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@urmandalabs urmandalabs released this 08 Oct 09:52
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Smaller download

The Windows package is about 200 MB smaller than 1.1.6.

  • The Real-ESRGAN model behind AI Enhance is no longer included.
  • SciPy, pymatting, MoviePy, pooch and jsonschema are no longer shipped. The image operations that used SciPy now run through OpenCV, which was already part of the app.
  • Video export calls a small ffmpeg directly, instead of MoviePy and the full ffmpeg binary that came with it.
  • macOS, Linux and Windows builds pack only the built-in InSPyReNet model. That model is unchanged and still full precision.

New

Level (Pro)
Straightens a still image that is slightly tilted, for example a banknote that is not quite horizontal. The switch sits under Center object and only appears when the background is Transparent. Sticker mode counts too, because a sticker is exported with a transparent background.

The canvas grows so the subject is not cropped, and the new corners stay empty. Level only runs on a transparent background, and in sticker mode. On a solid color, a photo, the original background, or a custom color it is skipped. A landscape subject stays landscape and a portrait subject stays portrait. A tilt smaller than about 0.75° is left alone. Video and GIF frames are not leveled.

CLI: --level. If the background is not transparent, the run continues and that file is logged as skipped.

Strip metadata (Pro)
A separate switch next to compression. On removes EXIF, XMP, the color profile and PNG text. Off writes the source metadata back onto PNG and WebP, with the orientation tag set to upright so a phone photo is not rotated again.

CLI: --strip-metadata

Run summary
When a batch finishes, the status line and the log say how many files were handled, how long it took, and the average per file. Example: Done: 12 files in 3m 24s (average 17s per file). Stopping early uses the same numbers: Stopped by user: …. The command line ends with the same sentence. Under a minute the time is shown in seconds.

Changed

  • The update dialog now says: "A new version of LocalBG is available. If you installed via the Microsoft Store, update through the Store. Otherwise, download the latest version here:" followed by a clickable link. Download now and Later are unchanged. The app does not detect whether the install came from the Store.
  • "Lossless (Very High)" is no longer a compression option. The choices are None, 32 bit (High), 256 colors (Medium) and 128 colors (Low).

Removed

  • AI Enhance is gone from the sidebar and from the command line (--enhance).
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