Welcome to Project Kestrel v(Tufted Titmouse)! Project Kestrel gets bug fixes, UI improvements, and a new logo.
Key Changes
- New Logo! Project Kestrel features a new logo, an American Kestrel morphing into a Camera lens aperture.
- Improved Bird Detection: Fixed a bug where the software would detect the same bird multiple times, especially with poor quality auxiliary detections.
- New Write XMP Metadata Button: You no longer need to go through the Kestrel Culling Assistant to write metadata; you can directly export Kestrel's star ratings and import them into your favorite RAW workflow editor.
Minor Changes
- Updated Tutorial: The in-app tutorial has been updated to reflect the latest workflow.
- Analytics Fixes: Resolved issues with analytics data collection.
- Expanded RAW Support: Fixed a bug where TIFF and TIF files would not be supported.
- Adobe Lightroom Enhancements: Expanded metadata handling to include more fields.
Upcoming Features
- GPU Support: Hardware acceleration (CUDA/ROCm) is on the roadmap.
- Video walkthrough: Coming soon to projectkestrel.org
- Improved Quality Classification: Ongoing improvements to image quality scoring.
Feedback wanted: We are especially interested in feedback on the new culling assistant tool! Does it have the customization you need? Is the XMP metadata export working? How about the RAW previews? Share your thoughts through the in-app feedback feature or at projectkestrel.org/contact.
This release includes contributions from dedicated members of the open-source community. Thank you!