 1.4.0 (git tag "v1.4.0") - Major release.
 
  * Implemented downsampling for image layers.
  * Added "Preview" rendering mode for workarea.
  * Major optimization of parsing scenes with many layers (issue #314).
  * Optimizations for Outline Layer, Region Layer, Checkerboard Layer, SuperSample Layer.
  * Basic functionality for importing video files.
  * Fixed onionsking.
  * Changes for onion-skin functionality - in all previous versions it was linked to keyframes only, now it is set relatively to ordinary frames.
  * Major cleanup of code responsible for sound playback, fixed non-working volume parameter and eliminated synchronization issues.
  * Advanced Outline Layer: Added two new types of tips - "Off-Peak Stop" and "Inner Rounded Stop". They can be used to define outline start/end and dashes.
  * Switch Layer: Now it is possible to select visible layer by index (see "Active Layer Depth" parameter).
  * Rectangle Layer: now it is possible to define two types of rounded corners and horizontal/vertical feather.
  * Filled Rectangle Layer deprecated.
  * Changed Gamma handling: Global Gamma option removed, Gamma is now defined on per-document basis, default gamma value = 1.0, for old documents it is set to 2.2.
  * Fixed behavior “Local Time” parameter of Time Loop layer (issue #479).
  * DashItem Offset and Length parameters now use consistent units when editing them (issue #1265).
  * Fixed issues opening and exporting of files with multibyte (i.e. Arabic) symbols in filename.
  * Homogeneous parameter of Advanced Outline is enabled and static by default.
  * Set Animation Speed parameter of Noise Distort Layer as static by default.
  * Fixed crash when exporting with “pngspritesheet” target (issue #356).
  * Fixed crash when removing spline vertex too fast.
  * Fixed crash when unexporting value node (issue #231).
  

 1.2.2 (git tag "1.2.2") - Bugfix release.
 
  * Amount set to 0 for missing images (issue #373). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fix for the cases when PNG file imported with incorrect color (issue #366). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Auto-recovery now works again (issue #363). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fix Low-Res rendering mode (issue #401). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Introduced Draft rendering mode (issue #409). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fix broken localization (issue #408). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Automatically choose "ffmpeg" target when rendering to "mp4" files. Thanks to Konstantin Dmitriev.
  * Fix wrong selection area for Circle Layer (issue #442). Thanks to Olivier Jolly.
  * New feature: Filter Groups (issue #462). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fix compatibility with ImageMagick 7 (issue #478). Thanks to Matthew White.
  * Fixed crash on Windows when closed file is re-loaded (issue #521). Thanks to Artem Konoplin.
  * New feature: Live image reloading (issue #513). Thanks to Artem Konoplin.
  * Fixed freeze on SVG import (issue #290). Thanks to Artem Konoplin.

 1.2.1 (git tag "1.2.1") - September 11, 2017 - Bugfix release.

  * Fix artifacts of Fast Gaussian Blur. Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fix incorrect rendering of Twirl and Noise Distortion layers (issues #305 and #316). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Basic support for CMake build system. Thanks to Caryoscelus.
  * Improve performance for complex scenes with more than 1000 vector elements (issue #314). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fix Z-Depth issues for ungroupped layers (issue #299). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Fixed rendering of text with international characters on Windows  (issue #379). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.

 1.2.0 (git tag "1.2.0") - December 22, 2016 - Major release.
 
  * Feature: Rendering engine completely rewritten and optimized. Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Reduced memory usage for image layers (2-4 times comparing to version 1.0.2). Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Utilize multiple threads when rendering via CLI. Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.
  * Synfig code now compatible with C++11 (see issue #904). Thanks to Jerome Blanchi.
  * Fixed issues with loading sif files generated by Inkscape (bug #883).
  * "Add" converter now supports reverse manipulations for Vector value types. Thanks to Ivan Mahonin.

 1.0.2 (git tag "1.0.2") - October 9, 2015 - Bugfix release.
 
  * "On" and "Off" parameters of a "Switch" convert now aren't linked by default (issue #766). Thanks to Max May.
  * Allow to convert "Time" type to "Real". Thanks to Max May.
  * Group Layer now have "Speed" parameter to adjust the playback of child layers. Thanks to Max May.
  * New convert type: Reverse. Allows to reverse lists, strings, spline points, segments, gradients, width points and dash items. Thanks to Max May.
  * The "Add" convert type now supports reverse manipulations for Real and Angle values.
  * Forbid creating recursive (looped) connections for parameters (issue #48). Thanks to Jerome Blanchi.
 
