13.9

• Added - Tutorial Mode preference to display a read out that is helpful when recording video tutorials.
• Added - Link to the Freqently Asked Questions from the Help menu.
• Improved - Blob Modeler ArtSets have been further refined and organized, now totaling 5 ArtSets.
• Improved - Draw popup menus without the drawing flash.
• Improved - When using the Create Blob Layer From Image retain the color information from the image. It's much easier to paint to gray than to try to recover the color later.
• Improved - Mouse click accuracy when working with floating panels such as the layers panel.
• Fixed - The Layer Create Blob From Image option was not properly updating the main layer panel if open.

13.83

• Added - Create Blob from Image option in the Layer menu.
• Added - Centering the page in the drawing space is now optional. If turned off the page will be placed in the upper left of the drawing space.
• Added - Additional brushes to the Blob : Modeler, Blob : Surface and Blob : Paints ArtSets.
• Improved - A number of brushes in the Blob Artsets.
• Improved - Smoother edges for Blob Modeler and Meta Blob 2 brushes.
• Improved - Minor performance improvement for page rendering.
• Improved - Handling of reducing the layer opacity on blob layers (Alpha Smooth Lumx).
• Fixed - On the Effects ArtSet the first Mirrored Page named effect should have been just Mirrored.

13.82

• Added - Blob - Modeler ArtSet (Previously part of Collections - Blob Modeler)
• Added - Blob - Paints ArtSet (Previously part of Collections - Blob Modeler)
• Added - Blob - Surface ArtSet (Previously part of Collections - Blob Modeler)
• Added - Brush Effect - Color Lock
• Added - Brush Effect - Blob Lock
• Added - Brush Effect - Blob mode
• Added - Brush Effect - Set Alpha
• Added - Option to lock the layer alpha channel from the layer mini bar popup menu.
• Added - Option to set the layer mix mode to Alpha Smooth Lum3 from the layer mini bar popup menu.
• Enhanced - When using Blob Modeler brushes don't allow using them on layers without the properly Mix Mode set.
• Enhanced - Don't allow merging into a layer that doesn't have a mix mode of Normal.
• Enhanced - For the layer mini bar popup menu show the text of the menu items more dynamically.
• Removed - Collections - Blob Modeler ArtSet.
• Fixed - In the Brush Selection dialog if an ArtSet file couldn't be loaded it became impossible to exit the dialog normally.
• Fixed - Using the Duplicate Layer option from the layer mini bar would not preserve the layer settings in the copied layer.
• Fixed - Using the Duplicate Layer option from the layer panel would not properly redraw the canvas afterwards.
• Fixed -Using the merge layer options from the main menu would not give a warning about not being able to undo the merge.
• Fixed - The layer Alpha Lock option was not properly protecting the alpha channel from change when using filters or the various tools such as gradients, fills, warps etc.

13.81

• Added - ArtSet - Collections : Blob Modeler!
• Added - Layer blend mode - Alpha Smooth Lum3. A version with a slightly darker shadow than Alpha Smooth Lum
• Added - Brush Effect - Lay Smth Lum3.
• Added - Brush Effect - Alpha Lock. Locks the alpha channel of a layer.

13.8

• Added - 10 additional Color Artsets allowing selection of common colors by name. The colors are split into ArtSets, Blues, Browns, Cyans, Golds, Greens, Greys, Oranges, Pinks, Reds, Violets and Yellows.
• Added - ArtSet - Collections - Meta Blobs 2. A second generation of meta blob brushes.
• Added - Two brushes to the Collections - Impressionistics ArtSet.
• Added - Brush effects Rad Scatter and Rad Scatter2. Scatter the dabs within the original size of the brush diameter.
• Added - Brush effects, Lum, Lum add, Lum sub, Lum vary and Lum pix vary. These are for adjusting the luminance druing painting.
• Added - Layer modes Alpha Smooth Lum and Alpha Smooth Lum2
• Added - Brush Effects, Lay Smth Lum and Lay Smth Lum2
• Changed - The User Guide is now fully online and the help menus were updated to reflect that.
• Fixed - In the Page Explorer using the menus to operate on pages was not working.
• Fixed - Didn't allow using the menu bar to move pages back and forward in the Page Explorer if more than 1 page is selected.
• Fixed - Menus Filter > Generate > Perlin Noise and Perlin Noise2 were not working and could result in a crash.
• Fixed - When editing an ArtSet if a return (carriage return) is placed in the description the ArtSet will become corrupt.

