[PIMP-Announce] ANN: PIMP Version 0.7 Released

[Phil Edwards]

The latest release of PIMP is now available for download from:

http://www.linux2000.com/pimp.html

This release marks a major milestone in the history of the PIMP project, with 
the inclusion for the first time of a Windows version of the program. The 
majority of the new features added in this release have been as a direct 
result of my buying a new camera, a Fuji FinePIX S5000. These changes mean 
that PIMP should now be much more suitable for managing images produced with 
high-end digital cameras than previous releases.

As usual, feedback is requested on the new version together with any 
suggestions that you might have for new features.

Changelog:
    - fixed some button sizes on the album edit window
    - added a 'last import' button to the filter select dialog to allow
      quick access to the most recently imported bunch of images
    - the slideshow function now takes notice if you have a particular
      filter selected before you click the slideshow button
    - okay, so I wasn't going to add any new features...the slideshow now
      displays a picture saying 'the end' when it's finished. added end.jpg
      to manifest.in and pimp.spec
    - some directory dialogs in prefs were missing a 'create new directory'
      button
    - fixed a code typo which was causing an exception when the help buttons
      were clicked in advanced prefs
    - fixed an exception being thrown in the import from disk routine
      under windows
    - fixed a bug in the timing routines in slideshows
    - fixed a few annoying exceptions when clicking some of the buttons
      with a totally empty databse
    - added an option in prefs to have the slideshow always start up
      in fullscreen mode, amended slideshow code accordingly
    - the image filter selection window now has a checkbox to allow the
      display of 'images imported on' filters to be suppressed
    - database update now adds an extra field to all the album records for
      the base filename
    - added an option in advanced preferences to supress the warning
      message that appears when doing a recursive import
    - added an option in preferences to suppress the warning message
      that appears when you have the 'delete images after import'
      option set
    - amended the database update routines to be a little more
      intelligent when updating across multiple versions.
    - amended image import code to allow filenames to be taken from the camera
      rather than generating the names internally
    - fixed exception thrown when clicking either the people or locations
      buttons immediately after program startup.
    - added a file documenting the recursive image import feature, added
      doc/recursion.txt to manifest.in
    - added a .ICO file for Windows
    - moved some documentation files into their own folder
    - added code for anti-clockwise rotation
    - added a toolbar button for anti-clockwise rotation, added
      rotateccw.png to manifest.in
    - changed the background colour for the non-editable fields
      on the main window to be more consistent on Linux and Windows
    - image resolution field on main window was the wrong size
      under Windows
    - some of the button sizes were wrong under Windows, set them
      all to be 32x32
    - fixed a reported bug in image import where image files with
      an extension of .JPEG were not being imported
    - squashed a bug in image import due to my code not handling
      pictures with an exposure time of more than 1 second correctly
    - added an option in preferences to use image filenames from the
      camera rather than converting them to date and time.

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Regards

Phil Edwards
Brighton, UK