Release Notes

Aseprite v1.2

Aseprite v1.2-beta9 April 17 2017

• Fixed several display issues using UI Scaling = 200% (issue 1456)
• Fixed crash showing a layer name with " : " string on the status bar (bug report)

Aseprite v1.2-beta8 April 14 2017

• Added slice tool (issue 721, still a work-in-progress as animated slices need more UI work).
• Added automatic guides when moving cels/layers
• Added possibility to move selection edges
• Added possibility to open multiples files at once (issue 1163)
• Added horizontal/vertical symmetry at the same time (issue 1190)
• Improved handling of overlapping frame tags in the Timeline (issue 920, issue 768)
• Improved Sprite > Canvas Size option: now we can drag the canvas and corners (issue 1394)
• Show Unicode filenames correctly (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.)
• Added new keyboard shortcut Shift+E to open/close a layer group
• New command to switch "Contiguous" mode on Paint Bucket tool (no default shortcut yet)
• Improved performance previewing effects (like Replace Color, Convolution Matrix, etc.) (issue 1400)
• New mail24 color palette (thanks to @Hyohnoo)
• New matriax8c color palette (thanks to @DavitMasia)
• Added a search field in the fonts popup.
• macOS: Fixed memory leaks on paint events and changing mouse cursors
• macOS: Fixed several keyboard issues (mainly on special non-US keyboard layouts, like "Dvorak - QWERTY ⌘")
• Fixed soft light layer blending mode to match the CSS-SVG definition.
• Fixed a problem resetting default grid settings (issue 1380)
• Fixed delay problems playing animation on the active editor and the Preview window at the same time
• Fixed changing layer properties of several layers at the same time

Aseprite v1.2-beta7 Jan 6 2017

• +All changes in v1.1.13

Aseprite v1.2-beta6 Dec 29 2016

• Added option to export (File > Save Copy As) with pixel aspect ratio
• Fixed bug/crash moving a group inside itself
• Fixed bug moving cels one pixel up or to the left
• Fixed rendering artifacts (issue 1349)
• +All changes in v1.1.12

Aseprite v1.2-beta5 Dec 9 2016

• Includes same fixes that in v1.1.11

Aseprite v1.2-beta4 Dec 8 2016

• New option to add reference layers, useful for rotoscoping (issue 532)
• Initial support for Timeline thumbnails (issue 340, thanks to Carlo "zED" Caputo, PRs)
• Added new --oneframe CLI parameter to load just one frame
• Fixed loading layer groups from .ase files with complex hierarchies/multiple levels
• Fixed all commands related to the entire canvas (resize sprite, rotate sprite, flip sprite, etc.) when the sprite contains collapsed groups
• +All changes in v1.1.10

Aseprite v1.2-beta3 Sep 23 2016

• Added --ignore-layer <name> CLI option (issue 1264)
• Added default keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+N to create layer groups
• +All changes in v1.1.9

Aseprite v1.2-beta2 Sep 20 2016

• Added layer groups (issue 454)
• Timeline: Select multiple non-adjacent layers or frames with Ctrl+click on Windows/Linux or Shift+click on OS X (issue 1157)
• Export (Save Copy As) selected frames or frame tags (issue 1080)
• CLI improvements:
  • Now we can use --palette CLI option to change the sprite palette (issue 1245)
  • Add support to use multiple times --layer to specify multiple layers (issue 1174)
• +All changes in v1.1.8

Aseprite v1.2-beta1 Jul 28 2016

• Added new pixel aspect ratio option so we can draw sprites with double-wide pixels (issue 567)
• CLI improvements:
  • --frame-tag and --frame-range now can be used with --save-as (issue 897)
  • --save-as now interprets {layer} in the given filename to automatic iterate through layers (issue 1149), so we can use --save-as output-{layer}.gif to save each layer in a different file.
  • New --split-tags to save each tag as .gif file, anyway you can use --save-as output-{tag}.gif as a shortcut.
• +All changes in v1.1.7

Aseprite v1.1

Aseprite v1.1.13 Jan 6 2017

• Zoom tool can be used on animation playback
• Fixed UI artifacts when moving splitters and other UI elements
• macOS: Fixed ⌘key shortcuts on non-QWERTY keyboard layouts (e.g. DVORAK, AZERTY, etc.)

