3 More detailed notes are available on the releases page:
5 http://synfig.org/wiki/Releases
7 0.62.01 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.01") - May 15, 2010 - Bug fixes, features.
9 * Enable reverse manipulation to range value nodes. Fix bug in value node range.
10 * Resolve issues with libtool 1.5.26 and 2.2.4.
11 * Improve SVG import support. Better support for gradients and some bug fixes.
12 * Add code to make possible pass parameters to the renderers. Implementation for ffmpeg.
13 * New italian translation.
14 * Automatic build script for linux system. Please report success of usage.
15 * New parameters for Motion Blur layer. Now allows linear and constant interpolation too.
16 * Updated Russian translation
20 0.62.00 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.00") - October 12, 2009 - Bug fixes, features.
22 * Migration to git repository.
23 * Bugs fixed: #2195749, #1968248, #2250533, #2116947, launchpad.net/ubuntu/#195447
24 * Bugs fixed: #1993098, #1730067, #2353248, #2037732, #2412072, #2458112
25 * Bugs fixed: #2502818.
26 * Improved messages for failed open file commands.
27 * Fixed crash when unsetting import layer filename after using PNG or JPEG importers.
28 * Improved the rendering of curve gradient layers near vertices with 0-length tangents.
29 * Fixed previous bug that produced bad render to the star layer.
30 * Enabled use of ffmpeg importer.
31 * Set four modules as essential: gradient, geometry, particle, freetype.
32 * Improved message when initialize synfig fails.
33 * New environment variables for options.
34 * Added support for alpha in paletted PNG files.
35 * New option: Scale New imported Images to Fit Canvas.
36 * Better errors when attempting to open a file that doesn't exist.
37 * Enabled Example module: Metaballs, Simple Circle, Filled Rectangle.
38 * New Value Nodes: Greyed, Power, And, Not, Compare.
39 * Added 'Loop' parameter to the Random Value Node.
40 * Reverse manipulation for Scale Value Nodes.
41 * Removed ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
42 * New Import SVG files module. Basic SVG import, see release notes.
43 * Disabled crop imported images by default.
44 * Updated translations.
45 * First time Russian translation.
46 * Several compiler warnings fixed.
48 0.61.09 (SVN 2113) - October 21, 2008 - Bug fixes, features.
50 * Segment and Blines tangents are calculated more accurately
51 * Don't allow feather to be negative in any layer
52 * New Logarithm, Int String, Angle String, Joined List, Real String,
53 Time String, Dot Product, Gradient Colour, Vector X, Vector Y,
54 Vector Length, Vector Angle convert types
55 * Remove TENSION from TCB modes as it is the same as TEMPORAL TENSION
56 * Unless OpenEXR half mode is used, don't ask synfigstudio to depend on it
57 * Added "Link to Bline" feature
58 * Fix several bugs: plant layer, libavformat, time format FFf, libswscale
59 straight onto method, eyedrop tool and straight blend method for shape type layers
60 * Fix some compiler warnings
61 * Rename 'offset' and 'pos' to 'origin'
62 * Add French and Spanish translations
63 * Update the Windows builds to use OpenEXR 1.6.1
64 * The JPEG target can be switched on/off now
65 * Fix typos and other issues
67 0.61.08 (SVN 1839) - March 3, 2008 - Bug fixes, features
69 * Update the website URL to synfig.org instead of synfig.com
70 * Synfig is now translatable using gettext
71 * Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf instead
72 * Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of GCC 4.3
73 * New Duplicate layer. This is an experimental feature, but works well
74 * New reverse, offset parameters and misc fixes for the Plant layer.
