              synfigstudio releases

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 0.63.05 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.63.05") - April 09, 2012 - Feaures, bug fixes.

 * Fix bug ID: 3486075. Add new panel on Preferences Dialog ('Render') and include one option for separator string on image sequence render. Default is a dot '.'.
 * Fix bug  ID: 3486412 Shortcut inconsistence.
 * Fix typos and misspelling on various messages. Patch thanks to Bertrand Gregoire
 * Fix bug 3512887: Crash when drag and drop panels on OSX Lion
 * Fix bug 3475624: Startup crash on Ubuntu 12.04. Patch thanks to Denis Washington (denis_w)
 * Fix bug: Warning dialogs hangs if the message is to long. It uses a scrolled window when needed.
 * Fix bug ID: 3486723: Info Panel not updated when Guides dragged to Canvas WindowInfo.
 * Fix bug: When grid size is negative, use its positive value.
 * Rework of the Preview window (thanks to Yu Chen aka jcome):
 ** Artwork content can be zoomed in/out
 ** Add a zoom widget, so that user can change zoom factor from a dropdown list to select a factor or type the a specified value the user prefers
 ** Scrollbars are size of artwork content and window sensitived now
 ** Toolbar can be hidden to have a simpler UI
 ** A set of accelerator keys (hard-coded at the moment):
    a) a-prev frame, s-play/pause, d-next frame,
    b) h-show/hide toolbar
    c) 1,2,3,4,5 mapped to zoom factors: 25%, 50% ,100%, 200%, Fit
 ** Dark background for preview window (hard-coded at the moment)
 ** Rewording some UI strings
 * New Outline Grow parameter on Paste Canvas layer. For inline canvases it increases (decreases) the width of the children layers by a exponential factor.
 * Support for load Gimp palettes. Patch thanks to Bretrand Gregoire.
 * Improve constrast on color sliders for Color Edit and Gradient Edit widgets. Patch thanks to Bertrand Gregoire
 * Rename icon source from zoom to scale. Patch thanks to Bertrand Gregoire

 0.63.04 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.63.04") - February 08, 2012 - Features, bug fixes.

  * Fix bug 3472549. When editing the parameter don't parse the keyboard shortcuts.
  * Fix several bugs in the Groups Panel
  * Allow Loop and Unloop actions when value description is a Tangent of a BLine Point.
  * Allow merge and split tangents when using a tangent as value node.
  * Allow split/merge tangents loop/unloop bline and delete vertex every where possible in the BLine Tool.
  * Include any of the sub parameters of the Composite Value Node to the candidates of remove multiple items smart.
  * Allow remove item smart when a child of a composite value node is selected and the composite is child of a dynamic list.
  * Redesign of the preview window updating the slider widget, adding new start/stop button and a new toggle loop button. Close button for Gnome 3 users is also included.

 0.63.03 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.63.03") - December 05, 2011 - Features, bug fixes.

  * Use Widget::Distance for feather spin button on Draw Tool options.
  * Enable tool tips for Tool Options dialogue buttons.
  * Make Draw Tool options greyed when not usable.
  * Full support to create Advanced Outlines with the Draw Tool. Stylus pressure used.
  * Widthpoint position duck shows a text with its value when mouse hovers.
  * Don't stretch button in file selection widget. Use shorter text. Patch by Konstantin Dmitriev
  * Fix bug https://pivotaltracker.com/story/show/18136743: BLine linked objects get wrong initial position
  * Use Gtk::Tooltip instead of deprecated Gtk::Tooltips. This fully fix tooltips for Layer parameter panel.
  * When modify a value that has a waypoint at the current time, don't modify its interpolations, only the value.
  * Widhtpoint position duck now allows 'Edit Waypoint' contextual menu.
  * Add feature to delete multiple vertices at the same time on blines and other list types.
  * Enum Widget allows icons now. Add icons to Default Interpolation widget.
  * Insert Item smart is allowed now over empty lists.
  * Fix bug #1863133: Metadata doesn't work.
  * Update for all the languages.
  * Update on the splash screen. Patch from Yu Chen.

