Photo Ninja change log

Changes for V1.4.0/V1.4.0d

[V1.4.0d] Fix color casts in some DNGs generated with the "Embed Fast Load Data" option
[V1.4.0d] Fix white point for Sony A1 (ILCE-1) and A7S3 (ILCE-7S3)
[V1.4.0d] Fix dynamic range and white point for FujiFilm GFX100S
Updated to run on Apple MacOS 11 "Big Sur". Installers are notarized.
Scrolling/panning significantly more fluid on both Windows and MacOS
Updated UI look and feel, with refinements of both light and dark themes
Streamlined main toolbar to use less vertical space and to reduce visual clutter
Reworked interface of the "Change Appearance" dialog
Added option for automatic light/dark mode switching on MacOS
Improved UI scaling on HighDPI displays
Tweaked algorithm formulation for sharpening, reduced minimum radius, and made step sizes more consistent
Some modest performance optimizations
Added support for FujiFilm GFX 100, X-S10
Improved metadata parsing of high ISO values above 65535 for some FujiFilm and possibly other cameras
Recognizes new license key encoding to extend the date range. Existing license keys aren't affected. When installed in V1.3.10 or earlier versions of Photo Ninja, a key issued after March 19, 2021 will appear to have an earlier issue date, but it will function normally if it is a permanent key.
Photoshop plug-ins have been removed for the time being

Changes for V1.3.10

Update code-signing certificate for Windows version
Fix crop for Sony A7R3
Add support for Sony A7R4

Changes for V1.3.9

Support FujiFilm X-T4, X-Pro3, X100V, X-A7
Support Olympus E-M1 Mark III, E-M1X, E-M5 Mark III, TG-6
Support Nikon D780

Changes for V1.3.8

Support FujiFilm X-T30
Support FujiFilm XF10
Replace built-in color profile for FujiFilm X-T3
Add built-in color profile for Nikon Z 6. (Z 6 and Z 7 compressed files can be opened by Photo Ninja. Uncompressed files can be converted to DNG, and Photo Ninja can open the DNGs.)
Recognize built-in lens for Sony RX100VI and RX100IV
Add built-in color profile for Panasonic LX 100ii

V1.3.7

Support Fujifilm X-T3, X-T100, GFX50R
Support Nikon Z7 (compressed)
Support Sony RX100VI
Fix reversed color channels for FujiFilm Finepix X10
Recognize Angenieux 28-70 f/2.6 as a lens candidate on Nikon bodies
Fix pink highlights in 12-bit compressed images from Sony RX100V, A7iii (ILCE-7M3), and possibly others that haven't been verified. If you run into a case where overexposed highlights turn pink, send a sample.

V1.3.6b

Updated camera support, including Canon 6dMkII, M6; FujiFilm X-H1, X-E3, X-A3, X-A5, X-10; Nikon D850, D7500; , Olympus TG-5; Panasonic G80, GX85, G80, G85, G9; Pentax KP; Sony A7RIII, RX100V, RX10IV. (Possibly others that haven't been verified.)
Updated lens identification for Canon, Nikon, Sony/Minolta, Pentax, Leica/Panasonic, and Olympus.
Improved extraction of focus distance and white balance metadata for several Canon models
Extract focus distance for Olympus cameras
Fix white point for ISO 100 images from Panasonic TZ101.
Fix white point for compressed Sony A7iii, RX10VI.

V1.3.5

Added support for FujiFilm GFX 50S, X100F, X-T20; Canon 5DMkIV, M5; Nikon D3400; Sony a99ii, A6300, A6500; Pentax K-1 (not Pixel Shift mode); Olympus E-M1 Mark II; and probably some others that haven't been verified.
Updated lens identification for Canon, Nikon, Sony/Minolta, Pentax, Leica/Panasonic, and Olympus.
Parse lens identification from DNG-based Pentax images
Fix magenta highlights in ISO 80 shots from Panasonic TZ101/ZS100.

