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10.9 - Drawing Guides and Ken Wilson's Foliage ArtSet!!
- Added - ArtSet : Collections - KW Foliage Plus 1. Special thanks for Ken
Wilson for contributing this ArtSet.
- Added - Drawing Guides tool on the main tools bar for interactively creating
drawing guides.
- Added - Drawing Guide : Grid Square
- Added - Drawing Guide : Grid Rectangle
- Added - Drawing Guide : Grid Circles
- Added - Drawing Guide : Grid Ellipses
- Added - Drawing Guide : Horizontal Line
- Added - Drawing Guide : Horizontal Lines
- Added - Drawing Guide : Vertical Line
- Added - Drawing Guide : Vertical Lines
- Added - Drawing Guide : Cross Hair
- Added - Drawing Guide : Line
- Added - Drawing Guide : Square
- Added - Drawing Guide : Rectangle
- Added - Drawing Guide : Circle
- Added - Drawing Guide : Ellipse
- Added - Drawing Guide : Concentric Squares
- Added - Drawing Guide : Concentric Rectangles
- Added - Drawing Guide : Concentric Circles
- Added - Drawing Guide : Concentric Ellipses
- Added - Drawing Guide : Radial
- Added - Drawing Guide : Polar
- Added - Drawing Guide : Sector
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Horizontal
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Vertical
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Horz / Vert
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Horz / Vert Double
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Bottom 2 Point
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Top 2 Point
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Left 2 Point
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Right 2 Point
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Bottom / Top 2 Point
- Added - Drawing Guide : Perspective Grid Left / Right 2 Point
- Added - Drawing Guide : Horizontal Perspective Lines
- Added - Drawing Guide : Vertical Perspective Lines
- Added - Drawing Guide : Horz/Vert Perspective Lines
- Added - Option to turn off the Auto Saving Message. In the Perferences
dialog.
- Removed - Toggle Grid from the View menu. This functionality is replaced by
the Drawing Guides feature.
- Removed - Grid Spacing from the Preferences dialog. This functionality is
replaced by the DrawingGuides feature.
- Fixed - If the background layer had a blend mode set it would show up during
normal work yet when exporting or doing a copy merge it would impact the
resulting image.
- Fixed - When drawing straight lines with either the line tool or by holding
down the shift key the line was not drawn until after the mouse was moved.
- Fixed - Toolbar settings were lost if focus was switched to another
application and then back to TwistedBrush.
10.8 - Various fixes and improvements.
- Added - Preference option to set the Max Undo Memory in mb. A value of 0
means the size will be dynamically managed.
- Improved - Dynamically handling of undo space. Not as restrictive as
release 10.6 but still reduces used undo memory as needed.
- Fixed - The Auto Saving...Please Wait popup message was not displaying
correctly.
- Fixed - The mouse button swap icon was disappearing at times.
- Fixed - Undo was not working properly for Horizontal and Vertical page
flips
10.7 - Various fixes and improvements
- Added - Key repeat for Undo keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + z). Hold down to
repeat the Undo steps.
- Added - Key repeat for Redo keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Y). Hold down to
repeat the Redo steps.
- Added - Memory information reported in stats mode.
- Added - Image size information reported in stats mode.
- Added - Display popup message when auto-saving of the image is occuring.
- Improved - Dynamic number of Undo levels saved. The number of Undo levels
saved will vary based on the size of the stroke, up to the maximum number
of Undo level specified in the Preferences dialog.
- Improved - When using the Pixel Mode brush effect the pressure will not ease
into the set strength unless the Stylus check box is enabled for the specific
attribute (opacity for example)
- Changed - Maximum number of Undo levels increased to 500.
- Changed - The setting of the number of Undo levels in the Preferences
dialogs represents a maximum number of Undo levels that will be saved.
- Changed - Increase default number of undo levels to 50.
- Changed - Reduce the number of possible random brushes that will be searched
for before giving up from 200 to 50.
- Fixed - Unable to allocation memory for a new layer could result in a crash,
invalid layer data or other odd behaviours.
- Fixed - When starting TwistedBrush if the initial page can not be shown
report the error and restart the software on page 1 of book 1.
- Fixed - When moving floating panels there was a delay when attempting to
paint afterwards.
