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0.5.0
(Smooth) Zooming and panning support
The biggest focus in this update was adding zooming/panning support for images and GIFs (not cover art, and videos will come in the future). An optional smoothing effect (enabled by default) is included, along with a multitude of settings controlling many aspects of zooming, such as the zooming factor, the speed of smooth zooms, the minimum zoom, etc. Zoomed images (not GIFs, yet) can be panned by dragging them. Clicking (double-clicking if its a GIF) will reset the zoom and position. GIFs reset to their first frame while zooming, so that the cached frames can be cleared, and GIFs may lag when zooming too far in (max zoom is limited to 20x native size, 100x for regular images). Holding Ctrl or Shift while zooming will zoom at different rates (changeable in the settings), and by default, Ctrl will zoom 2x faster, Shift will zoom 4x slower.
FFmpeg update (again)
The lgpl version broke a number of edits, so the included FFmpeg files have been updated to ffmpeg-n5.0-latest-win64-gpl-shared-5.0. This is unfortunately another ~31mb being added, but this version is especially up to date, which will be useful for an upcoming release (I may still downgrade FFmpeg in the future if necessary).
Snapshot changes & expanded support
Snapshot actions (including the ones previously exclusive to the context menu) are now contained within their own submenu, which itself has been moved to the Edit menu
The last snapshot path can now be copied to the clipboard
Snapshots now support ?frame and ?framecount variables
The ?video variable has been renamed to ?name
This will be automatically corrected for anyone auto-updating
Images, GIFs, and cover art now support snapshots
Images that aren't in crop-mode automatically open the resize snapshot dialog
GIF snapshots use FFmpeg to extract the current frame
Cover art can be cropped
A checkbox for preferring PNG format over your default format when snapshotting GIFs and images has been added (checked by default)
GIFs and cover art now have their own snapshot name formats
If their formats are blank, they fallback to the default snapshot name format
GIFs default to ?name_frame?frame_?framecount
Cover art defaults to ?name_art
Resize dialog improvements
The native resolution is now plainly shown
JPEG quality can now be tweaked from this dialog (the default value is whatever your actual JPEG quality setting is set to)
Other major changes
Bilinear filtering can be toggled on/off (defaults to on)
This toggle also appears in the context menu whenever you have an image/GIF/cover art open
Auto-resize improvements
Auto-resize only triggers once left-click is released
Auto-resize modifiers (Shift to shrink, Ctrl to invert behavior) now only apply if they're being held down at the moment the auto-resize occurs
Several properties have been added to avoid unwanted behavior with maximizing, fullscreening, and aero-snapping
Aero-snap currently still triggers auto-resize (rarely)
Manual triggers for the auto-resize settings have been added to the Window menu
Recent files changes
The number of recent files to track is now a setting (0-1000, defaults to 25)
Tracking more than 25 recent files will no longer validate the files on launch (checking for duplicates, invalid files, etc.) to optimize startup
This also moves the clear button to the top of the recent files' submenu, for easier access
A checkbox for whether or not to update the order of your recent files when playing one has been added (unchecked by default)
Number keys now have dedicated behavior
You can choose between YouTube-style progress jumping (5 jumps to 50% through the media) or playing recent files
Behavior is split between primary (no hotkeys) and secondary (Ctrl being held down) behavior
Defaults to progress-jumping as primary behavior, and playing recent files as secondary behavior
Several settings specifically for playing recent files with the number keys have been added as well
By default, pressing a number key immediately after launch plays that number recent file
Precise-trimming is now used by default in the following situations:
a. Trims on media under 10 seconds
b. Trims under 5 seconds on media under 30 seconds
This helps against corrupted edits, which are more common on shorter videos/trims
These values may be tweaked in the future
Significant reorganization of settings dialog
Several settings have been moved or reordered
Hotkey-related settings are now in the Hotkeys tab
Group boxes are now spaced much further apart
Added forward/backward hotkeys (defaults to Alt + ←/→, similar to most browsers)
Lowered VLC volume gain from 6.0 to 2.0
For contributors: If needed, review the recent commits for a lot of refactoring. Lots of things have been renamed, self.parent calls in widgets.py have been removed, aliases have been turned into global variables, simplified interfaces for qthelpers.py methods have been added, qthelpers file dialogs now accept a lineEdit parameter, FFmpeg usage has been revamped significantly, etc.
Minor changes
Saving an edit now displays a "busy" cursor
Cover art can be disabled
EXIF orientation data is now supported for JPEGs
Alt presses are now ignored if other keys are being pressed, avoiding accidental menubar toggling
Added ability to pass arguments directly to VLC
-v or --vlc followed by arguments surrounded by quotes will pass those arguments to the VLC instance that is created on startup (including --gain)
Default marquee offset has been changed from 1.6% to 2.9%
Fixed several instances of keyboard focus being lost after performing certain actions
Window clamping now properly works with multiple monitors
Improved the way the minute spin-box behaves on media > 1 hour
Fixed "hiccup" while manually updating the hour/minute/second spin-boxes in certain scenarios
Fixed white background that appears behind transparent images while crop mode is enabled persisting after crop mode is disabled
Fixed crash on close if the window was never moved or resized
Update checks no longer log error messages if you have no internet connection
Other logging improvements
Optimized startup, delayed the actual showing of the window until after config is loaded to fix visual oddity
General, more mild optimizations to media opening/parsing
Lots of other crashes and general bug fixes
(Smooth) Zooming and panning support
The biggest focus in this update was adding zooming/panning support for images and GIFs (not cover art, and videos will come in the future). An optional smoothing effect (enabled by default) is included, along with a multitude of settings controlling many aspects of zooming, such as the zooming factor, the speed of smooth zooms, the minimum zoom, etc. Zoomed images (not GIFs, yet) can be panned by dragging them. Clicking (double-clicking if its a GIF) will reset the zoom and position. GIFs reset to their first frame while zooming, so that the cached frames can be cleared, and GIFs may lag when zooming too far in (max zoom is limited to 20x native size, 100x for regular images). Holding Ctrl or Shift while zooming will zoom at different rates (changeable in the settings), and by default, Ctrl will zoom 2x faster, Shift will zoom 4x slower.
