3 More detailed notes are available on the releases page:
5 http://synfig.org/wiki/Releases
7 0.62.xx (git tag: "synfig-0.62.xx") - Month day, 2010
9 * Fix load and save palette feature.
11 0.62.01 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.01") - May 31, 2010 - Bug fixes, features.
13 * Enable reverse manipulation to range value nodes. Fix bug in value node range.
14 * Resolve issues with libtool 1.5.26 and 2.2.4.
15 * Improve SVG import support. Better support for gradients and some bug fixes.
16 * Add code to make possible pass parameters to the renderers. Implementation for ffmpeg.
17 * New Italian and German translations.
18 * Automatic build script for linux system. Please report success of usage.
19 * New parameters for Motion Blur layer. Now allows linear and constant interpolation too.
20 * Updated Russian, French and Spanish translation
24 0.62.00 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.00") - October 12, 2009 - Bug fixes, features.
26 * Migration to git repository.
27 * Bugs fixed: #2195749, #1968248, #2250533, #2116947, launchpad.net/ubuntu/#195447
28 * Bugs fixed: #1993098, #1730067, #2353248, #2037732, #2412072, #2458112
29 * Bugs fixed: #2502818.
30 * Improved messages for failed open file commands.
31 * Fixed crash when unsetting import layer filename after using PNG or JPEG importers.
32 * Improved the rendering of curve gradient layers near vertices with 0-length tangents.
33 * Fixed previous bug that produced bad render to the star layer.
34 * Enabled use of ffmpeg importer.
35 * Set four modules as essential: gradient, geometry, particle, freetype.
36 * Improved message when initialize synfig fails.
37 * New environment variables for options.
38 * Added support for alpha in paletted PNG files.
39 * New option: Scale New imported Images to Fit Canvas.
40 * Better errors when attempting to open a file that doesn't exist.
41 * Enabled Example module: Metaballs, Simple Circle, Filled Rectangle.
42 * New Value Nodes: Greyed, Power, And, Not, Compare.
43 * Added 'Loop' parameter to the Random Value Node.
44 * Reverse manipulation for Scale Value Nodes.
45 * Removed ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
46 * New Import SVG files module. Basic SVG import, see release notes.
47 * Disabled crop imported images by default.
48 * Updated translations.
49 * First time Russian translation.
50 * Several compiler warnings fixed.
52 0.61.09 (SVN 2113) - October 21, 2008 - Bug fixes, features.
54 * Segment and Blines tangents are calculated more accurately
55 * Don't allow feather to be negative in any layer
56 * New Logarithm, Int String, Angle String, Joined List, Real String,
57 Time String, Dot Product, Gradient Colour, Vector X, Vector Y,
58 Vector Length, Vector Angle convert types
59 * Remove TENSION from TCB modes as it is the same as TEMPORAL TENSION
60 * Unless OpenEXR half mode is used, don't ask synfigstudio to depend on it
61 * Added "Link to Bline" feature
62 * Fix several bugs: plant layer, libavformat, time format FFf, libswscale
63 straight onto method, eyedrop tool and straight blend method for shape type layers
64 * Fix some compiler warnings
65 * Rename 'offset' and 'pos' to 'origin'
66 * Add French and Spanish translations
67 * Update the Windows builds to use OpenEXR 1.6.1
68 * The JPEG target can be switched on/off now
69 * Fix typos and other issues
71 0.61.08 (SVN 1839) - March 3, 2008 - Bug fixes, features
73 * Update the website URL to synfig.org instead of synfig.com
74 * Synfig is now translatable using gettext
75 * Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf instead
76 * Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of GCC 4.3
77 * New Duplicate layer. This is an experimental feature, but works well
78 * New reverse, offset parameters and misc fixes for the Plant layer.
