Complete XML transition

JCpg is now only using one big XML file to store the current state of the gallery on the disk. So it's not using Java's ObjectWriter anymore.

Early testing

At the moment, JCpg is going through some early testing by my mentor Aditya Mooley. He pointed out some problems and I'm now in the process of dealing with these.
JCpg will, from now on, only use xml files to store all it's data instead of using the internal Java ObjectWriter.

Implemented previewer

It's now possible to preview albums. With the slider the user can set the time between 2 images.

Thumbnails are being made correctly now

I fixed a heap memory bug when a thumbnail was being made. JCpg now first reads the Cpg configuration to check which width to use for making thums. The height is then calculated so the same scale remains.

Image preview when adding pictures

I'm back from being very busy with some big examens for a while. Now I'm fully concentrating on JCpg again. Today I added an image preview to the image adder screen. This way, users can actually see what they are adding.

Crop Editor advancing

I find this to be one of the more difficult parts to do. Here are some new results of the work I've been doing besides studying for my exams. A red square is drawn on the picture, the user can make it smaller or bigger and change its place by dragging it with the mouse. This part can then be cut out of the original.

Small UI changes

Again I've made some small changes to the UI:

* I deleted some unneeded labels like the 'My Albums' and 'Current Server' label
* The UI should now be 100% resolution independent

GSoC Week1 Report

Because Coppermine asked me to do a weekly report about what I've been doing for that particular week, I today posted my first report.
It refers to the already existing features together with some more recently added like the updater and the changes to the Cell Renderer.

New add image view

I changed the way people can add pictures to an album. In previous versions it was possible to add one picture a time. In this version, a user can add unlimited pictures with just one click. I use a filechooser where multiple files can be selected. As you can see in the background, I'm also changing the way how pictures are shown in the explorer. But this is not yet finished.

Btw: the JCpg sourcecode can be viewed at http://coppermine.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/coppermine/branches/cpg1.5.x/JCpg/