------------ mtPaint NEWS ------------ Here is a summary of the main changes in this release (see handbook for full details): 3.51 2024-??-?? * Kabyle translation added by Yacine Bouklif * Czech translation updated by Pavel Fric * Slovak translation updated by Jozef Riha * Spanish translation updated by Adolfo Jayme * Tagalog translation updated by Anjelo delCarmen * Environment variable MTPAINT_INIT to hold a script to be run at initializing the GUI * Environment variable MTPAINT_INI to use a nondefault user settings file * Animated WebP files now can be loaded into layers, or exploded into frames * Animated PNG (APNG) files now can be loaded into layers, or exploded into frames * GIF file format support now is builtin (does not use giflib anymore) * GIF loader made yet more tolerant to malformed GIF files * ICC colour profiles embedded in GIF and WebP images now can be applied on load * BMP loader made more tolerant to malformed BMP files * Better support for OS/2 BMP varieties * SVGZ (compressed SVG) files now can be imported * Counting used colours and exact conversion to indexed now are 9-19 times faster * Multithreaded decompression enabled for OpenJPEG 2.2+ in Windows version too * Support for multithreaded compression in OpenJPEG 2.4+ added * Support for compiling with libtiff 3 restored * Support for compiling with gcc builds (mis)configured with --with-gcc-major-version-only added * Support for compiling with FreeType 2.8 and GTK+1 added * Configure script now works with gcc-14 or clang-16 * Workaround for bug in glibc versions 2.15 - 2.16 added (crashed when comparing empty strings) * BUGFIX - RGB clipboard when used in Map effect now is padded with black if too small, as it should * BUGFIX - Gradient editor now displays correct overlay colours for utility channels again * BUGFIX - Saved GIF files are now properly labeled GIF89 if transparent and GIF87 if not * BUGFIX - GIF files without any image blocks now properly fail to load (instead of producing a 0x0 image) * BUGFIX - Composited GIF animation frames that use more than 256 colours now do not come out with wrong colours in certain cases * BUGFIX - Composited GIF animation frames now do not come out wrong in certain cases (after restore to previous that follows restore to background) * BUGFIX - Exploding, or loading into layers, GIF animation files with screen size and/or frame position outside canvas size limit no longer causes crash * BUGFIX - When first frame of GIF animation is loaded, ".000" is added to the filename, as it should be * BUGFIX - Animation frames and the layers file from loading an image now are ensured not to clash with it or each other when exceeding the path length limit * BUGFIX - When loading animation, raw/composited/nonzero-delay selection now works correctly again * BUGFIX - Loading certain broken BMP files no longer causes crash * BUGFIX - Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P keys now work, or do nothing, properly when focus is on a list in GTK+2/3 mode * BUGFIX - Horizontal separators in GTK+ 3.20 and later no longer are drawn as wide bars * BUGFIX - Problem with some scrollable areas in GTK+ 3.22 and later being smaller than they should be is now eliminated * BUGFIX - Response and redraw lag in GTK+3 when moving a large clipboard are now greatly reduced * BUGFIX - Closing pan window with a keypress while moving the panning frame with the mouse now cannot cause crash 3.50 2020-12-31 * Dutch translation updated by Pjotr * French translation updated by Victor Copovi * German translation updated by Simon Brixel * Russian translation updated * GTK+3 support - "./configure gtk3" * Scripting added - "Image->Script" to enter or run a script : See handbook chapter 10 for details * Commandline mode added - use "mtpaint --cmd" to run a script without GUI * Keyboard shortcuts can now be reconfigured - "Help->Keyboard shortcuts" * New keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H added for Channels->Hide image * Keyboard shortcuts now can be assigned for choosing previous/next pattern, and larger/smaller brush size * Optional gamma correction for painting and masking (Preferences->General->Use gamma correction when painting) * Rendering now uses multiple threads to utilize all available CPU cores * Text tools now allow selection of DPI value, letter-spacing, and alignment for multiline text * Distance function for shapeburst gradients is now selectable : "Distance type" * Composite images now can have alpha transparency, when background is non-opaque * Background layer now can use transparency like any other layer * Background layer position now can be changed via Ctrl+arrows or layers window spinbuttons, like any other layer * Patterns for colours A and B can now be chosen separately (Preferences->General->Separate patterns for A&B) * Builtin Bayer patterns now can be redefined : See handbook section A.6.1 for details * Threshold effect with interactive preview added (see handbook section 6.6.7) * Normalize effect added * Map effect added: map image's value/red/green/blue to gradient/palette/clipboard * Solid Noise effect with interactive preview added (Perlin noise generation) * Colour transform and source selection added to blend mode options * Threshold blend mode added * "Saturate more" blend mode redefined to not ignore source (previous behaviour available with "Image" source selected) * Horizontal and vertical ramps now respect drawing modes, opacity and masking * Lasso tool can be configured to shrink selection based on the selection channel - right click the tool icon * Clone tool is now continuous * Clone tool can be configured to work in unaligned mode - right click the tool icon * Ctrl+Left click now positions clone source when using clone tool * Ctrl+Right click now deletes last point when making polygonal selection (from a closed polygon, deletes the point nearest to cursor) * Shift and Shift+Ctrl now constrain selection box width/height when resizing it by clicking and dragging * Arrow keys can now be used for scrolling (Preferences->Interface->Arrow keys scroll canvas) * Zooming now can use mouse cursor position as its fixed point (Preferences->Interface->Zoom