synfig releases
+ 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 <c1>, <c2>, etc. Now we use more readable names
+ <point>, <width>, 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)
synfigstudio releases
+ 0.61.08 (SVN 1???) - February ??, 2008 - Bug fixes
+
+ * Synfig Studio is now translatable using gettext. Currently Franch
+ and Spanish translations exist.
+
+ * Build
+ -----
+ Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version
+ of g++ 4.3.
+
+ Fixes to allow sigc++ 2.1 and newer to be used. (#1859663)
+
+ Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf
+ instead.
+
+ * Settings
+ --------
+ Added the option to run everything in the same thread. It
+ doesn't work very well, and seems to cause more problems than
+ it solves.
+
+ Default 'end time' for new canvases to 5s instead of 0.
+ That's one less thing a new user then needs to edit to start
+ making his first animation. Also, don't show the intimidating
+ canvas properties dialog when a new composition is created,
+ just use the defaults. Set environment variable
+ "SYNFIG_ENABLE_NEW_CANVAS_EDIT_PROPERTIES" to revert this
+ change locally.
+
+ If no documents are specified to be loaded on the command line
+ at start-up, create a new empty document so the novice user
+ can get started straight away. If environment variable
+ SYNFIG_DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_DOCUMENT_CREATION is set, don't
+ create a blank document on startup, even if no documents were
+ specified on the command line. I'll add proper configuration
+ items within the gui for this and other recent changes soon.
+
+ Add a setting in the gui for the auto-backup interval.
+
+ * Draw Tool
+ ---------
+ Fixed the 'fill last stroke' button in the drawing tool.
+
+ Rearrange the drawing tool options a little. Instead of
+ 'region only' have checkboxes for 'region' and 'fill', like in
+ the bline tool, so now it's possible to draw regions and
+ outlines together.
+
+ Fix: When drawing an outline and a region at the same time,
+ put the outline just on top of the region. (#1829172)
+
+ Fix: Always leave only the newly created layers
+ selected. (#1830245)
+
+ * About
+ -----
+ Fix: Change the about dialog to a splash screen and implement
+ a new about dialog based on Gtk::AboutDialog. Still need to
+ connect it up to configure.ac though. (#1678554, #1741220)
+
+ Fix: Show the correct SVN revision id in the about
+ dialog. (#1797745)
+
+ * Linking
+ -------
+ When linking simple values, use the value from the topmost layer.
+
+ Attempting to link a duck from the Children panel with other ducks
+ was causing an error. Now it isn't.
+
+ * Quality
+ -------
+ Change the default quality to 8. It makes shade layers render
+ better without much impact on speed.
+
+ Label the preview qualities "best" and "fastest" because it's
+ not clear that higher numbers mean lower qualities.
+
+ * Files
+ -----
+ When doing a 'Save As', default to saving in the same
+ directory that the file was loaded from, if any.
+
+ Remember separate default directories for opening and writing
+ each of animations, images, sketches, rendered output, and
+ "miscellaneous".
+
+ * BLine Tool
+ ----------
+ Allow the bline tool to draw plants as well as outlines,
+ regions, and curvegradients.
+
+ When the bline tool is creating new layers, arrange the new
+ layers in the order: Outline - Region - Plant - Gradient, so
+ that each layer is at least somewhat visible. Rename the
+ "*layer_bline*" variables to "*layer_outline*" since they
+ represent outlines specifically.
+
+ * Waypoints
+ ---------
+ Fix ugly waypoint drawing by rounding to integer values
+ symmetrically. The improvement can be seen in
+ http://dooglus.rincevent.net/synfig/waypoint-symmetry.png .
+
+ Improve the waypoint context menus. Now it's possible to
+ delete and duplicate complete trees of waypoints at once. The
+ 'change interp' functionality has been extended too, so now
+ it's possible to set the interpolation type for the whole
+ waypoint from the context menu as well as just the side that
+ was clicked on, and it's possible for single waypoints as
+ well.
+
+ Fix a crash when editing a waypoint with a non-static value.
+
+ Attach the "(Non-static value)" label into the waypoint
+ dialog.
