Releases/0.62.00

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Summary

It has been almost a whole year since the last release. There have been a lot of changes since then. I'll try to summarize the key changes here.

Migration to new host.

The domain synfig.org and the virtual private server (vps) that hosts it, is funded by the original developer, darco. Due to the absence of donations to help him with the costs of the vps and that, from time to time, the vps runs out of memory and it is not possible to login remotely or access to the wiki or forum, we decided to start the migration to a host provided by Sourceforge.

Synfig code is now at sourceforge in git.

Also, for better collaboration between coders, for greater simplicity on the commits and to allow more development in separate branches, the code is now maintained in a git source control system. It is hosted at sourceforge (like the svn repository before it). Wiki reloading and new website.

As part of the migration, the wiki is being split into two parts - Synfig documentation and 'everything else'. The non-Synfig-documentation from the wiki is being moved into the Synfig website (this site). The old wiki (stored in the vps) is locked to prevent any change. All new changes are being done in the new wiki (www.synfig.com/wiki). It has a new method of translation, with better macros, and is easier to maintain. The wiki will have only documentation about how Synfig works. In effect, it will become an online manual.

Zelgadis has done a great job on the wiki macros and Yaco is working now on a new website layout and skin.

New features

There have been a lot of new features and bug fixes. Here are the main ones:

• SVG import module. It is a basic import and only supports SVG 1.0, but is a great step.
• Keyframe widget: This allows drag and drop of individual keyframes and altering keyframe length using the mouse.
• New toggle buttons in the canvas window: ducks, quality, grid, onion skin toggles are now exposed and not hidden under a menu or shortcut.
• Onion skin past and future are selectable individually up to four in total.
• New Curve Warp Layer.
• Updated options for Polygon, Circle and Star Tools.
• New Value Nodes: Greyed, Power, And, Not, Compare.
• Enabled Example module: Filled Rectangle, Simple Circle and Metaballs.
• Reverse manipulation for Scale Value Nodes.
• Input Device configuration can be saved/loaded now
• New icons, new translation (Russian), lots of bugs fixed, and much more....

Enjoy this new release!

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