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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">5.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">What's New in GIMP 2.2?</span>
  23.   </th>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">Appendix¬†A.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">GIMP History</span>
  29.   </th>
  30.           <td width="20%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-introduction-bugs.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  39.             <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-introduction-history-2-2"></a>5.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">What's New in GIMP 2.2?</span>
  41.   </h2>
  42.           </div>
  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
  45.               <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history">
  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2331 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-07-15</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">romanofski</td>
  55.                 </tr>
  56.               </table>
  57.             </div>
  58.           </div>
  59.         </div>
  60.       </div>
  61.       <p>
  62.     Here is a brief summary of some of the most important new features
  63.     introduced in <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  64.     2.2. There are many other smaller changes that long-time users will notice
  65.     and appreciate (or complain about!). There are also important changes at
  66.     the level of plug-in programming and script-fu creating that are not
  67.     covered here.
  68.   </p>
  69.       <div class="variablelist">
  70.         <dl>
  71.           <dt>
  72.             <span class="term">Interoperability and Standards Support</span>
  73.           </dt>
  74.           <dd>
  75.             <div class="itemizedlist">
  76.               <ul type="disc">
  77.                 <li>
  78.                   <p>
  79.               You can drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste image data from the
  80.               <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> to
  81.               any application which supports image/png drops (currently
  82.               <span class="application">Abiword</span> and
  83.               <span class="application">Kword</span> at least) and image/xml+svg drops
  84.               (<span class="application">Inkscape</span>
  85.               supports this one). So you can copy-and-paste curves into the
  86.               <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  87.               from <span class="application">Inkscape</span>, and then drag a
  88.               selection into <span class="application">Abiword</span> to include it
  89.               inline in your document.
  90.             </p>
  91.                 </li>
  92.                 <li>
  93.                   <p>
  94.               Patterns can now be any supported <code class="classname">GtkPixbuf</code>
  95.               format, including png, jpeg, xbm and others.
  96.             </p>
  97.                 </li>
  98.                 <li>
  99.                   <p>
  100.               <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> can load gradients from SVG files, and
  101.               palettes from ACT and RIFF files.
  102.             </p>
  103.                 </li>
  104.                 <li>
  105.                   <p>
  106.               Drag-and-drop support has been extended. You can now drop
  107.               files and URIs onto an image window, where they will be opened
  108.               in the existing image as new layers.
  109.             </p>
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  111.                     <table border="0" summary="Note">
  112.                       <tr>
  113.                         <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
  114.                           <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" />
  115.                         </td>
  116.                         <th align="left">Note</th>
  117.                       </tr>
  118.                       <tr>
  119.                         <td align="left" valign="top">
  120.                           <p>
  121.                 Please note, that Drag and Drop will not work for Apple Mac OS X
  122.                 between GIMP and the finder. This is due to a lack of
  123.                 functionality on Apples X11.app
  124.               </p>
  125.                         </td>
  126.                       </tr>
  127.                     </table>
  128.                   </div>
  129.                 </li>
  130.               </ul>
  131.             </div>
  132.           </dd>
  133.           <dt>
  134.             <span class="term">Shortcut Editor</span>
  135.           </dt>
  136.           <dd>
  137.             <p>
  138.           You can now edit your shortcuts in a dedicated dialog, as well as
  139.           continue to use the little-known dynamic shortcuts feature (which has
  140.           been there since 1.2).
  141.         </p>
  142.           </dd>
  143.           <dt>
  144.             <span class="term">Plug-in Previews</span>
  145.           </dt>
  146.           <dd>
  147.             <p>
  148.           We have provided a standard preview widget for plug-in authors which
  149.           greatly reduces the amount of code required to support previews. David
  150.           Odin has integrated this widget into all the current filters, so that
  151.           now many more filters in the <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> include a preview
  152.           which updates in
  153.           real time, and the various previews behave much more consistently.
  154.         </p>
  155.           </dd>
  156.           <dt>
  157.             <span class="term">Real-Time Previews of Transform Operations</span>
  158.           </dt>
  159.           <dd>
  160.             <p>
  161.           The transform tools (shear, scale, perspective and rotate) can
  162.           now show a real-time preview of the result of the operation when
  163.           the tool is in ‚Äú<span class="quote">Traditional</span>‚Äù mode.  Previously, only a
  164.           transforming grid was shown.
