2.9.5 - are you ready?

Tue Jun 2 09:59:43 BST 2015

It took a bit of time, there were quite a few changes in May:

Krita 2.9.5

New Features

* Add a lightness curve to the per-channel filter (BUG:324332)
* Add a brush preset history docker (BUG:322425)
* Add an all-files option to the file-open dialog
* Add global light to the layer styles functionality (BUG:348178)
* Allow the user to choose a profile for untagged PNG images (BUG:345913, 
BUG:348014)
* Add a built-in performance logger
* Added a default set of paintop preset tags (these are not deletable 
yet!)
* Add support for author profiles (default, anonymous, custom) to .kra 
files
* Add buttons and actions for layer styles to the Layer docker
* Add ctrl-f shortcut for re-applying the previously used filter 
(BUG:348119)
* Warn Intel users that they might have to update their display driver
* Implement loading/saving of layer styles to PSD files
* Add support for loading/saving patterns used in layer styles
* Allow inherit alpha on all types of layers
* Add a pass-through switch for group layers (BUG:347746, BUG:185448)
* Implement saving of group layers to PSD
* Add support for WebP (on Linux)
* Add a shortcut (Ctrl-Shift-N) for edit/paste into New Image (BUG:344750)
* Add on-canvas preview of the current color when picking colors 
(BUG:338128)
* Add a mypaint-style circle brush outline.
* Split the cursor configuration into outline selection and cursor 
selection
* Add loading and saving transparancy masks to PSD groups

Performance improvements

* Remove delay on stroke start when using Krita with a translation

Bug fixes

* Fix view rotation menu
* Fix crash when duplicating a global selection mask (BUG:348461)
* Improve the gui for the advanced color selector settings
* Fix resetting the number of favorite presets in the popup (BUG:344610)
* Set proper activation flags for the Clear action (BUG:34838)
* Fix several bugs handling multiple documents, views and windows 
(BUG:348341, BUG:348162)
* Fix the limits for document resolution (BUG:348339)
* Fix saving multiple layers with layer styles to .kra files (BUG:348178)
* Fix display of 16 bit/channel RGB images (BUG:343765)
* Fix the P_Graphite_Pencil_grain.gih brush tip file
* Fix updating the projection when undoing removing a layer (BUG:345600)
* Improve handling of command-line arguments
* Fix the autosave recovery dialog on Windows
* Fix creating templates from the current image (BUG:348021)
* Fix layer styles and inherit alpha (BUG:347120)
* Work around crash in the Oxygen widget style when animations are enabled 
(BUG:347367)
* When loading JPEG files saved by Photoshop, also check the metadata for 
resolution information (BUG:347572)
* Don't crash when trying to isolate a transform mask (transform masks 
cannot be painted on) (BUG:347622)
* Correctly load Burn, Color Burn blending modes from PSD (BUG:333454)
* Allow select-opaque on group layers (BUG:347500)
* Fix clone brush to show the outline even if it's globally hidden 
(BUG:288194)
* Fix saving of gradients to layer styles
* Improve the layout of the sliders in the toolbar
* Fix loading floating point TIFF files (BUG:344334)

On Tue, 2 Jun 2015, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:

> Ping?
> Please send me your 2.9.5 change logs before midnight.
>
> On 30 May 2015 at 10:33, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Please send me your 2.9.5 change logs. Thanks.
>>
>> On 27 May 2015 at 11:20, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>> 3 days left, so if you have or plan fixes it's good time to submit them.
>>>
>>> https://community.kde.org/Calligra/Schedules/2.9/Release_Plan#2.9.5
>>>
>>> On 20 May 2015 at 23:45, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Actual plan for 2.9.5:
>>>> - Tagging May 30th
>>>> - Release June 3rd
>>>>
>>>> Comments?
>>>> And how many 2.9.x releases would you see?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>
>>>> KDE:
>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>
>>> KDE:
>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>> Calligra Suite:
>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>> Kexi:
>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>
>> KDE:
>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>> Calligra Suite:
>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>> Kexi:
>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>
>
>
> -- 
> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>
> KDE:
> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
> Calligra Suite:
> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
> Kexi:
> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
> Qt Certified Specialist:
> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
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