20.07

• Fixed - Using the Ctrl + Click option on the shortcut panel would result in the last brush change not being saved.
• Fixed - Using the Auto Clean Brush feature Off with brushes that had the Smooth Stroke effect resulted in painting issues.
• Fixed - The Script Brush tool was not playing back brush strokes at the correct position.

 

20.06

• Fixed - Zoom to Fit functionality was not positioning canvas properly.
• Fixed - 1 to 1 zoom was not positioning the canvas properly.

 

20.05

• Improved - The canvas position was being reset at times when it wasn't needed.
• Fixed - Crash could occur if painting off the edge of the page with a paper texture enabled.
• Fixed - Some brush effects could result in drawing artifacts. For example Scatter Page on a page larger than the viewing area.

 

20.04

• Added - Quick Command panel options for toggling some common preferences. These include: "Left Mouse Button for Tools", "Precision Cursor", "Hide Circle Cursor While Drawing", "Square Cursor" and "Filter Preview Off"
• Fixed - When loading camera raw files a temporary file and location was saved as the last used import directory. It should be the location of the actual raw file.

 

20.03

• Fixed - Camera raw files were still not loading. Changed the way they are loaded so that there are no environment variable requirements.

 

20.02

• Improved - Internal improvement to keep underlying canvas the same when zooming in and out. This aids in compatability with some 3rd party mouse smoothing tools.
• Improved - Show visible rectangle area on Page View panel.
• Improved - Track last usage point of the Page View dialog for zoom focus.
• Changed - Ctrl + arrow keys to scroll the canvas is accomplished now with just the arrow keys.
• Changed - The direction that the canvas is scrolled when using the arrow keys has been reversed to make it more intuitive.
• Changed - The arrow keys to scroll the canvas now allow for auto-repeat.
• Changed - Moved the Zoom to Center option in the Preferences dialog to just below the Center Page option.
• Fixed - Camera RAW files were not loading.
• Fixed - The Center Page option was not working.
• Fixed - The Pan Rt, Pan Lt, Pan Up and Pan Down Quick Commands were not working.
• Fixed - Ctrl + arrow keys were not panning the canvas properly.
• Fixed - The Zoom to Center option was not working correctly.

