Advanced Comic Book Format Announcementstag:launchpad.net,2011-12-13:/acbf/+announcementshttps://launchpadlibrarian.net/88997445/acbfv.pnghttps://launchpad.net/@@/product2019-12-09T11:32:07.406233+00:00ACBF Editor 1.17 is out.2019-12-09T11:32:07.406233+00:002019-12-09T11:32:07.331148+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2019-12-09:/+announcement/15377Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.17 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added more zoom levels in frame editor<br/>
- added option to copy frames and text-areas from one page to another<br/>
- added scrollbar in edit text area window<br/>
- added hiding side bar with 'H' or 'F11' key<br/>
- fixed saving book title and annotation when language is not chosen (<a class="bug-link" href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/1819071">bug #1819071</a>)<br/>
- few other minor fixes</p>ACBF Viewer 2.10 is out2019-11-10T14:03:38.153021+00:002019-11-10T14:03:38.086459+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2019-11-10:/+announcement/15347Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 2.10 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- text area fitting algorithm improvement (last word in bubble moved to next line if possible)<br/>
- fix for deprecated VERSION attribute in Pillow<br/>
- other minor fixes</p>ACBF Editor 1.16 is out2019-11-06T14:32:36.092654+00:002019-11-06T14:32:36.044658+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2019-11-06:/+announcement/15344Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.16 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- text layer fitting algorithm improvement (last word in bubble moved to next line if possible)<br/>
- fix for quality settings in command line conversion (<a class="bug-link" href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/1845853">bug #1845853</a>)<br/>
- fix for deprecated VERSION attribute in Pillow<br/>
- few other minor fixes</p>ACBF Viewer 2.01 is out2019-01-02T12:17:17.503064+00:002019-01-02T12:17:17.426315+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2019-01-02:/+announcement/15189Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 2.01 is out. This is a fix release which fixes several bugs which appeared due to migration to GTK+ 3, pygobject and Python 3 and were missed in 2.00 version.</p>ACBF Viewer 2.00 is out2018-11-04T19:31:58.955811+00:002018-11-04T19:31:58.889521+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-11-04:/+announcement/15157Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 2.00 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- code has been ported to Python 3 and GTK 3 (PyGObject)<br/>
- frame animation has been added (animations including fade in/out effect can be turned on/off in preferences)<br/>
- installer for Windows is now created<br/>
- next image is loaded during fade out animation, which improves loading speed<br/>
- several minor fixes</p>ACBF Editor 1.15 is out2018-09-01T09:44:00.387238+00:002018-09-01T09:44:00.319972+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-09-01:/+announcement/15082Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.15 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added support for transparent text-layer<br/>
- small improvement to text bubble detection algorithm<br/>
- pressing BACKSPACE will remove last point when drawing text-bubble<br/>
- added shortcut to insert non-breaking space in text bubble<br/>
- some fixes to comply with XSD schema<br/>
- several other minor fixes</p>ACBF Viewer 1.11 and ACBF Viewer for Android 1.20 are out2018-06-03T11:19:00+00:002018-06-05T11:19:47.740621+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-06-05:/+announcement/15005Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 1.11 and ACBF Viewer for Android 1.20 are out. Changes are:<br/>
- improvement to horizontal bubble alignment algorithm<br/>
- font color fixes</p>ACBF Editor 1.14 is out2018-04-15T10:04:15.220185+00:002018-04-15T10:04:15.157261+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-04-15:/+announcement/14964Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.14 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added color settings for font styles<br/>
- added setting of page transition<br/>
- added navigation in the page tree via arrow keys<br/>
- several minor fixes</p>ACBF Viewer 1.10 and ACBF Viewer for Android 1.18 are out2018-03-17T11:32:00.258187+00:002018-03-17T11:32:00.196323+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-03-17:/+announcement/14943Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 1.10 and ACBF Viewer for Android 1.18 are out. Changes are:<br/>
- added reading text-area type/inverted colors from stylesheet<br/>
- some minor fixes to text-fitting algorithm<br/>
- fixes for strikethrough, subscript and superscript alignment</p>ACBF Viewer for Android 1.17 is out2018-01-12T07:59:16.456377+00:002018-01-12T07:59:16.379027+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-01-12:/+announcement/14901Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer for Android 1.17 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added toolbar to library, so that settings dialog is accessible from there<br/>
