15.77:

• Added - Levels filter added to the Brightness and Contrast category of filters.
• Added - Radiant 2 filter added to the new Photo category.
• Added - New filter category Photo.
• Improved - In the Page Explorer show the text "No Thumbnail" when no thumbnail is available for a page.
• Improved - In the Page Explorer show the text "Empty Page" when there is no page created yet.
• Changed - Brightness Histogram Stretch is now called Histogram Stretch.
• Changed - Brightness Histogram Equalize is now called Histogram Equalize.
• Changed - Moved the Radient, Photo Pop and Photo Detailer filters to the new Photo category.
• Removed - Histogram Stretch, Histogram Equalize and Brightness Histogram Stretch HSL have been removed.
• Fixed - Histogram Stretch and Histogram Equalize had a problem with some images.
• Fixed - Undo were not properly working after a layer duplicate action. Introduced in previous release with changes to the duplicate layer feature.
• Fixed - Selecting a color from the popup tools on a netbook class of computer was resulting in a crash.
• Fixed - Cases where the saved TBR files could have an extra pixel per line saved.
• Fixed - Protect against possible error in reading corrupt image file.

15.76:

• Added - Popup modifier tools auto dismission option.
• Added - Added Quick Command button for the Color Picker.
• Improved - Cleaner looking removal of the popup modifiers panel.
• Improved - The layer duplicate action places the duplicatd layer right above the source layer.
• Fixed - The brush effect Auto Merge and the menu command Merge and Continue were not properly clearing the undo steps resulting in erratic behavior when attempting to undo those actions.
• Fixed - After selecting a color palette from the Load Palette dialog the mouse was still in select color mode when over the color palette.
• Fixed - When the mouse button invert option was on the color palette tabs selection was inverted also but it shouldn't be.
• Fixed - The layer duplicate action didn't work on very large pages.

15.75:

• Added - ArtSet Collections - Duarte's Brushes. A special thanks to Duarte for sharing his fine brushes!!
• Added - Brush tool. Give right mouse button access to the new brush modifier popup.
• Added - Brush modifier tools popup!!
• Added - Brush modifier Quick Command option.
• Added - 8 additional buttons to the Quick Command panel.
• Improved - The appearance of the Quick Command panel has been improved.
• Improved - Show the cross hair for the precision cursor as either black or white to improve visibility.
• Improved - The help text for the mouse button select icon.
• Improved - Save the setting of the invert mouse icon between instances.
• Improved - Allow non-image data changing tools such as Pan to function on invisible layers.
• Improved - When the entire canvas is visible (zoomed out) in the draw panel the Pan tool can be used to reposition the canvas on the screen.
• Improved - For panels and dialogs whose position is remembered between instances (Layers, Quick Command, Brush Effects and Filters) make sure they appear on screen.
• Fixed - The ScapeScape Planet brushes were not working properly.
• Fixed - The Toogle Tools Panel option from the Quick Command panel was not working properly.
• Fixed - On the initial install the default tool (Pan) was not properly selected.
• Fixed - There were cases when using the dynamic tools such as spacebar for Pan where the brush cursor wasn't being shown when it should be.
• Fixed - Added the hot key text to the menu items for page and book switching.
• Fixed - On Vista 64 bit systems when exiting a message Wrong Thread would appear.
• Fixed - When dismissing a popup menu by clicking on the canvas a dab would be drawn when it shouldn't.
• Fixed - Filters were not recording in scripts.

15.74:

• Enhanced - Significant reduction in the overhead for repeated script playback of the Script Brush Tool when clicking and dragging resulting in much improved performance for small scripts. (Pro)
• Enhanced - Don't update the page between during script playback for the script brush. Visually less distracting and results in better performance. (Pro)
• Improved - When starting the Page Explorer the currently selected page will show in the middle row rather then the top row.
• Improved - When using the Move Page actions in the Page Explorer keep the selected page visible when moving the page off the currently shown pages.
• Improved - In the Page Explorer clicking on the scroll bar (not the arrow) will page down a full page of thumbnails.
• Improved - The Space bar is now tied to the Pan tool. This is more standard with graphic software. The P key still works as well.
• Improved - Support for Netbook resolutions (1024x600). Dynamically detects this resolution and adjusts the UI.
• Changed - The Scratch Layer is now activated with the A key instead of the Space bar.
• Changed - Default the option for Full Intensity Hue slider to on. This can be altered in the Preferences dialog.
• Fixed - Right clicking and moving the mouse off the canvas when the Script Brush Tool was selected would result in the script being run when it shouldn't. (Pro)
• Fixed - Script brushes (not Script Brush Tool) were not repeating properly. (Pro)
• Fixed - The Bristles Size 1 brush modifier in the Art Tools - Watercolors Real Artset was inncorrect. (Pro)
• Fixed - The Real Watercolor Core brush in the Art Tools - Watercolors Real ArtSet was incorrect. (Pro)
• Fixed - Starting the Page Exploring with page 500 selected would result in invalid pages being shown.
• Fixed - The Page Flip and Page Rotate commands were not properly undoing. Now an undo restore point is saved for these operations.
• Fixed - Prevent brush strokes at the same time as tool actions.

15.73:

• Added - ArtSet Art Tools - Watercolors Real.
• Added - ArtSet Collections - Fractal Paint 02
• Added - 16 new brushes to the Art Tools - Watercolors 2 ArtSet.
• Enhanced - The Script Brush Tool has been enhanced for ease of use.
• Enhanced - In the Edit ArtSet dialog the Optimize feature will now remove the disabled effects from the brushes in addition to condensing the effects to the top of the list.
• Fixed - Brush effect "Cor Dabit Len X 100" was not working properly.

15.72:

• Added - New brush effect added. Rebase Stroke Start. (Pro)
• Added - A new category of brush effect envelopes called Colors. Includes the following envelops, "surf lum", "surf r", "surf g", "surf b", "surf a", "under lum", "under r", "under g", "under b", "under a", "trace lum", "trace r", "trace g", "trace b" and "trace a". (Pro)
• Added - Hundreds of fractal based brushes in the ArtSets. Collections - Fractal Design XX, Collections - Fractal Dab XX, and Collections - Factal Paint XX. (Pro)
• Improved - A number of the warming messages in the Page Explorer have been improved to make more clear.
• Improved - The Brush Options dialog has a few small improvements.
• Fixed - When using the Edit button in the Edit ArtSet dialog don't automatically update the Brush Name in the Brush Options dialog.
• Fixed - Using the Palette menu options to create color spans from the currently selected colors resulted in incorrect ranges.
• Fixed - Duplicating the background layer would leave the alpha lock setting on which could be confusing.

15.71:

• Added - ArtSet Collections - Fractal Design 01. (Pro)
• Added - Color Modifier ArtSet. Colors - Combos 01. (Pro)
• Added - Mask and Unmask Artist Sketch Pen added to the Art Tools - Masking Tools ArtSet. (Pro)
• Improved - When a tablet is not detected do not save stylus settings for brushes. (Pro)
• Improved - When using the File > Load From File as New command if the image has transparency it will be loaded into layer 2, otherwise it will be loaded into the background layer.
• Improved - When using the File > Load from file into command if the image being loaded is larger than the current page the option to increase the page size if now given.

15.70:

• Added - ArtSet Collections - LNA Mtns 101. A big thanks to LNA for his work and contributing it to TwistedBrush!! (Pro)
• Added - Menu item Help > Video Guides. (Pro)
• Added - Added the "Core" category of brush effects. These brush effects override the core integral brush settings. The effects include: "Cor Dab Spc", "Cor Dab Spc Adj", "Cor Dabit Alpha", "Cor Dabit Size", "Cor Dab Den", "Cor Dabit Den", "Cor Dab Soft", "Cor Color Var", "Cor Dabit Len", "Cor Dabit Len X 100", "Cor Bld Mode", "Cor Bld Pri Clr", "Cor Bld Remix", "Cor Prime Clr".
• Added - New brush effects modifiers ArtSet added. Effects - Layers. For adding layer effects to brushes. (Pro)
• Added - Additional brush effect modifiers added to the ArtSet Effects - Shading. (Pro)
• Added - Additional brush effect modifiers added to the ArtSet Effects - Basics for overriding the core texture length. (Pro)
• Improved - Significant reduction (elimination) in delay between brush strokes for brushes that use any Lay* effect. This improvement impacts around 10% of the currently available brushes!!
• Improved - The Paste Tool was improved to perform more quickly on large pages.
• Improved - The brush modifiers for Mask and Unmask effects have been updated to match how the standard masking brushes work. (Pro)
• Fixed - When using the option to Load Shortcuts from ArtSet now all the shortcut brushes will be mapped to the loaded ArtSet as would be expected. (Pro)
• Fixed - When using the move tool a single click without moving the mouse would result in the undo stack being incorrect. (Pro)

15.69:

• Added - Brush effects Square Grid and Rect Grid. (Pro Studio only)
• Added - Rect Grid and Square Grid effect brush to the Effects Brush Modifiers ArtSet. (Pro Studio only)
• Added - Rect Grid and Square Grid brushes to the Lines and Outlines ArtSet. (Pro Studio only)
• Added - New ArtSet Collections - Brush 0 Matic. Inspired from a brush of the same name by Ken Wilson. (Pro Studio only)
• Added - New ArtSet Collections - Plaid Designer. A series of brushes to aid in creating plaid patterns. (Pro Studio only)
• Improved - The menu File > New, File > Load File as New and Edit > Paste as New now have improved warming messages and an option to export the current page image before continuing.

