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[gimp-web/testing] Finish proofreading 2.10RC1 post

commit fe69842cab23e413e3c22d7f8c9cbafe1830d8a8
Author: Pat David <patdavid gmail com>
Date:   Mon Mar 26 23:13:59 2018 -0500

    Finish proofreading 2.10RC1 post

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--- a/content/news/2018-03-26_GIMP_2.10_RC1_Released/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2018-03-26_GIMP_2.10_RC1_Released/index.md
@@ -4,107 +4,82 @@ Category: News
 Authors: Wilber
 Slug: gimp-2-10-0-rc1-released
 Summary: GIMP 2.10.0-rc1: bugfixes, stability and polish
-Status: draft
 
-Newly released GIMP 2.10.0-RC1 is the first release candidate before GIMP
-2.10.0 stable release. With more than 750 commits since the 2.9.8
-development version mid-December, the focus has really been on getting the
-last details right.
+Newly released GIMP 2.10.0-RC1 is the first release candidate before the GIMP 2.10.0 stable release. With 
more than 750 commits since the 2.9.8 development version from mid-December, the focus has really been on 
getting the last details right.
+
+All the new features we added for this release are instrumental in either improving how GIMP handles system 
resources, or helping you to report bugs and recover lost data. For a complete list of changes please see 
[NEWS](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/NEWS).
 
-All the new features we added for this release are instrumental in either
-improving how GIMP handles system resources, or helping you to report bugs
-and recover lost data. For a complete list of changes please see
-[NEWS](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/NEWS).
 
 ## New features
+
 ### Dashboard dockable
 
-A new _Dashboard_ dock helps monitoring GIMP's resource usage to keep
-things in check, allowing you to make more educated decisions about various
-configuration options.
+A new _Dashboard_ dock helps with monitoring GIMP's resource usage to keep things in check, allowing you to 
make more educated decisions about various configuration options.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-dashboard.jpg" alt="Dashboard dock" width='950' height='685' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-dashboard.jpg" alt="Dashboard dock" width='950' height='685' />
 </figure>
 
-On developer side, it also helps us in debugging and profiling various
-operations or parts of the interface, which is important in our constant
-quest to improve GIMP and GEGL, and detect which parts are the biggest
-bottlenecks.
+On the developer side, it also helps us in debugging and profiling various operations or parts of the 
interface, which is important in our constant quest to improve GIMP and GEGL, and detect which parts are the 
biggest bottlenecks.
 
 The feature was contributed by _Ell_ — one of GIMP's most productive
 developers of late.
 
+
 ### Debug dialog
 
 What we consistently hear from users is that they have had zero GIMP
-crashes in years of using it. Still, as any software, it is not exempt
-from bugs, and unfortunately sometimes might even crash.
+crashes in years of using it. Still, as with any software, it is not exempt from bugs, and unfortunately 
sometimes might even crash.
 
-And while we encourage you to report all bugs you encounter, we do admit
-that producing useful information for a report can be difficult, and there
-is little we can do about a complaint that says _"GIMP crashed. I don't
-know what I was doing and I have no logs"_.
+While we encourage you to report all bugs you encounter, we do admit that producing useful information for a 
report can be difficult, and there is little we can do about a complaint that says _"GIMP crashed. I don't 
know what I was doing and I have no logs"_.
 
-So GIMP now ships with a built-in [debugging 
system](https://girinstud.io/news/2018/02/automatic-bug-report-stack-traces-gimp/) that gathers
-technical details on errors and crashes.
+So GIMP now ships with a built-in [debugging 
system](https://girinstud.io/news/2018/02/automatic-bug-report-stack-traces-gimp/) that gathers technical 
details on errors and crashes.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-bug-reporting.jpg" alt="Debug dialog to simplify bug reporting" 
width='914' height='662' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-bug-reporting.jpg" alt="Debug dialog to simplify bug reporting" 
width='914' height='662' />
 </figure>
 
-On development versions, the dialog will be raised on all kind of errors
-(even minor ones). On stable releases, it will be raised only during crashes.
-The default behavior can be customized in _Edit > Preferences >
-Debugging_.
+On development versions, the dialog will be raised on all kind of errors (even minor ones). On stable 
releases, it will be raised only during crashes. The default behavior can be customized in _Edit > 
Preferences > Debugging_.
 
