v1.7.1

🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed dot directories showing in open dialog
• Fixed incorrect selection icons shown at launch
• Fixed selection icons not updating per icon theme
• Fixed tool palette default location not saved (#502)
• Fixed language generation not enabled and stroke set by default (#501)
• Dynamic language switching when confirming Preferences
• Packaging and build script improvements

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v1.7.0

v1.7.0 is the biggest PhotoFlare release to date, migrating to Qt 6 and bringing new selection tools, dark mode, rulers, a reworked paste workflow, and dozens of stability and quality-of-life fixes plus G'MIC integration and a plugin system for power users.

✨ What's New

G'MIC Integration

• Full G'MIC filter suite now available via the Filters menu, adding hundreds of professional-grade filters and effects

Tools & Selection

• Lasso freehand selection shape (#492)
• Ellipse selection shape added to the Pointer tool (#76)
• Move selection with mouse and arrow keys (#32)
• Pan the canvas when zoomed in (#391)
• Draw straight lines by holding Shift (#65)
• Scale and rotate pasted images before committing (#283)

UI & Workspace

• Dark icon theme with automatic dark mode detection (#494)
• Rulers on the canvas (#497)
• Zoom controls added to the toolbar
• Grid settings button in the toolbar (#288)
• Copy, paste, and paste as new image added to the toolbar (#489)
• Resize by percentage in the resize dialog (#260)
• Save and restore panel/widget layout between sessions (#398)
• Restore selected tool, primary/secondary colours on launch
• Drag and drop files to open them
• HiDPI display scaling (#168)

Batch Processing

• Multiple source folder/path selection (#112)
• New filters available in the Batch dialog
• File format validation before processing (#327)

🐛 Notable Fixes

• EXIF metadata now preserved and displayed on save (#496)
• Tools no longer operate outside the active selection area (#417)
• Smudge tool effect working correctly again (#416)
• Text alignment corrected (#284)
• Paintbrush strokes are smoother (#302)
• Transparent erasing works correctly with the Eraser tool (#58)
• Print to PDF no longer clips part of the image (#375)
• Titlebar icons display correctly on Wayland (#134)
• Panel flickering on Windows resolved (#228)
• High memory usage with large thumbnail sets fixed (#350)
• Dust reduction with frame no longer creates artifacts (#390)

🔧 Under the Hood

• Canvas performance improvements (#330)
• Bucket fill now runs on a background thread (#410)
• Undo history pruning fixed (#405)
• Numerous smaller stability and crash fixes

For Developers

• Plugin system - initial support for custom filters and file formats via external plugins

This release also includes 30+ additional bug fixes. See the full commit history for details.

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v1.6.13

What's Changed

• More Japanese translations by @hmatrjp in #479
• Update Japanese translation by @hmatrjp in #481
• Added "Fill Rectangle" by @hmatrjp in #482
• Pointertool Fill Rectangle by @DylanC in #483
• Pointertool Stroke Rectangle.

v1.6.12

What's Changed

• Revert toolsettings spacing change.
• Minor spacing update for toolsettings.

v1.6.11

What's Changed

• Fixed settings overwrite by application restart.
• Fixed tool settings layout for top spacing.
• Add Japanese Translation by @hmatrjp in #472
• Add Turkish translation by @libreajans in #473
• Update readme and about dialog by @libreajans in #474
• Update spanish translation by @darkshram in #475

New Contributors

• @hmatrjp made their first contribution in #472
• @libreajans made their first contribution in #473

v1.6.10

Changes

• Added fine grained image rotation.
• Added unlock ratio feature to resize canvas.
• Fixed drawing performance regression caused by canvas shadow effect.
• Fixed missing taskbar icon on KDE plasma by @saikat0511.
• Updated Dutch translation by @Vistaus.

New Contributors

• @saikat0511 made their first contribution in #465
• @Vistaus made their first contribution in #467

v1.6.9

• Fixed TextDialog colour widget missing border around selected colour.
• Fixed being able to select a colour outside image bounds.
• Fixed show selection not enabled after dragging new selection area.
• Fixed the canvas area blending into MdiArea if same bg colour used.
• Fixed hiding the toolpalette should also hide the brush options.
• Fixed incomplete batch summary information.
• Fixed batch rotation incorrectly triggered.
• Fixed QMetaObject runtime messages being output to terminal.

v1.6.8

• Fixed stripes appearing in filters that use openMP on Windows.

v1.6.7.1

• Updated Windows installer config for UI style.
• Added missing ru_RU.ts to .pro file.

v1.6.7

• Fixed Image Opacity value not adjusting correctly.
• Fixed compression slider alignment.
• Fixed Paint Bucket tool not selecting colour from correct cursor position.
• Fixed Colour Picker tool not selecting colour from correct cursor position.
• Fixed the prepare file type code causing issues opening files.
• Added FileType detected to the Image Properties dialog.
• Added .pbm, .pgm and .ppm to image files filter in OpenFile dialog.
• Added Spanish and Indonesian translations.
• Fixed Russian translation missing files from Windows portable version.