15.68:

• Added - Brush Options quick start page.
• Added - Remember the last selected tool between instances of TwistedBrush. The settings for the selected tool are not yet retained.
• Added - The Art Tools - Masking Tools ArtSet gets a number of new brushes for blending masks!
• Improve - Nice improvement to the color quality of JPEG images. Previously JPEG images could end up with reds being a bit muted. The size of the JPEG images will increase in many cases with this improvement.
• Improved - The memory used for saving undo steps has been reduced for most operations. Around 20% improved for non-mask operations and around 80% for mask operations (except for mask brushes).
• Improved - Small performance improvement between brush strokes.
• Improved - Performance improvement for Mask Wand when doing dynamic adjustments.
• Improved - Small performance improvement undoing multiple steps when holding done the Ctrl+Z key in repeat mode.
• Improved - The Move tool has three new options. Copy, Mask Source and Mask Destination. These options when used in combination with masks greatly enhance the flexibility of what the Move tool can do!
• Improved - Mask type brushes can now have blending capabilities.
• Fixed - When using the Mask Filter feature the Undo stack became incorrect.
• Fixed - Using the Move tool on the background layer would result in non-paper color being exposed beneath the moved page.

15.67:

• Added - Popup message giiving one time guidence on the tool usage.
• Added - 3 Quick Start help pages for simple getting starting topics.
• Improved - Pressing Shift while clicking on a color bar color will copy the currently selected color to that color slot. Similar to how a brush can be copied in the shortcuts panel.
• Changed - The initial tool selected is now the Pan tool. Previously it was the color picker. This is changed to reduce the chance to new users having difficulties get started.
• Changed - The color controls on the left hand panel have been reorganized to make then more centrally located.

15.66:

• Updated - Some minor changes and updates to the preset page sizes in the Page Size dialog.
• Changed - Support for Windows 95/ME/98 has been retired.
• Fixed - The memory stats on the information panel were not reporting correct memory data on some system configurations.
• Fixed - The layer blending modes Alpha shader Texture2 and Alpha Highlight Texture2 were not merging properly.
• Fixed - Resizing the main window when the tools were hidden would result in some tools being drawn where they shouldn't.

15.65:

• Removed - The popup screen when closing the trial has been removed.
• Fixed - Mask brushes were not working properly in the limited release 15.64.

15.64:

• Improved - When using F3 to hide the tool panel also hide the tools bars and tool options areas to give additional painting area.
• Improved - Many performance improvements throughout impacting many aspects of the program!
• ...includes a few changes that will have a big improvement on usability because of the greatly
• reduced time needed to save a page when continuing to work on the page.
• However numerous other changes are included in this line item like the color picker now works
• instantly even on large pages, and many minor improvements are also present that impact painting,
• tools and filters.
• Changed - On the Page Size dialog change the text DPI to Pixels/Inch.
• Changed - The popup message when saving is no longer used. In it's place the standard Windows hourglass is used.

15.63:

• Improved - A couple of the procedural textures were updated to give a wider range to density control.
• Improved - Significantly reduce the amount of memory used when saving BMP, PNG, JPG and TGA files.
• Improved - TBR (TwistedBrush image files) are now saved with a minimal memory usage and much faster but the files are not compressed as much as before.
• Improved - Masks for a page are now stored integrated in the TBR file which results in less memory use on saving and faster page saving and loading.
• Improved - Significant reduction in the time it takes to switch pages.
• Improved - Reduction in the time it takes to flatten an image.
• Changed - When selecting a brush from an ArtSet the brush options are now retained when the brush is placed in your shortcuts. These options control what aspects of the brush are saved in the shortcuts when the Autosave Shortcut Brushes feature is enabled.
• Changed - Changed The default shortcuts to consistenty have the brush options set equal to the settings in the source ArtSet.
• Changed - When Loading a File as New place the image on layer 1 rather than layer 2. This is more efficent with memory.
• Fixed - A case where TBR files were saved without compression resulting in a large file size.
• Fixed - If an autosave fails, for example if out of memory, don't keep attempting to save immediately again.

15.62:

• Added - A new collection of Patterns, Utility 1. These are accessed from the brush modifier icons like all the patterns.
• Added - Two new collections of 60 new procedural brush textures each can be accessed from the brush texture modifier!
• Added - A collection of 53 new procedural brush shapes each can be accessed from the brush shape modifier.
• Added - A new ArtSet called Collections - Foliage has been added.
• Added - 60 new patterns (Utility) are added to the Filters, Backgrounds, Texture Emboss, Texture Bump and Displacement Bump.
• Added - A new ArtSet Collections - Lathes with a handful of brushes.
• Added - Real Color Wheep Palette CMYK. A special thanks to Don Jusko for making this palette available in TwistedBrush!
• Added - A new ArtSet called Collections - Structures 02. This is the second ArtSet of structures. A special thanks for Lee and Spuddy for contributions to this Artet!
• Added - 9 new brushes added to the Collections - Skyline ArtSet.
• Added - Brush effect "VM Invert". This is used to invert the value of the following effect. (VM stands for value modifier).
• Added - 4 new brush effects. Line Up, Line Dn, Line Rt and Line Lt.
• Added - Procedural brush textures support is added. This will allow for more brush textures without increasing the program download size.
• Added - Procedural brush shape support is added. This will allow for more brush shapes without increasing the program download size.
• Improved - The variability of textures used in texture brushes is improved.
• Improved - Allow the backgound layer to be moved up and layer 2 to be moved down.

5.61:

• Added - Collections - Structures 01 ArtSet. A collection of brushes for creating man made structures.
• Improved - When a blending paint stroke began off the page the current color was not filled on that area of the brush resulting in the brush acting like an eraser on the page edge.
• Changed - The Collections - Skyline ArtSet has a number of brushes moved to the new Collections - Structures 01 ArtSet.
• Fixed - The filter Histogram Stretch was not working properly on layers.

15.60:

• Added - Real Color Wheel Palette by Don Jusko added as a standard palette. This is one of the default palettes now in position P2. A special thanks to Don Jusko for creating this 256 color version of his Real Color Wheel Palette and allowing it to be included in TwistedBrush!!
• Added - Collections - Skyline ArtSet added. A special thanks to Spuddy (Dave) for contributions to this Artset and discovering and creating the Skyscraper line of brushes!!
• Added - The original Extra Smooth Charcoal was added back to the Art Tools - Charcoals ArtSet. It is named Orig Extra Smooth chorcoal.
• Added - Quick Commands for Adjusting Size, Density, Opacity, Hue, Sat and Luminence. Also one for Pan. These are linked to the tools of the same function.
• Added - 6 brush effects. VLine1, VLine2, VLine3, HLine1, HLine2 and HLine3. These are variations for drawing horizontal or vertical lines.
• Improved - Reference images are preserved when closing TwistedBrush and restored when TwistedBrush is started again.
• Improved - A number of the brushes in the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet now have the Size Min effect disabled to maintain compatibility with previous versions of the brushes.
• Changed - The default Quick Command buttons.
• Fixed - The filter Histogram Stretch was not working properly on layers.
• Fixed - When using the Copy tool and selecting an area that extends beyond the edge of the page the Paste size setting was not correctly set.

15.59:

• Added - Smooth Stroke brush effect. A useful effect for smoothing out strokes drawn with a mouse.
• Added - Smooth Stroke brush modifier added to the Brush Effects ArtSet.
• Added - Menu option to Clear Shortcuts. From the ArtSets menu and the popup menu from the ArtSet name.
• Added - Artist Sketcher Pen added to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet.
• Added - The installation now adds a desktop shortcut to the internet based FAQ.
• Improved - The Set Page Size feature is now non-destructive to the image. This allows increasing the size of the page without altering the page content.
• Improved - The masking brushes in the Art Tools - Masking Brushes no longer rely on the currently selected color. This allows for more consistent usage of these important brushes.
• Improved - Small improvements to the warning dialog before the shortcuts are updated with the current ArtSet in the Edit ArtSet dialog.
• Improved - Allow the brush shortcuts panel to have unassigned brush slots.
• Improved - Allow the confirmation dialog for reseting the ArtSets to be by passed.
• Improved - What saving brush shortcuts to an ArtSet make sure the new ArtSet shows up in the Artset list in the Brush Select dialog without needing to press the Show All button.
• Improved - Give a failure message when using the brush effects modifiers to add effects to a current brush when there is no space for additional effects.
• Improved - The brush effects "Size Min" and "Size Max" are not fully enforced even when using the size selection slider.
• Improved - Significantly reduced the need to search ArtSets when loading the Brush Select dialog. These means the Brush Select dialog will much more frequently load quickly.
• Improved - Reduce the number of brushes that are shown in the New Brushes search in the Brush Select dialog.
• Improved - The Extra Smooth Charcoal brush in the Art Tools - charcoals has been improved and more smooth and expressive.
• Fixed - The menu File | Reset All was not reseting the Brush Shortcuts.
• Fixed - When using varible sized brushes controlled by tablet pressure there were cases when the begining of the stroke could be the wrong size.
• Fixed - Some brush sizes were not properly drawing. For example brushes of size 2.