-*Note: you are still expected to write down contextual information when
-you report bugs, i.e.: What were you doing when the bug happened? And if
-possible, step by step reproduction procedures are a must.*
+*Note: you are still expected to write down contextual information when you report bugs, i.e.: What were you 
doing when the bug happened? If possible, step by step reproduction procedures are a must.*
 
 The feature was contributed by _Jehan Pages_ from [ZeMarmot](https://film.zemarmot.net/) project.
 
+
 ### Image recovery after crash
 
-Now that the debugging system was in place to detect a crash, it was easy
-enough to add crash recovery. In case of a crash, GIMP will now attempt
-to backup all images with unsaved changes, then suggest to reopen them
-the next time you start the application.
+With the debugging system in place to detect a crash, it was easy enough to add crash recovery. In case of a 
crash, GIMP will now attempt to backup all images with unsaved changes, then suggest to reopen them the next 
time you start the application.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-crash-recovery.jpg" alt="Crash recovery dialog" width='914' 
height='507' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-crash-recovery.jpg" alt="Crash recovery dialog" width='914' height='507' 
/>
 </figure>
 
-This is not a 100%-guaranteed procedure, since a program state during
-a crash is unstable by nature, so backing up images might not always
-succeed. What matters is that it will succeed sometimes, and this might
-rescue your unsaved work!
+This is not a 100%-guaranteed procedure, since a program state during a crash is unstable by nature, so 
backing up images might not always succeed. What matters is that it will succeed sometimes, and this might 
rescue your unsaved work!
+
+This feature was also contributed by the _ZeMarmot_ project.
 
-This feature was also contributed by _ZeMarmot_ project.
 
 ### Shadows-Highlights
 
 This new filter is now available in GIMP in the _Colors_ menu thanks
-to the contribution by _Thomas Manni_ who created a likewise named GEGL
-operation.
+to a contribution by _Thomas Manni_ who created a likewise named GEGL operation.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-shadows-highlights.jpg" alt="Shadows-Highlights" width='950' 
height='685' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-shadows-highlights.jpg" alt="Shadows-Highlights" width='950' 
height='685' />
 </figure>
 
-The filter allows adjusting shadows and highlights in an image separately,
-with some options available. The implementation closely follows its
-counterpart in [darktable](https://www.darktable.org) digital photography software.
+The filter allows adjusting shadows and highlights in an image separately, with some options available. The 
implementation closely follows its counterpart in the [darktable](https://www.darktable.org) digital 
photography software.
+
+
 
 ## Completed features
+
 ### Layer masks on layer groups
 
-Masks on layer groups are finally possible! This work, started years ago,
-has finally been finalized by _Ell_. Group-layer masks work similarly
-to ordinary-layer masks, with the following considerations.
+Masks on layer groups are finally possible! This work, started years ago, has now been finalized by _Ell_. 
Group-layer masks work similarly to ordinary-layer masks, with the following considerations.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-mask-on-layer-group.jpg" alt="Mask on a layer group" width='950' 
height='685' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-mask-on-layer-group.jpg" alt="Mask on a layer group" width='950' 
height='685' />
 </figure>
 
 The group's mask size is the same as group's size (i.e., the
@@ -113,75 +88,58 @@ changes, the mask is cropped to the new size — areas of the mask
 that fall outside of the new bounds are discarded, and newly added
 areas are filled with black (and hence are transparent by default).
 
