Changelog.md

Unreleased (2.1.0):

Fixed

• Fixed drag-n-drop file opening (Python 3)
• Fixed loading svg data where the opening tag is not placed at the start of the data
• Fixed HCY adjusters gamut mask not updating for the quick-adjusters (without restarting)
• Fixed performance issues for symmetry overlays/editing
• Fixed performance issues with frame overlays/editing
• Input widgets prioritized for keyboard input (allowing e.g. numeric input in spinners)
• Widget focus is now cleared by clicking on empty areas
• Fixed inktool "crash" when dragging using space
• Fixed performance problems with color picker
• Fixed losing color info when switching between HCY and HSV adjusters (at min/max-points)
• Fixed dimming of main window after dismissing recover backup window
• Acquire/release GIL while processing tile requests - for details, see commit message for 4429d7859767441d
• Fix icon editor spawning beneath other windows, in GNOME >= 3.30
• Handle exceptions caused by using invalid/unrecognized locales
• Fixed searching for keyboard shortcuts ('Keys' tab in preferences window)
• Fixed web browsers not opening with external environment in appimages

Added

• Symmetry angle is now adjustable
• Accurate symmetry overlays implemented for all symmetry modes
• Added new sliders that support numeric input
• Added tooltips to the sliders in the brush tool options panel
• Brush-resizing by click-dragging on the canvas
• Ability to move line-ends after drawing a line, by pressing ctrl+shift

Changed

• Changed line styles for symmetry lines (to improve visibility and performance)
• Changed button-dialogs to direct input widgets in frame tool options
• Paste now pastes to a new layer instead of replacing the content in the active layer
• Pasted content is now placed relative to the mouse cursor, or centered in the viewport

Version 2.0.1:

• libmypaint requirement bumped to >= 1.6.
• HSV/HCY brush dynamics in 2.x mode fixed.
• Undo/Redo stack size made configurable and more efficient.
• Undo/Redo stack default size increased to 40.
• Rounding error when saving files in 2.x mode fixed.
• Invalid l11n strings fixed.
• Translated strings added/updated for several languages.
• Dependency on intltool removed (still required for libmypaint).
• Variables in l11n strings validated on build (xml tags are not validated).
• libmypaint translations are now bound, fixing them in the appimages.
• OARS rating added to appdata (relevant for app-distribution software).
• A number of Py3 compatibility issues were fixed.
• Svg icons fixed - some were previously considered invalid by librsvg >= 2.48.
• Svg icon sizes reduced across the board.
• Size of Windows install bundle significantly reduced.
• Typos in documentation fixed.

Version 2.0.0:

• Full Python3 support
• Tons of style consistency updates (flake8).
• Switch to PyGI
• New ability to simplify nodes in Inking tool.
• New ability to delete autosaves from recovery dialog.
• Improved user messages.
• Scratchpad no longer scrolls on size changes
• Integrated bug reporting w. issue template
• Use external libmypaint (>= 1.5).
• Most (possibly all) IO uses context managers.
• Layer manipulability dependent on visibility.
• Brush description shown in tooltip in quick choice dialog.
• AppImage builds added.
• Move build to setuptools/distutils.
• New keyboard shortcuts/defaults.
• New symmetry modes (vertical, vert+horz, rotational, snowflake).
• Flatpak support added (currently not functional?).
• Maximum input mapping curve points increased to 64.
• Curve editor points snaps on 0.5 increments.
• Input curve reset button clears the graph.
• New Import Layers feature.
• Zoom and view-rotation-dependent painting.
• New debug command: Vacuum Empty Tiles.
• Progress feedback for loading/saving.
• New Layer Properties dialog.
• New separate H/C/Y pickers.
• Per-document settings.
• New Layer Views.
• Layer rendering code reworked.
• New Remove Layer Backdrop command.
• New Refactor Layer Group commands.
• Linear compositing.
• Spectral mixing (pigment mode).
• Ability to emulate inputs with modifier keys.
• Support for barrel rotation input.
• Floodfill performance improved.
• Offset, feathering and gap detection added to Floodfill.
• Source, blend mode and opacity added to Floodfill.
• Erase / Lock Alpha / Colorize modes respected by Floodfill.
• Floodfill is now cancellable.
• Configurable layer blinking on layer switching.
• Fix crash when moving empty layer group.
• Interface language configurable in user preferences.
• Add version info to .ora files and compatibility checks.
• Bundled backgrounds optimized for size.
• Lots of bugs, crashers and other annoyances fixed.

