Change Log
Photini - a simple photo metadata editor.
http://github.com/jim-easterbrook/Photini
Copyright (C) 2012-24 Jim Easterbrook jim@jim-easterbrook.me.uk
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Changes in v2024.2.1:
1/ Fix bug in LangAlt values without a default language.
2/ Possibly fix NSRangeException on MacOS ARM computers.
3/ Ignore '_normalized_city' address component.
Changes in v2024.2.0:
1/ Improved lens model recognition.
2/ Fix hangup in Bing map.
3/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2023.10.0:
1/ Fix segfaults with some TIF files and some Qt versions. (#211)
2/ Fix missing _version file when using run_photini.py. (#210)
3/ Fix Pillow filter name error.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2023.7.1:
1/ Fix bug setting file dates before 1970 on Windows.
Changes in v2023.7.0:
1/ Enabled installation of PyQt5 & PyQt6 with pip and photini-configure.
2/ Fix crash if using arrow key navigation when no pictures loaded.
3/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
4/ Improved and modernised package building process.
Changes in v2023.5.2:
1/ Fix crash with PySide6 v6.5.1 when opening a file.
Changes in v2023.5.1:
1/ Tab labels use two lines instead of eliding to fit width.
2/ Ignore NULL bytes in some phone images' Exif comment values.
3/ Italian localisation is complete.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2023.5.0:
1/ Latitude & longitude values no longer have comma separator.
2/ All numeric values are localised, e.g. to use decimal comma.
3/ Can ignore altitude when importing GPX data.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2023.4.0:
1/ Add "image regions" tab.
2/ Connect image regions to Flickr / Ipernity "notes".
3/ Add GPS coordinates to location / address data.
4/ Improved XMP metadata handling.
5/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2023.2.0:
1/ Add Pixelfed / Mastodon uploader.
2/ GPX importer sets altitude as well as latitude & longitude.
3/ Substantial rewrite of all uploaders.
4/ QtWebKit is no longer supported.
5/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.12.0:
1/ Accessibility "alt text" fields added to descriptive tab.
2/ Improved handling of non utf-8 text metadata.
3/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.10.0:
1/ Add PyQt6 to Qt library choices.
2/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.9.1:
1/ Fix recursion bug when image list is single row.
Changes in v2022.9.0:
1/ Added photini-configure command to simplify installation.
2/ Added Flickr "virtual photography" content type.
3/ Improved LangAlt widgets.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.7.0:
1/ Can reorder GUI tabs by dragging to new position.
2/ Drop use of GExiv2, python-exiv2 is now a required dependency.
3/ Drop use of GSpell, pyenchant is now the only spellchecker.
4/ Improved lat, long to address conversion.
5/ More translations of GUI strings in more languages.
6/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.5.1:
1/ Fix address tab bug caused by by recent change to OpenCage geocoder.
2/ Adjust the order of address components.
3/ Add option to delete IPTC-IIM legacy metadata.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.5.0:
1/ Can set alternative language texts for some fields (XMP only).
2/ Added a "headline" field to the descriptive metadata tab.
3/ Can initialise "ownership" template from file metadata.
4/ Drag a directory to the image list to open all its files.
5/ Better handling of unreadable thumbnails.
6/ QtWebKit is deprecated and will not be supported in a future release.
7/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.3.2:
1/ Fix urllib import error problem on some systems.
2/ Fix non-existing cache directory error.
Changes in v2022.3.1:
1/ Fix bug when removing marker from Bing map.
2/ Fix bug in comparing version numbers.
Changes in v2022.3.0:
1/ Removed OpenStreetMap tab.
2/ Added licence related stuf to ownership tab.
3/ Removed --user option from post install script.
4/ Better caching of geocoder results.
5/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.2.0:
1/ Add uploader tab for "Ipernity" photo sharing club.
2/ Substantial rewrite of uploader tabs.
3/ Main window "maximised" state is saved.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2022.1.0:
1/ Simplified selection of dependencies when installing with pip.
2/ Improved spell check language menu.
3/ Add option to read BMFF files.
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.12.0:
1/ Installing with pip should install dependencies if needed.
2/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.11.1:
1/ Fix problems regenerating thumbnails if Pillow & FFmpeg are not available.
2/ Improved reading of Exif.Photo.UserComment values.
3/ Minimum version of python-exiv2 is now 0.8.1
4/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.11.0:
1/ Can use PySide6 instead of PySide2 or PyQt5.
2/ New config option to enlarge user interface on high resolution screens.
3/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.9.0:
1/ New option to set file timestamps to photo's taken date/time.
2/ Improved GPX importer.
3/ Drop Windows MSYS2 installer and use Windows Python instead.
4/ Add option to use python-exiv2 for metadata access.
Changes in v2021.7.0:
1/ Added a tab for 'ownership' and copyright details.
2/ Added 'tooltip' hints to some text fields.
3/ Try to ensure only one instance of Photini runs at a time.
4/ Added menu option to make thumbnails for all images that have none.
5/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.6.0:
1/ Show IPTC-IIM data length limits in text fields.
2/ Drop use of Python FlickrAPI library.