 1.0.1 (git tag "1.0.1") - July 21, 2015 - Bugfix release.
 
  * Fix reading alpha for images with indexed palette (bug #110).
  * Fix crash if no fonts found.
  * Internals: Reorganize layers and valuenodes into separate folders.

 1.0 (git tag "1.0") - April 27, 2015 - Major release.
 
  * Introduce new file format (SFG) which can store embed data.
  * Group Layer now supports all basic transformations: Translate, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Skew.
  * Improved Spline Tangents: Now it is possible to split angle or radius independently.
  * New ValueNode: Dynamic.
  * New ValueNode: Average.
  * New ValueNode: Weighted Average.
  * New Layer: Skeleton Distortion.
  * Sound: Integrate MLT framework for sound Playback.
  * New layer: Sound Layer.
  * Z-Range feature for Groups: Hides all child layers with Z-Depth values outside of specified range.
  * Reworked software rendering engine.

 0.64.3 (git tag "0.64.3") - December 24, 2014 - Bug fixes.
 
  * Fix crash for Magick++, Gif and other targets.
  * Fix FFmpeg target for Ubuntu 14.10 (bug #729).
  * Fix Extract Alpha option for CairoPng target (bug #730).
  
 0.64.2 (git tag "0.64.2") - October 18, 2014 - Minor features, bug fixes.
  
  * Rendering: Allow to set mode of alpha handling.
  * Rendering: "Extract Alpha" mode ("--extract-alpha" or "-x" CLI option).
  * Rendering: Lossles H.264 encoding profile.
  * Fix ffmpeg target for Ubuntu (bug #118).
  * Fix file saving in Windows (bug #572).
  * Fix compatibility issues for OSX 10.9.

 0.64.1 (git tag "0.64.1") - November 4, 2013 - Features, bug fixes.
  
  * Parameters are stored as ValueBase now.
  * Core Bones implementation / Skeleton layer.
  * Implement Cairo rendering for all layers.
  * Default interpolation could be defined specifically for parameter.
  * Option to exclude layers from rendering.
  * Fix ffmpeg target in Windows build (bug #118).
 
 0.64.0 (git tag "synfig-0.64.0") - May 06 2013 - Major features, bug fixes.
 
  * New CLI based on boost libraries. 
  * New plugin system
  * New Cairo render engine
  * Terminology renaming
  * Keyframes can now be enabled and disabled
  * New sequence separator option
  * Fix bug ID: 2684968: render is one frame short.
  * Fixed bug that happens when BLine passed is empty.
  * Fix bug: ID: 3523296 Onion skin and tile render are broken.
  * Fix bug ID: 3474332: Play/pause by shortcut causes canvas to stop updating.
  * Add Real convert type, fixes #324

 0.63.05 (git tag "synfig-0.63.05") - April 09 2012 - Features, bug fixes.

 * Roll back fix bug ID 3405011 because it produced other worse bug.
 * New Outline Grow parameter on Paste Canvas layer. For inline canvases it increases (decreases) the width of the children layers by a exponential factor.
 * Add new parameter to the CLI '--sequence-separator' option for separator string on image sequence render. Default is a dot '.' Forbidden space character.
 * Fix bug: ValueNode_BLineCalcTangent is broken for Angle types.
 * Additional fix for be able to build on Ubuntu 12.04. Patch thanks to Denis Washington (denis_w)
 * Apply partially patch #3424218. Fix compiling issues with clang compiler. Thanks to Hisashi Todd Fujinaka
 * Commented out unused variables. Additional compiler warning fixed

 0.63.04 (git tag: "synfig-0.63.04") - February 08, 2012 - Features, bug fixes.

  * Fix crash when inserting an item on a generic empty dynamic list.
  * Fix broken ffmpeg target that doesn't work for some non dot decimal points numeric locale settings.
  * Fix several bugs and crashes related to dashed outlines
  * Fix bug: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/23017929
  * Fix bug http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/23212095. If two rotations of 90 and -90 are consecutive the program crashes.
  * Fix bug http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/23342471.
  * New interpolation type "Clamped"


 0.63.03 (git tag: "synfig-0.63.03") - December 05, 2011 - Features, bug fixes.

