12.9 - Additions and Changes

• Added - Paint to AVI feature. Record your painting process directly to a video file (AVI). It's no longer required to record to a script first to do this. Found under the Record menu.
• Added - Option to Merge visible layers. Under the Layers menu.
• Changed - Unique names for the brushes in the Tubey Twistey and Wild Random ArtSets. Thanks Zig.
• Changed - Try to keep the coordinate readouts on screen for rectangles, ellipses and brush sizing.
• Changed - The top level menu "Scripts" is now called "Record"
• Changed - The page size preset for YouTube Standard from 450x338 to 448x338.

12.8 - Various improvements, additions and fixes.

• Added - 65 Plant shapes from Ken Wilson spanning 2 Shapes ArtSets. Thank you Ken Wilson!!
• Added - Can show just the new brushes in the Select Brush and Edit ArtSet dialogs by using the new Show New button. Will show brushes going back 3 releases as new.
• Added - ArtSet Collections - Shape Paint. Brushes designed to be paired with one of the many shapes available.
• Added - Count Brushes button added in the Edit ArtSet dialog to count the total number of brushes installed.
• Added - 12 brushes in the Art Tools - Oil Paints ArtSet.
• Added - 2 brushes in the Art Tools - Oil Pastels ArtSet.
• Added - 8 brushes in the Art Tools - Pastels ArtSet.
• Added - 5 brushes in the Art Tools - Watercolors 2 ArtSet.
• Improved - Reduced download size of the installation package.
• Changed - Clear drawing guides when using the File | New option.
• Changed - Don't carry the current drawing guides over to a new blank page.
• Removed - ArtSets: Collections - Geometrics 1 Color, Collections - Geometrics 2 Color, Collections - Geometrics 4 Color and Collections - Geometrics Shaded. Use the new ArtSet Collections - Shape Paint instead.
• Fixed - Brush that used the Bleed effect were not working properly near the edges of the page.
• Fixed - Art Tools - Oil Paints had a number of brushes that were never intended to be released
• Fixed - Script playback could be different than recorded if the page size had changed since the recording.

12.71 - Minor Fix

• Fixed - The palette selection dialog could get out of sync and not have the palette names matched to the actual palette.

12.7 - Scripting recording and other improvements

• Added - New dynamic color palette - "Dynamic - Hue Span 2"
• Added - Popup menu on the current color boxes with the ability to set the color box to the current color.
• Added - Popup menu option on the layer mini bar to toggle the full size layer panel.
• Added - Option to hide user contribued palettes. The option is found on the palette select dialog.
• Improved - Numerous changes to improve the playback accuracy of recorded scripts.
• Improved - Coordinate information display location for rect, ellipses and brush sizing to keep it on screen in more cases.
• Updated - The quick help screen - Workspace.
• Changed - The new Dynamic - Hue Span 2 color palette was added as one of the 8 default palettes.
• Fixed - Dynamic brush sizing was not properly being recorded in scripts.
• Fixed - Single dab brush strokes were not properly being recorded in scripts.

12.6 - Additions and a fix

• Added - Show coordinate information on screen when stretching tool outlines for rects, ellipses and brush sizing.
• Added - When playing back a script to an AVI file the dialog is now presented for setting compression options.
• Added - Numerical indicator on the script playback speed slider in the script playback dialog.
• Added - Two preset video pages sizes on the Page Resize dialog for YouTube video sizes.
• Improved - Removed the flashing when stretching tool outlines for rects, ellipses and brush sizing.
• Fixed - When painting multiple strokes quickly with a tablet it was possible to have a stroke where the pressure was no longer being properly tracked (stuck at full pressure) until a new stroke was started.