15.58:

• Added - Metallize Lua Filter script.
• Added - Simplify Lua Filter script.
• Added - 1 brush added each to the following Artsets: Art Tools - Cover Paints, Art Tools - Pens and Effects - Basics. Each related to a anti-aliased brush.
• Added - Brush Shape Dab Position to the Collections - Shape Paint ArtSet.
• Added - 2 brushed added to the Art Tools - Eraser ArtSet. Anti-Aliased Eraser and Ribbon Eraser.
• Added - 4 Brushes added to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet. Artist Pen 1 - 4.
• Added - 4 Brushes added to the Art Tools - Blenders ArtSet. Charcoal Blender, Charcoal Brusher, Dark Blur and Light Blur.
• Added - 3 Brushes added to the Art tools - Oil Paints Artset.
• Added - 3 Brushes added to the Art Tools - Charcoals ArtSet.
• Improved - The masking brushes in the Art Tools - Masking Brushes no longer rely on the currently selected color. This allows for more consistent usage of these important brushes.
• Improved - The Lua Filter scripts LSystem and checkerbox have been updated with new improved versions. A special thanks to RJP74 for the updates!
• Improved - A number of the Lua scripts have been updated to take advantage of new features in the Lua Filter language. A special thanks to rjp74!!
• Improved - Additions to the Lua Filter script Fractal 01.
• Improved - Any time a copy is done the Paste tool (with stamp mode) will be prepared to paste the same area as what was copied. Previously only the Copy tool would do this, now all copy commands will do this.
• Improved - Quality and preformance improvements for the subsample brush effect. The subsample brush effect is useful for adding anti-aliasing to a brush.
• Improved - Quality improvements for the line smoothness.
• Improved - The Bld_* brush effects have been improved to support more correct blending to keep a number of these effects from resulting in the paint turning darker than the soruce paint.
• Fixed - The brush icons in the shortcut panel could become corrupt wth the video mode is switched (if the computer is awoken from hiberation).
• Fixed - Dynamic brush sizing was not working in combination with the SubSample brush effect. This had impacted a small handful of brushes.

15.57:

• Added - Lua Filter script function is_escape() to check if the Esc key is currently hold down. Useful for script writter to allow their script to be aborted.
• Added - Lua Filter scripts, Fill N, LSystem, White to Alpha and SimpleGrid. A special thanks to RJP74 for the contributation!!
• Added - Two new Lua Filter scripts Mosaic 01 and Mosaic 02.
• Improved - The Fractal 01 Lua filter script (revision 4) received numerous additions and improvements.
• Improved - Updates to the Lua Filter scripts CheckerBox, Snowflake and Star. A special thanks for RJP74 for the contributions!!
• Improved - Pressing ESC during a TB script play will end the script playback. Handy for TB scripts triggered from script brushes or Lua scripts.
• Improved - Very small reduction in the height of the Filter dialog box.
• Improved - Force the background layer to always have the alpha channel locked. This takes care of a few visual anomylies that could previously arise.
• Improved - Reduced the contrast between active and inactive brush effects in the Brush Effects dialog.
• Changed - Rollback this change from a couple of releases ago. "Don't buffer up events on the filter dialog. This improves the cases where a filter is applied repeatedly because one of the sliders was adjusted repeatedly."
• Fixed - The Filter dialog information box was not being properly cleared.

15.56:

• Added - A Lua Filter function paint_filter(). Allows for scripting other filters.
• Added - Lua editor improvements: Resizable window, row and column position indicator in a status bar and word wrapping off.
• Added - New Lua Filter controls for drop down list. --@TBCONFIG STYLE: is the directive for including up to 20 items in a drop down list.
• Added - The Filter dialog has a new Info area for showing additional information on each filter. The content (information) will follow in later releases.
• Added - New Lua Filter directive for displaying information to the user. --@TBCONFIG INFO:
• Improved - On the Page Summary dialog make the summary area readonly.
• Improved - On the Brush Selection dialog make the ArtSet description area readonly (when not in ArtSet edit mode)
• Improved - In the Filter dialog if a preview has already been processed (rendered) don't undo it and re-process the same thing when the Apply and Continue or Apply and Exit buttons are pressed.
• Improved - Many improvements to the Lua Filter script Fractal 01.
• Fixed - The texturize and texturize2 layer blending modes were very slow when mixing with transparent areas because of an unhandled situation.

15.55:

• Added - A Lua Filter script added. Ellipse_and_Circle_var_2. Special thanks to Ken Wilson for the work and contribution!
• Added - A Lua Filter script added. Page_border_2. Special thanks for Zig for first version of this script!
• Added - A Lua function output_debug_string(). This will output the string to a running OutputDebugString monitor on Windows. Commonly this will be DebugView which is a Microsoft utility that is available here.
• http://technet.micro...s/bb896647.aspx
• Added - A Lua filter script added Rounded Rectangle. Special thanks for RJP74!
• Added - A Lua filter script added Snowflake. Special thanks for RJP74!
• Added - A Lua filter script added Fractal 01.
• Improved - Don't buffer up events on the filter dialog. This improves the cases where a filter is applied repeatedly because one of the sliders was adjusted repeatedly.
• Improved - Hide and disable parts of the Brush Effects panel when a brush effect is selected that results in the other columns being ignored.
• Improved - Using the Apply and Continue button in the filter dialog will retain the current settings and be ready for additional applications of the same filter.
• Improved - When using the SaveAs option in the Lua Editor select the new script automatically when returning to the filter dialog.
• Improved - When in image brush is selected clicking in a reference image will capture the image brush from that area of the reference image as the scaling currently shown in the reference image window.
• Fixed - Situation where a crash could occur when changing layer position. Problem was recently introduced.
• Fixed - When editing a Lua script the directives for the UI components were not being re-evaluated.

15.54:

• Added - A Lua Filter script added. Star. Special thanks to RJP74 for the work and contributions!
• Added - New Lua Filter script functions allow for painting with standard brushes. New functions include: paint_open, paint_close, paint_stroke_start, paint_stroke_stop, paint_stroke_pos, paint_select_brush, paint_brush_size, paint_brush_density, paint_brush_opacity, paint_brush_color, paint_set_color_banks, paint_line, paint_spline, paint_dab
• Added - A few sample scripts that demostrate usage of the new Lua paint functions. Pollock, Radial Paint, Scribble Spline.
• Improved - Cleanup the brush effects in the new ArtSet Cloners - Color Trace.
• Improved - The line tool with the curve option more efficently records the line for script recording.
• Improved - Some improvements to TB script playback speed.
• Improved - Lua scripts with errors now display an error message when attempting to run them.
• Fixed - Some of the toolbar icons had artifacts.
• Fixed - The popup help window from the dynamic help panel could be shown partially off the screen.
• Fixed - The popup help window could become hidden if clicking on a different popup panel (layers panel for example)
• Fixed - The Line tool was not properly recording brush settings for script recording.

15.53:

• Added - Dynamic information panel. Includes, context help topics, cursor information and memory information.
• Added - Cloners - Color Trace ArtSet.
• Added - 5 Lua Filter scripts added. Spiral, Radial, Checkerbox, Lissajous, and Spirograph3. Special thanks to RJP74 for the work and contributions!!!
• Added - Brush effect SetStrokeColor. Sets the color for use in the stroke from the current effect color. A common use will be for brushes that capture a color from a trace image and then use that color for the rest of the stroke.
• Added - Bitwise operation functions for Lua scripting. bit_not, bit_and, bit_or, bit_xor, bit_shfr and bit_shrl.
• Improved - Changed the brush width slider range for the Oil Paint filter to cover the usage range.
• Improved - The Radial, Polar and Sector drawing guides are now based on 24 parts rather than 19 which allows for a more uniform usage of those aids.
• Improved - Small visual improvement to the tool bar icons (drop shadow).
• Improved - On a new install allow for room for the Windows task bar when setting the initial size of the application.
• Changed - On a new install default the initial page size to the area that fills the drawing space.
• Fixed - When pasting an image As New or loading an image As New the background layer was not properly set to opaque.
• Fixed - Attempting to close a modeless dialog (layers panel for example) when the Quick Start dialog was open would result in the Quick Start dialog closing.
• Fixed - The Process - Photo Retouch Multiply brushes were not working. Blending brushes with a Bld Multiply effect were not working properly.

15.52:

• Improved - Positioning text with the Text tool is now faster (but no longer shown anti-aliased until the mouse button is released).
• Improved - Significantly reduced the likelihood of accidental layer mini bar selections and layer creations. Action is now triggered by both the click and release (mouse button up and down) on the same layer in the mini bar. Because of its location close the settings panel and the drawing page it was not uncommon to accidently create or select a layer.
• Improved - The readability of the RGB and HSL textual readouts.
• Changed - Default the Line tool to not connected.
• Fixed - Using the warp tool would cause the image data to darken quickly. A number of other tools also had this problem but not at the rate of the warp tool.

