digiKam 0.9.4-beta2 release

[Gilles Caulier]

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

The digiKam development team is happy to release 0.9.4-beta2. The
digiKam tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge as well.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641

NEW FEATURES:
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ImageEditor    : Raw files can be decoded in 16 bits color depth
without to use Color Management. An auto-gamma and auto-white balance
is processed using the same method than dcraw with 8 bits color depth
RAW image decoding. This usefull to to have a speed-up RAW workflow
with suitable images.

Showfoto       : Added support of color theme schemes.
Showfoto       : Added 2 options to setup images ordering with
"File/Open Folder" action.

digiKam BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 146393 : No gamma adjustment when opening RAW file.
002 ==> 158377 : digiKam duplicates downloaded images while
overwriting existing ones.
003 ==> 151122 : Opening Albums Has Become Very Slow.
004 ==> 145252 : Umask settings used for album directory, not for image files
005 ==> 144253 : Failed to update old Database to new Database format.
006 ==> 159467 : Misleading error message with path change in digikamrc file.
007 ==> 157237 : Connect the data when using the left tabs.
008 ==> 157309 : digiKam mouse scroll direction on lighttable.
009 ==> 158398 : Olympus raw images shown with wrong orientation.
010 ==> 152257 : Crash on saving images after editing.
011 ==> 153730 : Too many file format options when saving raw image
from editor in digiKam.
012 ==> 151157 : Right and left keys goes to first picture and last
picture without shortcuts.
013 ==> 151451 : Application crashed using edit.
014 ==> 139657 : Blueish tint in low saturation images converted to CMYK.
015 ==> 147600 : Showfoto Open folder - files shown in reverse order.
016 ==> 149851 : Showfoto asks if you want to save changes when
deleting photo, if changes have been made.
017 ==> 138378 : Showfoto opens file browser window to last the folder
used upon startup.
018 ==> 148964 : images are blur only inside shofoto.
019 ==> 146938 : Themes Don't Apply To All Panels.
020 ==> 135378 : Single-click on picture open it in editor.
021 ==> 142469 : Splash screen to be the very first thing.
022 ==> 147619 : Crash when viewing video.
023 ==> 136583 : Album icon does not show preview-image after
selecting given image as preview.
024 ==> 129357 : Thumbnails not rotated for (D200)-NEF.
025 ==> 132047 : Faster display of images and/or prefetch wished for.
026 ==> 150259 : media-gfx/digikam-0.9.2 error/typo in showfoto.desktop.
027 ==> 150674 : Turn of live update of preview when moving points in
curves dialog or in histogram.
028 ==> 141703 : Show file creation date in tooltip.
029 ==> 128377 : Adjust levels: histograms don't match, bad "auto
level" function.
030 ==> 141755 : Sidebar: Hide unused tabs, Add tooltips.
031 ==> 146068 : Mixer does not work for green and blue selected as
main channel and monochrome mode.
032 ==> 135931 : Reorganise Batch Processing tools from 'Image' and
'Tools' menus.
033 ==> 159664 : Background color of live/quick filter not updated on
folder/date change.

Best Regards

Gilles Caulier
digiKam project
http://www.digikam.org