 0.63.02 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.63.03") - September 28, 2011 -No changes

 0.63.01 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.63.01") - September 24, 2011 - Bub fixes, features

  * Refactor duck creation for selected layers into duckmatic.
  * Guides are saved now between sessions. Fix bug
  * Guides are not dragged if not visible. Fix bug
  * Add undo capability for guides.
  * Snap to guides is now relative to zoom.
  * OptionMenu (deprecatd) has been replaced by ComboBox.
  * When change the Setup Dialog, spread it inmediately to the canvas's rules.
  * Circle, Rectangle, Star and Polygon Tools allows create Advanced Outlines Layers.
  * Linked to BLine has the option of be curve length based. On by default.
  * New icons for canvas navigation, preview, render and animate mode buttons.
  * Canvas window buttons rearranged.
  * Imported canvases are now 'Children Locked' by default.
  * New language support: Persian, Lituanian
  * Updated existing translations.

 0.63.00 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.63.00") - June 5, 2011 - Bug fixes, major features

  * Fix bug #31044763: fps rounding to integer.
  * Fix bug: Change default bline width spin button widthout first focus a canvas
    produces undesired changes to the width size.
  * Fix tool tips for layer parameters and add tool tip support for linkable
    value node parameters.
  * New cairo renderer for ducks, timecode, preview, navigator, grid and guides.
  * New beizer dragging system pulling from the bezier itself.
  * Fix workarea guides usage.
  * New advanced outline layer. Slidable variable width support and other features.
  * Fix Width Tool adding influence radius feedback and duck influence position visibility.
  * Fix bug: Avoid Crash when reversed manipulation for certain converted types.
  * Fix bug #3000536: Press ALT+5 when using Width Tool causes Studio to hang.
  * Fix bug #3000535: ALT+2 when using Draw Tool causes Studio to hang.
  * New languages support: Portuguese (Brazilian) and Slovakian
  * Updates for Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese and German.
  * Updates and fixes for autobuild script.
  * Added support for 256x256 icons needed by Gnome 3.
  * Set priorities for duck selection with mouse when they are at the same place.
  * Fix #2175043: Crash when rendering in directory without write permission.
  * Use high resolution by default at the work area.
  * Enable restrict radius duck to top right quadrant by default.
  * Install freedesktop.org mime info.
  * Combine Name column with Icon column to clean up layer dock.
  * Don't show debug info in about dialog for stable releases.
  * Various fixes in the windows NSIS installer scripts.

 0.62.02 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.62.02") - November 13, 2010 - Features

  * Code restructure into folders grouping common files for easy coding,
    and cleaning dead code. Use of Makefile inserts for each folder.
  * Add load and save palette buttons. File extension is spal
  * Don't limit bitrate to 1000 in target parameters.
  * Britain English translation. Robert Readman.
  * Full rework of the Synfig Studio icons. Yu Chen
  * More translatable strings.
  * Simplified Chinese translation. Yu Chen
  * New "By Layer Default" blend method. Now some layers define its own
    blend method instead of Composite or the selected by user.
    For example Shade->Behind
  * Added "Static" option for individual parameters.
    If "Static" is on, then in animation mode it is no created any waypoint
    when modified. Only valid for layer parameters and constant value nodes.
  * Smart linking bline tangents implementation. Now all tangents are yellow ducks.
  * Move reverse manipulation code to Value Desc.
    This allows recursive reverse manipulation for valuenodes which has
    inverse manipulation implemented.
  * Splash Screen for development snapshots. Konstantin Dmitriev
  * Make Work Area rulers even smaller.
  * Spanish translation update.

 0.62.01 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.62.01") - May 31, 2010 - Bug fixes, features.

  * Enable reverse manipulation to range value nodes. Fix bug in value node range.
  * Add new functionalities to the Normal tool. It can rotate (CTRL), scale, (ALT)
  as well as translate. Using SHIFT constraints the three operations.
  * Update Mirror tool to allow use SHIFT to alternate between horizontal and vertical
  mirrors.
  * Enable single threaded renderer for windows version. It increases stability.
  * Fix file chooser label to fit into button size.
  * Stop button now works properly.
  * By default disable extended input devices. Fix a previous introduced bug.
  * Suit custom mouse cursors for some tools.
  * Add code to make possible pass parameters to the renderers. Implementation for ffmpeg.
  * Repack rulers and caret menu to get less space.
  * New italian and German translations.
  * New parameters for Motion Blur layer. Now allows linear and constant interpolation too.
  * New icons for actions and layers. Thanks to several authors.
  * Fixed feature that reset windows docks to default size and position.
  * Separate the reset setup values to original values feature in a new menu entry.
  * Updated Russian, French and Spanish translation.
  * Automatic build script for linux system. Please report success of usage.
  * Update Help menu entries according to new website.

