAGE 5 > - Olympus SP320 > - Panasonic DMC-FX150 > - Pentax Q10 > - Phase One IQ250 > - Samsung GX10 > - Samsung GX20 > - Samsung EK-GN120 > - Samsung SM-G920F > - Samsung SM-G935F > - Sinar Hy6/ Sinarback eXact > - ST Micro STV680 > > ## Translations > > - German > - European Spanish > - Finnish > - French > - Hungarian > - Italian > - Japanese > - Dutch > - Polish > - Brazilian Portuguese > - Russian > - Slovenian > - Albanian > - Turkish (New) > - Ukrainian > - Chinese - Taiwan > > -- > Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) > > The best way to travel is by means of imagination > > http://www.obry.net > > gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B > ___________________________________________________________________________ > darktable developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
