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Released March 3rd 2008
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<div class="note">
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You can find a brief version in this {{l|Releases/0.61.08-Intro.en|page}}
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</div>
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== General ==
 +
 +
Update the website URL to 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.
 +
 +
Synfig is now {{l|Translation|translatable}} using gettext.  Currently only Spanish and French translations exist.
 +
 +
Fixes to allow sigc++ 2.1 and newer to be used. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1859663 1859663])
 +
 
== ETL ==
 
== ETL ==
  
  0.04.11 (SVN 1???) - February ??, 2008 - Bug fixes
+
Make ETL-config a wrapper around pkg-config.
 +
 
 +
== Layers ==
 +
 
 +
New layer, '{{l|Duplicate 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.
 +
 
 +
When creating a new layer with a bline in it (outline, region, etc.)
 +
via the "New Layer" menu, make the new bline immediately editable.
 +
Previously it was necessary to convert the vertex list to type BLine
 +
before it could be edited.
 +
 
 +
Prevent a "bad_alloc" error in the '{{l|Paste Canvas Layer|PasteCanvas}}' layer
 +
caused by the bounding boxes changing when the user
 +
changes parameters while rendering.
 +
 
 +
Allow zooming furter in to nested PasteCanvas layers. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1809480 1809480])
 +
 
 +
New parameter "reverse" in the Plant layer allows
 +
plants to be rendered back-to-front.
 +
 
 +
Use the 'width' of each blinepoint in the plant
 +
layer to affect the velocities.  Patch from
 +
genete. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1831897 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.
 +
 
 +
Prevent a crash when rendering a 'Stretch' layer with
 +
zero x or y amount.
 +
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1823082 1823082])
 +
 
 +
Make the 'Stretch' layer's "amount" duck be relative
 +
to the center duck.
 +
 
 +
Allow multibyte characters in the Text layer. Patch by
 +
Niki W. Waibel.
 +
( [http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1852208 1852208])
 +
 
 +
First step towards fixing the problem of distorted
 +
'Text' layers not rendering correctly at tile borders.
 +
 
 +
Polygon: Fix a crash when turning the first point in a polygon off.
 +
Draw in the complete outline of polygons when they are 'looped'.
 +
 
 +
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 types:
 +
 
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Bline Width|Bline Width}}', to find the width of blines.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Cos|Cos}}', to calculate cosines.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Duplicate|Duplicate}}', only used by the Duplicate layer.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#From_Integer|From Integer}}', to convert integers to other types for linking to.  Currently disabled.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Random|Random}}', to generate pseudo-random values.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Reciprocal|Reciprocal}}', to calculate reciprocals.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Reverse_Tangent|Reverse Tangent}}', to reverse the direction of tangents.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Step|Step}}', to convert a parameter's curve into a step function.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Switch|Switch}}', to switch between two alternative values.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#Time_Loop|Time Loop}}', to allow individual parameters to be time looped, like the Time Loop layer, but for individual parameters.
 +
* '{{l|Convert#aTan2|aTan2}}', to calculate inverse tangents.
 +
 
 +
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.
  
* Update the website URL to http://synfig.org/ instead of synfig.com.
+
Security fixes: arbitrary code execution when rendering specially crafted .sif files.
  
* Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building.  Use autoreconf instead.
+
Show which output target is used if it has been chosen automatically, not specified by the user.
  
* Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of g++
+
Added new target 'magick++' for rendering multiple images to a single file using Magick++. When using version 7.3 of Magick++ it produces much better GIF images.
  4.3.
+
  
* Make ETL-config a wrapper around pkg-config. Patch by Ralf
+
Fix the 'auto' render target selection, so it automatically choses the target type each time based on the filename.
  Corsepius <rc040203@freenet.de>
+
  
== Synfig Core ==
+
== Blend Methods ==
  
0.61.08 (SVN 1???) - February ??, 2008 - Bug fixes
+
Don't accept illegal values for 'blend_method'. Use
 +
'Composite' instead.
  
* Synfig is now translatable using gettext.  Currently only a Spanish
+
Re-enable the 'alpha brighten' and 'alpha darken' blend
  translation exists.
+
methods.
  
* Build
+
Fix the 'straight', 'straight onto' and 'alpha brighten' blend
  -----
+
methodsEven completely transparent pixels in the top layer
        Removed the 'bootstrap' script for buildingUse autoreconf
+
should affect the result of these blends.  Existing .sif files
        instead.
+
which relied on the previously broken behavior should still
 +
render correctly for the most part.
  
        Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of
+
== Canvases ==
        g++ 4.3.
+
  
* Layers
+
Fix a crash that was happening if we had 2 exported canvases
  ------
+
in a .sif file where the 2nd contained a pastecanvas that used
        New layer, 'Duplicate'This is an experimental feature, but
+
the 1st as its canvasThe canvases are destructed in the
        seems to work quite wellIt can be used to clone the layers
+
order in which they appear in the .sif file, so by the time
        under it multiple times. ( http://synfig.org/Duplicate_Layer )
+
the 2nd is destroyed, the pastecanvas it contains no longer
 +
has a valid canvas parameterThe fix is to clear the canvas
 +
parameter of any pastecanvases using a canvas when the canvas
 +
itself is destroyed.
  
        * PasteCanvas
+
Encapsulations containing imported images fail to clone
          -----------
+
properly
                Prevent a "bad_alloc" error in the 'PasteCanvas' layer
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1838132 1838132])
                caused by the bounding boxes changing when the user
+
                changes parameters while rendering.
+
  
                Allow zooming furter in to nested PasteCanvas
+
== Files ==
                layers.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1809480
+
  
        * Plant Layer
+
Refer the user to a {{l|Convert#Compatibility|compatibility page}} if
          -----------
+
we try to load a .sif file that uses a not-yet-implemented
                New parameter "reverse" in the Plant layer allows
+
ValueNode type, or that tries using a ValueNode with a type
                plants to be rendered back-to-front.
+
which it doesn't yet support.
  
                Fix: Use the 'width' of each blinepoint in the plant
+
Changed the .sif file format.  'Composite' and 'Radial
                layer to affect the velocitiesPatch from
+
Composite' ValueNodes used to be saved with obscure XML
                genete.
+
element names <c1>, <c2>, etcNow we use more readable names
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1831897
+
<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.
  
                Add the 'offset' parameter to the Plant layer.
+
New Feature: Allow saving .sif files in formats that can be
 +
read by versions 0.61.07 and older.
  
                Don't let 'select all' select the green ducks of a
+
Add information about which valuenode types were added in
                plant layer.
+
which release.  Don't save new types in old format files.
  
                Do some sanity checking on Plant layer parameters.
+
Prevent a crash when loading a .sif file with 'use=""' in it.
  
        * Stretch
+
Prevent studio crashing when loading a document that
          -------
+
contains an unknown valuenode type from a newer version of
                Prevent a crash when rendering a 'Stretch' layer with
+
synfig. Simply refuse to load the document instead.
                zero x or y amount.
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1811250 1811250])
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1823082
+
  
                Make the 'Stretch' layer's "amount" duck be relative
+
When doing a 'Save As', default to saving in the same
                to the center duck.
+
directory that the file was loaded from, if any.
  
        * Text
+
Remember separate default directories for opening and writing
          ----
+
each of animations, images, sketches, rendered output, and
                Allow multibyte characters in the Text layer. Patch by
+
"miscellaneous".
                Niki W. Waibel.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1852208
+
  
                First step towards fixing the problem of distorted
+
== Settings ==
                'Text' layers not rendering correctly at tile borders.
+
  
        * Misc
+
Added the option to run everything in the same thread.  It
          ----
+
doesn't work very well, and seems to cause more problems than
                Shade: Make the quality of the 'Shade' layer worse at
+
it solves.
                quality 10 than it is at quality 9!
+
  
                Shape: Rename the 'Position' parameter to 'Offset' for
+
Default 'end time' for new canvases to 5s instead of 0.
                all the 'Shape' layers.
+
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.
  
                Spherize: Fix clipping for tile-based rendering in
+
If no documents are specified to be loaded on the command line
                Spherize layer.
+
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.
  
                Star: New parameter "regular polygon" in the 'Star'
+
Add a setting in the gui for the auto-backup interval.
                layer allows regular polygons to be drawn.
+
  
                Time Loop: New version 0.2 of the 'Time Loop'
+
Fix a crash on Windows when recovering an auto-saved file which had
                layer. It uses the same parameters as the newly added
+
never been saved.
                Time Loop ValueNode.
+
  
                Warp: Fix a problem with the 'Warp' layer where some
+
Add a new time format: frames only, which shows times as just the
                tiles weren't being rendered.
+
number of frames, rather than breaking it into minutes, seconds, and
 +
frames.
  
