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1Shotwell 0.6.1 - 30 June 2010
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4  * Added Lithuanian and Serbian translations, updated Italian
5    and Spanish translations
6  * Fixed a problem with reverting to the default library
7    directory
8  * Added more zooming shorcuts
9  * Shotwell no longer offers to delete photos that failed to
10    import from a camera
11  * Photos emptied from trash no longer reappear
12
13
14Shotwell 0.6.0 - 28 June 2010
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17  * Basic support for RAW images, including import support for all common
18    formats like CR2 and DNG
19  * Full support for working with PNG images
20  * Users can now zoom into photos to reveal latent detail
21  * A new preferences dialog gives users exceptional control over Shotwell's
22    functionality and appearance
23  * Users can now open photos in an external editor, such as the GIMP, from
24    within Shotwell
25  * Photo tags and titles are imported automatically from XMP and IPTC metadata
26  * A new photo trash can
27
28
29Shotwell 0.5.2 - 11 May 2010
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31
32  * Added Czech, Finnish, Greek, and Ukrainian translations.  Updated Russian
33    translation.
34  * Updated codebase to enable building on Vala 0.8.x. Vala 0.8.0 or later is
35    now required to build Shotwell.
36
37
38Shotwell 0.5.1 - 16 March 2010
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40
41  * Minor Windows-specific release fixing an installer bug.  No changes to Linux
42    version.
43
44
45Shotwell 0.5.0 - 11 March 2010
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47
48  * Photos can be tagged and organized by tag, creating a new tool for managing
49    your photo collection
50  * Printing
51  * Photos can now be published to Google's Picasa Web Albums service
52  * Photo exposure date & time can be set and shifted
53  * Photos can be set as your desktop background directly from Shotwell
54  * Photo import runs in the background, making imports smoother and more fluid
55  * Publishing photos to web services is more responsive
56  * Numerous bug fixes
57
58
59Shotwell 0.4.3 - 18 January 2010
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61
62  * Updated Italian and French translations.
63  * Windows theme installed correctly.
64  * Problems unmounting camera fixed.
65
66
67Shotwell 0.4.2 - 4 January 2010
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69
70  * Added Bulgarian, Portuguese, and Slovak translations.  Updated
71    German translation.
72  * Windows installation fixed.
73  * Crash when deleting photos from camera fixed.
74
75
76Shotwell 0.4.1 - 24 December 2009
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78
79  * Minor update adding a script missing in the 0.4.0 release.
80
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82Shotwell 0.4.0 - 23 December 2009
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84
85  * Facebook and Flickr publishing.
86  * Events may now be split and merged.
87  * Alpha-release of Windows port now available.
88  * Undo/redo.
89  * Mark photos as favorite or hidden.  View only favorites or show hidden
90    photos.
91  * Duplicate photos.
92  * Numerous bug fixes.
93
94
95Shotwell 0.3.2 - 11 November 2009
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98  * Loosened photo pipeline assertion that checked for pixbuf scaling.
99  * Better error handling for situation where the HAL daemon (hald) is not
100    running or ready.
101
102
103Shotwell 0.3.1 - 9 November 2009
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105
106  * Makefile changes to facilitate packaging.
107  * Warnings caught by Vala 0.7.8 corrected.
108  * Toolbar items now marked "important" where appropriate.
109  * Binary dependencies corrected in Debian packaging.
110
111
112Shotwell 0.3.0 - 2 November 2009
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114
115  * Major update with numerous feature additions and performance and
116    scalability enhancements.
117  * Auto enhance button, shadows control, and histogram contrast expansion now
118    available.
119  * Hierarchical event tree in sidebar.  Events can now be renamed.
120  * Background readahead to display full-window and fullscreen photos faster.
121  * Crop aspect ratios.
122  * Basic information pane to display photo title, exposure time, dimensions,
123    and file size.
124  * Configurable slideshow delay.
125  * Direct edit mode.  Shotwell can open any JPEG file, move between other
126    JPEGS in the same directory, and edit them with the same tools available in
127    the photo manager.
128  * Better keyboard handling for selecting photos and moving between pages on
129    the sidebar.
130  * In camera view, option to hide photos already imported into Shotwell.
131    User now offered full report of imported photos and asked if they wish to
132    delete the photos from the camera.
133  * User-configurable items now stored persistently via GConf.
134  * Code internationalized.  Partial French translation now available.
135
136
137Shotwell 0.2.0 - 7 August 2009
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139
140  * Color histogram now available in adjustment tool.
141  * Drag-and-drop now supports the modifier keys for linking and asking
142    which operation to perform.
143  * Shotwell no longer uses a hardcoded directory for storing imported
144    photos.
145  * A nasty bug causing the X server to crash under compiz was fixed.
146    (#380)
147  * Support for libgee-0.3.0.
148
149
150Shotwell 0.1.2 - 3 August 2009
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153  * Red-eye reduction feature now available.
154  * File/Import From Folder offers one more way to import photos into the
155    library.
156  * Color adjustment (exposure/saturation/tint/temperature) now available.
157  * Support for Vala 0.7.5.
158
159
160Shotwell 0.1.1 - 30 June 2009
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162
163  * Bug fix: Dragging a selection band to the bottom of the window to start
164    scrolling results in compiz crashing.  This fixes that problem, although
165    another reported problem still exists (#380).
166  * Changed package dependency from vala-1.0 to gee-1.0.  Although Vala is
167    required to build Shotwell, it does not need to be installed to execute
168    it.  Gee provides the collections library Shotwell requires.
169  * Fixed code to compile with Vala 0.7.4.
170
171
172Shotwell 0.1.0 - 26 June 2009
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174
175  * Initial release.  Features include:
176    - Importing photos from file manager or camera via libgphoto2.
177    - Photos automatically sorted into time-grouped events.
178    - Thumbnails viewable at various sizes.
179    - Sort by photo name or date of exposure.
180    - Fullscreen mode.
181    - Photos may be rotated or cropped.
182    - Export photos as stored or at varying dimensions and JPEG quality.
183    - Desktop integration with Applications menu and media device handling.
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