15.51:

• Added - The Line tool now has a curve option for drawing curve lines (bezier spline).
• Improved - The Line tool now also supports a mode where it is detached from the previous line end point. In other words click and drag to draw the line segment.
• Improved - Pressing the Ctrl key when using the Line tool will allow you to adjust the position of the line.
• Improved - The Create Blob from Image operation now makes the conversion less close to the transhold between transparent and black so that there is less chance to get transparent regions when applying filters or resizing.
• Fixed - Typo in the Brush Effects Panel. Sprays and Bursts.
• Fixed - Case of a white outline on a paste tool usage following the steps of, rect tool, copy tool and paste tool. Other occurances might be corrected too since new layer and clear layer actions were not fully prepping the image for later operations.

15.50:

• Improved - Reduce time it takes to save pages.
• Improved - Reduce time it takes to save restore points.
• Improved - Auto restore points are now integrated into the Undo functionality so that when there are no more undo steps to undo the previous saved version of the page will be loaded. This allows for clearer recovery for operations such as crops and layer deletes and also allows for some level of recovery to older data after switching pages.
• Improved - Previously in the Page Explorer selecting to load the currently loaded page would result in a page being reloaded and the undo information being lost.
• Improved - Present a warning when switching pages if undo information will be lost.
• Improved - Give a more descriptive warning on new page actions.
• Improved - Give a more descriptive warning on setting page size actions.
• Improved - When saving a color modifier brush default the brush options to having just the Save Color Info. box checked.
• Improved - Increased the size of the Exit button on the Edit ArtSet dialog.
• Removed - The menu File > Revert to Automatic Restore Point has been removed since the functionality is now integrated into the Undo system.
• Fixed - The HSL color sliders were not properly updated when a color from the brush color modifier was selected.
• Fixed - When deleting a layer the undo steps were not cleared resulting in undefined behavior.
• Fixed - Attempting an undo after setting a cloner source would result in a crash.
• Fixed - Cases where the brush attributes options could still revert to all enabled even after manually turning some of the brush attribute options off.

15.49:

• Added - Color Icon button added to the Edit ArtSet dialog to automatically create a brush icon based on the current 4 colors.
• Added - New button added to the Edit ArtSet dialog to allow creating ArtSets right within the dialog.
• Added - Option that allows control of the showing of the shortcut brush icons. Found in the Preferences dialog.
• Added - Right mouse click on a brush modifier icon will display the ArtSet edit dialog for that modifier type.
• Improved - Show the cursor when using the Warp tool.
• Improved - With the Auto Save Shortcut brushes option on the brushes options will be enabled only on first selection of the brush from an ArtSet rather that each time the shortcuts are saved. This has the advantage of allowing the brush options to be overridden for brushes in the brush shortcuts panel.
• Improved - Multiple additions and improvements to the Quick Start topics.
• Improved - When setting a shortcut brush without Save Brush Info but with Save Color info the brush icon will automatically be saved as the 4 current colors.
• Improved - Reduced download size requirements for the ArtSet icons.
• Changed - The help menu topics now point to the topics moved to the forum from the User Guide.

15.48:

• Added - Adjustable Transparent Windows Lua Filter. Found in menu Filters > Lua Script Filters
• Improved - Many new and improved topics in the Quick Start guide.
• Improved - The image in the splash screen is changed to a random selection of 4 TwistedBrush paintings. A special thank you to Jewel (Jeweled), Sunny, Ralph (Rabnoolas) and Paul (Lancelott) for allowing their work to be shown here.
• Improved - The Quick Start dialog get Next and Prev buttons added to make it easier to scroll through the topics.
• Improved - The Quick Start guide topics are included at a higher quality.
• Improved - When selecting a parent node in the Quick Start dialog the subtopics will automatically be expanded. Basically the same as pressing the little + indicator.
• Improved - Trapping of cases where files could not properly be opened due to system access problems.
• Improved - JPEGs are saved at a significantly higher quality than before. This does result in a file size increase for your exported (as jpg) images.
• Fixed - Layer Mask mix mode was only working at normal zoom levels.

15.47:

• Added - Stretch Filter. Found at the menu Filters > Distort > Stretch.
• Added - Horizontal Pivot Filter. Found at the menu Filters > Distort > Horizontal Pivot.
• Added - Vertical Pivot Filter. Found at the menu Filters > Distort > Vertical Pivot.
• Added - Skew Filter. Found at the menu Filters > Distort > Skew.
• Added - The Edit ArtSet dialog gets a new button labeled Clean ArtSets. This will clean all unused data from all ArtSets. Only has value for personel ArtSets created prior to 15.47 and only if you intend to manually edit or search .pre files. In other words it's a very specialize feature for users doing advanced brush editing.
• Improved - The Radiant filter gets a Stregth slider. This allows for much better control over the amount of the effect. Prior to this the filter would act as 100% strength which was often too much.
• Improved - Don't allow the Opacity or Mix mode of the Layer panel to be adjusted for the background layer.
• Improved - All Artsets have been cleaned of unused data.
• Improved - Small visual improvements to the ArtSet name panel that appears above the brush shortcuts.
• Improved - The Perspective and Warp filters now allow adjusts off the edge of the page.
• Improved - The visual quality of the Quick Start Guide pages was improved.
• Improved - The Quick Start Guide get a Topic title bar.
• Improved - New topics added to the Quick Start Guide.
• Improved - Small reduction of storage requirements for the Quick Start Guide.
• Improved - The ordering and naming of the Paint Bucket modes were changed to be more logical and consistent.
• Improved - The naming of the Wand Mask modes were changed to be more consistent with the new terms used in the Paint Bucket tool.
• Fixed - Many typos, fonts sizes and layout changes in the Quick Start Guide.
• Fixed - When loading a new page or pasting as new there were cases when the layer mix modes were not properly cleared to defaults.
• Fixed - Image Brushes were not working properly when the brush size was dynamically changed such as with a stylus pressure.

15.46:

• Added - Contrast Mask filter. Used for bringing details out of the shadow and highlights.
• Added - Adjust Color Balance filter. Found in the menu Filters > Colors > Adjust Color Balance.
• Added - Photo Detailer filter. Found in the menu Filters > Brightness and Contrast > Photo Detailer. Enhances overall detail (without sharpening) and brings details out of the shadow and highlights.
• Improved - The Gaussian Blur Filter has some performance improvements.
• Improved - The Gaussian Blur filter now allows for dynamic previews.
• Improved - The Gaussian Blur filter has the Amount slider scale reworked for coverage more realistic usages ranges.
• Improved - Significant improvements in quality and control of the Vignette filter that was introduced in the previous release.
• Improved - The Radiant filter gets some performance improvements and now has a slider adjustment for softness.
• Improved - Small performance gain on the Blur More filter.
• Improved - When placing text with the Text tool the text being dragged will look exactly like the text the will be finally placed. This allows for fine placement of text which was hard to do previously.
• Improved - Small performance gain when using the Paste tool.
• Changed - The default Outline Strength value for the Outliner 2 filter has been reduced. This does not change the range of control just the default setting.
• Changed - Replaced Dry Pastel brush in the default shortcuts with Gentle Round Eraser.
• Changed - Replaced Wet Watercolor brush in the default shortcuts with Wet Finger Paint Blender.
• Fixed - The Copy command (not tool) could lead to application instability and later a crash. This is the Copy command from the Edit menu or Ctrl+C. This is an important fix that has been in TB for a long time.
• Fixed - In rare cases the Copy tool could lead to a memory leak.
• Fixed - In rare cases the Copy Merged operation could lead to a memory leak.
• Fixed - Extra spaces and the beginning or end of fields in the brush codes would cause the brush import to be incorrect.
• Fixed - Seed 53 for the Pattern Explorer filter was the incorrect size making it inconsistent with the rest of the seeds.
• Fixed - The Text was still in some cases draw text with a white outline.
• Fixed - The Warp tool could result in the warped image data outlined in a different color when warped to pure alpha areas.
• Fixed - Selecting areas off the edge of the page with the Copy tool would result in incorrect copying.

15.45:

• Added - Filter Patternizer. Found in the menu Filter > Distort > Patternizer.
• Improved - The Lasy Mask mode will not work on the next visible layer below it. Previously it had to be the exact layer below it.
• Fixed - The Layer Mask mode was not working properly.