FFmpeg update (again)
The lgpl version broke a number of edits, so the included FFmpeg files have been updated to ffmpeg-n5.0-latest-win64-gpl-shared-5.0. This is unfortunately another ~31mb being added, but this version is especially up to date, which will be useful for an upcoming release (I may still downgrade FFmpeg in the future if necessary).
Snapshot changes & expanded support
Snapshot actions (including the ones previously exclusive to the context menu) are now contained within their own submenu, which itself has been moved to the Edit menu
The last snapshot path can now be copied to the clipboard
Snapshots now support ?frame and ?framecount variables
The ?video variable has been renamed to ?name
This will be automatically corrected for anyone auto-updating
Images, GIFs, and cover art now support snapshots
Images that aren't in crop-mode automatically open the resize snapshot dialog
GIF snapshots use FFmpeg to extract the current frame
Cover art can be cropped
A checkbox for preferring PNG format over your default format when snapshotting GIFs and images has been added (checked by default)
GIFs and cover art now have their own snapshot name formats
If their formats are blank, they fallback to the default snapshot name format
GIFs default to ?name_frame?frame_?framecount
Cover art defaults to ?name_art
Resize dialog improvements
The native resolution is now plainly shown
JPEG quality can now be tweaked from this dialog (the default value is whatever your actual JPEG quality setting is set to)
Other major changes
Bilinear filtering can be toggled on/off (defaults to on)
This toggle also appears in the context menu whenever you have an image/GIF/cover art open
Auto-resize improvements
Auto-resize only triggers once left-click is released
Auto-resize modifiers (Shift to shrink, Ctrl to invert behavior) now only apply if they're being held down at the moment the auto-resize occurs
Several properties have been added to avoid unwanted behavior with maximizing, fullscreening, and aero-snapping
Aero-snap currently still triggers auto-resize (rarely)
Manual triggers for the auto-resize settings have been added to the Window menu
Recent files changes
The number of recent files to track is now a setting (0-1000, defaults to 25)
Tracking more than 25 recent files will no longer validate the files on launch (checking for duplicates, invalid files, etc.) to optimize startup
This also moves the clear button to the top of the recent files' submenu, for easier access
A checkbox for whether or not to update the order of your recent files when playing one has been added (unchecked by default)
Number keys now have dedicated behavior
You can choose between YouTube-style progress jumping (5 jumps to 50% through the media) or playing recent files
Behavior is split between primary (no hotkeys) and secondary (Ctrl being held down) behavior
Defaults to progress-jumping as primary behavior, and playing recent files as secondary behavior
Several settings specifically for playing recent files with the number keys have been added as well
By default, pressing a number key immediately after launch plays that number recent file
Precise-trimming is now used by default in the following situations:
a. Trims on media under 10 seconds
b. Trims under 5 seconds on media under 30 seconds
This helps against corrupted edits, which are more common on shorter videos/trims
These values may be tweaked in the future
Significant reorganization of settings dialog
Several settings have been moved or reordered
Hotkey-related settings are now in the Hotkeys tab
Group boxes are now spaced much further apart
Added forward/backward hotkeys (defaults to Alt + ←/→, similar to most browsers)
Lowered VLC volume gain from 6.0 to 2.0
For contributors: If needed, review the recent commits for a lot of refactoring. Lots of things have been renamed, self.parent calls in widgets.py have been removed, aliases have been turned into global variables, simplified interfaces for qthelpers.py methods have been added, qthelpers file dialogs now accept a lineEdit parameter, FFmpeg usage has been revamped significantly, etc.
Minor changes
Saving an edit now displays a "busy" cursor
Cover art can be disabled
EXIF orientation data is now supported for JPEGs
Alt presses are now ignored if other keys are being pressed, avoiding accidental menubar toggling
Added ability to pass arguments directly to VLC
-v or --vlc followed by arguments surrounded by quotes will pass those arguments to the VLC instance that is created on startup (including --gain)
Default marquee offset has been changed from 1.6% to 2.9%
Fixed several instances of keyboard focus being lost after performing certain actions
Window clamping now properly works with multiple monitors
Improved the way the minute spin-box behaves on media > 1 hour
Fixed "hiccup" while manually updating the hour/minute/second spin-boxes in certain scenarios
Fixed white background that appears behind transparent images while crop mode is enabled persisting after crop mode is disabled
Fixed crash on close if the window was never moved or resized
Update checks no longer log error messages if you have no internet connection
Other logging improvements
Optimized startup, delayed the actual showing of the window until after config is loaded to fix visual oddity
General, more mild optimizations to media opening/parsing
Lots of other crashes and general bug fixes