[gimp-help-2] Review Whats-new.xml
- From: Julien Hardlin <jhardlin src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
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- Subject: [gimp-help-2] Review Whats-new.xml
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 05:54:22 +0000 (UTC)
commit ba5fe01cc123ce51b46a68f2e630a7f2c73dd9df
Author: Julien Hardelin <jm hard wanadoo fr>
Date: Wed May 23 07:55:20 2012 +0200
Review Whats-new.xml
src/introduction/whats-new.xml | 297 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)
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--- a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
+++ b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd";>
+
+<!-- section history:
+ 2102-05-22 j.h: reviewed
+ 2012-05-05 Marco: created
+ -->
<sect1 id="gimp-introduction-whats-new">
<title>What's New in GIMP 2.8? </title>
@@ -8,9 +13,9 @@
<acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.8 is an another important release from a
development point of view, even more that it was for 2.6. It
features a big change to the user interface addressing one of the
- most often received complain: the missing of a single windowing
- mode. Morover the integration effort of GEGL library had taken a
- big step forward, reaching more the 90% of the
+ most often received complain: the lack of a single window
+ mode. Moreover the integration effort of GEGL library had taken a
+ big step forward, reaching more than 90% of the
<acronym>GIMP</acronym> core, a new powerful transformation tool,
layer groups, new common options, new brushes, improved text tool,
and more.
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/single-window-mode.png"/>
+ fileref="images/using/single-window-mode.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
@@ -47,11 +52,11 @@
<term>New file save workflow</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Now Save and Save as works only with xcf formats. If you
- want to export an image in another format, say jpg or png,
- you have to explicitly Export it. This enhance the workflow
- and let you simple overwrite the original file or export to
- various other formats.
+ Now Save and Save as work only with xcf formats. If you
+ want to export an image in another format, say jpg or png,
+ you have to explicitly Export it. This enhances the workflow
+ and lets you simply overwrite the original file or export to
+ various other formats.
</para>
<figure>
<title>The new image workflow</title>
@@ -69,9 +74,9 @@
<term>New image bar</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- With the new single window mode comes a new useful image bar
- that lets you switch easily between open images through the
- means of a tab bar with the miniature of the images.
+ A new useful image bar comes with the single window mode,
+ which lets you switch easily between open images through the
+ means of a tab bar with image thumbnails.
</para>
<figure>
<title>The new image bar</title>
@@ -89,10 +94,11 @@
<term>New arrangement options</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will make high resolution monitor
- owners happy: now it is possible to arrange the dialogs one
- over the other, in tabs and in colums too.
- </para>
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will make users working with two screens
+ (one for dialogs, the other for images)
+ happy: now it is possible to arrange the dialogs one over the other,
+ in tabs and in columns too.
+ </para>
<figure>
<title>Multi column docks</title>
<mediaobject>
@@ -109,15 +115,15 @@
<term>New resources tags</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> Brushes, Gradients, Pattern and
- Palettes can be filtered and searched via tags. Tags are
- text labels that the user can assign to resources. With Tags
- the user can easily find the resources by means of a input
- text box. Tags can be manually assigned by the user with the
- same input box used for search tags, or they can be
- automatically tagged using the directory name of the
- imported items.
- </para>
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> Brushes, Gradients, Pattern and
+ Palettes can be filtered and searched via tags. Tags are
+ text labels that the user can assign to resources. With Tags
+ the user can easily find the resources by means of an input
+ text box. Tags can be manually assigned by the user with the
+ same input box used for searching tags, or they can be
+ automatically tagged using the directory name of the
+ imported items.
+ </para>
<figure>
<title>Resource tags</title>
<mediaobject>
@@ -134,14 +140,14 @@
<term>Simple math in size entries</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enhancements have also been made to the size entry widget,
- which is used for inputting most of the x, y, width, height
- parameters. For example, in the scale dialog it is now
- possible to write <quote>50%</quote> in the Width field to
- scale the image to 50% of the width. Expressions such as
- <quote>30in + 40px</quote> and <quote>4 * 5.4in</quote>
- work, too.
- </para>
+ Enhancements have also been made to the size entry widget,
+ which is used for inputting most of the x, y, width, height
+ parameters. For example, in the scale dialog it is now
+ possible to write <quote>50%</quote> in the Width field to
+ scale the image to 50% of the width. Expressions such as
+ <quote>30in + 40px</quote> and <quote>4 * 5.4in</quote>
+ work, too.