75 * Fix a crash and use relative ducks with the Stretch layer
76 * Allow multibyte characters in the Text layer
77 * Misc fixes & features on Shade, Shape, Spherize, Star, Time Loop, Warp layers
78 * Add aTan2, Bline Width, Cos, Duplicate, From Integer, Random,
79 Reciprocal, Reverse Tangent, Step, Switch, Time Loop convert types
80 * Add and Subtract convert types now work with gradients
81 * Security fixes for ffmpeg/dv/imagemagick targets/importers (except on Win32)
82 * Add new magick++ target that does better gif rendering with libmagick++ 7.3
83 * Misc fixes for the rendering targets, blend methods and canvases
84 * Allow importing of lipsynced voice animations from Papagayo
85 * Various changes to related to SIF file compatibility
86 * Fix typos, several crashes and other issues
88 0.61.07 (SVN 878) - October 10, 2007 - Bug fixes
90 * Fix importing on amd64 (#1692825)
91 * Fixes for the PasteCanvas layer (#1356449)
92 * Clean up Layer menu and displayed layer names
93 * Allow exported canvases to be used in more than one place within a canvas (#1785296)
94 * Fix, extend, and enable the 'XOR Pattern' layer
95 * Fix and extend the 'Plant' layer (#1790903)
96 * Turn on plant layer (gunsmoke) in macwolfen.sifz example
97 * Use 'fast gaussian' rather than 'gaussian' for blurs in pirates.sifz - it's faster!
98 * Fix and enable the 'Timed Swap' valuenode conversion
99 * Extend the 'Linear' valuenode conversion to work with colors and integers.
100 * Enable basic motion blur display at all qualities
101 * Fix an artifact on the curve gradient layer (#1792063, r663)
102 * Add the 'Range', 'Repeat Gradient', 'Add', 'Exponent' valuenode conversions
103 * Add the 'BLine Vector', and 'BLine Tangent' valuenode conversions (#1781903)
104 * Fix problems with valuenode conversion (#1794374, #1795913, #1795922, #1796068, #1797488)
105 * Allow gradients to be animated (#1568818, #1795802)
106 * Stop TCB angle waypoints changing to type Linear on load (#1778930)
107 * Use compression when saving to files with .sifz extension
108 * Compressed example .sif files to .sifz to save space
109 * Fixed Motion Blur layer (#1800783)
110 * Allow building studio with gcc -O2 (#1509627)
111 * Allow encapsulated layers to animate their z-depth, even when time-shifted (#1806852)
112 * Fixed the Radial Blur layer when zooming in on the canvas (#1807709)
113 * Fix several other bugs and crashes
115 0.61.06 (SVN 536) - June 20, 2007 - Bug fixes
117 * Add fontconfig support
119 * Fix ffmpeg, gif, libav targets
120 * Include more target modules in the Win32 package
121 * Fix some crashes in synfigstudio
122 * Fix some render artifacts
123 * Fix some doxygen warnings
126 * Fix random number generation for 64 bit CPUs (#1698604)
127 * Add parameter 'fast' to curve gradients to choose fast or accurate rendering (#1672033)
128 * Add new odd/even winding style for regions
130 0.61.05 (SVN 126) - February 27, 2005 - Misc fixes
132 * Use system libltdl when available (#1423944)
133 * Update doxygen config file (#1402909)
134 * Fix fontconfig/xft FTBFS
135 * Misc fix (#1414370)
137 0.61.04 (SVN 102) - January 10, 2005 - Misc fixes
139 * Check for imagemagick at build time
140 * Clarify mod_openexr copyright
141 * Fix mod_openexr building
142 * Don't add 'Copyright Voria' to PNG output
143 * Don't write localised numbers when generating SIF files
145 0.61.03 - December 8, 2005 - Copyright update
147 * Update more old copyright and licence notices
148 * Remove broken walk example
151 0.61.02 - November 26, 2005 - Misc fixes
153 * Small cygwin/optimization/code fixes
155 0.61.01 - November 3, 2005 - Copyright update
157 * Update old copyright and licence notices
158 * Fix some GCC 4.0 build issues
159 * Include errno.h where needed
160 * Add ./configure options for debug, warnings, optimisation, profiling
161 * Add about_dialog.sif as another example
162 * Remove SFAutomaton.ttf due to licence issues
163 * Fix BMP rendering target
165 0.61.00-39 - November 1, 2005 - Developer preview
167 * First public release!