[gimp-web/testing] 2.10.8: tiny text tweaks
- From: Alexandre Prokoudine <aprokoudine src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-web/testing] 2.10.8: tiny text tweaks
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 21:04:24 +0000 (UTC)
commit a503f90983f2d4a36863a94d96c140956f243900
Author: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>
Date: Mon Oct 1 00:03:50 2018 +0300
2.10.8: tiny text tweaks
content/news/2018-09_GIMP-2.10.8_Released/index.md | 39 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/content/news/2018-09_GIMP-2.10.8_Released/index.md
b/content/news/2018-09_GIMP-2.10.8_Released/index.md
index 3d962019..77455579 100644
--- a/content/news/2018-09_GIMP-2.10.8_Released/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2018-09_GIMP-2.10.8_Released/index.md
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ Summary: GIMP 2.10.8 released, bug fixes and optimizations
Status: draft
Though GIMP updated policy allows cool new features in micro releases,
-we also take pride on the stability of our software, so that you can
-edit images while feeling safe for your work.
-GIMP 2.10.8 is in this spirit, mostly the result of dozens of bug fixes
-and optimizations.
+we also take pride on the stability of our software, so that you could
+edit images feeling that your work is safe. In this spirit, GIMP 2.10.8
+is mostly the result of dozens of bug fixes and optimizations.
<figure>
-<img src="{attach}wilber-co-Aryeom_stability.png" alt="Stable GIMP, Wilber and co"/>
+<img src="{attach}wilber-co-Aryeom_stability.png" alt="Stable GIMP, Wilber and Co."/>
<figcaption>
<em>Wilber and Co.</em> strip, by <a href="https://girinstud.io/">Aryeom and Jehan</a>, 2013
</figcaption>
@@ -25,33 +24,33 @@ responsiveness of GIMP on less powerful machines whereas processing
would end up faster on more powerful ones.
Moreover various tools have been added to generate performance logs,
-which will allow us to optimize even more GIMP in the future.
-As most recent optimizations of GIMP, these are the results of Ell
+which will allow us to optimize GIMP even more in the future.
+As most recent optimizations of GIMP, these are the results of Ell's
awesomeness. Thanks Ell!
In the meantime, various bugs have been fixed, for instance in
`wavelet-decompose`, for the new vertical text feature (including text
-along path), in selection tools, and so on. Moreover on Windows, we
-improved RawTherapee detection (for RawTherapee 5.5 and over), working
-in sync with the developers of this very nice RAW processing software.
-And much much more fixes, here and there…
+along path), in selection tools, and so on. On Windows, we also improved
+RawTherapee detection (for RawTherapee 5.5 and over), working in sync
+with the developers of this very nice RAW processing software.
+And many, many more fixes, here and there…
-The Save dialog also got a bit of retouching as it shows now more
+The Save dialog also got a bit of retouching as it now shows more
prominently the features preventing backward compatibility (in case you
-wish to send images to someone using an older GIMP). Of course, we want
-to stress that we absolutely recommend to always use the last version of
-GIMP. But life is what it is, so we know that sometimes you have no
-choices. Now it will be easier to make your XCF backward compatible
-(which means of course that some new features must not be used).
+wish to send images to someone using an older version of GIMP). Of course,
+we want to stress that we absolutely recommend to always use the latest
+version of GIMP. But life is what it is, so we know that sometimes you
+have no choice. Now it will be easier to make your XCF backward compatible
+(which means, of course, that some new features must not be used).
<figure>
<img src="{attach}save-dialog-compatibility-list.jpg" alt="Compatibility issues in Save dialog"/>
<figcaption>
-Save dialog shows compatibility issues when relevant
+Save dialog shows compatibility issues when applicable
</figcaption>
</figure>
-Finally on GEGL side, a new buffer iterator API was added, and GIMP code
+Finally on the GEGL side, a new buffer iterator API was added, and GIMP code
has been ported to this improved interface.
See also the [NEWS][] file for more, and the [commit history][] for even
@@ -60,4 +59,4 @@ more details.
[NEWS]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/blob/c6f1196721d9e8d1179a09d91557656895e6086d/NEWS#L11
[commit history]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/commits/gimp-2-10
-We wish you a lot of fun with GIMP, as it becomes stabler everyday!
+We wish you a lot of fun with GIMP, as it becomes stabler every day!
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