on cursor position) * Scroll wheel zoom now works for view window too * Zoom is now up to 8000% * "Hide image" and "View alpha as an overlay" can now be toggled separately for each layer (Preferences->General->Enable overlays by layer) * Colours A and B now highlighted in palette window * File actions can now enable and use an extended set of variable substitutions (see handbook section A.7) * New image format PMM (Portable MultiMap) added for interoperable storage and exchange of images : See handbook section A.2.4 for details * WebP file format save/load added * LBM file format (ILBM/PBM) save/load added * XPM files with 65-92 colours are now saved with smaller size * XPM files with up to 16M colours can now be saved and loaded as RGB images * ICC colour profiles embedded in BMP images now can be applied on load * OS/2 BMP files now load properly * Raw RGB palette files (6-bit PAL and 8-bit ACT) can now be loaded/saved via the Palette menu * TIFF compression made configurable * Dimensions can now be specified when loading SVG files * SVG files now can be loaded through 'rsvg-convert', in absence of GTK+2 librsvg plugin * Animation frames now can be saved in any suitable supported file format * Animation cycles can now specify sequence steps as containing several layers, or none : See handbook section 9.3.3 for details * Passing a list of files on command line is now possible using --flist option * Filenames passed on command line can now be sorted alphabetically with --sort option * Image loading and new image creation are now undoable by default * Committing paste when changing tool is now enabled by default * Saving an image now commits paste if auto commit mode is enabled * "Scale canvas" and "Resize canvas" now remember their aspect ratio toggle setting * The Free Rotate window now remembers the previous rotation angle in that mtPaint session * Dock area state is now remembered across sessions (unless opened automatically, for multiple files on command line) * Unmaximized window position and size are now remembered across sessions * Alpha values for colours A & B are now displayed on settings toolbar when editing image with alpha in coupled alpha mode * Drawing and fill operations on RGB images with colour protection mask now are up to 20 times faster * Undo system now uses a bit less memory * Initial undo memory size is now 1/4 of available memory * Support for compiling with giflib 5, libpng 1.6, libjpeg 9, OpenJPEG 2.3 added * Compilation now works using gcc-5.5 or clang and GTK+1 * Compilation now works using gcc-10 or clang-11 * BUGFIX - Compilation without JPEG and TIFF support now works again * BUGFIX - FreeType text tool now skips directory loops when scanning font directories * BUGFIX - Geometry info on the status bar now correctly updates after arrow keys or Escape key * BUGFIX - Gradient button no longer fails to show current gradient mode after showing settings toolbar * BUGFIX - Preview of Transform Colour no longer ignores area within paste marquee * BUGFIX - Ctrl+left/right/double click now set both colour and alpha from canvas in coupled alpha mode, as they should * BUGFIX - New image creation from system clipboard now respects "Undoable" toggle * BUGFIX - "Fix aspect ratio" now doesn't sometimes adjust both dimensions * BUGFIX - Problem with layers list in inactive dock tab sometimes not updating is now eliminated * BUGFIX - All keyboard shortcuts now work in Image View mode, as they should * BUGFIX - Transparent colour in composite images now works again * BUGFIX - Flood fill with shapeburst gradient now works again * BUGFIX - Flood fill with pattern now works when starting on colour A * BUGFIX - Saving LSS16 images no longer produces broken files in certain rare cases * BUGFIX - Trying to load a broken LSS16 file (truncated to header or less) no longer causes crash * BUGFIX - Loading certain broken BMP files no longer causes crash * BUGFIX - JPEG and PNG files damaged beyond all hope now properly fail to load (instead of just a library error and 0x0 image) * BUGFIX - PAM files with type BLACKANDWHITE are no longer loaded as grayscale (except if written as grayscale - ImageMagick does that) * BUGFIX - Loading PAM files with unknown TUPLTYPE doesn't cause crash * BUGFIX - SVG files starting with "Snap To Tile Grid" restricts the positions of tools to tile grid points - B key toggles on/off * sRGB colour scale generation added to palette editor * sRGB gradients added * Line tool now uses stroke gradient when no gradient placement exists * "Palette->Pick Gradient" approximates an A->B gradient using colours from current palette (see handbook section 3.3.9) * New palette sort mode added - Brightness * "Image->Segment" added : See handbook section 6.10 for details * Colour chooser popup added - press 'E' to open * Posterize function in Transform Colour window now has 3 types - Bitwise, Truncated, Rounded * Toggle to transform RGB clipboard image added to Transform Colour window * The Convert To Indexed window now remembers the previous settings in that mtPaint session * Text pasting tools now support multiline text (use Ctrl+Enter to insert line breaks) * "~/.fonts" directory added to default font paths for FreeType text tool on Linux * Animated GIF and multipage TIFF files now can be loaded into layers (one frame/page per layer) * GIF animation file exploding is now done internally in mtPaint, not Gifsicle * "Explode Frames" can now save frames in any suitable supported file format * File actions can now specify file format conversion : See handbook section A.7 for details * Netpbm file formats (PBM/PGM/PPM/PAM) save/load added * PCX file format save/load added * SVG file format import added (using librsvg; requires GTK+ 2.4 or later) * Better support for loading CMYK TIFF files as RGB/RGBA * ICC colour profiles embedded in PNG, JPEG and TIFF images now can be applied on load (using LittleCMS) * JPEG2000 file format support now can be compiled with either JasPer or OpenJPEG library * GIF loader made more tolerant to truncated or malformed GIF files * PNG and TGA loaders now convert palette-based alpha into an alpha channel * "Palette->Open" now can extract