Release Notes for Synfig 0.62.00
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You need to download and build he following packages in this order:
ETL-0.04.13-RC1.tar.gz
synfig-0.62.00-RC1.tar.gz
synfigstudio-0.62.00-RC1.tar.gz

See the INSTALL and README files.

Source code: http://synfig.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=synfig/synfig;a=summary

Known Issues with SVG import
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* SVG import only works with SVG files Based on SVG XML specification 1.1. See: 
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/ for deatils. To obtain a SVG XML 1.1 specification 
file you can load the SVG into Inkscape and save the sile as "Plain SVG". The saved
file will be imported in Synfig Studio properly.
* The first time you import any SVG file it read the values wrongly. It is a known 
issue that we don't know how to solve at the moment. Deleting the imported and reimporting 
it again should work. Further imports works fine as well.
* Gradients tends to be misplaced.
* Some times colors are not coded properly.


NEWS for ETL
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 0.04.13 (git tag: "ETL-0.04.13") - October 12, 2009 - Bug fixes.

  * Migration to git repository.
  * Delete generated ETL/etl_profile_.h.in file.
  * Improve the rendering of curve gradient layers near vertices with 0-length tangents.
  * Fix a division by zero when calculate the distance to a bezier.
  * Fix the pthread and kernel32 library check to not check for main.
  * Don't enable the use of mutexes on platforms other than windows unless pthread is available.
  * Remove ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
  * Several compiler warnings fixed.


NEWS for synfig
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 0.62.00 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.00") - October 12, 2009 - Bug fixes, features.

  * Migration to git repository.
  * Bugs fixed: #2195749, #1968248, #2250533, #2116947, launchpad.net/ubuntu/#195447
  * Bugs fixed: #1993098, #1730067, #2353248, #2037732, #2412072, #2458112
  * Bugs fixed: #2502818.
  * Improved messages for failed open filed commands.
  * Fix crash when unsetting import layer filename after using PNG or JPEG importers
  * Improve the rendering of curve gradient layers near vertices with 0-length tangents.
  * Fix previous bug that produced bad render to the star layer.
  * Enable use of ffmpeg importer.
  * Set four modules as essential: gradient, geometry, particle, freetype.
  * Improve message when initialize synfig fails.
  * New environment variables for options.
  * Add support for alpha in paletted PNG files.
  * New option: Scale New imported Images to Fit Canvas.
  * Better errros when open a file that doesn't exists.
  * Enable Example module: Metaballs, Simple Circle, Filled Rectangle.
  * New Value Nodes: Greyed, Power, And, Not, Compare,
  * Add 'Loop' parameter to the Random Value Node.
  * Reverse manipulation for Scale Value Nodes.
  * Remove ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
  * New Import SVG files module.
  * Disable corp imported images by default.
  * Updated translations.
  * First time Russian translation.
  * Several compiler warnings fixed.


NEWS for synfigstudio
=====================

 0.62.00 (git tag: "synfigstudio-0.62.00") - October 12, 2009 - Bug fixes, major features.

  * Migration to git repository.
  * Bugs fixed: #2205700, #2112320, #2116947, #1814151, launchpad.net/ubuntu/#195447
  * Bugs fixed: #2256600, #2119775, #1826376, #1848018, #1901753, #1829182
  * Bugs fixed: #2315706, #2321845, #2350636, #1501383, #2378787, #2435346
  * Bugs fixed: #2579838, #2652974, #1677510, #2175043.
  * Build rectangular blines using the rectangle tool.
  * Update time ruller properly when modified the start or end time.
  * New layer Curve Warp.
  * Updated options for Polygon, Circle and Star Tools.
  * New option: Scale New imported Images to Fit Canvas.
  * Fix the rendered position of a polygon under a transform layers.
  * Fix zoom to fit button result. Now border is visible.
  * Better errros when open a file that doesn't exists.
  * Paste canvases now update when the canvas parameter changes.
  * Paste canvas with unset canvas parameter can be exported now.
  * Holding control in the zoom tool when releasing the mouse button to
    complete drawing a box will zoom out such that the currently displayed
    area is zoomed out to fill the drawn box.
  * Enable the Focus Point parameter in the Paste canvas layer.
  * Reorder ducks render stack and prefernces form mouse interaction.
  * Fix crash with LC_ALL=fr@euro
  * Improved Color Dialog.
  * Input Device configuration can be saved/load now.
  * Fill/Outline instead of Background/Foreground.
  * Additions to the Canvas Window: Update Zoom Dial, Frame Dial, Keyframe Dial
    Toogle Ducks Dial, Resolution Dial, Quality Butons, Show/Snap to Grid,
    Onion Sking buttons.
  * Past and future onion skins enabled and selectabled.
  * Improve UI on crash recovery dialog.
  * Added Preferred and Predefined FPS in the Setup Dialog.
  * Keyframes are shown now in the Curves dialog too.
  * Keyframe Set Delta enabled and fixed.
  * New Keyframe Widget. Allows drag keyframes with mouse.
  * Synfigstudio cph-monitor.
  * Adapt About Dialog to git repository.
  * Remove ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
  * New Import SVG files module.
  * Some new icons.
  * Updated translations.
  * First time Russian translation.
  * Several compiler warnings fixed.