* ValueNodes
+
== Linking ==
  ----------
+
        Add new type: 'Cos', to calculate cosines.
+
        ( http://wiki.synfig.com/Convert#Cos )
+
  
        Add new type: 'Duplicate', only used by the Duplicate layer.
+
When linking simple values, use the value from the topmost layer.
        ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Duplicate )
+
  
        Add new type: 'From Integer', to convert integers to other
+
Attempting to link a duck from the Children panel with other ducks
        types for linking toCurrently disabled.
+
was causing an errorNow it isn't.
        ( http://synfig.org/Convert#From_Integer )
+
  
        Add new type: 'Random', to generate pseudo-random values.
+
== Quality ==
        ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Random )
+
  
        Add new type: 'Reciprocal', to calculate reciprocals.
+
Change the default quality to 8. It makes shade layers render
        ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Reciprocal )
+
better without much impact on speed.
  
        Add new type: 'Reverse Tangent', to reverse the direction of
+
Label the preview qualities "best" and "fastest" because it's
        tangents. ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Reverse_Tangent )
+
not clear that higher numbers mean lower qualities.
  
        Add new type: 'Switch', to switch between two alternative
+
== Waypoints ==
        values. ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Switch )
+
  
        Add new type: 'Time Loop', to allow individual parameters to
+
Fix ugly waypoint drawing by rounding to integer values
        be time looped, like the Time Loop layer, but for individual
+
symmetrically.  The improvement can be seen here:
        parameters. ( http://synfig.org/Convert#Time_Loop )
+
  
        Add new type: 'aTan2', to calculate inverse tangents.
+
http://dooglus.rincevent.net/synfig/waypoint-symmetry.png
        ( http://synfig.org/Convert#aTan2 )
+
  
        Extended types: 'Add' and 'Subtract' now work with gradients.
+
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, or for just the 'in' or
 +
just the 'out' interpolation, without having to aim the right-click at
 +
a particular half of the waypoint.  Improved the keyboard shortcuts on
 +
the waypoint context menus; to set the 'In' interpolation to Constant,
 +
type "IC", and so on.
  
* Targets
+
Fix a crash when editing a waypoint with a non-static value.
  -------
+
        Fix one memory leak and one filehandle leak in target 'png'..
+
  
        Fix the ffmpeg/dv/imagemagick targets/importers on Windows.
+
Attach the "(Non-static value)" label into the waypoint
 +
dialog.
  
        Improved the 'imagemagick' target so it can create a series of
+
Experimental: "export SYNFIG_SHOW_CANVAS_PARAM_WAYPOINTS=1" to
        numbered images.
+
see canvas parameter waypoints, not canvas content waypoints
 +
in PasteCanvas layers.  Doesn't work too well - dragging the
 +
waypoints doesn't work, for instance.
  
        Fixed the 'mng' and 'yuv420p' targets.
+
When a PasteCanvas' "time offset" parameter shifts the timing
 +
of its sub-canvas, the waypoints of that subcanvas are now
 +
displayed shifted accordingly.
  
        Security fixes: arbitrary code execution when rendering
+
== Time ==
        specially crafted .sif files.
+
 
 +
Allow manual editing of the current time in the workarea
 +
window.
  
        Show which output target is used if it has been chosen
+
Don't expand time fields to their full format (eg. "1s" -> "0h
        automatically, not specified by the user.
+
0m 1s 0f") when they get keyboard focus.  export
 +
SYNFIG_SHOW_FULL_TIME_ON_FOCUS=1 will restore the old
 +
behaviour.
  
* Blend Methods
+
Make sure the time entry box shows the correct time - rounded
  -------------
+
to an integer number of frames.
        Don't accept illegal values for 'blend_method'.  Use
+
        'Composite' instead.
+
  
        Re-enable the 'alpha brighten' and 'alpha darken' blend
+
Improve the range of different scales used on the timeslider.
        methods.
+
Previously 3 fps animations were having the timeslider
 +
labelled "0.75f, 1.5f, ..." rather than "1f, 2f, ...".
  
