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Written by pixelgeek   
Tuesday, 13 October 2009 04:39

 

An all-in-one installer for Windows can be downloaded from Sourceforge (~26MB).

This installer includes Both Synfig and Synfig Studio, as well as GTK, GTkmm and ffmpeg.  You do not need to download those separately now.  This installer is suitable for Windows XP/Vista (both 32bit and 64bit).

 

NOTE: There are security issues with the dv, imagemagick and ffmpeg targets, please avoid using them to import or render untrusted files (theoretical buffer overflow on unchecked filenames).

 

Rendering issues may be encountered on Hyperthreaded or multi-core CPUs.  It is HIGHLY recommended that Synfig is restricted to a single thread.  We previously recommended a tool called TaskAssign from Tom's Hardware Guide website.  This tool does not seem to be available now.  Try one of these programs instead.

http://edgemeal.110mb.com/SetAffinity/index.htm
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU- ... trol.shtml
http://www.mlin.net/SMPSeesaw.shtml (dual core/dual CPU only)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download870.html (seems targeted at XP)

Last Updated on Friday, 30 October 2009 15:15
 
Synfig 0.62.00 Release PDF Print E-mail
Written by genete   
Saturday, 10 October 2009 21:30

It has been almost a whole year since the last release. There have been a lot of changes since then. I'll try to summarize the key changes here.

Migration to new host.

The domain synfig.org and the virtual private server (vps) that hosts it, is funded by the original developer, darco. Due to the absence of donations to help him with the costs of the vps and that, from time to time, the vps runs out of memory and it is not possible to login remotely or access to the wiki or forum, we decided to start the migration to a host provided by Sourceforge.

Synfig code is now at sourceforge in git.

Also, for better collaboration between coders, for greater simplicity on the commits and to allow more development in separate branches, the code is now maintained in a git source control system. It is hosted at sourceforge (like the svn repository before it).

Wiki reloading  and new website.

As part of the migration, the wiki is being split into two parts - Synfig documentation and 'everything else'.  The non-Synfig-documentation from the wiki is being moved into the Synfig website (this site). The old wiki (stored in the vps) is locked to prevent any change. All new changes are being done in the new wiki (www.synfig.com/wiki). It has a new method of translation, with better macros, and is easier to maintain. The wiki will have only documentation about how Synfig works. In effect, it will become an online manual.

Zelgadis has done a great job on the wiki macros and Yaco is working now on a new website layout and skin.

New features

  • There have been a lot of new features and bug fixes. Here are the main ones:
  • SVG import module. It is a basic import and only supports SVG 1.0, but is a great step.
  • Keyframe widget: This allows drag and drop of individual keyframes and altering keyframe length using the mouse.
  • New toggle buttons in the canvas window: ducks, quality, grid, onion skin toggles are now exposed and not hidden under a menu or shortcut.
  • Onion skin past and future are selectable individually up to four in total.
  • New Curve Warp Layer.
  • Updated options for Polygon, Circle and Star Tools.
  • New Value Nodes: Greyed, Power, And, Not, Compare.
  • Enabled Example module: Filled Rectangle, Simple Circle and Metaballs.
  • Reverse manipulation for Scale Value Nodes.
  • Input Device configuration can be saved/loaded now
  • New icons, new translation (Russian), lots of bugs fixed, and much more....

Enjoy this new release!

Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 22:03
 
Synfig Irregular News PDF Print E-mail
Written by Konstantin Dmitriev   
Sunday, 22 March 2009 07:34
  • Windows builds now include OpenEXR version 1.6.1
  • pixelgeek now adding to the code base :)
  • IRC is logged by slogger too, a bot running in synfig server.
  • pixelgeek has set up a bot to help people in the IRC for FAQs. It is pixelbot.
  • MorevnaProject got mention on BlenderNation.
  • darco released the source code for the Werewolf animation under an educational use only license
  • genete published an article about synfig on debaday.
  • Yaco did a talk at CoLCIT in Spanish called "Animation with Free Software" focusing on Synfig (video).
  • dooglus and genete (mainly the first one) are developing the bones features for synfig. See http://repo.or.cz/w/synfig.git for the progresses.
  • Uiomae is working on a opengl implementation of the renderer for synfig. See http://repo.or.cz/w/synfig.git for the progresses.
  • Synfig is participating in Tropees du Libre contest, but didn't win any of the prizes.
 
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