 0.62.00 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.62.00") - October 12, 2009 - Bug fixes, major features.

  * Migration to git repository.
  * Bugs fixed: #2205700, #2112320, #2116947, #1814151, launchpad.net/ubuntu/#195447
  * Bugs fixed: #2256600, #2119775, #1826376, #1848018, #1901753, #1829182
  * Bugs fixed: #2315706, #2321845, #2350636, #1501383, #2378787, #2435346
  * Bugs fixed: #2579838, #2652974, #1677510, #2175043.
  * Build rectangular blines using the rectangle tool.
  * Updated time ruler properly when modified the start or end time.
  * New layer Curve Warp.
  * Updated options for Polygon, Circle and Star Tools.
  * New option: Scale New imported Images to Fit Canvas.
  * Fixed the rendered position of a polygon under a transform layers.
  * Fixed zoom to fit button result. Now border is visible.
  * Better errors when opening a file that doesn't exist.
  * Paste canvases now update when the canvas parameter changes.
  * Paste canvas with unset canvas parameter can be exported now.
  * If holding control in the zoom tool when releasing the mouse button to
    complete a drawing, a box will zoom out such that the currently displayed
    area is zoomed out to fill the drawn box.
  * Enabled the Focus Point parameter in the Paste canvas layer.
  * Reordered ducks render stack and preferences from mouse interaction.
  * Fixed crash with LC_ALL=fr@euro
  * Improved Color Dialog.
  * Input Device configuration can be saved/loaded now.
  * Fill/Outline instead of Background/Foreground.
  * Additions to the Canvas Window: Update Zoom Dial, Frame Dial, Keyframe Dial
    Toogle Ducks Dial, Resolution Dial, Quality Butons, Show/Snap to Grid,
    Onion Skinning buttons.
  * Past and future onion skins enabled and selectable.
  * Improved UI on crash recovery dialog.
  * Added Preferred and Predefined FPS in the Setup Dialog.
  * Keyframes are shown now in the Curves dialog too.
  * Keyframe Set Delta enabled and fixed.
  * New Keyframe Widget. Allows dragging of keyframes with mouse.
  * Synfigstudio cph-monitor.
  * Adapted About Dialog to git repository.
  * Removed ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
  * New Import SVG files module. Basic SVG import, see release notes.
  * Some new icons.
  * Updated translations.
  * First time Russian translation.
  * Several compiler warnings fixed.

 0.61.09 (SVN 2114) - October 21, 2008 - Bug fixes, features

  * Fix building synfigstudio in the fink distribution
  * Improved plant layer
  * Added new options for Circle and Rectangle tools
  * Added Text and Star tools.
  * Added new plant, text, star and polygon icons
  * Added Spanish, French and Catalan translations
  * Added "Link to Bline" feature
  * Improved main window zoom behaviour and added new zoom icons
  * Several fixes and improvements on timetrack slider and waypoints drawing
  * Depreciate Manual as interpolation type
  * Added new icons for reset and swap FG and BG colors. Re-arrange them
    to show properly in all GTK themes
  * Added some improvements in the Render Description
  * Improved GUI for the sound selection dialog
  * When adding layers leave the previously selected layer selected
  * Button tools are arranged in the Tool box
  * Added and fixed some keyboard shortcuts
  * Show only shared compatible parameters when more than one layer is selected
  * Added more functionality to colour and time sliders
  * Added new 'Document' tab in Setup dialog for more user preferences
  * Fixed some crashes and errors
  * Width tool returned to the Tool Box by default.

 0.61.08 (SVN 1839) - March 3, 2008 - Bug fixes, features

  * Update the website URL to synfig.org instead of synfig.com
  * Synfig is now translatable using gettext
  * Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf instead
  * Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of GCC 4.3
  * Fixes to allow sigc++ 2.1 and newer to be used.
  * Add a new bog-standard about dialog and a new splash screen
  * Add a new icons for rename, encapsulate, show child layers and time
  * Usability enhancements for new users, env vars to control them
  * Improvements to the draw, bline and sketch tools
  * Improvements for linking, quality menu, save dialog, render dialog
  * Cut down on the console output and output a user-friendly message
  * Don't wrap angles at 360 degrees, allows better rotations
  * Settings for auto-backup interval, run everything in one thread
  * Fix waypoint issues; drawing, menus, crash, label and others
  * Fix time issues; time field expansion & editing, ticks and others
  * Fix ducks issues; prioritise & restrict radius, show circle size, others
  * Allow horizontal scrolling the time field and the default brush size
  * Allow different pixel sizes in the workarea window
  * Remember window locations and ignore corrupted values
  * Widen the toolbox to 5 icons instead of 4 icons
  * Tile renderer changes: disable with env var, fix wrong placing
  * Improves the details in the history dialog quite a bit
  * Fix typos, several crashes, usability and other issues

