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What's new in Lyn 2.3.8

Apr 18, 2024
  • Increased max permitted value for slideshow delay and the transition duration.
  • Added definitions for Canon cameras.
  • Improved Smart folders handling, and implemented ordering by drag and drop.

New in Lyn 2.3.7 (Jan 17, 2024)

  • Fixed display box when viewing pdf images.
  • Fixed a crop area selection issue with zoom enabled.

New in Lyn 2.3.6 (Nov 27, 2023)

  • Fixed build for High Sierra and other older versions of macOS.

New in Lyn 2.3.5 (Nov 27, 2023)

  • Implemented WebP animation.
  • Check the finder label color together with color tags.
  • Memory optimizations and a lot of under-the-hood changes.
  • Fixed color tags contrast on light appearance.
  • Fixed initial window size with "Open window maximized" enabled.
  • Fixed an issue parsing saved tags.
  • Fixed a cursor issue when deleting an image in the viewer window.

New in Lyn 2.3.4 (Aug 25, 2023)

  • Application Updates:
  • Updated TIFF support.
  • Enhancement and fixes of Edit Keyword Sets dialog.
  • Fixed "Open window maximized" initial size.
  • Fixed an issue parsing saved Tags.

New in Lyn 2.3.3 (Jul 13, 2023)

  • Updated OpenEXR and WebP support.
  • Fixed a regression when changing/saving keywords.

New in Lyn 2.3.2 (Jul 13, 2023)

  • New! Added support for full-color tags. Tag colors are visible in the inspector and modifiable with the context menu over the desired tag. Assigning standard color tags (finder labels) will create a localized version of color tag, while in a smart folder is possible to filter for multiple Finder labels at once.
  • Fixed item selection of context "Sort By" menu.
  • Fixed an issue with Exif date sort.

New in Lyn 2.3.1 (May 9, 2023)

  • Updated Flickr and SmugMug API endpoints.
  • Fixed check for 16-bit Raw thumbnail.

New in Lyn 2.3 (Apr 26, 2023)

  • New! Implemented AVIF images loading.
  • New preference to scale zoom ratio to physical display resolution.
  • New preference to resize image window during zoom.
  • Implemented mouse zoom by pressing Alt/Option key during scrolling.
  • Updated OpenEXR support.
  • Fixed thumbnail image dimension in metadata panel.

New in Lyn 2.2.4 (Feb 13, 2023)

  • Implemented printing of PDF files.
  • Updated jpeg support.
  • Fixed a regression that failed to render images on older Macs.

New in Lyn 2.2.3 (Jan 17, 2023)

  • Fixed a crash browsing animated images.
  • Fixed an issue moving pins in maps view.

New in Lyn 2.2.2 (Jan 17, 2023)

  • Updated PNG support.
  • Fixes for macOS Ventura.
  • Fixed a label settings issue in fullscreen mode.
  • Fixed an display issue when switching to maps view.

New in Lyn 2.2.1 (Dec 4, 2022)

  • Fixes for macOS Ventura.
  • Fixed a crash exiting the slideshow during image transition on M1.
  • Fixed display issues in strip view mode after playing with zoom.
  • Lots of changes under the hood.

New in Lyn 2.2 (Oct 11, 2022)

  • New! Implemented SVG rendering.
  • Updated raw converter with support for additional cameras from Nikon, Canon, Leica, Fujifilm, Olympus, Sony, Xtrans, and Phase One.
  • Updated JPEG, WebP, OpenEXR, Dropbox support and added new PNG optimizations.
  • Enabled move and copy operations in the viewer.
  • Double click can open and close the viewer window.
  • Reveal with Finder will select all selected files.
  • Changed keyboard folder expansion shortcuts to be more like Finder.
  • Avoid thumbnails flushing when changing view.
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes prevents resizing metadata inspector.
  • Fixed folder selection when opening an image from Finder.
  • Fixed rendering of tags menu.
  • Fixed thumbnail selection when starting selection.
  • Fixed keyboard focus cycling.
  • Fixed Level filter after changing image.
  • Fixed overlapping flag and movie thumbnail icon.
  • Fixed XMP/Photoshop date creation precedence.
  • Fixed metadata loading with raw images with non-standard tiff header.
  • Fixed thumbnail resolution when the cache is enabled.

New in Lyn 2.1.4 (May 10, 2022)

  • Implemented full multiple color tag support.
  • Hide Aperture, Photos and PhotoBooth library folders in the folder's view.
  • Fixed a warning message for invalid license.
  • Fixed a rare crash renaming an image in the inspector.

New in Lyn 2.1.3 (Apr 19, 2022)

  • Using selection tool you can constrain to square by holding shift.
  • New shortcuts for movies viewer: spacebar will start playing, "j" key to rewind, "l" to fast forward, "k" to stop the movie.
  • Added "copy/move to" in the context menu.
  • Fixed a memory issue while browsing top-level folders.
  • Fixed a cache issue for movies' thumbnail.
  • Fixed a rare jpeg issue.
  • Fixed an issue in database handling.

New in Lyn 2.1.1 (Feb 9, 2022)

  • Updated raw processor for CR3 files.
  • Fixed an issue with saving and loading of browser layout.
  • Fixed a rare jpeg issue.

New in Lyn 2.1 (Jan 25, 2022)

  • Optimized preloading and thumbnail rendering for a better viewing and browsing experience.
  • Remove Keywords menu shows only keywords applied to the selected images.
  • Added add/remove Keywords in the context menu.
  • Speed-up loading of camera images.
  • Updated raw converter with support for new cameras.
  • Updated support for jpeg, png, webp.
  • Fixed color tags rendering and synchronization for Dropbox folders.
  • Cosmetic fixes.

New in Lyn 2.0.10 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Fixed visibility of crop grid.
  • Fixed and improved undo for filters.

New in Lyn 2.0.9 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Improved sidebar highlight color.
  • Improved XMP parsing for Exif and GPS tags and ISO dates.
  • Added Chinese localization.
  • In fullscreen mode on a multi-monitor setup, show the Exif panel by pressing Option modifier.
  • Added selection and rotate tools in the browser's toolbar.
  • Set zoom to fit the screen as default for window viewer.
  • Updated Tiff, Jpeg and EXR libs.
  • Fixed crop selection when zooming and visualize the grid only with the left mouse pressed.
  • Fixed crash when parsing some Fuji metadata.
  • Fixed rendering of some big images on Apple Silicon.
  • Fixed undo for rotation.
  • Fixed disappear of images with Search filter applied.

New in Lyn 2.0.8 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • Enabled thumbnail generation for Acorn and Pixelmator files.
  • Improved RAW image detection.
  • Fixed import button behaviour.
  • Fixed applying color labels using the numeric pad.

New in Lyn 2.0.7 (Mar 14, 2021)

  • Updated jpeg and webp support.
  • Enabled synchronization between browser and viewer.
  • Stability fixes and various optimizations for thumbnails drawing.
  • Fixed loading of tiled tiff.

New in Lyn 2.0.6 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • Speed up the selection of thumbnails.
  • Updated raw processor with support for new cameras and lossy Canon format.
  • Minor fixes.

New in Lyn 2.0.4 (Feb 17, 2021)

  • Added sharing via iMessage.
  • Draw image metadata in fullscreen mode and single viewer.
  • Updated raw processor with support for new cameras and lossless Canon format.
  • Updated OpenEXR library.
  • Fixed browser layout initialization.