12.5 - Numerous additions and Improvements

• Added - Art Tools - Watercolor 2 ArtSet.
• Added - Collections - Medley 2 ArtSet. Thank you Ken Wilsom for the contributions!
• Added - Collections - Medley 3 ArtSet. Thank you Ken Wilsom for the contributions!
• Added - Size Brush tool. Allows dynamically setting the size of the brush visually on the canvas. Last tool on the tool icon bar on the right.
• Added - Ability to set brushes as favorites.
• Added - Ability to filter ArtSets in the Select Brush dialog to show only ArtSets that contain favorite brushes.
• Added - Over sized (full sized) square brush shape. bshape85.png.
• Added - Alternate triangle brush shape. bshape84.png
• Added - Over sized square brush added to the Shapes - Geometrics ArtSet.
• Added - Option for a square cursor. Set in the perferences dialog.
• Added - ArtSet / Brush names label.
• Added - Popup menu on the ArtSet / Brush name label to switch Shortcut Name mode.
• Added - Popup menu on the ArtSet / Brush name label to revert Shortcuts back to the original settings.
• Improved - Collections - Angela's Water Colours ArtSet improved brushes some taking advantagge of the new Bleed effect. Thank you Angela!
• Improved - Collections - Angela's Potpourri of Brushes. New brushes added! Thank you Angela!
• Improved - Asteroids and Icetroids brushes in the Collections - Spacescape Artset.
• Improved - Slightly reduce memory usage by around 5 mb.
• Improved - Slightly improved the preformance when changing the brush size.
• Improved - When starting from the Open With functionality of Windows import the file into the first available page within the last used book.
• Improved - The Dynamic - Hue Span palette now also shows the current color range to black on the bottom row.
• Improved - Write page stats to the log.txt file on page loads.
• Changed - Shortcut for Generating a random brush is now Ctrl + T.
• Changed - Shortcut for toggling the drawing guides on and off is Shift + T
• Changed - Brush icons no longer shown when listing ArtSet names instead of brush names in the shortcut panel.
• Changed - Moved the paper type and paper color selctions to make room for the ArtSet / Brush name label.
• Changed - Added some different brushes into the default Shortcuts ArtSet.
• Fixed - The randomness of the brushes with grain was incorrect since version 11.6.
• Fixed - Menu bar icons in the Page Explorer were not working correctly.
• Fixed - When the shortcuts were in ArtSet mode clicking the popup arrow was not active.
• Fixed - Layer thumbnails were not updated from a crop, rotate and flip operations.
• Fixed - When the shortcuts were in ArtSet mode exiting the brush select dialog without selecting a brush could result in an incorrect icon for the brush.

12.4 - Miscellanous improvements, fixes and additions

• Added - Collections - Angela's Water Colors ArtSet. Thank you once again Angela!!
• Added - 11 New pencils to the Art Tools - Pencils ArtSet.
• Added - Resat brush effect. Resaturation of the selected color.
• Added - Bleed brush effect. Bleed the current color with the canvas colors.
• Added - Persistent stroke colors. When using the Resat or Bleed effects the color persists across the duration of the stroke.
• Added - Page and memory stats to the log.txt file. This will allow for some easier trouble shooting.
• Improved - The brush cleaner tool works with the new Resat and Bleed effects.
• Improved - Don't overwrite the color history palette on an upgrade install.
• Improved - Collections - Angela's Potpourri of Brushes.
• Fixed - Current color sometimes was not properly used as the background color when importing WMF files.
• Fixed - Crash could occur when using Windows File Explorer and selecting an image to open with TwistedBrush.
• Fixed - The popup layer for the layer mini-bar could display cut off by the top of the screen.
• Fixed - When creating a new ArtSet from the File menu the new ArtSet was not appearing in the ArtSet list.