palette from indexed images in any supported file format * "Scale Canvas" now has 3 boundary extension modes - Mirror, Tile, Void * Filename and modified status now part of undo system * Transparent colour now part of undo system * Palette sorting, dragging a colour, or removing duplicate colours now do not lose transparent colour * New keyboard shortcuts added - J for lasso tool, D for line tool, F for flood fill tool * Toolbar and menu icons are now themeable (Preferences->Paths->Default Theme) * Command line globbing now possible using -w option, e.g. mtpaint -w "*.jpg" * Loading default settings from /etc/mtpaint/mtpaintrc is now supported in Windows version * Name and location of user settings file is now configurable : See handbook section A.6.4 for details * "Smart grid" and gamma correction are now enabled by default * "Selective error propagation" for dithering is now at 85% by default * Drawing and fill tools now are 2-3 times faster * Support for compiling with libpng 1.4, libjpeg 8a, and zlib 1.2.5 added * Configure script rewritten, now understands standard variables and options for installation paths and (cross-)compilation settings * Minimum required GTK+2 version now can be specified as configure option (e.g., "./configure gtk2.8") * Workaround for bug in GTK+ versions 2.14.0 - 2.14.2, 2.16.0, 2.16.1 added (spin buttons had wrong max values) * Workaround for unknown problem in GTK+ version 2.24.4 added (program locked up when trying to save a file when layers list is active) * BUGFIX - Problems with editing large images at high zoom levels are now eliminated * BUGFIX - Titlebar now displays new image's filename after loading layers file, as it should * BUGFIX - Layers list now correctly displays selected layer after loading layers file * BUGFIX - Layers window now correctly displays transparent colour after it has been modified elsewhere * BUGFIX - Other layers shown on canvas are now redrawn properly when current layer is moved * BUGFIX - Loading TIFF files with X or Y mirroring doesn't cause crash * BUGFIX - Planar TIFF files with alpha now load properly * BUGFIX - Transparency in indexed TGA files is now read properly * BUGFIX - Failed operations now do not flag image as modified * BUGFIX - Gradient colours are now properly updated after converting indexed image to RGB * BUGFIX - Cut operation in gradient mode when no placement exists now draws shapeburst gradient as it should * BUGFIX - Drawing arrowheads with tablet enabled now works properly * BUGFIX - Drawing arrowheads now doesn't produce corrupted undo frames * BUGFIX - Builtin file selector now properly handles manual edits in directory box * BUGFIX - Problem with FreeType text dialog occasionally hiding behind main window is now eliminated * BUGFIX - Lists in FreeType text dialog now don't fail to update or scroll * BUGFIX - FreeType text renderer now can handle PCF bitmap fonts * BUGFIX - FreeType text renderer now properly handles TTF fonts with embedded bitmaps * BUGFIX - FreeType text renderer now doesn't mistake some Unicode fonts for non-Unicode * BUGFIX - ":unscaled" font paths in xorg.conf are now parsed properly * BUGFIX - Redraw lag when moving a dialog over main window in Windows is now greatly reduced (fixed in GTK+) * BUGFIX - Ctrl+T key now draws selection outline as it should - keyboard shortcut for text tool is now Shift+T * BUGFIX - Handbook installed into a path with spaces in it no longer fails to open in nondefault browser on Windows * BUGFIX - Internationalization no longer fails on Windows when the current directory is not the installation directory * BUGFIX - Redraw glitches in builtin file selector on Windows are now eliminated * BUGFIX - Drag 'n' drop of files with non ASCII characters in names now works on Windows * "Distance to A+B" palette sort mode removed due to utter uselessness 3.31 2009-4-15 * Japanese translation updated by Norihiro YONEDA * Swedish translation updated by Daniel Nylander and Fredrik Forsmo * French translation updated by Plume * Builtin file selector uses stock file and directory icons on GTK+2 * Default settings are loaded from file /etc/mtpaint/mtpaintrc if it exists * BUGFIX - Compilation with GTK+ colour selector now works * BUGFIX - Escape key now works properly in builtin file selector in GTK+1 * BUGFIX - Filename length in builtin file selector no longer is limited to 100 characters * BUGFIX - Resizing the canvas window now doesn't cause polygon marquee to slide out of place * BUGFIX - Polygon marquee shrunk by resizing the canvas is now redrawn properly * BUGFIX - Problem with message windows not responding to mouse in some cases is now eliminated 3.30 2009-2-12 * Chinese (Simplified) translation updated by Cecc * Dutch translation added by Hans Strijards * Italian translation added by Angelo Gemmi * Swedish translation added by Daniel Nylander * Spanish translation updated by Miguel Anxo Bouzada, Francisco Jose Rey * Galician translation updated by Miguel Anxo Bouzada * Czech translation updated by Martin Petricek * French translation updated by Johan Serre * Portuguese translation updated by Tiago Silva * Turkish translation updated by Tutku Dalmaz * Russian translation updated * New colour picker (old one available as configure option) * New file picker (old one available as configure option) * Some menu items can have an icon (if set in the preferences) * Dock area added which now holds the former command line window (View->Show Dock) * Layers window handling reworked to make it more responsive * Layers window: position now editable via spin buttons * Layers window: transparent colour toggle removed * L key now toggles the layers window off (if the main window has focus) * "Composite to New Layer" operation added to Layers menu * Palette can be copied to or from the canvas using the Edit menu * System clipboard can be imported or exported using the Edit menu * Horizontal and vertical ramps can be created using the Selection menu * Shapeburst gradient now used for filling gradients when no placement exists (see handbook section 3.5.6.5) * Angular and conical gradients added * New image creation can now be made undoable * New image or layer can now