        Fix the 'straight', 'straight onto' and 'alpha brighten' blend
+
Subdivide the space between labels on the timeslider sensibly.
        methods. Even completely transparent pixels in the top layer
+
Don't divide a 5 second gap into 4 parts of 1.25 seconds each,
        should affect the result of these blends. Existing .sif files
+
for instance.
        which relied on the previously broken behavior should still
+
        render correctly for the most part.
+
  
* Canvases
+
Set minimum and maximum zoom levels for the timescroller.
  --------
+
        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
+
Allow the use of horizontal scrolling to adjust the current
        properly
+
time in timeslider widgets.
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1838132
+
  
* SIF Files
+
Improve the algorithm for determining the number of tick marks
  ---------
+
to put between pairs of labels in the timeslider widgets.
        Refer the user to 'http://synfig.org/Convert#Compatibility' if
+
It's better to divide 5 minutes into 5 tics of 1 minute each
        we try to load a .sif file that uses a not-yet-implemented
+
than 6 ticks of 50 seconds each, for example.
        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
+
Added a new icon for values of type "Time", thanks to
        Composite' ValueNodes used to be saved with obscure XML
+
genete.
        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
+
== Windows ==
        read by versions 0.61.07 and older.
+
  
        Add information about which valuenode types were added in
+
Rename "Dialogs" to "Panels" for the dockable windows.
        which release.  Don't save new types in old format files.
+
  
        Fix: Prevent a crash when loading a .sif file with 'use=""' in
+
My panels were drifting one or two pixels each time I started
        it.
+
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.
  
        Fix: Prevent studio crashing when loading a document that
+
Remember the position and size of the color and gradient
        contains an unknown valuenode type from a newer version of
+
dialogs even if they're not displayed when studio exits.
        synfig. Simply refuse to load the document instead.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1811250
+
  
* Misc
+
Applied patch from IL'dar AKHmetgaleev aka AkhIL to allow
  ----
+
different pixel sizes in the workarea window.  control-'(' and
        Don't render feathering of circles or shapes (ie. outlines,
+
control-')' make the pixels bigger and smller.
        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
+
If the window positions and sizes seem to be corrupted, give
        from Papagayo
+
them sensible values to prevent them being created
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1879688
+
offscreen.
 +
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1836848 1836848])
  
        Fix: Inserting a new item into a list in animation mode caused
+
=== Console Window ===
        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.
+
Show a very simple message in the console on start-up so as
        Previously spaces before or after the color code would cause
+
not to scare people when they see an empty terminal window
        it to fail.
+
'doing nothing'.
  
        Fix: Don't treat the required values of command line flags as
+
Show a similar message in the console on start-up if
        flags themselves.
+
Studio is already running, to let the user know what
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1695735
+
is happening.
  
        Fix: Initialise the 'time_last_changed' when creating a Node.
+
=== Toolbox Window ===
        Previously it was being left at a random value.
+
  
== Synfig Studio ==
+
Allow adjustment of the default brush size using
 +
horizontal scrolling over the preview graphic.
  
  0.61.08 (SVN 1???) - February ??, 2008 - Bug fixes
+
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.
  
* Synfig Studio is now translatable using gettext.  Currently Franch
+
Fix the "File > Save all" menu entry.
  and Spanish translations exist.
+
  
* Build
+
=== Workarea Window ===
  -----
+
        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.
+
Added environment variable SYNFIG_DISABLE_TILE_RENDER
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1859663
+
which when set will prevent the tile renderer from
 +
being used.
  
        Removed the 'bootstrap' script for buildingUse autoreconf
+
If environment variable "SYNFIG_SHOW_TILE_OUTLINES" is defined, draw red outlines around tiles as they are renderedFor debugging purposes.
        instead.
+
  
* Settings
+
Indicate that a canvas is unsaved by putting a '*' in front of its name.
  --------
+
        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.
+
The popup caret menu was disabled for some tools. New
        That's one less thing a new user then needs to edit to start
+
environment variable
        making his first animation.  Also, don't show the intimidating
+
SYNFIG_ENABLE_POPUP_MENU_IN_ALL_TOOLS re-enables the
        canvas properties dialog when a new composition is created,
+
popup menu when setShould this be the default?
        just use the defaultsSet environment variable
+
Comments please to the bug report.
        "SYNFIG_ENABLE_NEW_CANVAS_EDIT_PROPERTIES" to revert this
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1829182 1829182])
        change locally.
+
  
        If no documents are specified to be loaded on the command line
+
Fix a crash that sometimes happened when closing a document.
        at start-up, create a new empty document so the novice user
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1850637 1850637])
        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.
+
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://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1824437 1824437])
  
* Draw Tool
+
Don't hide and reshow the workarea window when the
  ---------
+
user clicks the 'X' button to close it.
        Fixed the 'fill last stroke' button in the drawing tool.
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1682008 1682008])
  
        Rearrange the drawing tool options a little.  Instead of
+
Add checkboxes to the toggleable entries in the view
        'region only' have checkboxes for 'region' and 'fill', like in
+
menu.
        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,
+
Add 'new', 'open' and 'quit' to the caret>file menu.
        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
+
Change the default 'toggle onion skin' keyboard
        selected.
+
shortcut from control-o (which is the stock binding
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1830245
+
for 'open') to alt-o.
  