- fix bug when screen was locked in "fit width" zoom level</p>ACBF Editor 1.13 is out2018-01-01T11:47:24.248795+00:002018-01-01T11:47:24.202696+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2018-01-01:/+announcement/14887Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.13 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added rendering and switching between text-layers in frames/text-layers editor (F5 will refresh image)<br/>
- added command line option to convert/export particular text-layer to underlying image<br/>
- added shortcuts for strikethrough, sub and sup tags in edit text area window<br/>
- added help window for edit text area<br/>
- several minor fixes</p>ACBF Viewer for Android 1.15 is out2017-11-06T15:23:48.847751+00:002017-11-06T15:25:02.652537+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-11-06:/+announcement/14842Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer for Android 1.15 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added support for 'fade', 'blend' and 'scroll_right' page transition in comic books<br/>
- "Scroll Right" page transition is also possible to choose in settings as default page transition<br/>
- added support for .jpeg image file extension<br/>
- other minor fixes</p>
<p>To see the usage of new page transition animation, check out the NYC2123 comic: <a href="http://acbf.info/show_book?id=0011" rel="nofollow">http://<wbr/>acbf.info/<wbr/>show_book?<wbr/>id=0011</a></p>ACBF Editor 1.12 is out2017-10-24T14:34:19.071334+00:002017-10-24T14:34:18.997641+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-10-24:/+announcement/14826Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.12 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- improvements to text bubble detection<br/>
- added displaying of text area type in the list of text-areas<br/>
- fix title change when switching languages<br/>
- other minor fixes</p>ACBF Editor 1.11 is out2017-10-01T16:38:58.434947+00:002017-10-01T16:38:58.360650+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-10-01:/+announcement/14791Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.11 is out. It's the first release which makes use of computer vision algorhitms to detect comic book frames and text-bubbles. Changes are:<br/>
- added algorithm to detect comic panels (F8/F shortcut in frame editor)<br/>
- added algorithm for detecting text bubbles (F7 or T key in frame editor window)<br/>
- added numbering of frames/text areas and buttons to allow rearranging them<br/>
- fix loading of .GIF files<br/>
- added support for .JPEG file extension</p>ACBF Editor 1.1 and ACBF Viewer for Android 1.14 is out2017-09-10T13:10:59.079082+00:002017-09-10T13:10:58.910651+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-09-10:/+announcement/14765Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.1 and ACBF Viewer for Android 1.14 is out. Changes are:</p>
<p>ACBF Viewer for Android:<br/>
- added support for letter, audio and thought text-area types<br/>
- added Home button to FileChooser dialog to go to default /sdcard/ location<br/>
- added file path in open book dialog<br/>
- app version is retrieved from android package<br/>
- other minor fixes</p>
<p>ACBF Editor:<br/>
- added dialog for setting styles/fonts<br/>
- using patool library now to extract archives<br/>
- added snapping to image border (can be turned on/off in preferences)<br/>
- SHIFT + mouse scroll wheel will scroll frames editor window horizontally</p>ACBF Editor 1.0 and ACBF Viewer 1.09 is out2017-08-25T16:57:55.635820+00:002017-08-25T16:57:55.563238+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-08-25:/+announcement/14750Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 1.0 and ACBF Viewer 1.09 is out. Changes are:</p>
<p>ACBF Editor:<br/>
- added support for text-area type and inverted attributes<br/>
- <emphasis> and <strong> elements can be inserted to text-area dialog with shortcuts CTRL+E and CTRL+S<br/>
- added generation of unique document ID (based on UUID)<br/>
- other minor fixes</p>
<p>ACBF Viewer:<br/>
- added support for letter, audio and thought text-area types<br/>
- other minor fixes</p>Version 1.1 of ACBF specifications released2017-08-17T13:51:05.651180+00:002017-08-17T13:51:45.836126+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-08-17:/+announcement/14741Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>Version 1.1 of ACBF specifications was released along with a ACBF Viewer application (ver. 1.08) and ACBF Viewer for Android (ver. 1.12). Changes are:</p>
<p>ACBF Specifications now support several new attributes:<br/>
- stylesheet definitions were added (book can contain styles defining different types of fonts for different text-area types and semantics)<br/>
- several text-area types were added (formal, sign, heading, letter ...)<br/>
- page transition types (fade, blend, scroll_right, scroll_down)<br/>
- clickable jump area was added to support "choose your own adventure" type of books<br/>
- new activities for authors were specified (Photographer, Editor, Assistant Editor)<br/>