15.44:

• Added - Pattern Explorer Filter. Found in menu Filters. Used for generating a huge variety of patterns.
• Added - Filter Presets which give the ability to save and reuse filter settings. Found in the Filter dialog when the dialog is expanded with the more>> button.
• Added - Edge3 Filter. Found in menu Filters > Stylized > Edge3. Functionally the same as the Charcoal filter but serves as a good edge detection filter.
• Added - Vignette Filter. Found in menu Filters > Stylized > Vignette
• Added - Alpha Non-Contiguous mode to the Mask Wand tool.
• Added - When selecting a purely transparent area with the Non-Contiguous mode of the Mask Wand tool the action will be treated as Alpha Non-Contiguous.
• Added - Alpha Replace mode to the Paint Bucket tool.
• Added - When selecting a purely transparent area with the Replace mode of the Paint Bucket tool the action will be treated as Alpha Replace.
• Improved - The warning screen for Image Resize now appears after the new size has been selected.
• Improved - When selecting the More or Less buttons on the Filter dialog don't reset the filter settings.
• Improved - The Quick Start guide content received a number of additions and corrections.
• Fixed - A couple of filters were not properly processing the very edge of the page. Glow and Hyper-Contrast filters were impacted.
• Fixed - When using the Rectangle tool drawing the selection off the top or left edge of the page would result in the rectangle not being drawn.
• Fixed - The Kaleidoscope filter was not making full use of the x and y offset sliders.
• Fixed - Sine Distortion filter was not making full proper use of the slider ranges.

15.43:

• Added - A Stamp mode to the Paste Tool for fine control over size and rotation of the pasted object.
• Added - Size and rotation readout for the Paste tool when in Transform mode. Transform mode is the default behavior from previous versions.
• Improved - The Line tool now allows dragging the end point.
• Improved - When using the Copy tool the size of the copied object will be recorded for use in the Paste tool when in Stamp mode.
• Fixed - Using blending tools on transparent areas was not smoothly blending into the transparent areas.
• Fixed - The Paste Tool was drawing an outline around the pasted object when placed.
• Fixed - A number of filters were drawing an edge on the border between colored and transparent areas. Filters improved include. Elliptical, kaleidoscope, Lens, Marble, Perspective, Warp, Tilt, Twirl, Wow, Zig Zag, Zoom, Wave, Waves, Spin Wave, Spin, Sign Distortion, Rotate, Ripple, Pinch, Arithmetic Mean, Midpoint, Radiant and Displacement Bump. This may still be an issue for Gausy, Mosaic, Minimum and Scribble.
• Fixed - The Warp tool was drawing an outline around the warped image on the border between colored and transparent areas.
• Fixed - The Text tool was at times drawing a thin outline around the text painted on the canvas.
• Fixed - Occurrence of the crop rectangle disappearing when the confirmation dialog was shown.
• Fixed - Some typos on the confirmation dialogs.
• Fixed - When doing a paste the layer dialog setting were not being reset to defaults for the new layer.
• Fixed - When Duplicating an invisible layer the resulting new layer would not show the layer visibility icon properly in the layer dialog.
• Fixed - When zoomed out there were cases when the checkered pattern used for transparency could display incorrectly.
• Fixed - The Rubber mode of the Warp tool was not properly able to be undone.

15.42:

• Improved - The Adjust Brush tool now uses radio buttons instead of push buttons for selecting the mode.
• Improved - The quick start pages are now shown with anti-aliased text and with 256 colors. The size of the download package increases a little with this but still smaller than 15.40.
• Improved - When using the Adjust Brush tool show the readout as soon as the right mouse button is pressed.
• Improved - A number of improvements to the Adjust Brush adjustment control to make it more intuitive.
• Fixed - Using the hot keys to enable the dynamic tools could result in cases where even after releasing the key the tools was still considered to be in a state of active in dynamic mode and both the left and right mouse buttons would only function for that tool until ESC was pressed or the program restarted.
• Fixed - Cases where during tool drawing the screen would refresh and hide the on canvas tool controls.

15.41:

• Added - The Size Brush tool now has modes for adjusting density, opacity, hue, saturation and luminance.
• Added - Option check boxes to not show many of the confirmation dialogs.
• Added - Ratio readout when using tools that draw a rectangle shape.
• Improved - The brush size tool now starts with the current brush size.
• Improved - Pressing the Ctrl key when using the brush size tool will move the location of the brush sizing indicator.
• Improved - Altering the brush size is now constrained to right and left mouse movement rather than allowing both right/left and up/down. Allow both resulted in difficulty controlling the sizing.
• Improved - When using the brush size tool update the brush size slider in addition to the visual cursor indicator.
• Improved - Most of the filters that had a Preview button now have a check box for enabling dynamic previews.
• Improved - Adjusted the default settings for the Dust and Scratches filters to allow for more intuitive adjustments.
• Improved - A number of changes to make better attempts to keep the undo system working even when memory is very low.
• Improved - The Quick Start guide received numerous updates and smaller file sizes to reduced the program download size.
• Changed - Size Brush tool is now called Adjust Brush tool. Since other brush attributes can be adjusted now with this tool.
• Fixed - Cases when using the rectangle or ellipse tool with the CTRL where the size of the shape would change.
• Fixed - A number of filters were allowing the background layer to show the transparency pattern.
• Fixed - The Dust and Scratches filter was not working.
• Fixed - Don't allow brush sizes greater than 999 when using the size brush tool.

15.40:

• Fixed - Brushes with a Lay effect were not working on the background layer.
• Fixed - The texturize blend mode was not honoring the opacity setting.

15.39 is a limited release

• Improved - Changing the brush size dynamically with the stylus now responds much more nicely especially when working with blending brushes.
• Improved - Changed the default settings for the Unsharp Mask Filter to be stronger and more intuitive as to what to adjust.
• Improved - Moderate rendering performance improvements when working multiple layers.
• Improved - Minor drawing performance improvement when laying a stroke on a fully transparent area.
• Changed - The default page layout is now in the upper left rather than centered in the work panel. This is still selectable from the preferences dialog.
• Changed - The Outline Strength slider control has been reversed to be more intuitive and consistent.
• Fixed - Blending brushes on transparent edges was not fully corrected in 15.38.
• Fixed - Some brushes when used on the background layer were showing the transparency pattern.
• Fixed - The Outliner1 and Outliner2 Filters were not working correctly.
• Fixed - The Texturize blend mode was too different than previous releases.

15.38 is a limited release

• Improved - Brushes with the Bld Multiply brush effect now mix properly on transparent areas of layers.
• Changed - The Negation blending mode was changed to act just like the exclusion mode. This is not identical to earlier version but closest.
• Fixed - The hard light blending mode was incorrect in 15.37.
• Fixed - The soft light blending mode was incorrect in 15.37.
• Fixed - The Texturize blending mode was incorrect in 15.37. Note: it will still be a bit different than earlier version but overall improved.
• Fixed - The Texturize2 blending mode was incorrect in 15.37. This also fixes the Alpha Highlight Texture blending mode which relied on the Texturize2 mode.
• Fixed - Texturize3 has returned. It is required for proper functioning of the paper textures.
• Fixed - The Subtract blending mode was incorrect in 15.37.
• Fixed - The layer mini-bar was not updated when selecting a paper texture.
• Fixed - When using a mouse to paint in some cases the last portion of the stroke wouldn't draw when the mouse button was released but would after the mouse was moved.

15.37 is a limited release

• Improved - The layer blending modes have been re-engineered. This corrects a number of limitations and makes the mixing modes respond more like industry standards. Also corrected is the numerous cases were the Merge layer operation would result in a different result than seen prior to the merge. These changes may result in existing pages that use layer blending modes appearing different if loaded into TwistedBrush.
• Improved - Painting on transparent areas has been re-engineered (for brushes without a BLD effect) resulting in more correct mixing of paint on partly transparent areas.
• Improved - Blending on transparent areas has been re-engineered and corrects the cases where the currently selected color could appear on the edges of areas being blended.
• Removed - As part of the layer blending re-engineering the following blending modes are no longer supported. Glow, Reflect, Texture3 and Alpha Overlay Outline. For existing pages that use these modes the results may look different and if the layer in question is edited the mode will be changed.
• Fixed - The font tool dialog would not work properly after having done a crop or page resize.

15.36:

• Improved - When the undo steps automatically get cleared now the current page is saved to a single auto restore point that can be reverted to from the File menu.
• Improved - All cases where restore points were automatically stored are centralized to a single auto restore point that can be reverted to from the File menu.
• Improved - Auto restore points are saved at times when the entire page is cleared. For example on a File > New menu selection.
• Fixed - Importing brush codes created prior to 11.1 may not import correctly. The brush effects slots 9, 10, 11 and 12 were not being cleared in this case.
• Fixed - When a layer had the alpha lock enabled cropping, resizing, rotating left and rotating right would result in the image data for that layer being lost.

15.35:

• Added- Mask Wand Alpha Contiguous mode. This is similar to the Alpha Flood mode introduced recently.
• Added - When recording a script, display a warning message when using a brush that TwistedBrush detects as not properly scriptable.
• Improved - When setting a cloning source there were times when the clone source was being saved to disk more than once.
• Improved - The handling of distort filters interacting with masks over transparent areas of layers.
• Improved - Recovery and reporting if the font selection dialog fails.
• Improved - When starting a Flood operation on a purely transparent location on a layer the Flood will be treated as an Alpha Flood operation and therefore driven by the alpha values and not color luminance.
• Improved - Mask Wand Contiguous mode when starting the operation on a purely transparent location on a layer the selection will be treated as an Alpha Continuous operation and therefore driven by the alpha values and not color luminance.
• Improved - Mask Wand Contiguous mode will now better handle not crossing transparent boundaries.
• Improved - Reduced draw in when displaying the purchase info dialog for the trial.
• Improved - The Fill Page action now honors masks more correctly.
• Improved - The Rectangle tool was changed to have more consistent transparency behavior with the rest of the system.
• Improved - When using dynamic memory calculations for undos preserve a small amount so that small and medium size pages will have undos available on systems with very limited memory.
• Fixed - When using the Paint Bucket (flood fill) on a transparent area the blue areas of the image may get filled when they shouldn't have.
• Fixed - The Flood option on the paint bucket tool was not interacting correctly with masks over transparent areas of a layer.
• Fixed - There were cases that if a cloning brush was selected and a clone source was set that it didn't persist to a new page.
• Fixed - The color picker was not working when cloner brushes were selected.