+
+ Experimental: "export SYNFIG_SHOW_CANVAS_PARAM_WAYPOINTS=1" to
+ see canvas parameter waypoints, not canvas content waypoints
+ in PasteCanvas layers. Doesn't work too well - dragging the
+ waypoints doesn't work, for instance.
+
+ When a PasteCanvas' "time offset" parameter shifts the timing
+ of its sub-canvas, the waypoints of that subcanvas are now
+ displayed shifted accordingly.
+
+ * Time
+ ----
+ Allow manual editing of the current time in the workarea
+ window.
+
+ Don't expand time fields to their full format (eg. "1s" -> "0h
+ 0m 1s 0f") when they get keyboard focus. export
+ SYNFIG_SHOW_FULL_TIME_ON_FOCUS=1 will restore the old
+ behaviour.
+
+ Make sure the time entry box shows the correct time - rounded
+ to an integer number of frames.
+
+ Improve the range of different scales used on the timeslider.
+ Previously 3 fps animations were having the timeslider
+ labelled "0.75f, 1.5f, ..." rather than "1f, 2f, ...".
+
+ Subdivide the space between labels on the timeslider sensibly.
+ Don't divide a 5 second gap into 4 parts of 1.25 seconds each,
+ for instance.
+
+ Set minimum and maximum zoom levels for the timescroller.
+
+ Allow the use of horizontal scrolling to adjust the current
+ time in timeslider widgets.
+
+ Improve the algorithm for determining the number of tick marks
+ to put between pairs of labels in the timeslider widgets.
+ It's better to divide 5 minutes into 5 tics of 1 minute each
+ than 6 ticks of 50 seconds each, for example.
+
+ Added a new icon for values of type "Time", thanks to
+ genete.
+
+ * Windows
+ -------
+ Rename "Dialogs" to "Panels" for the dockable windows.
+
+ My panels were drifting one or two pixels each time I started
+ studio. This seems to be window-manager dependent. I've
+ added environment variables to allow adjusting the drift to
+ stop it. SYNFIG_WINDOW_POSITION_X_OFFSET and
+ SYNFIG_WINDOW_POSITION_Y_OFFSET. Setting them both to 1 stops
+ the drift for me in xfwm4.
+
+ Remember the position and size of the color and gradient
+ dialogs even if they're not displayed when studio exits.
+
+ Applied patch from IL'dar AKHmetgaleev aka AkhIL to allow
+ different pixel sizes in the workarea window. control-'(' and
+ control-')' make the pixels bigger and smller.
+
+ Fix: If the window positions and sizes seem to be corrupted, give
+ them sensible values to prevent them being created
+ offscreen. (#1836848)
+
+ * Console Window
+ --------------
+ Show a very simple message in the console on start-up so as
+ not to scare people when they see an empty terminal window
+ 'doing nothing'.
+
+ Show a similar message in the console on start-up if
+ Studio is already running, to let the user know what
+ is happening.
+
+ * Toolbox Window
+ --------------
+ Allow adjustment of the default brush size using
+ horizontal scrolling over the preview graphic.
+
+ With the re-enabling of 'Alpha Brighten', the toolbox
+ has become a little wider. Some foreign translations
+ of the blend method could also push it wider. And
+ since we have 15 tool icons by default, I've made the
+ toolbox 5 icons wide instead of 4, and rearranged them
+ slightly. The top row is now all for "moving ducks",
+ the middle row for "drawing stuff", and the bottom row
+ is more drawing on the left and looking at stuff
+ (eyedrop, zoom) on the right.
+
+ * Workarea Window
+ ---------------
+ Added environment variable SYNFIG_DISABLE_TILE_RENDER
+ which when set will prevent the tile renderer from
+ being used.
+
+ If environment variable "SYNFIG_SHOW_TILE_OUTLINES" is
+ defined, draw red outlines around tiles as they are
+ rendered. For debugging purposes.
+
+ Indicate that a canvas is unsaved by putting a '*' in
+ front of its name.
+
+ The popup caret menu was disabled for some tools. New
+ environment variable
+ SYNFIG_ENABLE_POPUP_MENU_IN_ALL_TOOLS re-enables the
+ popup menu when set. Should this be the default?