V1.3.4

Fix intermittent bug in batch processor that sometimes caused a bad tile to be rendered when the lens correction filter was activated in "Smart Preset" mode
Fix copy-paste of chroma noise reduction and defringe settings
Modify chromatic aberration profiler for X-Trans cameras to avoid some pathalogical behavior that was observed on a small number of sunset images
Add support for FujiFilm X-T2
Add support for Sony Alpha 68 (ICLA-68)
Add support for Nikon D500
Add support for Panasonic TZ101/ZS100
Add support for Hasselblad Lunar (rebranded Sony NEX 7)
Fixed crop for FujiFilm X-Pro2 to avoid occasional artifacts on top and right edges

V1.3.3

Add support for FujiFilm X-Pro2 compressed files (uncompressed files were already supported)
Fixed sequence-based file name generation in batch processor naming templates
Fix rare crash in automatic white balance
Add option in browser to show/hide placeholder thumbs for unsupported image types
Show thumbnail placeholder for PSD files
Support for Canon 80D
Support for Nikon D5
Improved support for Sony A7ii, A7Sii
Support for FujiFilm X-E2S
Change default setting for "Save previews in subfolders" preference to disabled. In at least one case when this was enabled for an SMB network drive on OS X, we observed instability within the operating system. We suspect a problem with the OS X network drivers.

V1.3.2b

Several changes to the browser to improve usability with large image collections on network drives. On Mac and Windows using SMB shares, we're seeing much better browsing responsiveness with 100Mb/sec wireless, and gigabit wired feels similar to a local drive.
On Mac, switched to a much more efficient mechanism for enumerating folder contents. (Windows was already optimized.)
Color-coding of subfolders performed in background to reduce delay when expanding a folder
Option to start browser in local Pictures or home folder instead of previous browse location, to reduce startup delay for a slow network drive
Some other tweaks of the browser internals
Offer option to do a hard delete if "Move to trash" function fails on a network drive
Added a "Duplicate" command for image files
Fixed a regression in processing of some Sony file formats
Reworked the arrow cursor to better fit native Mac & Windows cursors and to reduce pixelization
In license dialog and license verifier, added some text to better explain implications of the end of the one-year upgrade period. (There has been some confusion about this.)
Add option in General Preferences to disable mouse wheel zooming, to improve usability with over-sensitive Magic Mouse
Handle 12-bit uncompressed images for Sony A7Rii
Recognize builtin lens for Nikon P900
Fixed a possible crash when the browser gathers metadata for sorting. (If the crash ever occurred, apparently it was rare.)

V1.3.1

Color management now works with external monitors. The display color profile is automatically reloaded when Photo Ninja is moved from one screen to another.
When a high-DPI/4K/5K display is detected, fonts and controls are rendered at larger size so they are legible and crisp. Images, thumbnails, and previews are rendered at native 1:1 resolution for maximum detail.
Improved Retina display support. Browser thumbnails and previews are now rendered at native Retina resolution for maximum detail. (In 1.3.0, only the editor was Retina-aware.)
Added option to render thumbnails without frames
Added option to render file name and/or file extension in browser thumbnails
Refined thumbnail rendering and font sizing
Added a smaller minimum thumbnail size
Fixed some cases of flickering in thumbnail rendering
Refined the appearance schemes, especially the "Light" schemes
The "Change Appearance" dialog now stays open until the "Done" button is pressed, so it is easier to select and compare appearance styles.
Accelerated rendering of thumbnail labels; for certain thumbnail sizes and screen resolutions the difference is significant.
Default browser preview size increased (cached previews might need to be rerendered to see this)
Added support for Panasonic Lumix GX8
Added support for 12-bit uncompressed files on Sony RX1RM2
Builtin lens for Fuji X70 is no longer identified as "Unknown"
Recognize Nikon AFS 55-200 DX VRII lens on Nikon bodies

