Version 1.8.5

RawCull Changelog — v1.8.1 → 1.8.5

To be updated on Apple App Store.

✨ Smarter Burst Culling

RawCull now includes an intelligent burst analysis workflow to help identify the best frames in fast sequences.

• Groups visually similar burst shots automatically.
• Recommends the best frame using sharpness, subject/saliency, AF evidence, and metadata stability.
• Shows confidence levels: High, Medium, or Low.
• Adds burst evidence and caution notes so you can understand why a frame was recommended.
• Adds quick actions to Keep Best, Keep Top 2, Compare, or Undo.

🔍 Improved Burst Comparison

The comparison view now supports burst-specific review.

• Compare top burst candidates directly.
• See analysis evidence while reviewing.
• Use keyboard shortcuts for faster decisions.
• Escape returns from burst comparison back to the active burst group.
• Added keyboard controls for zoom, ratings, thumbnail source, focus mask, and focus points.

🛠 RAW Diagnostics

A new RAW diagnostics view helps troubleshoot camera-file parsing issues.

• Opens diagnostics for the selected RAW file with Command-I.
• Shows file identity, scan metadata, ImageIO details, parser traces, and embedded JPEG offsets.
• Reports Sony and Nikon AF focus parser stages with explicit error messages.
• Helps diagnose unsupported RAW layouts without relying on external tools.

📷 Better Support for Newer Sony RAW Files

RAW preview and JPEG extraction are more reliable for newer Sony ARW files.

• Improved support for ARW 6.0 / RA16-backed files such as A7V and A7R VI / ILCE-7RM6.
• Reads embedded JPEGs directly before ImageIO attempts unsupported RAW decoding.
• Detects full-size JpgFromRaw images stored in Sony SubIFD layouts.
• Uses the largest embedded JPEG for zoom/extraction when available.
• Bumped the full-size JPEG cache key to avoid stale cached results from older extraction logic.

🔎 Improved Nikon and Sony Parser Tracing

RAW parser internals are now easier to inspect and verify.

• Added diagnostic parser paths for Sony embedded JPEG locations and AF focus location.
• Added diagnostic parser paths for Nikon NEF embedded JPEG locations and AF focus location.
• Nikon AFInfo parsing now reports accepted/unsupported AFInfo versions and failed parsing stages.
• Parser location models are now Sendable-friendly for Swift 6 concurrency.

🏷 Better Thumbnail Labels

Sharpness badges are now easier to read.

• Replaced numeric-only sharpness scores with friendly labels: Sharp, Good, Check, Soft.
• Added burst recommendation badges such as BEST, BEST?, 2ND, Keeper, Top 2, and Rejected.
• Added accessibility labels and clearer help text.

⚡ Faster Repeat Analysis

Burst analysis results are now cached.

• Reopening the same catalog can reuse valid burst analysis data.
• Cached results include similarity data, sharpness scores, saliency info, burst groups, and recommendations.
• Cache validation checks catalog path, file count, file size, modification date, and analysis settings.

🧭 Zoom Overlay Improvements

The zoom overlay now better matches the current browsing mode.

• Shows sharpness and saliency badges inside the zoom overlay.
• Adds an in-overlay rating action bar.
• Adds keyboard shortcuts for ratings, zoom, JPEG/RAW source toggle, focus mask, and focus points.
• Uses horizontal navigation in grid-style views.
• Uses vertical navigation in loupe-style viewing.
• Navigation icons and help text now reflect the active direction.

📁 Safer Saved State Location

RawCull now stores saved culling state in Application Support instead of the user’s Documents folder.

• savedfiles.json now lives under ~/Library/Application Support/RawCull/.
• This keeps app state out of the user’s document workspace and avoids unnecessary document/iCloud clutter.

📤 More Reliable Copy Operations

Copy/export handling is more robust.

• Security-scoped folder access is now cleaned up reliably.
• Copy cancellation and sheet dismissal now close active rsync work properly.
• Progress callbacks now hop safely back to the main actor.
• Removed an invalid empty environment entry from rsync process setup.

🧪 Test Suite Cleanup and Coverage

The test suite was reorganized and expanded around current app behavior.

• Added tests for burst analysis.
• Added tests for culling model behavior.
• Added tests for disk cache and scan admission.
• Added tests for file sorting and EXIF formatting.
• Added more Sony MakerNote parser coverage.
• Added Nikon MakerNote parser diagnostics coverage.
• Added RAW diagnostics tests.
• Added A7R VI-style Sony embedded JPEG extraction tests.
• Added zoom overlay and comparison grid keyboard shortcut tests.
• Added thumbnail cancellation coverage.
• Removed older duplicated or obsolete verification/test documents.

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