[Shotwell] Announce: Shotwell 0.3.0 - a digital photo organizer for the GNOME desktop

[Jim Nelson]

Yorba has released Shotwell 0.3.0, a major update to our digital photo
organizer.  This release includes a slew of new features and
performance improvements.  It is highly recommended that all users
upgrade.

Improvements include:

* One-click auto-enhance button, shadows control, and histogram
contrast expansion.
* Hierarchical event tree in sidebar.  Events may now be renamed.
* Photos display instantly.
* Crop aspect ratios.
* Basic information pane to display photo title, exposure time,
dimensions, and file size.
* Configurable slideshow delay.
* Direct edit mode.  Shotwell can open any JPEG file, move between
other JPEGS in the same directory, and edit them with the same tools
available in the photo manager.
* Better keyboard handling for selecting photos and moving between
pages on the sidebar.
* When viewing thumbnails from a camera, hide photos already imported
into Shotwell.  Imported photos may now be removed from the camera.
* Code internationalized.  Partial French translation now available.

We're really proud of this release.  We feel this version is the most
significant Shotwell release yet.

Download the source from the Shotwell home page at
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Binaries for jaunty and karmic will soon be available at Yorba's PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Enjoy,

-- Jim Nelson

Shotwell home page: http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/
Shotwell wiki: http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/Shotwell