Version 1.2.1:

• Fix failure to start under GLib 2.48.
• Fix failure to start when config and user data dirs are missing.
• GNOME: Update mypaint.appdata.xml.
• Fix failure to start when no translations are present.
• Fix pure-black being duplicated in the colour history.
• Fix glitch stroke when Inking is exited & the default tool entered.
• OSX: fix exception if AppKit isn't installed.
• Fix mispositioned windows in multi-monitor setups.
• Windows: fix inability to paste more than the 1st copied image.
• Fix exception when pasting into a layer group.
• Fix incorrect numeric range check on x-axis tilts.
• Fix layers blinking when selected in layer-solo mode.
• Fix palette drag issues with GTK 3.19.8+.
• Fix exception in the colours tab of the background chooser dialog.
• Fix UI glitch: mark cloned layer as selected after duplicate.
• Fix a potential exception with the brush and colour history features.
• About box: report versions better un Windows.
• Make sure layer clones get selected immediately.
• Fix hypersensitive tab drags.
• Fix allelerator mapping sort order.
• Fix exceptions when loading a corrupt thumbnail during thumb updates.
• Fix GTK removing the main canvas widget.
• BrushManager: use UUIDs for device brush names, backwards-compatibly.
• Fix repeated pixbuflist redraws.
• Windows: drop support for floating windows till upstream support's OK.
• Wayland: remove references to cursors that don't exist.

Version 1.2.0:

• New intuitive Inking tool for smooth strokes.
• New Flood Fill tool.
• Automated backups of your working docs, with recovery on startup.
• Improved symmetry-setting and frame-setting modes.
• New workspace UI: two sidebars, with dockable tabbed panels.
• Smoother scrolling and panning.
• New brush pack.
• New brush and color history panel.
• New layer trimming command in frame options.
• Added layer groups.
• New layer modes: several masking modes added.
• Add display filters: greyscale, simulate dichromacy for trichromats.
• New color wheel options: Red/Yellow/Blue, Red-Green/Blue-Yellow.
• Uses dark theme variant by default.
• Clearer icons, prettier freehand cursors.
• Device prefs allow glitchy devices to be restricted.
• Eraser mode no longer changes the size of the brush.
• New vector layers, editable in an external app (Inkscape recommended).
• New fallback layer types: non-PNG image, data.
• More kinds of images now work as backgrounds.
• Improved Windows support
• Ported to GTK3.
• Accelerator map editor has moved to preferences.
• Many other bugfixes, translations, and code quality improvements.

Version 1.1.0:

• geometry tools: sequence of lines, curved lines, ellipses
• new brush and layer blending modes; different layer merging
• new color dialog: palette and gamut mapping
• improved document frame, can be resized on canvas
• symmetric drawing mode
• old color changer ("washed") from 0.6 is available again
• toolbar improvements, e.g. move layer mode, pan/zoom
• revised cursor and on-canvas color picker
• better separation of mypaint's brush library; json brush file format
• translations, performance improvements, bugfixes, and more

Version 1.0.0:

• toolbar with color, brush selector and brush settings dropdown
• tool windows can be docked instead of floating
• locked alpha brush mode
• basic layer compositing modes
• new scratchpad area
• lots of other improvements (about 500 commits)

Version 0.9.1:

• several fixes for non-ascii file names, directories, layer names
• workaround for tablets reporting invalid tilt values
• rotation: fix direction while mirrored, change steps to 22.5 degrees
• store freedesktop thumbnails also when saving (for preview in other apps)
• reduce the minimal cursor size
• brush selector: remember state of the expander at the bottom
• fix glitch when changing the brush/color with a different input device
• osx: fix compile error
• windows: use AppData folder for settings
• some other minor fixes

Version 0.9.0:

• brush collection: updated better and smaller collection
• brushset import and export
• improvement for jaggy lines on Windows (might also fix saving problems)
• fixes for non-ascii brush- and filenames (for Windows mainly)
• sharper image for some zoom levels
• stylus tilt support
• persistence of selected brush and group
• file preview in open dialog
• configurable default save format and zoom level
• optimizations: faster startup, much faster saving
• lots of small improvements, bug fixes, optimizations
• updated translations: hu,es,ru,sv,nb,nn_NO,sl,ko,it
• improved exception dialog
• added GIMP-style subwindow toggle
• added GIMP-style cursor-menu
• usability improvements for brush selector and brush settings dialog
• added file->export action

Version 0.8.2:

• fix regression in 0.8.1 causing temporary layers to stick
• complain about unsupported pygtk version

Version 0.8.1:

• fixed memory leak: layer data was never freed, eg. when opening a new image
• fixed loading of layer names
• respect layer visibility when saving to PNG
• fixed a freeze in the exception dialog
• added empty "favorites" brushgroup
• Korean translation
• some minor gui fixes

Version 0.8.0:

• many new brushes contributed by various artists
• brushes organized into groups
• straight lines are possible (hold shift)
• basic layer dialog
• select brush from a stroke on the canvas
• improved color picker, show color while picking
• tools stay at top, only one taskbar entry (depending on your wm)
• faster zoomed-out view (30x speedup in some cases)
• i18n support added, translations in several languages
• new and revised color selectors
• big background patterns are possible (with limitations)
• can save all layers as numbered PNGs
• some drag&drop support
• many other minor enhancements and bugfixes

Version 0.7.1:

• bugfixes for win32 build
• limit the cursor size (problem on Windows, and X11 with Compiz)
• fixed brushes that lead to save problems (Windows only?)
• show filename in titlebar
• zoom on scrollwheel
• new brushes: splatter and marker
• other minor fixes

Version 0.7.0:

• color history popup
• merge layer down
• layer solo
• color changer can operate clickless (hold key down, release key to select)
• can save flattened transparent PNG
• recognize eraser end of the stylus
• elliptical dabs are possible now (aspect ratio)
• new brushes and background patterns
• save/load improved
  • fixed bugs that caused overwrite without asking
  • made OpenRaster the default file format
  • made "save scrap" more consistent (always save to scrap directory)
  • faster saving and loading (about factor two)
  • do dithering when converting from 16bit to 8bit (only when saving with transparency)
• fixed build problem with some distributions
• many other GUI tweaks and bugfixes

Version 0.6.0:

• Layers, transparency and eraser mode
• Background color and pattterns
• Save OpenRaster
• Very fast undo, limited number of steps
• Canvas rotation (via keyboard shortcuts) and mirroring
• A few great new brushes

Version 0.5.1:

• Fullscreen mode was implemented.
• Streamlined "Save" and "Save As". Also added error handling.
• Added "Save Next" as a dialog-free non-destructive alternative.
• If undo would take a lot of time, show a confirmation dialog.
• Reduced maximum zoom-out to 1/4 to avoid out of memory.
• Added settings dialog with global pressure mapping.
• New desktop icon by Sebastian Kraft (needcoffee).
• Fixed "ghost strokes" seen on internet tablets.
• Fixed startup crash where the mouse was wrongly recognized as a tablet.
• Fixed compilation for some systems.
• New brushes were added (and some removed).

Before 0.5.0:

• no changelog available