be created from system clipboard or internal clipboard * Screenshots can now be grabbed into a new layer * Lasso tool now trims existing clipboard if no selection is present * Image->Skew skews image in one or two directions * View->Configure Grid sets grid colour preferences * "Smart Grid" toggle shows layer boundaries around transparent pixels * "View->Tracing Image" added : See handbook section 5.5 for details * Gaussian blur effect for images with alpha now is about 40% faster and uses less memory * Kuwahara-Nagao blur effect added (edge-preserving blur) * Dilation and erosion effects added * Seven new edge detection filters added - Sobel, Prewitt, Kirsch, Gradient, Roberts, Laplace, Morphological * Invert effect now respects masking * Drawing operations on utility channels now respect tool opacity * Drawing in image channel with coupled alpha now ignores drawing modes for alpha channel * Smudge tool now works about two times faster * 12 new blend modes added - Multiply, Divide, Screen, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Darken, Lighten, Grain Extract, Grain Merge * Ctrl+Double click selects average colour underneath brush square or selection marquee * "Convert to indexed" using current palette now truncates the palette only if requested * "Convert to indexed" PNN and Wu quantizers now have diameter based weighting option * Brush preview area, canvas, view and palette window now do not lose mouse button release events in GTK+1 * Brush preview area border now can't be messed up by theme engines * Makefiles now honor DESTDIR * Configure script now honors CC * Shift+Enter while pasting swaps clipboard with canvas (see handbook section 4.9) * Communal memory space now implemented for layers (see handbook section 8.2.1) * Support using ImageMagick for GIF animation, instead of Gifsicle - "./configure imagick" * BUGFIX - Polygon line selection now clearer in Windows version * BUGFIX - Occasional redraw glitches in paste and gradient previews eliminated * BUGFIX - "Remove All Layers" with layers window closed doesn't cause crash * BUGFIX - Pasting in tint mode into indexed images' utility channels now works correctly * BUGFIX - Gradient preview now properly shows effect of mask channel on alpha channel * BUGFIX - Alt+S key now opens Selection menu as it should * BUGFIX - Directory for animation frames is created relative to layers file, as it should be * BUGFIX - Saving animation frames in PNG format doesn't cause crash * BUGFIX - When pasting to a new layer it is created untitled, as it should * BUGFIX - CMYK JPEG files now load properly as RGB * BUGFIX - Drawing with A to B gradient in utility channels now respects left/right button * BUGFIX - Saving PNG images with more than one utility channel now works properly 3.21 2008-6-8 * Russian translation added by Sergey Irupin * Spanish translation updated by Antonio Sanchez Leon * Galician translation added by Miguel Anxo Bouzada * Use 'xdg-open' if available to open HTML help in default browser on Linux * Relaxed sanity checking in XPM loader to accept files with malformed headers * "Exact Conversion" option added to Palette->Create Quantized * Counting used colours now about twice as fast * Workaround for bug in libpng versions 1.2.17 - 1.2.24 added (was losing extra channels when loading) * BUGFIX - Canvas, view and palette area borders now can't be messed up by theme engines * BUGFIX - Persistent rectangle selection now doesn't steal arrow keys from gradient placement tool * BUGFIX - Internationalization now works properly in GTK+1 * BUGFIX - FreeType text rendering quality improved on Windows * BUGFIX - Text in active menu items no longer becomes invisible on Windows Vista (fixed in GTK+) * BUGFIX - Removable drives are now visible in fileselector on Windows (fixed in GTK+) 3.20 2007-12-27 * mtPaint is now licensed as GPL version 3 (or later) * Chinese (Simplified) added by puppychinese(Cecc) * Japanese translation added by Norihiro YONEDA * Polish translation updated by Groszek150(LucaS) * FreeType text pasting facility added * Actions section added to File menu * Sharper image reduction toggle added to "Scale Canvas" * Spacing for non-continuous tools is now configurable - right click the continuous mode toggle * "Blend" drawing mode added * "Unassociate Alpha" operation added to Channels menu * Palette is now stored in RGB PNG files * PNG compression level made configurable * TGA file format save/load added * JPEG2000 file format save/load added (EXPERIMENTAL) * XPM files with up to 4096 colours can now be saved and loaded as RGB images * Palette->Dither A sets colour A/B and the pattern based on the current A colour and the palette * Max-min quantizer added - creates small palettes with higher saturation and contrast * Faster and better PNN quantizer replaces the old DL3 quantizer * Full error precision toggle added to settings page of 'Convert To Indexed' window * Eliminated flicker when scrolling canvas in GTK+1 and GTK+2/Windows * Dragging the main/view window divider made to behave in GTK+1 * Main menu now rearranges itself to fit in window * Tile based undo system introduced to save memory when changes affect only small areas of the canvas * Max undo levels now configurable (from 10 to 1000) * Image loading now can be made undoable * mtPaint can now be compiled as a library (libmtpaint) * Image rotation now sharper and faster * Difference of Gaussians effect added * Patterns increased to 100 and now stored in xbm_patterns.xbm file * Edit->Create Patterns removed as patterns are now saved as standard XBM file * Preferences->Paths : Default palette and patterns now selectable * BUGFIX - Colour selective mode with zoom < 100% doesn't cause crash * BUGFIX - Gradient preview now properly shows effect of mask channel * BUGFIX - "Resize Canvas" with negative offset now works correctly * BUGFIX - Clipboard rotation now properly handles clipboard alpha * BUGFIX - Transparency in greyscale PNG files is now read properly * Lanczos3 rescaling filter removed due to unfavourable results * DL1 quantizer removed for the same reason 3.11 2007-4-2 * Slovak translation added by Jozef Riha * French translation updated by Sylvain