V1.3.0

On Apple Retina displays, the editor can now render at native resolution. This can be switched on or off in the "Display Options" preferences page. (Browser thumbnails and previews are still displayed at scaled resolution, but most other UI fonts and elements are now rendered at Retina resolution.)
Fixed a potential browser crash
Improved speed of preparation phase in the Batch Render function
Added support for Fuji X70
Added support for uncompressed Sony RX1RM2 images (compressed images were already supported)
Added support for Olympus PenF
Fix colors for Panasonic DMC-G7
Recognize Zeiss 135mm lens on Canon body

V1.2.7

Add support for uncompressed raw images from Sony A7Rii/A7ii
Add partial support for FujiFilm X-Pro2. Only uncompressed RAF images are currently supported.
Add support for Canon 1200D, T5i
Add support for Nikon 1 J5
Add support for Panasonic G7

V1.2.6

Added camera support: Canon EOS 5DS/5DSR, EOS 750 D, EOS 670D, EOS M3
Added camera support: Nikon D7200, 1 J5
Added camera support: Fujifilm XQ2, X-T10, X-100T
Added camera support: Samsung NX500
Added camera support: Olympus E-M5ii, SH-2
Added camera support: Pentax Q-S1
Fixed crop for Sony A7Rii
Fixed 12/14-bit issue with Samsung NX1
Fix loading of images from Fujifilm X-100T cameras with early firmware

V1.2.5

Updated camera support, including Nikon D5500; Canon 7DMkII, PowerShot SX60HS, G7X; Samsung NX1, NX500; Olympus E-M5ii; Pentax 645Z
Smoother pan/scroll on Windows (wasn't an issue on Mac)
Correctly detect number of processor cores on some recent Windows systems
Fixed crop on Sony A7ii

V1.2.4W08

Fix some crashes on 64-bit Windows that were traced to inconsistent compilation of third-party libraries.

V1.2.4

Updated camera support, including Nikon D810/D750, Fuji X100T, Fuji X30, Nikon 1 V3, Panasonic GH4, Sony A6000, Sony A77ii, others.
Lens correction profiles can be created for cameras with unknown lenses
Built-in lenses are recognized for a number of camera models
Lens recognition heuristics improved and lens databases updated for a variety of camera makes and models
Refined profile and lens status indicators to display yellow warning dots more intelligently
Tile cache generates significantly reduced disk-write traffic in normal usage
Refine white point for Canon 5D Mark III to avoid pink highlights
Installation versions are now versioned, so installing a new version doesn't overwrite a prior installation
Photoshop plug-in stability fixes
Update installer to be accepted by Gatekeeper on Mac OS X 10.9.5

V1.2.3b

Added support for Nikon D4S
On Mac, fixed some instability caused by a compiler bug
Initial implementation of a new highlight recovery engine. [Currently for XTrans only; we will be supporting it for Bayer cameras shortly, and we expect to do more work on the engine.]
Improved behavior for the Color Recovery Strength slider (work in progress)
Can now read CMYK TIFFs (if they have an embedded ICC profile)

V1.2.2

Add support for a number of cameras, including FujiFilm X-T1, Sony A7/A7R, Pentax K-3, Olympus E-M1, Nikon DF, Nikon D610, Canon 70D
Fix highlight clip point for Canon 6D at high ISO
Fix a potential source of instability in raw loader
Fix black point for Sony NEX-5
Fix trim for Sony SLT-A99
Fix bug preventing Photo Ninja settings from being saved in JPEGs that have been modified by another editor
Fix bug in license dialog concerning upgrade period
Fix possible hang involving sharpening/noise filters

V1.2.1

Support for Fujifilm X-E2, XQ1, X-A1
Support for Panasonic DMC-LF1, DMC-GX7
For X-Trans cameras, fix save/load of CA correction in XMP
Fix bug preventing update of resolution metadata when rendering JPEG from Fuji RAF
Attempt more graceful recovery if an incompatible display profile encountered
Better utilization of EXIF LensModel field to identify lenses for some X-Trans and other cameras
Update color matrices for Hasselblad H40, H40-50, Fujifilm X-M1

