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- Added: Windows Code Signing, removes Unknown Publisher warnings
- Fixed: Batch Processing not starting, ‘sourceImage’ is null
- Fixed: SVG Converter not filling some shapes, where negative scaling is applied
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- Added: ‘Directional Dashes’ preset to Streamlines Edge Field
- Added: ‘Sketchy Freehand’, ‘ECS Curves’, ‘Digital Layers’, ‘Messy Curves’ presets to Layers PFM
- Fixed: Export per/pen in Batch Processing not producing an output
- Fixed: Mosaic PFMs & Layers PFM not responding to stop requests
- Fixed: Gigantic project files with versions data prior to v1.6.17 will now have unnecessary data removed when re-opened + re-saved
- Fixed: Selecting different PFMs in Mosaic PFMs will now respond to changes and keep the correct PFMs name
- Fixed: Reloading SVG projects would overwrite previously saved settings
- Fixed: Rescaling SVG masks would result in inconsistent scaling once the mask was moved
- Fixed: Zoom behaviour while hovering the mouse over a mask.
- Fixed: Pen selection check boxes not updating after the drawing set is changed
- Improved: Initial directory location when re-locating missing source images, use either the images original location, the projects location or last import directory
- Improved: Added ‘Reloading Drawing: Complete’ message when reloading projects, to indicate the process is complete
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- Fixed: Canvas positioning after pressing reset on macOS
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- Added: macOS .pkg files are now available natively for Apple Silicon, download the correct .pkg for your system for the best performance!
- Fixed: Mask creation when using the ‘draw’ tool
- Fixed: Duplicate vertices appearing when editing mask
- Fixed: Colour Match OpenCL acceleration on Windows machines with integrated graphics
- Changed: Build names will now include the target architecture e.g. “aarch64”, “x86-64” etc.
- Changed: Removed old Aparapi dependency from the free version.
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- Added: ‘Area Calibration’ PFM, used for checking the size of the plotters drawing area and adjusting margins
- Fixed: CMYK / Colour Match / Masking settings not saving / loading properly when saved in a project
- Fixed: Older projects not reloading properly in some situations
- Fixed: Viewport zoom resetting when a task is stopped, or when a task is completed
- Fixed: HPGL plotters not being detected with “Detect Plotter” when the serial port echoes the input
- Improved: Allow multi-threading when running tasks with Batch Processing
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- Added: File / Open Recent Menu, which shows the 15 most recently opened/saved projects
- Added: Save project alert when closing the application or an individual project
- Added: Close Project and Close All Projects shortcuts to File Menu
- Added: Option to disable HPGL Buffer checks in HPGL preferences, fixes compatibility with some plotters
- Fixed: Crash on load when OpenCL is not present on Windows operating systems
- Fixed: Compatibility with running in Virtual Machines
- Fixed: OpenCL Acceleration performance on Apple Silicon
- Fixed: PFM Settings not loading properly when projects are re-opened
- Fixed: Saved projects having large files sizes when multiple project versions are present
- Fixed: Drawing Area padding not being applied properly when running Batch Processing mode
- Fixed: Blend modes acting inconsistently when exporting images
- Fixed: Advanced preferences not saving and reloading properly
- Fixed: PFMs re-running when switching project when Auto Run PFM is enabled
- Fixed: Sketch Sweeping Curves exiting the image area in unnatural way / changed default curvature to 0
- Fixed: Mosaic styles window cut-off at the bottom
- Improved: Increased default window size for easier usage on small screens.
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- Added: ‘Area Calibration’ PFM, used for checking the size of the plotters drawing area and adjusting margins
- Fixed: CMYK / Colour Match / Masking settings not saving / loading properly when saved in a project
- Fixed: Older projects not reloading properly in some situations
- Fixed: Viewport zoom resetting when a task is stopped, or when a task is completed
- Fixed: HPGL plotters not being detected with “Detect Plotter” when the serial port echoes the input
- Improved: Allow multi-threading when running tasks with Batch Processing
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- Fixed: Preset creation/editing dialogs appearing blank on macOS
- Fixed: Prevent the Drawing Pen selection closing when a check-box is ticked.
- Fixed: Issues editing created presets on macOS
- Fixed: Loaded images, being prevented from being deleted in some situations.
- Fixed: Ruler overlays not matching the drawing when no image is loaded with original sizing enabled.