3/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.4.0:
1/ Remove Python 2 and PyQt4 compatibility.
2/ Cache map search and elevation results for improved speed.
3/ Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in v2021.1.0:
1/ Technical tab now includes camera model.
2/ Image list context menu now applies to all selected files.
3/ Fix hang when importing files from a folder.
4/ Can get thumbnails from more file types.
5/ Minor other fixes and improvements.
Changes in v2020.12.1:
1/ Can now use PySide2 instead of PyQt5.
2/ Deprecated Python2 and PyQt4.
3/ No longer creates menu entries during installation. Run
photini-post-install after installation.
4/ Minor other fixes and improvements.
Changes in v2020.11.0:
1/ Fix serious bug when saving "date taken" metadata.
Changes in v2020.10.1:
1/ Fix bug when using --root option on Linux installer.
Changes in v2020.10.0:
1/ Fix bug with non-ascii file or directory names on Windows.
2/ Fix bug when copying files from a high speed device.
3/ Fix Google Photos uploader bug when folder has no name.
4/ Improved installation, particularly start menu shortcuts.
5/ Minor other fixes and improvements.
Changes in v2020.4.0:
1/ Stopped using deprecated MapBox tile layers.
2/ Many minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
Changes in v2019.10.1:
1/ Improved technical tab widgets. Units (e.g. mm) are now included in the
display instead of the label, and blank or multiple values are handled
better.
2/ Several other bug fixes.
Changes in v2019.10.0:
1/ GPS coords address lookup is now on a separate tab.
2/ Map tabs now display altitude as well as latitude & longitude.
3/ File count shows progress during import.
4/ Added 'move files' option to importer.
5/ Added Czech and Catalan localisations.
6/ Better handling of some non-standard metadata values.
7/ Use FFmpeg instead of Exiv2 to read video file metadata.
8/ Updated Windows installers, including GPX file reader and FFmpeg option.
Changes in v2019.8.0:
1/ Added new Google Photos uploader.
2/ Improved login process for both uploaders.
3/ Added GPX file (GPS track) importer to set approximate locations.
4/ Made Photini extendable - can add tabs from other packages.
5/ Improved reliability of maps, uploaders, and importer.
Changes in v2019.5.0:
1/ Added thumbnail context menu item to show metadata changes.
2/ Use tabs to show 'camera' and multiple 'subject' addresses.
3/ Can now synchronise Flickr metadata with local picture file.
4/ Removed Google Photos uploader as the API it used is defunct.
5/ Improved reliability when using PyGObject instead of pgi.
6/ Improved error messages from GObject/GLib stuff.
Changes in v2018.8.0:
1/ Removed Facebook tab. Their API no longer allows photo uploads.
2/ Added "Mapbox" tab - OpenStreetMap data plus aerial imagery.
3/ Many changes to maps, e.g. removing "load map" button.
4/ Use OpenCage for all address lookups.
Changes in v2018.5.0:
1/ Improved calculation of "35mm equivalent" focal length.
2/ Migrate spell check from PyEnchant to Gspell.
3/ Use environment variable to set location of config file.
4/ Copy more metadata to sidecar when it is created.
5/ Fix problem with QtWebEngine and some PyQt versions.
6/ Many other bug fixes and minor improvements.
Changes in v2018.2.0:
1/ All maps are faster and less buggy.
2/ New Windows installer: Python 3.6, PyQt 5.10 (so Bing maps aerial view
works properly).
Changes in v2017.12.0:
1/ Add 'rating' to descriptive tab.
2/ Don't try to upload files over 1 GByte to Flickr.
3/ Fix bug with thumbnails of portrait format images.
Changes in v2017.10.0:
1/ Use timezone metadata from some Canon cameras.
2/ Make thumbnails 160x120 as specified by DCF.
3/ Fix bug in localisation of uploader tabs.
4/ Substantial rewrite of metadata handling.
Changes in v2017.8.1:
1/ Added option to preserve file timestamps.
2/ Added option to change copyright boilerplate text.
3/ Added config file option to change application style.
4/ Fix bug with importing files with spaces in their names.
5/ Changed importer template marker from () to {}.
Changes in v2017.8.0:
1/ Use Exif/Xmp thumbnails instead of computing from image data.
2/ Improved video file metadata reading.
3/ Added <multiple values> context menu to choose one of them.
4/ Added context menu to image selector.
5/ Can regenerate thumbnail, including from video files.
6/ New Windows installer, includes video file reading.
Changes in v2017.6.0:
1/ Add location address metadata to map tabs.
2/ Fix bug in Flickr uploader if user hasn't set a "buddy" icon.
3/ Use OpenCage Data for OSM map search and address lookup.
Changes in v2017.5.0:
1/ Migrate Bing map from v7 to v8 of Bing API.
2/ Many other map improvements.
3/ Time adjustment offset now includes time zone.
Changes in v2017.03.0:
1/ Fix bugs in Google Photos uploader and remove disabled functionality.
2/ Improve error handling in Flickr uploader.
3/ Updated German translation.
Changes in v2016.12.0:
1/ Started adding support for video files.
