New features:

• Switched BMP library provider from JPEXS to de77.com. It has less bugs and opens more formats! (#3044959)
• Added TGA loading support with code from de77.com (#3050751)
• Added noise operation by Tomasz Kapusta (demo, #3095232)
• Added OTF font support (#3092816)
• QA: switched from Simpletest to PHPUnit, wrote more tests and introduced continuous integration, see Quality assurance
• Improved error checking (#3160312, #3112971)
• See the tracker for all implemented features

Bug fixes:

• Fixed that really stupid resizeCanvas bug (#3052480)
• See the tracker for other 6 bugs

If you have issues or find a bug, see support.

New features:

• round corners operation; draws rounded corners with a specified radius and color, supports transparency (demo, API doc, ticket #3035923)
• resizeCanvas operation; resizes the image area without stretching the image itself (demo, API doc, ticket #2881299)
• extended smart coordinates: any number of operands in expression is now allowed (documentation, ticket #3036614)
• smart coordinates support in writeText() method of Canvas object (demo, API doc, ticket #3009284)
• useFont() shortcut method in Canvas class (demo, API doc, ticket #2833436)
• Image objects are now serializable #1832358

Bug fixes:

• fixed asPalette transparency issue #3036803
• fixed Exception class doesn’t exist issue #3013393
• fixed rotation bug with transparent images #3009286

Also:

• more documentation
• a few new demos

• Added support for alignment coordinates in operations: left, center, right, top, middle, bottom. See Smart coordinates for details. Thanks to Matt for idea (and donation).
• Fixed some bugs, including the annoying quality parameter bug with JPEG
• Implemented some other features
• WideImage is now available through a PEAR channel (powered by Pirum)

Head on to downloads to get it while it’s still warm!

Next, as you might have noticed, the versioning notation changed to “year.month.day”. I find it simpler to just release the library with a datestamp, then to bother with beta, RC, 1.0, what goes where, whether that particular change makes it 1.1 or 1.0.1, and when it should finally be 2.0. It’s an image manipulation library, not an operating system, after all.

While I was at it, I changed some other things, too. Some of them break backwards-compatibility, so if you’re upgrading from a previous version, you should read through the changes carefully:

• Classes and files renamed: naming is now PEAR-like, ready for namespaces. This change alone breaks backwards compatibility. Sorry.
• Introducing smart coordinates.
• A more detailed documentation.
• API documentation in PHPDoc is now available.
• Removed $format parameter from saveToFile(). See migration guide.
• Made loading from uploads and outputting to browser easier
• Experimental and incomplete BMP support (using code from JPEXS).
• Decided on the logo. Thanks, Krof . For now, because people are still sending me their work.
• Internals: dropped auto-loading; it caused trouble, and wasn’t particularly useful.
• Some other features
• A few new unit tests
• Some bug fixes (thanks for the bug reports!)

Important: this release breaks backwards-compatibility. See the migration guide for details.

PS. Thank you all for sending me logo suggestions. I selected the simplest-looking, but the decision isn’t final, because I still expect to receive some suggestions.

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