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                   GNU Image Manipulation Program
                         2.4  Stable Branch
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This is the stable branch of GIMP. No new features are being added
here, just bug-fixes.


Changes in GIMP 2.4.7
=====================

- fixed issue in GIF load plug-in (bug #535888)
- fixed event handling in MIDI controller (bug #537960)
- fixed handling of the 'Highlight' tool option in Crop and Rectangle
  Select tools (bug #536582)
- various fixes to the Python bindings:
  - fixed crash with Python 2.5 on 64 bit systems (bug #540629)
  - added missing validity checks (bug #536403)
  - allow to pass None for PDB_DISPLAY
- plugged a memory leak in gimp-text-get-extents-fontname PDB call
- fixed potential timeout issues in org.gimp.GIMP.UI D-Bus service
- fixed endianness issue in the ICO save plug-in (bug #529629)
- translation fixes and updates (be, it, lt, nn, vi)

Contributors:

   Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Manish Singh,
   Lars-Peter Clausen, Rik Snel, S. Fielding, Joao S. O. Bueno,
   Aurimas Juška


Changes in GIMP 2.4.6
=====================

- fixed handling of the "antialias" tool option (bug #521069)
- when loading a TIFF image, always set a filename on it (bug #521436)
- fixed initial state of curve type in Curves tool (bug #523873)
- fixed potential crash in the Dicom load plug-in
- respect the brush mask in the Heal tool (bug #521433)
- plugged some minor memory leaks
- fixed a glitch in the DND code (bug #317992)
- gimp-image-convert() must not accept palettes with > 256 colors (bug #525471)
- fixed parameter description in the Map Object plug-in (bug #526679)
- fixed compilation of unit tests on Mac OS X (bug #528160)
- fixed handling of "argc-lower-val-y" PDB parameter in Curve Bend plug-in
- fixed overlap problem in Hue-Saturation tool (bug #527085)
- fixed asymmetry in Unsharp Mask plug-in (bug #530077)
- don't show non-existant color profiles in the selector (bug #528958)
- fixed issues with default aspect ratio in the Crop tool (bug #532057)
- fixed compilation of the PDF import plug-in with libpoppler 0.8
- fixed bug in clipboard brush code (bug #532886)
- corrected layer mask flag in PSD save plug-in (bug #526811)
- fixed an issue with tablets and newer X.Org releases
- keep the JPEG save plug-in from writing an empty EXIF tag (bug #529469)
- fixed crash in Selective Gaussion Blur plug-in (bug #529280)
- added new translations (Belarusian, Catalan, Norwegian Nynorsk)
- translation fixes and updates
  (ar, ca, de, el, es, fi, fr, hu, it, ko, pl, pt_BR, ro, sv)

Contributors:

   Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Bill Skaggs,
   Manish Singh, Kevin Cozens, Michael Deal


Changes in GIMP 2.4.5
=====================

- fixed a regression introduced by the brush cursor optimization (bug #514309)
- fixed bug in transform tool preview (bug #340965)
- fixed PSD export of images with layer masks
- fixed base64 encoding routine of the Mail plug-in
- use the correct background color when creating a new image (bug #514082)
- explicitly link libgimpthumb with GLib (bug #515566)
- improved selection of the font sample string (bug #514021)
- unified handling of "Enter" and "Space" keysyms (bug #516544)
- fixed bug in the Glossy script when used with a pattern (bug #517285)
- correctly record dimensions in Exif data when saving as JPEG (bug #517077)
- fixed sensitivity of plug-in menu items (bug #517683)
- fixed potential crashes in Wind, Warp, Small Tiles and Apply Canvas
  plug-ins (bug #516369)
- added default keyboard shortcut for "Paste As New Image" (Ctrl-Shift-V)
- added default keyboard shortcut for "Copy Visible" (Ctrl-Shift-C)
- fixed missing preview update in Curves tool (bug #518012)
- fixed a bug in the Frosty Logo script (bug #472316)
- fixed backward transformations using the PDB (bug #518910)
- translation fixes and updates (de, eu, eo, fr, he, hu, it, ja, ko)


Contributors:

   Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Bill Skaggs, Kevin Cozens,
   Ulf-D. Ehlert, Giuliano Pochini, LightningIsMyName