- new content-rating attributes was added<br/>
- other minor changes were done and in general specs are more consistent now</p>
<p>More information about ACBF specifications can be found at: <a href="http://acbf.wikia.com/wiki/ACBF_Specifications" rel="nofollow">http://<wbr/>acbf.wikia.<wbr/>com/wiki/<wbr/>ACBF_Specificat<wbr/>ions</a></p>
<p>ACBF Viewer:<br/>
- comic book library is using SQLite database now<br/>
- filename and path is shown for comic books in library<br/>
- added option to export library to CSV file<br/>
- added support for several text-area attributes in version 1.1 specs added: commentary, code, formal (justified text), sign, heading<br/>
- added support for OTF fonts<br/>
- several other minor fixes</p>
<p>ACBF Viewer for Android:<br/>
- added support for several text-area attributes in version 1.1 specs added: commentary, code, formal (justified text), sign, heading<br/>
- added support for OTF fonts<br/>
- several other minor fixes</p>ACBF Viewer 1.07 is out2017-07-09T16:53:41.063901+00:002017-07-09T16:59:55.511983+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-07-09:/+announcement/14686Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 1.07 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added image format info and related filter into library<br/>
- added header to line library layout<br/>
- added option to scale UI for HiDPI displays<br/>
- clicking on middle area will exit fullscreen mode (useful for Windows tablets)<br/>
- several minor fixes</p>ACBF Editor 0.95 is out2017-06-04T12:45:14.408977+00:002017-06-04T12:45:14.501946+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-06-04:/+announcement/14649Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 0.95 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added shortcut to hide bottom bar in frames editor window<br/>
- fix for backslash in image file path (was causing problems in Windows version)<br/>
- several minor fixes</p>ACBF Editor 0.92 is out2017-02-26T09:19:49.973889+00:002017-02-26T09:19:49.890833+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-02-26:/+announcement/14504Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Editor 0.92 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added option to zoom in/out image in frames/text-layers editor<br/>
- several minor fixes</p>acbf.info - ACBF Comic Book Library2017-02-20T13:17:21.582695+00:002017-02-26T09:20:34.364567+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2017-02-20:/+announcement/14494Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>www.acbf.info, a dedicated website for ACBF comics was created. It is a library of free comic books which makes use of available metadata in ACBF comics.</p>ACBF Editor 0.91 is out2016-12-20T15:26:46.033695+00:002016-12-20T15:26:45.952744+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2016-12-20:/+announcement/14410Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>Version 0.91 of ACBF Editor is out. Changes are:<br/>
- ACBF Editor: added option to scale UI for HiDPI displays<br/>
- fix for new version of PIL which deprecated tostring() function</p>ACBF Viewer 1.06 is out2016-11-24T06:33:35.532490+00:002016-11-24T06:33:35.444759+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2016-11-24:/+announcement/14359Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 1.06 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- support for embedded stylesheet definitions (fonts)<br/>
- improved text-fitting algorythm (centering and font-height per page normalization)<br/>
- more font directories are crawled to get system installed fonts</p>ACBF Viewer 1.05 is out2016-10-13T06:41:33.501414+00:002016-10-13T05:04:33.137601+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2016-10-13:/+announcement/14278Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>ACBF Viewer 1.05 is out. Changes are:<br/>
- added "Frames definitions" attribute to be tracked in library, to see which books have frames defined<br/>
- added support for CB7, CBT comic archives, libraries/programs to extract these must be present in the system<br/>
- handling of import book exception (will not crash import process)<br/>
- improved text fitting algorithm (vertical bubble text alignment, improved/quicker algorithm for rotated text)<br/>
- fix for drawing text layer over palette images (like PNG)<br/>
- fix for saving custom library filter<br/>
- fix for displaying refresh icon when opening comic book from command line</p>Version 0.9 of ACBF Editor is out2016-10-05T05:13:15.386219+00:002016-10-05T05:13:15.309680+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2016-10-05:/+announcement/14259Robert Kubík (Pastierovič)https://launchpad.net/~just-me<p>Version 0.9 of ACBF Editor is out. Changes are:<br/>
- progress bar was added when saving comic book<br/>
- right click will enclose rectangle when drawing frames/text-areas<br/>
- authors list is pre-populated when empty<br/>
- added button to toggle straight line drawing<br/>
- added possibility to remove a page from comic (hit delete button when on particular page)<br/>
- several other minor fixes</p>