AI Sub Editor v6.0

Major Workflow, Automation & Image Processing Update

This release introduces major improvements to news publishing, image handling, website support, article cleaning, user notifications, and overall application reliability.

The complete workflow—from collecting a news article to processing and inserting multiple images into the correct draft—is now faster, smoother, and significantly more automated.

What’s New

Automatic Image Processing and Insertion

Copied or downloaded images are now automatically:

• Detected
• Processed
• Resized
• Saved locally
• Uploaded
• Inserted into the latest active news draft

This removes the need to manually upload and attach images after submitting a news article.

When no active draft is available, the image can still be processed and uploaded independently.

Multiple Images per News Article

Users can now add multiple images to a single news article.

After a news draft is created, each newly copied or downloaded image is processed and inserted into the currently active draft. This makes it easier to prepare reports, features, interviews, and other articles that require several images.

Conditional Center Crop

A new “Crop long side of the image” option has been added to the Custom Image Size dialog.

When enabled:

• Landscape and square images can fill the selected output dimensions.
• The image remains centred.
• Excess content from the longer side is cropped.
• The rule is applied only when at least one side of the original image is larger than the selected output size.
• Vertical images continue to use the standard image-processing rule.
• Images smaller than both selected dimensions are not enlarged using the crop rule.

When the option is disabled, the existing image-processing behaviour remains unchanged.

Improved Image Processing

Image processing has been enhanced with:

• Custom image-width selection
• Multiple image-quality options
• Automatic 16:9 output sizing
• Better handling of portrait, landscape, square, and small images
• Centred image placement
• Blurred-background support where necessary
• Improved preservation of the main subject
• Automatic removal of common photo-caption bars
• Better detection of light, coloured, and dark caption strips
• Support for additional modern and professional image formats
• Improved duplicate-image prevention
• Better handling of images copied from browsers, desktop applications, and local files

Small images are kept centred without unnecessary stretching, while vertical images continue to use a balanced presentation suitable for standard news-image dimensions.

Custom Image Size Preferences

Users can select a preferred output width from the Custom Image Size dialog.

The application automatically calculates the corresponding height using a 16:9 ratio.

The following preferences are remembered:

• Selected image width
• Selected image quality
• Long-side crop preference
• Voice notification preference

Automatic Downloaded-Image Detection

Images downloaded through the browser are now detected automatically and processed without requiring manual copying.

The improved monitoring also helps prevent:

• Processing incomplete downloads
• Processing temporary files
• Uploading the same image repeatedly
• Processing unsupported files
• Conflicts between clipboard images and downloaded images
• Errors caused by files that are still being saved

Voice Notifications

Voice notifications have been added and improved for important actions, including:

• Successful news uploads
• Failed news uploads
• Successful image uploads
• Failed image uploads
• Subscription status notifications
• Voice mute and unmute confirmation
• Image-quality selection confirmation

Voice notifications can be enabled or muted directly from the application.

Muting voice also stops any notification currently playing.

Expanded News Website Support

Support has been added or improved for more Bangla, English, regional, and international news websites.

Newly supported international sources include:

• CNN
• PBS
• National Geographic

Compatibility has also been improved for existing supported websites whose article layouts have recently changed.

Improved English News Support

Article extraction and cleaning have been improved for several major English-language news and international media websites.

The application can now handle a broader range of:

• Breaking news reports
• Long-form articles
• Interviews
• Feature stories
• Analysis pieces
• Video transcripts
• International reports

Better Article Extraction and Cleaning

News extraction and cleaning have been improved across supported websites.

Enhancements include:

• Better removal of advertisements
• Better removal of related-story sections
• Improved removal of promotional and navigation blocks
• Better handling of subtitles and summaries
• Better preservation of meaningful paragraph breaks
• Improved preservation of bold text and quotations
• Removal of unnecessary images and links from article content
• Better removal of author signatures
• Better removal of image captions and footer text
• Improved Bangla and English publication-name cleanup
• Improved content normalization
• Better handling of Indian Bengali vocabulary for Bangladeshi readers
• Reduced inclusion of repeated headings and unrelated page content

Improved Publishing Workflow

The application now keeps track of the latest successfully submitted draft so that copied or downloaded images can be inserted into the correct news article automatically.

Uploaded image captions use the processed news headline whenever an active draft is available.

The improved workflow now supports:

1. Copying a supported news article URL
2. Processing and submitting the article
3. Opening an image search using the cleaned headline
4. Copying or downloading one or more related images
5. Processing and uploading each image
6. Inserting the images into the correct draft

Improved Upload Reliability

Image uploads and article submissions now provide clearer and more consistent feedback.

