Software update: Bibble 5.2

Bibble Labs released version 5.2 of Bibble last week. This program is similar to Adobe Lightroom and is intended to edit and manage digital images in various ways. Versions are available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Bibble is available in $99 Lite and $199 Pro versions, making it a lot cheaper than its Adobe counterpart. The differences between Lite and Pro are on this page to find. Below is the changelog for version 5.2.

Bible 5.2

Bibble 5.2 is a major update, adding major new features, 14 new cameras, many small features and improvements, and resolving several issues discovered in previous versions. New cameras supported include Pentax K-5 and Kr, Canon S95 and G12, Nikon D3100, D7000, and P7000, Olympus E-5, E-PL1s, E-PL2 and Panasonic LX5, GH2, and GF2 and Ricoh GXR P10

Selective Editing gained several major improvements in this release as well, including the following:

• Regions transform with image adjustments This means that regions are updated and change shape when settings to the overall image cause the image to change shape.
• Copy & Paste of Layers & Regions Now, you can create a layer on one image, and copy & paste that layer with its settings and regions to many other regions. This makes cloning of dust spots on many images quick and easy.
• Added Layer Opacity to adjust the intensity of all the adjustments made on a layer with one simple slider.
• Added Region Blending Modes to allow regions to be set as “subtractive” so that they de-select portions of the image to adjust.

Many other improvements were made to many portions of the application, which include the following:

• Added – Support for Nikon D3100, D7000, P7000
• Added – Support for Canon S95, G12
• Added – Support for Pentax K-5,Kr
• Added – Support for Panasonic LX5, GH2, GF2
• Added – Support for Olympus E-5, E-PL1s, E-PL2
• Added – Support for Ricoh GXR P10
• Added – PENTAX-F 70-210mm f/4-5.6 smc by user yves77
• Added – Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm 1:2.8 Pancake Lens
• Added – Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8
• Added – Panasonic LX5 lens profile
• Added – Crop Preferences panel to add/edit Crop Presets, transparency and grid options
• Added – Copy Sets to assign hotkeys to copy specific image settings
• Added – Default Settings preference panel lists default settings and their contents
• Added – Support for importing metadata from Bibble 4 “bib” files
• Added – Checkbox for sharpening on basic panel
• Added – Polish ‘Community Translation’
• Added – Press the spacebar to temporarily switch to the pan cursor
• Added – Better logic to alt-click & the tag/reject badge (first alt-click always rejects)
• Added – New version command selects the new version
• Added – Delete version command selects the master
• Added – Clicking anywhere on hidden panel opens panel
• Added – Remember the ‘reset job sequence’ checkbox setting on batch output
• Added – Ability to see what settings a Preset contains
• Added – Ability to apply Presets during Import
• Added – Modifier-key to temporarily unlock pan-tool in MIV
• Added – Preference to show only high-quality previews steps when editing
• Improved – Bibble 5 Lite gets Heal / Clone circle limit increased from 3 to 20
• Improved – Lens Identification on Nikon bodies
• Improved – Significant changes to the Plugin SDK to allow better handling of image geometry transformations
• Resolved – Several sources of instability and crashes
• Resolved – White balance issue with certain Pentax RAW files
• Resolved – White balance issue with Canon S90 and S95 cameras
• Resolved – Improved Canon 7D color rendering and shadow noise
• Resolved – Improved Panasonic GH1 color rendering
• Resolved – How & when default files (batches, presets, etc) are copied to a user’s folder, with a reset button to update all files
• Resolved – Slideshow not showing proper crop location
• Resolved – Issue with Contrast adjustment creating incorrect colors
• Resolved – IPTC:SupplementalCategory is not written to output
• Resolved – Cropped area not represented in histogram or curves view
• Resolved – Send to batch should be available on the thumbnail context menu
• Resolved – Copy batch on version does not copy
• Resolved – Copy/pasting lens type – lens correction not applied
• Resolved – Several issues with Copy Batches failing to copy all images or to name the new images improperly
• Resolved – Lock Position and Zoom in Multi-image view doesn’t work with keyboard shortcuts
• Resolved – Importing would never re-prompt the user if the saved catalog ID was Invalid
• Resolved – Issue with subdir name in Presets
• Resolved – 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S DX VR Zoom II calibration fixed

Bibble 5 screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.