shinestacker 1.8.1__tar.gz → 1.9.1__tar.gz

{shinestacker-1.8.1 → shinestacker-1.9.1}/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@
 
 This page reports the main releases only and the main changes therein.
 
+## [v1.9.1] - 2025-10-23
+** Improved EXIF data handling GUI refinements **
+
+### Added
+- missing actions "Show EXIF Data" and "Delete EXIF Data"
+
+### Fixed
+- if saving EXIF data fails, a warning is issued instead of stopping the run
+- exif data correctly loaded when opening image file in retouch mode
+- removed duplicated parameter from config dialog (FocusStackBunch)
+- fixed thread warning when the application quits
+- more robust EXIF data code for JPG format prevents possible errors
+
+### Changed
+- improved EXIF GUI: more data displayed and improved selection logic
+
+-----
+
+## [v1.9.0] - 2025-10-19
+** Added PNG format support and fixed EXIF failure **
+
+### Added
+- support of images in PNG format, both in 8 bit and 16 bit depth. Note: EXIF data are not supported for 16 bit PNG because of limitations in the PIL and Open CV python libraries.
+
+### Fixed
+- if saving EXIF data fails, a warning is issued instead of stopping the run
+
+-----
+
+
 ## [v1.8.1] - 2025-10-16
 ** Alignment stability and performance improvements **
 

{shinestacker-1.8.1/src/shinestacker.egg-info → shinestacker-1.9.1}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: shinestacker
-Version: 1.8.1
+Version: 1.9.1
 Summary: ShineStacker
 Author-email: Luca Lista <luka.lista@gmail.com>
 License-Expression: LGPL-3.0
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ Pyramid methods in image processing
 - **Logo**: The Shine Stacker logo was designed by [Alessandro Lista](https://linktr.ee/alelista). Copyright © Alessandro Lista. All rights reserved. The logo is not covered by the LGPL-3.0 license of this project.
 
 ## Attribution request
+
 📸 If you publish images created with Shine Stacker, please consider adding a note such as:
 
 *Created with Shine Stacker – https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker*
 
 This is not mandatory, but highly appreciated.
+
 ---
 > Developed and maintained by [Luca Lista](https://github.com/lucalista).
 > 💡 Contributions, feedback, and feature suggestions are warmly welcome.

{shinestacker-1.8.1 → shinestacker-1.9.1}/README.md

@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ Pyramid methods in image processing
 - **Logo**: The Shine Stacker logo was designed by [Alessandro Lista](https://linktr.ee/alelista). Copyright © Alessandro Lista. All rights reserved. The logo is not covered by the LGPL-3.0 license of this project.
 
 ## Attribution request
+
 📸 If you publish images created with Shine Stacker, please consider adding a note such as:
 
 *Created with Shine Stacker – https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker*
 
 This is not mandatory, but highly appreciated.
+
 ---
 > Developed and maintained by [Luca Lista](https://github.com/lucalista).
 > 💡 Contributions, feedback, and feature suggestions are warmly welcome.
-> If you enjoy Shine Stacker, consider giving it a ⭐️ on GitHub — it really helps visibility!
+> If you enjoy Shine Stacker, consider giving it a ⭐️ on GitHub — it really helps visibility!

{shinestacker-1.8.1 → shinestacker-1.9.1}/docs/gui.md

@@ -12,24 +12,28 @@ noisy pixel masking.
 
 ## Starting
 
-* If the python package is donwloaded and installed, the GUI can start either from a console command line :
+* The python package can be installed from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/shinestacker/) using ```pip```:
 
 ```console
-> focusstack
+> pip install shinestacker
 ```
+ Onace installed, the GUI app can start either from a console command line :
 
-* If the app is dowloaded from the [releases page](https://github.com/lucalista/focusstack/releases), after the  ```zip``` archive is uncompressed, just double-click the app icon.
-
-<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/gui-finder.png' width="300" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
+```console
+> shinestacker
+```
 
-**Platform Tip**: Windows apps are inside `/focusstack/`, macOS/Linux apps are directly in the uncompressed folder.
+* The app can be dowloaded from the [releases page](https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker/releases):
+   - Windows: as installer or  ```zip``` archive for local installation
+   - macOS: as ```dmg``` disk image, where the app can be dragged to the Application folder
+   - Linux: as ```tar.gz``` archive
 
 The GUI has two main working areas: 
 
 * *Project* 
 * *Retouch*
 
-Switching from *Project* to *Retouch* can be done from the *FocusStack* main menu.
+Switching from *Project* to *Retouch* can be done from the *ShineStacker* main menu.
 
 ## Project area
 
@@ -48,17 +52,13 @@ When the app starts, it proposes to create a new project.
 
 > **Large Set Tip**: For 100+ images:
 > - Split into 10-15 image "bunches" 
-> - Set frame overlap (default: 2 frames)
+> - Set number of overlapping frame from consecutive bunches
 > - Combine intermediate results later
 
-> 💡 **RAM Warning**: >15 images of 20Mpx resolution may need 16GB+ RAM. Combine smaller bunches first, if needed, to stack up to hundreds of frames.
-
 The newly created project consists of a single job that contains more actions.
 Each action produces a folder as output that has, by default, the action's name.
 Some actions can be combined in order to produce a single intermediate output (alignment, balancing, etc.).
 
-**Action Outputs**: 📁 `aligned-balanced/` | 📁 `bunches/` | 📁 `stacked/`
-
 > **Pro Tip**: Duplicate jobs when processing similar image sets to save configuration time. You can run multiple jobs in sequence.
 
 It is possible to run a single job, or all jobs within a project.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ It is possible to run a single job, or all jobs within a project.
 
 ### Project Run Tabs
 
-1. Job progress bar
+1. Job progress bar with CPU and RAM usage monitor
 2. Real-time log viewer
 3. Retouch button (enabled after processing)
 

{shinestacker-1.8.1 → shinestacker-1.9.1}/docs/main.md

@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@ pip install ipywidgets
 
 | Issue    |  Workaround    |
 |----------|----------------|
-| PNG and RAW unsupported  | Convert to TIFF/JPEG first |
+| RAW format unsupported  | Convert to TIFF/JPEG first |
+| EXIF data not supported for 16-bit PNG files | convert to 16-bit TIFF first |
 | GUI tests limited     | Report any bugs as GitHub issuse |

{shinestacker-1.8.1 → shinestacker-1.9.1}/pyproject.toml

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ packages = [
     "shinestacker.algorithms",
     "shinestacker.gui",
     "shinestacker.gui.img",
+    "shinestacker.gui.img.dark",
+    "shinestacker.gui.img.light",
     "shinestacker.retouch"
 ]
 include-package-data = true

shinestacker-1.9.1/src/shinestacker/_version.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '1.9.1'