15.34:

• Improved - Crash protection if unable to access the registry to check for license information.
• Changed - The create palette from image features now only work off the visible portion of the image.
• Fixed - Non-blending brushes that are turned into blending brushes via brush effects did not properly capture the underlaying image data on the first stroke after selecting the brush. This has never been correct.
• Fixed - When using the stylus eraser if a different brush was selected the resulting brush when done erasing was incorrect.
• Fixed - Create palette from image did not work properly when zoomed in or out.
• Fixed - Brushes with a blending attribute were not working properly with the line tool. This has been an issue for a long time.

15.33:

• Fixed - Blending brushes were not properly cleaned when zoomed in or out.
• Fixed - Reworked the stylus brush implementation introduced in 15.30 since it was having negative impact on a number of brush types.

15.32:

• Fixed - Blending brushes were not properly cleaned when using a tablet and auto tablet compatibility was triggered.

15.31:

• Fixed - Brushes with any blending behavior where not properly cleaned between brush strokes. This was introduced in
• Fixed - When creating a new page that is too large for the amount of available memory a crash could occur.

15.30

• Added - Pressing ESC while drawing / placing a tool will cancel the operation for most tools.
• Added - 8 brushes to the Collections - Designers ArtSet.
• Improved - The text tool now supports dragging the text prior to placement.
• Improved - The Rubber mode of the Warp tool has some performance improvements.
• Improved - Allow setting the size of the stylus eraser.
• Improved - Remember stylus eraser size and alpha settings between uses.
• Improved - Setting the unit of measure in the Set Page Size dialog is now remembered.
• Improved - In the Set Page Size dialog when Inches or Millimeters is selected as the unit of measure and a different DPI setting is selecting the physical (printed) page size will be adjusted to reflect that change. In other words the number of width and height in pixels will not be changes.
• Changed - Resize Page dialog is not called Set Page Size. The menu to get to the dialog was already worded as Set Page Size.
• Fixed - Italic and Bold modifiers can now be selected for fonts.
• Fixed - Some fonts weren't properly selected.
• Fixed - Italic and bold selected modifiers weren't remembered when returning to the font selection dialog.
• Fixed - When using the stylus eraser some cases could occur where the previous brush was not reset when done erasing.
• Fixed - When just changing the unit of measure in the Resize Page dialog the page was processed as a new page even when the page size didn't change.
• Fixed - Setting the DPI for a page wasn't being saved if no other changes were being made to that page

15.29:

• Added - User selectable options for the mask display colors and transparency. Found in the perferences dialog menu Edit > Preferences.
• Added - 2 new pens to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet. Flowing Pen 3 and 4.
• Added - Insert Layer action added to the Quick Command list.
• Added - A counter in Stats mode for how many times tablet compatibility mode has been triggered.
• Improved - Small improvement to line smoothness (not anti-aliasing) for fine lines.
• Improved - Stability when saving a page when memory is low and working on large pages.
• Improved - Checking for out of memory when starting a flood fill operation.
• Improved - When setting Stats mode or Tutorial mode in the preferences dialog show the changes on the canvas immediately.
• Improved - Many of the brushes in the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet were saved with a predefined color (black). These are now changed to not override the current color.
• Changed - Reduced the chances of the tablet compatibility mode being automatically set at the start of a stroke.
• Fixed - The undo system was too agressive with use of memory especially on large pages which allowed all memory to become exhausted and could result in a program crash.
• Fixed - The layer blend mode Soft Light was not working properly.
• Fixed - The Merge and Merge and Continue layer actions from the Quick Command dialog were not giving warning and didn't leave the layer merged into in the correct state.
• Fixed - The Duplicate Layer Quick Command action was not properly updating all the program states.
• Fixed - Memory leak when a copy (clipboard) operation fails. This could happen on very large pages because Windows has a maximum size for clipboard data.
• Fixed - A number of program crash cases when memory becomes low and new memory allocations are needed. This also results in a less aggressive ulitization of memory.
• Fixed - When the message "Unable to paint on an invisible layer" was display in response to a tool usage the mouse button state was invalid and could result in odd behavior in later actions.
• Fixed - If out of memory creating the image filter dialog don't continue with the filter.
• Fixed - Program crash cases when very low on memory and attempting a capture and image but or select color from the canvas.

15.28:

• Added - New ArtSet - Collections - Designers.
• Added - 9 new brushes added to the Collections - 3D ArtSet.
• Added - Quick Command support for Duplicate Layer.
• Added - Quick Command support for Alpha Filter.
• Added - New Alpha Flood option added to the Flood Fill tool. Alpha Flood act upon the alpha channel for color tolerances ignoring the colors.
• Added - Calligraphy Pen 2, Calligraphy Pen 3 and Calligraphy Pen 4 to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet.
• Improved - Brush blending now honors masks when picking up color from the canvas.
• Improved - Capturing image brushes now honors masks.
• Improved - Flood and Flood Eraser have been improved when working on a layer where a transparent boundary area is crossed.
• Changed - Flood to Alpha option for Flood Fill is now called Flood Eraser and will act as an eraser would. Clearing the alpha values on layers and setting colors to the paper color on the background.
• Changed - Replace to Alpha option for Flood Fill is now called Replace Eraser and will act as an eraser would. Clearing the alpha values on layers and setting colors to the paper color on the background.
• Changed - Calligraphy Pen 4 replaced Flowing Pen 2 in the default brush shortcut set.
• Fixed - Exporting brush codes was not working in Windows Vista.
• Fixed - The Share Image Online Helper from the File menu was not working properly in Windows Vista.
• Fixed - The brush effect Grid would result in a crash if used with a effect strength of zero (or combo,0,0)

15.27:

• Added - ArtSet - Image Brush Array - Basics. Brushes for working with arrays of image brushes.
• Added - ArtSet - Collections - Tree Builder 1. Brushes for constructing trees. Included are brushes for Paper Birch, Cherry Birch, River Birch, Silver Birch, Sugar Maple, Red Maple, White Oak, Gnarly Oak and Bonsi Trees.
• Added - Brush modifers ArtSet - Colors - Image Array 1. Includes image array for dollars and rocks.
• Added - 3 new ribbon like pens added to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet.
• Added - Brush effect bImageArray and ubImageArray. Loads an image array (like an array of image brushes) from the bImageArray or ubImageArray directory.
• Added - Brush effect Select bImage. Selects an image from the loaded image array for use like an image brush.
• Improved - For directional particle emiters detect the stroke direction sooner resulting it more predicable stroke start locations.
• Changed - The Flowing Pen 2 replaces the Soft Tapered Pen in the default shortcuts.
• Fixed - When using a tablet stylus and just tapping the canvas the pressure of 100% was used when it should not have been.
• Fixed - Disabled brushes effects envelopes were still being processes which could impact performance as in rare cases impact the brush stroke.

15.26:

• Changed - Roll back change to show the mask completely hidding the image between it.
• Fixed - The masks were not showing a visible difference between 50% and 100% mask coverage.

15.25:

• Added - ArtSet - Art Tools - Bristles Brushes.
• Added - 8 brushes to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet.
• Added - 1 Brush to the Collections - Mandala Paints 2 ArtSet.
• Added - 1 Brush to the Art Tools - Felt Markers ArtSet.
• Added - Brush Effect 3D Abs in the 3D and Highlights section. This is an easier to use brush effect for getting 3D brush strokes.
• Added - Brush Effect Blend Cap3. Uses the effect strength to control the blending between the current brush and the current surface when the current surface is captured.
• Improved - When the Brush History option is on save the brush at the end of the brush stroke rather than the beginning. This results in better stroke action at the start of strokes.
• Changed - Alt + click when using an image brush will capture the merged image under the brush. Previously it would capture the entire page into the image brush.
• Changed - Alt + Shift + click when using an image brush will capture the entire page merged into the image brush.
• Changed - The button labeled Done to Exit in the Filter dialog.
• Changed - Show the mask at the full range of opacity over the underlaying image.
• Changed - Reduce the length of time that brushes are flagged as new.
• Fixed - Dynamic tool selections were very sensitive to when the hot key was pressed and released to work with out drawing oddities.
• Fixed - In tablet compatibility mode stylus pressure could have moments of inconsistent pressure.
• Fixed - When using a tablet at the start of the strokes it was possible for pressure to be incorrect.

15.24

• Changed - The Copy Tool now operates as a right click and drag to select the area you want to copy. Previously it would copy the current size of the brush.

