diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 0d44aeb59..3b647d0ce 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-RAWTHERAPEE 5.9-rc1 RELEASE NOTES
+RAWTHERAPEE 5.9 RELEASE NOTES
-This is Release Candidate 1 of RawTherapee 5.9, released on 2022-11-16. This is not the final release yet.
+This is RawTherapee 5.9, released on 2022-11-27.
diff --git a/com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee.appdata.xml b/com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee.appdata.xml
index f7d588684..7e4c0b3a5 100644
--- a/com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee.appdata.xml
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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Main_Page#Localization
rawtherapee.desktop
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diff --git a/rtdata/images/svg/splash.svg b/rtdata/images/svg/splash.svg
index 4695d9bc6..c85abf034 100644
--- a/rtdata/images/svg/splash.svg
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@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@
inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
inkscape:pageshadow="2"
inkscape:zoom="4.7333958"
- inkscape:cx="369.07963"
- inkscape:cy="211.15918"
+ inkscape:cx="369.07964"
+ inkscape:cy="211.15919"
inkscape:document-units="px"
inkscape:current-layer="layer2"
showgrid="false"
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RawTherapee splash screen
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diff --git a/rtdata/images/svg/splash_template.svg b/rtdata/images/svg/splash_template.svg
index e9f67ff92..8f1e52eb0 100644
--- a/rtdata/images/svg/splash_template.svg
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style="stop-color:#feab27;stop-opacity:1;" />
RawTherapee splash screen
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PrerequisitesPrerequisites
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Obtain and install the font family ITC Eras Std.
+ id="tspan710">Obtain and install the font family ITC Eras Std.
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DetailsDetails
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The color wheel is copied from rt-logo.svg and a glow filter is added
+ id="tspan724">The color wheel is copied from rt-logo.svg and a glow filter is added
to each segment and the wheel as a whole.
+ id="tspan728">to each segment and the wheel as a whole.
"Raw": font ITC Eras Ultra-Bold, 60 pt, -3 px letter spacing
+ id="tspan732">"Raw": font ITC Eras Ultra-Bold, 60 pt, -3 px letter spacing
"Therapee": font ITC Eras Medium, 60 pt, +1,5 pt letter spacing
+ id="tspan736">"Therapee": font ITC Eras Medium, 60 pt, +1,5 pt letter spacing
Version (big number): ITC Eras Bold, 58 pt, skewed -3°
+ id="tspan740">Version (big number): ITC Eras Bold, 58 pt, skewed -3°
Version (period + small number): ITC Eras Bold, 34 pt, skewed -3°
+ id="tspan744">Version (period + small number): ITC Eras Bold, 34 pt, skewed -3°
Release-type: ITC Eras Bold, 16 pt, skewed -3°
+ id="tspan748">Release-type: ITC Eras Bold, 16 pt, skewed -3°
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PublishingPublishing
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1. To prepare a splash screen for deployment, select all text and 1. To prepare a splash screen for deployment, select all text and choose choose Path > Object to Path.
+ id="tspan768">Path > Object to Path.
2. Change release type text to whatever is required, or hide the layer 2. Change release type text to whatever is required, or hide the layer "Release type" entirely.
+ id="tspan776">"Release type" entirely.
3. Remove this text field.
+ id="tspan780">3. Remove this text field.
44. Save as "splash.svg" into "./rtdata/images/svg".
+ id="tspan786">. Save as "splash.svg" into "./rtdata/images/svg".
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RawTherapee splash screen design 1.5 (March 2022)
+ id="tspan794">RawTherapee splash screen design 1.5 (March 2022)
www.rawtherapee.com
+ id="tspan798">www.rawtherapee.com