- Fixed - When the background layer was hidden the following items were
incorrect when that page is used as the source for the following; the reference
image, cloning source, Page Explorer thumbnails, BMP backup file in the book
folders and playing back a script to an AVI.
- Fixed - Undoing more than half the saved steps and then painting new strokes
and then undoing those could result in incorrect image data placed on the
canvas.
- Fixed - When using Undo and then drawing new strokes memory was not freed as
early as it could have been.
- Fixed - Autosave interval was alway set to 5 minutes for the first save
regardless of what the preference option was set to.
- Fixed - For random brush generation when a brush effect is locked that
normally wouldn't be used for random brush generation a valid random brush was
never created.
- Fixed - When using the background layer after a clear page operation
blending brushes could result in a dirty edge.
- Fixed - When doing a single click on the canvas the paint dab should draw at
full pressure which feeds into the size, density and opacity sliders.
10.6 - Miscellanous Additions
- Added - Fixed position cloning offset. Ctrl + Alt + Click will set a
cloning offset that doesn't move. In affect a fixed image brush.
- Added - Ability to swap right and left mouse button operations when workong
on the canvas. Allows making the tool bar tools usage with the left mouse
button. The on screen mouse icon is used to swap the buttons.
- Added - Brush effect : Pixel Mode. This will result in better pixel by
pixel drawing.
- Added - Single Pixel Cover brush to the Art Tools - Cover Paints ArtSet.
For pixel level editing.
- Added - Single Pixel Pen brush to the Art Tools - Pens ArtSet.
- Added - Mask Single Pixel brush to the Art Tools - Masking ArtSet.
- Added - Unmask Single Pixel brush to the Art Tools - Masking ArtSet.
- Improved - When clearing the cloning offset the cloning source page that was
used prior to using the offset will be reinstated.
- Changed - Remove text "<-- Tools assigned to right mouse button" from the
tool bar.
- Fixed - In some cases the paper color box was not redrawing.
- Fixed - When Tablet Compatibility mode was enabled and zooming in or out the
paint strokes were at the wrong location.
10.5 - Image Warping and other improvements.
- Added - Warp tool (A.K.A. goo or liquid image). Found on the tool bar where
the Control Points tool used to be, next to the Magic Wand Mask. Fun and
powerful tool!!
- Added - Warp tool option - Rubber. Distort the image as if on a rubber
canvas.
- Added - Warp tool option - Rubber Precision. Like Rubber but shows a
control line for more precise work.
- Added - Warp tool option - Putty. Distort the image as if it was on putty.
- Added - Warp tool option - Drag. The closest to a blend brush but does not
blend.
- Added - Warp tool option - Ping Pong. Like Drag but distort the image back
and forth
- Added - Warp tool option - Tread. Distorts the images by shooting is
backwards.
- Added - Warp tool option - Horizontal Spread. Splits the image with
distortion along the horizontal axis.
- Added - Warp tool option - Vertical Spread. Splits the image with
distortion along the vertical axis.
- Added - Warp tool option - Horizontal Squeeze. Pulls the image together
along the horizontal axis.
- Added - Warp tool option - Vertical Squeeze. Pulls the image together along
the vertical axis.
- Added - Warp tool option - Expand1. Pushes the image out in four
directions.
- Added - Warp tool option - Expand2. Pushes the image out in four directions
diagonally.
- Added - Warp tool option - Pinch1. Pulls the image in in four directions.
- Added - Warp tool option - Pinch2. Pulls the image in in four directions.
- Added - Warp tool option - Corral. Allows pushing the image around as you
draw the mouse.
- Added - Menu item to clear the clone offset. Under the Page menu.
- Improved - Show the clone source cusor when setting the clone offset.
- Improved - Accuracy of when to stop the right mouse button tools. When the
right mouse button is released the tools will stop. Most noticable on slower
tools like the Move tool.
- Changed - Removed the control points feature.
- Changed - Menu text "Create Mask From Image" to "Create Mask From Image
Luminance"
- Fixed - When drawing rectangles or ellipses and using the Ctrl key to move
the shape it was possible to accidently set a cloning offset.
- Fixed - When the precision cursor was enabled the clone source cursor would
not display.
- Fixed - Screen capture with the Hide option were sometimes capturing the
screen before TwistedBrush was hidden.
