ChromIQ v3.13.0-beta.4
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Fixes and polish for the colour-file loading added in beta-3, from Knut's
testing with real scanner-target files.
🐛 Fixed
- Loaded reference colours are no longer dim / squeezed. CIE files describe
reflective targets whose media white sits well below a perfect white (e.g.
Hutchcolor ≈ 77%), so rendering them absolutely made everything look dark
and the 3D cube collapse toward a gamut shape. Loading is now media-relative
by default — the target's white maps to display white, so the colours fill the
cube and read naturally. - The live 3D cube now reflects pasted / loaded / single colours, not only
the generated sets. (Seed-from-targen is still previewed only after generating.) - "Blank canvas" clears the preview (and Update preview now works on an
empty chart) instead of leaving the previous chart's image behind. - The New chart / Add window no longer slips behind the editor after the
file dialog closes. - Colours loaded into the Add window are de-duplicated (near-identical ones
spaced apart) so they don't run together and hurt readability.
✨ New / changed
- Custom spacer colours gained white and black swatches (5 accents → 7),
giving the engine a strong high-contrast separator against very light or very
dark patches. - The spacer-colour pickers now use ChromIQ's own colour dialog (hex + RGB/HSV),
matching the rest of the app, instead of the OS colour panel. - Dark-mode standard tabs (Settings) now match the roomier light-mode tabs.
📝 Notes
- Open follow-ups before 3.13.0 final are unchanged from beta-3: translations of
the new strings, real-hardware print+measure verification, multi-strip
instruments, and the planned scanner-target workflow (#95 / #97 / #98). - Thanks again to Knut Georg Larsson for the detailed testing and sample
files.
Installation (Linux, beta): Download the tarball for your architecture (x86_64 for most desktops/laptops, aarch64 for ARM systems like Raspberry Pi 4/5). Extract with tar xzf ChromIQ-Linux-*.tar.gz, then run ./ChromIQ/ChromIQ. Requires ArgyllCMS — install via your package manager (sudo apt install argyll) or from argyllcms.com/downloadlinux.html.