Hey everyone,
a new version of Aspect has been released: 1.0.0-preview.26 (view blog post). You’ll find the download links at the bottom of this post. Simply install over the existing installation to upgrade.
Download
Windows installer
macOS bundle
Linux AppImage (experimental)
Please remember: Even though the software is reasonably stable at this point, always make a backup of your data, or work with a copy of it, when using pre-release software.
New features
- Added a new UI for editing keywords within the metadata pane
- The new UI displays keywords as individual tags instead of a comma separated list
- New keywords can be added using auto-completion
- Existing keywords can be removed or applied to all selected images using a single click
- Added the possibility to search for a particular lens model (e.g.
lens sigma
orlens 14-140
)
Enhancements
- The “missing” search expression can now be negated (
not missing
) - Synchronization errors are now displayed in the device pane
- Instead of an exclamation mark, images that are remotely available now show a “sync” or “remote” overlay
- Improved transition performance when switching between thumbnail and details view
- Cached metadata is now copied during synchronization instead of attempting to reload from the source file
- Improved “analyzing images” activity execution time in case many images are not present locally
- The photo stream header now shows the total number of photos instead of just individual photos
- Added code to properly handle malformed TIFF date headers, as written by certain cameras and scanners
- Malformed embedded ICC profiles are now ignored instead of causing an image to fail to load
- Improved the time required for handling the library lock file during library load
- Added a “Report bug…” menu entry that leads to the bug report forum
- The “trash can” entry in the collection pane now shows the number of contained files
- Files in the library trash folder now retain their original file extension
Bug fixes
- SECURITY: Remote devices are now prevented from changing the properties of a local library instance during sync
- Fixed the keyword tree in the collection pane not getting updated after cloning or synchronizing a library
- The welcome dialog now re-opens when the library creation/clone dialog gets cancelled
- Fixed a crash happening when exporting large panorama images
- Fixed restoring full-screen windows at application startup on macOS
- Fixed a crash when loading overly large JPEG/TIFF/PNG images
- Fixed a gray rectangle appearing over the metadata pane when the import sheet is visible
- Fixed misalignment of “keep locally” event markers
- Fixed auto-complete entries not being applied when switching the focus to another control
- Fixed bogus file format entries from sporadically appearing in file open dialogs on Windows
- Fixed redraw issues on macOS when moving a window between monitors
- Fix handling of the Alt+Return shortcut to toggle full-screen when an image is selected
- Fixed display of legal documents in the about dialog
- Fixed the color label metadata field
- Fixed flicker and focus loss in the metadata pane that occurred after metadata changes
- Fixed generation if XMP sidecar files for images that have partially malformed metadata
- Fixed a crash occurring when rotating an image for which the XMP sidecar creation fails
- Fixed quick loading of metadata in the metadata pane using cached data
- Fixed a crash occurring when using the metadata pane and switching between different libraries
- Automatic imports now fully skip hidden directories
- Fixed left-over trash can entries in case a file being deleted on two devices at the same time
- Fixed a possible crash during synchronization
- Fixed the list selection to not change to a different entry after pairing with a device
- Fixed a regression that caused the initial library organization after load to be skipped
- Fixed issues when cloning a library that contains missing files
- Fixed reverting the read-only mode after licensing the application outside of the evaluation period
- Fixed activities overlapping notifications in the notification pane header
- Fixed displaying “loading missing metadata” activity during library load
- Fixed file deletion shortcuts and context menu within the trash can
Feel free to leave any feedback here or in the bug reports sub forum. Thanks for helping to shape a new way of organizing photos!