[gimp-help-2] Add an outline for future 'What's New in GIMP 2.10'
- From: Alexandre Prokoudine <aprokoudine src gnome org>
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- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:38 +0000 (UTC)
commit 3ecb066f01fb0e91a369633bd5ce60c43af7985c
Author: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>
Date: Fri Feb 10 02:58:23 2017 +0300
Add an outline for future 'What's New in GIMP 2.10'
Please do not translate just yet. But feel free to check
that tranlsation of v2.8 features description is preserved.
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+<?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-history-2-8">
+ <title>What's New in GIMP 2.8? </title>
+
+ <para>
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.8 is 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 complaints: 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.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>User Interface</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New single window mode</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ With this new feature it will be possible to work with all
+ the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> dialogs inside one big window,
+ usually with the image(s) centered inside. No more floating
+ panels or toolbox but the dialogs could be arranged inside
+ this single window. This mode could be enabled or disabled
+ all the time, even while working, and the option will be
+ remembered through the sessions.
+ </para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>The new look of the single window mode</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/single-window-mode.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New file save workflow</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/save-image-overwrite.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New image bar</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/multiple-image-tabs.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New arrangement options</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/multi-column-docks.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <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 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>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/painting-resources-tags.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <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>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Math size entries</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/math-size-entries.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Minor changes</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <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 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>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add support for F2 to rename items in lists.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Since the keyboard shortcuts
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
+ and
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
+ have been redirected to image export mechanisms, new
+ keyboard shortcuts have been setup for <quote>Shrink
+ Wrap</quote> and <quote>Fit Image in Window</quote>, namely
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>J</keycap></keycombo>
+ and
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>J</keycap></keycombo>
+ respectively.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Windows</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide
+ docks</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item that does what
+ <quote>Tab</quote> does and also displays its state, which
+ is now persistent across sessions, too.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ In multi-window mode, you can now close the Toolbox without
+ quitting GIMP.
+ </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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>Tools, Filters and Plug-ins</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>A new tool: Cage Transform</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ With this new tool is now possible to create custom bending
+ of a selection just moving control points.
+ This is the result of one of our Google Summer of Code 2010
+ students.
+ </para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Cage Transform</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/new-cage-tool.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Improved Text Tool</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/improved-text-tool.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New layer groups</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It is now possible to group set of layers and treat them
+ 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 existing layers to a group or to create / delete a
+ layer inside the group and it is even possible to create
+ 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>
+ <title>New layer groups</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/image-layer-groups.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Rotating brushes</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Brushes can now be rotated at will, acting on the brush
+ option <quote>Angle</quote>.
+ </para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Rotating brushes</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/rotating-brushes.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Minor changes</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The default Quick Mask color is now configurable.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The RTL mode (right to left writing) has been improved in the Text
+ tool.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added <quote>Rule of fifths</quote> crop guide overlay.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ Brush dynamics improved.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added plug-in for loading JPEG2000 images.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added plug-ins for X11 Mouse Cursor import and export
+ support.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added fundamental OpenRaster (.ora) import and export
+ support.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added RGB565 support to the csource plug-in.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added a new <quote>Create</quote> command that allows loading
+ a Web page directly into GIMP using Webkit.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>Under the Hood</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><acronym>GEGL</acronym></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <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 taken big
+ steps and now more than 90% of the task is already finished.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In addition to porting color operations to
+ <acronym>GEGL</acronym>, an experimental GEGL Operation tool
+ has been added, found in the Tools menu. It enables applying
+ <acronym>GEGL</acronym> operations to an image and it gives
+ on-canvas previews of the results. The screenshot below
+ shows this for a Gaussian Blur.
+ </para>
+ <figure>
+ <title><acronym>GEGL</acronym> operation</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/experimental-gegl-tool.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+
+ <term>Cairo porting</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/cairo-progress-indicator.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <title>Miscellaneous</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>License change</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The GIMP license has been changed to (L)GPLv3+.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New script API</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Backwards Compatibility</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+</sect1>
diff --git a/src/appendix/history.xml b/src/appendix/history.xml
index 74f55e5..e026ac7 100644
--- a/src/appendix/history.xml
+++ b/src/appendix/history.xml
@@ -206,4 +206,5 @@
<xi:include href="history-22.xml"/>
<xi:include href="history-24.xml"/>
<xi:include href="history-26.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="history-28.xml"/>
</appendix>
diff --git a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
index 7957fad..80e7cc6 100755
--- a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
+++ b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
@@ -7,560 +7,625 @@
2012-05-05 Marco: created
-->
<sect1 id="gimp-introduction-whats-new">
- <title>What's New in GIMP 2.8? </title>
+ <title>What's New in GIMP 2.10? </title>
<para>
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.8 is 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 complaints: 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.
+ FIXME: GEGL port, better UI, new tools, and more.
</para>
<variablelist>
- <title>User Interface</title>
-
+ <title>Major Changes</title>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>New single window mode</term>
+ <term>High Bit Depth Support</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- With this new feature it will be possible to work with all
- the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> dialogs inside one big window,
- usually with the image(s) centered inside. No more floating
- panels or toolbox but the dialogs could be arranged inside
- this single window. This mode could be enabled or disabled
- all the time, even while working, and the option will be
- remembered through the sessions.
+ FIXME: GEGL port, 16/32-bit, gamma/linear etc.
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>The new look of the single window mode</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/single-window-mode.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>New file save workflow</term>
+ <term>New Color Management Implementation</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- 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>
+ FIXME: all managed, new options
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/save-image-overwrite.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>New image bar</term>
+ <term>Major Filters Improvements</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- 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>
+ FIXME: lots of new filters, 32 bpc, on-canvas preview,
+ split preview
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/multiple-image-tabs.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>New arrangement options</term>
+ <term>Major Filters Improvements</term>
<listitem>
<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.
