Version 1.0.0-preview.6 released!

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Hey everyone,

a new version of Aspect has been released: 1.0.0-preview.6. You’ll find the download links at the bottom of this post. Simply install over the existing installation to upgrade. The following changes and additions are included:

New features

  • Added groups as a generic means to hierarchically structure the collection pane (#463, #503)

Enhancements

  • The collection bar is now also available inside of collections and search results
  • Improved import performance for many files, also avoiding constant refresh of the photo stream (#498)
  • Improved metadata handling when editing images (#464, #472)
    • Metadata that gets stripped by an editor application is now automatically restored
    • Editing relationships are now stored as metadata inside of the edited files
  • Improved the robustness of determining file relationships
    • File relationships, such as sidecar files, RAW/JPEG pairs or edit variants are now determined dynamically instead of being stored in the library
  • New sidecar files now replicate a set of common metadata fields of the source image
    • Allows sidecar files to appear beneath their associated image, regardless of the sorting mode
  • The current library is now reloaded in read-write mode after supplying a license file (#505)
  • Standard header images (for collections, photo stream etc.) are now pre-loaded to avoid flickering (#502)
  • .flv files are now recognized as videos
  • Overlay icons on small thumbnails are now click-through to avoid accidental interactions (#501)
  • Now always uses a modal dialog for setting the initial name of an event
  • The built-in favorite collection is now also listed within the metadata pane
  • The search result header now shows the number of items found (#483)

Bug fixes

  • Fixed metadata being displayed as zero after changing metadata (saved in a sidecar file) (#509)
  • Fixed drag’n’drop of collection pane items in the proximity of collapsed tree items
  • Fixed the position of dialogs to be centered on the parent window on macOS (#486)
  • Fixed updating the event header image when removing images from an event (#497)
  • Fixed losing the focus after editing an image, causing an empty details view (#491)
  • Fixed the left side of event headers appearing too dark
  • Fixed dragging of top-level collections into other collections
  • Fixed thumbnails in the film strip to display overlay icons (favorite, journal, edited)
  • Fixed wrong layout/aspect ratio of thumbnails in the filmstrip (#484)
  • Fixed the scroll position after switching back from details view to thumbnail view (#487)
  • Fixed extraneous images sometimes appearing in the relations bubble
  • Fixed an issue where RAW/JPEG pairs were not determined correctly
  • Drag and drop operations now show a toast message describing the operation (#243)
  • Certain menu entries that require a library are now disabled when none is loaded
  • The “collections”/“metadata” entries in the view menu now actually work
  • Fixed handling of multi-typed node container properties in the add-on API
  • Fixed double-clicking on the image strip of an event header to always work (#470)
  • Fixed the drive pane sometimes showing all entries twice (#479)
  • Fixed the event header image sometimes appearing with reduced resolution or not at all (#478, #480)
  • The collection bar now always resets/collapses when leaving the details view (#313)

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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!

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.