What's new in Drawing 1.0.2
Feb 27, 2023
- fix the default value of the text background option (as reported by #521 and #559)
- fix a scenario where saving without transparency would consistently fail
- automatically reload the picture after saving
- mitigate initial state of the "filters" tool if "blur" is selected (#577)
- change the keyboard shortcuts to switch tabs
- remove from the highlighter the (ineffective) UI to change the active cairo operator
- change the UI of the selection tools to improve readability of various items
- fix typos in the user help manual
- change the label of the "toggle the preview" menu item (#137)
- update several translations
New in Drawing 1.0.1 (Apr 10, 2022)
- enable the highlighter by default (#458)
- less intrusive "what's new" message dialog (#504)
- non-linear zooming speed profile (to zoom faster when using extreme values) (#499)
- slower scrolling speed to have a better precision with higher zoom levels (#499)
- require itstool as a dependency even though it's some useless bloat
- fix the adaptivity of the elementaryOS layout (#502)
- better keep the image centered on the mouse pointer when changing the zoom (#499)
- avoid —again— insane attempts to open the binary as an image (#500)
- update several translations
New in Drawing 1.0.0 (Mar 30, 2022)
- enable tools with "alt+letter" mnemonics (#300)
- larger sidebar items, where the selected tool is easier to see (#441)
- new "skew" tool (#369)
- enable or disable specific tools options with the or keyboard modifiers (#46)
- show more numerous, more dynamic, more contextual help tips as the window's subtitle
- display cursor coordinates and other related data when pressing the keyboard modifier (#46, #439)
- dynamically change the label of the "options" submenu in the menu-bar, to increase its discoverability
- scale tool option to set the size in percentage (#369)
- suggest to "apply & save" when trying to save while an operation is unapplied
- highlighter option to straighten the line, so it better follows the underlying text
- improvements to the "points" tool's numbers readability (#477)
- suggest to "apply & deselect" when trying to save while the selection is active
- more precise tools for tiny modifications required by pixel-art (#475)
- display pixels sharply when zooming deeper than 400% (#475)
- hide information messages after 4 seconds if they're not that useful
- disable the 'reload image from the disk' action if the image has never been saved
- new 'reset the canvas' action (ctrl+backspace)
- warn the user if they're opening an already opened image
- suggest to reload the picture if it has changed on the disk
- artificially limited framerate to avoid overloading the CPU (#162)
- menu item and action to change the theme variant preference (#360)
- toggle the menubar with ctrl+f2
- update the user help manual
- shorter appdata summary, to comply with guidelines (#419)
- update several translations
New in Drawing 0.8.5 (Dec 5, 2021)
- text tool option for a thicker outline (#369)
- visual feedback when the user moves the minimap preview (#318)
- update several translations
New in Drawing 0.8.4 (Nov 8, 2021)
- option to disable anti-aliasing with the text tool
- if "undo" is pressed several times in a short period, recompute only once
- disable the 'reload image from the disk' action if it has never been saved
New in Drawing 0.6.4 (Oct 7, 2021)
- draw a wider outline to the free selection when the image is zoomed out
- don't try to open the app binary as an image when running outside of a flatpak sandbox (#390)
- fix incorrectly huge height of the selection after rotating it (#369)
- update several translations