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GNU Image Manipulation Program
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Development Branch
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This is the unstable development branch of GIMP. Here we are working
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towards the next stable release, which will be GIMP 2.6.
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Changes in GIMP 2.5.0
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Core:
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- improved rectangle tool drawing for narrow mode
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- ported lots (but not all) drawing code to Cairo
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- optimized image rendering by using pre-multiplied alpha
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- use new GLib features such as GRegex
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- use new GTK+ features such as the new GtkTooltip API
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- much improved GimpCurve object
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- cleaner and smaller tool options
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- enable brush scaling for the Smudge tool
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- added debugging framework that can be enabled at run-time
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- depend on GEGL and use it optionally in some color operations
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- optional GEGL processing for all color tools
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- add proper settings objects for all color tools
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- add list of recently used settings to all color tools
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- added experimental GEGL tool to use arbitrary GEGL operations
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- event filtering and smoothing for better paint tool performance
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- added motion constraints in the Move Tool
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- some operations do not any longer automatically add an alpha channel
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- some preparation for tagging resource files
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- cutting a selection doesn't clear the selection any longer
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- added new polygon select tool
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- load brushes and other data files recursively (search through subdirs)
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- started work on language selector for the text tool (unfinished)
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- allow to set opacity of the transform tool preview
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- merged toolbox and image menus (still work in progress)
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- always keep an image window around
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- improved image statusbar
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- dropped 'documents' in favor of ~/.recently-used.xbel
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- started to work on text box functionality in the text tool
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- numerous bug fixes and cleanups
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Plug-ins:
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- dicom: improved handling of 16 bit image data
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- help: use GIO to access the help index
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- print: moved Page Setup out of the Print dialog
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- psd-load: rewritten, cleaner and more features
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- randomize: added previews
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- ripple: added a Phase Shift control
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- screenshot: optionally add the mouse cursor image on an extra layer
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- uri: use GIO/GVfs where available
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- whirlpinch: allow a larger range for the whirl angle
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Python binding:
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- allow to specify colors using CSS color names
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- added new method Image.new_layer()
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Script-Fu:
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- enforce R5RS syntax for 'let'
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- improved Frosty Logo script
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PDB:
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- added new text layer API
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- added gimp-vectors-export-to-file and gimp-vectors-export-to-string
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- added procedure to test for existance of a procedure in the PDB
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- improved error handling for procedures
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Libraries:
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- added some Cairo utilities
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- allow to use markup in tooltips
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- libgimpthumb doesn't any longer depend on other GIMP libraries
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Miscellaneous:
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- use the gimptool program on Unix, too, instead of the gimptool script
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- create the list of supported MIME types at compile-time
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- gimp shows library versions when called with '--version --verbose'
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Bill Skaggs,
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Øyvind Kolås, Manish Singh, Kevin Cozens, Alexia Death, Tor Lillqvist,
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Marcus Heese, John Marshall, Joao S. O. Bueno, Jakub Steiner,
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Simon Budig, Tom Lechner, Hans Breuer, ...
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