Revison History for 9.x

9.9 - Various improvements and fixes

• Added - Show the brush cursor during script playback.
• Added - Log the text message to the script log area box.
• Added - Log the version that script was recorded in to the script log area box.
• Added - Menu item for Resize Page to Clone Source Page Size.  Found in the Page menu.
• Added - Brush effect Grid.  Distribute brush dabs to cover the page.
• Added - Duplicate button to the layer panel.
• Added - Flatten button to the layer panel. 
• Added - ArtSet : Cloners - Fancy.  Around 15 cloning brushes must that use a geometrics shape.
• Enhanced - Collapse layer script log message when repeated.
• Changed - Shortcut key for Random brush is changed from "r" to "ctrl+r".
• Changed - Text for the Resize Page to Previous Page Size and Resize Page to Default Page Size menus.
• Fixed - Opening and then closing the layer panel could at times have bad interaction with other floating dialogs.
• Fixed - Random Brush Explorer was not being properly cleaned up when it was closed.
• Fixed - Recording the playback from scripts would not properly recording the mask operations.
• Fixed - Undoing straight lines were not properly recording.
• Fixed - Straight lines applied with brushes with layer brush effects were not properly drawn.
• Fixed - Flood To Alpha was not working properly to detect boundaries between white and aqua on the background layer.
• Fixed - Flood was not working properly to detect boundaries between white and aqua.
• Fixed - Brush effect envelopes, isaw, isaw2, istpu, istpu2, and ipeak were broken since version 9.4.

9.8 - Scripting fixes and improvements.

• Added - ArtSet Collections - Geometrics 4 color.
• Added - Displaying script information during playback in the Script Player dialog.
• Added - Added a Scene button on the Script Recorder.  This should be used to start recording of a full picture.
• Changed - Renamed the Rec button on the Script Recorder to Section.  This should be used to record a script that isn't a full scene but perhaps a continuation of an existing scene or a object that would be painted on a single layer. 
• Changed - Default settings for the Splines generate filter.
• Changed - Default value for the Voxel filter.
• Changed - Insert script message into the running script log rather then the popup.
• Changed - Adjusted the size of the script record Message dialog.
• Improved - Protection against memory leaks with filters.
• Fixed - Pure blender brushes could blend with color when they shouldn't.
• Fixed - Prevent memory leak with Twirl Filter.
• Fixed - Default the Twirl Filter X Amount and Y Amount to 1 instead of 0.1.
• Fixed - Enabling brush history resulted in an error when trying to create the brush sample image.
• Fixed - Percentage sign was getting cropping in the filter dialogs.
• Fixed - When saving ArtSet to Shortcuts empty brushes were still showing brushes in the shortcut panel.
• Fixed - Filling a transparent area on a layer could sometimes show ghosting of previous image data.
• Fixed - It was possible to press Play multiple times on the Script Player dialog while a script is loading.
• Fixed - Prevent crash when a script references a layer that doesn't exist.
• Fixed - Picking colors with the color picker were not being recorded in scripts.
• Fixed - Script recording of the filters, backgrounds, texturize bump, texturize emboss and displacement bump should not include the full path to the pattern file.   
• Fixed - Record the original script messages when recording a played back script.

9.7 - Mask improvements, more brush shapes and other enhancements.

• Added - Replace To Alpha option for the Paint Bucket (Flood Fill) tool.
• Added - Non-Contiguous option for the Wand Mask tool.
• Added - Colpr Range option for the Wank Mask tool.
• Added - Luminance Range option for the Wank Mask tool.
• Added - A delete script option to the Script Player.
• Added - Brush effect "Shrink".  Generates additional dabs each one smaller.
• Added - ArtSet : Shapes - Geometrics
• Added - ArtSet : Collections - Geometrics 1 Color
• Added - ArtSet : Collections - Geometrics 2 Color
• Added - ArtSet : Collections - Geometrics Shaded
• Added - Additional information to stats mode.  Position and Color information.  Will display this information in a more standard way in the future. 
• Enhanced - Color fidelity improved in some areas.
• Enhanced - Some filters (those that soften edges) could result in a white halo around the image data on layers at the edge of color and pure alpha.  The halo effect still exists but the color will be that of the current color. 
• Enhanced - Allow focus to remain on the Layer Mix Mode combo to allow easy switching of layer modes with the up and down arrow keys.
• Enhanced - After interacting with the Script dialogs place focus on the drawing canvas to ensure no lag with starting to draw.
• Enhanced - Dragging the Mask Wand tool will repeatedly apply the tool (with right mouse button down)
• Enhanced - The sliders in the filters now have a resolution of tenths of a percentage.
• Enhanced - Added percentage signs to the numerically values for the sliders in the filters.
• Enhanced - Update the warning message when unable to create a cloning source.
• Enhanced - Widen the Script list in the Script Player window.
• Enhanced - Show a "Loading ArtSets..." message when the select ArtSet dialog is reading the ArtSets.
• Enhanced - When merging brushes replace the bShape and bTexture effects rather than adding new ones.
• Fixed - When envoking the Reference Image option automatically save the current page first.
• Fixed - The mask wand could not change the mask strength of a mask already in placed.
• Fixed - If the Clone brush effect wasn't in brush effect slot 1 sometimes the cloning source was not being properly set.
• Fixed - Don't allow applying filters, clearing or filling an invisible layer.