10.4 - Numerous additions and fixes
- Added - ArtSet : Process - Photo Retouch. 60 process brushes for photo
retouching.
- Added - New mask menu - Create Image From Mask
- Added - New mask menu - Create Alpha From Mask
- Added - Holding the CTRL key while drawing a rectangle, croping, rectangle
mask, ellipse or ellipse mask will allow you to reposition the shape!
- Added - Screen Capture under the Edit menu. Captures the current screen and
places it on a new layer.
- Added - Screen Capture as New under the Edit menu. Captures the current
screen and create a new page the size of the screen.
- Added - Screen Capture Into under the Edit menu. Captures the current
screen and places it into the current layer.
- Added - Screen Capture Hide under the Edit menu. Captures the current
screen and places it on a new layer. The TwistedBrush screen will be hidden
before the capture occurs.
- Added - Screen Capture Hide as New under the Edit menu. Captures the
current screen and create a new page the size of the screen. The TwistedBrush
screen will be hidden before the capture occurs.
- Added - Screen Capture Hide Into under the Edit menu. Captures the current
screen and places it into the current layer. The TwistedBrush screen will be
hidden before the capture occurs.
- Added - Clone offsets Repeated. Ctrl + Click on a page will make it the
cloning source. When you start to draw each stroke with your cloning
brush the location in the cloned page will be that set with the Ctrl + click!
- Changed - The menu File | Load Image (Import) has been split into two
distinct choices. "Load Image As New" which will create a new page and "Load
Image Into" which will import the image into the current layer.
- Changed - Coloring of the cloning source cursor to make it more visible.
- Changed - The Pix col var was altering the alpha channel it no longer does.
- Fixed - In some pure white cases the menu to Create Mask From Image was not
building the correct mask.
- Fixed - When setting a new cloning source with the Alt+Click process the
source and destinations cursors would draw before the destination location was
selected.
- Fixed - Loading an Image (importing) could result in a crash or invalid
layer data if the imported image size was different then current page size.
- Fixed - If the option to Auto Save Shortcut Brushes was on when the New
ArtSet menu was selected the shortcuts would be cleared.
- Fixed - Stroke pressure was difficult to control at the begining of a
stroke. For example painting a soft stroke after a hard stroke would result in
the start of the soft stroke being too hard. When using a pressure sensitive
stylus.
- Fixed - Script playback was adding a extra dab at the end of the stroke.
- Fixed - Script recording was adding extra dabs at the front and end of the
stroke.
- Fixed - When using the Alt + keypress to access menu items. After selecting
the menu (any menu) drawing would no longer work until restarting.
10.3 - Various additions, improvemens and fixes.
- Added - Mask Wand option Hue Range. Create mask based on the clicked hue.
- Added - Drop Shadow filter - Under Filters | Stylized
- Added - Tablet Compatibility Mode option. This will cause a tablet to be
treated like it was prior to release 10.0. Found in the preferences dialog
under the Edit menu.
- Added - Additional resizing algorithms. Box, Triangle, Hanning, Gaussian
and Bell are better suited when reducing the size of an image. Cubic 1, Cubic
2, Mitchell, Sinc, Hermite, Hanning and Catrom are better suited when enlarging
the size of an image.
- Added - Insert Layer button to create a new layer above the current layer as
an insertion, moving the other layers up.
- Added - Clone offsets. Alt + Click on a page will make it the cloning
source. When you start to draw with your cloning brush the location in the
cloned page will be that set with the Alt + click!
- Improved - The button layout on the Layer Panel has been rearranged to
address the error of accidently flattening the picture.
- Changed - Wording on the warning prompt when Flattening layers.
- Changed - Selecting the menu to set a cloning source page will remove the
clone offset that might have been set with an Alt + click operation.
- Fixed - Resize type of B-Spline and Lanczos3 were not resulting in different
resizing algorithms.
- Fixed - In some cases when drawing fast without or tablet or the tablet
disabled there would be a anomaly in the stroke curve.
10.2 - New color palettes, demo scripts and various fixes.
- Added - Three demo scripts that create an entire scene. Tiger's Eye,
Oranges and Desolate Beach
- Added - Dynamic palette. Dynamic - Hue Span.
- Added - Dynamic palette. Dynamic - 1 Color.