+ FIXME: lots of new filters, 32 bpc, on-canvas preview,
+ split preview
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Multi column docks</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/multi-column-docks.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>Improved User Interface</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term>New resources tags</term>
+ <term>New UI and icon themes</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 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.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Resource tags</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/painting-resources-tags.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Simple math in size entries</term>
+ <term>Action Search</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.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Math size entries</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/math-size-entries.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>Minor changes</term>
+ <term>Updated Preferences dialog</term>
<listitem>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>Better Layers Workflow</title>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New and Updated Layer Modes</term>
<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.
+ FIXME: Vivid Light, Hard Mix etc. New Overlay.
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>The new Lock Pixels option</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/image-lock-pixels.png"/>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 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>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add support for F2 to rename items in lists.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <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.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Since the keyboard shortcuts
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
- and
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
- have been redirected to image export mechanisms, new
- keyboard shortcuts have been setup for <quote>Shrink
- Wrap</quote> and <quote>Fit Image in Window</quote>, namely
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>J</keycap></keycombo>
- and
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>J</keycap></keycombo>
- respectively.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Windows</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide
- docks</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item that does what
- <quote>Tab</quote> does and also displays its state, which
- is now persistent across sessions, too.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 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>
- In multi-window mode, you can now close the Toolbox without
- quitting GIMP.
- </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.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New Layer Attributes</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME: New locks, Color tags. Compositing options.
+ Updated dialog.
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Copying Layer Data Across Projects</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
- <title>Tools, Filters and Plug-ins</title>
+ <title>New and Improved Tools</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term>A new tool: Cage Transform</term>
+ <term>New Unified Transform Tool</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- With this new tool is now possible to create custom bending
- of a selection just moving control points.
- This is the result of one of our Google Summer of Code 2010
- students.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Cage Transform</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/new-cage-tool.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>Improved Text Tool</term>
+ <term>New Warp Transform Tool</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The text tool has been enhanced to support on canvas text
- writing and make possible changing the attributes of a single char.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Improved text tool</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/improved-text-tool.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>New layer groups</term>
+ <term>New MyPaint Brush Tool</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- It is now possible to group set of layers and treat them
- 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 existing layers to a group or to create / delete a
- layer inside the group and it is even possible to create
- 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.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>New layer groups</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/image-layer-groups.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Rotating brushes</term>
+ <term>Improved Blend Tool</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Brushes can now be rotated at will, acting on the brush
- option <quote>Angle</quote>.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Rotating brushes</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/rotating-brushes.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Minor changes</term>
+ <term>Better Foreground Select Tool</term>
<listitem>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The default Quick Mask color is now configurable.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The RTL mode (right to left writing) has been improved in the Text
- tool.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added <quote>Rule of fifths</quote> crop guide overlay.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 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>
- Brush dynamics improved.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added plug-in for loading JPEG2000 images.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added plug-ins for X11 Mouse Cursor import and export
- support.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Improved support for languages using Input Method Engines</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added fundamental OpenRaster (.ora) import and export
- support.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Even More Improvements</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME: Align, Move, Select by Color, Fuzzy Select,
+ Intelligent Scissors, Bucket Fill, Color Picker.
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added RGB565 support to the csource plug-in.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>More Painting Features</title>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Added a new <quote>Create</quote> command that allows loading
- a Web page directly into GIMP using Webkit.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Canvas Rotation and Flipping</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Painting Symmetry</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Painting on transparent layers</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME: Painting with various blend modes on a transparent
+ layer. See Americo's posts on Google+.
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Color History</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
- <title>Under the Hood</title>
+ <title>Improved File Formats Support</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term><acronym>GEGL</acronym></term>
+ <term>Better Support for TIFF, PNG, PSD</term>
<listitem>
<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 taken big
- steps and now more than 90% of the task is already finished.
+ FIXME: 16/32-bit, layer modes in PSD etc.
</para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Basic OpenEXR Support</term>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- In addition to porting color operations to
- <acronym>GEGL</acronym>, an experimental GEGL Operation tool
- has been added, found in the Tools menu. It enables applying
- <acronym>GEGL</acronym> operations to an image and it gives
- on-canvas previews of the results. The screenshot below
- shows this for a Gaussian Blur.
+ FIXME: loading and exporting
</para>
- <figure>
- <title><acronym>GEGL</acronym> operation</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/experimental-gegl-tool.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
-
</varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
+ <term>Newly added WebP support</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME: static and animation, ICC profiles, metadata
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <term>Cairo porting</term>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New Raw Importer via darktable</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- 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.
+ FIXME
</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Progress indicator</title>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/cairo-progress-indicator.png"/>
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>Better Image Metadata Support</title>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>View Exif/XMP/IPTC metadata</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Read and save metadata in JPEG, TIFF, PNG</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
-
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term>License change</term>
+ <term>Improved remote file access</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The GIMP license has been changed to (L)GPLv3+.
+ FIXME
</para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>New script API</term>
-
+ <term>Wider configurability</term>
<listitem>
- <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>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Backwards Compatibility</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 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>
+ <term>Add undo/redo to many tools using the normal shortcuts</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Batch processing on multiple files</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>API changes</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FIXME
+ </para>
+<!-- <figure>
+ <title>FIXME</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="FIXME"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure> -->
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
<varlistentry>
<term>Known Problems</term>
<listitem>
@@ -572,7 +637,5 @@ url="http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Mindstorm:Preset_converter";>script</ulink>,
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
</sect1>
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