[gimp-web/testing] 2.10.10: minor grammar changes

[Pat David <patdavid src gnome org>]

commit 1f5eda19bb31c7763f42c189c7606d6b4698b8ac
Author: Pat David <patdavid gmail com>
Date:   Sun Apr 7 12:02:45 2019 -0500

    2.10.10: minor grammar changes

 .../news/2019-04_GIMP-2.10.10_Released/index.md    | 69 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2019-04_GIMP-2.10.10_Released/index.md 
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index 400468b9..5e8faae6 100644
--- a/content/news/2019-04_GIMP-2.10.10_Released/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2019-04_GIMP-2.10.10_Released/index.md
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ Authors: Wilber
 Slug: gimp-2-10-10-released
 Summary: GIMP 2.10.10 released: colors are hard!
 
-No updates for a few months, but the reward is here: a lot of nice new
-features, optimizations and stability fixes in this release!
+We haven't had any updates for a few months but the wait is hopefully
+worth it!  We've got many nice new features, optimizations, and stability
+fixes in this release!
 
-Version 2.10.10 highlights are:
+Version 2.10.10 highlights include:
 
 * Line art detection in the _Bucket Fill_ tool for comic artists
 * Various usability improvements in transformation tools
@@ -18,13 +19,14 @@ Version 2.10.10 highlights are:
 * On-canvas layer selection
 * Faster saving/exporting and layer groups rendering
 * Initial DDS support
-* Many improvements in GEGL, the image processing engine
+* Many improvements in [GEGL](https://gegl.org), the image processing engine
+
 
 # Notable improvements
 ## Improved tools
 ### Bucket Fill tool
 
-The _Bucket Fill_ tool got a bit of revamping making it much easier to
+The _Bucket Fill_ tool got a bit of a revamp making it much easier to
 use. It also got a new "*Fill by line art detection*" mode (a.k.a.
 "Smart Colorization")!
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ use. It also got a new "*Fill by line art detection*" mode (a.k.a.
 </figcaption>
 </figure>
 
+
 #### Quick Color picking
 
 Similarly to painting tools, it is now possible to pick surrounding
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ zones.
 
 This feature, originated from the [G'MIC](https://gmic.eu/) plug-in as a
 [research paper](https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01891876), was
-contributed by Jehan as a work of the
+contributed by Jehan as work for the 
 [IMAGE](https://www.greyc.fr/?page_id=443&lang=en) team of the
 [GREYC](https://www.greyc.fr/?page_id=1342&lang=en)
 laboratory (French Research Lab, affiliated to the
@@ -78,16 +81,16 @@ post](https://girinstud.io/news/2019/02/smart-colorization-in-gimp/).
 
 Ell improved various shortcomings on several transformation tools:
 
-* The _Scale_ tool now scales around the center, even when using numeric
+* The _Scale_ tool now scales from the center, even when using numeric
   input.
-* The Unified Transform tool defaults to preserving aspect ratio
+* The Unified Transform tool defaults to preserving the aspect ratio
   when scaling up or down.
 * New "Constrain handles" and "Around center" options to the
   _Perspective Transform_ tool's GUI, which are similar to the
   corresponding options of the _Unified Transform_ tool.
 * New "Readjust" button in several transformation tools to readjust
   transform handles based on the current zoom level.
-* TODO: linking/unlinking of normal/corrective modes
+* TODO: linking/unlinking of normal/corrective modes.
 
 <p>
 <video width="992" height="720" controls>
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ intact.
 The _Clone_ tool already had the "Sample merged" option. It has been
 updated to also work similarly.
 
-These changes are important for manipulating images without touching
+These changes are important for manipulating images without modifying
 original pixels in a non-destructive fashion.
 
 ## Better brushes
@@ -139,21 +142,21 @@ in a near future!
 
 ### Open as Image
 
-The "Brushes" dockable now provides an "Open brush as image" button to
-quickly open a brush file, hence allowing easier brush edits.
+The "Brushes" dock now provides an "Open brush as image" button to
+quickly open a brush file, allowing easier brush edits.
 
 ## On-canvas layer selection
 
-Anyone working with a lot of layers has experienced sometimes the
+Anyone working with a lot of layers has sometimes experienced the
 frustration of not finding a layer in the list, even though you see its
 pixels in front of your eyes.
 