  * Support to create Advanced Outlines with the Draw Tool.
  * Fixed script to generate synfig API.
  * Added two new parameters to the WidthPoint class. Lower Boundary and Upper Boundary
    They define the lower and upper boundaries value of the widthpoint position
    When placed at start and end of the BLine. By default lower = 0.0 and upper = 1.0
    Lower boundary must be always smaller than Upper boundary.
    As parameters they cannot be exported, converted or animated.
  * Render improvements for Advanced Outlines:
    With 'Fast' parameter disabled: 55% of reduction render time
    With 'Fast' parameter enabled: 10% of reduction render time
  * For Importer layer, even if file is physically impossible to open,
    set the parameter with the passed file name. This would allow to load and
    save Synfig's documents with paths for imported files badly adjusted but that user
    doesn't want to modify.
  * Fix for compatibility with libpng 1.5. Patch #3427945 by SpeckFleck.
  * Fix bug in Time Loop Layer. Patch ID: #3414729 by Ray Frederikson
  * Avoid crash when there is only one blinepoint and the bline is not looped on Advanced Outlines.
  * Fix some old render artifacts and new ones due to render optimization on Advanced Outlines.
  * Avoid crash when DIList is empty on Advanced Outlines.
  * Insert Item smart is allowed now over empty lists.
  * New Greek language. Thanks to kiolalis
  * Update for all the languages.

 0.63.02 (git tag: "synfig-0.63.02") - September 28, 2011 - Improvement

  * Add new parameter 'Fast' to Advanced Outline to allow render faster but less
    accurate.

 0.63.01 (git tag: "synfig-0.63.01") - September 24, 2011 - Bug fixes, features

  * Fix bug 3147736: avoid zero or negative value for supersample layer' size parameter.
  * Allow use the Joined List Convert type to file name parameter of the Import Image layers.
  * If tangents are zero and are merged, then consider them as split to make corners.
  * Width points can be placed in a curve length basis using Homogeneous parameter.
  * Interpolated width is from now on homogeneous. Fixes some render artifacts.
  * Fixed some interpolation errors produced by bad WPList loop interpretation.
  * Add new Dash Item List and support for dashed outlines.
  * Linked to BLine has the option of be curve length based. On by default.
  * New languages support: Persian, Slovakian, Dutch and Lituanian.
  * Updated existing translations

 0.63.00 (git tag: "synfig-0.63.00") - June 5, 2011 - Bug fixes, major features

  * Fix bug #3111032: Load and save settings must be locale independent.
  * Added missing descriptions for several parameters.
  * Fix bug: Avoid negative precision to produce always good strings from angle.
  * Use º instead of DEG.
  * Added new descriptions for linkable value node parameters.
  * New advanced outline layer. Slidable variable width support and other features
  * New languages support: Portuguese (Brazilian), Polish (Poland), Romanian and Norwegian
  * Updates for Spanish, French and Italian.
  * Rename Vertices parameter for Polygon layer.
  * Fix bug #2175043: Crash when rendering in directory without write permission

 0.62.02 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.02") - November 13, 2010- Bug fixes, features

  * Fix load and save palette feature.
  * Code documentation. Not full yet.
  * Adapt api.sh script to run as a cron job at tuxfamily servers.
    Now API is updated at http://download.tuxfamily.org/synfig/api/index.html
  * Rename secondary layer's Z column to "Icon" and make it not reorderable.
    Make "Name" column resizable.
  * Britain English translation. Robert Readman.
  * Fix Bug #3029832 Time Offset parameter fails for multiple times imported files
  * Simplified Chinese translation. Yu Chen
  * New "By Layer Default" blend method.
    Now some layers define its own blend method instead of Composite or
    the selected by user. For example Shade->Behind
  * Fix bug #2958077. Incorrect fps in ListImporter
  * New Stroboscope Layer. Ray Fredesikson
  * Added "Static" option for individual parameters.
    If "Static" is on, then in animation mode it is no created any waypoint
    when modified. Only valid for layer parameters and constant value nodes.
  * Fix bug #3060560. Link two tangents and one is animated, the animated is not used.
  * Smart linking bline tangents implementation. Now all tangents are yellow ducks.
  * Move reverse manipulation code to Value Desc.
    This allows recursive reverse manipulation for valuenodes which has
    inverse manipulation implemented.
  * Assume frames when no unit is provided in a time field. Apply feature request #2879693
  * Spanish translation update.
  * New Simplified Chinese translation. Yu Chen

 0.62.01 (git tag: "synfig-0.62.01") - May 31, 2010 - Bug fixes, features.

