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0.04.11 (SVN 1???) - February ??, 2008 - Bug fixes
* Update the website URL to http://synfig.org/ instead of synfig.com.
* Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf instead.
* Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of g++ 4.3.
* Make ETL-config a wrapper around pkg-config. Patch by Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@freenet.de>
Synfig Core
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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1879688
Fix: Inserting a new item into a list in animation mode caused
unpredicatable renders before the time of
insertion.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1695735
Fix: Initialise the 'time_last_changed' when creating a Node.
Previously it was being left at a random value.
Synfig Studio
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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1829172
Fix: Always leave only the newly created layers
selected.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1678554
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1741220
Fix: Show the correct SVN revision id in the about
dialog.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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
.
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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1829182
Fix: Studio was crashing sometimes when closing a
document.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1824437
Don't hide and reshow the workarea window when the
user clicks the 'X' button to close it.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=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.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1827966
Fix: Exported canvases weren't being deleted on shutdown, due
to a handle never being released.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1868911
Fix: Use the 'C' locale when loading and saving
sketches. Not doing so was causing load/save failures in
Spanish locales.
http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1830670
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