Features changelog for Calligra 2.4 Beta

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Monday 05 September 2011 Sep, Sven Langkamp wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Silvio Heinrich <plassy at web.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am 05.09.2011 11:18, schrieb Boudewijn Rempt:
> > >
> > > Good point... What of all the cool stuff that makes Krita 2.4 better than
> > 2.3 is the coolest thing? I think that, comparing a running 2.3 and 2.4, the
> > brush preset editor/preset docker is maybe the most important for the users.
> > Any other suggestions?
> > >
> >
> > In between 2.3 and 2.4 was a lot of stuff done, so I think we should
> > make a list and then decide
> >
> > Sven:
> > - The mypaint brush engine is a pretty huge feature since you can now
> > use a lot of mypaint brushes.
> >
> 
> MyPaint paintop isn't finished and still too slow so it won't be in 2.4.

Aw, that's a pity! I am really tempted to leave it in, as an experimental feature. And with some mypaint brushes it's quite usable already -- do you have any idea of what the current bottlenecks are?

> > - I don't know but could it be that he fixed the "auto contrast" filter?
> > I remember that I first used krita in it's 2.2 days and I liked the auto
> > contrast filter a lot but after installing 2.3 the filter didn't work
> > anymore (freezes krita) but at some time I saw a few commits from Sven
> > doing something with the filter... did he fix it?
> >
> 
> I did fix a bug there. There is still a bug in the preview for that filter:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278075
> 
> 
> > - I think he also did a lot of GUI stuff that I can't remember anymore
> >
> 
> - paintop list is now in the paintop setting
> - improvements to preset docker (keeps preset aspect ratio)
> - workspaces
> - moved mirror options to the toolbar
> - SVG files are imported as vector graphics
> - multi-threadred brush calculation
> - speed improvements in image brushes
> - new text tool
> - task set docker like Adaptable gimp
> - tool shortcuts
> - new channel docker
> - hex input for colors
> - improved popup palette
> 
> and of course lots of bugfixes. That's what I remember just now, might be
> missing things.

Wow!

I'm going through all the commits to krita and pigment -- of which there are more than 1400 -- and make sure we don't forget anything cool.

> 
> In more detail here:
> http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/adaptable-krita/
> http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/krita-sprint-2011-technology-and-art-3/
> http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/krita-2-4-progress/
> http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/vector-file-import-for-krita-2/
> http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/parallel-brush-mask-processing/
> 
> It's totally crazy if you look at 2.3 screenshots. Looks almost like a
> completely different application :)

Want to bet it'll be the same for 2.5?


-- 
Boudewijn Rempt
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