- Added - Dynamic palette. Dynamic - 2 Color.
- Added - Dynamic palette. Dynamic - 3 Color.
- Added - Dynamic palette. Dynamic - 4 Color.
- Added - Dynamic palette. Dynamic - History. Replaces the previous color
history mechanism.
- Added - Clearing the color palette when the Dynamic - History palette is
displayed will also clear the history palette.
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra Luminence Color Wheels
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra Complimentary Span
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra Color Wheel 1
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra Color Wheel 2
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra Color Square
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra CYMK Color Cube
- Added - Color palette. Pixarra RGB Color Cube
- Changed - Color history is recorded automatically and always.
- Changed - Color history menu under ArtSet is removed.
- Changed - Color history artset is removed.
- Changed - Default color palettes loaded on a new install have been changed.
- Fixed - Paper textures weren't working since the 10.0 release.
- Fixed - The Buy menu items were conflicting with the Layer menus.
- Fixed - Message typo with selecting a paper texture when layer 32 is already
being used.
- Fixed - The script playback cursor was not positioned properly on playback
with zoomed in or zoomed out.
- Fixed - Lay OTint1 and Lay OTint2 brush effects.
- Fixed - Alpha Outline Tint 1 and Alpha Outline Tint 2 layer blend modes.
- Fixed - Create Palette from Image (Spot and Average) were not properly
sampling the bottom and right edges of the image.
10.1 - Fixes and improvements for tablet support
- Added - Option to enable/disable a drawing tablet. Even when the tablet is
disabled it can still be used but TwistedBrush will just view it as a mouse
input device.
- Enhanced - More accurate start of stroke location when using a tablet.
- Fixed - Selecting a color from the reference image windows was not working.
- Fixed - A number of cases of an incorrect line drawn when painting the first
stroke after closing a dialog when using a tablet.
- Fixed - After starting and stopping TwistedBrush a number of times the
tablet functionality may no longer be available for this application until the
system is rebooted.
10.01 - Allow both Tablet and Mouse brush strokes.
- Changed - Allow both tablet and mouse brush strokes. Version 10.0 through
enhancements in tablet support had abandoned the feature to use the mouse to
paint with when a tablet is detected. Strong demand resulted in this support to
continue. The enhanced tablet support introduced in 10.0 is still fully in
place as well.
10.0 - Color improvements, better tablet support and various fixes.
- Added - Color palette : Pixarra Hues. Full spectrum of standard hues.
- Added - Menu. Create Palette From Image Spot. Samples the current image and
creates a color palette from it.
- Added - Menu option to Create Palette Hue Span From Current Color. Under
the Palette menu.
- Enhanced - A Weight slider is now available for the Texturize Bump filter.
- Improved - Fine lined brushes (1 pixel for example) won't bunch up when
moving slowly.
- Improved - Much smoother strokes when using a drawing tablet.
- Improved - Random based brushes should playback the same in script each
time. However, they will not match the original brush strokes at this time.
- Changed - The text for the brush shortcuts from "Set" to "Bnk". Using the
word Set was being confused with ArtSets.
- Changed - Made the Pixarra Hues color palette one of the default 8 color
palettes.
- Changed - Brush Effect : Grid don't extend the dabs off the page.
- Fixed - If the opacity of the background layer was reduced the merge to the
background layer would give incorrect results.
- Fixed - Generate > Splines -- Knots Slider quickly leads to severe
overworking of the processor. The range of the Knots was much to high.
- Fixed - Generate > Trees > -- The Pomp and Hardness sliders were
switched.
- Fixed - Stylize > Edges 2 -- Threshold High slider was not working.
- Fixed - Stylize > Gauzy -- Clarity slider was not working
- Fixed - On the Sine Plasma dialog, there is an "o,i" transposed and there
are two missing "t's."
- Fixed - Perspective, Warp and many other distort filters were not properly
handling the exposed areas after the filter was processed on the background
layer.
- Fixed - Clear Page on a layer would leave a invisible ghost color that could
become seen when the Mask Wand was used.
- Fixed - Close down the tablet context properly when exiting.
- Fixed - Don't miss the initial part and ending part of the stroke when using
a drawing tablet.
- Fixed - A somewhat rare case where a brush stroke would have off the mark
dab position.
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