New in Lyn 2.0.3 (Jan 23, 2021)

  • Improved decoding of Canon makernote tags.
  • Changed mouse swipe behaviour: you can enable the mouse swipe to display the next image by pressing the Cmd key.
  • Fixed copy/move tools when called from the viewer.
  • Fixed image saving from the browser window.
  • Fixed parsing of TIFF exif block.
  • Fixed an issue that prevent to rename or delete smart folder groups.
  • Fixed a smart folders search issue when the scope is set to Folder.

New in Lyn 2.0.2 (Jan 23, 2021)

  • New! Hello Apple Silicon.
  • New! You can now select the 'None' transition method and transition duration time in the slideshow preferences.
  • Fixed the thumbnail rendering for cropped images.
  • Fixed the zoom behaviour of movie viewer.
  • Fixed the transition from image viewer to the browser when the browser is closed.
  • Stability fixes.

New in Lyn 2.0.1 (Nov 24, 2020)

  • New! An Exif retractable panel visible in non-native fullscreen mode by moving the mouse to the right of the screen.
  • French localization by Paolo Magni.
  • In thumbnails view, changed backing layer that leads to better speed.
  • In the inspector, a click in the Filename field selects only the name without the extension.
  • Items of toolbar's overflow menu are now enabled.
  • Fixed various memory problems.
  • Fixed folder's auto-refresh.
  • Fixed thumbnails rendering and filters on macOS Sierra/High Sierra.
  • Fixed the rendering of images with a decreased contrast set with Lyn 1.x.
  • Fixed rendering of BMP/24 and optimizations for 16-bit images and TIFF Lab.
  • Fixed reported crashes in maps view.

New in Lyn 2.0 (Nov 12, 2020)

  • macOS 10.12.6 or later required!
  • macOS Big Sur ready!
  • Application Updates:
  • New! A new polished interface with dark and clear appearances.
  • New! A new raw parser updated to latest reflex, mirrorless and compact cameras.
  • New! Metal backend in place of the old OpenGL.
  • New! Rewritten and extended all the filters to have a better progression and color correctness.
  • New! New Curves, Levels, Film Grain, Selective Colors, High-Dynamic range filters.
  • New! A new Keywords Sets dialog to customize Add and Remove Keywords menu.
  • Updated "Search For" area to support groups and nested smart folders.
  • Updated all the internal graphics libraries.
  • Preference to display GPS coordinates in decimal degrees and group near images.
  • Many under the hood changes and fixes.

New in Lyn 1.13 (Nov 7, 2019)

  • Implemented a workaround for saving images with exif tags on Catalina

New in Lyn 1.12 (Oct 1, 2019)

  • Notarized for macOS Catalina
  • Fixed handling of grayscale and other TIFF related formats
  • Fixed thumbnails' memory management

New in Lyn 1.11 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Speed up browsing experience by removing various deadlocks when loading thumbnails
  • Removed Google Picasa support due to the shutdown of the API used
  • Fixed parsing of TIFF metadata
  • Fixed a rare crash when scrolling thumbnails

New in Lyn 1.10 (Oct 15, 2018)

  • New! Implemented maps view using Apple Maps
  • Fixed importing of camera files and rendering of camera's thumbnails
  • Fixed a couple of potential crashes

New in Lyn 1.9.8 (Aug 25, 2018)

  • Removed Facebook exporter due to the deprecation of the API permissions needed to publish photos and create albums
  • Disabled scroll wheel zoom (cmd+scroll) for trackpad users
  • Cut and Copy functions now copy URL paths to the pasteboard
  • Fixed OpenGL flipped view on 10.9 and 10.10
  • Fixed a bug that could save a thumbnail upside down
  • Fixed icon area checking for start/stop of animated images
  • Fixed a lot of small bugs that could lead to a crash
  • Fixed partial rendering of some raw images
  • Fixed an issue with flagged images selection
  • Fixed Raw developing of lossy compressed DNG

New in Lyn 1.9.7.1 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Updated WebP library to 1.0.0
  • Fixed handling of directory aliases
  • Fixed OpenGL flipped view on 10.9 and 10.10
  • Fixed grayscale rendering and rescaling of float bitmaps

New in Lyn 1.9.7 (Jul 12, 2018)

  • New image rendering engine
  • New straighten tool combined in the crop tool
  • Updated OpenEXR to latest version
  • Updated raw converter with lots of new cameras from Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, etc.
  • Removed 500px support due to API access shutdown
  • Fixed various crashes
  • Fixed temperature and tint picker tool behaviour

New in Lyn 1.9.6 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • Updated support for WebP, TIFF, JPEG, and PNG
  • Switched crash reporter to Crashlytics
  • Added raw support for Nikon D850 and Canon 800D
  • Fixed an issue with the default Email exporter
  • Fixed an issue when creating a folder with the new Dropbox API
  • Fixed various crashes

New in Lyn 1.9.5 (Jan 3, 2018)

  • Fixed live updating of attached devices and volumes
  • Fixed dragged image of the first thumbnail

New in Lyn 1.9.4 (Dec 19, 2017)

  • Updated tagging system to speedup changes
  • Fixed move to trash function that sometimes did not update the view

New in Lyn 1.9.3 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • Fixed origin when skipping zoomed images
  • Many under the hood updates
  • Fixed Tiff orientation for image with multiple frames
  • Fixed stars background on retina display
  • Fixed SmugMug uploading with max quality
  • Fixed a rare email exporting bug
  • Fixed a rare issue with save panel

New in Lyn 1.9.2 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • Fixed origin when skipping zoomed images
  • Many under the hood updates
  • Fixed Tiff orientation for image with multiple frames
  • Fixed stars background on retina display
  • Fixed SmugMug uploading with max quality
  • Fixed a rare email exporting bug
  • Fixed a rare issue with save panel

New in Lyn 1.9.1 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • Added support for new cameras
  • Added Keywords column in list view mode
  • Fixed Facebook login on Yosemite
  • Fixed rare crash in folder update
  • Fixed Lightroom parser initialization
  • Fixed maps view hangs

New in Lyn 1.9 (Jun 25, 2017)

  • New and updated movie player
  • Dropbox support completely redesigned with v2.0 API (requires OS X Yosemite 10.10)
  • Updated Tiff support and replaced all the old api
  • Fixed Temperature/Tint eyedropper tool and set correct mouse cursor
  • Fixed album refresh in Google Photos exporter
  • Fixed maps view hangs

New in Lyn 1.8.9 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Updated libpng and fixed support for interlaced images
  • Updated Facebook login on Yosemite and up

New in Lyn 1.8.8 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue when loading maps and high cpu usage after switching to another view
  • Fixed a font rendering issue
  • Fixed a deadlock after moving a folder
  • Fixed an issue with sidebar alignement in small viewers
  • Removed capability to create albums with Google Photos due to api restrictions

New in Lyn 1.8.7 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue with the transport of the feedback dialog
  • Fixed a regression with drag and drop
  • Fixed resizing of inspector and detail view

New in Lyn 1.8.6 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Updated Facebook interface to latest API
  • Updated thumbnails loading and storage
  • Updated keywords parser to accept only commas and semicolons
  • Fixed a crash parsing CUR files
  • Fixed an issue when shrinking the sidebar and improved resizing
  • Fixed refresh of color labels