Cresto * LSS16 file format load/save added to support syslinux bootup splash screens * Clipboard alpha is now used as clipboard mask when pasting to image without alpha channel * "Resize Canvas" can now be used to offset an image, with or without changing its size * TIFF files with alpha saved by Photoshop now load properly * Bash-specific idioms in configure script replaced by POSIXy equivalents * Zoom combo boxes are now better behaved in GTK+1 * DL3 quantizer now faster by about 30% * BUGFIX - Negative values in "Transform Colour" and "Resize Canvas" dialogs are read correctly again * BUGFIX - Drawing a 2 pixels high filled ellipse doesn't cause crash * BUGFIX - Tool cursor now doesn't revert to default one after showing or hiding view window * BUGFIX - Keyboard shortcut for swapping colours A & B now works in GTK+1 * BUGFIX - Clicking the palette grid in gradient editor now works properly in GTK+1 * BUGFIX - All spin buttons are now wide enough in GTK+1 * BUGFIX - No more redraw glitches when toggling view window on/off in GTK+1 3.10 2007-1-22 * Gradient drawing mode added * Palette shifting feature added to Palette menu * Turkish translation added by Muhammet Kara, Tutku Dalmaz * Taiwanese Chinese translation added by Wei-Lun Chao * Image tiling mode added to "Resize Canvas" * Greyscale effect now respects masking * Gamma corrected greyscale effect added * Gaussian blur effect replaces the old blur effect * Unsharp mask effect added * More palette sort modes added * Controls for alpha/selection/mask A/B added to "Edit colour A & B" * RGB and HSV colour scales generation integrated into palette editor * New advanced dithering modes with many configuration options added to "Convert To Indexed" window * Optional gamma correction for image scaling, rotation, Gaussian blur and unsharp mask * Smudge tool can be configured to ignore opacity mode - right click the tool icon * Smudge tool respects tool opacity for RGB images * Channel deletion made easier to use * View window can now be placed under drawing window using the View menu or 'H' key * "Blend A to B" with colour A identical to B now works like GIMP's Color To Alpha filter * Arrows and Shift+Arrows now move cursor around on canvas * Enter now simulates left mouse click, and Backspace, right click * '[' ']' and '{' '}' keys now used to change colour A/B * Ctrl+scroll wheel now scrolls canvas left-right (GTK+2 only) * Shift-+/- keys now zooms view window in/out * Shift-1...Shift-4 keys now switch to image/alpha/selection/mask channel * Selection marquee now persists through tool changes * Lasso tool now works for rectangular selections too * Indexed clipboard can now be pasted into RGB image * Image save/load completely rewritten, now with better support for TIFF, BMP, XPM and XBM formats * Channels, composite images and undo images can now be saved to any suitable supported file format * Image channel can now be saved and loaded just like other channels * Paint tool in tint mode now respects both Tint +/- toggle and left/right mouse button * "By image channel" flood fill option now works in non-fuzzy mode too * BUGFIX - Polygonal selections now respect selection channel * BUGFIX - Effects menu items now remain enabled for indexed images' utility channels * BUGFIX - 'Focus View Window' toggle now doesn't cause snatching during layer drags * BUGFIX - Smudge now doesn't make pixels darker than it should 3.02 2006-10-14 * Polish translation added by Simek * Spanish translation updated for version 3 by Antonio San * All menu items on all translations updated * Saving compressed GIF files now supported (using libgif) * Library detection in configure script improved * BUGFIX - Image scaling and rotation in nearest-neighbour mode now work correctly * BUGFIX - Lasso tool now properly handles clipboard alpha * BUGFIX - Clipboard save path now can be changed in Preferences * BUGFIX - XPM files smaller than 4*4 pixels can now be loaded 3.01 2006-7-15 * German translation updated for version 3 * BUGFIX - Memory alignment problems on Windows fixed (might affect speed) * BUGFIX - RGB-specific menu items now properly disabled in indexed mode 3.00 2006-6-21 * Channels facilities added * Menus & toolbars reworked to be more task oriented * Toolbars can now be toggled on and off via the View menu * Drag 'n' drop from file managers supported for loading new layers * Animation preview has a play toggle * Clicking palette numbers opens up "Palette Editor" window * Paste preview now respects the palette protection mask * Transform Colour Window - Hue control added * Transform Colour Window - Selective palette option * Undo now less wasteful of memory when adjusting the palette * Major rewrite of back end code to improve performance * Colour A/B editor now uses GTK+ colour dialog * Ctrl+Arrows resizes selection area * Flood fill has fuzzy mode - right click icon for controls * Saving/Loading clipboards now includes mask data * Saving a composite layer image now de-coupled from saving the layer data file * Most documentation has been removed from the F1 help and is now in HTML form * HTML documentation available as a separate download package * mtPaint mailing lists set up - http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=155874 * configure script makes no assumptions about CPU - ./configure --help * BUGFIX - Saving a composite layer image does not occasionally leave transparent areas * BUGFIX - Transforming colour of palette with preview (RGB images) now works properly * BUGFIX - Status bar now updated after removing all layers * BUGFIX - Scaling image to width/height 1/2 does not cause crash 2.31 2006-5-31 * German translation contributed by Oliver Frommel 2.30 2006-3-1 * Animation of layers is now possible - see 'Animation' in docs for info * Animated GIF files can now be opened frame by frame if you have Gifsicle installed * File->Export Animated GIF ... can create an animated GIF file if you have Gifsicle installed * Image can now be centralized in the window - Preferences->Zoom to toggle * Image scaling facilities improved and extended by Dmitry Groshev * Edit->Tint Mode added by Dmitry Groshev - see bottom of Tools section in docs for