X-Git-Url: https://git.pterodactylus.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=synfig-core%2Ftrunk%2FNEWS;h=4c0876c208dc292a6dcc156762c11b295c35a055;hb=20fc5f044e7dec7e09a1122d51e41aa91fdf5f81;hp=767dc3c4d04aee260fa9758c9864713942e7fa9f;hpb=6063c6a017d00a2572b6691b055ba22b7de2991e;p=synfig.git diff --git a/synfig-core/trunk/NEWS b/synfig-core/trunk/NEWS index 767dc3c..4c0876c 100644 --- a/synfig-core/trunk/NEWS +++ b/synfig-core/trunk/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,243 @@ synfig releases - 0.61.06 (SVN ???) - ??????? ??, ???? - Bug fixes + 0.61.08 (SVN 1???) - February ??, 2008 - Bug fixes + + * Synfig is now translatable using gettext. Currently only a Spanish + translation exists. + + * Build + ----- + Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf + instead. + + Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of + g++ 4.3. + + * Layers + ------ + New layer, 'Duplicate'. This is an experimental feature, but + seems to work quite well. It can be used to clone the layers + under it multiple times. ( http://synfig.org/Duplicate_Layer ) + + * PasteCanvas + ----------- + Prevent a "bad_alloc" error in the 'PasteCanvas' layer + caused by the bounding boxes changing when the user + changes parameters while rendering. + + Allow zooming furter in to nested PasteCanvas + layers. (#1809480) + + * Plant Layer + ----------- + New parameter "reverse" in the Plant layer allows + plants to be rendered back-to-front. + + Fix: Use the 'width' of each blinepoint in the plant + layer to affect the velocities. Patch from + genete. (#1831897) + + Add the 'offset' parameter to the Plant layer. + + Don't let 'select all' select the green ducks of a + plant layer. + + Do some sanity checking on Plant layer parameters. + + * Stretch + ------- + Prevent a crash when rendering a 'Stretch' layer with + zero x or y amount. (#1823082) + + Make the 'Stretch' layer's "amount" duck be relative + to the center duck. + + * Text + ---- + Allow multibyte characters in the Text layer. Patch by + Niki W. Waibel. (#1852208) + + First step towards fixing the problem of distorted + 'Text' layers not rendering correctly at tile borders. + + * Misc + ---- + Shade: Make the quality of the 'Shade' layer worse at + quality 10 than it is at quality 9! + + Shape: Rename the 'Position' parameter to 'Offset' for + all the 'Shape' layers. + + Spherize: Fix clipping for tile-based rendering in + Spherize layer. + + Star: New parameter "regular polygon" in the 'Star' + layer allows regular polygons to be drawn. + + Time Loop: New version 0.2 of the 'Time Loop' + layer. It uses the same parameters as the newly added + Time Loop ValueNode. + + Warp: Fix a problem with the 'Warp' layer where some + tiles weren't being rendered. + + * ValueNodes + ---------- + Add new type: 'Cos', to calculate cosines. + ( http://wiki.synfig.com/Convert#Cos ) + + Add new type: 'Duplicate', only used by the Duplicate layer. + ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Duplicate ) + + Add new type: 'From Integer', to convert integers to other + types for linking to. Currently disabled. + ( http://synfig.org/Convert#From_Integer ) + + Add new type: 'Random', to generate pseudo-random values. + ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Random ) + + Add new type: 'Reciprocal', to calculate reciprocals. + ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Reciprocal ) + + Add new type: 'Reverse Tangent', to reverse the direction of + tangents. ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Reverse_Tangent ) + + Add new type: 'Switch', to switch between two alternative + values. ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Switch ) + + Add new type: 'Time Loop', to allow individual parameters to + be time looped, like the Time Loop layer, but for individual + parameters. ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Time_Loop ) + + Add new type: 'aTan2', to calculate inverse tangents. + ( http://synfig.org/Convert#aTan2 ) + + Extended types: 'Add' and 'Subtract' now work with gradients. + + * Targets + ------- + Fix one memory leak and one filehandle leak in target 'png'.. + + Fix the ffmpeg/dv/imagemagick targets/importers on Windows. + + Improved the 'imagemagick' target so it can create a series of + numbered images. + + Fixed the 'mng' and 'yuv420p' targets. + + Security fixes: arbitrary code execution when rendering + specially crafted .sif files. + + Show which output target is used if it has been chosen + automatically, not specified by the user. + + * Blend Methods + ------------- + Don't accept illegal values for 'blend_method'. Use + 'Composite' instead. + + Re-enable the 'alpha brighten' and 'alpha darken' blend + methods. + + Fix the 'straight', 'straight onto' and 'alpha brighten' blend + methods. Even completely transparent pixels in the top layer + should affect the result of these blends. Existing .sif files + which relied on the previously broken behavior should still + render correctly for the most part. + + * Canvases + -------- + Fix a crash that was happening if we had 2 exported canvases + in a .sif file where the 2nd contained a pastecanvas that used + the 1st as its canvas. The canvases are destructed in the + order in which they appear in the .sif file, so by the time + the 2nd is destroyed, the pastecanvas it contains no longer + has a valid canvas parameter. The fix is to clear the canvas + parameter of any pastecanvases using a canvas when the canvas + itself is destroyed. + + Encapsulations containing imported images fail to clone + properly (#1838132) + + * SIF Files + --------- + Refer the user to 'http://synfig.org/Convert#Compatibility' if + we try to load a .sif file that uses a not-yet-implemented + ValueNode type, or that tries using a ValueNode with a type + which it doesn't yet support. + + Changed the .sif file format. 'Composite' and 'Radial + Composite' ValueNodes used to be saved with obscure XML + element names , , etc. Now we use more readable names + , , etc. The old version is still accepted, and + can still be written by selecting the old version from the + "Save As..." dialog. The new format will not be accepted by + previous releases of Synfig. + + New Feature: Allow saving .sif files in formats that can be + read by versions 0.61.07 and older. + + Add information about which valuenode types were added in + which release. Don't save new types in old format files. + + Fix: Prevent a crash when loading a .sif file with 'use=""' in + it. + + Fix: Prevent studio crashing when loading a document that + contains an unknown valuenode type from a newer version of + synfig. Simply refuse to load the document instead. (#1811250) + + * Misc + ---- + Don't render feathering of circles or shapes (ie. outlines, + regions, stars, polygons, etc), or motion blur, blur, or + radial blur layers when the quality is 10. + + New feature: allow importing of lipsynced voice animations + from Papagayo (#1879688) + + Fix: Inserting a new item into a list in animation mode caused + unpredicatable renders before the time of + insertion. (#1841280) + + Fix: The hex color code parser is much more forgiving now. + Previously spaces before or after the color code would cause + it to fail. + + Fix: Don't treat the required values of command line flags as + flags themselves. (#1695735) + + Fix: Initialise the 'time_last_changed' when creating a Node. + Previously it was being left at a random value. + + 0.61.07 (SVN 878) - October 10, 2007 - Bug fixes + + * Fix importing on amd64 (#1692825) + * Fixes for the PasteCanvas layer (#1356449) + * Clean up Layer menu and displayed layer names + * Allow exported canvases to be used in more than one place within a canvas (#1785296) + * Fix, extend, and enable the 'XOR Pattern' layer + * Fix and extend the 'Plant' layer (#1790903) + * Turn on plant layer (gunsmoke) in macwolfen.sifz example + * Use 'fast gaussian' rather than 'gaussian' for blurs in pirates.sifz - it's faster! + * Fix and enable the 'Timed Swap' valuenode conversion + * Extend the 'Linear' valuenode conversion to work with colors and integers. + * Enable basic motion blur display at all qualities + * Fix an artifact on the curve gradient layer (#1792063, r663) + * Add the 'Range', 'Repeat Gradient', 'Add', 'Exponent' valuenode conversions + * Add the 'BLine Vector', and 'BLine Tangent' valuenode conversions (#1781903) + * Fix problems with valuenode conversion (#1794374, #1795913, #1795922, #1796068, #1797488) + * Allow gradients to be animated (#1568818, #1795802) + * Stop TCB angle waypoints changing to type Linear on load (#1778930) + * Use compression when saving to files with .sifz extension + * Compressed example .sif files to .sifz to save space + * Fixed Motion Blur layer (#1800783) + * Allow building studio with gcc -O2 (#1509627) + * Allow encapsulated layers to animate their z-depth, even when time-shifted (#1806852) + * Fixed the Radial Blur layer when zooming in on the canvas (#1807709) + * Fix several other bugs and crashes + + 0.61.06 (SVN 536) - June 20, 2007 - Bug fixes * Add fontconfig support * Fix amd64 issue @@ -12,6 +249,8 @@ * Some MacOS fixes * Misc bug fixes * Fix random number generation for 64 bit CPUs (#1698604) + * Add parameter 'fast' to curve gradients to choose fast or accurate rendering (#1672033) + * Add new odd/even winding style for regions 0.61.05 (SVN 126) - February 27, 2005 - Misc fixes