New in Lyn 1.8.5 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • New! Updated libpng to latest release
  • Changed behaviour of the slideshow pause button to act as pause instead of stop
  • Description field in Facebook upload dialog not prefilled as required by Facebook Policy
  • Fixed a sound issue after pausing the slideshow
  • Fixed rendering of some grayscale tiff loaded as raw
  • Fixed a rare recusive crash after closing the browser window

New in Lyn 1.8.4 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • New! Implemented WebP image format
  • Fixed a recent issue rendering portrait photos
  • Fixed a rare crash flicking through the folders

New in Lyn 1.8.3 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • Updated raw loader to parse XMP, IPTC and GPS sections of the image
  • Fixed a resolution issue in listview and inspector
  • Fixed an issue in batch rename when using image date by forcing loading full metatada
  • Fixed a crash in rescaling function for 16 bit images
  • Fixed an issue in the print panel when displaying multiple images on the same page

New in Lyn 1.8.2 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • Listview can now display latitude and longitude fields. Can be enabled in View Options
  • Updated Google Photos authentication, icon and references
  • Changed the Esc key behavior to first abort the tool, then close the viewer
  • Fixed a couple of random crashes
  • Fixed an issue with the feedback reporter

New in Lyn 1.8.1 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Fixed a couple of crashes on macOS Sierra
  • Fixed an issue when starting Lyn by dropping a folder on its icon

New in Lyn 1.8 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • Better handling of folders with thousand of images
  • Updated libjpeg and all the core of the application
  • Fixed an inspector layout issue on macOS Sierra
  • Fixed a raw converter crash with DNG files
  • Fixed a creation folder issue in the Dropbox exporter
  • Fixed a creation folder alert in the Flickr exporter
  • Fixed a random crash while browsing large folders

New in Lyn 1.7.2 (Aug 28, 2016)

  • Fixed a connecting issue with Lightroom libraries
  • Fixed a possible crash with iPhoto libraries
  • Fixed Vibrance filter

New in Lyn 1.7.1 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Updated raw converter with definition for new cameras
  • Fixed a print issue with cropped images
  • Fixed issues in the Dropbox exporter
  • Fixed an issue when saving or exporting rotated images
  • Fixed a random crash showing metadata

New in Lyn 1.7 (May 6, 2016)

  • New! Microsoft Outlook email exporter
  • New! New search options in the toolbar's field: selected images and multiple stars
  • Updated Facebook exporter
  • Updated openexr, libtiff, libpng
  • Improved XMP parser
  • New preference to render images discarding alpha channel
  • Updated toolbar's Metadata filter to search in tags
  • Fixed external library parsers by including videos and improved stability
  • Fixed spurious crashes loading exr images
  • Fixed an issue with previous button
  • Fixed an issue when shrinking rotated pictures
  • Fixed an crash when reading some hdr/radiance images
  • Fixed 16-bit TIFF CIElab rendering
  • Fixed an issue loading multiple iPhoto libraries
  • Fixed an issue in print dialog that sometimes renders the first image of a multi-image selection twice
  • Fixed cursor hiding in full-screen mode

New in Lyn 1.6 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • New! Lyn is now a 64-bit only application and requires Mac OS X Lion
  • New! New engine for external libraries with support for Photos
  • New! Added sorting by tags and keywords
  • Update raw converter with new cameras
  • Updated crop behavior with fixes
  • Fixed Facebook authentication due to recent changes. (you must not be logged with Safari)
  • Fixes rendering gliches and icons on retina display
  • Stability fixes

New in Lyn 1.5.11 (May 23, 2015)

  • Updated Facebook authentication to new specifications
  • Fixed random crashes when loading metadata
  • Fixed issue with album selection with Picasa and Flickr exporters

New in Lyn 1.5.10 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue with the switch start browser with the image being viewer
  • Fixed an issue with the localized rename presets panel
  • Fixed flushing of flagged images and smart folder issue
  • Fixed theme management
  • Fixed a tiling issue with the Vignette tool

New in Lyn 1.5.9 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • New! Smart folders with user selectable search scope
  • New! Preferences checkbox to open the Lyn browser with the image being viewer
  • Updated raw converter with support for new cameras
  • The browser is synched after opening a single image
  • Fixed thumbnails cache quality preference
  • Fixed move/copy operations with symlinks

New in Lyn 1.5.8 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Improved cache speed
  • Fixed random xmp parsing
  • Fixed a regression when displaying zoomed images
  • Fixed autorotation for some canon images

New in Lyn 1.5.7 (Dec 24, 2014)

  • New! Added full support for Mavericks tagging
  • Implemented smart folders with auto update
  • Improved keywords tokenizer
  • Improved move/copy operations across volumes and error messages
  • Fixed a crash with malformed gps exif data
  • Fixed autorotation for some canon images
  • Fixed memory leak in slideshow
  • Fixed a rename issue during import operation

New in Lyn 1.5.6 (Oct 27, 2014)

  • Polished toolbar's icons for Yosemite
  • Optimized folders management
  • Optimized fullscreen's panels delay
  • Added shortcuts for copy/move operations
  • Fixed an issues on Yosemite when exiting from fullscreen mode with maximized window
  • Fixed artifacts when switching browser view and zooming on Yosemite
  • Fixed some issues related to smart search and customization
  • Fixed an issue with scrolling image area on a retina display
  • Fixed behaviour of the size field in email exporter
  • Fixed hang when synching viewer and browser in stripview

New in Lyn 1.5.5 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • HiDPI modes: try to open the window at image resolution
  • Slideshow: omits image size and counter when selecting basic info
  • When closing last window, Lyn quits only if launched with an image
  • New menu for showing/hiding sidebar
  • Fixed orientation when developing raw images
  • Fixed a crash when editing images in multiple windows
  • Fixed an issue when starting Lyn with an image, that sometimes opened the browser

New in Lyn 1.5.4 (Sep 13, 2014)

  • Display common meta tags in viewer, detail view and fullscreen mode
  • Rearranged view menu
  • Fixed color label box
  • Fixed rare bug when loading thumbnails from db

New in Lyn 1.5.3 (Aug 28, 2014)

  • Updated raw converter with new cameras from Nikon, Panasonic and Sony
  • Added support for XMP Rating tag
  • Fixed an issue when the publish dialog can't be cancelled
  • Fixed possible crash when removing volumes
  • Fixed spotlight search for keywords
  • Fixed thumbnails flickering
  • Fixed random move files crash

New in Lyn 1.5.2 (Jul 25, 2014)

  • Fixed regression when double clicking on an image in listview mode
  • Fixed possible crash when removing volumes

New in Lyn 1.5.1 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • New! New filter for sharpening the image
  • New! View keywords in the thumbnails area
  • Fixed keyboard navigation in save panels
  • Fixed instabilities of the histogram panel

New in Lyn 1.5 (Jul 9, 2014)

  • New! Smart folders with editable preferences
  • New! Flagging, rating and color labels available in fullscreen
  • Improved editing performances
  • Changed behavior of Batch Convert - Fit within to take care of different image orientation
  • Fixed wrong 'Kind' value for raw images
  • Fixed Flickr upload due to recent SSL requirements
  • Fixed random custom libraries connect/disconnect bug
  • Fixed an issue when using multiple filters on an unmodified image

New in Lyn 1.4.2 (May 29, 2014)

  • New! Shortcuts for color labels. (cmd-alt 0 to 7)
  • New! Italian localization
  • Updated raw converter with support for new cameras from Nikon, Canon, Samsung, Sony
  • Fixed issues with crop's presets
  • Fixed crop selection with retina resolutions
  • Fixed a couple of random crashes

