# Weekly Reports (2024)
**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716
**Category:** Development reports
**Created:** [January 8, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716 "2024-01-08T02:29:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@mohamed.Adhamc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/mohamed.Adhamc)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/1 "2024-01-08T02:29:46Z")
**Development Report (December 10 - Jan 7)**
Happy New Year to everyone!
Here’s the latest Synfig development news:
**Features:**
- Allow to change resource file path in Canvas Dependencies dialog ([#3105](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3105))
**Fixes:**
- Do not show “Icon” text in header of Layers Panel ([#3244](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3244))
- fix: Synfig hangs when convert.exe cannot be found ([#2850](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/2850), [#3298](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3298))
That’s all for today! Many thanks to all contributors who always help to make Synfig better!
_Edit BobSynfig:_
Win64 Test Build (Link Expires 09 Feb 2024)
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### Author:  [@mohamed.Adhamc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/mohamed.Adhamc)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/3 "2024-02-07T17:05:46Z")
**Development Report (Jan 3 - Feb 6)**
Hey everyone!
Here’s the latest Synfig development news:
**Features:**
- Port layer to Cobra renderer: Metaballs ([#3305](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3305))
**Fixes:**
- Add Magick++ as a possible importer ([#3323](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3323))
- Add missing scroll bar to Paste Layer dialog ([#3310](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3310))
- Adjust minimum panel size (to allow better movement of panels) ([#3296](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3296))
- Add fill-color instead of outline-color to palette ([#3314](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3314))
- Fixed an issue where guides were ignored when loading from files with old format ([#3303](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3303))
**Code cleanup, refactoring, and CI:**
- ci: changed caching logic ([#3319](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3319))
- refactor: reduce scope of two variables ([#3321](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3321))
- ci: bump github actions version ([#3318](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3318))
- build: CMake sets wrong Synfig Studio/ETL versions ([#3315](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3315))
- ci(commitlint): disabled rule for subject-case ([#3317)](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3317)
- chore: script version-bump.sh must update CMake files ([#3316](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3316))
- chore: bump year to 2024 ([#3299](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3299))
That’s all for today! Many thanks to all contributors who always help to make Synfig better!
_Edit BobSynfig:_
Win64 Test Build (Link Expires 29 Feb 2024)
[SynfigStudio-1.5.2-testing-2024-01-31-win64-7f395.zip](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/m0gtpewsbvfp8ifb/artifacts/SynfigStudio-1.5.2-testing-2024-01-31-win64-7f395.zip)
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### Author:  [@mohamed.Adhamc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/mohamed.Adhamc)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/4 "2024-02-26T11:44:56Z")
**Development Report (Feb 6 - Feb 20)**
Hello everyone!
Here’s the latest Synfig development news:
**Features:**
- Now it is possible to export to WebM VP8 / VP9 video format ([#3330](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3330))
**Fixes:**
- Fix importing via magick++ for version \>= 7.0.1 ([#3332](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3332))
- Fixed an issue in which undo didn’t work properly after deleting last guide-line ([#3304](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3304))
**Performance:**
- Avoid canvas inspection when DockInfo is not shown ([#3328](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3328))
**Code cleanup, refactoring, and CI:**
- build: fix typos on magickpp module ([#3333](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3333))
- refactor: remove unused variable ([#3322](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3322))
That’s all for today! Many thanks to all contributors who always help to make Synfig better!
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### Author:  [@MBear227](https://forums.synfig.org/u/MBear227)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/5 "2024-02-28T19:49:31Z")
Where can I download the exe for the latest development version?
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### Author:  [@mohamed.Adhamc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/mohamed.Adhamc)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/6 "2024-04-12T11:45:35Z")
**Development Report (Feb 20 - Apr 8)**
Hello everyone!
There was some pause in our development reports, because we were busy with participating in Google SoC. And - good news! - we’ve got accepted - [Synfig is accepted for Google Summer of Code 2024 – Synfig](https://www.synfig.org/2024/02/23/synfig-is-accepted-for-google-summer-of-code-2024/)
Now we are reviewing proposals from aspiring students, thanks to everyone who submitted!
And here a few code changes that we had for this period:
**Code cleanup, refactoring, and CI**
- Add CONTRIBUTING.md and CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT.md ([#3335](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3335))
- Add cmake to linux install script ([#3338](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3338))
That’s all for today! Many thanks to all contributors who always help to make Synfig better!
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### Author:  [@mohamed.Adhamc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/mohamed.Adhamc)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/7 "2024-05-08T12:38:37Z")
**Development Report (Apr 9 - May 8)**
Hello everyone!
Quite an exciting month since the last report. Here’s the latest Synfig development news:
**Features:**
- CurveWarp Layer is ported to Cobra renderer engine ([#3329](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3329))
- Added ability to set colors for a dark theme for curves ([#3346](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3346))
**Fixes:**
- Fixed build on OSX 10.9 ([#3353](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3353))
- Fix undefined behavior when subsample range is 0 in Motion Blur ([#3347](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3347))
**Code cleanup, refactoring, and CI**
- Update Transifex config to APIv3 ([#3349](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3349))
- Removed zh-Hant locale as it has zero translations ([#3354](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3354))
That’s all for today! Many thanks to all contributors who always help to make Synfig better!
_Edit BobSynfig:_
Win64 Test Build (Link Expires 05 Jun 2024)
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### Author:  [@mohamed.Adhamc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/mohamed.Adhamc)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/weekly-reports-2024/14716/8 "2024-09-21T09:43:08Z")
**Development Report (May 9- Sep 12)**
Hello everyone!
It has been a while since the last report. Here’s the latest Synfig development news:
**Performance** :
- Don’t render frame thumbnails if disabled ([#3356](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3356))
- Minor optimization of Bevel layer ([#3384](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3384))
**Fixes:**
- Fixed drag-n-drop imports for filenames containing non-latin chars ([#3412](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3412))
**Refactoring:**
- Make surface[\_etl]::blit\_to() const ([#3369](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3369))
- Clean up Bevel layer ([#3394](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3394))
- Add move constructor to handle/loose\_handle/rhandle ([#3417](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3417))
- Update macOS icons to higher resolutions ([#3224](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3224))
**Chores, and CI:**
- Update ChangeLog for version 1.4.5 ([#3348](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3348))
- Update Change Log for 1.4.5 ([#3359](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3359))
- Avoid installation of unused sdl2\_mixer ([#3367](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3367))
- Remove broken (and unused) symlink ([#3365](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3365))
- Add CI action for OSX packaging script ([#3368](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3368))
- Use of eof() and override for filesystem ([#3381](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3381))
- Fix generation of source packages using Autotools ([#3399](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3399))
- Fix generation of source packages using Autotools (again) ([#3400](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3400))
- typo transfRomation → transfoRmation ([#3397](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3397))
- Build source tarballs on self-hosted CI runner ([#3395](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3395))
- Bump version to 1.5.3 ([#3402](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3402))
- Make sure to update vcpkg.json on every release ([#3406](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3406))
- Fix #3398 - Missing install-sh script on macOS ([#3408](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3408))
- Release version 1.5.3 ([#3410](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3410))
**Build:**
- Unify cmake build shell scripts ([#3370](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3370))
- Update script for building with cmake ([#3355](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3355))
- build: fix macOS build ([#3396](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3396))
- build(GitHub Actions): fix macOS build ([#3404](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/3404))
You can find the latest development snapshots [here](https://forums.synfig.org/t/synfig-studio-development-snapshots/15337).
That’s all for today! Many thanks to all contributors who always help to make Synfig better!