V1.2.0

Initial support for Fuji X-Trans cameras (X-Pro1, X-E1, X-100S, X-M1, X20). Note that highlight recovery, in particular, is not yet implemented for the X-Trans.
Parse camera white balance for some Sony models
Extend sharpening range from 100 to 200. ("But this goes to eleven!")
Prevent on-screen rendering from getting out of sync after a fast pan/scroll
Eliminate random artifacts on some systems when both CA and Moderate or Aggressive demosaicing were enabled simultaneously
Sped up a function that is used in many places in the code

V1.1.2

Eliminate black tiles in Noise Ninja 4 that occurred in a small number of installations.
Fix tile artifacts in highlight recovery that could occur under some (relatively unusual) conditions
Fix chroma flaring along high contrast edges in Noise Ninja 4
Set white balance correctly for multi-exposure NEFs
Trim width for Sony SLT-A57 and NEX-6
Parse white balance for Pentax K-5
Fix white balance for Minolta A200

V1.1.1

Suppress pink fringes around clipped/recovered specular highlights
Reduced incidence and/or severity of false highlight recovery colors in a number of cases
Refined behavior of the color recovery strength slider
More aggressive suppression of demosaicing color artifacts
Noise profiler made more robust to handle some difficult cases
Fixed some possible cases of maze artifacts in clipped highlight areas
Trim junk on right side of Sony RX1, RX1R, and NEX-7 images
For Nikon P7100, modify heurstistics for choosing black point
Parse ISO and white balance for some Kodak models (e.g. SLRn)
Parse camera white balance and lens data for Canon 6D

V1.1.0

New demosaicing algorithm, including improvements for cameras that lack antialiasing filters
New noise reduction algorithm, with option in Defaults panel to choose the default engine
Fixed some memory leaks and stability issues in the Photoshop plug-in
Respect selection mask in filter plug-in
Added preference to automatically switch back to browser when last image is closed in editor
Added preference to specify whether to show browser or editor when Photo Ninja launched
"Move to trash" reimplemented on Mac to avoid slow operation on some versions of Mac OS X
Fixed bug causing random dark tiles on some computers when sharpening and luminance noise reduction active
Fixed bug where JPEG quality and some other settings in the batch dialog were being ignored
Fixed crash on Windows when clsoe button clicked in thumb strip
Prevent batch processor from clearing Inbox after processing items in the Inbox
Change clipping detection to avoid pink highlights on some Canon cameras (e.g. 5DMkIII, 6D, 7D)
(Beta 3) Added Photoshop plug-ins for Windows.
(Beta 3) Photoshop filter plug-ins now respect Photoshop's selection mask when processed image sent back to Photoshop.
(Beta 3) Fix bug where JPEG quality and some other settings in the batch processing dialog were being ignored by the batch procesor
(Beta 3) Batch processor no longer clears Inbox after processing items from it.
(Beta 2) Modified format plug-in to respect Photo Ninja settings and defaults rather than overriding with settings and orientation from previous invocation.
(Beta 1)Added a Photoshop format plugin, which allows Photo Ninja to open RAW files for Photoshop as an alternative to Adobe Camera Raw, without any intermediate files.
(Beta 1)Added a Photoshop filter plugin, which allows Photo Ninja to be invoked as a filter in Photoshop, without any intermediate files.