+ </para>
<figure>
<title>Math size entries</title>
<mediaobject>
@@ -159,28 +165,28 @@
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The new <quote>Lock Pixels</quote> option in the layers
- dialog can avoid undesired painting on a layer when
- switching between them.
- </para>
- <figure>
- <title>The new Lock Pixels option</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/image-lock-pixels.png"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The new <quote>Lock Pixels</quote> option in the layers
+ dialog can avoid undesired painting on a layer when
+ working with several layers.
+ </para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>The new Lock Pixels option</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/image-lock-pixels.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Now is possible to move between images in single and multi
- windows mode using the shortcuts
- <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo>
+ Now you can move between images in single and multi
+ window mode using the shortcuts
+<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>PageUp/PageDown</keycap></keycombo>
or
<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Number</keycap></keycombo>.
</para>
@@ -194,15 +200,15 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- You can now
- <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Click</keycap></keycombo>
- on layers in the Layers dialog to create a selection from
- it. Add, subtract and intersect modifiers
- <keycap>Click</keycap>, <keycap>Shift</keycap> and
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap></keycombo>
- keys work too. This makes it easy to compose contents of a
- layer based on the contents of other layers, without
- detours.
+ You can now
+ <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Click</keycap></keycombo>
+ on layers in the Layers dialog to create a selection from
+ it. Add, subtract and intersect modifiers
+ <keycap>Click</keycap>, <keycap>Shift</keycap> and
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap></keycombo>
+ keys work too. This makes it easy to compose contents of a
+ layer based on the contents of other layers, without
+ detours.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
and
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
- have been repurposed for the image export mechanisms, new
+ have been redirected to image export mechanisms, new
keyboard shortcuts have been setup for <quote>Shrink
Wrap</quote> and <quote>Fit in Window</quote>, namely
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>J</keycap></keycombo>
@@ -234,44 +240,30 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- The layer modes have been rearranged into more logical and
- useful groups based on the effect they have on compositing
- of a layer. Layer modes that make the composite lighter
- are in one group, layer modes that make the composite
- darker in another group, and so forth.
+ The layer modes have been rearranged into more logical and
+ useful groups based on the effect they have on layers. Layer
+ modes that make the layer lighter are in one group, layer modes that
+ make the layer darker in another group, and so forth.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow closing the toolbox without closing the whole
- application.
+ In multi-window mode, you can now close the Toolbox without
+ quitting GIMP.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Removed Toolbox from list of Recently Closed Docks, handle
- that directly in the Windows menu.
+ Allow binding arbitrary actions to extra mouse buttons.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- New docks are created at the pointer position.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Allow binding arbitrary actions to extra mouse buttons.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Now it is possible to change the application language
- directly from the preference menu.
+ Now it is possible to change the application language
+ directly from the preference menu.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -288,7 +280,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
With this new tool is now possible to create custom bending
- of a selection just moving its vector frame control points.
+ of a selection just moving control points.
This is the result of one of our Google Summer of Code 2010
students.
</para>
@@ -308,9 +300,8 @@
<term>Improved Text Tool</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The text tool has been enhanced to support in-place text
- writing and the possibility to change the single char
- attributes.
+ The text tool has been enhanced to support on canvas text
+ writing and make possible changing the attributes of a single char.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Improved text tool</title>
@@ -329,13 +320,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
It is now possible to group set of layers and treat them
- like a entity. It is possible to switch a group on or off an
+ like an entity. It is possible to switch a group on or off and
to move the group in the layers dialog. It is easy to add /
- remove existings layers to a group or to create / delete a
+ remove existing layers to a group or to create / delete a
layer inside the group and it is even possible to create
- nested groups of groups. To a group is possible apply a
- layer mode as it was with a single layer. All this greatly
- improve the workflow with complex multilayer images making
+ embedded groups of groups. It is possible to apply a
+ layer mode to a group as you do with a single layer. All this greatly
+ improves the workflow with complex multilayer images making
them easier to manage.
</para>
<figure>
@@ -354,8 +345,8 @@
<term>Rotating brushes</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Brushes can now be rotated at will, acting on the brush
- option <quote>Angle</quote>.
+ Brushes can now be rotated at will, acting on the brush
+ option <quote>Angle</quote>.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Rotating brushes</title>
@@ -375,81 +366,82 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The default Quick Mask color is now configurable.
+ The default Quick Mask color is now configurable.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The text tool improved the RTL mode.
+ The RTL mode (right to left writing) has been improved in the Text
+ tool.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow specifying the written language in the Text
- Tool. This helps with choosing an appropriate font, or
- appropriate glyphs for the selected language.
