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- GNU Image Manipulation Program
- Development Branch
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- This is the unstable development branch of GIMP. Here we are working
- towards the next stable release, which will be GIMP 2.6.
- Changes in GIMP 2.6.0
- =====================
- - further improved error reporting and parameter checks for some procedures
- - fixed printing of indexed images (bug #552609)
- - further code cleanup in Script-Fu extension
- - improved Brightness->Contrast -> Levels -> Curves parameter conversion
- - made the font size in the docks configurable in the gtkrc file
- - renamed File->New submenu to File->Create
- - moved the "Use GEGL" check-box to the Colors menu
- - added new scale procedures allowing to specify the interpolation
- explicitly (bug #486977)
- - lots of bug fixes
- Contributors:
- Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Simon Budig,
- Tor Lillqvist, Barak Itkin
- Changes in GIMP 2.5.4
- =====================
- - improved look and feel of the Navigation dialog and navigation popups
- - improved positioning of the image in the image window
- - by default turned off use of GEGL for color operations
- - moved the "Use GEGL" checkbox to the Debug menu
- - optimized the new scaling code
- - various fixes to the Python bindings
- - added Python bindings for most GIMP widgets to the gimpui module
- - merged GimpHRuler and GimpVRuler classes into GimpRuler
- - added Search entry to the Keyboard Shortcuts and Input Controller
- configuration dialogs
- - allow to drop images (in addition to URIs) on the empty image window
- - improved error handling in Script-Fu
- - merged upstream TinyScheme changes into Script-Fu interpreter
- - bug fixes and code cleanup
-
- Contributors:
- Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Tor Lillqvist,
- Lars-Peter Clausen, Michael Schumacher, Kevin Cozens, Barak Itkin,
- David Gowers, Dennis Ranke
-
- Changes in GIMP 2.5.3
- =====================
- - some fixes for the 64-bit Windows platform
- - optionally emulate brush dynamics when stroking a path or selection
- - further work on the scroll-beyond-image-borders feature, improving the
- behavior of the image display when zooming or when the image size changes
- - added links to the user manual to the Tips dialog
- - largely rewritten scaling code improves scaling quality, in particular
- when scaling down
- - allow to copy-on-write from the image projection
- - added "Paste as new layer" to Edit menu
- - added "New from visible" to the Layer menu allowing to create a new
- layer from the image projection
- - added new procedure 'gimp-layer-new-from-visible'.
- - renamed all file plug-in executables to a have a file prefix
- - changed the HSV color selector to use the GtkHSV widget
- - changed the default for the 'trust-dirty-flag' gimprc property
- - dropped the "Starburst" logo script
- - improved the behavior of the zoom button in the upper right corner of
- the image window
- - allow PDB procedures to pass an error message with their return values
- - changed all file plug-ins to pass their error messages with the
- return values instead of raising an error dialog
- - adapt the display of the pointer position in the statusbar to the
- pointer precision of the active tool
- - bug fixes and code cleanup
- Contributors:
- Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Alexia Death,
- Tor Lillqvist, Geert Jordaens, Daniel Eddeland, Aurimas Juška,
- Róman Joost, Luidnel Maignan, Barak Itkin, Aurore Derriennic
- Changes in GIMP 2.5.2
- =====================
- - final touches on the combined Freehand/Polygon Select tool
- - added a dialog for managing Color tool settings
- - prepared the code for changes in the upcoming GTK+ release
- - improved popup scale button
- - mark the center of rectangles/bounding rectangles during moves
- - added dialog to query for using the online user manual
- - allow to map dynamics to hardness for the Eraser tool
- - provide gimp-remote functionality on Windows
- - disable the build and install of the gimp-remote tool by default
- - allow to scroll beyond the image borders
- - added new PDB data type for transferring color arrays
- - added new PDB function gimp-palette-get-colors
- - added text search to the Help Browser plug-in
- - bug fixes and code cleanup
- Contributors:
- Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Manish Singh,
- Lars-Peter Clausen, Alexia Death, Tor Lillqvist, Róman Joost,
- Jakub Steiner
- Changes in GIMP 2.5.1
- =====================
- - further improvements to the status bar
- - made the center point of rectangles snap to the grid and rulers
- - improved Alpha to Logo filters
- - better cursor feedback in the Intelligent Scissors tool
