Lyn 1 5 3 – Lightweight Image Browser And Viewer

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  1. The lightweight and fast media browser and viewer for Mac OS X designed for photographers, graphic artists and web designers. Featuring an extremely versatile and aesthetically pleasing interface, Lyn delivers an easy to use geotagging technology, image editing and a complete solution for sharing your photographs.
  2. Display — part of media-gfx/imagemagick; media-gfx/eog – Image viewer and browser for GNOME; kde-apps/gwenview – KDE image viewer; Feh — an open-source image viewer that is most aimed at command-line users. Media-gfx/geeqie – light-weight GTK image viewer; media-gfx/gpicview – GTK LXDE light-weight image viewer.
  3. FastStone Image Viewer. The FastStone image viewer is yet another lightweight image viewer for Windows 10 with multiple language support. It has a slideshow option with many attractive transition effects. Features: Foremost, it supports audio and video playback.
  4. Download Xlideit Image Viewer for free. A lightweight image viewer with basic image processing. This is a lightweight image viewer with basic image processing. A thumbnail bar is shown at the bottom of the window with all the images in the folder.
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Fixed an issue when starting Lyn with an image, that sometimes opened the browser; Lyn 1.5.4 - Sep 12, 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; Lyn 1.5.3 - Aug 28, 2014.

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Lyn 1.13 - Nov 7, 2019

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

Lyn 1.12 - Oct 1, 2019

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

Lyn 1.11 - Mar 4, 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

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

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

Lyn 1.9.7.1 - Jul 14, 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

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

Lyn 1.9.6 - Jan 30, 2018

Lyn 1 5 3 – Lightweight Image Browser And Viewer
  • 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

Lyn 1.9.5 - Dec 31, 2017

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

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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

Lyn 1.9.3 - Nov 15, 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

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

Lyn 1.9 - Jun 24, 2017 - Mac OS X 10.9 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.8.9 - Apr 26, 2017

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

Lyn 1.8.8 - Mar 29, 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

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

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

Lyn 1.8.5 - Jan 23, 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

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

Lyn 1.8.3 - Nov 23, 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

Lyn 1.8.2 - Nov 5, 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

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

Lyn 1.8 - Oct 4, 2016 - Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.7.2 - Aug 26, 2016

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

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

Lyn 1.7 - May 6, 2016 - Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later -

  • 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 fullscreen mode

Lyn 1.6 - Sep 22, 2015 - Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.5.11 - May 21, 2015

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

Lyn 1.5.10 - Apr 15, 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

Lyn 1.5.9 - Mar 24, 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

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

Lyn 1.5.7 - Dec 23, 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

Lyn 1.5.6 - Oct 26, 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

Lyn 1.5.5 - Oct 15, 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

Lyn 1.5.4 - Sep 12, 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

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

Lyn 1.5.2 - Jul 24, 2014

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

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

Lyn 1.5 - Jul 8, 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

Lyn 1.4.2 - May 28, 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

Lyn 1.4.1 - May 5, 2014 - Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.4 - May 1, 2014 - Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.3.7 - November 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

Lyn 1.3.6 - November 19, 2013

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

Lyn 1.3.5 - November 14, 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

Lyn 1.3.4 - October 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

Lyn 1.3.3 - October 2, 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

Lyn 1.3.2 - August 27, 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

Lyn 1.3.1 - August 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

Lyn 1.3 - June 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

Lyn 1.3.b5 - June 9, 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

Lyn 1.2.16 - June 9, 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

Lyn 1.2.15 - May 28, 2013

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

Lyn 1.3b4 - 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

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

Lyn 1.3b3 - April 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

Lyn 1.2.13 - March 16, 2013

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

Lyn 1.3b2 - March 4, 2013

  • New! Implemented basic video viewer
  • Updated editing tools

Lyn 1.2.12 - March 4, 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

Lyn 1.2.11 - February 22, 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

Lyn 1.2.10 - November 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

Lyn 1.2.9 - October 23, 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

Lyn 1.2.8 - October 3, 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

Lyn 1.2.7 - October 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

Lyn 1.2.6 - September 14, 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

Lyn 1.2.5 - August 18, 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

Lyn 1.3 beta 1 - August 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

Lyn 1.2.4 - June 22, 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

Lyn 1.2.3 - June 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

Lyn 1.2.2 - June 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

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

Lyn 1.2 - April 29, 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

Lyn 1.2b6 - April 21, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b5 - March 27, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b4 - February 22, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