12.3 - Miscellanous improvements, fixes and additions

• Added - Collections - KW Medley 1 ArtSet. Contributed by Ken Wilson. Thanks Ken!
• Added - Collections - Angela's Meta Bolbs ArtSet. Contributed by Angela (Petite). Thanks Angela!
• Added - Passing an image name on the command line to TwistedBrush so that TwistedBrush can be started by the Windows "Open with" menu option when right clicking on an image in file explorer.
• Updated - Collections - Angela's Potpourri of Brushes ArtSet.
• Improved - When importing metafiles (WMF or EMF) use the currently selected color as the background color.
• Improved - When cloning using an offset the tranparency of the layer will be used when painting with your clone brush.
• Improved - Performance when changing clone brushes. This no longer requires re-capturing the clone source.
• Improved - The cloning source is persistent when restarting TwistedBrush, but not the clone offsets.
• Improved - Slightly improved performance of the move tool.
• Improved - Significantly improved performance of the move tool during script playback.
• Improved - Performance for brushes that use the "Pix color Vary" effect.
• Changed - Offset cloning will now only clone from the layer active when the offset was set.
• Fixed - Crash when a page size changed due to file import, screen capture or pasting As New when a brush was selected that makes use of "Lay" effects.
• Fixed - Script recording and playback was not properly handling brush effect slots 9. 10, 11 and 12 causing playback of scripts that use new brushes to be incorrect.

12.2 - Minor release to fix a couple of bugs

• Changed - Rolled back the change introduced in 12.0 to "alow more consistent use of brushes that use the Lay effects on a transparent layer. For example many of the watercolor brushes." This was causing a problem. The current solution is to use these special brushes on non-transparent layers or the background.
• Fixed - Invalid Stream handle error. Occured when deleting a book but then exiting the Page Explorer without selecting a new book/page.
• Fixed - Another case of the book numbering in the Page Explorer getting out of sync.
• Fixed - White artifacts when drawing on transparent layers. Using blenders and filters could make them show even more. Introduced in 12.0

12.1 - Fix slow down issue and searching for brushes.

• Add - Brush search option from the Select Brush dialog and Edt ArtSet dailog
• Improved - Performance of displaying the Select Brush dialog and Edt ArtSet dailog.
• Improved - Show the Select Brush dialog and Edt ArtSet dailog more cleanly
• Fixed - Make sure when using the Spac_* effects that the first dab is drawn on the start of the stroke.
• Fixed - Slow down over time due to the software protection system in use. Introduced in 12.0 when the licensing software system was upgraded.

12.0 - Miscellanous additions and improvements

• Added - Numerous brushes to the Collections - Meta Blobs ArtSet.
• Added - Three new brushes to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet.
• Added - Brush effect envelope Dens. Use the full range of the density slider for strength of the effect.
• Added - Brush effect envelope Dens2. Use the full reversed range of the density slider for strength of the effect.
• Added - Brush effect. "Spac cen abs" Space brush dabs from center an absolute distance.
• Added - Brush effect. "Spac cen pro" Space brush dabs from center an proportional distance.
• Added - Brush effect. "Spac edg abs" Space brush dabs from edge an absolute distance.
• Added - Brush effect. "Spac edg pro" Space brush dabs from edge an proportional distance.
• Improved - If a name is assigned to a book or page show that in the TwistedBrush title bar in place of the book and page numbers.
• Improved - In the Page Explorer when entering a book name reflect the book name in the list immediately.
• Improved - In the Page Explorer if a page name is assigned show it under the thumbnail.
• Improved - When starting the Page Explorer highlight the currently selected book.
• Changed - Hot key for moving a layer up from Alt + Q and Ctrl + Q
• Changed - Hot key for moving a layer down from Alt + A and Ctrl + A
• Changed - Updated the version on the internal licensing system used in TwistedBrush
• Changed - Make the default directory for saving and loading images brushes ubImage.
• Changed - Widened the Brush Effects Panel so that effect and envelope names can be more fully read.
• Changed - Adjustments to allow more consistent use of brushes that use the Lay effects on a transparent layer. For example many of the watercolor brushes.
• Fixed - Problems of getting stuck in a color picker mode preventing painting.
• Fixed - In Page Explorer the page naming was not always being properly recorded.
• Fixed - In Page Explorer if there were gaps in the book numbers the book names in the list could be displayed wrong.