Hi,
a new development snapshot of GIMP 2.1 is now available from
ftp.gimp.org and it's mirrors:
http://gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors
This is an unstable development release. It certainly has bugs and
there are a number of unfinished hacks. We are nevertheless interested
in your feedback and would like you to file bug reports for crashes
and non-obvious problems.
Please note that you cannot install gimp-2.1 side-by-side with
gimp-2.0 into the same prefix. A number of files will clash, so please
use a separate prefix to install this development version! For
details, please read the file INSTALL.
Also, please do _not_ distribute binary packages of gimp-2.1. We are
aiming for a gimp-2.2 release by the end of september, so please wait
for gimp-2.2.
Here's an overview of the changes since 2.1.2 was released:
Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.1.3
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- Cleanups to the MMX code and the composite subsystem in general
- Cleanups and fixes to Gimpressionst plug-in (bug #148088)
- Redone light settings GUI for Lighting plug-in.
- Added keyboard shortcut editor to preferences dialog (bug #142922)
- Implemented the callbacks for the various "Clear saved foobar now"
buttons in the preferences dialog.
- Added support for loading gradients from SVG files. This allows to
share gradient definitions with Inkscape and Sodipodi (bug #148127)
- Added parsers for the various ways to define a color in SVG to
libgimpcolor.
- Added GimpColorHexEntry widget to libgimpwidgets. It displays colors
in hexadecimal represention and takes hex and SVG color names as input.
- Added GimpCellRendererColor and GimpCellRendererToggle to libgimpwidgets.
- Renamed GimpColor boxed type to GimpRGB and moved it to libgimpcolor.
- Moved GIMP_TYPE_UNIT and GIMP_TYPE_MEMSIZE to libgimpbase.
- Fixes to the BMP loader plug-in (bug #143682).
- Fixes to the Decompose plug-in (bug #147603).
- Added palette selector widgets to libgimpui.
- Allow to disable mnemonics in menus (bug #120034).
- Ported TWAIN plug-in to Mac OS X (bug #147962).
- Support motion event history as provided by some input device drivers.
- Let the undo system know more specifically what an undo step
does. Use that info to keep tools active across modifications to
the image that don't affect the tool (bug #109561).
- Changed default config for keyboard controller to allow scrolling
the display using the cursor keys (#53988).
- Added GimpPreviewArea widget as replacement for the deprecated
GtkPreview widget. Ported most plug-ins to the new widget.
- Added shapes for generated brushes and allow for softer brushes.
- Allow to specify the aspect ratio in the scale tool.
- Lots of bug fixes and other goodies. Check the ChangeLog for details.
Contributors:
Michael Natterer, Sven Neumann, Helvetix Victorinox, Shlomi Fish,
Bill Skaggs, Brion Vibber, Raphael Quinet, Simon Budig, David Odin,
Manish Singh, Hans Breuer, Michael Schumacher, Dave Neary
Happy GIMPing, Sven
