[gimp-web] 2.10.20: some content for release notes, more to follow



commit fc2d6e81e379163cd90315c9905cf7dec26b117d
Author: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>
Date:   Mon Jun 8 03:44:07 2020 +0300

    2.10.20: some content for release notes, more to follow

 .../2020/2020-06_GIMP-2.10.20_Released/index.md    | 68 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
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--- a/content/news/2020/2020-06_GIMP-2.10.20_Released/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2020/2020-06_GIMP-2.10.20_Released/index.md
@@ -25,44 +25,82 @@ Release highlights:
 
 # Toolbox updates 
 
+We've listened to users' feedback on introducing tool groups in the toolbox in the previous release. A lot 
of people told us they appreciated the change in general but were quite averse to having to click to open the 
list of tools in a group. So now you only need to hover the tool group to let the list of its tools slide 
out. This is the new default behavior. You can still switch to clicking to open the list, the setting is on 
the _Toolbox_ page of the _Preferences_ dialog.
+
+Additionally, when 'Show on click' is enabled, the every tool group will list other tools in that group in 
the tooltip.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-20-toolbox-tooltip.png" 
+alt="List of tools in a tool group"/>
+</figure>
+
+# Basic non-destructive cropping
+
+GIMP now provides a kind of a non-destructive cropping behavior by default. Instead of deleting pixels that 
you cropped out and thus changing both the layer and the canvas, it will simply resize the canvas. If you 
export such an image, the resulted file will only have what you see within canvas boundaries.
+
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}FIXME.jpg" 
 alt="FIXME"/>
 </figure>
 
-# Non-destructive cropping
+The benefit of that is (at least) threefold:
+
+- You can revert to the original uncropped version by going to `Image -> Fit Canvas to Layers`. None of your 
edits between cropping and uncropping will disappear.
+- If you save your project as an XCF file, you can close the file and even quit GIMP and still be able to 
remove cropping and then crop differently at any time later. 
+- When you are on the fence about your cropping decision, you can view pixels that you cropped out by going 
to `View -> Show All`.
+
+If you want the old "destructive" behavior back, simply tick the 'Delete cropped pixels' checkbox in _Crop_ 
tool's settings.
+
+# New and improved filters
+
+The _Vignette_ filter now has on-canvas controls to visually manipulate the geometry of the vignette rather 
than enter numeric values in a dialog.
+
+Whichever vignette shape you pick, you will always have control for the inner area that stays unchanged, the 
border of the vignette where pixels stop changing, and the medium point between the two. Dragging the mouse 
pointer anywhere outside of the outer control will result in rotating the vignette shape.
+
+In addition, there are two new shapes,  'Horizontal' and 'Vertical'.
 
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}FIXME.jpg" 
 alt="FIXME"/>
 </figure>
 
-# New and improved filters
+There are three new filters all related to imitating out-of-focus blur.
 
-<div class='fluid-video'>
-<video width="1280" height="720" controls>
-  <source src="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/video/v2.10/gimp-2-10-20-FIXME.mp4"; type="video/mp4">
-  <source src="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/video/v2.10/gimp-2-10-20-FIXME.webm"; type="video/webm">
-Your browser does not support the video tag.
-</video>
-</div>
+_Variable Blur_ takes a layer or channel as an input mask to decide which pixels should be blurred (at what 
percentage of user-defined maximum blur intensity) and what pixels should stay unchanged, and then blurs 
pixels with Gaussian Blur.
 
-# Better PSD support
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}FIXME.jpg" 
+alt="FIXME"/>
+</figure>
+
+_Lens Blur_ does the same but provides a far more realistic imitation of the out-of-focus blur, including 
the partial occlusion of sharp foreground objects by highlights blurred in the background. You also have 
control of how much highlights are affected.
 
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}FIXME.jpg" 
 alt="FIXME"/>
 </figure>
 
-# Bug fixes
+_Focus Blur_ provides a simple user interface to out-of-focus blurring using the same on-canvas controls 
that the updated _Vignette_ filter has. You can choose between _Gaussian Blur_ and _Lens Blur_ as blurring 
methods.
 
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}FIXME.jpg" 
 alt="FIXME"/>
 </figure>
 
+# Better PSD support
+
+When we released v2.10.0, we sort of forgot checking if GIMP actually exports 16-bit PSD files. This has 
been fixed now.
+
+In addition, we fixed the bug where GIMP would load and write channels in PSD in the wrong order.
+
+# Misc changes
+
+FIXME
+
 # GEGL and babl
 
+FIXME
+
 <figure>
 <img src="{attach}FIXME.jpg" 
 alt="FIXME"/>
@@ -70,7 +108,13 @@ alt="FIXME"/>
 
 # What's next
 
-FIXME 2.99.2
+We are wrapping up the development in the `master` branch for v2.99.2, the first unstable release in the 
2.99 series leading up to v3.0 some time in the future.
+
+We know that this release is anticipated by various demographics of our users, from people doing digital 
painting (you can hotplug a graphic tablet now) to photographers using a 4K display (the icon size is right 
for them now) to people generally wishing to drop GTK2 and Python 2 from their operating systems.
+
+Having said that, there is a warning to make as well.
+
+While we are looking forward to feedback and bug reports, we do not recommend upcoming v2.99.2 for use in 
production. There are both improvements and regressions from the 2.10.x series. Full details will be 
published when the release is out (soon).
 
 For the time being, don't forget you can [donate to the project and personally
 fund several GIMP developers](https://www.gimp.org/donating/), as a way to give


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