Dear all,
the new UI layout has landed in the stable branch, and is available in the latest packages.
The UI still works optimally only for GTK2, I am still working on the GTK3 version.
The main goal is to provide a maximum of space for the image preview, and also to provide better looking UI controls (like sliders).
A new feature has also been added to the shadows/highlights tool: a local contrast control, that, as the name suggests, allows to boost the local contrast while avoiding over-brightened highlights. The concept behind was partly introduced here, but I will write some better description in my blog very soon.
Here is how the new UI and the latest shadows/highlights interface look like (notice the new “local contrast” slider):
Comments/suggestions are welcome as usual!