Lyn 1 5 3 – Lightweight Image Browser And Viewer Windows 10

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b3 - January 30, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b2 - January 14, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b1 - December 31, 2011 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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)

Lyn 1.1.1 - October 17, 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

Lyn 1.1 - October 8, 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

Lyn 1.1b5 - September 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

Lyn 1.1b4 - September 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

Lyn 1.1b3 - August 16, 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

Lyn 1.1b2 - July 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

Lyn 1.1b1 - July 17, 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

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

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

Lyn 1.0.4 - May 8, 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

Lyn 1.0.3 - April 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

Lyn 1.0.2 - March 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)

Lyn 1.0.1 - March 8, 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

Lyn 1.0 - March 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

Lyn 1.0b29 - January 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

Lyn 1.0b28 - December 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

Lyn 1.0b27 - December 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

Lyn 1.0b26 - December 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.)

Lyn 1.0b25 - November 28, 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

Lyn 1.0b24 - November 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

Lyn 1.0b23 - November 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

Lyn 1.0b22 - November 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

Lyn 1.0b21 - October 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

Lyn 1.0b20 - October 14, 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
Browser
  • 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

Lyn 1.9.5 - Dec 31, 2017

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

Lyn 1 5 3 – Lightweight Image Browser And Viewer Download

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

Lyn 1.9.3 - Nov 15, 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

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

Lyn 1.9 - Jun 24, 2017 - Mac OS X 10.9 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.8.9 - Apr 26, 2017

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

Lyn 1.8.8 - Mar 29, 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

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

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

Lyn 1.8.5 - Jan 23, 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

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

Lyn 1.8.3 - Nov 23, 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

Lyn 1.8.2 - Nov 5, 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

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

Lyn 1.8 - Oct 4, 2016 - Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.7.2 - Aug 26, 2016

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

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

Lyn 1.7 - May 6, 2016 - Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later -

  • 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 fullscreen mode

Lyn 1.6 - Sep 22, 2015 - Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.5.11 - May 21, 2015

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

Lyn 1.5.10 - Apr 15, 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

Lyn 1.5.9 - Mar 24, 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

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

Lyn 1.5.7 - Dec 23, 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

Lyn 1.5.6 - Oct 26, 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

Lyn 1.5.5 - Oct 15, 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

Lyn 1.5.4 - Sep 12, 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

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

Lyn 1.5.2 - Jul 24, 2014

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

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

Lyn 1.5 - Jul 8, 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

Lyn 1.4.2 - May 28, 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

Lyn 1.4.1 - May 5, 2014 - Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.4 - May 1, 2014 - Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later -

  • 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

Lyn 1.3.7 - November 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

Lyn 1.3.6 - November 19, 2013

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

Lyn 1.3.5 - November 14, 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

Lyn 1.3.4 - October 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

Lyn 1.3.3 - October 2, 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

Lyn 1.3.2 - August 27, 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

Lyn 1.3.1 - August 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

Lyn 1.3 - June 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

Lyn 1.3.b5 - June 9, 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

Lyn 1.2.16 - June 9, 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

Lyn 1.2.15 - May 28, 2013

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

Lyn 1.3b4 - 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

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

Lyn 1.3b3 - April 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

Lyn 1.2.13 - March 16, 2013

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

Lyn 1.3b2 - March 4, 2013

  • New! Implemented basic video viewer
  • Updated editing tools

Lyn 1.2.12 - March 4, 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

Lyn 1.2.11 - February 22, 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

Lyn 1.2.10 - November 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

Lyn 1.2.9 - October 23, 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

Lyn 1.2.8 - October 3, 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

Lyn 1.2.7 - October 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

Lyn 1.2.6 - September 14, 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

Lyn 1.2.5 - August 18, 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

Lyn 1.3 beta 1 - August 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

Lyn 1.2.4 - June 22, 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

Lyn 1.2.3 - June 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

Lyn 1.2.2 - June 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

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

Lyn 1.2 - April 29, 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

Lyn 1.2b6 - April 21, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b5 - March 27, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b4 - February 22, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

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  • 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

Lyn 1.2b3 - January 30, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b2 - January 14, 2012 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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

Lyn 1.2b1 - December 31, 2011 - BETA RELEASE

  • 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)

Lyn 1.1.1 - October 17, 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

Lyn 1.1 - October 8, 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

Lyn 1.1b5 - September 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

Lyn 1.1b4 - September 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

Lyn 1.1b3 - August 16, 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

Lyn 1.1b2 - July 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

Lyn 1.1b1 - July 17, 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

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

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

Lyn 1.0.4 - May 8, 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

Lyn 1.0.3 - April 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

Lyn 1.0.2 - March 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)

Lyn 1.0.1 - March 8, 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

Lyn 1.0 - March 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

Lyn 1.0b29 - January 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

Lyn 1.0b28 - December 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

Lyn 1.0b27 - December 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

Lyn 1.0b26 - December 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.)