Changes in GIMP 2.4.4
=====================

- fixed typo in stock icon name
- fixed handling of PSD files with empty layer names (bug #504149)
- merged TinyScheme bug-fixes
- removed duplicate entry from Tango palette
- corrected parameter range in Chip Away script (bug #506110)
- reduced redraw priority and speed of the marching ants (bug #479875)
- fixed out-of-bounds array access in Convolution Matrix plug-in
- reduced rounding errors in Convolution Matrix plug-in (bug #508114)
- fixed potential crash on missing CMYK color profile
- fixed crash in Bumpmap plug-in when called from some scripts (bug #509608)
- Equalize should not equalise the alpha channel (bug #510210)
- increased the number of points the ImageMap plug-in can handle (bug #511072)
- adjusted the priority of the projection renderer (bug #511214)
- smooth the brush mask to get a simpler cursor boundary (bug #304798)
- show the selection even if the image window is invisible (bug #505758)
- allow to commit a pending rectangular selection using Enter (bug #511599)
- fixed bug in image dirty state logic (bug #509822)
- improved GIMPressionist preformance and reduced startup time (bug #512126)
- fixed a crash in the Convert to Color Profile plug-in (bug #512529)
- merged some other minor fixes from trunk
- translation updates (de, it, lt, ru, sv, uk)


Contributors:

   Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Kevin Cozens, Hans Breuer, Bill Skaggs,
   Ulf-D. Ehlert, Martin Nordholts



Changes in GIMP 2.4.3
=====================

- avoid filename encoding problems in the WMF import plug-in (bug #499329)
- fixed horizontal flipping of linked layers (bug #499161)
- raised the priority of the display idle renderer to improve performance
  on Win32 (bug #499150)
- fixed a missing update in the Lighting plug-in UI (bug #500317)
- fixed a potential crash in the projection code (bug #500178)
- fixed a minor Makefile issue (bug #500826)
- removed some pointless warnings from the JPEG and TIFF load plug-ins
- fixed size calculation for the image size warning dialog (bug #329468)
- fixed loading of tool options for the rectangle tools (bug #498948)
- push/pop a context in the Fog filter
- fixed potential crashes in the Python binding
- corrected grid drawing with non-integer spacing (bug #502374)
- fixed grid snapping for coordinates less than the grid offset
- made the healing brush work properly when dragged (bug #492575)
- update tool state when a device change happens (bug #493176)
- improved validation of strings sent over the wire (bug #498207)
- fixed integer check in Script-Fu (bug #498207)
- fixed potential out-of-memory problem in Script-Fu
- fixed compilation on msys/mingw (bug #503124)
- fixed localisation of Python plug-ins on Win32 (bug #502506)
- translation updates (ca, cs, de, gl, it, ko, lt, sv, uk)


Contributors:

   Jesper de Jong, Bill Skaggs, Michael Natterer, Sven Neumann,
   Martin Nordholts, Kevin Cozens, Tor Lillqvist.



Changes in GIMP 2.4.2
=====================

- removed broken and useless HSV Graph script (bug #491311)
- update the histogram when a color correction tool is cancelled (bug #493639)
- fixed a crash with certain plug-in or script descriptions (bug #492718)
- corrected a tooltip (bug #495564)
- fixed a crash when GIMP is run without any modules (bug #495863)
- fixed error handling in the TIFF plug-in
- fixed a problem with Sample points
- fixed a crash when merging layers in indexed image (bug #495990)
- update the histogram when painting (bug #494049)
- fixed another problem with merge operations on indexed images (bug #496437)
- fixed crash in TIFF plug-in when saving indexed images (bug #497103)
- changed defaults so that a system monitor profile is only used when the
  user explicitely enabled this feature (bug #496890)
- fixed endless loop when running equalize on transparent areas (bug #497291)
- fixed heap corruption in GimpColorScale widget that caused a crash in the
  Compose plug-in (bug #399484)
- fixed use of background color in Particle Trace script (bug #498282)
- set the image menu insensitive when there's no image opened (bug #498511)
- translation updates (ca, et, it, lt, pt, pt_BR, sr, sv)


Contributors:

   Kevin Cozens, Tor Lillqvist, Michael Natterer, Sven Neumann.



Changes in GIMP 2.4.1
=====================

- fixed a minor display rendering problem
- improved the workaround for broken graphics card drivers (bug #421466)
- fixed a crash with broken scripts and plug-ins (bug #490055)
- fixed potential syntax error in configure script (bug #490068)
- fixed parsing of floating point numbers in Script-Fu (bug #490198)
- fixed potential crash when converting an indexed image to RGB (bug #490048)
- update the histogram while doing color corrections (bug #490182)
- fixed another crash with broken plug-ins (bug #490617)
- fixed problems on Win32 when GIMP is installed into a non-ASCII path
- fixed handling of truncated ASCII PNM files (bug #490827)
- make sure that there's always a cursor, even for small brushes (bug #491272)
- fixed line-drawing with a tablet and the Shift key (bug #164240)
- added code to use the system monitor profile on OS X (bug #488170)
- show changes to the rounded corners in the Rectangle Select tool (bug #418284)
- reduced rounding errors in the display render routines (bug #490785)
- translation updates (ca, de, et, lt, mk, pa, sv)


Contributors:

   Hans Breuer, Simon Budig, Kevin Cozens, Tor Lillqvist,
   Michael Natterer, Sven Neumann, Martin Nordholts, Manish Singh.
