Release Notes
Aseprite v1.2
Aseprite v1.2.9 July 25 2018
Aseprite v1.2.9-beta3 June 22 2018
Aseprite v1.2.9-beta2 June 8 2018
- Alt+click to hide all layers (t/151)
- Show duration of selected frames (#1528)
- Restore Timeline style (some items from #1744)
- Now Timeline keeps the selected layers/frames/cels after undo/redo.
Aseprite v1.2.9-beta1 June 5 2018
- Added
F key to fill the selection and S key to create a stroke. (Old "Advanced Mode" keyboard is Ctrl+F now.)
- Added clipboard support on Linux/X11. Now we can copy/paste text and images to/from other software like GIMP, Krita,
etc. (#1100)
- Show selection edges again when it's hidden and we use Ctrl+A or Cmd+A (#1614)
- Updated ARNE32 palette (#1635 thanks to @SagePtr)
- Fixed issue using moving layer content and the active selection with Move tool
- Fixed several problems/crashes on macOS because a bug on the compiler or libc++ library
- Fixed clickable pivot position on selection (#1608, t/1228)
- Fixed other issues (#1719, #1726,
#1737)
- New way to select timeline frames/layers + color bar entries Shift+click (#1741)
Aseprite v1.2.8 Apr 3 2018
- The button to apply effects to the whole sprite is back
- Added support to load/save animated
.webp files (#273)
- Added current color indicator with new color side to side on color editor (#1696)
- Improved general performance drawing color selector/color wheel (#1516, #1695)
- Improved general performance in animation playback
- Fixed loading of tool names/tooltips when another translation is selected
- Fixed order of cels when they are copied between files
- Fixed bug with RGBA target buttons (#1698, #1695)
- Windows: Fixed recent folder items using the native file dialog (t/1155)
- Windows: Fixed installing extensions from
.zip files and the current user has an Unicode character in its name
- Windows: Fixed bug pasting screenshots on Windows Vista (#1687)
- Changes for translators in en.ini file
Aseprite v1.2.7.3 Mar 19 2018
- Windows: Fixed regression pasting screeshots (Print Screen) or
Chrome images (Right-click > Copy Image) into Aseprite. Also we've
added support for Alpha channel on images copied from Chrome.
- Windows: Restore mouse input handling as in v1.2.6 (without pointer
API) because it does more harm that good when using Wacom devices.
- New options for default extension on File > Export commands (#1683)
- Added support to create extensions with new languages
(and an option to change the language from Edit > Preferences > General > Language).
Aseprite v1.2.7.2 Mar 17 2018
Aseprite v1.2.7.1 Mar 17 2018
-
Windows 8/10: Fixed a couple of regressions with the new Pointer API:
- Fixed double-clicking with the mouse
- Fixed canceling the painting stroke using other mouse button
Aseprite v1.2.7 Mar 16 2018
- Added new File > Export dialog with an Animation Direction option to export Forward/Reverse/Ping-Pong animations automatically (#1505)
- Added possibility to rotate ellipses and rectangles with
Alt key (#868)
- Added
Ctrl+Click (or ⌘+Click) to select the layer (or cel) content in the canvas (#1509), other shortcuts
- Added Normal Map color wheel (thanks to the initial work of @robinjam)
.aseprite is the new default extension for new files, and there is a new option to change it- Fixed the Adjust Hue/Saturation formula (#1571)
- Added HSV colorspace to Adjust Hue/Saturation (#1559)
- Added options to supress warning dialogs (#917, t/420)
- Added options to change the number of recent files/folders and clear the list in Edit > Preferences > Files (#578)
- Now filters like Convolution Matrix, Adjust Hue/Saturation, Replace Color, etc. are applied to the selected range of cels in the timeline
- Now all message boxes/alert dialogs have the first button as the default one (
Enter to confirm, Esc to cancel)
- Don't select other layer when clicking over play button (t/989)
- Fixed incorrect preview using linked cels (#1664)
- Fixed bug editing hex field on Palette Edit mode (
F4 key) (#1632)
- Fixed bug using Unicode chars in translations files (#1661 thanks to @yuxshao)
- Fixed bug with certain dimensions of ellipses (#1649 thanks to @yuxshao)
- Fixed bug copying/pasting RGBA images from Aseprite to other apps like Chrome, Discord, etc. on Windows when the image contains semi-transparent pixels
- Fixed bug where a
.ase might be detected as a .bmp file (#1680)
- Fixed bug saving files with tags with an empty name (#1675)
- Now unchecking the Preview button on filters dialogs will show the original image
-
Possible fixes for Windows 10 problems:
- Fixed minor bugs (#1648, and some issues with eyedropper)
Aseprite v1.2.6 Dec 14 2017
- Adjust scroll correctly when tiled mode is changed (t/785)
- Fixed random crashes using Sprite > Color Mode menu options (mainly with a theme with a TrueType font)
- Fixed possible crashes using the undo limit option.