+
 ### JPEG 2000 support ported to OpenJPEG
 
-JPEG 2000 images importing was already supported, using the library called
-*Jasper*. Yet this library is now deprecated and slowly disappearing from
-most distributions. This is why we moved to [OpenJPEG](http://www.openjpeg.org/).
+JPEG 2000 images importing was already supported, using the library called *Jasper*. Yet this library is now 
deprecated and slowly disappearing from most distributions. This is why we moved to 
[OpenJPEG](http://www.openjpeg.org/).
 
-The port was initially started by _Mukund Sivaraman_. This has later
-been completed by _Darshan Kadu_, under the FSF internship program, and
-mentored by _Jehan_ who made the last polishing.
+The port was initially started by _Mukund Sivaraman_. It was later
+completed by _Darshan Kadu_, under the FSF internship program, and mentored by _Jehan_ who polished it up.
 
-In particular, now GIMP can properly import JPEG 2000 images in any bit
-depth (over 32-bit per channel will be clamped to 32-bit and
-non-multiple of 8-bit will be promoted, for instance 12-bit will end up
-as 16-bit per channel in GIMP). Images in `YCbCr` and `xvYCC` color spaces
-will be converted to `sRGB`.
+In particular, now GIMP can properly import JPEG 2000 images in any bit depth (over 32-bit per channel will 
be clamped to 32-bit and
+non-multiple of 8-bit will be promoted, for instance 12-bit will end up as 16-bit per channel in GIMP). 
Images in `YCbCr` and `xvYCC` color spaces will be converted to `sRGB`.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-j2k-importing.jpg" alt="Imported JPEG 2000 file" width='949' 
height='599' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-j2k-importing.jpg" alt="Imported JPEG 2000 file" width='949' 
height='599' />
 </figure>
 
-JPEG 2000 codestream files are also supported. Whereas color space can be
-detected for JPEG 2000 images, for codestream files you will be asked
-to specify the color space.
+JPEG 2000 codestream files are also supported. While color space can be detected for JPEG 2000 images, for 
codestream files you will be asked to specify the color space.
+
 
 ### Linear workflow updates
 
-_Curves_ and _Levels_ filters have been updated to have a switch between
-linear and perceptual (non-linear) modes, depending on which one you need.
+_Curves_ and _Levels_ filters have been updated to have a switch between linear and perceptual (non-linear) 
modes, depending on which one you need.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-curves-linear.jpg" alt="Curves in linear mode" width='965' 
height='642' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-curves-linear.jpg" alt="Curves in linear mode" width='965' height='642' 
/>
 </figure>
 
-You can apply _Levels_ in perceptual mode to a linear image, or _Curves_ in
-linear mode to a perceptual image — whichever suits you best for the task
-at hand.
+You can apply _Levels_ in perceptual mode to a linear image, or _Curves_ in linear mode to a perceptual 
image — whichever suits you best for the task at hand.
 
 The same switch in the _Histogram_ dock has been updated accordingly.
 
+
 ### Screenshot and color-picking
 
-**On Linux**, taking screenshots with the Freedesktop API has been implemented.
-This should become the preferred API in a hopefully close future, especially
-because it is meant to work inside sandboxed applications. Though for the time
-being, it is still not given priority because it lacks some basic features and
-is not color-managed in any implementation we know of, which makes it a
-regression compared to other implementations.
+**On Linux**, taking screenshots with the Freedesktop API has been implemented. This should become the 
preferred API in the hopefully near future, especially because it is meant to work inside sandboxed 
applications. Though for the time being, it is still not given priority because it lacks some basic features 
and
+is not color-managed in any implementation we know of, which makes it a regression compared to other 
implementations.
 
-**On Windows**, _Simon Mueller_ has improved the screenshot plug-in as
-well to handle hardware-accelerated software and multi-monitor displays.
+**On Windows**, _Simon Mueller_ has improved the screenshot plug-in to handle hardware-accelerated software 
and multi-monitor displays.
 
-**On macOS** finally, color picking with the Color dock is now
+**On macOS**, color picking with the Color dock is now
 color-managed.
 
