SPECIFIC TASKS



TASK DESCRIPTION ASSIGNED MS BUG
work on GimpRectangleTool Selection + crop tool specification [1] conformance in 2.6. Martin Nordholts 2.6
iwarp make iwarp into a tool. Tor Lillqvist 2.6 162014
paint tools enhancement add support for color jitter in the paint tools Adrian Likins
323921

paint tools should support "smudging" as they paint. Adrian Likins
163050
persistent parasites save all state associated with the image, so that you can reload the file later and continue exactly where you left off.


metadata viewer/editor - metadata core migrate some parts of the metadata core to a library that can be  used by the main app. as well as some plug-ins
2.6

clean up the PDB interface
2.6

convert EXIF to XMP
2.6

convert XMP to EXIF
2.6

convert IPTC to XMP (IPTC Core for XMP)



convert XMP to IPTC



rewrite the XMP parser and the internal data model


metadata viewer/editor - metadata viewer implement the "user-friendly" tabs in the metadata editor
2.6

make the tabs configurable, similar to Adobe's XMP panels



easy merging of XMP presets from a drop-down list or something  similar (e.g. to apply a Creative Commons license or to set a group of properties such as creator, publisher, etc.)
2.6 349224

allow the creation of such XMP presets



warn the user if the metadata states that editing the image is not allowed (XMP Rights Management)



implement history tracking for XMP Media Management



allow creative editing of the embedded thumbnail


metadata viewer/editor - jpeg plug-in simplify the user interface: the default view should show only a  selection between a few options
2.6

remove the prompt for EXIF orientation: it should always be done
2.6

allow lossless or nearly lossless saves if only a few changes have been applied to the original image


metadata viewer/editor – file plug-ins handle metadata correctly (at least for jpeg, tiff, png)
2.6

make sure that the last used settings are saved in a parasite attached to the image instead of using global "save_vals", etc.
2.6

make it easy to save and restore settings (more than one set) in case the user wants to apply the same settings to several images


Finish work on the text box. allow the user to create a rectangular text box so that the text flows into it.



confine a layer of text to a smaller boundary size than the image
2.6 122707

Text transforms
2.6 125144

Change icons in text tool to standard BiDi symbols
2.6 137419
Allow text transformations. apply linear transformations to text layers and to store the transformation with the text layer


"add layer" button click will create a new empty layer, shift-click will open the new layer dialog


Axis Constrain for move tool.

2.6 78730
tools dialog, incorporate tools dialog into the "toolbox" tab in the preferences


opening transparent EPS Use gimp_layer_new_from_pixbuf() + ghostscript to open EPS files
2.6 10546
Gradient along a path

2.6 55018
Add support for EXIF

2.6 56443
Add straight line tool

2.6 65195
Reset default values in all filters

2.6 81015
Warning about extremely large fonts

2.6 85103
full alpha channel in indexed images

2.6 86627
Save all images

2.6 106726
alternatives to Floating Selection Find alternatives to the Floating Selection when pasting
2.6 113477
delete default brushes

2.6 118742
Dynamic Brush stroke Dynamic Brush stroke panel and/or Dynamic path stroke
2.6 119240
add polygonal selection tool
UI Team 2.6 119646
Save presets in plug-ins

2.6 120829
Add a contact sheet plug-in / script

2.6 132532
Flip around an arbitrary axis

2.6 133720
Fix Transform Tools' Bounding Box

2.6 137147
display selection bounds selection bounds info in the info palette, and/or the statusbar.
2.6 138101
Align layer & Position Layer (this might already be fixed by the alignment tool)
2.6 143163
updated camouflage script-fu

2.6 145145
updated swirl tile script-fu

2.6 145146
check return values of gimp_drawable_mask_bounds() This may already be fixed
2.6 155733
standard aspect ratios in crop tool

2.6 156858
override embedded thumbnails override embedded thumbnails in Open Image dialog
2.6 160571
new PDB API needed for text tool

2.6 164539
import SVG paths from Illustrator Can't import SVG paths from Illustrator (replace XML parser)
2.6 165063
tool options are too wide Glitch - seems to be a misbehavior of the wrap box
2.6 165835
image scaling algorithms Better image scaling algorithms, redux (actually a duplicate – see below)
2.6 166130

Downscaling quality
2.6 464466
Freedesktop.org XDG variables Support for the Freedesktop.org XDG variables
2.6 166643
Change opacity during transforms

2.6 167926
Text along a path

2.6 169616
Change user data dir choose a better directory for user data on Win32 (and possible other systems?)
2.6 171171
Reevaluate transient dock Transient dock setting and multiple files
2.6 322577
rotating brushes on the fly add support for rotating brushes on the fly to the paint tools
2.6 323923
Add alpha to plug-in-decompose

2.6 333640
free angled guides

2.6 344109
ICC color profile selection

2.6 344525
Error messages from PDB PDB procedures should give real error messages
2.6 344818
Reevaluate UI of palette editor working with palettes could be more intuitive
2.6 346884
Fix image flattening flattened image differs from multilayered image
2.6 347127
Discuss ALT behavior of select tools

2.6 349340
Management for plug-in windows Add session management for plug-in windows
2.6 358141
Fix GimpPdbDialog GimpPdbDialog appears behind plug-in dialogs
2.6 360106
scroll beyond the image border ability to scroll the image window beyond the image border
2.6 362915
Cursor keys + transform tools Transform tools could make better use of cursor keys
2.6 387779
Click layer to select content select content by CTRL-click on layer icon
2.6 446171
New PSD load plug-in New plugin needs to be reviewed
2.6 448181
Fix channel preview Need something to display in channel preview when channel is not visible
2.6 459518
Reset the Brush scale to 1.0

2.6 461507

add a keyboard shortcut to reset brush scale
2.6 493030
Import colors from CSS files

2.6 461507
Remove dialog from new template Create new image from Template Dialog without the New Image Confirmation
2.6 480802
Review (or remove?) gimp-tips gimp-tips should be reviewed for 2.6
2.6 486599
Starburst filter remove unneeded option(s)
2.6 486779
Alpha per layer Evaluate alpha per layer handling
2.6 486902
Custom padding color Should custom padding color affect already open images? UI Team 2.6 490785










UI TEAM TASKS



TASK DESCRIPTION ASSIGNED MS BUG
evaluate “shift suppresses dialog” go through the list of all of these and publish a spec with rationale of which should be switched over, UI Team 2.6





“META” TASKS – TASKS THAT NEED EVALUATION OR TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SPECIFICS



TASK DESCRIPTION ASSIGNED MS BUG
Evaluate porting (text) to PangoCairo use the same backend for rendering the layer as we would use if we added in-place editing


maximize GUI screen estate see http://www.blog.ohweb.com.ar/?p=59 for a nice mockup of one solution. Another would be switching from “tabbed” to “floating”


Port internals to GEGL need details on how to port internals to GEGL
2.6
Port display drawing to Cairo need details on where and how to draw in Cairo
2.6

see bug 55364


Add named parameters and default values to the PDB introduce an alternative PDB API that has named parameters and default values.
2.6