Improvements include:

• Clearer saved and uploaded status messages
• Better handling of unsuccessful uploads
• Local image backup even when remote upload fails
• More reliable linking of images to the latest draft
• Better coordination between article and image processing
• Improved handling when no active news draft is available

User Interface Improvements

This release also includes:

• Improved custom dropdown controls
• Updated Custom Image Size dialog
• New long-side crop option
• Clearer descriptions for image-processing choices
• Better status messages
• More consistent visual feedback
• Improved notification behaviour
• Persistent user preferences
• Updated bilingual tutorial and guidance
• Improved splash-screen presentation and appearance

Fixes and Reliability Improvements

This release resolves several issues reported in earlier versions, including:

• Fixed cases where article extraction could begin from the middle of a page
• Fixed extraction problems caused by changed website layouts
• Fixed repeated processing of the same downloaded image
• Fixed conflicts when clipboard and downloaded images were detected close together
• Fixed cases where incomplete image downloads could trigger processing errors
• Improved handling of unsupported and corrupted image files
• Improved handling of unusual image dimensions
• Improved photo-caption bar detection
• Improved landscape image centring and cropping
• Improved vertical-image presentation
• Improved notification playback and mute behaviour
• Improved application startup behaviour
• Improved compatibility across supported websites
• General performance, stability, and usability improvements

Recommended Workflow

For the best results:

1. Open the full article page of a supported news website.
2. Copy the article URL.
3. Wait until the article is processed and submitted successfully.
4. Copy or download the related image.
5. Add additional images in the same way when needed.
6. Review the processed headline, article, and upload status.
7. Make any final editorial adjustments before publishing.

Overall Improvement

This release significantly reduces manual work.

Users can now collect news, process and submit it, copy or download multiple images, and have those images automatically resized, uploaded, and inserted into the correct draft—all through one streamlined desktop workflow.

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AI Sub Editor v4.6

What’s New

• Improved caption trimming for copied/news images.
• Added better detection for both caption styles:
  • Light/white caption bars with dark text
  • Dark/black caption bars with light text
• Improved article extraction accuracy for updated news-page structures.
• Added cleaner headline and article body grabbing for supported domains.
• Preserved important inline formatting such as <strong> and <blockquote>.
• Improved removal of ads, scripts, images, embeds, social blocks, and unrelated page elements.
• Added duplicate-content filtering while keeping paragraph order intact.

Fixed

• Fixed duplicate image saving while processing clipboard images.
• Fixed unwanted links, images, ads, and embedded blocks appearing inside grabbed article text.
• Improved cleanup for empty paragraphs, advertisement text, and “আরো পড়ুন” type unwanted content.
• Fixed false trimming issues on already-clean processed images.

Improved

• More accurate caption detection for black bottom-caption image styles.
• Reduced false positives during automatic image caption trimming.
• More stable parsing for modern dynamic news templates.
• Cleaner article output for direct posting.
• Better handling of Bengali source-name variations and domain mentions.

AI Sub Editor v4.5

AI Sub Editor v4.5

Build 55
Release date: April 19, 2026

🚀 New Features

• Added support for modern and professional image formats:
  • HEIF / HEIC
  • DNG (RAW)
  • JPEG XL (JXL)
  • TIFF (TIF/TIFF)
  • Canon RAW: CR2, CR3
  • Nikon RAW: NEF, NRW
• Unified image loading pipeline to ensure all supported formats are properly processed before resizing and editing

🧠 Improvements

• Smarter image decoding using fallback loaders (Pillow, ImageIO, RAW processing)
• Improved compatibility for high-resolution and professional camera images
• About dialog enhanced:
  • Displays total number of supported news sites
  • Displays all supported image formats dynamically

🛠 Fixes

• Removed duplicate function definitions causing override issues (monitor_clipboard, process_downloaded_image)
• Fixed inconsistent clipboard and download image handling
• Improved file verification to support RAW and modern formats
• Stabilized image processing to prevent unsupported format crashes

⚙️ Internal Changes

• Introduced centralized load_image_file() handler
• Added verify_image_file() for robust file readiness checks
• Standardized supported extension handling across clipboard and download watcher

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AI Sub Editor v4.4

AI Sub Editor v4.4

Build 52
Release Date: April 14, 2026

New

• Added smarter landscape image resizing
  • Landscape images now resize to 478px height while maintaining aspect ratio
  • Extra width is automatically trimmed from the left and right sides when needed
• Added Image Quality dropdown
  • Available options: Low, Medium, High, Maximum
• Added saved Image Quality preference
  • The app now remembers the selected image quality after reopening
• Improved duplicate image protection
  • Prevents the same image from being processed twice
  • Prevents repeated saving of the same clipboard image

Improved

• Kept Domain and Image Quality in the same row
• Adjusted Domain field width for a cleaner layout
• Improved clipboard and downloaded image handling for more reliable processing
• Improved overall image save stability

Version

• Version: 4.4
• Build: 51

AI Sub Editor 4.3

AI Sub Editor 4.3

Build 46
Release Date: April 11, 2026.

