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digiKam 3.0.0-beta2 - Release date: 2012-10-08

NEW FEATURES:

Libkipi    : All kipi-plugins actions can be pluged to tools bar.
             Usability improvements in plugins configuration dialog.


Libkdcraw  : Update internal Libraw version 0.15.0 Alpha2 to support new RAW cameras :
             Adobe DNG: Fast Load and lossy-compressed DNG (LightRoom 4.x)
             Canon    : G1 X, SX220 HS, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 650D, EOS 1D-X
             Casio    : EX-Z8
             Fujifilm : X-S1, HS30EXR, X1-Pro
             Nikon    : D4, D3200, D800, D800E
             Olympus  : E-M5
             Panasonic: DMC-GF5
             Samsung  : NX20, NX210, NX100, NX-1000
             Sigma    : SD15,SD1, SD1 Merill, DP1, DP1S, DP1X, DP2, DP2S, DP2X
             Sony     : NEX-F3, SLT-A37, SLT-A57, DSC-RX100

ImportUI   : Port icon-view to Qt4 model/View.
ImportUI   : Labels and Tags pre-assignation.
ImportUI   : Pipelined post download operations.
ImportUI   : Preview items during downloading.

Metadata   : Video files metadata support (through Exiv2 project).

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

001 ==> 126149 - Camera stores both jpeg and raw (nef), handle both as one
002 ==> 122454 - Make kipiplugins available for toolbar.
003 ==> 161783 - Exif autorotation on import should be backgrounded / pipe.
004 ==> 216491 - Camera interface view does not work to preview movies.
005 ==> 262135 - Add kipi plugins to file actions menu.
006 ==> 291080 - In settings, arrange ALL export options at ONE place
007 ==> 305056 - digiKam crash on startup (development branch).
008 ==> 305224 - Configure Shortcuts does not provide the option of config.
009 ==> 305961 - Changing EXIF auto-rotation method.
010 ==> 306193 - Desktop-file-validate fails on kipiplugins.desktop.
011 ==> 306641 - Export module is not available for toolbar and rightclick context.
012 ==> 163164 - Allow more conservative memory management.
013 ==> 148649 - digiKam needs a better image scaler.
014 ==> 261698 - Zoom to 100% does not map 1 picture pixel to 1 screen pixel.
015 ==> 303690 - Hierarchical tags inconsistencies.
016 ==> 306879 - Filter sections folding is weird
017 ==> 306053 - digiKam creashes on loading collections.
018 ==> 304187 - XMP sidecar files do not write Unicode characters in the Dublin Core section.
019 ==> 304490 - "assigning image tags" dialog stuck when using keyboard shortcuts for tagging.
020 ==> 307257 - Import not working at all (crash due to uninitialized components).
021 ==> 306371 - Rename with sequence number.
022 ==> 307314 - digiKam uses AHD when set to AMaZE, AFD etc.
023 ==> 260612 - After "save changes" the status-bar shows: filename_v1.jpg (-1 of 23).
024 ==> 296786 - Zoom to 100% pans to the top-left corner.
025 ==> 307277 - digiKam corrupts MPO files while attempting to rotate it.
026 ==> 304077 - XMP metadata interoperability problem and inconsistency.
027 ==> 207005 - Raw Import Tool does not reflect the predefined Workspace when custom.
028 ==> 305823 - digiKam writes to Samsung RAW files.
029 ==> 269846 - TIFF loader is broken on big-endian architectures [PATCH].
030 ==> 274555 - digiKam crashes while histogram computation.
031 ==> 301045 - Crash when generating fingerprint in digikam.
032 ==> 306815 - Navigation between images broken after saving changes.
033 ==> 307964 - Not compatible with Canon EOS 5D Mark III.
034 ==> 304609 - Crash of digiKam.
035 ==> 307467 - Missing slide show button in digiKam 3.0.0 beta1.
036 ==> 308065 - Read metadata from photo has no effect on the database.
037 ==> 241637 - No intuitive way to cancel full screen view of image editor.
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