darktable 1.4 release candidate

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We just packaged darktable 1.4rc1 for more testing before releasing 1.4 proper in a few weeks. We’ve got tarballs,

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darktable/files/darktable/1.4/darktable-1.4~rc1.tar.xz/download

debian packages,

https://packages.debian.org/experimental/darktable

a Macintosh DMG,

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darktable/files/darktable/1.4/darktable-1.4~rc1.dmg/download

and Pascal’s Ubuntu darktable Unstable PPA has been updated, too:

https://launchpad.net/~pmjdebruijn/+archive/darktable-unstable

Preliminary release notes are (also see RELEASE_NOTES in git/tarball):

  • darktable now integrates a lua engine that allows writing scripts to make it easier to use with other image processing software. These scripts can be run when a particular event takes place (for example when a new image is imported) or when a particular keyboard shortcut is used. There are very few scripts available at this point but we expect the community to provide some more during the next release cycle.
  • darktable now include several kinds of drawn masks: brush, circle, ellipse, path and gradients
  • exporting in WebP format
  • serious speed enhancements of lighttable when using large collections
  • focus detection on lighttable
  • local cached copies of images for offline files
  • a few new blend mode like “HSV lightness”, “HSV color”, “Lab lightness” and “Lab color”
  • new modules “contrast brightness saturation”, “color balance” and “color mapping” which replaces the now deprecated “color transfer” module
  • new histogram mode “waveform”
  • added a setting to automatically collapse modules to only have a single one expanded
  • better user experience for bauhaus sliders: the popup now has a blinking cursor to make possible text entry more discoverable
  • the text entry for bauhaus sliders and vimkeys’ :set command can now evaluate mathematical expressions
  • many bug fixes and small improvements
  • a tool for measuring basecurves from a sample image
  • updated usermanual
  • darktable now requires Gtk+ in version >= 2.24, Glib in version >= 2.30

Thanks to everybody helping out! please double check your credits in the about dialog and the AUTHORS file and give us a shout if you’re missing.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.darktable.org/2013/12/darktable-1-4-release-candidate/