Version 2

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.