* About
+
Keep the 'show grid' and 'snap to grid' checkboxes in the caret menu
  -----
+
up to date. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1896834 1896834])
        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
+
=== Preview Window ===
        dialog.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1797745
+
  
* Linking
+
Fix crash closing preview window before using it.
  -------
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1835429 1835429])
        When linking simple values, use the value from the topmost layer.
+
  
        Attempting to link a duck from the Children panel with other ducks
+
=== Canvas Properties Dialog ===
        was causing an error.  Now it isn't.
+
  
  * Quality
+
New environment variable:
  -------
+
'SYNFIG_DISABLE_NEW_CANVAS_EDIT_PROPERTIES'. When
        Change the default quality to 8.  It makes shade layers render
+
set, don't pop up the canvas properties dialog when
        better without much impact on speed.
+
creating a new document.
  
        Label the preview qualities "best" and "fastest" because it's
+
Fix a problem with the canvas properties dialog.  It
        not clear that higher numbers mean lower qualities.
+
wasn't possible to edit both the 'name' and the
 +
renddesc parameters at the same time before.
  
* Files
+
By default, set "use current frame" in the render
  -----
+
dialog to off.  When "use current frame" is on,
        When doing a 'Save As', default to saving in the same
+
disable the Time tab's frame.
        directory that the file was loaded from, if any.
+
  
        Remember separate default directories for opening and writing
+
Disable the 'Time' tab when "use current frame" is
        each of animations, images, sketches, rendered output, and
+
checked.
        "miscellaneous".
+
  
* BLine Tool
+
Don't allow the user to set the 'ID' of exported
  ----------
+
canvases to be empty.
      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
+
=== Color Editor Dialog ===
      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
+
Make the spinbuttons wider so it's possible to read bigger numbers.
  ---------
+
Allow a decimal place in the spinbuttonsPreviously only integer
        Fix ugly waypoint drawing by rounding to integer values
+
values were allowed.
        symmetricallyThe improvement can be seen in
+
        http://dooglus.rincevent.net/synfig/waypoint-symmetry.png .
+
  
        Improve the waypoint context menus.  Now it's possible to
+
=== Layers Panel ===
        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.
+
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".
 +
Add buttons for 'encapsulate' and 'show all child layers'.
  
        Attach the "(Non-static value)" label into the waypoint
+
=== Groups Panel ===
        dialog.
+
  
        Experimental: "export SYNFIG_SHOW_CANVAS_PARAM_WAYPOINTS=1" to
+
Allow layers to be removed from groups without the
        see canvas parameter waypoints, not canvas content waypoints
+
user having to type the name of the group they are in.
        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
+
=== Params Panel ===
        of its sub-canvas, the waypoints of that subcanvas are now
+
        displayed shifted accordingly.
+
  
* Time
+
Added a 'Type' column to the parameter dialog so it's
  ----
+
possible to tell an 'Add' from a 'Subtract' convert
        Allow manual editing of the current time in the workarea
+
for example.
        window.
+
  
        Don't expand time fields to their full format (eg. "1s" -> "0h
+
Added a column showing the waypoints for each parameter.  export SYNFIG_DISABLE_PARAMS_PANEL_TIMETRACK=1 to disable this.
        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
+
=== Keyframes Panel ===
        to an integer number of frames.
+
  
        Improve the range of different scales used on the timeslider.
+
Add a tooltip for the 'keyframe properties' icon. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1895689 1895689])
        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.
+
=== Children Panel ===
        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.
+
Renaming exported ValueNodes no longer causes a
 +
crash.
 +
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1823053 1823053])
  
        Allow the use of horizontal scrolling to adjust the current
+
Added a column showing the waypoints for each ValueNode.
        time in timeslider widgets.
+
  
        Improve the algorithm for determining the number of tick marks
+
=== History Panel ===
        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
+
The entries that appear in the History panel are now
        genete.
+
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".
  