V1.0.5

Added "Batch render..." command
Added "Render thumbs/previews..." command
Add support for assorted Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Fuji, and other cameras. E.g. Sony A99, Nikon D600, Panasonic GH3, Sony NEX-5N
Fix timing glitch that sometimes caused initial zoom to be too small when Photo Ninja launched by an external application
Added subfolder combo box to render/batch dialogs
On Mac, prevent double-click on thumbnail from being blocked after pres-hold-release to show preview popup window on same thumb
Refined case sensitivity in browser sort-by-name and sort-by-suffix routines
Fix Rename command so rendered previews are correctly renamed
Make profile file names work with Pentax *ist
Update filter list after pasting settings to open image

V1.0.4c

Use temporary folder while rendering JPEG/TIFF, to prevent interference from other apps like Adobe Bridge
Add option to Defaults panel to control luminance noise reduction separately from global presets
Maintain browser scroll position after rendering a new JPEG/TIFF
Fixed parsing bug in native-EXIF GPS coordinates
Fix longitude/latitude default reference tags that reversed some GPS coordinates
Display basic shot data in top section of metadata viewer
Fix tearing during scrolling in metadata viewer
Make ICC profiles in rendered JPEG/TIFF compatible with Windows Photo Viewer
Reduce oversensitivity of trackpad scrolling on Mac OS X Lion
Extract thumbs more reliably from Canon 1D and 1Ds images
When invoked as an external editor, recognize "_edit" suffix for intermediate TIFF files when attempting to locate the original RAW file
Fix black border in Hasselblad .3FR images
Fall back to system default if scratch file volume no longer exists (e.g. scratch volume has been renamed)
Fix occasional hang in sensor profile builder
Tweak distortion auto-correction tool to avoid some inappropriate combinations of fisheye and normal distortion

V1.0.3

Refine vivid color styles and global presets. Introduce "enhanced" global preset variants.
Modify "Re-edit original" command to search parent folder if original file not in current folder
Fix crash on Windows with certain sizes of JPEGs when Illumination adjusted
Fix bug parsing XMP times that have fractional seconds
Repair bad XMP "Flash" tag generated by another application that causes metadata write failure
Fix crash when "Enter" key pressed and no image currently open
Log error message when scratch disk full
Refine clip point estimation used for highlight recovery threshold
Make file suffix stick in Render As dialog
Parse camera white balance for Canon 1DX
Parse focus distance for Canon 1DX, 5DMkIII
Don't change XMP ModifyDate or CreatorTool when updating an XMP sidecar
On first startup after installation, open in normal window mode instead of full-screen mode
Don't warn about expired license if no license installed

V1.0.2

Fixed bug in the Render and Quick Render dialogs that in some cases prevented the folder history from being restored correctly.
Improved extraction of extended ISO and camera white balance for some Nikon cameras.

V1.0.1

Fixed persistence of settings in Render dialog
New "quick render" button to handle repetitive/systematic rendering more conveniently
Option to change default color recovery strength
New "Absolute" exposure mode to support panoramic stitching
{Uniq} naming template variants to generate uniquely numbered file versions automatically
Command to convert other exposure modes to Absolute mode
Support for case-sensitive file systems
Option to use sidecar XMP for DNG files
Option to sort thumbnails from newest to oldest
Adjusted Portrait color styles to better preserve bright whites under cool white balance
Render dialog builtin preset for TIFF now uses correct file extension
Made tooltips easier to read
Write EXIF DateTimeOriginal and DateTimeDigitized fields instead of only the XMP equivalents, to improve interoperability with Photo Mechanic
Fix bug that was preventing extraction of IptcCore properties from XMP
Fix bug in XMP GPS coordinate parsing
Fix a case where some date fields were getting discarded during metadata extraction
Trim width of D800E images to avoid junk columns on right side
Parse lens ID from Sony makernote; refine lens identification heuristics
Support for Canon 650D/Rebel T4i
Initial support for Samsung SRW (including NX200, NX100, probably others)
Read white balance from Canon G1 X makernote
Trim Canon G1X images to avoid junk in highlight recovery at top of image
Disabled file-related key shortcuts while a filter is being adjusted, to avoid possible crash
Added some missing help pages in Preferences dialog

V1.0

Official release of Photo Ninja