5.0.0beta2

[ktgw0316]

Installers for Windows and macOS are not provided anymore. (See comments on #299). To execute LightZone, extract the zip file, then double click lightzone.cmd (Windows) or lightzone.command (macOS).

To install LightZone on Linux, follow wiki page, or use Flatpak package.

New Camera support

Note: Raw profiles for these cameras are not provided, so image contrast may be not optimal.

• Canon
  • .cr3 files (by LibRaw, Can't open Canon CR3 file Images #263)
• Fujifilm
  • GFX 100
  • GFX100S
  • GFX50S II
  • GFX 50R
  • HS22EXR
  • HS33EXR
  • HS35EXR
  • X-A7
  • X-E3
  • X-E4
  • X-PRO3
  • X-S10
  • X-T100
  • X-T200
  • X-T30
  • X-T4
  • X-T5
  • X10
  • X100V
• Nikon
  • D3500
  • D6
  • D780
  • Z 5
  • Z 50
  • Z 6
  • Z 7
  • Z 9
  • Z FC
• Leica
  • V-LUX5
• Olympus
  • E-M10 MARK III
  • E-M10 MARK IIIS
  • E-M10MARKIV
  • E-M1MARKIII
  • E-M1X
  • E-PL10
• Panasonic
  • DC-FZ1000M2
  • DC-FZ10002
  • DC-G90
  • DC-G100
  • DC-G110
  • DC-GH5M2
  • DC-LX100M2
  • DMC-GM1S
  • DMC-ZS60
  • DMC-TZ80
  • DMC-TZ81
  • DMC-TZ85
• Sony
  • DSC-RX0M2
  • DSC-RX100M5A
  • DSC-RX100M6
  • DSC-RX100M7
  • ILCE-1
  • ILCE-3500
  • ILCE-6001
  • ILCE-6100
  • ILCE-6300
  • ILCE-6400
  • ILCE-6500
  • ILCE-6600
  • ILCE-7C
  • ILCE-7M4
  • ILCE-7RM3A
  • ILCE-7RM4
  • ILCE-7RM4A
  • ILCE-7RM5
  • ILCE-7SM3
  • ILCE-9M2

Bug Fixes

• Italian Help file is missing on Windows (No Italian Help (.chm) file on Windows #291)
• Fujifilm RAF files are not recognized (Fujifilm RAF files are not recognized #298)

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This discussion was created from the release 5.0.0beta2.

[howardlshippin]

Thanks. After doing an upgrade through the repository on MX Linux (Debian 11), the program fails to start. Opening via the terminal yields the following information:

Starting LightZone version 5.0.0 beta2 ...
with options :
openjdk version "11.0.20" 2023-07-18
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.20+8-post-Debian-1deb11u1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.20+8-post-Debian-1deb11u1, mixed mode, sharing)
/usr/share/java/lightzone/:/usr/share/java/
Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class com.lightcrafts.platform.linux.LinuxLauncher
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/lightcrafts/platform/linux/LinuxLauncher has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 55.0

Is there any action recommended on my part?
On a side note, the upgrade may have interfered also with the Flatpak version, as that no longer opens for me either (I can probably fix that by reinstalling the Flatpak).

[howardlshippin]

I see that in the MX Linux repository there are openjdk-17-jre versions available. Could that be the one I need?

[howardlshippin]

OK - answering my own question: I went ahead and installed openjdk-17 alongside the other Java version and it solved the problem.

[sfink16]

@howardlshippin I had the same error but it works now. Perhaps @ktgw0316 can look into the error in the build.

[sfink16]

@ktgw0316 Beta2 not in Ubuntu repository yet, see REPOSITORY HERE. Only up to Beta1 exist. Using Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy).

[ktgw0316]

I've just uploaded the packages for Ubuntu, so it will be available in few hours: https://launchpad.net/~lightzone-team/+archive/ubuntu/lightzone

[sfink16]

Thanks @ktgw0316 , I'll try tomorrow!