* Windows
+
Scroll the history panel as actions are added to keep the current
  -------
+
action in the centre of the display.
        Rename "Dialogs" to "Panels" for the dockable windows.
+
  
        My panels were drifting one or two pixels each time I started
+
When the user types in the History dialog, search for
        studio.  This seems to be window-manager dependent.  I've
+
any text in the 'name' column that matches the text.
        added environment variables to allow adjusting the drift to
+
Previously it was only searching for names matching at
        stop it.  SYNFIG_WINDOW_POSITION_X_OFFSET and
+
the beginning.
        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
+
Add a new icon to delete all 'undo' and 'redo' history together.
        dialogs even if they're not displayed when studio exits.
+
  
        Applied patch from IL'dar AKHmetgaleev aka AkhIL to allow
+
=== About Dialog ===
        different pixel sizes in the workarea window. control-'(' and
+
 
        control-')' make the pixels bigger and smller.
+
Implement a new about dialog based on the standard Gtk+ dialog.
 +
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1678554 1678554],
 +
[http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1741220 1741220])
  
        Fix: If the window positions and sizes seem to be corrupted, give
+
Show the correct SVN revision id in the about dialog.
        them sensible values to prevent them being created
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1797745 1797745])
        offscreen.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1836848
+
  
        * Console Window
+
=== Splash Screen ===
          --------------
+
                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
+
Remove the build information and use a new image by Rore
                Studio is already running, to let the user know what
+
                is happening.
+
  
        * Toolbox Window
+
== Tools ==
          --------------
+
                Allow adjustment of the default brush size using
+
                horizontal scrolling over the preview graphic.
+
  
                With the re-enabling of 'Alpha Brighten', the toolbox
+
=== Sketch Tool ===
                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
+
Prevent load/save failures in Spanish and other locales.
          ---------------
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1830670 1830670])
                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
+
=== BLine Tool ===
                defined, draw red outlines around tiles as they are
+
                rendered.  For debugging purposes.
+
  
                Indicate that a canvas is unsaved by putting a '*' in
+
Allow the bline tool to draw plants as well as outlines,
                front of its name.
+
regions, and curvegradients.
  
                The popup caret menu was disabled for some tools.  New
+
When the bline tool is creating new layers, arrange the new
                environment variable
+
layers in the order: Outline - Region - Plant - Gradient, so
                SYNFIG_ENABLE_POPUP_MENU_IN_ALL_TOOLS re-enables the
+
that each layer is at least somewhat visibleRename the
                popup menu when setShould this be the default?
+
"*layer_bline*" variables to "*layer_outline*" since they
                Comments please to the bug report.
+
represent outlines specifically.
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1829182
+
  
                Fix: Studio was crashing sometimes when closing a
+
Always show the first point in the bline being drawn in green.
                document.
+
Previously this happened only some of the time.
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1850637
+
  
                Fix: Studio occasionally renders the tiles in the
+
Only show bline vertices large when the mouse is really hovering over
                wrong places. This was happening when the canvas was
+
them. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1891491 1891491])
                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
+
=== Draw Tool ===
                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
+
Fixed the 'fill last stroke' button in the drawing tool.
                menu.
+
  
                Add 'new', 'open' and 'quit' to the caret>file menu.
+
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.
  
                Change the default 'toggle onion skin' keyboard
+
When drawing an outline and a region at the same time,
                shortcut from control-o (which is the stock binding
+
put the outline just on top of the region.
                for 'open') to alt-o.
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1829172 1829172])
  
        * Preview Window
+
Always leave only the newly created layers selected.
          --------------
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1830245 1830245])
                Fix: Crash closing preview window before using
+
                it.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1835429
+
  
        * Canvas Properties Dialog
+
== Ducks ==
          ------------------------
+
 
                New environment variable:
+
Always draw 'real' ducks on the right hand side of the circle
                'SYNFIG_DISABLE_NEW_CANVAS_EDIT_PROPERTIES'.  When
+
they definePreviously, canvases with a negative horizontal
                set, don't pop up the canvas properties dialog when
+
pixel width were drawing it on the left.
                creating a new document.
+
  
                Fix a problem with the canvas properties dialogIt
+
Add an option to restrict 'radius' ducks to the top right
                wasn't possible to edit both the 'name' and the
+
corner of the planeThis allows us to easily set their value
                renddesc parameters at the same time before.
+
to zero by dragging down and left.  Thanks to Zelgadis on IRC
 +
for the suggestion.  See "{{l|Toolbox|Toolbox}} > File > {{l|Setup Dialog|Setup Dialog}} > Misc >
 +
Restrict Real-Valued Ducks...".
  
                By default, set "use current frame" in the render
+
Show the size of circles as they are drawn using the draw
                dialog to off.  When "use current frame" is on,
+
tool.
                disable the Time tab's frame.
+
  
                Disable the 'Time' tab when "use current frame" is
+
Give slight priority to radius ducks.  That way, it's possible
                checked.
+
to select the radius duck for a circle with radius zero.
 +
Previously the position duck would usually be selected
 +
instead.
  