9.6 - Scripting Improvements and fixes

• Added - Layer actions are now recorded in scripts.
• Added - Copy and Paste actions are now recorded in scripts.
• Added - Automatically save a restore point before script playback.  Revert to the pre-script restore point from the File menu.
• Added - It is now possible to play back scripts while recording a new script.  The actions being played back will be recorded in the new script.
• Added - Script Player dialog (from the script menu)
• Added - Script Recorder dialog (from the script menu)
• Added - Scripts can now be played from a list rather then requiring them to be loaded first from the File menu.
• Added - Scripts now record and playback the Move tool actions.
• Added - A backup TBR file is created with the extension of ".BAK" when saving a page.
• Enhanced - For most filters that have a random element the randomness can now be controlled.
• Enhanced - Prompt before restoring an save point since it can't be undone.
• Enhanced - When exiting the program if scripting is still recording, cleanly stop the recording.
• Enhanced - Now have two modes of recording.  The standard mode where the initial brush settings are recorded and Strokes were the initial brush settings are not recorded.
• Changed - Scripts now reside in their own directory "scripts".
• Changed - Removed the Load Script and Save Script items from the File menu.  These are no longer needed.
• Changed - Removed the script playback speed setting from the Preferences dialog.  It's handled directly in the Script Player dialog now.
• Fixed - Significant memory leak that occurred on each save!!  Has been around for a long time, very good find.  Should help stability for long sessions.
• Fixed - When saving a page don't delete both the BMP and TBR files before writing out the new saved image.
• Fixed - Sometimes script playback wasn't identical with regards to the stylus pressure.
• Fixed - Duplicate Rotate menu item under Filters | Distort.
• Fixed - After script playback the page was not marked as changed and therefore wouldn't be automatically saved when exiting if no other edits were performed.
• Fixed - After script playback the current brush settings displayed were not always correct.
• Fixed - Typo in Menu | Filter | Stylized | Scratch
• Fixed - Check for the proper script version during repeated playback.

9.5 - Reference Image View and various bug fixes

• Added - Horizontal and Vertical flip filters to flip just the current layer, not then entire page (all layers). Under the Distort category of filters.
• Added - Reference Image Window. Select from the Page menu or the Page menu in the Page Explorer.
• Added - Select color from the Reference Image windows.  Right or left click the mouse in the reference image window.
• Added - Option on the Paint Bucket to Flood to Alpha for use on layers to fill a color to transparent.
• Enhanced - The Cut feature honors the mask now.
• Enhanced - The Clear Page feature honors the mask now.
• Enhanced - The Fill Page feature honors the mask now.
• Fixed - In the Edit ArtSet dialog, selecting Build Mode and then responding No to the proceed question put the dialog into a bad state.
• Fixed - In the Edit ArtSet dialog when the new ArtSet is filled switch the current ArtSet to the newly built ArtSet.
• Fixed - In the Edit ArtSet dialog ensure that an emply brush slot isn't selected when a new ArtSet is built.
• Fixed - Transparency was not being preserved when importing an image if page needed to be resized.
• Fixed - Stylus pressure was slightly off at times.
• Fixed - The mask was not being honored for the displacement bump filter.
• Fixed - The paint bucket tool was not working properly on layers.  Would not change the transparency.
• Fixed - Opening then closing the layer panel then selecting from the drop down options for the Paint Bucket caused a crash.

9.4 - Smoother strokes and various improvements.

• Added - Brush effect "SubSample" for anti-aliased strokes. 
• Added - Brush effect envelopes rg50, rg100, rg150, rg200, rg300, rg500, rg1000.  To move the effect result value from the freq to amp values over time.
• Added - A Copy ArtSet to Shortcuts button on the Edit ArtSet Dialog.
• Enhanced - Smoother strokes!!!
• Enhanced - ArtSet - Art Tools - Pens enhanced with some additional pens including smooth stroked pens.
• Enhanced - More even paint distribution along the stroke.
• Enhanced - Average the 9 pixels under the cursor center when using the color picker to avoid large swings in color.
• Enhanced - Edit ArtSet : Build Mode. Change build button text when in build mode.
• Enhanced - Edit ArtSet : Build Mode. Change warning text when ArtSet is filled.
• Enhanced - Edit ArtSet : Build Mode. Don't show warning about exiting build mode when the Exti Build button is pressed.
• Enhanced - Edit ArtSet : Build Mode. Automatically select the just built ArtSet when ending build mode.
• Enhanced - Minor performance improvement when drawing small smalled brushes and particles.
• Fixed - Allow the brush effect Pix Color Vary to be used with non-blending brushes.