20.01

• Added - Ability to hide and show all dialogs with a single key press. (F2)
• Added - When all dialogs are hidden, pressing and holding the (m) key will display and allow working with all dialogs.
• Added - A new Transform tool with interactive, move, resize, rotate and a combination of resize and rotate.
• Added - The Paste Tool gets a Warp Size option. This allows for stretching the pasted object freely.
• Added - Virtual mouse support for tools. Use the "[" or "]" to simulate mouse button presses and arrow keys for simulated mouse movement. This allows for exact placement when using the tools.
• Added - Fine positioning of tools with the arrow keys. When using a tool with mouse pressing the arrows keys will allow for fine tuning the position. Works in combination with the Ctrl key for changing the starting position of the tool.
• Added - Drawing Guides, Axis: All, Axis: Symmetry, Axis: Symmetry Page, Axis: Symmetry Dab, Axis: Mirror, Axis: Mirror Page and Axis: Mirror Dab. These guides allow setting the axis point for the various brushes that have the range of symmetry and mirror effects.
• Added - The canvas is now truly floating and can be panned and moved freely off the edge at any zoom level to allow for optimal positioning for painting.
• Added - Brush strokes and tools can now be started off the canvas allowing for better control of working at the edges.
• Added - Brush effect, Bsh Pat Rnd Offset added. This allows for pattern brushes to have non-repeating patterns. Note: this will result in the pattern being regenerated after each stroke.
• Added - Dialog section to the Quick Command dialog.
• Added - ArtSet and Edit ArtSet to the Quick Command dialog.
• Added - 5 new brushes added to the Art Pro Image Shape ArtSet.
• Added - Mitchell image resizing option added. Generally better than Lanczos3, softer and more natural and more suitable for separate sharpening for more control.
• Added - Adaptive image resizing option added. Somewhat special resizing that looks at image content to determine resizing.
• Added - Haze Blur filter in the Blur category of filters.
• Added - Darkness filter in the Brightness and Contrast category of filters. Simulates, dusk, moonlight and nighttime.
• Added - Charcoal 2 filter in the Artistic category of filters.
• Added - Denoise filter in the Noise category of filters.
• Added - Normalize filter in the Brightness and Contrast category of filters.
• Added - Sigmoidal Contrast filter in the Brightness and Contrast category of filters.
• Added - Emboss4 filter in the Stylized category of filters.
• Added - Option to save a Single Layer to a file. Only saving to PNG supported for single layer saves.
• Added - Adjust Last Filter menu added to the Filter menu. Will launch the filter dialog with the previous filter and settings.
• Added - Option to Import Any Image Format added to the File menu. Can load over 100 different formats. Use it if the other image open options don't hand;e the type of image you need to import.
• Improved - Brush strokes that started partly off the page were not handled cleanly. This is accurate now!
• Improved - The maximum number of brush effects has been increased to 20!
• Improved - The maximum number of brush Control sliders in the Brush control dialog has been increased to 20!
• Improved - Zooming in and out now keeps a consistent point of focus regardless if the canvas is fully viewable.
• Improved - Zooming in and out remembers the last active mouse usage (paint or tool) and keeps focus as that position.
• Improved - When selecting a brush shortcut internally the brush was built multiple time which for some brushes could lead to slower selection.
• Improved - When select a brush from the ArtSet dialog the brush was built multiple time which for some brushes could lead to slower selection.
• Improved - Pro brushes that allow for selection of patterns have been updated to optionally allow random pattern offset.
• Improved - The Shape Brush effect is improved so that either Clips or Shapes from the Shape ArtSets can but used.
• Improved - Most of the brushes in the Art Pro Image Shape ArtSet now include a Select Shape button in the Brush Control panel.
• Improved - The Rotate Brush tool will now dynamically display the angle being set.
• Improved - Don't allow saving brushes to the Project Sets - Default* ArtSets.
• Improved - Camera raw file reading has been improved and reads some newer camera raw files including the Canon 5DMKiii raw files.
• Changed - The canvas scroll bars have been removed. These don't make sense now with the true floating canvas.
• Changed - The hot key assigned to the (m) key has been changed from the ArtSet Edit dialog to the toggle for displaying all dialogs.
• Changed - The Move tool is now called Transform.
• Changed - The Invert Mouse Button icon has been removed from tool bar and placed into the Preferences dialog.
• Changed - Holding Ctrl while clicking on a brush shortcut now loads the Edit ArtSet dialog. Previously it was an alternate form to copy a brush in the brush shortcuts panel. Shift click still works for copying a brush.
• Changed - A number of less often used menu items in the File menu have been placed into an Extra sub menu.
• Fixed - Auto correct cases when ctrl or alt keys were pressed when the main TB window changed focus. Previously drawing would not be possible until ESC was pressed or TB was restarted.
• Fixed - Random offset patterns were not always being randomly offset.
• Fixed - Out of bounds index on pattern ArtSet names that could lead to unexpected results.
• Fixed - Masks were not properly redrawing on the canvas when patterns or pattern brushes were selected.
• Fixed - The Line tool Repeat label was not displaying properly.
• Fixed - The hot key for toggling 1:1 zoom was not correct. It is the semi-colon (;).
• Fixed - Setting drawing guides was not marking the page changed and therefore they weren't changed unless other changes were done on the page such as drawing.
• Fixed - When using the Resize Image Preview features the image zoom level could change making it difficult to see the results.
• Fixed - When using the Filter preview area feature the image zoom level could change making it difficult to see the results.
• Fixed - The Duotone filter was not working in a understandable way. Change to use a single tone slider.
• Fixed - The Pan tool was not holding the position of the canvas precisely when panning.
• Fixed - License key compatibility improvements for Windows 7 and Windows 8.