                Don't allow the user to set the 'ID' of exported
+
Have neither Control-A nor dragging a box around ducks select
                canvases to be empty.
+
non-editable ducks, and have clicking individual ducks select them. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1891410 1891410])
  
        * Layers Panel
+
== Misc ==
          ------------
+
                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
+
Save the position and size of each open canvas window for each of the
          ------------
+
'recent' files.  When opening one of the recent files, re-open the
                Allow layers to be removed from groups without the
+
canvases that were previously opened, with their previous positions
                user having to type the name of the group they are in.
+
and sizes.
  
        * Params Panel
+
Don't render feathering of circles or shapes (ie. outlines,
          ------------
+
regions, stars, polygons, etc), or motion blur, blur, or
                Added a 'Type' column to the parameter dialog so it's
+
radial blur layers when the quality is 10.
                possible to tell an 'Add' from a 'Subtract' convert
+
                for example.
+
  
        * Children Panel
+
New feature: allow importing of lipsynced voice animations from Papagayo.
          --------------
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1879688 1879688])
                Renaming exported ValueNodes no longer causes a
+
                crash.
+
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1823053
+
  
        * History Panel
+
Inserting a new item into a list in animation mode caused
          -------------
+
unpredicatable renders before the time of insertion.
                The entries that appear in the History panel are now
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1841280 1841280])
                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
+
The hex color code parser is much more forgiving now.
                any text in the 'name' column that matches the text.
+
Previously spaces before or after the color code would cause
                Previously it was only searching for names matching at
+
it to fail.
                the beginning.
+
  
* Targets
+
Don't treat the required values of command line flags as flags themselves.
  -------
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1695735 1695735])
        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
+
Initialise the 'time_last_changed' when creating a Node.
        single file using Magick++.
+
Previously it was being left at a random value.
  
  * Ducks
+
New feature: Angles are not wrapped modulo 360 degrees. It's
  -----
+
possible to animate from 0 to 361 degrees and see a full
        Always draw 'real' ducks on the right hand side of the circle
+
rotation, rather than seeing it shortcutting as it was
        they define. Previously, canvases with a negative horizontal
+
previously.  It's also now possible to drag angle ducks around
        pixel width were drawing it on the left.
+
their origin multiple times and have the rotations
 +
count.
 +
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1827966 1827966])
  
        Add an option to restrict 'radius' ducks to the top right
+
Exported canvases weren't being deleted on shutdown, due
        corner of the plane.  This allows us to easily set their value
+
to a handle never being released.
        to zero by dragging down and left. Thanks to Zelgadis on IRC
+
([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1868911 1868911])
        for the suggestion.  See "Toolbox > File > Setup > Misc >
+
        Restrict Real-Valued Ducks...".
+
  
        Show the size of circles as they are drawn using the draw
+
Cloning inline canvases with different resolutions than the root canvas wasn't cloning the resolution information. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1868911 1891403])
        tool.
+
  
        Give slight priority to radius ducks.  That way, it's possible
+
Inserting a vertex in the closing link of a looped bline while still
        to select the radius duck for a circle with radius zero.
+
in the bline tool was putting the new vertex in the wrong place. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1891391 1891391])
        Previously the position duck would usually be selected
+
        instead.
+
  
* Misc
+
Converting the first vertex of a looped bline was causing a crash. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1894998 1894998])
  ----
+
        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
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        their origin multiple times and have the rotations
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        count.
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                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1827966
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        Fix: Exported canvases weren't being deleted on shutdown, due
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Allow a subcanvas to be used multiple times at different time
        to a handle never being released.
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offsets. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1896557 1896557])
                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1868911
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        Fix: Use the 'C' locale when loading and saving
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Convert path to profile directory from UTF8 before trying to use it. ([http://sf.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1837445 1837445])
        sketches.  Not doing so was causing load/save failures in
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        Spanish locales.
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                                http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1830670
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General

Update the website URL to 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.

Synfig is now translatable using gettext. Currently only Spanish and French translations exist.

Fixes to allow sigc++ 2.1 and newer to be used. (1859663)

ETL

Make ETL-config a wrapper around pkg-config.

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.

When creating a new layer with a bline in it (outline, region, etc.) via the "New Layer" menu, make the new bline immediately editable. Previously it was necessary to convert the vertex list to type BLine before it could be edited.

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)

New parameter "reverse" in the Plant layer allows plants to be rendered back-to-front.