info * Ellipse outline code improved by Dmitry Groshev * Selection->Alpha Blend A,B : see website tutorial for example * Various tutorials added to website * BUGFIX - Clone tool does not misbehave when dragging beyond image edge with CTRL pressed * BUGFIX - Text rotation should now work properly in Windows XP * BUGFIX - Files with UTF8 characters in the filenames can now be opened in Windows * BUGFIX - Status bar wobbling with some Windows systems resolved * BUGFIX - Text paste + selection mask + zoom doesn't lose mask 2.20 2006-1-1 * mtPaint web site is now at http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/ * View window now part of the main window - V key toggles on/off * Ctrl+Arrows or Ctrl+Shift+Arrows moves a layer around * View->Set Zoom window sets zoom for main/view window + focus toggle - Z key toggles on/off * Palette scaling now uses colour A/B as start/finish colour & index * Gimp palette files (*.gpl) can now be loaded/saved via the Palette menu * If file ~/mtpaint.gpl exists, it is loaded as the default palette on startup * Transparent GIF information can now be loaded/saved + general GIF import improvements * Transparent pixels in main edit area are now grey chequers in single layer mode * Counting all RGB colours now requires 2MB not 16MB * Custom icons can now be compiled for mtPaint - see ./src/icons1/README for details * Maximum layers increased to 100 * Windows binary installation has been simplified with standard setup.exe * BUGFIX - When changing tool with function key, brush perimeter is now cleared properly 2.10 2005-11-20 * Support for pressure sensitive tablets via Preferences window, see 'Tools' in docs * Colour histogram added to Information window (Ctrl-I) * Palette->Create Quantized (Wu) method added - Good for small palettes e.g. 32 * Convert to Indexed window improved * View window now has focus toggle to keep locked on the main window centre position * Info window now counts all colours in RGB images - if 16MB memory is available * Preferences window is now non-modal and has an apply button * ./src/Makefile simplified * Brazilian Portuguese translation contributed by Paulo Trevizan * BUGFIX - memory leak fixed with DL1 Quantize & Floyd-Steinberg * BUGFIX - segfault fixed when pressing * and - keys simultaneously in pan window * BUGFIX - segfault fixed when using read only filesystems with no ~/.mtpaint write access * BUGFIX - segfault fixed when loading certain animated GIFs - warning message instead 2.03 2005-9-23 * BUGFIX - Resolved rare segfault when shifting a layer up/down with no view window showing 2.02 2005-9-19 * PNG files with a transparency can now be loaded and saved - See 'Limitations' * View->Show zoom grid - Parameters set in Preferences window->Zoom * "Save As" window improved with new file attribute widgets * Status bar changes - (T=?) for transparencies, 'x' in selection geometry * mtPaint project registered with Launchpad/Rosetta to help with translations: https://launchpad.net/products/mtpaint/+translations * Partial French translation contributed by Nicolas Velin * Partial Portuguese translation contributed by Israel G. Lugo * BUGFIX - Copy/Paste in auto commit mode followed by paint tool does not draw extra line 2.01 2005-8-14 * BUGFIX - Resolved occasional segfault when loading and showing all layers in the main window * BUGFIX - Windows version: screenshot grabbing now hides the new image window 2.00 2005-8-7 * View -> Layers Window - See 'Layers' in docs for info * Edit -> Paste To New Layer * Polygon selection tool added - See 'Selections' in docs for info * Selection -> Lasso Selection & Cut * Clone tool added - See 'Tools' in docs for info * View window now has zoom facility * Line tool now has the ability to draw an arrowhead - See 'Tools' in docs for info * Relative filenames passed at command line now converted to absolutes * GTK+2: Grabbing a screenshot via the new image window minimizes main window first * Preferences toggle to commit paste when changing tool * Keyboard shortcuts for recently used files - Shift+Ctrl+F1 = Revert * Icons on toolbar reworked to accommodate most commonly used functions * BUGFIX - Greyscale PNG files are now loaded properly 0.97 2005-6-4 * Text tool: Antialiasing without a background colour now possible (alpha blended edges) * Text tool: Changing colour/pattern during paste updates text * Text tool: Independent toggles for background colour and rotation * Changes are flagged in the titlebar * Brushes and patterns increased to 81 * Maximum tool size/flow increased to 200 * Logic of colour A/B editor improved for RGB images * Help docs now supported with international po files * Accuracy of circle brush in continuous mode improved * Specifying a CPU is now more generic - see "./configure --help" * BUGFIX - Loading a large image now correctly adjusts the scrollbars * BUGFIX - Czech characters improved in Windows 0.95 2005-5-4 * Text tool added - See "Tools" for usage * View window now available via View menu or 'V' key * Brush presets now available via Edit menu, F3, icon on toolbar or preview area * Screenshot grabbing facility - "mtpaint -s" or File->New - See "Tips" section * Right mouse button paints with A/B reversed * Palette -> Swap A & B * Mouse scroll wheel zooms in/out if set in Preferences - GTK+2 only * Function keys don't zoom any more - use numbers 1-9 instead * Various new keyboard shortcuts added/changed * Website redesign contributed by Abdulla Al Muhairi * BUGFIX - Xine does not now close Pan Window/Pattern chooser popup * BUGFIX - Occasional pasting 'slips' eliminated * BUGFIX - Edit all colours window now works properly when screen depth <24 bpp 0.90 2005-4-12 * Internationalization now supported with "./configure intl" * Spanish translation contributed by the Guadalinex team * Czech translation contributed by Pavel Ruzicka * Preferences window allows the manual selection of language translations * Man page contributed by Guadalinex team - "./configure man" to install * Pasting with less than 100% opacity now shows preview of resulting transparency * Widget behaviour improved in Quantize & Transform Colour windows * Page Up/Down keys now work as expected in