Version 3.0.0.2 released — beta release — NO LONGER OPEN —

[Rory Jaffe]

THIS BETA IS CLOSED.

 Feedback is needed, particularly from MacOS users and non-English users. There are several big changes in the Mac version that should address the issues sending keystrokes to LR. Read below for details.

This is the second version 3.0.0 beta release. There is a major change to the app interface for languages other than English. Feedback using the discussion group is appreciated.

Changes from 3.0.0.2 from 3.0.0.1

• Updated installer, now MacOS Mojave-compatible.
• Disabled new actions for versions of LR earlier than 7.4.
• New action.
  • Enable tone curve (was originally in MIDI2LR, removed when it was discovered Adobe LR failed to support it, now back as Adobe has fixed its 6-year-old bug).
• Bug fix. Crash on CycleMaskOverlayColor fixed.
• Minor bug fixes, code cleanup, refactoring, work on reliability.

Changes in 3.0.0.

• Major upgrade. MIDI2LR app should be fully translated into the language you are using for Lightroom. Testing in languages other than English greatly appreciated, particularly with the CJK languages, as I had to change the application interface font to accomodate CJK text.
• Improved actions. Autotone and White Balance Auto are no longer experimental. Lightroom now supports those two explicitly with functions. As a result, auto tone should behave like the autotone button in Lightroom.
• New actions.
  • Rotate Left and Rotate Right (General submenu). Rotates all selected photos 90 degrees left or right.
  • Show Full Screen and Hide Panels (General submenu).
  • Show Full Preview (General submenu).
  • Edit in photoshop (Library submenu).
  • Reset all transforms (Develop submenu).
  • Export, open export dialog (Library submenu).
  • Export, using previous dialog settings (Library submenu).
• Behavior change. Apply keyword now applies it to all selected photos, not just current photo.
• Improvement. Major changes to application database and way the program is handles menus. This enables 1) easier additions to commands and menu structure, 2) dynamic loading of app menu, 3) full translation of app.
• Improvement. Better unicode handling.
• Bug fix. MacOS Mojave security was blocking keystrokes from app to Lightroom. Now you should see a dialog box the first time MIDI2LR attempts to send keystrokes to Lightroom. The dialog will look something like the first image on this page. Make sure to click OK on that dialog, as you will only see the dialog once. If you accidentally select Don't Allow, you can use this solution to enable keystroke sending. (This was mostly Apple's bug—this issue caught a lot of developers by surprise and the fix was not provided by Apple.)
• Bug fix. MacOS keystrokes that weren't in the key-value map caused an exception. Now you will see a dialog box listing the key that isn't supported. Currently, MIDI2LR only supports un-shifted keys (add the shift by selecting the check box for shift in the plugin dialog for keystroke shortcuts).
• Bug fix. Pitchwheel ranges weren't being saved. Fixed.
• Bug fixes. Miscellaneous bugs squashed.
• Change. settings.bin is now settings.xml. The program will read old settings.bin if settings.xml not yet generated (picks up settings saved in the former format then saves it in the new format).
• Improvement. MIDI2LR no longer writes to the plugin directory. This makes it easier to choose a directory for installation, as you don't have to worry about directory privilege settings.
  • In Windows, all files (except for profile files), will be in the %appdata%\MIDI2LR directory (type that in the address bar of the file explorer to jump to the correct directory).
  • In MacOS, log files go to ~/Library/Logs/MIDI2LR/ and other files go to ~/Library/Application Support/MIDI2LR/.
• Files that MIDI2LR writes are:
  • default.xml — default mapping if profile file not found on startup
  • MenuTrans.xml — menus for application in language that Lightroom is using — this is dynamically loaded by the application to enable on-the-fly translation of the application interface.
  • MIDI2LR.log — log file from app showing settings and errors, useful for debugging
  • MIDI2LR.xml — default settings for app (e.g., profile directory, pickup mode)
  • MIDI2LRinfo.txt — report from lua plugin for debugging
  • settings.xml — MIDI controller settings (e.g., twos complement controls, pitchwheel limits, etc.)
• Deprecated. Selective paste no longer supported.

File hashes for installers. File hashes not provided for debug versions. Always download debug versions directly from https://github.com/rsjaffe/MIDI2LR/releases, never from a secondary source.

• Windows.

  • CRC32: BEA8D327
  • MD5: 57D7517AF44D55CF0CE0BA3EB9C84B64
  • SHA-1: 448F8A630BF64F2645EBADF17114638104C04C5D

• MacOS

  • CRC32: E5D13359
  • MD5: 214462197548CB119058874A1324FAF1
  • SHA-1: BB0EE9740755A5EC6AEDD4065025BFA823A0547D

[Guil Lo]

Thanks a lot for your job ! I can test the beta 3.0.0.2 on a french version on lightroom with a swiss french keyboard. I've changed the TranslatedStrings_Lr_fr_FR file to adapt shortkut with my keyboard. I just dont know how to install it ? I've found the zip but dont know how to do the install without an installer.