New in Lyn 1.4.1 (May 5, 2014)

  • Forced using low level GPU on dual-GPU macbook pro
  • Fixed issues in printing and slideshow
  • Fixed an issue that prevent opening the image in fullscreen
  • Fixed a crash on 10.6.8 due to incompatibilities with the new compiler

New in Lyn 1.4 (May 2, 2014)

  • New! A new crop tool with predefined constraints for easily cropping to specific aspect ratios
  • New! Updated raw processor with support for new cameras from Nikon, Canon, Sony, Samsung, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Leaf and Sigma DP2 Merril
  • New! Menu switch to sync metadata
  • New! The slideshow can now play movies
  • New! Basic XMP metadata parser
  • New! Airmail support
  • New! Filter function to show modified images
  • Clear search field when switching folder
  • User selection is not anymore enabled automatically after rearranging items in the browser view
  • Optimized rename function with option to customize names with hour/min/sec
  • Implemented move to trash for device's images
  • Improved loading times
  • Fixed canon autorotate
  • Fixed an issue when selecting a filename with multiple dots
  • Fixed duplicate presets function
  • Fixed size and date when displaying and importing camera images
  • Fixed refresh of partially loaded images
  • Fixed German localization
  • Fixed various crashes

New in Lyn 1.3.7 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • Allow '/' character in folder name. (translated to ':')
  • Optimized iPhoto library access
  • Fixed a drawing issue with rotated pictures
  • Fixed localization issues on 10.9
  • Fixed various issues with movie poster creation

New in Lyn 1.3.6 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • Fixed partial thumbnails drawing bug
  • Fixed thumbnails flickering with drop shadow disabled
  • Fixed QuickTime crash on movie unloading

New in Lyn 1.3.5 (Nov 16, 2013)

  • Optimized image loading time and tag management.
  • RGB images without a profile will now be rendered with an sRGB color profile
  • Fixed a glitch in the inspector with nothing selected
  • Disabled sound in ML notifications
  • Fixed random crashes during thumbnails updating

New in Lyn 1.3.4 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • Fixed Facebook setup due to auth changes
  • Fixed sharing problems on 10.5 and 10.6
  • Fixed crop area in raw images
  • Fixed a thumbnail refresh problem

New in Lyn 1.3.3 (Oct 3, 2013)

  • Begin/End document now select the first/last image
  • Restricted movie loading to movies and audio files
  • The slideshow is now started from the selected image
  • Fixed sort ordering by exposure/f-number
  • Fixed loop images behaviour in browser view
  • Fixed color temperature picker crashes
  • Fixed key handling and window dimension when viewing a movie
  • Fixed a rare deadlock

New in Lyn 1.3.2 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • New! Per-account sharing preferences
  • New! Features Montain Lion's notification for end of operations
  • Updated sharing dialogs to display more than one strip of images
  • Configured to allow OpenGL to utilize the integrated GPU on dual-GPU Macs
  • Fixed movie thumbnail for movies without a poster image
  • Fixed animated gif recognization
  • Fixed image rotation on some PowerShot cameras
  • Fixed colorspace for Pentax Ricoh images
  • Fixed a bug when loading camera images
  • Fixed a lock when copying camera images by drag and drop
  • Fixed movie crashes on 10.5

New in Lyn 1.3.1 (Aug 1, 2013)

  • New! Added support for Lightroom 5 libraries
  • New! German localization
  • New! Added Exposure Bias column with selector
  • Ability to switch to batch rename window when renaming a single file
  • Fixed iPhoto library connection when no installed
  • Fixed gif animation in thumbnails view
  • Fixed crash parsing Leaf .mos files
  • Fixed: disconnected libraries are not reconnected at next launch
  • Fixed creating movie thumbnail
  • Fixed stepping from movie
  • Fixed field updating in batch functions
  • Fixed wrong pixel size in list view

New in Lyn 1.3 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • New! Histogram for RGB, Luminance and separated Red, Green and Blue channels
  • New! Filters: temperature and ting, exposure, vibrance, saturation, brightness, contrast, highlight and shadow
  • New! Filter effects: Black and White, Sepia, Vignette
  • New! Import function for attached Devices with accessory panel and inspector
  • New! An integrated QuickTime movie player
  • Fixed Fit to screen behavior and zoom menu states
  • Fixed regression after a rename/rotate

New in Lyn 1.2.16 (Jun 10, 2013)

  • Updated raw converter with additional cameras from Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm
  • Fixed zoom to fit screen behaviour
  • Fixed showing iPhoto library content with mismatched path
  • Fixed a freeze when deleting a folder
  • Fixed missing updates of the thumbnails area

New in Lyn 1.3 Beta 5 (Jun 10, 2013)

  • New! Import function for Devices with accessory panel and inspector
  • Updated raw converter with additional cameras from Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm
  • Fixed crop function on retina display
  • Parse exif data with not so standard offsets
  • Fixed crash after removing an network drive
  • Fixed zoom to fit screen behaviour
  • Fixed showing iPhoto library content with mismatched path
  • Fixed a freeze when deleting a folder
  • Fixed missing updates of the thumbnails area

New in Lyn 1.2.15 (May 29, 2013)

  • Fixed crop function on retina display
  • Parse exif data with not so standard offsets
  • Fixed crash after removing a network drive

New in Lyn 1.3 Beta 4 (May 16, 2013)

  • New! Copy/Move menu for fast copying/moving files
  • New! Undo move to trash
  • New! New slideshow engine that works on standard and retina displays
  • New! New slideshow preference for choosing the info string: filename, caption
  • New! New preference to synchronize browser and viewer windows
  • New! New engine for camera devices, available for 10.7 and up
  • Improved movie loading and poster preview
  • Fixed an issue in Strip View that render the first image gray

New in Lyn 1.2.14 (May 16, 2013)

  • New! Added support for Mailplane 3
  • New! Copy/Move menu for fast copying/moving files
  • New! Undo move to trash
  • New! New slideshow engine that works on standard and retina displays
  • New! New slideshow preference for choosing the info string: filename, caption
  • New! New preference to synchronize browser and viewer windows
  • New! New engine for camera devices, available for 10.7 and up
  • Apply Raw icc profile when loading embedded jpeg
  • Fixed Canon makernote parsing
  • Fixed renaming a folder with case changes
  • Fixed an issue in Strip View that render the first image gray

New in Lyn 1.3 Beta 3 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • New! Added support for Mailplane 3
  • Apply embedded Raw icc profile when loading jpeg preview
  • Fixed Canon makernote parsing
  • Fixed an issue loading large images that obscured the waiting panel

New in Lyn 1.2.13 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Fixed recent instability problems
  • Fixed an issue with the spinning panel when loading large images

New in Lyn 1.2.12 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • New search method for filename
  • Fixed recent instability issues
  • Fixed refresh after applying or removing a crop
  • Fixed drag and drop from camera in listview mode

New in Lyn 1.3 Beta 2 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • New! Implemented basic video viewer
  • Updated editing tools

New in Lyn 1.2.11 (Feb 23, 2013)