  * Enable reverse manipulation to range value nodes. Fix bug in value node range.
  * Resolve issues with libtool 1.5.26 and 2.2.4.
  * Improve SVG import support. Better support for gradients and some bug fixes.
  * Add code to make possible pass parameters to the renderers. Implementation for ffmpeg.
  * New Italian and German translations.
  * Automatic build script for linux system. Please report success of usage.
  * New parameters for Motion Blur layer. Now allows linear and constant interpolation too.
  * Updated Russian, French and Spanish translation



 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 file commands.
  * Fixed crash when unsetting import layer filename after using PNG or JPEG importers.
  * Improved the rendering of curve gradient layers near vertices with 0-length tangents.
  * Fixed previous bug that produced bad render to the star layer.
  * Enabled use of ffmpeg importer.
  * Set four modules as essential: gradient, geometry, particle, freetype.
  * Improved message when initialize synfig fails.
  * New environment variables for options.
  * Added support for alpha in paletted PNG files.
  * New option: Scale New imported Images to Fit Canvas.
  * Better errors when attempting to open a file that doesn't exist.
  * Enabled Example module: Metaballs, Simple Circle, Filled Rectangle.
  * New Value Nodes: Greyed, Power, And, Not, Compare.
  * Added 'Loop' parameter to the Random Value Node.
  * Reverse manipulation for Scale Value Nodes.
  * Removed ancient trunk folder from svn repository.
  * New Import SVG files module. Basic SVG import, see release notes.
  * Disabled crop imported images by default.
  * Updated translations.
  * First time Russian translation.
  * Several compiler warnings fixed.

 0.61.09 (SVN 2113) - October 21, 2008 - Bug fixes, features.

  * Segment and Blines tangents are calculated more accurately
  * Don't allow feather to be negative in any layer
  * New Logarithm, Int String, Angle String, Joined List, Real String,
    Time String, Dot Product, Gradient Colour, Vector X, Vector Y,
    Vector Length, Vector Angle convert types
  * Remove TENSION from TCB modes as it is the same as TEMPORAL TENSION
  * Unless OpenEXR half mode is used, don't ask synfigstudio to depend on it
  * Added "Link to Bline" feature
  * Fix several bugs: plant layer, libavformat, time format FFf, libswscale
    straight onto method, eyedrop tool and straight blend method for shape type layers
  * Fix some compiler warnings
  * Rename 'offset' and 'pos' to 'origin'
  * Add French and Spanish translations
  * Update the Windows builds to use OpenEXR 1.6.1
  * The JPEG target can be switched on/off now
  * Fix typos and other issues

 0.61.08 (SVN 1839) - March 3, 2008 - Bug fixes, features

  * Update the website URL to synfig.org instead of synfig.com
  * Synfig is now translatable using gettext
  * Removed the 'bootstrap' script for building. Use autoreconf instead
  * Fixed errors and warnings detected by a pre-release version of GCC 4.3
  * New Duplicate layer. This is an experimental feature, but works well
  * New reverse, offset parameters and misc fixes for the Plant layer.
  * Fix a crash and use relative ducks with the Stretch layer
  * Allow multibyte characters in the Text layer
  * Misc fixes & features on Shade, Shape, Spherize, Star, Time Loop, Warp layers
  * Add aTan2, Bline Width, Cos, Duplicate, From Integer, Random,
    Reciprocal, Reverse Tangent, Step, Switch, Time Loop convert types
  * Add and Subtract convert types now work with gradients
  * Security fixes for ffmpeg/dv/imagemagick targets/importers (except on Win32)
  * Add new magick++ target that does better gif rendering with libmagick++ 7.3
  * Misc fixes for the rendering targets, blend methods and canvases
  * Allow importing of lipsynced voice animations from Papagayo
  * Various changes to related to SIF file compatibility
  * Fix typos, several crashes and other issues