15.23:

• Fixed - The shortcut keys listed in the Control menu for adjusting size, density and opacity did not match the actual shortcut keys.
• Fixed - The Alpha Filter was not working properly is a mask was enabled.

15.22:

• Fixed - The Font tool was broke in 15.21.
• Fixed - Script playback was broke in 15.10.

15.21:

• Added - Alpha channel filter. From the menu Layers > Alpha Filter any of the image processing filters can be applied to the alpha channel. Makes feathering or stylizing the edges of objects on layers easy.
• Added - New option to show the hue slider at full intensity or adjusted to the current saturation and luminance. The option is found in the perferences dialog.
• Added - Brush Effect Pos Stroke Start. Will force a dab to the stroke initial position.
• Added - 4 new brushes to the Art Tools - Gouache Artset.
• Added - 1 shape brush modifier (Hard and Soft) to the Shapes - Basics ArtSet.
• Improved - Turn off snap to grid when drawing the drawing guides.
• Improved - The Paste Tool now overlays the alpha channel of the image being pasted instead of replacing the alpha values.
• Improved - The Paste Tool now allows dynamically altering the size and rotation of the image being pasted by dragging the mouse while right clicked!
• Improved - The Paste Tool now allows for moving the placement of the image being pasted by pressing Ctrl and continuing to right click the mouse.
• Changed - The Paste tool on a single right click (without dragging the mouse) will default the size and rotation of the image being pasted to that of the last paste size and rotation.
• Changed - The Copy Tool and Paste Tool now use the mouse center when the snap to grid drawing guide is enabled. It used to use the mouse position as the upper left of the data.
• Changed - The hot keys for adjusting size. Now it's E to increase size and D to decrease size.
• Changed - The hot keys for adjusting density. Now it's Shift+E to increase density and Shift+D to decrease density.
• Changed - The hot keys for adjusting opacity. Now it's Ctrl+E to increase opacity and Ctrl+D to decrease opacity.
• Changed - The hot key Q is now used for selecting the Copy tool.
• Changed - The hot key W is now used for selecting the Paste tool.
• Fixed - The new brush modifier Rotate Towards Brush Direction was not smooth enough. Changed.
• Fixed - Loaed masks from file were no properly able to be undone which resulted in odd behavior when undoing other operations after loading a mask from file.
• Fixed - The Background filters were not properly honoring the mask on transparent layers resulting in the mask area becoming fully opaque.
• Fixed - The ellipse tool was not properly honoring masks or paper texture.
• Fixed - The new filters added in 15.20 were not properly honoring masks or paper texture.
• Fixed - Moving a page up in the Page Explorer would result in the page name (if named) being duplicated with the previous page.
• Fixed - When using the hot key Ctrl + M to merge the current layer and continue the layer thumbnails were not updated.

15.20:

• Added - Art Tools - Gouache ArtSet.
• Added - 6 new brushes to the Art Tools - Watercolor 2 ArtSet.
• Added - 1 Brush - Rotate Towards Brush Direction to the Effects - Basics brush modifier Artset.
• Added - Filter Hyper Contrast. Found in menu Filter > Brightness and Contrast > Hyper Contrast.
• Added - Filter Photo Pop. Found in menu Filter > Brightness and Contrast > Photo Pop.
• Added - Filter Bas Relief. Found in menu Filter > Stylize > Bas Relief.
• Added - Filter Color Pencil. Found in menu Filter > Artist > Color Pencil.
• Added - Filter Crayon. Found in menu Filter > Artist > Crayon.
• Added - Filter Pointillism. Found in menu Filter > Artist > Pointillism.
• Added - Filter Charcoal. Found in menu Filter > Artist > Charcoal.
• Added - Filter Color Pencil 2. Found in menu Filter > Artist > Color Pencil 2.
• Added - Filter Watercolor and Ink. Found in menu Filter > Artist > Watercolor and Ink.
• Added - Filter Glow. Found in menu Filter > Stylize > Glow.
• Added - Filter Emboss3. Found in menu Filter > Stylize > Emboss3.
• Added - Filter Outliner 1. Found in menu Filter > Stylize > Outliner 1.
• Added - Filter Outliner 2. Found in menu Filter > Stylize > Outliner 2.
• Added - Filter Radiant. Found in menu Filter > Stylize > Radiant.
• Added - Brush effects envelope rnd rng. Generate a random strength values between the frequency value and strength value.
• Added - New brush effects category - Dab Spacing and moved 5 effects from the Flow Control category to the Dab Spacing category.
• Added - Lua command. merge(merge_mode, opacity). Like the flush() method but a merge mode and opacity can be specified for the merging of the destination buffer back into the source buffer. The valid merge modes are defined as MERGE_NORMAL, MERGE_MULTIPLY, MERGE_SCREEN, MERGE_DARKEN, MERGE_LIGHTEN, MERGE_DIFFERENCE, MERGE_NEGATION, MERGE_EXCLUSION, MERGE_OVERLAY, MERGE_HARD_LIGHT, MERGE_SOFT_LIGHT, MERGE_DODGE, MERGE_BURN, MERGE_REFLECT, MERGE_GLOW, MERGE_ADD, MERGE_SUBTRACT, MERGE_TEXTURIZE, MERGE_TEXTURIZE2, MERGE_TEXTURIZE3.
• Improved - Brush stroke smoothness at the standard level of zoom and much improved when zoomed out.
• Improved - Automatically enable and display the mask anytime the mask is changed from tools or brushes.
• Improved - Further improvements to the b-ang brush envelope to rotate the brush at the start of the stroke to the direction of the brush stroke.
• Fixed - When an effect is disabled in the Brush Effects Panel and the selection dialog is used but Canceled or Closed without making a selection the effect became reenabled.
• Fixed - Possible crash or instability case when drawing an ellipse mask smaller than 2 pixels in diameter.
• Fixed - The layer mix mode Dodge was sligthly wrong.
• Fixed - The Texturize layer mode was not working properly when merged or zoomed in or out.

15.10:

• Added - Hue wheel Lua Filter. Thanks RJP74
• Added - Lua filter method get_cmyk(x,y) and set_cmyk(x,y,c,m,y,k)
• Added - Brush effect envelope b-ang2. More predictable dynamic brush rotation than b-ang.
• Improved - Brush Effects panel - complete overhaul. Combo boxes are gone. Effects and envelopes are split into catgories with a popup tree view. Effect rows and be reordered by dragging them and effect rows can be disabled and reenabled with a single click.
• Improved - Minor performance improvement for the Value Blur filter.
• Improved - Brush effect envelope b-ang. Allows the stroke to start painting earlier even when the freq setting is set high.
• Improved - The position of icons in the the menu bar to put Undo and Redo in closer position to the page and moved the page navigation icons to the left to reduce the chance of them accidently being pressed.
• Improved - The Horizontal Mirror Lua filter now supports an adjustable slider for setting the mirror horizon.
• Fixed - The Value Blur filter had no fall-off which means the entire page was blurred a small amount.
• Fixed - Case where the buttons on the Quick Command panel would stay depressed.

15.08:

• Changed - Show the Hue color slider at full saturation and normal luminance rather than reflecting the current saturation and luminance settings.
• Fixed - Selecting About from the Help menu resulted in a crash.

15.07:

• Added - Anti-Alias filter. found in the menu Filter > Blur > Anti Alias.
• Added - Adpative Blur filter. Found in the menu Filter > Blur > Adaptive Blur.
• Added - Detail Blur filter. Found in the menu Filter > Blur > Detail Blur.
• Added - Detail Blur filter. Found in the menu Filter > Blur > Value Blur.
• Added - Line Art Cleaner filter. Found in the menu Filter > Color > Line Art Cleaner.
• Added - Basic Threshold filter. Found in the menu Filter > Color > Basic Threshold.
• Added - Adjust HSL filter. Found in the menu Filter > Color > Adjust HSL.
• Added - Adjust Lab filter. Found in the menu Filter > Color > Adjust Lab.
• Added - Flag (checkbox) user control directive to the Lua script filter language.
• Added - message_box() function added to the lua script filter language.
• Added - single_buffer() function added. This will result in both gets and sets working from the same buffer.
• Fixed - Deleting the last script in the Lua script filter list would result in a program crash.
• Fixed - Gradient support masks and paper textures again. 15.05 broke this when true alpha overlays were added. Now all combinations work together!
• Fixed - The ellipse tool could result in invalid data being drawning.
• Fixed - When using the Lua Editor the main windows was not disabled when returning to the Filter dialog.
• Fixed - Using Alt + click with an image brush on a large page could result in a program crash.

15.06:

• Fixed - Lua Script Filters were clipping the bottom and right edge of the image.