  • Real email exporter with client and image size selection
  • Improved browser scrolling speed and NAS access
  • New zoom: Fit to screen
  • The selection has now the start and area size indicators
  • Updated raw loader with support for Nikon D600, Canon 6D, M, Sony A99 and others
  • Fixed an issue when cropping on retina display
  • Fixed rendering the thumbnail after a crop
  • Fixed an issue that prevent the silent sharing result dialog from working
  • Fixed an issue with the random dialog 'connecting to server'
  • Fixed an random bug using the context menu
  • Fixed a bug that prevent saving images with multiple frames
  • Fixed an issue loading iTunes playlists in non standard location
  • Fixed slideshow on retina display
  • Fixed issues with window placement on second monitor
  • Fixed a tiff loader crash
  • Fixed multiple refresh of third-party libraries
  • Fixed QuickLook preview update after changing selection
  • Fixed Skip behavior in move files dialog

New in Lyn 1.2.10 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Updated Aperture and iPhoto library handling
  • Remember inspector layout in viewer and fullscreen
  • Fixed an issue when connecting Lighroom libraries
  • Fixed exposure with values greater than a second
  • Fixed code for a conflict with Afloat

New in Lyn 1.2.9 (Oct 24, 2012)

  • New! Undo/redo support for flagging, rating and metadata
  • Fixed a rare thumbnails scrolling issue
  • Fixed an issue when reading color labels
  • Fixed an issue with the maps locking button
  • Fixed a black line gap during thumbnails rendering

New in Lyn 1.2.8 (Oct 4, 2012)

  • Updated raw converter with support for Canon 650D, Sony DSC-RX100, Samsung NX1000 and fixes
  • Fixed a regression on Mac OS X 10.5 intel and ppc

New in Lyn 1.2.7 (Oct 1, 2012)

  • New! Theme switch to disable drawing of thumbnails shadows
  • Retain zoom setting while browsing fullscreen images
  • Improved scrolling smoothness during thumbnails creation
  • Fixed Picasa account handling
  • Fixed pixel alignments in thumbnails view
  • Thumbnails stability fixes
  • Fixed TIFF parser for RGBA 8 and 16-bit images
  • Fixed Fill to screen Zoom and window size on Retina displays

New in Lyn 1.2.6 (Sep 15, 2012)

  • New! View Options to configure browser thumbnails and listview appearance
  • Implemented single image rename in all views
  • Exporters now use ITPC Headline for title field
  • New switch to format the date using a 24-hour clock
  • New selection method for flagged images
  • Fixed thumbnail rendering glitches in listview mode
  • Fixed crashes in thumbnails generation
  • Fixed hide photo property in SmugMug exporter
  • Fixed refresh and some issues in map view
  • Fixed crash reporter on 10.8
  • Fixed sorting and filtering by flagged and rating

New in Lyn 1.2.5 (Aug 20, 2012)

  • Changed behavior of View->Refresh that now reload the selected thumbnails
  • Disabled OpenMeta backup
  • Fixed thumbnails rendering on Retina displays
  • Fixed mailing using Postbox
  • Fixed an issue with Check for update
  • Fixed Volumes' refresh on some systems

New in Lyn 1.3 Beta 1 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • New! Histogram for RGB, Luminance and separated Red, Green and Blue channels
  • New! Editing filters: wb, exposure, vibrance, contrast, saturation, brightness, highlight and shadow, b/w, sepia, vignette

New in Lyn 1.2.4 (Jul 23, 2012)

  • Changed Exif date ordering to DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized and DateTime
  • Fixed setting image date in batch rename
  • Fixed image date when saving images
  • Fixed regression in print dialog
  • Fixed an issue with a Check for update dialog

New in Lyn 1.2.3 (Jul 17, 2012)

  • New! Support for HiDPI resolutions
  • New! Updated raw converter with support for new cameras
  • New! Image browser now support cut, copy and paste of images
  • Updated reader for Aperture, iPhoto and Lightroom libraries
  • Fixed thumbnails updating and relative load slowdown
  • Fixed inspector info when changing selection in listview
  • Fixed lost selection when switching view

New in Lyn 1.2.2 (Jun 7, 2012)

  • Fixed spurious crashes rendering thumbnails
  • Fixed an issue that display duplicates when changing sorting in thumbnails view
  • Fixed a crash when exiting from Lion's fullscreen mode
  • Fixed an issue with keyword field on Snow Leopard and fixed focus chances
  • Fixed an issue with counter digits in batch operations
  • Fixed some memory leaks

New in Lyn 1.2.1 (May 31, 2012)

  • New in batch convert: destination folder combo with history
  • New sidebar design with tabs
  • Fixed keywords propagation while using the Batch change function
  • Fixed recognition of some special volumes connected to NAS
  • Fixed a crash with Lion's fullscreen mode
  • Fixed dates in exported or converted images
  • Fixed spurious crashes when scrolling the thumbnails area
  • Fixed refresh of color labels

New in Lyn 1.2 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • New! New layout dedicated to geotagging
  • New! Lyn is now a full 64-bit application
  • New! Dropbox gallery sharing!
  • New! SmugMug gallery sharing!
  • New! Support for Lion fullscreen mode and new preference for enabling both browser/viewer Lion fullscreen mode
  • New! Added support for Lightroom 4 libraries and updated iPhoto/Aperture loaders
  • New! Ability to browse network shares
  • New! Amazing fast thumbnail cache and full metadata filtering
  • New! Support for Finder's smart folders
  • New! Faster JPEG loading and thumbnails' cache
  • New sorting methods: kind and exif date
  • New preference switch to control the Recent Items menu's update
  • Smooth thumbnails view scrolling with many miniatures
  • New optimizations for large image collections
  • Compute exif date fields with sub seconds
  • New preference to set the grid size of the browser view
  • Added editable comment and keywords fields in the inspector
  • Added view and sort by menus to the browser's context menu
  • Preview window now remember user window size when preference 'Resize window to image size' is disabled
  • Lyn pre-releases are not proposed by default, added a new switch in Software Update preferences to enable the feature
  • Move and copy file operations can now rename the files you're moving
  • Updated raw converter with support for Nikon 1, Fujifilm X10 and others
  • Fixed keywords propagation while using the Batch change function
  • Fixed an issue when dropping an image from Finder to thumbnails' area
  • Fixed custom image name when uploading to Flickr
  • Fixed refresh of the inspector's data and keyboard navigation
  • Fixed an issue with selection in thumbnails view
  • Fixed an issue in the batch change feature
  • Fixed an issue when setting rating via context menu
  • Fixed a sorting issue in list view after selecting user mode
  • Fixed crashes when reading CS2 tiff on a PPC system
  • Fixed crashes in the PPM loader
  • Fixed an issue in the GeoTIFF parser
  • Fixed a crash while browsing camera devices
  • Fixed an issue while sorting images with non-standard exif date format
  • Fixed an issue when saving images with more than 8 bpp
  • Fixed a finalizing issue when saving images to disk
  • Fixed updating of the exporters' image size field
  • Fixed Picasa authentication on Leopard and Snow Leopard machines
  • Fixed an crash after disallowing the handling of a Picasa account
  • Fixed an issue when listing Volumes with partitions without access permission
  • Fixed an issue with rotation and multiple crop
  • Fixed field editor's background color of metadata panels on Leopard (10.5)
  • Fixed refresh of external library folders
  • Fixed memory leaks and some weird crashes

New in Lyn 1.2 Beta 6 (Apr 23, 2012)

  • New! Support for Lion fullscreen mode and new preference for enabling both browser/viewer Lion fullscreen mode
  • Compute the exif date fields with sub seconds
  • New preference to control the Recent Items menu's update
  • Fixed refresh of external library folders
  • Fixed keyword update while using the Batch change function
  • Fixed slow down in the map view
  • Fixed moving pins in the Google map
  • Fixed dropping an image from Finder to thumbnails' area
  • Fixed an issue of the viewer inspector