 0.61.07 (SVN 878) - October 10, 2007 - Bug fixes

  * Fix importing on amd64 (#1692825)
  * Fixes for the PasteCanvas layer (#1356449)
  * Clean up Layer menu and displayed layer names
  * Allow exported canvases to be used in more than one place within a canvas (#1785296)
  * Fix, extend, and enable the 'XOR Pattern' layer
  * Fix and extend the 'Plant' layer (#1790903)
  * Turn on plant layer (gunsmoke) in macwolfen.sifz example
  * Use 'fast gaussian' rather than 'gaussian' for blurs in pirates.sifz - it's faster!
  * Fix and enable the 'Timed Swap' valuenode conversion
  * Extend the 'Linear' valuenode conversion to work with colors and integers.
  * Enable basic motion blur display at all qualities
  * Fix an artifact on the curve gradient layer (#1792063, r663)
  * Add the 'Range', 'Repeat Gradient', 'Add', 'Exponent' valuenode conversions
  * Add the 'BLine Vector', and 'BLine Tangent' valuenode conversions (#1781903)
  * Fix problems with valuenode conversion  (#1794374, #1795913, #1795922, #1796068, #1797488)
  * Allow gradients to be animated (#1568818, #1795802)
  * Stop TCB angle waypoints changing to type Linear on load (#1778930)
  * Use compression when saving to files with .sifz extension
  * Compressed example .sif files to .sifz to save space
  * Fixed Motion Blur layer (#1800783)
  * Allow building studio with gcc -O2 (#1509627)
  * Allow encapsulated layers to animate their z-depth, even when time-shifted (#1806852)
  * Fixed the Radial Blur layer when zooming in on the canvas (#1807709)
  * Fix several other bugs and crashes

 0.61.06 (SVN 536) - June 20, 2007 - Bug fixes

  * Add fontconfig support
  * Fix amd64 issue
  * Fix ffmpeg, gif, libav targets
  * Include more target modules in the Win32 package
  * Fix some crashes in synfigstudio
  * Fix some render artifacts
  * Fix some doxygen warnings
  * Some MacOS fixes
  * Misc bug fixes
  * Fix random number generation for 64 bit CPUs (#1698604)
  * Add parameter 'fast' to curve gradients to choose fast or accurate rendering (#1672033)
  * Add new odd/even winding style for regions

 0.61.05 (SVN 126) - February 27, 2005 - Misc fixes

  * Use system libltdl when available (#1423944)
  * Update doxygen config file (#1402909)
  * Fix fontconfig/xft FTBFS
  * Misc fix (#1414370)

 0.61.04 (SVN 102) - January 10, 2005 - Misc fixes

  * Check for imagemagick at build time
  * Clarify mod_openexr copyright
  * Fix mod_openexr building
  * Don't add 'Copyright Voria' to PNG output
  * Don't write localised numbers when generating SIF files

 0.61.03 - December 8, 2005 - Copyright update

  * Update more old copyright and licence notices
  * Remove broken walk example
  * Misc code fixes

 0.61.02 - November 26, 2005 - Misc fixes

  * Small cygwin/optimization/code fixes

 0.61.01 - November 3, 2005 - Copyright update

  * Update old copyright and licence notices
  * Fix some GCC 4.0 build issues
  * Include errno.h where needed
  * Add ./configure options for debug, warnings, optimisation, profiling
  * Add about_dialog.sif as another example
  * Remove SFAutomaton.ttf due to licence issues
  * Fix BMP rendering target

 0.61.00-39 - November 1, 2005 - Developer preview

  * First public release!

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2005-11-28	Robert Quattlebaum	<darco@deepdarc.com>
	* src/modules/lyr_std/sphere_distort.cpp/h: Clarified namespace issues 
2005-11-08	Robert Quattlebaum	<darco@deepdarc.com>
	* src/modules/lyr_std/stretch.cpp/h: Clarified namespace issues 
2005-11-03	Robert Quattlebaum	<darco@deepdarc.com>
	* src/synfig/savecanvas.cpp: added #include <sys/errorno.h>
	* src/synfig/value.cpp: Various GCC 4.0 fixes
	* src/modules/mod_bmp/trgt_bmp.cpp: The BMP target was broken. It's now fixed.
	* examples: Removed SFAutomaton font due to licensing issues.
	* All: Updated copyright notice to reflect new license