+
 ### Metadata preferences
 
-Settings were added for metadata export handling in "Image Import &
-Export" page of the _Preferences_ dialog. By default, the settings are
-checked, which means that GIMP will export all metadata, but you can uncheck
-them (in particular since metadata can often contain a lot of sensitive
-private information).
+Settings were added for metadata export handling in the "Image Import & Export" page of the _Preferences_ 
dialog. By default, the settings are checked, which means that GIMP will export all metadata, but you can 
uncheck them (since metadata can often contain a lot of sensitive private information).
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-metadata-preservation.png" alt="Metadata preservation" width='914' 
height='380' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-metadata-preservation.png" alt="Metadata preservation" width='914' 
height='380' />
 </figure>
 
-Note that these options can also be changed per format ("Load Defaults"
-and "Save Defaults" button), and of course per file during exporting,
-just like any other option.
+Note that these options can also be changed per format ("Load Defaults" and "Save Defaults" button), and of 
course per file during exporting, just like any other option.
+
 
 ### Lock brush to view
 
@@ -189,27 +147,27 @@ GIMP finally gives you a choice whether you want a brush locked to
 a certain zoom level and rotation angle of the canvas.
 
 <figure>
-    <img src="{filename}gimp-2-10-rc1-lock-brush-to-view.jpg" alt="Lock brush to view demo" width='950' 
height='568' />
+    <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-rc1-lock-brush-to-view.jpg" alt="Lock brush to view demo" width='950' 
height='568' />
 </figure>
 
-The option is available for all painting tools that use a brush except
-for the MyPaint Brush tool.
+The option is available for all painting tools that use a brush except for the MyPaint Brush tool.
+
 
 ### Missing icons
 
 8 new icons were added by _Alexandre Prokoudine_, _Aryeom Han_
 (*ZeMarmot* film director), and _Ell_.
 
+
 ### Various GUI refining
 
 Many last-minute details have been handled, such as renaming the
-composite modes to be more descriptive, shortened color channel labels
-with their conventional 1- or 2-letter abbreviations, color models
-rearranged in the Color dock, and much more!
+composite modes to be more descriptive, shortened color channel labels with their conventional 1- or 
2-letter abbreviations, color models rearranged in the Color dock, and much more!
+
 
 ## Translations
 
-String freeze has started and GIMP received updates from:
+String freeze has started and GIMP has received updates from:
 Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Danish,
 Esperanto, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian,
 Japanese, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish,
@@ -217,59 +175,32 @@ Swedish, Turkish.
 
 The Windows installer is now also localized with gettext.
 
+
 ## GEGL changes
 
-The [GEGL](http://gegl.org/) library now used by GIMP for all image processing,
-has received numerous updates.
+The [GEGL](http://gegl.org/) library now used by GIMP for all image processing has also received numerous 
updates.
 
-Most importantly, all scaling for display is now done on linear data. This
-produces more accurate scaled-down thumbnails and more valid results of mipmap
-computations. GIMP 2.10.0-RC1 doesn't use mipmaps yet, but it definitely will
-further down the line.
+Most importantly, all scaling for display is now done on linear data. This produces more accurate 
scaled-down thumbnails and more valid results of mipmap computations. GIMP 2.10.0-RC1 doesn't use mipmaps 
yet, but it will further down the line.
 
-More work has been done to improve performance of GEGL across many parts of
-the source code. Improvements to pixel data fetching and setting functions have
-led to performance boosts across many GEGL operations (in particular, Gaussian
-blur), and for some performance-critical display cases performance should have
-improved two- to three-fold since the release in December 2017.
+More work has been done to improve performance of GEGL across many parts of the source code. Improvements to 
pixel data fetching and setting functions have led to performance boosts across many GEGL operations (in 
particular, Gaussian blur), and for some performance-critical display cases, performance should have improved 
two- to three-fold since the release in December 2017.
+
+There are 5 new operations in the workshop now. Among those, _enlarge_ and _inpaint_ are part of the new 
experimental inpainting framework by _Øyvind Kolås_, _domain transform_ by _Felipe Einsfeld Kersting_ is an 
edge-preserving smoothing filter, and _recursive-transform_ is _Ell's_ take on the famous [Droste 
effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect).
 
