Releases · pencil2d/pencil

Enhancements/Changes

Interface:

Introduced a comprehensive new icon set - #1356, #1361
Replaced the zoom text on the status bar with an interactive control - #1442
Added help text for the currently active tool to the status bar - #1442
Added toolbars for commonly used actions - #1468
Improved layout of the onion skin tool window - #1589, #1753
Changed the default export file path to the file path of the current project - #1657
Removed vector layer from default timeline setup #1666
Please note that vector layers can still be added manually and the default layer setup can be customized by modifying the default preset in Edit → Preferences → Files. Existing custom default presets are not affected by this change.
Added a warning when adding more sound clips than can be exported - #1701
Added a warning when opening multiple instances of Pencil2D - #1702
Replaced the display option window with a toolbar - #1734
Improved error messages when importing images - #1750
Added an abortable progress dialog when importing animated images - #1801
Added support for importing animated WebP images - #1801
Added support for importing and exporting static WebP images - #1801
Improved usability and reliability of quick sizing - #1806
Added an option to configure keyboard shortcuts to flip the current selection - #1816
Improved zoom behavior for devices that report pixel-based scrolling data - 06a4495
Added translations for Bulgarian, Persian, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Dutch (Netherlands) and Cantonese - #1826
Changed the information dialog shown when changing the application language to display in the new language instead of the current one - #1836
Improved the movie export dialog to prevent exporting MP4 files in an invalid resolution - #1833
Improved the layout of the preferences dialog for languages with long translations - #1856

Bucket Tool:

Added an option to set the fill reference layer - #1630
Added an option to toggle tolerance on/off - #1630
Added an option to expand the fill area - #1630
Added the ability to drag to fill - #1630
Improved fill performance significantly - #1707
Added an option to fill using a blend mode: Overlay/Behind/Replace - #1590
Removed nonsensical quick sizing support - #1806

Workflow Improvements

Aligned color palette behavior on vector and bitmap layers so that palette colors and their associated vector strokes are only updated when the replace function is used - #1265
Added an action to paste content from the previous frame - #1682
Added an action to duplicate layers - #1690, #1744
Optimized the peg bar alignment workflow by activating the select tool, creating an initial selection and pre-selecting the first layer upon opening the dialog - #1580

Behind the Curtain

Optimized visual updates of the timeline window - #1737
Improved painting performance by re-rendering only modified areas - #1761, #1789
Improved painting performance by introducing a tiled buffer - #1776
Reworked switching tools temporarily through modifier keys or right-clicking to be more reliable - #1675

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where undoing after deleting a layer caused the program to crash - #1412
Fixed an issue where certain user interface controls did not display correctly when using the Direct2D platform on Windows - #1575
Fixed several issues where the canvas did not immediately update after using certain actions - #1642, #1581, #1580, #1577, #1576
Fixed an issue where undoing the deletion of a keyframe caused the program to perform an additional undo operation or crash - #1629
Fixed an issue where the hand tool icon remained active after zooming with a stylus - #1633
Fixed an issue where transforming areas in certain imported footage would color them black - #1642
Fixed an issue where fill operations were performed twice when performed with a tablet - #1667
Fixed an issue where the system language was detected incorrecty on systems that have secondary languages configured - #1703
Fixed an issue where mouse wheel zoom misbehaved on some systems using the X Window System - #1716, #1711
Fixed an issue where undo information was recorded improperly for the first change made after navigating between frames - #1717
Fixed an issue where the project recovery dialog appeared behind the main window on some systems - #1721
Fixed an issue where rotated selections boundaries were not visualised properly - #1724
Fixed an issue where transforms were applied incorrectly to rotated selections - #1724
Fixed an issue where the undo and redo shortcuts were erroneously disabled under certain circumstances - #1721
Fixed an issue where deleting a sound layer on Windows would under certain circumstances lead to a crash - #1731
Fixed an issue where playback of certain sound clips was truncated on Windows - #1733, #1756

Please note that in order to benefit from this bug fix in existing projects, it is necessary to re-import affected sound clips.
Fixed an issue where the use of valid file name extensions was not properly enforced in file save dialogs - #1736
Fixed several issues where the timeline was drawn incorrectly - #1737
Fixed an issue where dragging the timeline with the middle mouse button could inadvertently alter the frame selection - #1737
Fixed an issue where tool windows briefly appeared and disappeared on startup before the main window was shown - #1737
Fixed an issue where the follow camera image import option used the wrong transform and resulted in general inaccuracies - ebad47e
Fixed an issue where opening Unicode file paths failed when the program was compiled against MinGW32 - eefd148
Fixed an issue where the movie exporter sometimes failed to export sounds when exporting a range that does not start at the first frame - e9f72dc
Fixed an issue where the movie exporter erroneously included hidden sound layers - b315f27
Fixed an issue where importing vector layers from a project file did not preserve their original colors - #1798
Fixed an issue where importing vector layers from a project file caused the program to crash - #1798
Fixed an issue where exporting a movie did not prevent interaction with the rest ...