2.9 - Stroke smoothing and important fix related to art sets and stylus support

• Added - Stroking smoothing support. Found under the "Control" menu.
• Improved - Do not show the "stylus" check boxes when there is no tablet present.
• Improved - Automatically enable Mask mode when drawing with a masking tool.
• Fixed - Checking the "stylus" check box when a tablet isn't present can result in strokes not being visible.
• Fixed - At scale factor of 600 percent cursor could leave behind some artifacts.
• Fixed - Selecting an Art Set entry at times was inaccurate due to mouse moving after clicking.

2.8 - Mask, color pencil art set and performance

• Added - Mask support (phase one, selection functionality will come later).
• Added - Update preset with current settings. Avoids preset label dialog - keeps the same name. Hold "Shift" key and click on preset dot.
• Added - Increased number of simultaneously loaded art sets from 6 to 8.
• Added - A number of "Covers" brush base types.
• Added - Colored Pencil art set.
• Added - Mask Kit art set.
• Added - Masking presets to the Graphite Art Set.
• Improved - Performance enhanced by fixing a brush dab double strike error. Fix can have the side effect of some scripts or presets drawing lighter.
• Improved - Performance enhanced by fixing a bug where the art set name was being reprinted frequently.
• Improved - Performance enhanced by changing when rendering to the screen takes place to a more controled system.
• Improved - Set Graphite Art Set alternate colors.
• Changed - Only clear brush effects when a brush category or variation is selected if the brush effects panel is hidden.
• Fixed - Case where UnDo was not working properly.
• Fixed - Crash when resizing the main application window too small.

2.70 - Paper texture and Graphite Art Set

• Added - Paper and canvas texture feature added.
• Added - Graphite Drawing Set (ArtSet, previously known as presets)
• Added - "Exit" script button on message dialogs the appear during script playback.
• Added - Script pause and resume menu items available during script playback.
• Added - Blending modes brush effects. For example multiply, dodge, burn, additive, etc.
• Added - Ability name an ArtSet (previously called preset)
• Added - Color selection dialog - allows fine control color selection using standard dialog - right click on any of the 4 color boxes shows the dialog.
• Added - Soft graphite pencil tool.
• Added - Opacity and density - mul and div brush effects.
• Added - Blend strength and blend color strength brush effects.
• Added - Include all available artsets in primary download.
• Improved - Keep the default 6 artsets hidden when selecting an artset to import.
• Changed - Changed text of Preset buttons from "Bank" to "Set".
• Changed - Preset terminology changed to ArtSet.
• Changed - Clear brush effects when a brush category or brush variation is selected.
• Changed - File names of Brush samplers from Preset_sample_?? to WildBrushSampler?.
• Fixed - Another edge of page color problem. Blended paint not applying properly in top or left edges. Introduced in 2.50.
• Fixed - At 500 percent scaled view a single pixel cursor was leaving behind artifacts.

2.60 - Script recording and playback

• Added - Record and playback functionality.
• Added - Color picker - select color from canvas with right mouse button.
• Added - Tool menu for assigning actions to the right mouse button.
• Added - Line tool to the tool menu. Now can draw straight lines with right click or shift click.
• Improved - Significant improvements for very small brushes (1 - 4 pixels) not drawing.
• Improved - Show the brush cursor slightly larger then actual brush size (1 pixel).
• Improved - Prevent the brush cursor from becoming too small.
• Improved - Support the close dialog "X" for page resize and preset label dialogs.
• Fixed - The first brush stroke could not be undone when the canvas size was changed.
• Fixed - If brush stroke still drawing and another is started or tool area is clicked an extra line would be drawn.
• Fixed - Edge of paper could result in wrong color with brushes that blend or copy.

2.50 - Performance improvements and dynamic brush size

• Added - Dynamic brush sizing, with pen pressure and brush effects.
• Added - Intra-effect envelopes for fan, wave, pulse, saw1, saw2, stp u, stp d, and peak.
• Added - Radial brush effect.
• Added - Checker, horizontal slat, and vertical slat brush effect envelopes.
• Improved - Performance of dynamic alpha blending. Improved performance anytime opacity isn't at 100%.
• Fixed - An in-frequent crash case has been fixed, related to some brush effects.
• Fixed - A case where all drawing was disabled until the program was restarted.
• Fixed - A minor fix to the airbrush tools.

