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Halation 1.2.0 adds glass and solid objects, still backgrounds with retro gradient patterns, a guided tutorial and a refreshed set of 41 looks, each composed for both phone and desktop.
New
- Objects: up to six spheres, pills, panes and chain links in front of any flow, each in glass or a solid material with its own shape, color (a palette color, any color or a gradient from the library), size, position and rotation. Glass refracts, frosts and tints what is behind it and casts soft, colored shadows. Drag an object on the canvas to move it.
- None flow: a still background in a plain color or a linear, radial or conic gradient. Ripple bends it into moving waves, so together with Repeat and Posterize it makes wavy 70s stripes, concentric arcs and groovy sunbursts.
- Speckle: scatters the image into grainy speckles, like sprayed paint or a riso print.
- Composition controls: place and tilt Silhouette forms, and aim the vignette at your focal point.
- Tutorial: a one-minute guided tour from the new Tutorial button. It spotlights each part of the interface and moves on when you try what it suggests.
- 29 new looks, among them twenty graphic and retro styles such as Onyx Prism, Opal Wave, Cobalt Flutes, Sky Sunburst, Molten Glow, Dusk Horizon and Zebra Swirl (41 in total).
Improved
- Posterize bands have crisp, antialiased edges, and Repeat goes up to 40 for fine stripes and sunburst rays.
- Surprise me has a new art direction built around frosted glass objects.
- The Shapes flow is now part of Objects. Looks and share links made with it open with the same backdrop and objects, and look the same.
- First-load speed is unchanged: the object effects compile in the background.
- Fixed a thin black line that could cross Wavy glass, and Surface gloss turning black, when the light stood straight overhead.
Thirteen older looks were retired to make room. Share links and saved looks carry the full look, so ones made from them still open exactly as before, and looks saved in 1.1 and your last session are upgraded automatically.
Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md