 Jehan implemented a new generic canvas modifier `Alt + middle click`
-allowing to pick layers by clicking on pixels. The available layers will
-be looped through (starting from the upper one) while `Alt` key is hold
+allowing layers to be picked by clicking on pixels. The available layers will
+be looped through (starting from the upper one) while the `Alt` key is held
 and the picked layer name will be temporarily displayed in the status
-bar. The interaction choices also heavily benefited from inputs of
-Aryeom, from *ZeMarmot* project.
+bar. The interaction choices heavily benefited from input by
+Aryeom, from the *ZeMarmot* project.
 
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-10-layer-selection.webp" alt="Layer picking with Alt+middle click"/>
@@ -165,19 +168,19 @@ Aryeom, from *ZeMarmot* project.
 ## Faster and safer GIMP
 
 As usual, many bugs were fixed and a lot of optimizations were made to
-existing part of the code, among them these 2 improvements are
+existing part of the code. Of them these 2 improvements are
 particularly noteworthy:
 
 ### Saving and exporting safer
 
-Various parts of code where file-writing occured were made more
+Various parts of the file-writing code were made more
 robust by not overwriting the file when an error occured. In particular
 XCF saving and exporting to various image formats should be safer now.
 
 ### Layer groups rendered faster
 
 Layer groups are now rendered in bigger chunks rather than tile-by-tile
-(which used to pretty much eliminate multithreading for groups), which
+(this used to pretty much eliminate multithreading for groups), which
 improves the rendering speed.
 
 ## Plug-ins
@@ -189,14 +192,14 @@ of the GIMP core plug-ins, allowing GIMP to load or export DDS files out
 of the box.
 
 It is to be noted though that **we are still looking for an active
-maintainer for this plug-in** if you want to see it improving since
+maintainer for this plug-in** if you want to see it improved since
 we only fixed the minimum to get it up-to-date. If you want to step up, [we welcome
-patches](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/tree/master/plug-ins/file-dds).
+patches](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/tree/master/plug-ins/file-dds)!
 
 ### Rewritten Spyrogimp plug-in
 
 Elad Shahar, original author of the Spyrogimp plug-in rewrote it from
-scratch completely, with more options and automatic preview (by drawing
+scratch completely, with more options and an automatic preview (by drawing
 directly on a temporary layer, not as a GEGL preview).
 
 <figure>
@@ -206,8 +209,8 @@ directly on a temporary layer, not as a GEGL preview).
 </figcaption>
 </figure>
 
-The old plug-in is still available, in particular as its API may be used
-by existing scripts, yet is not available in menus anymore as it is
+The old plug-in is still available, as its API may be used
+by existing scripts, but is not available in the menus anymore as it is
 replaced by the new version.
 
 ## Filters
@@ -230,7 +233,7 @@ non-destructive image manipulation.
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}gegl-editor-1.jpg" alt="GEGL editor (1)"/>
 <figcaption>
-<em>The `gegl` binary features a reworked graphical editor</em>
+<em>The <code>gegl</code> binary features a reworked graphical editor</em>
 </figcaption>
 </figure>
 
@@ -257,10 +260,14 @@ While not done yet, this work goes towards adding first-class CMYK support to
 GIMP.
 
 Behind the scenes, this release saw various bug fixes and performance
-improvements, including a refactoring of the parallelization framework, swap
-tile-compression, and the removal of the deprecated iterator API, as well as
-interesting new operations in the workshop, and improvements to existing
-operations.
+improvements, including: 
+
+* refactoring of the parallelization framework
+* swap tile-compression
+* removal of the deprecated iterator API
+* new operations in the workshop
+* improvements to existing operations
+
 See the [GEGL relase notes](http://gegl.org/NEWS.html#_gegl_0_4_14_2019_03_01)
 for more information.
 
@@ -271,7 +278,7 @@ cherry-picking: commits
 
 # What's next
 
-Work on GIMP codebase is still going hard, not only for the stable GIMP
+Work on GIMP codebase is still going strong, not only for the stable GIMP
 2.10.x branch, but also on the master branch with GTK+3 port. Hopefully
 we will soon have some nice things to announce on this less visible side
 of the development!