9.3 - Numerous incremental improvements.

• Added - Holding down the Shift key while clicking on a shortcut will save the current brush into that shortcut slot.
• Added - Paper color selection in now possible.  Next to the paper selection.  Left click to select color.  Right click to assign current color as the paper color.
• Added - ArtSet Builder mode added to the Edit ArtSet dialog.
• Added - New brushes to the Art Tools : Pastels ArtSet.
• Added - Amy's Cartoon Grass and Bush brush to the cartoon set. 
• Enhanced - Variable scale for the size slider to make it easier to select smaller sizes.
• Enhanced - On the confirmation dialog for deleting a brush, include the brush name in the text.
• Changed - Name of the preference "Keep Brush Colors" to "Autosave ShortCut Brushes".  In addition when this option is off the shortcut brush will never be automatically updated, even if brush effects are changed.
• Changed - Default maximum number of undos from 100 to 25.  This can still be changed in the preferences dialog.
• Changed - Eraser brushes so that they don't change the current color settings.
• Changed - Updated the default brush Shortcuts with different brushes.
• Fixed - Removed the shortcut key text from the menus in the Page Explorer dialog since these are no-longer active.
• Fixed - When moving a layer up and it was already the top most layer the canvas would not redraw properly.
• Fixed - The current layer description on the left hand panel was not updating when a layer was selected in the layer window.
• Fixed - Was possible to draw on an invisible layer, even after a warning message was given.

9.2 - More brushes and miscellaneous improvements and fixes.

• Added - 9 new brushes to the Impressionistics ArtSet. 
• Added - 14 new brushes to the Cartoon ArtSet.
• Added - New Artset, Collections - 3D.  33 new brushes.
• Added - Brush effect - ColorSelection.  Chooses one of the 4 color selections not-blended.
• Added - Confirmation before deleting a brush.
• Enhanced - Prompt for file name when playing a script back to AVI.
• Enhanced - Look of the precision cursor.
• Enhanced - Don't overwrite the brush shortcuts when installing a new version.
• Fixed - Crash when selecting a book in the Page Explorer after deleting the book outside of TwistedBrush after the Page Explorer was already opened.
• Fixed - Brush effect - Color Underlayer was broke since the rework on the undo system. 
• Fixed - The brush effect "Opac Abs2" needed to be in brush effect slot one to work.  Recently broke.
• Fixed - When resizing an image some brushes wouldn't work properly until they were reselected or adjusted. 

9.1 - Many new watercolor brushes and new Cartoon ArtSet

• Added - Over 40 new Watercolor brushes!!
• Added - New ArtSet - Collections - Cartoons
• Added - Brush Effect : Blend Cur Color.  Mixes the current color and current effect color.
• Added - Layer mix modes, Alpha Outline Tint 1, Alpha Outline Tint 2, Alpha Invert, Alpha Shader, Alpha Shader Color.
• Added - Brush Effects - Lay Blk OL. Lay OTint1, Lay OTinit2, Lay Invert, Lay Shd, Lay Shd Color
• Fixed - Quick Help layers link pulled up wrong screen.
• Fixed - Merging down onto a transparent layer was giving incorrect results.  Introduced in 9.0.
• Fixed - Improved responsiveness and accuracy when clicking on the layers window.

9.0 - More brushes, new filters and various fixes.

• Added - Brush effects - pEmit Jit, pEmit iJit, pEmit Jit Dir and pEmit iJit Dir.  These are additional particle effects to allow for starting points of particle strokes away from the brush center.
• Added - Brush effect - Page Frame.  Draws a brush stroke around the edge of the page.
• Added - F1 brings up the Quick Start Guide
• Added - Perspective Filter.  Found under the Filter | Distort menu.
• Added - Warp Filter.   Found under the Filter | Distort menu.
• Added - 13 new flower brushes in the Collections - Flowers ArtSet.
• Added - Collections - Frames ArtSet.  56 brushes for framing and matting your pictures.
• Improved - Increase the color shading difference between the selected tab and unselected tabs for the brush short cuts and color palettes.
• Improved - After setting options on the layer dialog return focus back to the drawing area to reduce any brush stroke lag.
• Improved - Various improvements and fixes to the Quick Help dialog.
• Improved - Some cleanup to the help document.  Removing topics that are covered better in the Quick Help sections.
• Changed - Removed Tutorials and ArtSet links from the help menu since they are very out dated.
• Fixed - The current page was not flagged as changed when many layer setting were changed resulting in the page not being saved if nothing else was changed or painted on the page.
• Fixed - Layer settings were not being updated when moving to a new page.
• Fixed - When doing a paste the layer dialog was not properly updated.
• Fixed - Alpha values were not being preserved when doing the Copy Merge operations or exporting to PNG, TGA or TIF formats for some layer blending modes and the layer mask. 
• Fixed - The layers dialog was not redrawing on a screen resolution change.
• Fixed - Don't allow drawing on an invisible layer (again)
• Fixed - Layer thumbnails were not drawing properly on an Paste As New operation.