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1Shotwell 0.6.0 - 28 June 2010
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4  * Basic support for RAW images, including import support for all common
5    formats like CR2 and DNG
6  * Full support for working with PNG images
7  * Users can now zoom into photos to reveal latent detail
8  * A new preferences dialog gives users exceptional control over Shotwell's
9    functionality and appearance
10  * Users can now open photos in an external editor, such as the GIMP, from
11    within Shotwell
12  * Photo tags and titles are imported automatically from XMP and IPTC metadata
13  * A new photo trash can
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15
16Shotwell 0.5.2 - 11 May 2010
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19  * Added Czech, Finnish, Greek, and Ukrainian translations.  Updated Russian
20    translation.
21  * Updated codebase to enable building on Vala 0.8.x. Vala 0.8.0 or later is
22    now required to build Shotwell.
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24
25Shotwell 0.5.0 - 11 March 2010
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27
28  * Photos can be tagged and organized by tag, creating a new tool for managing
29    your photo collection
30  * Printing
31  * Photos can now be published to Google's Picasa Web Albums service
32  * Photo exposure date & time can be set and shifted
33  * Photos can be set as your desktop background directly from Shotwell
34  * Photo import runs in the background, making imports smoother and more fluid
35  * Publishing photos to web services is more responsive
36  * Numerous bug fixes
37
38
39Shotwell 0.4.3 - 18 January 2010
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41
42  * Updated Italian and French translations.
43  * Windows theme installed correctly.
44  * Problems unmounting camera fixed.
45
46
47Shotwell 0.4.2 - 4 January 2010
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49
50  * Added Bulgarian, Portuguese, and Slovak translations.  Updated
51    German translation.
52  * Windows installation fixed.
53  * Crash when deleting photos from camera fixed.
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55
56Shotwell 0.4.1 - 24 December 2009
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58
59  * Minor update adding a script missing in the 0.4.0 release.
60
61
62Shotwell 0.4.0 - 23 December 2009
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64
65  * Facebook and Flickr publishing.
66  * Events may now be split and merged.
67  * Alpha-release of Windows port now available.
68  * Undo/redo.
69  * Mark photos as favorite or hidden.  View only favorites or show hidden
70    photos.
71  * Duplicate photos.
72  * Numerous bug fixes.
73
74
75Shotwell 0.3.2 - 11 November 2009
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77
78  * Loosened photo pipeline assertion that checked for pixbuf scaling.
79  * Better error handling for situation where the HAL daemon (hald) is not
80    running or ready.
81
82
83Shotwell 0.3.1 - 9 November 2009
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85
86  * Makefile changes to facilitate packaging.
87  * Warnings caught by Vala 0.7.8 corrected.
88  * Toolbar items now marked "important" where appropriate.
89  * Binary dependencies corrected in Debian packaging.
90
91
92Shotwell 0.3.0 - 2 November 2009
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94
95  * Major update with numerous feature additions and performance and
96    scalability enhancements.
97  * Auto enhance button, shadows control, and histogram contrast expansion now
98    available.
99  * Hierarchical event tree in sidebar.  Events can now be renamed.
100  * Background readahead to display full-window and fullscreen photos faster.
101  * Crop aspect ratios.
102  * Basic information pane to display photo title, exposure time, dimensions,
103    and file size.
104  * Configurable slideshow delay.
105  * Direct edit mode.  Shotwell can open any JPEG file, move between other
106    JPEGS in the same directory, and edit them with the same tools available in
107    the photo manager.
108  * Better keyboard handling for selecting photos and moving between pages on
109    the sidebar.
110  * In camera view, option to hide photos already imported into Shotwell.
111    User now offered full report of imported photos and asked if they wish to
112    delete the photos from the camera.
113  * User-configurable items now stored persistently via GConf.
114  * Code internationalized.  Partial French translation now available.
115
116
117Shotwell 0.2.0 - 7 August 2009
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119
120  * Color histogram now available in adjustment tool.
121  * Drag-and-drop now supports the modifier keys for linking and asking
122    which operation to perform.
123  * Shotwell no longer uses a hardcoded directory for storing imported
124    photos.
125  * A nasty bug causing the X server to crash under compiz was fixed.
126    (#380)
127  * Support for libgee-0.3.0.
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129
130Shotwell 0.1.2 - 3 August 2009
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133  * Red-eye reduction feature now available.
134  * File/Import From Folder offers one more way to import photos into the
135    library.
136  * Color adjustment (exposure/saturation/tint/temperature) now available.
137  * Support for Vala 0.7.5.
138
139
140Shotwell 0.1.1 - 30 June 2009
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142
143  * Bug fix: Dragging a selection band to the bottom of the window to start
144    scrolling results in compiz crashing.  This fixes that problem, although
145    another reported problem still exists (#380).
146  * Changed package dependency from vala-1.0 to gee-1.0.  Although Vala is
147    required to build Shotwell, it does not need to be installed to execute
148    it.  Gee provides the collections library Shotwell requires.
149  * Fixed code to compile with Vala 0.7.4.
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151
152Shotwell 0.1.0 - 26 June 2009
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154
155  * Initial release.  Features include:
156    - Importing photos from file manager or camera via libgphoto2.
157    - Photos automatically sorted into time-grouped events.
158    - Thumbnails viewable at various sizes.
159    - Sort by photo name or date of exposure.
160    - Fullscreen mode.
161    - Photos may be rotated or cropped.
162    - Export photos as stored or at varying dimensions and JPEG quality.
163    - Desktop integration with Applications menu and media device handling.
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