Lyn 1.0b25 - November 28, 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

Lyn 1.0b24 - November 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

Lyn 1.0b23 - November 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

Lyn 1.0b22 - November 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

Lyn 1.0b21 - October 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

Lyn 1.0b20 - October 14, 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

Lyn 1.0b19 - September 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

Lyn 1.0b18 - August 29, 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

Lyn 1.0b17 - August 23, 2010

Lyn 1 5 3 – Lightweight Image Browser And Viewer Free

  • 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

Lyn 1.0b16 - August 9, 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

Lyn 1.0b15 - July 24, 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

Lyn 1.0b14 - July 18, 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

Lyn 1.0b13 - July 13, 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

Lyn 1.0b12 - June 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

Lyn 1.0b11 - June 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.)

Lyn 1.0b10 - 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

Lyn 1.0b9 - April 14, 2010

  • Implemented an OpenGL engine for fast and smooth panning and zooming
  • Implemented image navigation with scroll-wheel and magnify by command-scroll wheel
  • Implemented slideshow preferences for looping and adjustable delay
  • Enhanced fullscreen mode to support pan and zoom
  • Improved loading speed for RAW images
  • Implemented auto update of filesystem changes
  • Fixed potential memory leaks
  • Fixed slideshow transitions
  • Fixed size and position of the Exif inspector
  • Fixed assignment of color profile for RAW images

Lyn 1.0b7 - Mars 17, 2010

  • Implemented image viewer in browser window
  • Implemented strip thumbnail view
  • Enabled multiple images printing from browser window
  • Fixed crash with malformed Exif section
  • Enabled 'Hide unknown formats' menu on Tiger

Lyn 1.0b6 - Mars 7, 2010

  • Implemented Drag and Drop from/to Lyn
  • Implemented Move to trash function
  • Added a menu switch to hide unknown file formats
  • Added a print accessory view to print up to 16 copies per pages, with auto orientation and paper size selection
  • Speed-up and optimizations
  • Fixed initialization of 'Sort By' menu

Lyn 1.0b5 - February 9, 2010

  • Added preference switch to open image window maximized
  • Added preference switch to always start in a specific folder
  • Implemented Portable floatmap (PFM) image format
  • Fixed possible deadlock in thumbnail manager
  • Fixed parsing of GPS latitude/longitude tags
  • Fixed parsing of camera's tags on PPC systems

Lyn 1.0b4 - January 27, 2010

  • Display frame number in window's titlebar for multi-frame images
  • OpenEXR: disable pixel normalizations and set gamma to 2.2
  • Added some more shortcuts to browser and slideshow
  • Fixed crash after stopping the slideshow
  • Fixed position of fullscreen's control panel
  • Fixed JP2 initialization when dropping an image on to Lyn icon
  • Fixed thumbnail creation of 1 px thick images
  • Fixed Sparkle update version number

Lyn 1.0b3 - January 27, 2010

Lyn 1 5 3 – Lightweight Image Browser And Viewers

  • Display frame number in window's titlebar for multi-frame images
  • OpenEXR: disable pixel normalizations and set gamma to 2.2
  • Added some more shortcuts to browser and slideshow
  • Fixed crash after stopping the slideshow
  • Fixed position of fullscreen's control panel
  • Fixed JP2 initialization when dropping an image on to Lyn icon
  • Fixed thumbnail creation of 1 px thick images
  • Fixed Sparkle update version number

Lyn 1.0b3 - January 24, 2010

  • Implemented shuffle image sorting
  • Improved keyboard browser navigation
  • Fixed TIFF loading on PPC systems
  • Fixed slideshow with unrecognized images
  • Fixed reset of icon browser selection rectangle

Lyn 1.0b2 - January 15, 2010

  • Display images represented by Finder aliases
  • Improved browser keyboard navigation
  • Image loading speedup
  • Always center image window in multi windows configuration




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