-There are 5 new operations in the workshop now. Among those, _enlarge_ and
-_inpaint_ are parts of the new experimental inpainting framework by _Øyvind
-Kolås_, _domain transform_ by _Felipe Einsfeld Kersting_ is an edge-preserving
-smoothing filter, and _recursive-transform_ is _Ell's_ take on the famous
-[Droste effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect).
 
 ## Helping GIMP
 
-We'd like to remind you that GIMP is free software. Therefore the first way
-to help is to contribute your time. You can report bugs and send patches,
-whether they are code patches, icons, brushes, documentation, translations,
-etc.
+We'd like to remind you that GIMP is free software. Therefore the first way to help is to contribute your 
time. You can report bugs and send patches, whether they are code patches, icons, brushes, documentation, 
tutorials, translations, etc.
 
 In this release for instance, about 15% of changes were done by
 non-regular contributors.
 
-You can also contribute tutorials or news for our website, as _Patrick
-David_ explained it so well in his talk [*Why the GIMP Team Obviously
-Hates You*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AemoQzCFHpc). _Patrick
-David_ is himself one of GIMP important contributors on the community
-side (and he is also the one who created our current website [back in
-2015](https://www.gimp.org/news/2015/11/22/20-years-of-gimp-release-of-gimp-2816/#new-website)).
-
-Last but not least, we remind that you can contribute financially in a
-few ways. You can [donate to the project itself](https://www.gimp.org/donating/),
-or you can support the core team developers who raise funds
-individually, in particular [_Øyvind Kolås_](https://www.patreon.com/pippin)
-for his work on GEGL, GIMP graphics engine, and [_ZeMarmot_ project](https://film.zemarmot.net/en/donate)
-(_Aryeom & Jehan_) for their work on GIMP itself (about 35% of this
-release is contributed by their project).
+You can also contribute tutorials or news for our website, as _Pat David_ explained so well in his talk 
[*Why the GIMP Team Obviously Hates You*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AemoQzCFHpc). 
+_Pat David_ is himself one of important GIMP contributors on the community side (and he is also the one who 
created our current website [back in 
2015](https://www.gimp.org/news/2015/11/22/20-years-of-gimp-release-of-gimp-2816/#new-website)).
+
+Last but not least, we remind that you can contribute financially in a few ways. You can [donate to the 
project itself](https://www.gimp.org/donating/), or you can support the core team developers who raise funds 
individually, in particular [_Øyvind Kolås_](https://www.patreon.com/pippin) for his work on GEGL, GIMP 
graphics engine, and [_ZeMarmot_ project](https://film.zemarmot.net/en/donate) (_Aryeom & Jehan_) for their 
work on GIMP itself (about 35% of this release is contributed by their project).
 
 ## What's Next
 
-This is the last stretch before making the final GIMP 2.10.0 release. There are
-a few more changes planned before we wrap it up. For instance, [_Americo Gobbo_](http://americogobbo.com.br/)
-is working (with minor help from _ZeMarmot_) on improving our default brush
-set. His work will be available either in another release candidate (if we
-make another one) or in the final release.
+This is the last stretch before the final GIMP 2.10.0 release. There are a few more changes planned before 
we wrap it up. For instance, [_Americo Gobbo_](http://americogobbo.com.br/) is working (with minor help from 
_ZeMarmot_) on improving our default brush set. His work will be available either in another release 
candidate (if we make another one) or in the final release.
 
-We are currently 12 blocker bugs away from making the final release. We'll do our best to make it quick!
+We are currently **12 blocker bugs** away from making the final release. We'll do our best to make it quick!
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