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.

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.

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.

Polygon: Fix a crash when turning the first point in a polygon off. Draw in the complete outline of polygons when they are 'looped'.

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 types:

  • 'Bline Width', to find the width of blines.
  • 'Cos', to calculate cosines.
  • 'Duplicate', only used by the Duplicate layer.
  • 'From Integer', to convert integers to other types for linking to. Currently disabled.
  • 'Random', to generate pseudo-random values.
  • 'Reciprocal', to calculate reciprocals.
  • 'Reverse Tangent', to reverse the direction of tangents.
  • 'Step', to convert a parameter's curve into a step function.
  • 'Switch', to switch between two alternative values.
  • 'Time Loop', to allow individual parameters to be time looped, like the Time Loop layer, but for individual parameters.
  • 'aTan2', to calculate inverse tangents.

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.

Added new target 'magick++' for rendering multiple images to a single file using Magick++. When using version 7.3 of Magick++ it produces much better GIF images.

Fix the 'auto' render target selection, so it automatically choses the target type each time based on the filename.

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)

Files

Refer the user to a compatibility page 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.

Prevent a crash when loading a .sif file with 'use=""' in it.

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)

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".

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.

Fix a crash on Windows when recovering an auto-saved file which had never been saved.

Add a new time format: frames only, which shows times as just the number of frames, rather than breaking it into minutes, seconds, and frames.

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.

Waypoints

Fix ugly waypoint drawing by rounding to integer values symmetrically. The improvement can be seen here:

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, or for just the 'in' or just the 'out' interpolation, without having to aim the right-click at a particular half of the waypoint. Improved the keyboard shortcuts on the waypoint context menus; to set the 'In' interpolation to Constant, type "IC", and so on.

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.

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.

Fix the "File > Save all" menu entry.

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 a crash that sometimes happened when closing a document. (1850637)

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.

Keep the 'show grid' and 'snap to grid' checkboxes in the caret menu up to date. (1896834)

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.

Color Editor Dialog

Make the spinbuttons wider so it's possible to read bigger numbers. Allow a decimal place in the spinbuttons. Previously only integer values were allowed.

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". Add buttons for 'encapsulate' and 'show all child layers'.

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.

Added a column showing the waypoints for each parameter. export SYNFIG_DISABLE_PARAMS_PANEL_TIMETRACK=1 to disable this.

Keyframes Panel

Add a tooltip for the 'keyframe properties' icon. (1895689)

Children Panel

Renaming exported ValueNodes no longer causes a crash. (1823053)

Added a column showing the waypoints for each ValueNode.

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".

Scroll the history panel as actions are added to keep the current action in the centre of the display.

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.

Add a new icon to delete all 'undo' and 'redo' history together.

About Dialog

Implement a new about dialog based on the standard Gtk+ dialog. (1678554, 1741220)

Show the correct SVN revision id in the about dialog. (1797745)

Splash Screen

Remove the build information and use a new image by Rore

Tools

Sketch Tool

Prevent load/save failures in Spanish and other locales. (1830670)

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.

Always show the first point in the bline being drawn in green. Previously this happened only some of the time.

Only show bline vertices large when the mouse is really hovering over them. (1891491)

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.

When drawing an outline and a region at the same time, put the outline just on top of the region. (1829172)

Always leave only the newly created layers selected. (1830245)

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 Dialog > 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.

Have neither Control-A nor dragging a box around ducks select non-editable ducks, and have clicking individual ducks select them. (1891410)

Misc

Save the position and size of each open canvas window for each of the 'recent' files. When opening one of the recent files, re-open the canvases that were previously opened, with their previous positions and sizes.

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)

Inserting a new item into a list in animation mode caused unpredicatable renders before the time of insertion. (1841280)

The hex color code parser is much more forgiving now. Previously spaces before or after the color code would cause it to fail.

Don't treat the required values of command line flags as flags themselves. (1695735)

Initialise the 'time_last_changed' when creating a Node. Previously it was being left at a random value.

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)

Exported canvases weren't being deleted on shutdown, due to a handle never being released. (1868911)

Cloning inline canvases with different resolutions than the root canvas wasn't cloning the resolution information. (1891403)

Inserting a vertex in the closing link of a looped bline while still in the bline tool was putting the new vertex in the wrong place. (1891391)

Converting the first vertex of a looped bline was causing a crash. (1894998)

Allow a subcanvas to be used multiple times at different time offsets. (1896557)

Convert path to profile directory from UTF8 before trying to use it. (1837445)


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