[sfink16]

@ktgw0316 I have a new error message trying to open CR3 images on Ubuntu 22.04, see attached. Try this R7 sample from my PC --> Canon R7

[sfink16]

@ktgw0316 This Canon R7 CR3 image is working in Windows 10 64-bit, but not in Ubuntu 22.04.

[howardlshippin]

I sometimes find a strange behaviour that when browsing through folders, changing from one folder to another sometimes produces no change, and the program fails to show the photos in the newly selected folder; as if it "gets stuck" in the previous folder. I wonder if anyone else has found this.

[sfink16]

@howardlshippin Yes, I was wondering why this was happening too. In my case, I widen the folder column to show the full name of the folder and clicked on the bigger folder name with success. I wonder if your column names are long as well and if you widen the column it will work.

[howardlshippin]

Yes! That's exactly it. You've solved it, thanks. If the whole name isn't visible, clicking on it will not open the folder. It was happening where I have a long folder name like 2023-istanbul-besiktas, and then a subfolder called "Selected" - the subfolder was openable but not the top-folder.

[sfink16]

@ktgw0316 I was wondering if my Lightzone.desktop file could be the problem. It has CR2 designation for MimeType, but not CR3, see:

[andrewk8]

5.0.0 beta2 on Windows 10 x64. Overall, this feels a lot slower than 4.2.4. Basic operations are frustratingly slow, like exiting edit mode with 1 tool on the tool stack (e.g. zone mapper or relight). Exiting is slow. Launching from lightzone.cmd from the zip. Computer specs below.
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8C/16T)
32 GB RAM @ 3600 MHz
Samsung EVO 970 NVMe
NVidia GTX 1660

[sfink16]

5.0.0 beta2 on Windows 10 x64. Overall, this feels a lot slower than 4.2.4. Basic operations are frustratingly slow, like exiting edit mode with 1 tool on the tool stack (e.g. zone mapper or relight). Exiting is slow. Launching from lightzone.cmd from the zip. Computer specs below. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8C/16T) 32 GB RAM @ 3600 MHz Samsung EVO 970 NVMe NVidia GTX 1660

@andrewk8 How many files are in your folder? It's an old known issue that if the folder gets too large LZ can struggle. I don't think that issue has been fixed. I notice the slow down on my Ubuntu desktop as well. Start LZ using cmd in windows to see what debugging/output shows and share if possible. Here is one showing Outofmemory that I received last night. Your problem may differ. I have 560 images/files in that folder, about 20 MB each. I have my prteferences maxed out in the LZ preferences.

[andrewk8]

On Windows, this doesn't show any debugging information (or any output at all). I tried both with and without the start command.

start jre\bin\javaw.exe -jar lightcrafts-windows.jar

An example folder has 112 jpg, all < 2 MP. My thumbnail size is default (1024x1024)

[sfink16]

@andrewk8 My Lightzone 5.02_Beta on my HP Mini, with low specs, is working fine, if not better than my Ubuntu version. I simply double click the Lightzone.cmd, from within the "extracted" zip, not the zip file itself. There is no need to use the command you used above. Are you sure that you are running the extracted version of the zip file, not within the zip file? The Lightzone.cmd does not work within the zip file for me. BTW, I have 224 images , mostly raw images of 20 MB each in my folder.

[buvoltz]

I installed the ARM version on my MacBook Air M1 in a sub directory inside my downloads folder. when I ran "lightzone.command" it produced errors so I moved the Lightzone folder to the desktop and it worked fine there. I then moved the Lightzone folder to the "Applications" folder and it also worked fine. I have OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-21.0.1+12 (build 21.0.1+12-LTS) installed on this Mac so can also start Lightzone by running "lightcrafts-apple.jar" which does not open Terminal. Nice work on this release! Fast as lightning loading on this MacBook.

[buvoltz]

I made a symbolic link to "lightcrafts-apple.jar" and put in the dock. Nice!