- Fixed: Files not saving in the correct location when exporting to a directory containing a “.” on Linux.
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- Added: ‘Edge Trace’ presets to Sketch PFMs, which utilise new ‘Seed Type’ setting, to create sketches which exaggerate edges and small details.
- Added: ‘Seed Type’ to Sketch PFMs, ability to seed lines from Luminance / Edges / Sobel data
- Added: Preset Manager – accessible via File/Preset Manager
- Re-order both user/system presets / change the default order of presets in menus
- Enable/Disable presets, prevent them from appearing in menus
- Edit presets with more detailed edit controls
- Import / Export multiple presets or all presets at once.
- Override in-built system presets with your own settings
- Added: HPGL Custom Codes for more advanced configuring of HPGL Files, configurable Start, End, Pen Up, Pen Down, Start Pen Layer, End Pen Layer
- Added: Additional GCode Wildcard, %PEN_ID% to allow more configurable tool changes
- Added: Individual setting search functionality in the Preferences UI with automatic yellow highlighting
- Improved: Viewport Rewrite: the main viewport has been re-written switching between OpenGL and JavaFX will now be more seamless and the canvas will be more responsive
- Improved: ‘Circular Scribbles’ PFMs have been re-written and now create smoother scribbles
- Improved: ‘Hatch Sawtooth’ PFM has been re-written it now creates more accurate results
- Improved: CPU/GPU Usage when idle, the program will consume less resources in general when running in the background
- Improved: Performance and responsiveness of the Hardware Accelerated Renderer
- Improved: Memory footprint and speed of Sketch PFMs
- Improved: Changes to Drawing Pen presets will be applied to existing Drawing Set presets when the pens match.
- Improved: Presets now must have unique identifiers, to allow for more advanced editing
- Improved: Simplified Batch Processing UX to allow easier editing of Input/Output Folders
- Improved: Presets, added additional notifications while editing presets
- Improved: Preferences now only save changes from default values, allowing defaults to be tweaked more easily in the future
- Improved: Hardware Accelerated Renderer, start time, memory usage and speed
- Improved: Speed of Pen Distribution re-calculations
- Improved: UX the settings panes on the left will grow to fill available space when no other panes are open
- Fixed: Added ‘ocl-icd-opencl-dev’ to linux dependencies, fixing “could not load libOpenCL.so” errors / the app failing to start on linux
- Fixed: Hatch Sawtooth producing incomplete lines when used in Mosaic Segments
- Fixed: CMYK + Streamlines stopping prematurely
- Fixed: Streamlines Edge Fields inconsistency with OpenCL enabled
- Fixed: PFM Layers not using Color Separation
- Fixed: Slow pen distribution when using composite PFMs
- Fixed: Roland DPX 3300 HPGL Preset
- Fixed: ‘Mask Settings’ missing from the ‘View’ menu
- Fixed: Menu Bar positioning with i3 Window Manager on Linux
- Fixed: Black flicker when first starting the OpenGL Hardware Accelerated Renderer
- Fixed: UI flickering / re-layout when opening the application
- Fixed: Potential memory leaks, eventual application slow down
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- Added: SVG Converter – Support for SVG Gradients when Colour Match is enabled
- Added: Extra options for SVG Converter; ‘Shape Outlines’, ‘Gradient Angle Match’ and ‘Gradient Colour Match’
- Added: ‘Export Logs / Crash Reports’ to the help menu, to simplify providing support / debugging
- Added: ‘Switch to SVG Converter on SVG Import’ option to SVG Preferences
- Improved: Reduced memory usage over application lifetime
- Improved: Speed of clipping when using Masks / SVG Converter
- Fixed: Crash on load when OpenCL Native Library is unavailable
- Fixed: OpenGL Renderer attempting to load on devices without OpenGL 3.3+ support.
- Fixed: SVG Converter – Using incorrect scaling in some situations
- Fixed: Export per/pens failing when the pen names contain special characters
- Fixed: SVG Converter – Shape clipping failing on complex SVGs
- Fixed: Freeze/hang when switching to cm/inches when the drawing width or height is 0.0
- Fixed: PFM not running when the drawing width/height is 0.0, now runs with default sizing: A4 paper
- Fixed: Occasional momentary hang after a PFM has finished processing
- Fixed: Renamed the Stabilo pen presets to match correct pen naming conventions / no special characters
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