5.0.0beta2

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, #263; EOS R3, R7 and R10 requires LibRaw 0.21)
• 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 (#291)
• Fujifilm RAF files are not recognized (#298)

5.0.0beta1

Windows packages are made with install4j, multi-platform installer builder.

To install LightZone on Linux, follow wiki page.

Changes & Improvements

• Show thumnail/preview of Canon .cr3 raw files
  • Note: This version cannot open/edit the .cr3 files, since migration to LibRaw (#270) is still ongoing.
• Modern Look & Feel with FlatLaf (#273)

Bug Fixes

• Faint white grid lines over exported images (#162, #288)
• Cannot build with JDK19/20 (related: #287)

Known Issue

• Cannot open Canon .cr3 raw files (#263)
• Missing most metadata from Canon .cr3 raw files
• Italian Help file is missing on Windows (#291)
• The 'lack of tile' artifact in Editor mode still sometimes occurs on macOS

Need tests

• If you cannot open your raw file that can be opened with older version of LightZone, please let me (@ktgw0316) know your camera model on Metadata tab via issue or discussion.

4.2.5

This is a bug-fix release only for macOS. For Windows and Linux, please use 4.2.4 instead.

Bug fixes

• macOS -- Add missing libraries and code signing (#265)

4.2.4

Windows packages are made with install4j, multi-platform installer builder.

How to install LightZone on Linux:

• Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Raspbian: Follow instructions on OBS.
• Ubuntu and Mint: Add our PPA to your system, then sudo apt install lightzone.
• Arch: Use the AUR package.
• Other distributions: Build and install by yourself, referring the build instruction.

Bug Fixes

• UnsupportedOperationException in Red Eye Reduction (#259)
• v4.2.3 very slow with max system resource utilization (#258)
• Corrupted GUI (57cb1cb)
• Linux: "Couldn't link with platform-specific native libraries no linux in java.library.path" message on startup (4750b0b)
• macOS, Linux (Arch): Lens correction cause crash (4752e2f)
• Wrong HiDPI coordinate of "Select a folder" message in Browser mode (66d079e)
• Disable unusable update check (4eef962)

Changes & Improvements

• Show photoshop:Urgency metadata as color label (16887dd)
• Native support for Apple Silicon m1 machines
• Limit JVM max heap to 2GiB (6bd8b24)
• Add flip function in Editor (08bf5fa)
• Correct ZoneFinder highlight position when zoom-in (3f65bea)
• Show zone/value of a pixel under mouse pointer in Editor mode
  • Show lines on Histogram (f4d8dfe)
  • Highlight zone in ZoneFinder (beddbf5)
  • Show zone on Histogram (d818b98)

Known Issue

• The 'lack of tile' artifact in Editor mode still sometimes occurs on macOS