2004-04-07 (darco): Foldy... Powers?
2004-03-30 (darco): Fix for weird keyframe problem
2004-03-24 (darco): Speed improvements for both the pastecanvas layer and the checkerboard layer
2004-03-15 (darco): "Noise" layer split into two different layers: NoiseGradient, and NoiseDistort, which can be found in the Gradients and Distortions categories respectively.
2004-03-05 (darco): New stuff tangents should interpolate using polar coordinates. Awesome.
2004-03-05 (darco): Added "Bevel" Layer
2004-03-05 (darco): Added "Shade" Layer
2004-03-04 (darco): Fixed problem with tangents not animating correctly
2004-02-25 (darco): Added the "time_offset" parameter to the Paste Canvas layer
2004-02-20 (darco): Significantly improved the BLine (which will be later called "outline") layer
2004-02-16 (darco): Added some under-the-hood-updates
2004-02-16 (darco): Improved renddesc editing slightly
2004-02-16 (darco): fixed the hit checks for the gradient layers. You can now more easily click on layers under them
2004-02-11 (darco): fixed a memory leak in the freetype layer
2004-02-11 (darco): fixed the onto blend method
2004-02-10 (adruab): Added shape specific blurs
2004-01-23 (darco) : Fixed minor loop problem
2004-01-23 (darco) : Added "Cosine" falloff to circle. (should be better than sigmond)
2004-01-21 (darco) : Support for paletted PNG files added
2004-01-15 (darco) : BLine Layer: Added "width" parameter, removed "width_list" parameter
2004-01-13 (darco) : Font layer largely re-written--now supports multiple lines. Also much more consistent.
2004-01-09 (darco) : fixed all the loose ends with the rectangle layer
2004-01-09 (darco) : Added expand parameter to rectangle layer
2004-01-09 (darco) : Adjusted the rectangle layer -- you can now invert it
2004-01-09 (darco) : You can now duplicate inline canvases
2004-01-05 (darco) : Both ends of a BLine can now have round edges (which are now on by default)
2004-01-05 (darco) : Increased threshold for cusp cut-off of tangents are too sharp
2003-12-29 (darco) : Added support for sharp cusp points (on by default now)
2003-12-24 (darco) : Adjusted Copyright Notice
2003-12-24 (darco) : Improved the horizontal placement consistency of the Text layer.
2003-12-24 (darco) : Fix for obscure bug in scale valuenode that would cause a failure to load a saved file
2003-11-25 (darco) : Improved the Text layer again. *sigh*
2003-11-20 (darco) : Improved the consistency of the Text layer again. :P
2003-11-18 (darco) : Improved the consistency of the Text layer. You should be able to use it without worrying about the layout going weird anymore.
2003-11-12 (darco) : Added "--dpi", "--dpi-x", and "--dpi-y" arguments to the SINFG command line tool.  these allow you to change the DPI of what you are rendering.
2003-11-10 (darco) : Fixed odd animation behavior
2003-11-10 (darco) : Fixed a bug in the PasteCanvas layer where mouse clicks wouldn't match up if the "origin" was changed from 0,0.
2003-11-04 (darco) : Inserting points into a polygon is now smarter -- puts the new point between the original two
2003-10-28 (darco) : Added support for physical dimension information in file format (xres/yres)
2003-10-20 (adruab) : Added support for video encoding through use of FFMPEG (avi,mpg,asf,rm,wmv)
2003-10-07 (darco) : Changed dynamic list/bline pad the index with zeros (001, 002, etc.)
2003-10-06 (darco) : Added Red-Blue color-corection adjustment to gamma
2003-10-06 (darco) : Added "displacement" mode for noise
2003-10-06 (darco) : The "scale" valuenode will now NOT scale the alpha channel of a color. (Otherwise, it's kinda useless)
2003-10-05 (darco) : The noise layer is now... Animated!
2003-10-05 (darco) : Added new layer... Noise!
2003-10-04 (darco) : You should now be able to create polygons layers without crashing. (Regions and BLines are another story though...)
2003-10-03 (darco) : Implemented layer descriptions
2003-09-30 (darco) : Fixed bug where BLine would "warp" when introducing new vertices.
2003-09-30 (darco) : Editing stuff while the work area refreshes in SINFG Studio should now be smoother
2003-09-24 (darco) : Adjusted the hit check in PasteCanvas layer to support inline canvases
2003-09-23 (darco) : ConicalGradient had incorrect angle, it was 90 degrees off. Fixed.
2003-09-17 (darco) : Fixed bewildering "wobble" animation bug
2003-09-02 (darco) : Added antialiasing to the gradient layers
2003-09-01 (darco) : Added Twirl Layer
2003-09-01 (darco) : Added Star Layer
2003-08-31 (darco) : Negative values are now clamped to the black point rather than having some kind of visualization. 
2003-08-13 (darco) : Fixed some gamma issues on the PNG and ImageMagick image importers
2003-08-13 (darco) : Again, Improved support for clickable layers
2003-08-12 (darco) : Improved support for clickable layers
2003-08-06 (darco) : Added accelerated renderer for all gradient layers, they are now much faster. (Needs adaptive supersampling though...)
2003-07-31 (darco) : Added support for black level adjustment in gamma correction
2003-07-30 (darco) : Added support for gamma correction
2003-07-30 (darco) : Adjusted the mandelbrot layer to support gradients
2003-07-29 (darco) : Improved blend methods: Brighten, Darken
2003-07-29 (darco) : Added new blend methods: Screen, Overlay, and Difference
2003-07-24 (darco) : Added gradients!!!
2003-07-16 (darco) : Tiled Renderer now implemented
2003-07-14 (darco) : TCB controls now implemented
2003-05-05 (darco) : Dynamic List entries can now have multiple start times and end times
2003-05-05 (darco) : Phasing out Timed Stamp Value Node, because the animated value node is now capable.
2003-05-05 (darco) : The Animated Value Node can now use exported values in waypoints.
2003-04-23 (darco) : Added "stretch" layer. (Allows distortions to things like circles)
2003-04-18 (darco) : Added "exposure" parameter to color correct layer
2003-04-17 (darco) : Added native support for JPEG files
2003-04-15 (darco) : The parametric renderer is now multi-threaded, meaning it can take advantage of multiple processors. Doesn't work in Win32.
2003-04-14 (darco) : Added "ColorCorrect" layer
2003-04-14 (darco) : Added "bailout" parameter to Mandelbrot and Julia layers. Use larger values to improve smoothing.
2003-04-14 (darco) : Improved clamp layer
2003-04-14 (darco) : Fix a bug with the "Color" blend method
2003-04-11 (darco) : Added "XORPattern" layer
2003-04-11 (darco) : Added "clamp" layer for clamping colors
2003-04-10 (darco) : Fixed a bug with the "smooth outside" parameter of the Julia and Mandelbrot layers
2003-04-10 (darco) : Major under-the-hood changes
2003-04-07 (darco) : Implemented support for inline (nested) canvases in parameters
2003-04-07 (darco) : Removed "time blur" option from "blur" layer
2003-04-07 (darco) : Created "motion blur" layer
2003-04-04 (darco) : Added layer "julia"
2003-04-04 (darco) : Added layer "inside out"
2003-04-03 (darco) : Fixed some minor issues with the polygon layer
2003-04-03 (darco) : Improvements to the way that time is handed
2003-04-02 (darco) : Added "offset" parameter to polygon layer

