Hi everyone,
another FerrumPix follow-up 0.9.61 through 0.9.63 bring quite a few changes around culling, layers, selections and the editor workflow.
Bursts, RAW+JPEG pairs and culling
0.9.63 adds optional stacks for bursts and RAW+JPEG pairs.
Shots taken in quick succession can appear as one thumbnail, and clicking a burst opens just that series for culling. The sharpest image is automatically brought to the front, and the other shots show how their sharpness compares.
There’s also a new Reject flag:
Xrejects the current imageShift+Xrejects everything in a burst except the selected shot- rejected images can be hidden or filtered separately
- the reject flag is also written to the sidecar
For RAW+JPEG pairs, ratings, labels, keywords and deleting can be applied to both files together.
Selections & masks
The selection tools have grown quite a bit over the last few versions.
Selections can now have their own fill, stroke, shadow and glow, with control over stroke position, hardness, gradients and opacity.
There’s also Refine Edge, which makes a selection or mask follow nearby image detail more closely. Useful for hair, fur, branches and similar edges, without requiring an AI model.
Selections made on layers now stay within the visible content of that layer and respect masks and clipping much more consistently.
Frame & warp tools
The frame is now treated much more like the other editor objects, with:
- fills and multi-stop gradients
- inside/outside shadow and glow
- adjustable distance from the image edge
Warping can now go beyond the image border, more like a free transform. Corners and edges can be dragged outside the canvas, while the final image keeps its original size.
New editable looks
0.9.63 adds eight new looks under Filters, including Base Light, Color Harmony, Luminous Curve, Desert Light, Film Grain, Color Haze, Clear View and Timeless.
They aren’t baked-in effects, they’re made entirely from normal FerrumPix adjustments, curves, HSL, grain and vignette, so everything stays editable afterwards. They also work with batch adjustments and Export to.
File handling
A new opt-in setting allows file operations outside the home folder, so photos on mounted drives, removable media or network folders can be copied, moved, renamed or deleted directly from FerrumPix.
System folders remain protected.
Smaller improvements
There’s also been quite a bit of cleanup around the editor:
- red-eye removal now lives with the image brushes
- numeric controls are more precise
- slider reset behaviour is now consistent
- eyedropper previews the color before you click
- color grading can tone black-and-white images
- viewer comparison no longer compares a picture with itself
- lens metadata in the gallery and EXIF panel now agrees
- complex-script text rendering uses HarfBuzz shaping
The focus is gradually shifting more toward workflow polish and stability now, but there are still a few areas where feedback from real-world use continues to uncover useful improvements.
Thanks again to everyone testing and reporting.