Wandex

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Released on February 20, 2015.

.. seealso::

:doc:`whatsnew/0.4`
This guide introduces what's new in Wand 0.4.

- Complete :mod:`wand.drawing` API. The whole work was done by Eric McConville.
Huge thanks for his effort! [:issue:`194` by Eric McConville]

- Added :meth:`Drawing.arc() <wand.drawing.Drawing.arc>` method
(:ref:`draw-arc`).
- Added :meth:`Drawing.bezier() <wand.drawing.Drawing.bezier>` method
(:ref:`draw-bezier`).
- Added :meth:`Drawing.circle() <wand.drawing.Drawing.circle>` method
(:ref:`draw-circle`).

- :ref:`draw-color-and-matte`

- Added :const:`wand.drawing.PAINT_METHOD_TYPES` constant.
- Added :meth:`Drawing.color() <wand.drawing.Drawing.color>` method.
- Added :meth:`Drawing matte() <wand.drawing.Drawing.matte>` method.

- Added :meth:`Drawing.composite() <wand.drawing.Drawing.composite>` method
(:ref:`draw-composite`).
- Added :meth:`Drawing.ellipse() <wand.drawing.Drawing.ellipse>` method
(:ref:`draw-ellipse`).

- :ref:`draw-paths`

- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_start()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_finish()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_close()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_curve()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_curve_to_quadratic_bezier()`
method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_elliptic_arc()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_horizontal_line()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_line()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_move()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.path_vertical_line()` method.

- Added :meth:`Drawing.point() <wand.drawing.Drawing.point>` method
(:ref:`draw-point`).
- Added :meth:`Drawing.polygon() <wand.drawing.Drawing.polygon>` method
(:ref:`draw-polygon`).
- Added :meth:`Drawing.polyline() <wand.drawing.Drawing.polyline>` method
(:ref:`draw-polyline`).

- :ref:`draw-push-pop`

- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.push()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.push_clip_path()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.push_defs()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.push_pattern()` method.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.clip_path` property.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.set_fill_pattern_url()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.set_stroke_pattern_url()` method.
- Added :meth:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.pop()` method.

- Added :meth:`Drawing.rectangle() <wand.drawing.Drawing.rectangle>` method
(:ref:`draw-rectangles`).
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_dash_array` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_dash_offset` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_line_cap` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_line_join` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_miter_limit` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_opacity` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.stroke_width` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.fill_opacity` property.
- Added :attr:`~wand.drawing.Drawing.fill_rule` property.

- Error message of :exc:`~wand.exceptions.MissingDelegateError` raised by
:meth:`Image.liquid_rescale() <wand.image.BaseImage.liquid_rescale>`
became nicer.

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Released on December 20, 2014.

- Added ``'pdf:use-cropbox'`` option to :attr:`Image.options
<wand.image.BaseImage.options>` dictionary (and :const:`~wand.image.OPTIONS`
constant). [:issue:`185` by Christoph Neuroth]
- Fixed a bug that exception message was :class:`bytes` instead of
:class:`str` on Python 3.
- The ``size`` parameter of :class:`~wand.font.Font` class becomes optional.
Its default value is 0, which means *autosized*.
[:issue:`191` by Cha, Hojeong]
- Fixed a bug that :meth:`Image.read() <wand.image.Image.read>` had tried
using :c:func:`MagickReadImageFile()` even when the given file object
has no :attr:`mode` attribute. [:issue:`205` by Stephen J. Fuhry]

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Released on August 3, 2014.

- Fixed a bug that transparent background becomes filled with white
when SVG is converted to other bitmap image format like PNG. [:issue:`184`]
- Added :meth:`Image.negate() <wand.image.BaseImage.negate>` method.
[:issue:`174` by Park Joon-Kyu]
- Fixed a segmentation fault on :meth:`Image.modulate()
<wand.image.BaseImage.modulate>` method.
[:issue:`173` by Ted Fung, :issue:`158`]
- Added suggestion to install freetype also if Homebrew is used.
[:issue:`141`]
- Now :mimetype:`image/x-gif` also is determined as :attr:`animation`.
[:issue:`181` by Juan-Pablo Scaletti]

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Released on March 25, 2014.

- A hotfix of debug prints made at 0.3.6.

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Released on March 23, 2014.

- Added :meth:`Drawing.rectangle() <wand.drawing.Drawing.rectangle>` method.
:ref:`Now you can draw rectangles. <draw-rectangles>` [:issue:`159`]
- Added :attr:`Image.compression <wand.image.Image.compression>` property.
[:issue:`171`]
- Added :func:`contextlib.nested()` function to :mod:`wand.compat` module.
- Fixed :exc:`UnicodeEncodeError` when :meth:`Drawing.text()
<wand.drawing.Drawing.text>` method gives Unicode ``text`` argument
in Python 2. [:issue:`163`]
- Now it now allows to use Wand when Python is invoked with the ``-OO`` flag.
[:issue:`169` by Samuel Maudo]

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Released on September 13, 2013.

- Fix segmentation fault on :meth:`Image.save() <wand.image.save>` method.
[:issue:`150`]