- - rotate JPEG thumbnails according to the EXIF orientation
- - improved event smoothing for paint tools
- - prepared PSP plug-in to deal with newer versions of the file format
- - allow plug-ins to work in parallel on different layers of the same image
- - pass through GEGL command-line options
- - added 22 new variations to the Flame plugin
- - only show operations from relevant categories in the GEGL tool
- - allow to enter the zoom ratio in the status bar
- - don't keep the file-chooser dialogs around
- - ported scan-convert code to Cairo, removing libart dependency
- - allow the paint velocity to affect brush size, opacity and the like
- - allow for random variations of the brush size, opacity and the like
- - renamed Dialogs menu to Windows
- - keep a list of recently closed docks in the Windows menu
- - allow to go from Brightness-Contrast to Levels to Curves
- - improved the handling of color tool settings
- - merged the new Polygon Selection tool with the Freehand Select tool
- - allow to lock dockables
- - made Desaturate into a tool with preview in the image window
- - ported translation contexts to msgctxt
- - added GimpRuler widgets, an improved version of GtkRuler
- - moving the selection mask now commits a pending rectangle selection
- - added keyboard shortcut for resetting the brush scale (Backslash)
- - ported the Help Browser plug-in to WebKit
- - allow to use the online user manual
- - added new translation (Icelandic)
- - bug fixes and code cleanup
- Contributors:
- Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Øyvind Kolås,
- Alexia Death, Ulf-D. Ehlert, Daniel Hornung, Michael Deal, Aurimas Juška,
- Luis Barrancos
- Changes in GIMP 2.5.0
- =====================
- Core:
- - improved rectangle tool drawing for narrow mode
- - ported lots (but not all) drawing code to Cairo
- - optimized image rendering by using pre-multiplied alpha
- - use new GLib features such as GRegex
- - use new GTK+ features such as the new GtkTooltip API
- - much improved GimpCurve object
- - cleaner and smaller tool options
- - enable brush scaling for the Smudge tool
- - added debugging framework that can be enabled at run-time
- - depend on GEGL and use it optionally in some color operations
- - optional GEGL processing for all color tools
- - add proper settings objects for all color tools
- - add list of recently used settings to all color tools
- - added experimental GEGL tool to use arbitrary GEGL operations
- - event filtering and smoothing for better paint tool performance
- - added motion constraints in the Move Tool
- - some operations do not any longer automatically add an alpha channel
- - some preparation for tagging resource files
- - cutting a selection doesn't clear the selection any longer
- - added new polygon select tool
- - load brushes and other data files recursively (search through subdirs)
- - started work on language selector for the text tool (unfinished)
- - allow to set opacity of the transform tool preview
- - merged toolbox menu into the image menu
- - always keep an image window around
- - improved image statusbar
- - dropped 'documents' in favor of ~/.recently-used.xbel
- - started to work on text box functionality in the text tool
- - numerous bug fixes and cleanups
- Plug-ins:
- - dicom: improved handling of 16 bit image data
- - help: use GIO to access the help index
- - print: moved Page Setup out of the Print dialog
- - psd-load: rewritten, cleaner and more features
- - randomize: added previews
- - ripple: added a Phase Shift control
- - screenshot: optionally add the mouse cursor image on an extra layer
- - uri: use GIO/GVfs where available
- - whirlpinch: allow a larger range for the whirl angle
- Python binding:
- - allow to specify colors using CSS color names
- - added new method Image.new_layer()
- Script-Fu:
- - enforce R5RS syntax for 'let'
- - improved Frosty Logo script
- PDB:
- - added new text layer API
- - added gimp-vectors-export-to-file and gimp-vectors-export-to-string
- - added procedure to test for existence of a procedure in the PDB
- - improved error handling for procedures
- Libraries:
- - added some Cairo utilities
- - allow to use markup in tooltips
- - libgimpthumb doesn't any longer depend on other GIMP libraries
- Miscellaneous:
- - use the gimptool program on Unix, too, instead of the gimptool script
- - create the list of supported MIME types at compile-time
- - gimp shows library versions when called with '--version --verbose'
- Contributors:
- Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Bill Skaggs,
- Øyvind Kolås, Manish Singh, Kevin Cozens, Alexia Death, Tor Lillqvist,
- Marcus Heese, John Marshall, Joao S. O. Bueno, Jakub Steiner,
- Simon Budig, Tom Lechner, Hans Breuer, ...
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