Aseprite v1.1.12 Dec 29 2016

• Added option to disable Home tab (issue 1368)
• Don't ignore the initial frame number option in tag properties dialog (issue 1350)
• Fixed crash using focus-movement keys on certain strange UI states
• Fixed other minor bugs

Aseprite v1.1.11 Dec 9 2016

• Fixed layout problems with UI Scaling > 100%
• macOS: Fixed crash using Japanese (and other) keyboard layouts

Aseprite v1.1.10 Dec 8 2016

• Support symmetry at the center of one pixel (issue 853)
• Added keyboard shortcuts to change the layer opacity with Shift+1, Shift+2, Shift+3, and Shift+4.
• Added option to use Rectangular Marquee and Lasso tools with right click
• Added default grid options in preferences dialog
• Added option to play all frames ignoring tags
• Added option to disable auto-scroll (issue 1277)
• Added a tick mark next to the preset palette that matches the active one (issue 1327)
• Added visual indicator when Aseprite is saving data to recover files from a crash (issue 1114)
• Added an option to change the initial frame number on the Timeline (issue 1300)
• Improved the dialog to open a sequence of files (frame1.png, frame2.png, etc.) (issue 1284)
• macOS: Smooth scroll with trackpad on list boxes and other widgets
• Detect the file format by its content instead of this extension when possible (issue 776)
• Esc key closes Layer/Cel properties dialog (thanks to @klw0)
• Tab key cycle through RGB/HSV color text fields (issue 1019)
• Show all tools/quicktools on keyboard shortcuts preferences
• Fixed crashing when the user-defined theme doesn't exist anymore (issue 1283)
• Fixed bug which we can get stuck moving a cel (issue 1315)
• Fixed crash using "Play Once" option (issue 1337)
• Fixed several bugs & issues (including issue 1221, issue 1326, issue 1334, issue 1339)

Aseprite v1.1.9 Sep 23 2016

• Fixed graphical glitches while painting (issue 1262)
• Fixed assigning keys to some menu items when we search for it in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog (issue 1260)

Aseprite v1.1.8 Sep 20 2016

• New option to put the Timeline at the left/right sides (issue 1169)
• New buttons in context bar to change zoom/scroll and fit sprite on screen
• Make Foreground/Background color selector dialogs resizable (issue 1250) and save its position/pinned status between sessions (issue 1249)
• F key is the new keyboard shortcut to switch between the normal mode and fullscreen mode.
• Added two new palettes EDG16 and EDG32 by ENDESGA Studios
• Added support to load/save palette from a list of hexadecimal values (.hex format)
• Windows and OS X: New mouse cursor options
• Windows and OS X: Use custom native cursor to improve mouse cursor movement (issue 1236)
• Windows: Fixed issues copying-and-pasting 16bpp and 24bpp image in specific cases (e.g. from/to Photoshop) (issue 1229)
• OS X: Popup animation options menu with Ctrl+click on "Play" buttons
• OS X: Fixed right-click on Wacom tablets using the pen buttons (this problem might be related to a specific Wacom driver version)
• OS X: Fixed mouse wheel issues with USB mouse devices.
• OS X: General performance improvement
• Fixed invalid selection after removing frames (issue 1235)
• Fixed exporting JSON data of frame tags when empty frames are ignored (issue 1244)
• Fixed cryptic error message using File > Repeat Sprite Sheet in some special cases (issue 1247)
• Fixed problem merging selected area when we use the "Hand" tool (issue 1241)
• Fixed other issues (issue 1195, issue 1239, issue 1248, issue 1251, issue 1259)

Aseprite v1.1.7 Jul 28 2016

• New option to hide full path in UI (issue 1199)
• Fixed theme configuration UI to show user/official folders and themes correctly
• Fixed crash resizing to big sizes (show not enough memory if we cannot resize the sprite)
• Fixed some issue in Import Sprite Sheet dialog (issue 1207)
• Fixed crash copying 8bpp images on Windows (thanks to @zed9h)

Aseprite v1.1.6 Jul 6 2016

• Right-click can move layers/frames/cels in the timeline
• Added right-click with Ctrl+click on OS X in some controls (timeline, tabs, text entries) (issue 438)
• Fixed bug ignoring Space bar on Sprite Editor when it's used immediately after clicking in the Timeline (issue 877)
• Ask for saving each file on exit
• Right-click subtracts a selection area when we use it inside the sprite editor selection (issue 1164)
• Added option to include partial tiles in Import Sprite Sheet (issue 1161)
• Configuration is saved in ~/Library/Application Support/Aseprite on OS X now (issue 1165)
• Added forward compatibility for .ase files with groups
• Added support to load Pixly (.anim) files (thanks to @zed9h)
• Expand filename wildcards in command line on Windows (issue 1049)
• Fixed issues with some convolution matrices after inserting text (issue)
• Fixed OS X keyboard modifiers when we switch apps using ⌘Tab (⌘ isn't kept pressed)
• Fixed other bugs (issue 1153, issue 1166, issue 1167, this issue)