0.61.07 (SVN 878) - October 10, 2007 - Bug fixes

  * Fix some tooltips and menu stuff (#1787437)
  * Allow left-right scrolling in canvas window with shift + mouse-wheel
  * Rework mouse interaction with ducks and tangents
  * Move icons to a subdir
  * Fix some typos, several crashes (#1780016, #1785598) and other bugs
  * Re-enable sketch, draw, polygon by default
  * Add keyboard shortcuts for all tools ( http://synfig.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts )
  * Fix crash when setting canvas resolution to zero (#1779616)
  * Add 'auto-export' checkbox and layer name box to the draw tool
  * Various GUI fixes (#1794006, #1796110)
  * File-selector fixes (#1383736)
  * Fix the View>Play menu entry to allow playback inside the workarea, shortcut Ctrl-P
  * Save to .sifz (compressed) format by default if no extension is given
  * Remember the path used when saving a document and default to it in future
  * Call new documents "Synfig Animation <n>" by default, rather than "untitled0"
  * Don't quit until the user clearly answers "do you want to save?" (#1799722)
  * Remember the filename the animation was last rendered to, and default to it (#1799250)
  * Improved the 'Groups' function a little (#1368694).  It's still quite broken
  * Fixed the colors displayed on the sliders in the Color Editor dialog
  * Added option to Bline Tool to allow positions to be automatically linked (#1776156)
  * Added menu entry to restore all dialogs to their default positions
  * Fix red "Animate Editing Mode" frame so it shows up in all themes (#1801220)
  * Allow user to "export SYNFIG_DISABLE_POPUP_WINDOWS=1" to make splash screen etc. less obtrusive
  * Fixed the logic used to decide which value to use when linking values together
  * Update child canvas time sliders when parent time slider is moved
  * Prevent the caret menu entries from being disabled when another canvas is closed
  * Show the correct initial quality level in the View > Preview Quality menu

 0.61.06 (SVN 543) - June 20, 2007 - Bug fixes

  * Fix amd64 issues
  * Fix corruption of gamma settings
  * Fix manipulating layers in the layer dialog
  * Disable the timebar instead of hiding it
  * Fix File -> Close & input devices close button
  * Fix targets that crash in synfigstudio
  * Fix some doxygen warnings
  * Fixes in the sketch tool
  * Fixes in the draw tool
  * Fix several crashes
  * Fix bline looping
  * Misc Win32 fixes
  * Add optional GNOME thumbnailer
  * Rework several dialogs to use GNOME HIG
  * Disable several tools, see FAQ to re-enable
  * Disable the empty Palette Browser dialog
  * Add mousewheel support in canvas windows
  * Add tooltips to preview window & give it a default size
  * Display HTML values in the colour dialog
  * Add an icon for the curves dialog
  * New Tango ArtLibreSet styled icons by PXEGeek

 0.61.05 (SVN 128) - February 27, 2006 - build issues

  * Fixed building with gtkmm 2.8 (#1373933, #1358304)
  * Allow the toolbox to come to the front (#1367916)
  * Make the user prefs dir configurable at build time
  * Fixed minor build issues

 0.61.04 (SVN 103) - January 10, 2006 - MacOS X packaging

  * Fixes for the MacOS X packaging

 0.61.03 - December 8, 2005 - Build & copyright fixes

  * Update more old copyright and licence notices
  * Fully fix building with GCC 4

 0.61.02 - November 26, 2005 - Build fixes

  * Better Win32 / MacOS X packaging
  * Use new GTK+ file chooser
  * Adds some GCC 4 tweaks
  * Fixes crash on layer reorder
  * Include errno.h where needed
  * Other tweaks

 0.61.01 - November 6, 2005 - Copyright updates

  * Update old copyright and licence notices
  * Add ./configure options for debug, warnings, optimisation, profiling
  * Uses per-os directory separator
  * Add TODO file

 0.61.00-39 - November 1, 2005 - Developer preview

  * First public release!