13.7 - Numerous improvements, additions and fixes

• Added - Selection Tool. For selecting a rectangle area. Right clicking on the rectangle area will give a menu of choices for Clearing the selection, Cropping, Saving, Copying, Copying Merged, Mask Add, Mask New, Unmask Sub and Unmask New of the selected area.
• Added - Filter Mask. Apply any of the standard filters to the current mask. Access from the Mask > Filter Mask menu.
• Added - Layer blend mode Luminance Alpha. Convert the luminance of the layer to an alpha value and sets visible areas to white.
• Added - Layer blend mode Luminance Alpha Invert. Convert the lack of luminance of the layer to an alpha value and sets visible areas to black.
• Added - Reset All option from the File menu.
• Improved - Display a message when attempting to load an ArtSet that is newer than the version of TwistedBrush that is running. This isn't allowed and can happen if you try to install an older version of TwistedBrush over the top of a newer version.
• Improved - Display the standard cursor over the drawing canvas when pipup menus are shown.
• Improved - Hide popup menus before processing the command. Visual improvement.
• Improved - For tools where the area is selected as a rectangle constrain the rectangle to pixel edges. This is very helpful when zoomed in to know exactly which pixels are included in the selected rectangle area.
• Improved - Make Create Alpha From Mask and Create Mask From Alpha compatible so that they reverse each other.
• Changed - The menu Effects is now called Brush.
• Changed - Moved menu items Generate Random Brush and Toggle Random Brush Explorer from the Control menu to the Brush menu.
• Changed - Removed Reset Brush effects and Generate Random Brush from the menu bar.
• Fixed - When switching pages to a page of a different size the new page would not initialliy draw positioned correctly.
• Fixed - The crop tool would not properly crop the last column or row of a page if crop selection extended beyond the edge of the page.
• Fixed - Right clicking on one of the color selection squares would result in a crash in TwistedBrush Essentials and TwistedBrush Free Edition.
• Fixed - The core Cover brush Coverage 40 Feather would lead to inconsistent results. This effected around 10 brushes including the Fire Whip particle brush.
• Fixed - When selecting a new page in the Page Exploring the page name field would not be cleared if the destination page didn't have a name yet.

13.61 - Bug fix release

• Fixed - Quick Command panel could cause adverse effects elsewhere if opened and then closed.

13.6 - Various usability enhancements and fixes

• Added - Quick Command panel for quick access to common commands. Right click to config buttons. Can be toggled from the menu bar (third icon) or the View menu.
• Added - Masks are now saved automatically with pages.
• Added - Automatically save the enabled and displayed state of the mask for pages.
• Added - Link from the Help menu to the TwistedBrush User Guide.
• Added - Link from the Help menu to the TwistedBrush Resources
• Added - Ctrl + Arrow keys scroll the paper view 50 pixels.
• Improved - Don't reset the page number to 1 when switching books.
• Improved - The menu File | New will now clear the mask.
• Changed - The Print feature no longer has an icon on the menu bar.
• Fixed - The X icon in the page explorer was only deleting the last selected page instead of all the selected pages.
• Fixed - When starting TwistedBrush the scroll bars were not being shown by default when they should have been.
• Fixed - When a bad TBR file was encountered it could cause a crash. Now invalid TBR files are detected and renamed to prevent the crash.

13.5 - Create PDF SlideShow and stylus eraser support

• Added - Create PDF SlideShow option! Found in the Page Explorer under the File menu.
• Added - Ability to select multiple pages in the Page Explorer
• Added - Ability to delete selected pages in the Page Explorer
• Added - When starting TwistedBrush remember if maximized when last closed and start back up maximized.
• Added - An eraser brush is assoicated with the eraser element of the stylus for drawing tablets.
• Added - Auto Arrange menu added to Page Explorer under the Book menu. Fills in the empty slots by moving pages up in your book.
• Changed - Slightly reduced the size of the page created when using the Size Page to Fill Space option.
• Fixed - TwistedBrush Free Edition. Program launch menu item was missing.

13.41 - Fixed for TwistedBrush Free Edition

• Fixed - TwistedBrush Free Edition. Could get an Invalid Menu Handle error when starting
• Fixed - TwistedBrush Free Edition. In some cases the application wouldn't start due to the protection system.