Aseprite v1.1.5.8 Jun 7 2016

• Minor fix for Aseprite launched from the Steam client on OS X

Aseprite v1.1.5.7 Jun 7 2016

• Fixed status bar indicators when we transform the selection
• Now we can jump to other tag in playback mode clicking a frame of that tag
• Added option to zoom sliding two fingers up or down on OS X trackpad
• Don't show the system cursor when the window is created on OS X
• Don't activate the app on OS X when it's executed from the command line (useful to run bash scripts)

Aseprite v1.1.5.6 May 19 2016

• Added Edit > Copy Merged (Ctrl+Shift+C or ⌥⇧⌘C) menu option (issue 824).
• Changed File > Save Copy As default keyboard shortcut to Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S (⌥⇧⌘S).
• Added support to drag & drop files on OS X from Finder to Aseprite (issue 605)
• Fixed selection feedback when foreground/background color is transparent (issue 1133)
• Fixed display bug on OS X when the program is executed for first time
• Fixed arrow keys to move a rotated selection (issue 775)

Aseprite v1.1.5.4 May 11 2016

• Fixed Spray and Jumble tools (issue 1130)
• Fixed "Auto Select Layer" random behavior when Move tool is used for first time
• Fixed some minor memory leaks

Aseprite v1.1.5.3 May 10 2016

• Fixed regression pasting the print-screen content on Windows running on 32bpp resolutions (issue 1122)
• Fixed memory usage editing huge sprites (issue 1128)
• Fixed crash using copy & paste of frames in the same sprite
• Fixed crash creating a new brush with right-click on an empty cel
• Fixed onion skin with red/blue tint for black/white colors (issue 1125)

Aseprite v1.1.5.2 May 6 2016

• Fixed bug undoing a pixel region in special cases (issue 1109)
• Fixed selection flipping on cels that are small than sprite bounds (issue 1119)
• Fixed arrow keys to move selection (issue 1120)

Aseprite v1.1.5.1 May 4 2016

• Fixed crash pressing Del key without a selection to completelly remove a cel content (regression introduced in issue 1111)

Aseprite v1.1.5 May 4 2016

• New option for paint bucket to use all layers as reference (issue 969)
• Added copy & paste support of images on OS X (issue 925)
• Added Wacom eraser support on Windows and OS X (issue 610)
• Improved status bar (issue 752, issue 915, issue 1013, issue 1075)
• Don't destroy custom brush when we use X key to switch colors (issue 1004)
• Improve selection rectangle/shape feedback with a negative black/white color, so it's always visible
• Fixed blurry graphics when Windows DPI scaling is greater than 100% (issue 1041)
• Fixed bug copying frames between sprites: now frame duration is preserved (issue 1023)
• Fixed regression bug with default folder for new files (issue 1068)
• Use correct/configured Eraser brush size when Eraser is activated with right-click or as a quicktool (bug report on Steam)
• Fixed brush size when we click on brush icon (issue 978, thanks to @TheKK)
• Fixed crash pressing º key on keyboard configuration (issue 1065)
• Fixed crash when we press Del or Backspace keys while we are moving a cel (issue 1078)
• Fixed several other issues (issue 559, issue 708, issue 793, issue 1103, issue 1104, issue 1105, issue 1111)

Aseprite v1.1.4.1 April 13 2016

• Fixed crash resizing an image with RotSprite (issue 1056)
• Fixed double-click on OS X (issue 1057)
• Fixed crash launching the app on OS X (issue 1059)

Aseprite v1.1.4 April 12 2016

• New backend on Windows and OS X. Improved trackpad support on OS X. This is the first step to improve the UX with wacom tablets, pressure, multiple-windows, etc. (issue 139)
• Now we can scale from center/pivot (issue 576) and flipping (issue 579)
• You can select a tile by double clicking over it (issue 939)
• Add View > Extras menu to hide the selection edges (issue 861)
• Mouse wheel rotate hue value when used above color selectors (issue 1012)
• New keyboard customization for tool modifiers (issue 1028)
• Fixed regression using --batch and --save-as with .png and other formats (issue 1018)
• Fixed several issues (issue 905, issue 914)