New in Lyn 1.2 Beta 5 (Mar 28, 2012)

  • New! Lyn now runs on 64-bit
  • New! Dropbox gallery sharing!
  • New! SmugMug gallery sharing!
  • New! Added support for Lightroom 4 libraries and updated iPhoto/Aperture loaders
  • Smooth thumbnails view scrolling with many miniatures
  • New preference to set the grid size of the browser view
  • Preview window now remember user window size when preference 'Resize window to image size' is disabled
  • Fixed some weird crashes
  • Fixed Picasa authentication on Leopard and Snow Leopard machines
  • Fixed custom image name when uploading to Flickr

New in Lyn 1.2 Beta 4 (Feb 23, 2012)

  • Lyn pre-releases are not proposed by default, added a new switch in Software Update preferences to enable the feature
  • Added editable comment and keywords fields
  • Added view and sort by menus to browser context menu
  • Move and copy file operations can now rename the files you're moving
  • Improved scrolling smoothness of thumbnail views
  • Fixed a crash in the batch change feature
  • Fixed a crash when SMB shares are mounted
  • Fixed refresh of the inspector's data and keyboard navigation
  • Fixed an issue with selection in thumbnails view

New in Lyn 1.2 Beta 3 (Jan 30, 2012)

  • New! New layout with the ability to geo tagging photos
  • New optimizations for large image collections
  • Fixed a crash in the batch change feature
  • Fixed an issue when setting rating via context menu
  • Fixed a sorting issue in list view after selecting user mode
  • Fixed crashes when reading CS2 tiff on a PPC system
  • Fixed crashes on 10.5

New in Lyn 1.2 Beta 2 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • New! Ability to browse network shares
  • Optimized thumbnails view
  • Fixed crash in the PPM loader
  • Fixed crash while browsing camera devices
  • Fixed an issue while sorting images with non-standard exif date format
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Fixed an issue in the GeoTIFF parser
  • Fixed an issue when saving images with more than 8 bpp
  • Fixed updating of the exporters' image size field

New in Lyn 1.2 Beta 1 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • New! Amazing fast thumbnail cache and full metadata filtering
  • New! Support for Finder's smart folders
  • New sorting methods: kind and exif date
  • Updated raw converter with support for Nikon 1, Fujifilm X10 and others
  • Faster JPEG loading and thumbnails cache
  • Fixed an crash after disallowing the handling of a Picasa account
  • Fixed a finalizing issue when saving images to disk
  • Fixed an issue when listing Volumes with disks without access permission
  • Fixed an issue with rotation and multiple crop
  • Fixed field editor's background color of metadata panels on Leopard (10.5)

New in Lyn 1.1.1 (Oct 18, 2011)

  • New! Multi-account 500px exporter!
  • New! New preferences to set slideshow's background pattern for fun visual effects!
  • Implemented new Flickr OAuth authentication and speed up setup
  • Fixed an issue in theme handling
  • Fixed a background pattern display issue in strip view mode
  • Fixed a rare thumbnail's aspect-ratio display bug

New in Lyn 1.1 (Oct 9, 2011)

  • New! New themes for fast switching of Lyn's appearance
  • New! New presets editor to create custom filename formats for batch operations
  • New! Multi-account Facebook exporter: publish to wall, existing or new albums
  • New! Multi-account Flickr exporter: publish to existing or new photosets, change cover photo and custom photo info
  • New! Multi-account Picasa Web Albums exporter: publish to existing or new albums with custom photo info
  • Updated raw converter with support for new cameras (Leica, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic)
  • Added new image filtering methods: rated, flagged and unrated
  • Brazilian Portuguese translation by Paulo Neto
  • Cosmetic changes for Lion
  • Implemented image flagging
  • New menu to draw metadata info (rating and flagging) in browser view
  • Implemented persistent IPTC editing and image crop via OpenMeta
  • Implemented batch IPTC editing
  • Remember batch rename fields info and inspector position
  • Updated libjpeg to latest release
  • Fixed a crash when moving a folder to trash
  • Fixed an issue when closing browser or image window
  • Fixed an issue regarding subfolders depth that made the application miss some subfolders during retrieval of directory listing
  • Fixed a crash at the end of the copy or rename operation
  • Fixed some data loading issues in list view mode and inspector
  • Fixed delayed thumbnail refresh after rating an image in the inspector pane
  • Fixed slideshow music on system with alternative iTunes library
  • Fixed a crash when attaching a phone
  • Fixed an issue that caused an unexpected thumbnail's cache flush
  • Fixed an issue that prevents 'Hide unknown formats' from recognizing unsupported files
  • Fixed a crash related to crop function
  • Fixed some annoying selection changes in strip view mode
  • Fixed background pattern of frames view

New in Lyn 1.1 Beta 5 (Sep 15, 2011)

  • New! New themes for fast switching of Lyn's appearance
  • New! New presets editor to create custom filename formats for batch operations
  • Updated raw converter with support for new cameras (Leica, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic)
  • Fixed a crash when moving a folder to trash
  • Fixed an issue when closing browser or image window
  • Fixed an issue regarding subfolders depth that made the application miss some subfolders during retrieval of directory listing

New in Lyn 1.1 Beta 4 (Sep 1, 2011)

  • New! Multi-account Flickr exporter: publish to existing or new photosets, change cover photo and custom photo info
  • New! Multi-account Picasa Web Albums exporter: publish to existing or new albums with custom photo info
  • Enhanced Facebook exporter to allow photo description customization of published photos
  • Fixed some Facebook related issues

New in Lyn 1.1 Beta 3 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • New multi-account Facebook sharing: publish your photos to wall, existing or new albums
  • Added new image filtering methods: rated, flagged and unrated
  • Brazilian Portuguese translation by Paulo Neto
  • Fixed a crash at the end of the copy or rename operation
  • Fixed some data loading issues in list view mode and inspector
  • Fixed delayed thumbnail refresh after rating an image in the inspector pane
  • Fixed slideshow music on system with alternative iTunes library

New in Lyn 1.1 Beta 2 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Cosmetic changes for Lion
  • Implemented image flagging
  • New menu to draw metadata info (rating and flagging) in browser view
  • Fixed a crash when attaching a phone
  • Fixed an issue that caused an unexpected thumbnail's cache flush
  • Fixed an issue that prevents 'Hide unknown formats' from recognizing unsupported files

New in Lyn 1.1 Beta 1 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • Implemented persistent IPTC editing via OpenMeta
  • Implemented batch IPTC editing
  • Remember batch rename fields info and inspector position
  • Updated dcraw with fixes and support for new cameras
  • Updated libjpeg to latest release
  • Fixed a crash related to crop function
  • Fixed some annoying selection changes in strip view mode
  • Fixed background pattern of frames view

New in Lyn 1.0.6 (May 25, 2011)

  • New preference to select and play an iTunes playlist during slideshow
  • Fixed a crash related to non-destructive editing and metadata

New in Lyn 1.0.5 (May 11, 2011)

  • Optimized performance for over-the-air or slow connection browsing!
  • Fixed a crash related to non-destructive editing feature when opening an image
  • Fixed a random crash while parsing metadata
  • Fixed a display issue after deselecting all the folders in the browser

New in Lyn 1.0.4 (May 9, 2011)