13.4 - Various Improvements

• Added - Menu option to set page size to the fill the available drawing area. Under the Page menu.
• Added - Menu option to set page size to double the size needed to fill the available drawing area. Under the Page menu.
• Added - Share Image Online Helper dialog. Under the File menu. Makes it easier to post your images to the Pixarra gallery.
• Added - Drawing Guide. Grid Square Ref Image. A grid that appears both on the canvas and the reference image.
• Added - Essentials - Art Brushes. This is an ArtSet from the TwistedBrush Essentials product. They are duplicates of brushes that appear in other ArtSet but included as a nice collection.
• Added - Essentials - Wild Brushes. This is an ArtSet from the TwistedBrush Essentials product. They are duplicates of brushes that appear in other ArtSet but included as a nice collection.
• Added - 5 brushes to the Collections - Impressionistics 2 ArtSet.
• Added - One brush to Angela's Potpourri of Brushes ArtSet.
• Improved - Don't show brush modifier ArtSets in the brush select dialog. Only show them when using the brush modifier icons.
• Improved - Don't show Shortcuts ArtSets in the brush select dialog.
• Improved - Application redraw when PC wakes up from sleep state.
• Improved - Quality and speed of thumbnails for the Page Explorer.
• Changed - Slightly reduced the size of the Select Brush dialog.
• Fixed - The Bnk brush effect envelopes weren't working in brush effect slot 10.
• Fixed - After using Rotate Page 90 degrees a number of brushes could cause a program crash.
• Fixed - Mask and Crop to Virtual Page and Control Rectangle commands were not working correctly for zoomed images or if an image was scrolled.
• Fixed - The Grid Squares drawing guide could draw incorrectly at times.
• Fixed - Reference Image was getting cropped in some cases.

13.3

• TwistedBrush Essentials Release

13.2 - Various Improvements

• Added - Repeat Last Filter command. Found under the Filter menu.
• Added - Brush effects bStrokeScript and ubStrokeScript. Run the script referenced by the brush effect number from the bStrokeScript or ubStrokeScript directory after each stroke.
• Added - Brush effect Auto Merge. After each stroke automatically merge the image data down while keeping the layer still active. Automates the Merge Layer and Continue feature.
• Added - Brush effect Rotate. Dynamically rotate the brush shape, texture and image!
• Added - The selected brush for each shortcut bank is remembered.
• Added - Three brushes to the Image Brushes ArtSet
• Added - New ArtSet Effects - Stroke Scripts
• Added - New ArtSet Collections - Stroke Script Brushes.
• Improved - The size slider to made the size increase more gradual at the right side of the scale.
• Improved - Reduced the width of the filter dialog.
• Improved - When using the Step or Space brush effects don't increase the internal dab counter if the dab isn't drawn. This allows for more predicable results with these effects.
• Fixed - Crash when trying to use the Area Average resizing filter to enlarge a picture.
• Fixed - When using the feature Merge Layer and Continue don't merge into an invisible layer.
• Fixed - Dynamically sized blending or image brushes were not correct at the top and left edges of the pages.

13.1 - Line quality improvements, more brushes and fixes.

• Added - Ability to show the Filter dialog in the original or newer enhanced view.
• Added - Brush effects Hi TL Abs, Hi T Abs, Hi TR Abs, Hi R Abs, Hi BR Abs, Hi B Abs, Hi BL Abs, Hi L Abs. These allow for absolute position adjustments rather than proportional.
• Added - Resize algorithm called Area Average. Very good when reducing the size of a picture.
• Added - Brush effects Size Min, Density Min and Opacity Min. These limit the size of the brush attribute to be at least the minimum. Values can be 0 to 99
• Added - Brush effect Size Fine. Can give a smoother line when using variable size strokes.
• Added - Brushes to the Charcoal, AirBrushes, Pencils, Pens and Angela's Artistic Oils ArtSets.
• Improved - Brushes in the Shortcuts and Sumi-e ArtSets.
• Improved -The Filter dialog box further.
• Improved - Much better small brush size representations of the current brush shapes. This translates to better quality fine lines.
• Improved - Much better dynamic brush size representations of the current brush shapes. This translates to better quality fine lines.
• Improved - The pressure responsiveness for drawing tablets to give better control, especially at the begining of strokes.
• Changed - Merge Current Layer will no longer merge to invisible layers.
• Fixed - Corrections (spelling and language) to a number of the quick start screens.
• Fixed - Brush icons were sometimes updating for brush shortcuts when they shouldn't have been.
• Fixed - When using the Load Default Shortcuts option the shortcuts coulds get of sync.
• Fixed - Some popup menu operations on the layer mini bar where not immediately or accurately appearing on screen.

13.0 - Impressionistic 2 Brushes

• Added - Collections - Impressionistics 2 ArtSet
• Added - 3 brushes to the Cliners - Artistic 2 ArtSet.
• Added - 2 brushes to the ArtTools - Conte ArtSet.
• Added - Basics Quick Help screen.
• Added - Display warning when trying to record and AVI file that is not an even multiple of 8.
• Improved - Image processing filter dialog now allows selection any of the filters and applying them without needing to go back to the main menu to select another filter.
• Changed - Position readout for the brush sizing reverted back to top left and bottom right.
• Changed - On the Paint to AVI dialog change "Frames per Minute" to "Frames Captured per Minute"
• Changed - The AVI playback rate to 10 frames per second. It used to be 30 frames per second.
• Fixed - When using the Load Default Shortcuts menu the brush icons were not restored.
• Fixed - Names for the Tubey Twisty brushes Preset 37 - Preset 40.