Update NEWS for the GIMP 2.9.6 release

Desktop / GNOME / GIMP - Alexandre Prokoudine [gmail.com] - 31 October 2016 17:09 UTC



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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0edd1a1..be5fdd1 100644
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,102 @@ Generally, all bug fixes that are applied on the stable GIMP 2.8
branch are also applied here, but they are usually not mentioned
in NEWS.

+Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.9.4 to GIMP 2.9.6
+=================================================
+
+Core:
+
+ - New clipboard implementation allows copying/pasting layers and
+ layer groups
+ - Color tags simplify managing large projects with a lot of layers
+ and layer groups
+ - The Mouse Pointer dialog and colors applied to images are
+ color-managed now
+
+GUI:
+
+ - Easily add or remove layer masks by clicking either the layer
+ preview or a new button in the Layers dialog
+ - Enhance the Layer Attributes dialog to provide the single UI for
+ setting layer's name, blending mode, opacity, and offset,
+ toggling visibility, link status, various locks, color tags.
+ - Add a Save As button to the “Quit GIMP” dialog
+ - Allow to choose fill color when resizing layers and images
+ - Quick Mask Attributes dialog uses the new spinbox widget for the
+ mask opacity slider
+ - Enable grid views of dynamics and tool presets many new icons
+
+Configurability:
+
+ - Remember settings of many dialogs across sessions
+ - New Interface / Dialog Defaults page in the Preferences dialog to
+ control defaults values of various dialogs
+ - Settings on individual pages of the Preferences dialog can be
+ reset now
+ - Vertical scrollbar added to keep the height of the Preferences
+ dialog fitting small displays
+ - Allow mouse to optionally configure tablet devices
+
+Tools:
+
+ - The Move tool now shows relative coordinates when moving guides
+ and sample points
+ - Performance of the Fuzzy Select and the Bucket Fill tool has been
+ improved
+ - The Warp Transform tool now uses the linear sampler to ensure
+ crisp lines after an erase
+ - Select by Color and Color Picker tools work correctly in color
+ spaces other than sRGB now
+ - Uncommitted selection by the Intelligent Scissors tool is not
+ discarded on tool change anymore.
+
+Painting:
+
+ - Rulers, scrollbars, and the Navigation dialog follow canvas
+ rotation now
+ - Canvas rotation is snappier in certain cases now
+
+File Formats
+
+ - Add native WebP loader/exporter with support for ICC profiles,
+ animation, metadata
+ - The TIFF loader will not generate warnings about private tags
+ anymore
+ - Handle linear gamma PNG files correctly
+ - Load PSD files with layers which contain additional information
+ with a length that is not divisible by 4
+
+Color Palettes
+
+ - Merge Palettes command is available for multiple selected color
+ palettes now
+
+PDB:
+
+ - Rename *-paste-as-new to *-paste-as-new-image
+
+Build:
+
+ - Depends on LCMS2.7+ now, because earlier LCMS2 releases caused
+ problems with certain GIMP blend modes
+ - Depends on libpng 1.6.25+ to avoid warnings about known incorrect
+ sRGB profiles, also avoid various vulnerabilities
+
+OS-specific changes:
+
+ - Help browser launches on OS X now
+
+Bugs:
+
+ - Overall 60 bugs have been fixed or partially addressed since
+ GIMP 2.9.4
+
+Translations:
+
+ - Updated: Catalan, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
+ Icelandic, Italian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian,
+ Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish.
+ - New: Finnish.

Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.9.2 to GIMP 2.9.4
=================================================

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