2/ Improved compatibility with files written by other software.
3/ Fixed several annoying bugs.
Changes in v2016.10.0:
1/ Added a drop down list of favourite keywords.
2/ Improved spell checking of words with hyphens or apostrophes.
3/ Fix failure to open image viewer on some Windows versions.
4/ Fixed several minor bugs in map tabs.
5/ Fixed (I hope) segfault on exit bug.
Changes in v2016.06.0:
1/ Added option to resize photos for Facebook upload.
2/ Improved handling of various 'raw' image formats.
3/ Store time zone offset in Exif data.
4/ Read time zone offset from some cameras.
5/ Improved reading and display of lens specification.
6/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
Changes in v2016.05.0:
1/ Added a Facebook uploader tab.
2/ Display logged in user details on uploader tabs.
3/ Added 35mm equivalent focal length to 'technical' tab.
4/ Added German translation of program strings.
5/ Allow image file names to be given when running from command line.
6/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
Changes in v2016.02.1:
1/ Replace accidentally invalidated Google maps API key.
Changes in v2016.02.0:
1/ Made 'year' part of version number 4 digits.
2/ Made it easier to drag multiple photos to map.
3/ Changed 'Picasa' to 'Google Photos'.
4/ Fixed problem with Picasa authentication.
5/ Fixed some Python 3 incompatibilities.
6/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
Changes in v15.11.0:
1/ Added time zone to 'technical' tab.
2/ Allow setting of date/time 'resolution'.
3/ Flickr uploader sets date 'granularity'.
4/ Dropped use of pyexiv2 library.
Changes in v15.10.0:
1/ Added error handling to Flickr & Picasa uploaders.
2/ Added spell checking to most text entry fields.
3/ Speeded up importing photos from a camera.
4/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
Changes in v15.09.1:
1/ Fix bug with importer not recognising some image types
Changes in v15.09.0:
1/ Fix bugs with Qt4 and Python 3 introduced in last release.
2/ Improved widgets on 'technical' and 'descriptive' tabs.
Changes in v15.08.1:
1/ Added Spanish translation of program strings.
2/ Added option to always write IPTC data.
3/ Improved speed on slow computers.
4/ Use PyQt5 if installed, PyQt4 otherwise.
5/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
Changes in v15.07.1:
1/ Convert incompatible image formats before upload to Picasa/Flickr.
2/ Added lens selector to 'technical' tab.
3/ Improved internal handling of image metadata.
4/ Include subseconds in time stamps.
Changes in v15.06.0:
1/ No longer store Picasa/Flickr login data in plain text file.
2/ Restructured Picasa and Flickr uploaders.
3/ Moved documentation to readthedocs.org.
Changes in v15.05.0:
1/ Added aperture and focal length to 'technical' tab.
2/ Expanded range of file types that can be opened.
3/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
Changes in v15.01.1:
1/ Fixed several minor bugs and annoyances.
2/ Removed need for 2to3 conversion when installing with Python3.
Changes in v15.01.0:
1/ Removed Picasa uploader dependency on gdata-python-client.
2/ Several minor bug fixes.
Changes in v14.10.0:
1/ Improved drag and drop of images on to map.
2/ Fixed some map bugs caused by '\' in Windows file paths.
Changes in v14.09.0:
1/ Importer can now copy from any directory on the computer.
2/ Linux installer now adds a menu shortcut.
Changes in v14.08.1:
1/ Added stuff to build a Windows all-in-one installer.
2/ Fixed some bugs, mostly when running on Windows.
Changes in v14.08.0:
1/ Major rewrite of metadata handling to be more compliant with MWG
guidelines.
2/ Improved handling of metadata in non utf-8 character sets.
Changes in v14.07.0:
1/ Changed version numbering scheme, again.
2/ Minor bug fix in camera image importer.
Changes in v14.06.dev108:
1/ Now Python 3 compatible.
2/ Added ability to import pictures from a camera.
3/ Much improved documentation.
4/ Simplified Picasa uploader.
5/ Uploaders now have just one progress bar.
6/ Simplified installation process.
Changes in v14.04.dev63:
1/ Changed version numbering scheme.
2/ Added ability to offset several photo timestamps by same amount.
3/ Added a logging window to display error messages.
4/ Can now create Flickr sets/albums.
5/ Can now use XMP sidecar files.
6/ Flickr uploader can now use v2 of flickrapi.
7/ Switched to a different map tile provider for Open Street Map.
8/ Simplified documentation build process.
Changes in v13.09_r20:
1/ Added Google Picasa uploader.
2/ Added menu option to select which tabs to use.
Changes in v13.05_r7:
1/ Changed version numbering scheme.
2/ Added ability to drag and drop files to image list area.
3/ Numerous bug fixes.
Changes in v13.02_a515056:
1/ Fixed bug with GPS accuracy.
Changes in v13.01_f2bbd24:
1/ Started writing a user manual.
2/ Started using GExiv2 instead of deprecated pyexiv2.
Changes in v13.01_43a0943:
1/ Changed version numbering scheme.
2/ Added ability to change image orientation.
3/ Added a Flickr uploader.
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