15.05:

• Added - Lua Script Filters. Found under the Edit menu. Scripting for filters using the Lua programming language. Pretty compatible with gluas plugins which a handful of other digital art programs also support. The User Guide entry for the Lua Script Filters is started and can be found here. http://pixarra.editm...uaScriptFilters
• Added - Quick commands for Flatten and Merge Visible Layers.
• Improved - Replaced the Smooth - Hue Saturation color palette. The incorrect version was included in 15.04.
• Improved - Small increase to the size of the color palette area.
• Improved - The color areas of the color sliders are shown slightly larger without the gray separators.
• Improved - The contrast of the text on the Hue and Sat sliders.
• Improved - Save a single copy of the restore point files for resize and load rather than per page since they only have value for the currently loaded page.
• Improved - Gradient tool Alpha to Color1 and Color1 to Alpha now overlays the gradient over the current layer therefore saving steps for the user.
• Changed - Some minor menu text change for restore points.
• Fixed - Reverting to a restore point was resulting in being asked a confirmation twice.
• Fixed - Automatically saving of restore points was not working as intented. When an existing page is opened a restore point will be saved. Now if your page is saved via auto save you can still revert back to the page load restore point.
• Fixed - The Ellipse tool opacity slider now works.
• Fixed - The Cut icon on the menu bar had a minor defect.

5.04:

• Added - Palettes the begin with the name prefix of Smooth will be presented with smooth gradiant colors for finer color selections.
• Added - Color palette Smooth - Hue Saturation.
• Added - Menu item File > Revert to Last Loaded Page. Useful to purge all change done to the current page.
• Added - Confirmation before all Revert to restore point menus.
• Added - HSL (Hue/Saturation/Luminance) sliders to the main work panel.
• Improved - Dynamic palettes now have a smooth color gradiant and no separating lines in the color palette area. Except the history palette is not presented this way.
• Improved - Preserve the position of the brush effects panel and layer panel between TwistedBrush sessions.
• Improved - Preserve the shown state of the layer panel between TwistedBrush sessions.
• Improved - Preserve the position and shown state of the quick command panel between TwistedBrush sessions.
• Improved - Preserve the position of the filter dialog between usages of it.
• Improved - The tools bar settings are preserved when switching from tool to tool for all the tools.
• Improved - The previous Lumiance slider is now part of the HSL sliders and behaves as a standard luminance component of HSL.
• Changed - The two hue span dynamic palettes to not include a luminance gradiant within the palette.
• Changed - The two hue span dynamic palettes to have a more standard hue progression.
• Changed - Reduced size of the palette area to make room for the HSL sliders.

15.03:

• Added - Cloning option added to set as a cloning source the current layer. Found in the menu Page > Set Layer as Cloning/Trace Source.
• Added - A Pick color button to the Colorize and Duotone filters.
• Added - 2 positionable Line erasers and a positionable Hole Punch to the Art Tools : Eraser ArtSet.
• Improved - For the generate filters the default mix mode, which is Normal, is now the first mode in the list.
• Improved - When setting a cloning source if the background is transparent preserve the transparency in the cloning. (only supported when the page is loaded, in other words can not be used from the Page Explorer)
• Improved - When using the flood fill tool in repeat mode treat the repeated flood fills as a single operation that can be undo with a single undo.
• Improved - Improved performance of flood fill adjust and repeat modes.
• Improved - Handling to of the Tolerance slider for flood fill and wand mask tools.
• Improved - For the Colorize and Duotone filters default the color to the currently selected color.
• Improved - For the wand mask tool in repeat mode a single undo will undo the last set of repeated wand mask applications.
• Improved - All the brushes in the Lines and Outlines ArtSet now use the Dab Mode Position effect instead of the combination of Dab Mode, Clear Lay and Norm Lay effects. This allows for more flexible modifications of these brushes, for example adding an eraser effect will work now.
• Improved - Internally restructing in preparation for possible improvements to the Brush Effects panel and a descrease in the installable program download size.
• Changed - The cloning option Page > Set as Cloning/Trace Source is now called Set Page as Cloning/Trace Source and sets as the cloning source the merged page.
• Changed - Increased the width of the effects column in the Brush Effects panel.
• Fixed - The hue range option for the wand mask was not properly covering ranges crossing the 0 degree.
• Fixed - Focus was not properly shifting away from combo boxes in the tool bar after a selection was made and clicking occuring on the canvas.
• Fixed - A single right clip with the crop tool would result in bad behavior or a crash.
• Fixed - When using flood fill in repeat mode if positioning the cursor off the screen a crash could occur.
• Fixed - When moving to previous or next page and the current page doesn't exist and no changes were made don't save (create) the page.

15.02:

• Added - 19 new blender brushes added to the Art Tools : Blenders Artset.
• Improved - The icons for the existing blender brushes have been improved and more easily so the strength of the blend.
• Improved - For the generate filters with a mix mode default to Normal instead of Add.
• Improved - The interactive control via mouse dragging for flood fills now covers the entire range allow 0 - 100% coverage.
• Improved - The numeric readout for flood fills are shown as a percent rather than a value from 0 - 50000.
• Improved - Pressing and holding down the shift key while dragging the mouse will fine tune the flood fill tolerance level.
• Improved - The interactive control via mouse dragging for wand mask now covers the entire range allow 0 - 100% coverage.
• Improved - The numeric readout for wand masks are shown as a percent rather than a value from 0 - 50000.
• Improved - Pressing and holding down the shift key while dragging the mouse will fine tune the wand mask tolerance level.
• Improved - The 2 stamping image brushes from the Image Brushes : Basics ArtSet now allow for positioning of the image dab by dragging the mouse.
• Improved - Display the layers panel with less drawin (flashing).
• Improved - Not focusing away from the layer mix mode combo box allowing easy arrow controls for changing mix modes.
• Fixed - On the Filter dialog when using the More>> or <<Less button the filter would be applied when it should not have been.
• Fixed - The Hue range mode for the Mask wand was not correct.
• Fixed - The Hue, Saturation, Value adjustment filter was incorrect.
• Fixed - The mask wand range for Color, Lumiunence and Hue were broken in 15.01.

15.01

• Added - Layer mode Alpha Smooth Lum5. It's like Alpha Smooth Lum but with smoothed edges.
• Added - Adjust Mode for the flood fill tool to interactively decrease or increase the flood fill tolerance by dragging the mouse left and right.
• Added - Repeat Mode for the flood fill tool to repeat the flood fill as you drag the mouse while using the tool.
• Added - Adjust Mode for the Mask Wand tool to interactively decrease or increase the mask tolerance by dragging the mouse left and right.
• Added - Most of the Generate filters have a Color option now. Default is white which produces the full jue of random color. The other option is Current color which is how they use to always work, basing the random hue from the current color.
• Added - Most of the Generate filters have a Mix Mode option now. This allows for much easier experimentation of generated patterns combined with your current image without needing to use layers. There are 18 mix modes available here some are the same as used for layers but there are some differences.
• Added - Helper buttons to the tool effects panel to make it easier to swap position of effects.
• Added - 12 brushes to the Blob: Modeler ArtSet for adding and subtracting basic lines and outlines.
• Improved - Handling of Blob Surface ArtSet brushes on Alpha Smooth Lum4 and Lum5 modes.
• Improved - The Rotate filter wasn't allowing the case of no zoom. No zoom is the default and is correct now.
• Improved - Increased the number of tolerance levels for flood fill from 100 to 50000.
• Improved - Increased the number of tolerance levels for mask wand from 100 to 50000.
• Improved - Reorganized the menu section Filter > Generate to put like generation filters next to each other.
• Improved - For color palettes that support mixing. Perform mixing regardless if the left mouse button is depressed as long as the right mouse button is depressed. Allows for more natural mixing with tablet pens.
• Removed - The Swap Effects items from the Brush menu. This is handled from the tool effects panel directory now. The hot keys for swapping effects are still available.
• Fixed - Correct issue introduced in 15.0 with the Layer Mask blending mode.
• Fixed - When resizing an image (or rotating) if a cloning source was already set a crash would occur.
• Fixed - The tolerance label for the mask wand was incorrectly showing a value of 100 when first selected.
• Fixed - Selecting menu Filter > Generate > Noise would result in a crash.
• Fixed - For the Stipple artistic filter the first blur type was listed as YPMean. That was incorrect it was really Arithmetic.

15.00

• Changed - New name for TwistedBrush. Now named TwistedBrush Pro Studio.
• Added - Description on the Lines and Outlines ArtSet and Line Paint ArtSet to include information about usage of the Ctrl key for dragging.
• Added - Brush effect envelop added - dst pg. Stength increase based on the distance from the center of the page. Handy for brush designers for Mandala type brushes.
• Added - Brush effect Dab pos mode. Allows for dab positioning on the current layer for more flexible lines and outlines. Does the work of the effects Dab mode, Clear Lay and Lay normal and does it better.
• Added - Imager Filter Hyper Saturation. Found under at menu Filter > Color > Hyper Saturation
• Added - New layer blend mode Alpha Smooth Lum4. Similar to Lum3 but with smoothed edges.
• Added - Brush effect Lay Smth Lum4. A smoothed edge version of Lay Smth Lum3.
• Fixed - A few brushes in the Collections - Lines and Outlines were incorrect. (Circle Shape Rotate)
• Fixed - When using undo and redo it was possible for more then one layer to appear selected in the layer mini bar.
• Fixed - Cases where the Layer Mask mix mode was considering colors in pure transparent regions when it shouldn't resulting in incorrect masking.
• Fixed - When the About dialog is show don't automatically shift focus away from it during mouse movement.