This update improves image handling for news-photo workflows and fixes duplicate image saving.

What's New

• Added automatic bottom photo-caption trimming before image processing
• Improved handling of portrait and landscape news images with cleaner final output

Fixes

• Fixed duplicate saving of the same image
• Prevented overlap between clipboard image processing and Downloads-folder image processing
• Improved duplicate detection across clipboard and downloaded images
• Refined image processing flow for more consistent saved results

Result

Images with bottom captions are now saved without the caption area, and each image is processed only once.

AI Sub Editor v4.2

AI Sub Editor 4.2.0

Release Date: April 05, 2026

✨ New Features

• Automatic Download Detection (Watcher)
  • Monitors the system Downloads folder in real-time
  • Automatically detects newly downloaded images
  • Instantly sends detected images to the canvas for editing
  • No manual import required

⚡ Improvements

• Improved app startup flow with better initialization sequence
• Enhanced stability during background monitoring tasks
• Optimized splash screen loading behavior
• Cleaner and faster image handling workflow

🛠 Fixes

• Fixed issues where downloads were not being processed reliably
• Prevented crashes when watcher dependencies are missing
• Improved error handling during background operations

🔧 Internal Changes

• Integrated watchdog-based file monitoring system
• Added safe fallback handling for optional dependencies
• Improved resource loading structure for packaged builds

📦 Notes

• The download watcher works automatically—no configuration needed
• Ensure required dependencies are included when building standalone versions

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🚀 This update focuses on automation and workflow speed—making image editing faster and more seamless than ever.

AI Sub Editor v4.1

AI Sub Editor 4.1.0

Release Date: April 03, 2026

What’s new

• Improved article parsing accuracy
• Fixed protected email extraction inside article content
• Preserved line breaks correctly in parsed article text
• Kept plain-text email addresses from being removed during cleanup
• Improved domain, mobile, and email validation in the Change Domain popup
• Fixed popup input field layout issue in compiled builds
• Made subscriber log collection fully silent without showing command windows
• Improved installer setup behavior and packaging readiness for store submission

Fixes

• Fixed missing email extraction from some opinion and article pages
• Fixed unwanted <br> handling in article text output
• Fixed compiled popup field overflow issue
• Fixed visible command window during system info collection
• Cleaned and simplified browser-assisted loading logic

Notes

• This build focuses on stability, cleaner parsing, faster processing, and smoother distribution readiness.

AI Sub Editor v3.1

Release Notes

App Name: AI Sub Editor
Version: 3.1
Release Date: Nov 08, 2025
Developer: Rashidul Hasan
Distributed by: Dotsilicon Limited

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01. What's New

This is the official launch of AI Sub Editor, a powerful offline assistant for journalists and content teams. Designed to automate and accelerate the news editing workflow, this tool combines intelligent content parsing with clipboard awareness and seamless Siteadmin integration.

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02. Key Features

• Clipboard Monitoring

  • Auto-detects when a news URL or image is copied
  • Triggers instant parsing or image processing

• Article Extraction

  • Supports 50+ Bangla news websites with cleaning rules
  • Replaces media source mentions

• Headline & Summary Detection

  • Preserves subtitles in <small> and bold summaries for clarity

• Image Enhancement

  • Auto-renames, resizes to 850x478, adjusts brightness/contrast, and saves to Desktop/yyyy/mm/dd/

• Google Image Search Integration

  • Opens Chrome search results based on the news content
  • Allows one-click saving of the images

• Draft Submission to Siteadmin

  • Submits grabbed articles directly as drafts to the connected Siteadmin edit panel

• Subscription Validation

  • Validates your domain subscription via dotsilicon.com/apps/ai-sub-editor/subscribe.php

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03. System Info

• Type: Portable, Standalone .exe
• Platform: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• Dependencies: All runtime dependencies are embedded in the executable

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04. Support & Feedback

• Email: support@dotsilicon.com
• Website: https://dotsilicon.com/apps/ai-sub-editor

05. Contact Information

RASHIDUL HASAN
Email: md@dotsilicon.com
Cell & WhatsApp: +88 01618 680 680

SAJJAD PATWARY
Email: sajjad@dotsilicon.com
Cell & WhatsApp: +61 045 775 7756

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