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-$Id: README,v 1.1.1.1 2005/01/04 01:23:08 darco Exp $
-Just a placeholder for now.
+              synfig -- vector animation renderer
 
+synfig is a vector based 2D animation package. It is designed to be
+capable of producing feature-film quality animation. It eliminates the
+need for tweening, preventing the need to hand-draw each frame. synfig
+features spatial and temporal resolution independence (sharp and smooth
+at any resolution or framerate), high dynamic range images, and a
+flexible plugin system.
 
+This package contains the renderer used to convert synfig .sif files to
+raster images, videos and other formats. Layer types include geometric,
+gradient, filter, distortion, transformation, fractal and others. Output
+targets include JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, PPM, DV, OpenEXR, ffmpeg (MPEG1),
+libavcodec (AVI), imagemagick (MIFF), yuv420p, MNG and others. 
+
+Links
+
+Web:  http://synfig.org/
+Code: http://synfig.org/Source_code
+Proj: http://sf.net/projects/synfig/
+IRC:  irc://irc.freenode.net/synfig
+
+Please use the IRC channel and the sf.net tracker to get support and
+report bugs, request features and submit patches.
+
+Copyright
+
+Copyright 2002 Robert B. Quattlebaum Jr.
+Copyright 2002 Adrian Bentley
+Copyright 2006-2007 Paul Wise
+Copyright 2007-2008 Chris Moore
+Copyright 2008 Carlos López
+Copyright 2008 Gerco Ballintijn
+Copyright 2009 Nikita Kitaev
+
+Licence
+
+This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html