Neue Testversion 22.90b9

[Gerhard Huber]

Hallo,

es gibt wieder eine neue Testversion 22.90b9.

Windows:
https://www.pl32.com/beta/pl2290b9.zip

macOS:
https://www.pl32.com/beta/plx2290b9.zip

Neues:

• WebP Im- und Export überarbeitet
• Diverse Fehlerbehebungen und kleinere Verbesserungen

[shijan]

Small bug: "Alignment" in "Line Style editor" applied to Text object don't works.

[shijan]

Mesh Gradient seems improved, but in some complicated situations it still may produce artifacts. PLD example in attachment.

Mesh example.pld

[Herbert123]

Bug: docked layer panel

panels.png

Dock the Layers panel to the right hand of the screen. Group the Channels in that docked panel. Now two tabs are available: the Layers and Channels.

Single-clicking a tab switches to that panel. So far so good.

Switch to the Channels tab and display the channels. Now DOUBLE-CLICK the Layers tab.

Result: the layer stack is displayed, but is non-responsive. Layers cannot be selected nor be worked with. The GUI elements at the top and bottom of the Layers panel are also non-responsive. Scaling PhotoLine's window results in a section of the screen copied into that area.

Work-around: double-click the Layers tab once more (sometimes works), and the functionality is restored. Or switch to the Channels tab, and double-click the Layers tab to restore it. You can tell that there is an screen update issue when switching back to the Channels tab, btw: a small seam displays the windows desktop.

The Layers panel is not the only one affected: double-clicking on the Channels tab also displays the channels, but the entire panel is unresponsive.

It seems that by double-clicking the tab of a docked panel within a group of panels the panel's content is collapsed, but a screen copy is still displayed which is non-functional.

Another thing observed: dragging the channels away from the docked group when the panel exists in this non-responsive state caused PhotoLine to display a "PhotoLine is not responding" message, which cleared up after a few seconds.

Solution: a docked maximized panel should not be allowed to collapse its content within this context.

[Herbert123]

PS thank you for the improved photo stacking! Still testing, but initial results seem to yield better looking images.

[shijan]

PS thank you for the improved photo stacking! Still testing, but initial results seem to yield better looking images.

Did you mean focus stacking? Or is there some new option to Mean/Median noise reduction stacking hidden somewhere?

[shijan]

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[shijan]

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[Herbert123]

PS thank you for the improved photo stacking! Still testing, but initial results seem to yield better looking images.

Did you mean focus stacking? Or is there some new option to Mean/Median noise reduction stacking hidden somewhere?

No, it's just been a few months since I last tested the focus stacking with the sample files that I linked to. The model train results in a much more usable image now, for example. Still some haloing visible, though. But better nonetheless.

[shijan]

OK

[Gerhard Huber]

I noticed new tool option in 22.90b8. I guess it should provide some sort of symmetrical movement of the points or control handles, but seems it is not works at all yet. Is this a bug or some sort of "under development" thing? Or is it just me who can't figure how to use it?

It's under construction and doesn't do anything at the moment.

[beiti]

Der WebP-Export hat sich deutlich verbessert. Ich habe heute ausführliche Vergleiche angestellt, sowohl mit der vorigen PL-Version als auch mit meiner bisherigen Referenz Squoosh.
Die hässliche, JPEG-ähnliche Kästchenbildung in Farbübergängen (besonders im Himmel von Landschaftsbildern) ist jetzt komplett weg. Dafür geht natürlich hin und wieder etwas Detail durch Unschärfen verloren, aber nicht ganz so viel wie in Squoosh. Also ein guter Kompromiss.
Gegenüber JPEG kann man jetzt die Dateigröße halbieren bei (subjektiv) gleicher Qualität. Also für künftige Web-Anwendungen sehr interessant.

[Gerhard Huber]

eigentlich sollten auch Animationen funktionieren.

[shijan]

Is it possible to mark with "*" edited colors in "Selective Color Correction" filter in similar way as it is currently done in "Hue/Saturation" filter? It is very useful visual hint.
Also it make sense to add same hotkeys to "Selective Color Correction" to quickly switch between colors in menu.

[beiti]

eigentlich sollten auch Animationen funktionieren.

Interessant. Hab ich jetzt gerade mal ausprobiert. Hab eine Mini-Animation aus drei Ebenen gebastelt und über 'Web | Ebenen animieren' den Bildern jeweils eine Länge von 100/100 (also 1 Sekunde) zugewiesen.

Wenn ich das Ganze als animiertes GIF ausgebe, funktioniert es wie geplant.
Im WebP funktioniert die Ausgabe zwar auch, aber die Animation läuft im Browser viel zu schnell.

Außerdem kann man für WebP noch keine Einstellungen machen wie für GIF (Wahl zwischen Standbild und Animation, Zahl der Wiederholungen). Kommt ja vielleicht noch.