the viewer changelog

(unreleased)

• auto-detection of PNG components;
• refocus default source changed to hexagonal;

3.0.0.0 (08/01/2014, archive download)

• field view offers demodulation from calibration data;
• raw view switched to the common image view and offers demoludation and Bayer rendering;
• 3D mesh from depth lookup tables (higher resolution tables only);
• zooming using mouse wheel and under cursor or in the center;
• all image views got scaling mode, mouse coordinates and more decent zoom control;
• default demosaicing algorithm switched from bilinear to Malvar et al.;
• H.264 frames can now be exported using the save as context menu too;
• recent and frequently opened files available in jump list (requires shell integration);
• open, save, export and calibration last used folders saved;
• prevented crash when navigating files package tree using keyboard;
• fixed crash when exporting components without any data;
• fixed crash when picture metadata deleted;
• fixed missing part of the file name when exporting component with dot in its description.

2.0.0.0 (03/23/2014, archive download)

• field view now offers sub-aperture, epipolar and squared raw renderings;
• simple focus-by-shift added to field view;
• improved computation of microlenses positions;
• using all microlenses for a larger field preview;
• web view UI improvements and delay loading;
• image view supports export into different bitmap formats;
• *.calib files added to open dialog;
• H.264 components caused crash if missing metadata;
• lack of the H.264 decoder (Windows N versions) caused crash;
• exporting file component's data appended file extension twice;
• Lytro Desktop library and camera calibration places added to open file dialog;
• Windows Explorer is automatically restarted if shell integration needs to be updated;
• status text made selectable;
• crashes for various reasons due to bad files handled;
• icon updated.

1.1.0.0 (01/04/2014, archive download)

• cross-eye view for files with parallax shift frames (double-click for full screen view);
• components can be removed from the package, reordered or copied/moved to another package by dragging;
• component properties (name, version, type) can be edited;
• files can be dragged onto the viewer to open them or include them in opened package;
• raw components (i.e. with header) can be exported;
• raw file components in backup data use corresponding metadata component if found;
• tooltips on component list;
• demosaicing raw view no longer triggers save;
• exporting all components could have failed if some of the files already existed;
• shell integration merged with file association as usual, and available for all users;
• workarounded WPF crash when opening raw files from shell;
• loading user settings might have failed (and crashed tools window);
• tools window would have caused crash if unexpected data type is returned from registry;
• accidental sharing of empty feedback prevented;
• splash screen added for better cold start experience.

1.0.3.0 (10/07/2013, archive download)

• support for H.264 encoded image blocks was added (read-only, including export via context menu);
• support for parallax shift images was added;
• support for separate depth map + confidence map files was added (read-only, including shell thumbnails);
• new fine depth map view that is used for maps with resolutions over 50 × 50 (no editing yet, but can export pseudo-focused images via context menu);
• fixed shell integration not allowing to be re-enabled even after restart in some cases.

1.0.2.1 (09/09/2012, archive download)

• shell integration improvements:
  • file association configurable separably (tools window);
  • associated file icon changed to standard image one;
  • shell integration binary no longer used for opening files;
  • shell integration now available only when running from local computer;
  • update process improvements.

1.0.2.0 (07/09/2012, archive download)

• file saving was implemented;
• depth lookup table can now be edited (via context menu or drag & drop) and displays the resulting image pieces;
• raw images can now be demosaiced to colour ones (via context menu);
• prerendered and raw images can be stretched and panned (with middle or left button);
• new tools window allowing to enable/disable the shell integration, download updates and report feedback;
• the user interface was made more responsible and displays progress when working;
• the raw sensor image is now used for light field thumbnails without rendered images;
• fixed crash when trying to open invalid files or to save an empty file;
• rebuilt using .NET Framework 4.5 RTM version;
• the library was merged into the viewer, now it's all a single file!

Note to upgraders: if you registered the previous version of assembly, you will need to unregister it using regasm pathtotheviewer.exe /unregister and restart (at least the Windows Explorer).

1.0.1.0

• a very basic sub-aperture image is now displayed for raw camera files, to provide an idea what the file contains;
• added automatic file type association upon assembly registration;
• implemented shell thumbnail provider for prerendered (STK) files, automatically enabled upon assembly registration;
• added reformat/compact json commands for text views (via context menu), to easily inspect files published to web;
• added export/export all commands for the component list (via context menu), to enable splitter usage;
• switched to manual version numbering.