79 * Fix a crash and use relative ducks with the Stretch layer
80 * Allow multibyte characters in the Text layer
81 * Misc fixes & features on Shade, Shape, Spherize, Star, Time Loop, Warp layers
82 * Add aTan2, Bline Width, Cos, Duplicate, From Integer, Random,
83 Reciprocal, Reverse Tangent, Step, Switch, Time Loop convert types
84 * Add and Subtract convert types now work with gradients
85 * Security fixes for ffmpeg/dv/imagemagick targets/importers (except on Win32)
86 * Add new magick++ target that does better gif rendering with libmagick++ 7.3
87 * Misc fixes for the rendering targets, blend methods and canvases
88 * Allow importing of lipsynced voice animations from Papagayo
89 * Various changes to related to SIF file compatibility
90 * Fix typos, several crashes and other issues
92 0.61.07 (SVN 878) - October 10, 2007 - Bug fixes
94 * Fix importing on amd64 (#1692825)
95 * Fixes for the PasteCanvas layer (#1356449)
96 * Clean up Layer menu and displayed layer names
97 * Allow exported canvases to be used in more than one place within a canvas (#1785296)
98 * Fix, extend, and enable the 'XOR Pattern' layer
99 * Fix and extend the 'Plant' layer (#1790903)
100 * Turn on plant layer (gunsmoke) in macwolfen.sifz example
101 * Use 'fast gaussian' rather than 'gaussian' for blurs in pirates.sifz - it's faster!
102 * Fix and enable the 'Timed Swap' valuenode conversion
103 * Extend the 'Linear' valuenode conversion to work with colors and integers.
104 * Enable basic motion blur display at all qualities
105 * Fix an artifact on the curve gradient layer (#1792063, r663)
106 * Add the 'Range', 'Repeat Gradient', 'Add', 'Exponent' valuenode conversions
107 * Add the 'BLine Vector', and 'BLine Tangent' valuenode conversions (#1781903)
108 * Fix problems with valuenode conversion (#1794374, #1795913, #1795922, #1796068, #1797488)
109 * Allow gradients to be animated (#1568818, #1795802)
110 * Stop TCB angle waypoints changing to type Linear on load (#1778930)
111 * Use compression when saving to files with .sifz extension
112 * Compressed example .sif files to .sifz to save space
113 * Fixed Motion Blur layer (#1800783)
114 * Allow building studio with gcc -O2 (#1509627)
115 * Allow encapsulated layers to animate their z-depth, even when time-shifted (#1806852)
116 * Fixed the Radial Blur layer when zooming in on the canvas (#1807709)
117 * Fix several other bugs and crashes
119 0.61.06 (SVN 536) - June 20, 2007 - Bug fixes
121 * Add fontconfig support
123 * Fix ffmpeg, gif, libav targets
124 * Include more target modules in the Win32 package
125 * Fix some crashes in synfigstudio
126 * Fix some render artifacts
127 * Fix some doxygen warnings
130 * Fix random number generation for 64 bit CPUs (#1698604)
131 * Add parameter 'fast' to curve gradients to choose fast or accurate rendering (#1672033)
132 * Add new odd/even winding style for regions
134 0.61.05 (SVN 126) - February 27, 2005 - Misc fixes
136 * Use system libltdl when available (#1423944)
137 * Update doxygen config file (#1402909)
138 * Fix fontconfig/xft FTBFS
139 * Misc fix (#1414370)
141 0.61.04 (SVN 102) - January 10, 2005 - Misc fixes
143 * Check for imagemagick at build time
144 * Clarify mod_openexr copyright
145 * Fix mod_openexr building
146 * Don't add 'Copyright Voria' to PNG output
147 * Don't write localised numbers when generating SIF files
149 0.61.03 - December 8, 2005 - Copyright update
151 * Update more old copyright and licence notices
152 * Remove broken walk example
155 0.61.02 - November 26, 2005 - Misc fixes
157 * Small cygwin/optimization/code fixes
159 0.61.01 - November 3, 2005 - Copyright update
161 * Update old copyright and licence notices
162 * Fix some GCC 4.0 build issues
163 * Include errno.h where needed
164 * Add ./configure options for debug, warnings, optimisation, profiling
165 * Add about_dialog.sif as another example
166 * Remove SFAutomaton.ttf due to licence issues
167 * Fix BMP rendering target
169 0.61.00-39 - November 1, 2005 - Developer preview
171 * First public release!