gimp/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in.in

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<component type="desktop">
  <id>org.gimp.GIMP</id>

  <!--
      The tag 'metadata_license' means the licence of this file, not the whole
      product; see http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/
      as of 20.09.2013. The CC0 licence is GPL compatible, see
      http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
      as of 20.09.2013
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  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
  <project_license>GPL-3.0+ AND LGPL-3.0+</project_license>
  <_name>GNU Image Manipulation Program</_name>
  <_summary>Create images and edit photographs</_summary>
  <description>
    <_p>
      GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a
      freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching,
      image composition and image authoring.
    </_p>
    <_p>
      It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint
      program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online
      batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an
      image format converter, etc.
    </_p>
    <_p>
      GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be
      augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about
      anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything
      from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation
      procedures to be easily scripted. GIMP is available for Linux,
      Microsoft Windows and OS X.
    </_p>
  </description>
  <url type="bugtracker">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&amp;product=GIMP</url>
  <url type="donation">https://www.gimp.org/donating/</url>
  <url type="help">https://www.gimp.org/docs/</url>
  <url type="homepage">https://www.gimp.org/</url>
  <screenshots>
    <screenshot type="default">
      <image>https://www.gimp.org/screenshots/Screenshot-gimp-2.10-painting.jpg</image>
      <_caption>Painting in GIMP</_caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot type="default">
      <image>https://www.gimp.org/screenshots/Screenshot-gimp-2.10-photo-editing.jpg</image>
      <_caption>Photo editing in GIMP</_caption>
    </screenshot>
  </screenshots>
  <update_contact>gimp-developer-list_at_gnome.org</update_contact>
  <keywords>
    <keyword>GIMP</keyword>
    <keyword>Photoshop</keyword>
  </keywords>
  <kudos>
    <kudo>HiDpiIcon</kudo>
    <kudo>HighContrast</kudo>
    <kudo>ModernToolkit</kudo>
    <kudo>UserDocs</kudo>
  </kudos>
  <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
  <translation type="gettext">gimp20</translation>

  <launchable type="desktop-id">gimp.desktop</launchable>
  <provides>
    <binary>@GIMP_COMMAND@</binary>
    <!-- Fix the ID renaming, and things like past reviews made on the
         older ID in software installers. -->
    <id>gimp.desktop</id>
  </provides>

  <releases>
    <release version="2.10.0" date="TODO">
      <description>
        <_p>
          First release of the 2.10 series which prominently features
          the port to a new image processing engine, GEGL.
          The most outstanding changes are:
        </_p>
        <ul>
          <_li>
            High bit depth color processing (16/32-bit per color channel)
          </_li>
          <_li>
	    Color management is a core feature now, most widgets
	    and preview areas are color-managed
          </_li>
          <_li>
	    On-canvas effect preview, with split view for before/after
	    processing pixels
          </_li>
          <_li>
            Multi-threaded and hardware-accelerated rendering,
            processing and painting
          </_li>
          <_li>
            Most tools improved, several new transformation tools
          </_li>
          <_li>
	    Improved support for many image formats, in particular better
	    PSD importing
          </_li>
          <_li>
            Newly supported image formats: OpenEXR, RGBE, WebP, HGT…
          </_li>
          <_li>
            Improved digital painting: canvas rotation and
            flipping, symmetry painting, MyPaint brushes…
          </_li>
          <_li>
	    Metadata viewing and editing for Exif, XMP, IPTC, and DICOM
          </_li>
          <_li>
            Basic HiDPI support: automatically or user-selected icon size
          </_li>
          <_li>
            New themes for GIMP: Light, Gray, Dark, and System
          </_li>
          <_li>
            And much, much more…
          </_li>
        </ul>
      </description>
    </release>

    <release version="2.10.0-rc1" date="2018-03-26" type="development">
      <description>
        <_p>
        GIMP 2.10.0-RC1 is the first release candidate before GIMP
        2.10.0 stable release, with a focus on debugging and stability.
        Other than the many bug fixes, most notable improvements are:
        </_p>
        <ul>
          <_li>New dashboard dockable to monitor GIMP resource usage</_li>
          <_li>New debug dialog to produce back traces and other debug
          data, encouraging to report bugs</_li>
          <_li>Unsaved images can now be recovered after a crash</_li>
          <_li>Layer masks on layer groups</_li>
          <_li>JPEG 2000 support improved for high bit depth and various
          color spaces</_li>
          <_li>Screenshot and color picking improved on various platforms</_li>
          <_li>Metadata defaults preferences now available</_li>
          <_li>Various GUI polishing</_li>
        </ul>
        <_p>For more information, see https://www.gimp.org/news/2018/03/23/gimp-2-10-rc1-released/</_p>
      </description>
    </release>

    <release version="2.9.8" date="2017-12-12" type="development">
      <description>
        <_p>GIMP 2.9.8 introduces on-canvas gradient
        editing and various enhancements while focusing on bugfixing
        and stability.</_p>
        <ul>
          <_li>On-canvas gradient editing</_li>
          <_li>Notification when an image is over/underexposed</_li>
          <_li>Better and faster color management</_li>
          <_li>Support for color picker and screenshots in Wayland on KDE Plasma</_li>
          <_li>Paste in place feature</_li>
          <_li>Many usability improvements</_li>
          <_li>Manual can be displayed in the user's preferred language</_li>
          <_li>Improvements for the Wavelet Decompose filter</_li>
          <_li>Improved compatibility with Photoshop .psd files</_li>
          <_li>New support for password-protected PDF</_li>
          <_li>New support for HGT format (Digital Elevation Model data)</_li>
        </ul>
        <_p>For more information, see https://www.gimp.org/news/2017/12/12/gimp-2-9-8-released/</_p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="2.9.6" date="2017-08-24" type="development" />
    <release version="2.9.4" date="2016-07-13" type="development" />
    <release version="2.9.2" date="2015-11-27" type="development" />
  </releases>

  <releases>
    <release version="2.8.22" date="2017-05-11"/>
    <release version="2.8.20" date="2017-02-01"/>
    <release version="2.8.18" date="2016-07-14"/>
    <release version="2.8.16" date="2015-11-22"/>
    <release version="2.8.14" date="2014-08-26"/>
    <release version="2.8.12" date="2014-08-25"/>
    <release version="2.8.10" date="2013-11-28"/>
    <release version="2.8.8"  date="2013-11-03" />
    <release version="2.8.6"  date="2013-06-21"/>
    <release version="2.8.4"  date="2013-02-05"/>
    <release version="2.8.2"  date="2012-08-24"/>
    <release version="2.8.0"  date="2012-05-03"/>
  </releases>
</component>