+ You can specify the written language in the Text
+ Tool. This helps choosing an appropriate font, or
+ appropriate glyphs for the selected language.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added optional diagonal guides to the crop tool.
+ Added optional diagonal guides to the crop tool.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added <quote>Rule of fifths</quote> crop guide overlay.
+ Added <quote>Rule of fifths</quote> crop guide overlay.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- A Cairo based PDF exporter was implemented. While being
- somewhat simplistic the exporter saves text, embedding
- fonts into the final PDF file, and attempts to convert
- all flat filled areas to vector objects.
+ A Cairo based PDF exporter has been implemented. Although being
+ somewhat simplistic, the exporter saves text, embedding
+ fonts into the final PDF file, and attempts to convert
+ bitmaps to vector objects.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added support arbitrary affine transforms of brushes.
+ Brush dynamics improved.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added plug-in for loading JPEG2000 images.
+ Added plug-in for loading JPEG2000 images.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added plug-ins for X11 Mouse Cursor import and export
- support.
+ Added plug-ins for X11 Mouse Cursor import and export
+ support.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added fundamental OpenRaster (.ora) import and export
- support.
+ Added fundamental OpenRaster (.ora) import and export
+ support.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Added RGB565 support to the csource plug-in.
+ Added RGB565 support to the csource plug-in.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- A Web-page plug-in was added to render any web page into
- an image using Webkit.
+ Added a new <quote>Create</quote> command that allows loading
+ a Web page directly into GIMP using Webkit.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -468,7 +460,7 @@
<para>
The porting of the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> core towards the
new high bit-depth and non-destructive editing GEGL <xref
- linkend="bibliography-online-gegl"/> library has done big
+ linkend="bibliography-online-gegl"/> library has taken big
steps and now more than 90% of the task is already finished.
</para>
<para>
@@ -497,14 +489,13 @@
<term>Cairo porting</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Started with <acronym>GIMP</acronym> version 2.6, it is now
- completed the port to <xref
- linkend="bibliography-online-cairo"/> of all tools rendering
- on canvas. It provide smooth antialiased graphics and update
- the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> look & feel. All but a few
- plug-ins have been upgraded to Cairo as well. Additionally
- all tools now use an on-canvas progress indicator instead of
- the one in the statusbar.
+ Started with <acronym>GIMP</acronym> version 2.6, all tools rendering
+ on canvas is now completely ported to <xref
+ linkend="bibliography-online-cairo"/>. It provides smooth
+ antialiased graphics and improves <acronym>GIMP</acronym> look. Some
+ plug-ins have been upgraded to Cairo as well. Additionally
+ all tools now use an on-canvas progress indicator instead of
+ the one in the statusbar.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Progress indicator</title>
@@ -529,7 +520,7 @@
<term>License change</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The GIMP license has been changed to (L)GPLv3+.
+ The GIMP license has been changed to (L)GPLv3+.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -538,20 +529,20 @@
<term>New script API</term>
<listitem>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A lot of GIMP APIs have been refactored to simplify
- developing new scripts.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- To further enhances its scripting abilities, have been made
- API changes to support layer groups.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A lot of GIMP APIs have been rebuilt to simplify
+ developing new scripts.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To further enhances scripting abilities, API changes to support
+ layer groups have been made.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -559,13 +550,13 @@
<term>Backwards Compatibility</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- To address the needs to migrate from the old tools presets
- system to the new one there is a Python <ulink
- url="http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Mindstorm:Preset_converter";>script</ulink>
- downloadable from the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> wiki
- site. However, the old tools presets are not 100%
- convertible to the new tool presets. For instance, brush
- scale from 2.6 can't be converted to brush size in 2.8.
+ To allow migrating from the old tools presets
+ system to the new one, there is a Python <ulink
+url="http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Mindstorm:Preset_converter";>script</ulink>,
+ which you can download from the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> wiki
+ site. However, the old tools presets are not 100%
+ convertible to the new tool presets. For instance, brush
+ scale from 2.6 can't be converted to brush size in 2.8.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -573,12 +564,12 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>Known Problems</term>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Working with graphics tablets could be problematic due to
- the GTK+2 library in use. If in this case either use the
- older version 2.6 or wait for the up coming version 3.0
- for the full GTK+3 support.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Working with graphics tablets could be problematic due to
+ the GTK+2 library in use. If in this case either use the
+ older version 2.6 or wait for the up coming version 3.0
+ for the full GTK+3 support.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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