Command Line Window * Changing tool does not tax the CPU as much on older hardware * Accuracy improvements for line tool and circle in continuous mode when size>1 * Max geometry is now 16384x16384 * New typeface for palette numbers * Several more configure script options added - "./configure --help" for details * BUGFIX - Pattern flood fills now work under all conditions * BUGFIX - In GTK+2, filenames with non ASCII characters are now be handled properly * BUGFIX - Attempting to fill on a protected colour does not set opacity to 100% * BUGFIX - Ctrl -/+ Adjusts opacity as originally designed * BUGFIX - Undo/Redo to an indexed image with smudge does not cause segfault 0.75 2005-2-15 * Pan window added - See "Tools" for usage * Colour protection mask now works with RGB images * Selection -> Outline Ellipse + New icon : Thickness = tool size * Converting RGB images to indexed improved: * i) 'Exact' option now uses less memory + slightly quicker * ii) Accuracy of 'Dither' method is now better * iii) Floyd-Steinberg option added * iv) Palette quantization DL1 & DL3 options added with[out] Floyd-Steinberg * Palette -> Create Quantized (DL1 & DL3) : RGB images only * Palette -> Sort -> Frequency : Sorts an indexed palette by pixel frequency on canvas * Palette Sort window has apply button * File -> Export Undo Images (reversed) * Transform Colour window improved: * i) Apply button added * ii) Toggles to transform RGB image and/or palette * iii) Gamma moved to top and is now the 1st operation to be done * iv) Window now pops up where the mouse pointer is positioned * v) Return/Enter keys now press 'OK' button * Tips section added to README & help * Progress window is now movable and does not remain above other windows * configure script improved to cater for systems without pkg-config, i.e. GTK+1 only * BUGFIX - Memory leaks in read_png & read_jpeg cleaned up * BUGFIX - Corrupt PNG & JPEG files are now handled properly * BUGFIX - Palette area update invisibility on some systems corrected * BUGFIX - Jerking of vertical/horizontal scrollbars when zooming eliminated * BUGFIX - Zooming in GTK+1 now respects the specified zoom centre * BUGFIX - While pasting, cursor flickering on slow hardware has been eliminated 0.50 2005-1-1 * Smudge tool - RGB images only, continuous or non-continuous modes * Image -> Free Rotate : Rotate image at any angle * Selection -> Mask Colour A,B : See 'Selections' in README/Help for example * Selection -> Unmask Colour A,B * Selection -> Mask All Colours * Selection -> Clear Mask : Revert to normal opaque rectangular paste * Counting unique RGB pixels is faster (particularly GTK+2) * Selection geometry on status bar now also shows selection diagonal angle + length * Preferences -> Force zoom to 100% or current zoom with a new file * Numbers 1-9 set zoom, Insert=Transform colours, Delete=Crop, Page Up/Down=Scale/Resize * 1-9, +, -, =, Q, Home, Insert, etc... keys work while Command Line window selected * Compilation now works using gcc-2.95 and libpng-1.0 * Configure script contains example of how to compile with Slackware 8.0 * Undo/Redo stops current paste only when changing to/from Indexed/RGB * BUGFIX - Occasional Pango warnings in GTK+2 upon startup stopped * BUGFIX - When undo/redo clears paste the cursor is not stuck as 4 way arrow * BUGFIX - Last pixel of straight line now painted if size=1 0.47 2004-12-11 * View -> 10%, 25%, 50% : +, -/= keys can be used to get zoom below 100% * View -> Toggle Image View (Home key) : Show/Hide palette, menu, status bar etc * View -> Command Line Window : Shows files passed in command line (if > 1) * Effects -> Isometric Transformations * Palette colours : Shift + click/drag moves a colour to a new index * Posterize effect merged with brightness/contrast/saturation window -> Transform Colour * Gamma added to Transform Colour window * Using "mtpaint -v" or calling from other binary name starts in full image view * Selection resize method improved + right button = clear * Limitation relating to flood fill colour resolved for most situations * Using arrow keys while painting changes colour A/B * Edit -> Opacity Undo Mode (F12) replaces Preferences option * Greyscale now in Effects menu * Escape key now selects first button of alert box * Default tool is now selection * Colour toolbar icons moved together * Keyboard shortcuts added for Cropping/Transforming colours/Invert/Greyscale * Compiler options tweaked - faster/smaller binary * BUGFIX - Undo/Redo to indexed/RGB while pasting RGB/indexed does not cause segfault 0.45 2004-11-21 * Tool opacity is now variable so subtle RGB painting is now possible * Effects -> Edge Detect, Sharpen, Soften, Blur, Emboss * Scaling a 24 bit RGB image is now smoother * Image -> Convert To Indexed : Exact conversion, Quantized Palette, Dithered, Scattered * Save TIFF files (uncompressed RGB) * Save GIF files (uncompressed indexed 256 colours) * Save BMP files (uncompressed indexed & RGB) * File -> Export Undo Images * File -> Export ASCII Art * Palette -> Add Colours changed to Set Palette Size, i.e. reduction is now possible * File -> Save As : If image has a filename, put this into the filename box * When loading a png/tiff/jpeg/gif only use progress bar if image is large * Middle mouse button sets the zoom centre * Image -> Preferences : Q key can now quit mtPaint * Spray/shuffle mouse pointers made more consistent * BUGFIX - Rotating the image with no undo memory does not cause image corruption * BUGFIX in GTK+2.4 - Pressing enter while pasting does not press toolbar button 0.40 2004-11-8 * File -> New : Create 24 bit RGB image * Most functions/tools now work on a 24 bit RGB canvas (except colour protection mask) * Load/Save 24 bit RGB PNG files * Load 24 bit RGB/Greyscale, Save 24 bit RGB JPEG files - Quality set by Preferences * Load TIFF files * Load uncompressed BMP files * Image -> Convert To RGB * Image -> Convert To Indexed * Edit -> Load Clipboard -> 1-12 * Edit -> Save Clipboard -> 1-12 * More icons have been added to the toolbar * File menu now contains a recently used file list - Set limit in Preferences window (0-20) * Maximum canvas height/width set to 8192, minimum set to 1 * Last