Aseprite v1.1.3 February 29 2016

• Added new color picker to quickly select different tints, shades, and tones of the current color
• Now clicking foreground/background color will change the colors in a custom brush created with Edit > New Brush
• Fixed crash creating a custom brush without "Type" parameter and restarting the application
• Fixed bug resetting Screen Scaling value
• Fixed several bugs with grayscale images
• Fixed a crash using Windows clipboard in special cases
• Fixed Wacom tablet lag on Windows platform
• Added more zoom levels

Aseprite v1.1.2 February 22 2016

• Added new brush popup dialog and shortcuts to change different drawing parameters (issue 904)
• Added Select > Modify > Border/Expand/Contract commands
• Added anti-aliasing checkbox to Edit > Insert Text option
• Added RYB color wheel (issue 707)
• Added the ability to insert user data and color (issue 733) to layers and cels
• Improve shading ink (issue 85, issue 854)
  • Now we can drag-and-drop shade colors
  • Reverse shading colors with X key
  • Shades can be saved between sessions
• Keyboard shortcuts:
  • Added command to change the ink type with a shortcut (issue 787)
  • Added command to switch pixel-perfect checkbox (issue 858)
  • Search field in Keyboard Shortcuts dialog (issue 849)
  • Sort command names with numbers correctly (issue 782)
  • Added Shift+C to center the scroll (thanks to @tony)
• Sprite Sheets:
  • Import/Export Sprite Sheets by rows and columns (issue 872)
  • Export Sprite Sheet can be used without saving the sprite sheet image (issue 865)
  • Added options to export layers and frame tags information from File > Export Sprite Sheet
• Added "Play Once" option to "Play" button popups
• Now , and . keys now move inside loop section/tags (issue 556 and issue 879, thanks to @TheKK)
• Fixed a couple of bugs with symmetry axis (issue 851, issue 873 thans to @TheKK)
• Added a special variable {tagframe} for --filename-format to specify frame names relative to the current tag (issue 894)
• Beta branch on Steam:
  • Open double-clicked files from Windows Explorer in the same application (issue 477)
  • New back-end in progress (issue 139)

Aseprite v1.1.1 November 6 2015

• Added partial support to draw text (issue 28)
• Added symmetry mode (issue 208)
• Added scroll bars to Timeline (issue 732)
• Added an "Undo History" window (issue 739)
• Shift+click draw a straight line from the last point (issue 562)
• Added support to load/save static .webp files (issue 273, thanks to @sirblackheart)
• Added --list-tags and --list-layers options
• Fixed crash using --scale command line option
• Fixed --border-padding option (issue 815)
• Fixed some crashes using Shading Ink in some special situations
• Fixed some issues loading/saving .gif files (issue 800)
• Fixed Eraser, Blur, and Jumble tools to support opacity parameter correctly.
• Improved performance in Timeline for huge animations (e.g. more than 10000 frames)
• Don't convert transparent layers to a opaque Background after Flatten (issue 806, thanks to @Fojar)
• Fixed Spray tool problems (issue 838, thanks to @Fojar)
• Fixed other minor bugs (issue 794, issue 816, issue 823).

Aseprite v1.1.0.1 August 27 2015

• Added a simple pixel shading ink (issue 85)
  • See the documentation to know how to use it.
• Improved general program performance
• Fixed tooltips visibility (issue 770)
• Fixed browsing through folders symlinks on Linux (issue 524)
• Fixed Ctrl+ and Ctrl- keyboard shortcuts to zoom in/out
• Fixed possible random crashes on Windows restoring DirectX surfaces (long-standing bug from initial Aseprite versions)
• Fixed issue 278, issue 654, issue 771, issue 778, issue 777, issue 784, issue 785