- macOS: Fixed Shift+2 on English keyboard layout (previous fix works only for Spanish-like layouts)
- Linux: Fixed crash on CLI mode
Aseprite v1.2.5 Dec 7 2017
-
Keyboard shortcuts changes:
Shift+G: Selects the Gradient tool (so now G key selects the Paint Bucket tool only)Ctrl+': Switches the Grid visibility (in previous version it was Shift+G)Ctrl+Shift+': Switches the Pixel Grid visibility (in previous version it was Alt+Shift+G)
- Fixed possibility to assign same key to several tools (#1460)
- Fixed
Shift+2 keyboard shortcut on macOS (#1604)
- Fixed some glitches with the Editor crosshair when the brush size popup is open
- Fixed application icon on Linux/X11
- New Switch Nonactive Layers Opacity command available to turn on/off this experimental feature (#1515)
- +All changes in v1.2.5-beta1 and
v1.2.5-beta2
Aseprite v1.2.5-beta2 Dec 1 2017
- Fixed regression dragging colors in Color Bar (#1616)
F6 key to switch timeline thumbnails works as expected (#1518)- Fixed drawing straight lines with Pencil tool and Shift+right button (t/726)
- Fixed several issues applying Flip/Rotate commands on range of cels with locked layers (t/750)
- Fixed #1557, #1610
Aseprite v1.2.5-beta1 Nov 10 2017
- Zoom timeline with Ctrl+mouse wheel (or ⌘+mouse wheel)
-
Several fixes for Tiled Mode:
- Fixed regression bug on v1.2.4 (#1600)
- Count extra tiles as the canvas size (so we can zoom in on it) (#1448)
- Brush preview now works as expected (#348)
- Fixed Gradient tool in tiled mode
- Fixed exporting new layer blend modes to JSON files (#1605)
Aseprite v1.2.4 Nov 3 2017
- General performance improvements (will be mainly noticeable on macOS, but affects all platforms)
- Now themes can specify a non-installed TTF font
- Undo limit options now really works (#1127)
- Windows 8/10: Added support for Surface Pro pen/eraser + touch gestures (#1595)
- macOS: Fixed Shift+mouse wheel to scroll horizontally on Timeline (bug report)
- Fixed several possibilities of random crashes (mainly when the Edit > Undo History window was visible)
- Minor improvements in the Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts dialog
Aseprite v1.2.3 Oct 6 2017
- New Edit > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast menu option
- New Layer > Lock Layers menu option
- Restored default behavior on "Add to selection" (#1584)
- Fixed Switch Colors and Eyedropper behavior when the Edit palette mode is enabled
- Fixed crash using negative numbers in Despeckle filter
- Fixed problem inserting a digit/character in a text field with one digit/character
- Fixed "Paint Brush" mode for custom brushes (#1587)
- macOS: Fixed
Left/Right keys to move the selection
- macOS: Fixed native file selector (don't show it again if we swich to another window with
⌘Tab)
Aseprite v1.2.2 Sep 28 2017
- Trigger "New Sprite" double clicking tabs area (#912)
- If a theme has a preferred Screen/UI Scaling values, ask to the user before changing them automatically
- Fixed Ctrl+drag and drop to copy the selection content on Windows (bug reports)
- Fixed a crash using a theme with undefined
<style> elements (related to this issue)
Aseprite v1.2.1 Sep 27 2017
- Don't save transparent information on full-opaque .png files (#1572)
- Fixed crash using a frame tag at the end of the sprite with a long name
- Now you can Add/Subtract selection inside the selection (bug report)
- macOS: Don't call global commands with
F or T keys in Layer Properties dialog (bug report)
- macOS: Fixed crash undoing/redoing when drawing (bug report)
- Windows x64: Fixed GIF files encoding
Aseprite v1.2 Sep 25 2017
- Added new Addition, Subtract, Divide blending modes
- Added support to change theme and UI scaling without restarting (#471)
- Disable transformation handles in the selection when a Shift or Shift+Alt are pressed by default (reported here)
- Fixed high CPU usage on Timeline when we copy layers/frames/cels (bug report)
- Fixed snap to grid bug with selection tool
- Fixed crash closing all files & opening a new one when preview window was playing an animation
- Windows: New x64 version (included in the installer and on Steam, it'll install the x64 version on x64 machines)
- Windows: New
--disable-wintab option to avoid loading wintab32.dll
- Removed Windows XP support (Please contact us in case that you still need a previous version with Windows XP support.)
- macOS: Use the native macOS menu bar (#135)
- macOS: Now
⌘M and ⌘H will Minimize and Hide the window
respectively. Use Ctrl+M for Color Curves, and Ctrl+H to change View > Show Extras options.
- macOS: Fixed bug setting broken mouse cursors in some special cases
- macOS: Retina support (#903)
- Fixed other bugs (including #1569, and #1423 thanks to @cebolan)
Aseprite v1.2-beta12 July 5 2017
- Added F4 key again to switch the color popup (#1527) and other commands
- Added possibility to associate keyboard shortcuts to Clear/Link/Unlink cels (t/133)
- Fixed warning icon behavior on edit mode (#1525)
- Windows: Fixed some issues with Wacom tablets
Aseprite v1.2-beta11 June 29 2017
Aseprite v1.2-beta10 June 23 2017
Aseprite v1.2-beta9 Apr 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 Apr 14 2017
Aseprite v1.2-beta7 Jan 6 2017
Aseprite v1.2-beta6 Dec 29 2016
Aseprite v1.2-beta5 Dec 9 2016
- Includes same fixes that in v1.1.11
Aseprite v1.2-beta4 Dec 8 2016
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
Aseprite v1.2-beta1 Jul 28 2016
- Added new pixel aspect ratio option so we can draw sprites with double-wide pixels (issue 567)
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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
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