Version 21

21.02

  • Fixed - The word Optional on the Brush Control Settings dialog could be cropped off on some system font conffigurations.
  • Fixed - Some brushes had typos.
  • Fixed - The Brush Control Modifier for Horizontal Centered was incorrect.

 

21.01

  • Improved - The maximum number of clip banks has been increased from 100 to 1000.
  • Fixed - PSD files were not properly loading or saving. Use the version of imconv from 19.18 for PSD import and export.
  • Fixed - The Pro Text Filter Brush was missing the Select Filter effect.
  • Fixed - The Pro Design Infinity Brush was using a Global envolop for symmetry when it should have been combo.
  • Fixed - Pro Nu Media Busy brush had a typo in the Brush Control panel.
  • Fixed - The Toggle Layers menu specified a hot key of "F4" when it should have been "Y".
  • Fixed - The Zoom Fit menu was missing the hot key indicator of "*".
  • Fixed - Zoom Fit functionality was not updating the Window title bar with the new zoom factor.

 

21.00

  • Added - Option to set the draw area border color. Found in the Preferences dialog!
  • Added - Add Brush Control button added to Brush Control dialog!
  • Added - Brush Control - General ArtSet. Large select of brush enhancements.
  • Added - Brush Control - Special Effects.
  • Added - F9 is now the hot key for displaying the Edit ArtSet dialog.
  • Added - Option "Set layer below as Clone/Trace source" has been added to the Page menu.
  • Added - Toggle Layer panel option to the View menu.
  • Added - Toggle All Panels option to the View menu.
  • Added - Toggle All Panels option to the pop up panel menu.
  • Added - Pro Nu Creeper brush to the Art Pro Nu Media ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Nu Neuron brush to the Art Pro Nu Media ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Nu Curly brush to the Art Pro Nu Media ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Creepy Blend brush o the Art Pro Effects ArtSet.
  • Added - Pro Flamer brush to the Ar Pro Smoke and Gases ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Lightening brush to the Art Pro Smoke and Gases ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Infinity Design Paint 2 brush to the Art Pro Design ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Nu Seed Thing brush added to the Art Pro - Nu Media ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Soft Pastel 3 brush added to the Art Pro - Natural Media ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Nu Wild Weaver brush added to the Art Pro - Nu Media ArtSet
  • Added - Pro Nu Busy brush added to the Art Pro - Nu Media ArtSet.
  • Added - Tone Mapping filter added to the Brightness and Contrast category of filters.
  • Added - Enhanced Detail filter added to the Sharpen category of filters.
  • Added - Vibrance Filter added to the Color category of filters.
  • Added - Hot key "*" on numpad or above 8 now performs the Zoom Fit functionality.
  • Added - Quick Command buttons added for Tool Selection.
  • Added - Brush effect pRot to Ang. Similar to the combination Smooth Stroke and Rotate with bAng SmoohtStk.
  • Improved - Selecting a Color brush modifier will now only update the current color rather than all four color slots!
  • Improved - No longer attempt to detect if a screen resolution is too low for TwistedBrush.
  • Improved - Don't automatically hide the color palette based on attempts to detect screen resolution.
  • Improved - Allow Modifier brushes to be visible in the normal Brush Select dialog.
  • Improved - Updated imagemagick library. PSD support and range of file image formats supported.
  • Improved - Re-organized the View menu to make more consistent across entire program.
  • Improved - Full Screen mode can be temporarily disabled while the , (comma) key is hold down.
  • Improved - When using the M hot key to briefly show panels closing or opening new panels is remembered.
  • Improved - On the Brush Control panel don't show a control parameter scroll bar if it can't be used.
  • Improved - The default values for the Contrast Overload filter have been improved.
  • Improved - The pRegress brush effect has been improve to make it more compatible with other brush effects.
  • Improved - Brush effects that fade the brush size to 0 (zero) will now not draw when the size of 0 is reached.
  • Improved - Holding the Alt key when clicking a Brush Modifier button will add all of the modifier brush effects rather than replacing effects of the same name.
  • Changed - Turn off the default of writing to log.txt on start up.
  • Changed - The hot key for Brush Cleaning is now . (period) instead of , (comma)
  • Changed - The Brush Cleaning tool no longer has a hot key to switch to the tool.
  • Changed - Selecting a brush from the ArtSet dialog will place it in the shortcut panel such that it's size, density and opacity changes are remembered.
  • Changed - Selecting Save to Shortcuts from the Edit ArtSet dialog will place brushes in the shortcut panel such that it's size, density and opacity changes are remembered.
  • Changed - The option Load Shortcuts from Artset will place brushes in the shortcut panel such that it's size, density and opacity changes are remembered.
  • Changed - The default shortcuts ArtSet now have brush setting such that the brush sizes is remember for each brush.
  • Changed - Brush effect envelopes now default to "combo" instead of "flat"
  • Fixed - Lay Multiply brush effect was not working.
  • Fixed - Blend Mix Capture 1 and 2 brush effects were not working in combination with Lay brush effects.
  • Fixed - Layer thumbnails were not drawing properly when the canvas was partly off screen.
  • Fixed - Pop up menus sometimes would remain shown even when other Windows gained focus.
  • Fixed - Rare case of TwistedBrush starting where the main application window could not be seen.
  • Fixed - Mixing color palettes was not working with the right mouse button.
  • Fixed - Brushes with filter effects were not redrawing the screen on a single dab stroke until the mouse was moved.
  • Fixed - Selecting a brush without a min density or max density effect from a brush that has one of these effects resulted in changing the brush density when if should not have.
  • Fixed - Brushes with a bld_* effect could paint incorrectly after the first stroke. For example the Pro Oil Paint 1 brush.
  • Fixed - The Brush Control panel was not presenting the correct widgets for text brushes.
  • Fixed - The Brush Control panel was not placing the checkbox widgets correctly when the Brush Control panel was resized due to brush effects being enabled or disabled.