2.40 - Bug fixes, UI improvements and minor additions

• Added - Menu bar for frequently used commands.
• Added - Textual labels for presets.
• Added - Distance, distance X and distance Y brush effect envolope.
• Added - Angle brush effect envolope.
• Added - Support straight line drawing (hold shift key and click to draw straight line for last position).
• Added - Command line option to start program without tablet support (-NoTablet).
• Added - A series of spray brush effects.
• Improved - Speed of random brush generation
• Improved - The selection of random brush to avoid brushes that are too slow.
• Changed - Move the page and book navigation to the menu and menu bar.
• Changed - Hide the effects panel by default.
• Fixed - Cut (Cut/Copy/Paste) functionality was broken.
• Fixed - Issues related to starting directory being changed. Impacted, about screen, paste and presets.
• Fixed - Glow brush effect was not working correctly with stamper type brushes.
• Fixed - When zoomed in extra placement of stroke could occur if moving the cursor slowly.
• Fixed - Auto-presets wasn't detecting changes in effects or the main brush selection.

2.30 - Drawing Effects!

• Added - Complete drawing effects system!!!
• Added - Full copy stamper tool
• Added - The drawing tool category "Basic"
• Added - Hold current brush - don't clear/clean brush at the start of new stroke
• Added - Four selectable colors, used primarily with effects
• Changed - Made acrylic paint bristles less messy
• Changed - Moved the quick color chooser above the color sliders
• Changed - Reduced the number of presets per bank from 132 to 60.
• Changed - Resized and changed splash screen.
• Changed - Renamed the tutorial to Quick Start and updated to reflect new features.
• Fixed - A case where the tablet pressure could start a stroke at full when it shouldn't
• Fixed - A case of an exception error on exit

2.20 - Important new features, enhancements and fixes

• Added - Support for varible size images.
• Added - Zoom-in and zoom-out features.
• Added - Scrollable canvas.
• Added - Basic printing support.
• Added - Multiple levels of undo
• Added - Redo functionality
• Added - Menu and hot key control for Opacity.
• Added - Small adjustment (shift) for size, density and opacity hot keys.
• Added - Small adjustment (shift - click) for tools bars (size, density, opacity and color)
• Added = Gel Pen tool (soft edge pen)
• Improved - Some reduction in memory usage (for existing features, multiple undos use more memory).
• Improved - Further clean-up to dialog box drawing - less draw-in.
• Improved - Allow density and opacity hot keys while drawing a stroke
• Changed - Moved the "Clear Page" and "Clear Page to Current Color" to the Page menu
• Changed - Hot keys for density and size
• Fixed - Watercolor - wet on wet tool not properly being activated.
• Fixed - The keyboard shortcut to adjust size could result in garbled drawing of tools.

2.10 - Bug Fixes

• Added - New tool, Artist | Sketched.
• Added - New variation on the impressionist and seurat tools.
• Fixed - Crash with an unable to intialize audio driver message.
• Fixed - Situation where the stroke path would jump at a right angle rather than smoothly curved.
• Fixed - Do not attempt to load pre 2.0 Sketchbook environment files.
• Fixed - Do not attempt to load pre 2.0 Sketchbook preset files.
• Fixed - Do not import an image if cancel is selected on the file select dialog box.
• Fixed - Removed incorrect text "LOCKED" on some acrylic tools.

2.00 - Major release (new features and enhancements)

• Added - Full 64 bit color precison for smooth blends
• Added - Drawing tablet support - stylus pressure
• Added - Opacity control (transparency)
• Added - Watercolor tools
• Added - Watercolor crayon tool
• Added - Dynamic density and alpha control
• Added - Stamper category of tools
• Added - A number of oil paint tools
• Enhanced - Complete rewrite of drawing engine
• Enhanced - Much faster performance
• Enhanced - Much smoother airbrush tools
• Enhanced - Fine tuned almost all existing drawing tools
• Changed - Pressure control now called density
• Changed - User interface changed to represent current Windows color scheme
• Fixed - Line artifact appearing on some drawing tools if size is reduced.
• Fixed - Some drawing tools could draw outside of their selected size.