  • Implemented deep folder scan via a global preference
  • Implemented image sorting by rating and labels
  • New preferences to set thumbnail/viewer/fullscreen background pattern for fun visual effects!
  • New preference to change the background color of the slideshow
  • New function to set an image as desktop picture
  • Implemented batch convert!
  • Fixed crash with Aperture libraries that has been moved from the original position
  • Disabled delete and rename of images that belong to a library
  • Fixed an issue that prevent pausing the slideshow while hitting the space bar
  • Synchronized image transformations between browser and viewer
  • Fixed an issue in image window that failed to center the image with zoom enabled
  • Fixed: the checkerboard pattern is now rendered correctly in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed a crash on Tiger/PPC

New in Lyn 1.0.3 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Easy browse your iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom libraries
  • Sidebar places are now customizable
  • Implemented double click to exit from fullscreen
  • Updated dcraw with support to Canon 600D and 1100D and Sony A390
  • Try to restore folder view state between sessions
  • Fixed example name in batch rename panel
  • Fixed timer for animated gif

New in Lyn 1.0.2 (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Japanese localization by Koichi MATSUMOTO
  • Browser's viewer can now display up to 18 selected images
  • Support for sending emails using Mailplane or Postbox
  • Implemented saving in browser
  • Turn off thumbnail border by default
  • Hide directories with invisibility flag set
  • Correctly read and parse IPTC metadata from TIFF images
  • Fixed copying thumbnails to a different volume
  • Correctly fix file extensions after switching saving file format
  • Correctly display some TIFF images recognized as RAW files
  • The folder in the browser window title now reflect the selected file name
  • Fixed a random crash when closing the browser window set to strip view mode
  • Fixed an incompatibility bug that prevents opening the save dialog on Tiger
  • Fixed loading 16-bit PSD images and some sort of broken TIFF
  • Fixed saving images with different frame sizes (some sort of not developed raw)

New in Lyn 1.0.1 (Mar 9, 2011)

  • Improved list view drawing speed
  • Fixed registration issues on Tiger
  • Fixed selection of last selected path on localized systems
  • Fixed user sorting with two or more selected folders
  • Fixed crash when saving images without IPTC informations
  • Fixed a random crash when opening an image from list view
  • Fixed refresh of camera folder after switching device or memory card
  • Fixed refresh of Activity window's progress bar when copying camera files

New in Lyn 1.0 (Mar 5, 2011)

  • Improved image loading time
  • Implemented image rating
  • Improved saving or replacing IPTC metadata during save operation
  • Updated dcraw to v9.06
  • Fixed a problem opening the browser when ~/Documents and ~/Pictures directories are not present
  • Fixed selecting a path in the Places section if the directory is an alias or symbolic link
  • Fixed: remember user's image arrangement of the selected folder when switching view
  • Fixed logic that enable menus of the browser window
  • Fixed loading 8/16 bit Tiff saved with strips and separated planes
  • Fixed loading RLE4 BMP images
  • Changing a proofing profile with onscreen proofing active will apply the new profile

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 29 (Jan 30, 2011)

  • Implemented drag and drop to import device images
  • Enhanced sidebar to support moving folders and trashing them
  • Implemented a new preference to enable shuffle sorting for slideshows started from the browser
  • Show the image resolution in the slideshow info line
  • Implemented image crop
  • Implemented new menus to invert, reduce and expand image selection
  • New preference to modify the thumbnail border color
  • Implemented pinch gestures to zoom the browser's thumbnails
  • Implemented batch rename
  • Fixed a crash when loading some big Tiff with separated planes
  • Fixed conversion for non-standard exif shutter speed
  • Fixed crash when starting Lyn with missing saved folders
  • Fixed an intermittent crash when saving an image
  • Fixed delay while playing animated gif
  • Fixed finder-like ordering for folders
  • Fixed display window for EXR images
  • Fixed zoom to selection

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 28 (Dec 29, 2010)

  • Enhanced save dialog with resizing support
  • Finder directory aliases are now displayed in the outline view
  • Implemented Finder like filename ordering
  • Added menu to start the slideshow with only selected images
  • Added menu to open the browser with the last selected folders regardless of the value of the "Start with last folders" pref. Shift-clicking on the Lyn icon has the same effect
  • Implemented a simple share by Email exporter
  • Various optimizations to nicely handle folders with 20000 images
  • Fixed crash in strip view when pressing Cmd-arrow key
  • Go to folder menu now work again
  • Fixed crash when loading some raw files from Sigma cameras
  • Fixed crash when saving a rotated image in a format that does not support Exif orientation

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 27 (Dec 12, 2010)

  • Implemented preference font for the slideshow title and additional switch to show/hide additional infos
  • Improved IPTC tags decoding
  • Changed behavior of return key to open/close single viewer or fullscreen
  • Implemented a simple save dialog
  • Fixed loading some kinds of PPM, PBM and PGM images
  • Fixed loading 8 bit PNG gray/alpha images
  • Fixed huge memory leaks in strip view mode

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 26 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • In strip view mode, enabled vertical scroll wheel to select next/previous image
  • Added context menu in the image viewer and open with custom application in the main menu
  • Increased the maximum thumbnail preview size to around 400 pixel
  • New preference to set the transparent color for the thumbnails
  • Fixed auto refresh of the current selected folder
  • Fixed OpenGL rendering of transparent images
  • Fixed creation of Open with submenu on Tiger
  • Fixed loading preview of images saved in an external device
  • Fixed a bug setting finder labels
  • Fixed loading and rendering of 1,2,4,8 bit PNG images
  • Fixed an issue that caused wrong rendering of rotated images in the print dialog
  • Fixed a crash when rendering an half size raw that doesn't contain an internal thumbnail (Leica & C.)

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 25 (Nov 29, 2010)

  • Implemented image reordering by drag and dropping selected images in icon and strip view
  • In case there is zero or one image selected, start the slideshow for all the selected images
  • Selecting a folder in the outline view does not expand its three anymore, press the disclosure triangle or double click to expand/collapse it
  • Added more information in thumbnail's tooltip
  • Decode rotation tag of Panasonic images
  • When browsing devices, grab thumbnail whenever possible
  • Implemented remote control in browser view and fixes for Snow Leopard
  • Implemented the slideshow preference switch 'Show titles' to display additional informations at the bottom of the screen
  • Implemented the preference switch 'Develop RAW images' to display developed raw image instead of its internal thumbnail representation
  • Updated dcraw with support of Nikon D7000, Canon 60D and others cameras
  • Fixed a sporadic crash in the thumbnail cache
  • Do not show scanners and multifunction printers in "Devices" list
  • In the browser, undo/redo will correctly select multiple folders
  • Fixed memory leaks in textures creation
  • When display raw thumbnail, set the image size of the raw file

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 24 (Nov 12, 2010)

  • Implemented Finder colored labels for thumbnails and folders
  • Implemented Quick Look feature on Snow Leopard and up
  • Fixed an issue that cause Lyn to crash when parsing BMP images with 1/2/4/8 bits
  • Fixed an issue that cause Lyn to fail to display JPEG 8 bit grayscale images
  • Fixed colors in the fullscreen Exif sidebar
  • Fixed an intermittent OpenGL flickering when viewing images in a separate window
  • Fixed an intermittent view misalignment when switching to strip view

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 23 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Combined "Actual Size" and "Zoom to fit" menus
  • Renamed "Zoom To Panoramic" to "Zoom To Fill Screen"
  • Speedups when selecting more than one folder
  • Fixed and speedup for "hide unknowns files" option
  • Fixed nasty crashes when moving files to trash
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Lyn to hang the current copy operation

