[gimp-web/testing] 2018 report: final draft
- From: Alexandre Prokoudine <aprokoudine src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-web/testing] 2018 report: final draft
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:34:49 +0000 (UTC)
commit dfe515109d9ccbee19bbaa2dbf44df131c5e63a1
Author: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>
Date: Thu Dec 27 15:34:46 2018 +0000
2018 report: final draft
content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md b/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md
index 67e93b0a..11812d37 100644
--- a/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Date: 2018-12-28
Category: News
Authors: Alexandre Prokoudine
Slug: gimp-and-gegl-in-2018
-Summary: FIXME
+Summary: We are looking back at 2018 and then forward to outline future work on GIMP, GEGL, and babl.
Status: draft
We are looking back at 2018 and then forward to outline future work on GIMP,
@@ -49,7 +49,16 @@ much leaner code base. This means a lot still needs to change. The majority of
changes here was contributed by GIMP maintainer Michael Natterer.
**Usability.** There have been numerous fixes to address various usability
-issues in GIMP.
+issues in GIMP. We eliminated duplicated file type selector in the exporting
+dialog, added an explanation for why a file might not be entirely readabale in
+older versions of GIMP, and fixed quite a few other things.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="https://www.gimp.org/news/2018/11/08/gimp-2-10-8-released/save-dialog-compatibility-list.jpg"
alt="Compatibility warning"/>
+<figcaption>
+<em>Compatibility warning</em>
+</figcaption>
+</figure>
**Smart colorization.** This major new feature greatly simplifies filling inked
sketches with color, where areas are not completely closed. It was added by
@@ -65,8 +74,8 @@ Jehan Pagès, with contributions from Ell, and will be available in GIMP 2.10.10
**Performance and async jobs.** There are several attack vectors towards subpar
performance of GIMP. Ell fixed some of the big issues by introducing async
operations like lazy loading of fonts (which effectively fixed the long startup
-times for GIMP on Windows), and the moved all async logic over to GEGL. Both Ell
-and Øyvind Kolås contributed to improving performance of downscaling with
+times for GIMP on Windows), and then moved all async logic over to GEGL. Both
+Ell and Øyvind Kolås contributed to improving performance of downscaling with
bilinear and bicubic samplers and other aspects of GEGL.
**Space invasion.** GIMP used to have the sRGB color space hardcoded into all
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