2003-04-01 (darco) : Added a new value type, "Time"
2003-04-01 (darco) : Fixed a bug where values were not getting clamped
2003-03-31 (darco) : Tons of under-the-hood changes
2003-03-27 (darco) : Added "-c" argument to sinfg tool.
2003-03-26 (darco) : Added "antialias" attribute to <canvas> in SIF file format.
2003-03-26 (darco) : Fixed bug #0000010 ("DataNode_Subtract always reverts 'scalar' to constant after save/load")
2003-03-25 (darco) : Added support for linking to DataNodes/Canvases in other Compositions.
2003-03-24 (darco) : Added support for linking to DataNodes in different Canvases.

2003-03-23 (darco) : Fixed a small bug in circle layer that caused inconsistent results when the feather was set to zero and the parametric renderer used.
2003-03-23 (darco) : Added "zoom" parameter to PasteCanvas layer

2003-03-22 (darco) : Fixed color-order bug in ImageMagick importer
2003-03-22 (darco) : Fixed a layer-cloning bug (For example, attempting to clone the Import layer would crash SINFG Studio)

2003-03-20 (darco) : Fixed bug where numbers would be appended to filename when using bitmap target
2003-03-20 (darco) : PPM Module wasn't being loaded. Fixed.
2003-03-20 (darco) : Version Increment

2003-03-19 (darco) : Added BMP importer
2003-03-19 (darco) : Added PNG importer

2003-03-19 (darco) : Added "--importers" option to sinfg tool, for listing loaded importers

2003-03-17 (darco) : Slight optimization to Region layer
2003-03-17 (darco) : Slight optimization to BLine layer

2003-03-04 (darco) : Improved some layers to improve responsiveness during rendering.
2003-03-04 (darco) : Added rotate layer.
2003-03-04 (darco) : Fully implemented the "angle" type in loading and saving.

2003-03-01 (darco) : Changed the default zoom amount from 1.0 to 0.0
