Hi there.
As promised, the latest stable version has lasted for a long time (less than a month
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), so it is really time to have a new stable version (numbered
1.5.4.0).Here is the changelog :
New features :- New translation of the GIMP plug-in into Spanish. Thanks to Ramon Miranda for this contribution !
- New external filters source added, from James Prichard :
http://www.h-ps.demon.co.uk/. Thanks James !
- New filter for the plug-in 'Colors / Recolorize' which is able to interpolate color patches on a top layer to recolorize a B&W image on, the bottom layer
[backported to 1.5.2.0+].
![Image](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8382902877_f8b035eb94_b.jpg)
- New command '-weave' and associated plug-in filter 'Patterns / Weave' that adds a weave effect to selected image
[backported to 1.5.2.0+].
Improvements:- Recoded most of the layer blending modes. Now commands '-compose_*' are deprecated and most of them are replaced by a single command '-blend'
[backported to 1.5.2.0+].- Removed all 'hardcoded' informations about locations for filters updates. Now, all is handled through the 'gmic_sources.cimgz' file.
Bug fixes:- Bash substituted characters (as `,!, etc..) are now accepted in filenames, when loading or saving image files with exotic formats (that request a call to external tool 'convert').
- Fixed bug in command '-smooth'. The version taking a tensor field as a parameter and using LIC-based smoothing was not accepting a complete list of arguments.
- Fixed bug in command '-image' (aka '-j'): The command was only considering the first channel of the opacity mask, when one was specified.
- Fixed translation problem on Linux. Sometimes, the detected locale was incorrect.
I hope you will enjoy this version. Now, I'm preparing my slides for
the talk on G'MIC for the FOSDEM'2013 conference next Saturday. Maybe I'll post them here if someone is interested.
Cheers !