directory loaded from command line is now correctly remembered * Palette -> Load default * BUGFIX - Resizing/Scaling with no undo memory does not cause segfault * BUGFIX - Using a static tool after resize/scale/rotate does not create unwanted shapes * BUGFIX - An occasional crash when using the GTK+ colour selector was corrected 0.37 2004-10-25 * Image -> Brightness-Contrast-Saturation * Image -> Scale Canvas * Image -> Resize Canvas * Image -> Preferences : The user can specify what info is displayed on the status bar * Image -> Rotate Clockwise * Image -> Rotate Anti-Clockwise * Selection -> Rotate Clockwise * Selection -> Rotate Anti-Clockwise * Help -> About (F1) : Reflects the current README file * File -> New : User can now create a greyscale image * Palette -> Edit All Colours * Palette -> Create Scale : Create blended colours from one index to another * Palette -> Sort * Image -> Bacteria Effect : Try it a few times with "mtpaint graphics/bacteria.png" * File selection window geometry stored independently from main window geometry * BUGFIX - Progress window now appears above file selector in GTK+2 Windows/Gnome * BUGFIX - Maximizing A/B colour editor window does not cause segfault or window corruption 0.35 2004-10-16 * Sources can now be compiled using MinGW/MSYS to create a Windows version of mtPaint * XPM & XBM images can now be loaded and saved * File -> Preferences : User can view/set XPM/XBM transparency/hotspot info * Straight line tool added to toolbar * Image menu now houses Convert to greyscale, Posterize, Information, Preferences and Crop * Image -> Flip Vertically * Image -> Flip Horizontally * Image -> Invert * Selection -> Flip Vertically * Selection -> Flip Horizontally * Undo/redo levels displayed on status bar * Progress bar is now used for load/save/flip - Useful for large images or slow machines * Minimum main window size set so 640x480 screens can use mtPaint * Setting zoom centre now requires Shift+Right button - Avoids clash with paste/line tools * BUGFIX - Save failure does not now clear the mem_changed flag * BUGFIX - Accuracy of max undo levels improved in Information window * BUGFIX - Menus updated when loading file from command line (no option to crop to 1x1) 0.30 2004-10-4 * GIF images can now be loaded into mtPaint * Mouse pointers for static shapes improved * Selection menu now houses "Select All", "Select None" * Selection -> Outline Rectangle : Draws outline of tool size pixels around current selection * Selection -> Filled Rectangle : Fills the current selection area * Selection -> Filled Ellipse : Draws a filled ellipse inside the current selection area * Selection -> Line - Slash : Draws straight line on selection from top left to bottom right * Selection -> Line - Backslash : Draws straight line on selection from top right to bottom left * Edit -> Continuous Painting : Makes painting the 6 static shapes continuous and smooth * Status bar has "CON" to indicate if the program is in Continuous Painting mode * Information window now contains details of current clipboard data * Ctrl+Left Button while over palette sets colour B (useful for stylus/tablet users) * configure script extended - use "./configure --help" for details * BUGFIX - Selecting None during paste at high zoom does not tax the CPU * BUGFIX - Changing tool during paste at high zoom does not tax the CPU * BUGFIX - Pasting while already pasting at high zoom does not cause program termination * BUGFIX - Selection/Paste perimeter does not get corrupted in GTK+2 while using scrollbars 0.25 2004-9-24 * Palette -> Convert To Greyscale : Converts current palette to greyscale * Edit -> Crop : Crops the canvas to the current selection * The red/white selection box can now be resized by clicking and dragging the corners * Selection geometry is now displayed on the status bar * Start with blank canvas if file was not successfully loaded from the command line * Enter/Return now commits a paste even when Shift/Ctrl are pressed * Loading a palette can now be undone/redone * BUGFIX - Errors while trying to "Save As" are now treated properly * BUGFIX - Pressing CTRL and moving the mouse without pressing a button does not tax the CPU * BUGFIX - Loading a palette with 256 colours is now possible * BUGFIX - Paste To Centre menu item now behaves as expected * BUGFIX - mem_changed flag now cleared properly after saving - no more false warnings * BUGFIX - Fixed segfault when cutting during a paste (edit menu logic improved) * Select/Paste now uses less CPU and doesn't flicker as much * Undo system rewritten: * Accommodates geometry changes from cropping * Only malloc's memory as required, not en masse at beginning * Tool perimeter shows correct position when mouse is over the grey background 0.24 2004-9-19 * Makefile - Default compiler options changed to make no optimizations * Preferences -> Option to show mouse cursor as the tool shape * Preferences -> Confirm exit alert now optional * When quitting/opening/file-new without saving changes, the user is warned * TODO list in README updated with my plans for the next few months * File -> Save As given shortcut Shift+Ctrl-S * Selection tool added to toolbar * Edit -> Cut * Edit -> Copy * Edit -> Paste To Centre * Edit -> Paste * Edit -> Select All * Edit -> Select None * Preferences -> Option to not display clipboard image while pasting * README updated with details about selection, copy, cut, paste etc. * BUGFIX in memory.c - correct posterizing now happens whether using -ffast-math or not * BUGFIX in GTK+1 - CTRL shortcuts are now not blocked by size/spray spin buttons * First public release of mtPaint on gnomefiles.org 0.23 2004-9-13 First public release of mtPaint on freshmeat.net 0.21 2004-9-6 Beta testing begins! 0.20 2004-9-5 9 basic tools + palette edit/add/posterize/merge/load/save finished 0.16 2004-8-31 Undo/Redo implemented - default MAX_UNDO = 100 0.15 2004-8-28 Patterns implemented with square tool + colour protection mask implemented 0.05 2004-8-14 PNG load + image display & zoom features 0.04 2004-8-12 Program structure fixated 0.02 2004-8-7 GUI fixated 0.00 2004-7-4 Project started - GUI & back end designs kicked around on paper and in Glade