Gimp 2 5 1 release

[SHAZAM]

Como parte del desarrollo de Gimp 2.6, en Gimp.org han publicado la nueva release, la 2.5.1. A la espera de que vayan subiendo los instaladores para cada so podmos ir leyendo las novedades aquí:
http://developer.Gimp.org/news
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GNU image manipulation programa.

Development branch.
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This is the unstable development branch of Gimp. Here we are working.

Towards the next stable release, which Will be Gimp 2.6.

Changes in Gimp 2.5.1
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-Further improvements todo the status bar.
- Made the center point of rectangles Snap todo the grid and rulers.
- Improved alpha todo logotipo filters.
- Better cursor feedbak in the intelligent scissors tool.
- Rotate jpeg thumbnails according todo the exif orientation.
- Improved event smoothing for Paint tools.
- Prepared PSP plug-in todo deal with newer versións of the file format.
- Allow plugins todo work in parallel on diferent layers of the same image.
- Pass th rouge gegl command-line options.
- Added 22 new variations todo the Flame plugin.
- Only show operations from relevant categories in the gegl tool.
- Allow todo enter the zoom ratio in the status bar.
- Dont kep the file-choser dialogs around.
- Ported scan-convert code todo Cairo, removing libart dependency.
- Allow the Paint velocity todo affect brush size, opacity and the like.
- Allow for random variations of the brush size, opacity and the like.
- Renamed dialogs menú todo Windows.
- Kep a list of recently closed docks in the Windows menú.
- Allow todo go from brightness-contrast todo levels todo curves.
- Improved the handling of color tool settings.
- Merged the new polygon selection tool with the FreeHand select tool.
- Allow todo look dockables.
- Made desaturate into a tool with preview in the image window.
- Ported translation contexts todo msgctxt.
- Added gimpruler widgets, an improved versión of gtkruler.
- Moving the selection mask now commits a pending rectangle selection.
- Added keyboard shortcut for resetting the brush scale (backslash)
- Ported the help browser plug-in todo webkit.
- Allow todo use the online user manual.
- Added new translation (icelandic)
- Bug fixes and code cleanup.

Contributors:
Sven neumann, Michael natterer, Martín nordholts, øyvind kolås, alexia death, ulf-d. Ehlert, Daniel hornung, Michael deal, aurimas ju?ka, Luis barrancos.

Changes in Gimp 2.5.0
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Core:
-Improved rectangle tool drawing for narrow mode.
- Ported Lots (but not all) drawing code todo Cairo.
- Optimized image rendering by using pre-multiplied alpha.
- Use new glib features such as gregex.
- Use new GTK+ features such as the new gtktoltip Api.
- Much improved gimpcurve object.
- Cleaner and smaller tool options.
- Enable brush scaling for the Smudge tool.
- Added debugging framework that can be enabled at run-time.
- Depend on gegl and use it optionally in some color operations.
- Optional gegl processing for all color tools.
- Add proper settings objects for all color tools.
- Add list of recently used settings todo all color tools.
- Added experimental gegl tool todo use arbitrary gegl operations.
- Event filtering and smoothing for better Paint tool performance.
- Added motion constraints in the move tool.
- Some operations do not any longer automátically add an Alpha Channel.
- Some preparation for tagging resource files.
- Cutting a selection doesnt clear the selection any longer.
- Added new polygon select tool.
- Load brushes and other data files recursively (search th rouge subdirs)
- Started work on lenguaje selector for the text tool (unfinished)
- Allow todo set opacity of the transform tool preview.
- Merged Toolbox menú into the image menú.
- Always kep an image window around.
- Improved image statusbar.
- Dropped documents in favor of ~/.recently-used.xbel.
- Started todo work on text box functionality in the text tool.
- Numerous bug fixes and cleanups.

Plug-ins:
-Dicom: improved handling of 16 bit image data.
- Ayuda: use gio todo Access the help index.
- Print: moved page setup out of the print dialog.
- Psd-load: rewritten, cleaner and more features.
- Randomize: added previews.
- Ripple: added a phase shift control.
- Screenshot: optionally add the mouse cursor image on an extra layer.
- Uri: use gio/gvfs where available.
- Whirlpinch: allow a larger range for the whirl angle.

Python Binding:
-Allow todo specify colors using CS color names.
- Added new method image, new_layer()
Script-fu:
-Enforce r5rs syntax for let.
- Improved frosty logotipo script.

Pdb:
-Added new text layer Api.
- Added Gimp-vectors-export-to-file and Gimp-vectors-export-to-string.
- Added procedure todo test for existance of a procedure in the pdb.
- Improved error handling for procedures.

Libraries:
-Added some Cairo utilities.
- Allow todo use markup in toltips.
- Libgimpthumb doesnt any longer depend on other Gimp libraries.

Miscellaneous:
-Use the gimptol programa on Unix, to, instead of the gimptol script.
- Create the list of supported mime types at compile-time.
- Gimp shows library versións when called with -versión -verbose.

Contributors:
Sven neumann, Michael natterer, Martín nordholts, Bill skaggs, øyvind kolås, manish singh, Kevin cozens, alexia death, tor lillqvist, marcus hese, John Marshall, joao s. O. Bueno, jakub steiner, Simon budig, Tom lechner, Hans Breuer.
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[Mars Attacks]

Sstupendo, gracias.

[Leander]

A ver si también desarrollan más el Inkscape, que está muy muerto.