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 22 (Nov 1, 2010)

  • New preference flag to use arrow keys to switch image in zoom mode
  • Various speedups and optimizations in browser view for directory with thousands of images
  • Fixed updating viewer after closing and reopening it with the same selected image
  • Fixed tracking the selected image after opening an image by dropping it on the Lyn icon
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes, after attaching a volume, causes loosing the current browser selection
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes, on case-sensitive volume, prevents selecting the Picture directory
  • Fixed a bug that on some system failed to display the image centered in strip view mode
  • Fixed flickering when rotating an image
  • Fixed an issue that cause Lyn to stop responding when deselecting an image
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes free textures of the wrong group
  • Fixed red and green channel swapping on PPC systems
  • Fixed an issue that cause Lyn to stop responding after moving a file to trash
  • Fixed an issue that cause Lyn to always display non-image files
  • Fixed loading and rendering of interlaced PNG images

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 21 (Oct 21, 2010)

  • Implemented external device auto refresh
  • Implemented scroll wheel panning and zooming in strip view
  • Enabled zooming cursor in strip view mode
  • Decoded Leica M8 maker note, more Panasonic tags and more Nikon lenses
  • Implemented swipe gestures in browser area to change the current thumbnail selection
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Lyn to stop responding when parsing some movie files
  • Fixed logic in the suppression of the 'move to trash' alert dialog
  • Fixed zoom to fit in strip view mode
  • Fixed other possible causes of crashes on multicore cpus
  • Fixed random crashes when parsing Leica DNG files
  • Fixed color tint in OpenGL view introduced with the last render to texture update
  • Fixed image dimensions and placement in print dialog
  • Correctly update the strip view image area after a directory change
  • Fixed continuous thumbnail flushing in list view mode

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 20 (Oct 15, 2010)

  • Simplified menu's shortcuts
  • Added an alert dialog for move to trash action
  • Added full zoom support in strip view mode
  • Added devices section for browsing and viewing images in an external device such as an attached camera
  • Enabled OpenGL on systems that does not have the FBO
  • Fixed zoom control point for mouse and trackpad actions
  • Fixed: delete an image in browser window will select the next available image
  • Fixed slow down when creating bad thumbnails
  • Fixed memory leaks in slideshow
  • Fixed huge core image memory leaks

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 19 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Added a checkbox in main preference panel to show file extension in browser and list view
  • Enhanced Go to Folder to support directory autocompletion
  • Supported CIE Lab with 8 and 16 bit tiff
  • Implemented move to trash in viewer
  • Implemented auto refresh of system volumes
  • Fixed: flip and rotation in browser view are propagated to other windows
  • Fixed crashes with animating images
  • Fixed random crashes when hiding non-image files
  • Fixed random crashes when an external program is writing a new image in a watched folder
  • Fixed listing a folder with many images

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 18 (Aug 30, 2010)

  • Changed behavior when clicking the Lyn icon: if opened show the image, otherwise the browser
  • Fixed crash using the browser navigator
  • Fixed: sometimes moving to the next picture display the first image in the folder
  • Fixed rotate buttons in the toolbar
  • Fixed: correctly update source list after a Finder rename

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 17 (Aug 23, 2010)

  • New main and toolbar icons
  • Improved scrolling in thumbnail view
  • Selecting or deselecting one or more folder does not cause a full thumbnail view redraw
  • Implemented thumbnail view animations
  • Fixed: show Exif informations of alias images
  • Fixed: start/stop animation menus and draw animation at full speed
  • Fixed crash in IPCT parser
  • Fixed: correctly terminate slideshow

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 16 (Aug 10, 2010)

  • Implemented simple folder managements (new, rename)
  • Implemented single image rename
  • Improved Exif inspector layout and animation buttons
  • Fixed loader for TIFF and JPEG CMYK by inverting inks
  • Fixed crash as a result of a file renamed by an external application
  • Fixed browser layout after switching from strip view
  • Fixed RAW loader when it try to open an external image file
  • Fixed zoom now correctly center the area under the mouse
  • Fixed shared thumbnail cache among view layouts
  • Fixed prevent screen dimming and sleep during slideshow
  • Fixed leaks with animated image
  • Fixed displaying the first image of the slideshow

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 15 (Jul 25, 2010)

  • Updated dcraw with support to Canon PowerShot SX20 IS, Sony DSLR-A450, Olympus E-620 and E-PL2
  • Implemented preference to loop images inside a folder
  • Fixed critical locking code responsible of random crashes
  • Fixed loading of Panasonic RW2 raw files

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 14 (Jul 25, 2010)

  • Implemented user sorting in list view mode
  • Implemented page up/down shortcuts to skip ten images at a time
  • Fixed crash after a tracked image is modified by an external program

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 13 (Jul 14, 2010)

  • Faster directory listing
  • Rearranged some menus and added a menu to open viewer
  • Removed image extension in main views
  • Dragging a folder to the thumbnail or list view will browse that folder
  • Fixed flickering in Exif sidebar when switching to list view and after changing selection
  • Fixed crash in metadata parser (thanks Pierre M.)
  • More robust GPS tags parser

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 12 (Jun 15, 2010)

  • Added separated preferences for thumbnail views layout
  • Added delete button in the toolbar
  • Rearranged some menus, added fullscreen menu and inactivate disabled menus
  • Flip and rotate are unified in all the views
  • Position the open image dialog to the initial directory or last selected folder
  • Updated jpeg lib to 8b
  • Updated png lib to 1.4.2
  • When Lyn crashes, at next launch open the crash reporter only
  • Added missing menu for show/hide thumbnails name
  • Fixed some regressions for Tiger
  • Fixed onscreen proofing in browser image viewer
  • Fixed layout of browser image viewer
  • Fixed possible crash when closing image window
  • Fixed crash when loading 16 bit rgba PNGs (thanks Ed B.)
  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • Fixed selection and keyboard movements in list view mode

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 11 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • Added frames inspector
  • Added menu item to show/hide thumbnail names
  • Added preference for changing thumbnail name and background color
  • Changed default list view font to Lucida Grande 10pt and linked to main font in preference panel
  • In strip view mode auto select the first visible image
  • Updated dcraw with support to Canon EOS 550D, AVT F-510C, Casio EX-Z1050, Samsung WB550, Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5, Panasonic DMC-G10, DMC-G2, Kodak EasyShare Z981, Olympus E-PL1, Fujifilm FinePix HS10, HS11 and FinePix S200EXR
  • Silently copying files without opening the activity window
  • Updated Pentax makernote tags
  • Added preference to select animated images loop
  • Fixed inspector and window size when opening and switching image
  • Fixed rotation gestures in thumbnail view
  • Fixed button for stopping animated images
  • Fixed crash with malformed maker note section (thanks Richard B.)
  • Fixed keyboard extended selection
  • Fixed BMP decoding (thanks Fred W.)
  • Fixed opening Feedback dialog and saving browser window position/dimension on Tiger (thanks Bert P.)

New in Lyn 1.0 Beta 10 (May 18, 2010)

  • Implemented image rotation and magnification with gestures
  • Optimized internal thumbnail cache
  • Moved fullscreen controls to bottom of the screen
  • Fixed possible crash due to multi-threaded OpenGL operations
  • Fixed animation button over animated images
  • Fixed possible crash by switching from fullscreen to window mode