Aseprite v1.1.0 August 21 2015

• Added alpha channel in color selection (issue 286)
  • You can specify an alpha value on each palette entry.
  • Palettes created from RGB sprites, can be generate entries with alpha channel.
  • 8-bit PNG files can be saved with alpha channel per palette entry.
• New color wheel (issue 707)
• New layer blending modes and opacity (issue 318, issue 225)
• New UI for inks (new "Simple Ink" to avoid extra Opacity parameter now that we've alpha component in color selection).
• New eyedropper modes.
• Export frame tags or specific layers (issue 607)
• Support for palettes with less or more than 256 colors (issue 668, issue 754)
  • You can reduce colors creating smaller palettes.
• New option to shift pixels and wrap around the content (issue 681)
• Configurable 'Stop' button behavior (issue 705)
• Added new configuration for rotation pivot (issue 370)
• More onion skin options (issue 526)
• Zoom indicator in status bar (issue 646)
• Space bar can move the selection being created or the line/rectangle/ellipse being drawn (issue 741)
• Added an option to ignore the grid in paint bucket tool (issue 564)
• Added a "Snap to Grid" indicator (issue 122)
• Show onion skin depending on the configured loop section (issue 555)
• Improved performance and memory usage of RotSprite algorithm (issue 691)
• Removed tools configuration dialog (C key): Now all options are available in View menu (you can open it with Alt+V).
• Fixed issue 546, issue 275, issue 161, issue 529, and a lot more.

Aseprite v1.1-beta5 June 5 2015

• Fixed random crashes using Eyedropper with Alt+click
• Fixed default foreground/background color when the program is executed for the first time

Aseprite v1.1-beta4 June 4 2015

• Fixed a critical crash executing any kind of command after you close a played animation (issue 682)
• Fixed regression bug: now you can move several frames at the same time again (issue 669)
• New option to resize the result of File > Save Copy As command (issue 685)
• New support for JASC-PAL palette files (.pal extension) (issue 349)
• Some changes in the Aseprite file selector (issue 643)
• Native open/save file dialog. Available from Edit > Preferences > Experimental > Use native file dialog (issue 321)
• Lock X/Y axis in Move tool when Shift key is pressed (issue 602)
• Fixed several memory leaks and other bugs (issue 647, issue 671, issue 675, issue 676, issue 679)

Aseprite v1.1-beta3 May 11 2015

• New color bar:
  • Copy colors with drag-and-drop and Ctrl (or Alt)
  • Cut, copy, paste, and clear colors (using Edit > Cut menu, Edit > Copy, etc.)
  • Sort colors by Hue/Saturation/Brightness/Luminance
  • Reverse colors
  • Quick access to create gradients between two colors
  • New way to change color components in a relative way. E.g. add +20 units to Hue and -10 units to Saturation in selected colors.
• Create brushes with Edit > New Brush and selecting a box. (If there is an active selected area, the brush is created from that selection.) (issue 154)
• New popup menu to change animation speed (issue 595)
• Drag-and-drop tabs with Ctrl (or Alt) to duplicate them (issue 634)
• Now Edit > Preferences > Screen Scaling option can be changed without a restart, and it modifies the UI elements size (to keep the old behavior a new option was added in Edit > Preferences > Experimental > UI Elements Scaling)
• Continue playing animation when we scroll.
• Improved the Data Recovery function in some extreme cases (e.g. a crash when the same recovery information is being saved).
• You can identify tags in --filename-format with {tag}, {innertag}, and {outertag}.
• Several bug fixes.

Aseprite v1.1-beta2 April 15 2015

• Fixed several crashes when moving selection or using tools
• Fixed crash converting sprite to Grayscale
• Fixed crash using RotSprite with huge images

Aseprite v1.1-beta1 April 10 2015

• Data recovery in case of crash (issue 151)
• Support to re-use the same cel in several frames (issue 99, issue 269, issue 389)
• Possibility to tag frames/multiple animations in one sprite (issue 153, issue 416, issue 500, issue 557)
• Zoom out to edit large images (issue 287, issue 33)
  • Grid improvements: add transparency to pixel grid and tile grid (issue 58)
• Possibility to drag and drop colors (issue 37)
  • Some work to remap/match colors when we change their positions (issue 563)
  • Ctrl+mouse wheel to resize color entries
• Independent zoom in Preview window (issue 407)
• New Edit > Transform option (Ctrl+T or ⌘T) to select/transform the whole cel content (issue 560)
• New Frame > Copy Cel to Next Frame option (Alt+M) to copy the current cel in the next frame only for the active layer
• Possibility to drag & drop tabs, and dock tabs (issue 118)
• New home tab (issue 380)
• Support for non-linear undo history (enable it from Edit > Preferences > Undo)
• New command line options:
  • --crop option (issue 620)
  • --border-padding, --shape-padding, and --inner-padding options (issue 78)

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