  165.         </p>
  166.           </dd>
  167.           <dt>
  168.             <span class="term">GNOME Human Interface Guide Conformance</span>
  169.           </dt>
  170.           <dd>
  171.             <p>
  172.           A lot of work has been done on making the <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>'s
  173.           interface simpler and
  174.           more usable for newcomers. Most dialogs now follows the
  175.           <acronym class="acronym">GNOME</acronym> HIG to
  176.           the best of our knowledge. In addition, dialogs have separated out or
  177.           removed many ‚Äú<span class="quote">Advanced</span>‚Äù options, and replaced them with
  178.           sane defaults or hidden them in an expander.
  179.         </p>
  180.           </dd>
  181.           <dt>
  182.             <span class="term">GTK+ 2.4 Migration</span>
  183.           </dt>
  184.           <dd>
  185.             <div class="itemizedlist">
  186.               <ul type="disc">
  187.                 <li>
  188.                   <p>
  189.               Menus use the <code class="classname">GtkUIManager</code> to
  190.               generate menu structure dynamically from XML data files.
  191.             </p>
  192.                 </li>
  193.                 <li>
  194.                   <p>
  195.               A completely revamped File Chooser is used everywhere in the
  196.               <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  197.               for opening or saving files. The best thing about it is that it
  198.               lets you create a set of ‚Äú<span class="quote">bookmarks</span>‚Äù, making it
  199.               possible to
  200.               navigate quickly and easily to commonly used directories.
  201.             </p>
  202.                 </li>
  203.                 <li>
  204.                   <p>
  205.               <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> now supports fancy ARGB cursors when they
  206.               are available on the system.
  207.             </p>
  208.                 </li>
  209.               </ul>
  210.             </div>
  211.           </dd>
  212.           <dt>
  213.             <span class="term">Basic Vector Support</span>
  214.           </dt>
  215.           <dd>
  216.             <p>
  217.           Using the GFig plug-in, the <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> now supports the
  218.           basic functionality
  219.           of vector layers. The GFig plug-in supports a number of vector
  220.           graphics features such as gradient fills, Bezier curves and curve
  221.           stroking. It is also the easiest way to create regular or irregular
  222.           polygons in the <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>. In the
  223.           <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> 2.2, you can create GFig layers, and
  224.           re-edit these layers in GFig afterwards. This level of vector support
  225.           is still quite primitive, however, in comparison to dedicated
  226.           vector-graphics programs such as <span class="application">Inkscape</span>.
  227.         </p>
  228.           </dd>
  229.           <dt>
  230.             <span class="term">Also . . .</span>
  231.           </dt>
  232.           <dd>
  233.             <p>
  234.           There are many other smaller user-visible features. A rapid-fire list
  235.           of some of those features is below.
  236.         </p>
  237.             <div class="itemizedlist">
  238.               <ul type="disc">
  239.                 <li>
  240.                   <p>
  241.               It is now possible to run the <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> in batch
  242.               mode without an X server.
  243.             </p>
  244.                 </li>
  245.                 <li>
  246.                   <p>
  247.               We have a <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> binary
  248.               (<acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>-console) which is not linked to GTK+
  249.               at all.
  250.             </p>
  251.                 </li>
  252.                 <li>
  253.                   <p>Improved interface for extended input devices</p>
  254.                 </li>
  255.                 <li>
  256.                   <p>
  257.               Editable toolbox: You can now decide which tools should be shown
  258.               in the Toolbox, and their order. In particular, you can add any or
  259.               all of the Color Tools to the Toolbox if you wish to.
  260.             </p>
  261.                 </li>
  262.                 <li>
  263.                   <p>
  264.               Histogram overlays R, G and B histograms on the Value histogram, and
  265.               calculates the histogram only for the contents of the selection.
  266.             </p>
  267.                 </li>
  268.                 <li>
  269.                   <p>
  270.               Shortcuts are now shared across all <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> windows.
  271.             </p>
  272.                 </li>
  273.               </ul>
  274.             </div>
  275.           </dd>
  276.         </dl>
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