[gimp-web] Some small updates on the 2.10.24 news.
- From: Jehan <jehanp src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-web] Some small updates on the 2.10.24 news.
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:39:13 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1e06bd604e9c3a12ada41e46889bf0ff5f238746
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date: Sun Mar 28 19:38:36 2021 +0200
Some small updates on the 2.10.24 news.
.../2021/2021-03_GIMP-2.10.24_Released/index.md | 21 +++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2021/2021-03_GIMP-2.10.24_Released/index.md
b/content/news/2021/2021-03_GIMP-2.10.24_Released/index.md
index cdc5b130..1ba303ee 100644
--- a/content/news/2021/2021-03_GIMP-2.10.24_Released/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2021/2021-03_GIMP-2.10.24_Released/index.md
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ The GPS data is also handled a bit better with more precision, tooltips
and better formatting.
There are still a lot of improvements to be made in the metadata area
-though we are probably on the right path.
+though we are probably on the right path. This part of the development
+is not as visible as other, yet this is very time-consuming and
+thankless groundwork while being useful to anyone who needs good
+metadata support so we'd like to thank Jacob Boerema who has worked
+tirelessly on this for months.
# File formats
## GeoTIFF
@@ -75,10 +79,11 @@ Ruthra Kumar and a review by the core team. All this within 2 months.
And now GIMP is able to import and export back the GeoTIFF tags. Note
that no semantic logics is implemented, i.e. that GIMP can only export
-what it imported. It will not tweak the metadata contents for you. In
-particular since it contains georeferencing data, some type of image
-transform could make the data meaningless. This is up to you to know
-what the data references and how to keep its meaning.
+what it imported (the checkbox will only be sensitive on export if there
+was GeoTIFF metadata on import). It will not tweak the metadata contents
+for you. In particular since it contains georeferencing data, some type
+of image transform could make the data meaningless. This is up to you to
+know what the data references and how to keep its meaning.
<figure>
<img src="{attach}gimp-2.10.24-save-geotiff.png" alt="Save GeoTIFF metadata as imported - GIMP 2.10.24"/>
@@ -91,6 +96,10 @@ This nice little story shows once again a power of Free Software, which
is before all a software made by yourself. Anyone who contributes is
part of the GIMP team! 🤗
+*Note: the sharpest mind may have realized the feature was available in
+the development release 2.99.4. Yet we add the description for 2.10.24
+because this is the first stable release featuring GeoTIFF support.*
+
## Improved support for many image formats
Similarly to our [previous stable
@@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ our file format plug-ins received a lot of love.
# New translation
-GIMP is now available in one more language: Kabyle. This is still an
+GIMP is now available in one more language: **Kabyle**. This is still an
early translation as only [18% of the stable branch is
translated](https://l10n.gnome.org/languages/kab/gnome-gimp/ui/) so far
(and 32% of the development branch!) yet we can already thank these new
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