+ Comments please to the bug report. (#1829182)
+
+ Fix: Studio was crashing sometimes when closing a
+ document. (#1850637)
+
+ Fix: Studio occasionally renders the tiles in the
+ wrong places. This was happening when the canvas was
+ one pixel greater than an integer number of tiles
+ wide, and low-resolution rendering (the default) was
+ enabled. (#1824437)
+
+ Don't hide and reshow the workarea window when the
+ user clicks the 'X' button to close it. (#1682008)
+
+ Add checkboxes to the toggleable entries in the view
+ menu.
+
+ Add 'new', 'open' and 'quit' to the caret>file menu.
+
+ Change the default 'toggle onion skin' keyboard
+ shortcut from control-o (which is the stock binding
+ for 'open') to alt-o.
+
+ * Preview Window
+ --------------
+ Fix: Crash closing preview window before using
+ it. (#1835429)
+
+ * Canvas Properties Dialog
+ ------------------------
+ New environment variable:
+ 'SYNFIG_DISABLE_NEW_CANVAS_EDIT_PROPERTIES'. When
+ set, don't pop up the canvas properties dialog when
+ creating a new document.
+
+ Fix a problem with the canvas properties dialog. It
+ wasn't possible to edit both the 'name' and the
+ renddesc parameters at the same time before.
+
+ By default, set "use current frame" in the render
+ dialog to off. When "use current frame" is on,
+ disable the Time tab's frame.
+
+ Disable the 'Time' tab when "use current frame" is
+ checked.
+
+ Don't allow the user to set the 'ID' of exported
+ canvases to be empty.
+
+ * Layers Panel
+ ------------
+ Allow the layer panel to be sorted by layer name.
+ Resize the layer name column to fit the layer names.
+ Rename the "Layer" column to "Name".
+
+ * Groups Panel
+ ------------
+ Allow layers to be removed from groups without the
+ user having to type the name of the group they are in.
+
+ * Params Panel
+ ------------
+ Added a 'Type' column to the parameter dialog so it's
+ possible to tell an 'Add' from a 'Subtract' convert
+ for example.
+
+ * Children Panel
+ --------------
+ Renaming exported ValueNodes no longer causes a
+ crash. (#1823053)
+
+
+ * History Panel
+ -------------
+ The entries that appear in the History panel are now
+ more explicit; they mostly now give details of the
+ operation rather than just a generic fixed string,
+ making it easier to navigate through the history. For
+ example "Remove Layer 'left leg'" will show up rather
+ than just "Remove Layer".
+
+ When the user types in the History dialog, search for
+ any text in the 'name' column that matches the text.
+ Previously it was only searching for names matching at
+ the beginning.
+
+ * Targets
+ -------
+ Fix the 'auto' render target selection, so it automatically
+ choses the target type each time based on the filename.
+
+ Added new target 'magick++' for rendering multiple images to a
+ single file using Magick++.
+
+ * Ducks
+ -----
+ Always draw 'real' ducks on the right hand side of the circle
+ they define. Previously, canvases with a negative horizontal
+ pixel width were drawing it on the left.
+
+ Add an option to restrict 'radius' ducks to the top right
+ corner of the plane. This allows us to easily set their value
+ to zero by dragging down and left. Thanks to Zelgadis on IRC
+ for the suggestion. See "Toolbox > File > Setup > Misc >
+ Restrict Real-Valued Ducks...".
+
+ Show the size of circles as they are drawn using the draw
+ tool.
+
+ Give slight priority to radius ducks. That way, it's possible
+ to select the radius duck for a circle with radius zero.
+ Previously the position duck would usually be selected
+ instead.
+
+ * Misc
+ ----
+ New feature: Angles are not wrapped modulo 360 degrees. It's
+ possible to animate from 0 to 361 degrees and see a full
+ rotation, rather than seeing it shortcutting as it was
+ previously. It's also now possible to drag angle ducks around
+ their origin multiple times and have the rotations
+ count. (#1827966)
+
+ Fix: Exported canvases weren't being deleted on shutdown, due
+ to a handle never being released. (#1868911)
+
+ Fix: Use the 'C' locale when loading and saving
+ sketches. Not doing so was causing load/save failures in
+ Spanish locales. (#1830670)
+
0.61.07 (SVN 878) - October 10, 2007 - Bug fixes
* Fix some tooltips and menu stuff (#1787437)
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