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Photini Changelog

What's new in Photini 2024.5.0

May 8, 2024
  • Use deprecated Google Map marker with QtWebEngline v5.15.2 or lower.
  • Copy files from camera in chunks.

New in Photini 2024.4.0 (Apr 25, 2024)

  • Google Map no longer used deprecated marker.
  • Improved handling of multiple language configurations.
  • Pillow is now a required dependency.

New in Photini 2024.2.1 (Feb 17, 2024)

  • Fix bug in LangAlt values without a default language.
  • Possibly fix NSRangeException on MacOS ARM computers.
  • Ignore '_normalized_city' address component.

New in Photini 2024.2.0 (Feb 1, 2024)

  • Improved lens model recognition.
  • Fix hangup in Bing map.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2023.10.0 (Oct 3, 2023)

  • Fix segfaults with some TIF files and some Qt versions. (#211)
  • Fix missing _version file when using run_photini.py. (#210)
  • Fix Pillow filter name error.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2023.7.1 (Jul 13, 2023)

  • Fix bug setting file dates before 1970 on Windows.

New in Photini 2023.7.0 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Enabled installation of PyQt5 & PyQt6 with pip and photini-configure.
  • Fix crash if using arrow key navigation when no pictures loaded.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
  • Improved and modernised package building process.

New in Photini 2023.5.2 (May 29, 2023)

  • Fix crash with PySide6 v6.5.1 when opening a file.

New in Photini 2023.5.1 (May 22, 2023)

  • Tab labels use two lines instead of eliding to fit width.
  • Ignore NULL bytes in some phone images' Exif comment values.
  • Italian localisation is complete.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2023.4.0.2 (Apr 15, 2023)

  • Add "image regions" tab.
  • Connect image regions to Flickr / Ipernity "notes".
  • Add GPS coordinates to location / address data.
  • Improved XMP metadata handling.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2023.4.0.1 (Apr 13, 2023)

  • Add "image regions" tab.
  • Connect image regions to Flickr / Ipernity "notes".
  • Add GPS coordinates to location / address data.
  • Improved XMP metadata handling.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2023.4.0 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Add "image regions" tab.
  • Connect image regions to Flickr / Ipernity "notes".
  • Add GPS coordinates to location / address data.
  • Improved XMP metadata handling.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2023.2.0 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • Add Pixelfed / Mastodon uploader.
  • GPX importer sets altitude as well as latitude & longitude.
  • Substantial rewrite of all uploaders.
  • QtWebKit is no longer supported.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.12.0 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • Accessibility "alt text" fields added to descriptive tab.
  • Improved handling of non utf-8 text metadata.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.10.0.2 (Oct 21, 2022)

  • Add PyQt6 to Qt library choices.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.9.1 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • 1/ Fix recursion bug when image list is single row.

New in Photini 2022.9.0 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • Added photini-configure command to simplify installation.
  • Added Flickr "virtual photography" content type.
  • Improved LangAlt widgets.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.7.0 (Jul 20, 2022)

  • Can reorder GUI tabs by dragging to new position.
  • Drop use of GExiv2, python-exiv2 is now a required dependency.
  • Drop use of GSpell, pyenchant is now the only spellchecker.
  • Improved lat, long to address conversion.
  • More translations of GUI strings in more languages.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.5.1 (May 17, 2022)

  • Fix address tab bug caused by by recent change to OpenCage geocoder.
  • Adjust the order of address components.
  • Add option to delete IPTC-IIM legacy metadata.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.5.0 (May 2, 2022)

  • Can set alternative language texts for some fields (XMP only).
  • Added a "headline" field to the descriptive metadata tab.
  • Can initialise "ownership" template from file metadata.
  • Drag a directory to the image list to open all its files.
  • Better handling of unreadable thumbnails.
  • QtWebKit is deprecated and will not be supported in a future release.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.3.2 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • Fix urllib import error porblem on some systems.
  • Fix non-existing cache directory error.

New in Photini 2022.3.1 (Mar 22, 2022)

  • Fix bug when removing marker from Bing map.
  • Fix bug in comparing version numbers.

New in Photini 2022.3.0 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • Removed OpenStreetMap tab.
  • Added licence related stuf to ownership tab.
  • Removed --user option from post install script.
  • Better caching of geocoder results.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.2.0 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Add uploader tab for "Ipernity" photo sharing club.
  • Substantial rewrite of uploader tabs.
  • Main window "maximised" state is saved.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2022.1.0 (Jan 4, 2022)

  • Simplified selection of dependencies when installing with pip.
  • Improved spell check language menu.
  • Add option to read BMFF files.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.12.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Installing with pip should install dependencies if needed.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.11.1 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Fix problems regenerating thumbnails if Pillow & FFmpeg are not available.
  • Improved reading of Exif.Photo.UserComment values.
  • Minimum version of python-exiv2 is now 0.8.1
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.11.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Can use PySide6 instead of PySide2 or PyQt5.
  • New config option to enlarge user interface on high resolution screens.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.9.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • New option to set file timestamps to photo's taken date/time.
  • Improved GPX importer.
  • Drop Windows MSYS2 installer and use Windows Python instead.
  • Add option to use python-exiv2 for metadata access.

New in Photini 2021.7.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Added a tab for 'ownership' and copyright details.
  • Added 'tooltip' hints to some text fields.
  • Try to ensure only one instance of Photini runs at a time.
  • Added menu option to make thumbnails for all images that have none.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.6.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Show IPTC-IIM data length limits in text fields.
  • Drop use of Python FlickrAPI library.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.4.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Remove Python 2 and PyQt4 compatibility.
  • Cache map search and elevation results for improved speed.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Photini 2021.1.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Technical tab now includes camera model.
  • Image list context menu now applies to all selected files.
  • Fix hang when importing files from a folder.
  • Can get thumbnails from more file types.
  • Minor other fixes and improvements.

New in Photini 2020.12.1 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Can now use PySide2 instead of PyQt5.
  • Deprecated Python2 and PyQt4.
  • No longer creates menu entries during installation. Run photini-post-install after installation.
  • Minor other fixes and improvements.

New in Photini 2020.11.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Fix serious bug when saving "date taken" metadata.

New in Photini 2020.10.1 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Fix bug when using --root option on Linux installer.

New in Photini 2020.10.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Fix bug with non-ascii file or directory names on Windows.
  • Fix bug when copying files from a high speed device.
  • Fix Google Photos uploader bug when folder has no name.
  • Improved installation, particularly start menu shortcuts.
  • Minor other fixes and improvements.

New in Photini 2020.4.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Stopped using deprecated MapBox tile layers.
  • Many minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Photini 2019.10.1 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • 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.
  • Several other bug fixes.

New in Photini 2019.10.0 (Oct 15, 2019)

  • GPS coords address lookup is now on a separate tab.
  • Map tabs now display altitude as well as latitude & longitude.
  • File count shows progress during import.
  • Added 'move files' option to importer.
  • Added Czech and Catalan localisations.
  • Better handling of some non-standard metadata values.
  • Use FFmpeg instead of Exiv2 to read video file metadata.
  • Updated Windows installers, including GPX file reader and FFmpeg option.

New in Photini 2019.8.0 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Added new Google Photos uploader.
  • Improved login process for both uploaders.
  • Added GPX file (GPS track) importer to set approximate locations.
  • Made Photini extendable - can add tabs from other packages.
  • Improved reliability of maps, uploaders, and importer.