Acorn Release Notes

Version 1.1

[Fix] Cleaned up a memory leak.
[Fix] Renamed "Points" to "Pixels" in the image resize window.
[New] Added a "Check for Updates..." item under the Acorn menu.
[Fix] Fixed a pasting bug.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where bring up the crop widget with cmd-option-k didn't fill in the pixel params right away.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where resizing the image was uber slow.
[New] You can now use the enter key or space bar to confirm a screenshot.
[Fix] Fixed a drag and drop problem when you were zoomed in.
[New] New option to show a grid, turn on / off under Image->Grid Settings.
[Chg] All the core image operations are now done through an RGB color workspace.
[Fix] Deleting a layer while its name is being edited, no longer assigns the new name to the layer below it.
[Fix] New documents get a default color space of RGB.
[Fix] Gradients are a bit smoother.
[New] Option-drag bitmap layers in the canvas to duplicate them.
[New] Option-drag layers in the layers list to duplicate them.
[Fix] The font panel now correctly chooses fonts with the correct weight, such as "Extra Black".
[New] You can now resize the image as a percentage.
[Chg] When dragging around a layer in the layers list, you now just get an icon of the image, instead of the whole row.
[New] You can now drag an image out of the layers list, into another layer or destination as a PNG.
[Fix] Acorn images without an icon thumbnail now have a generic "Acorn Image" icon.
[New] Added support for loading plugins out of /Library/Application Support/Acorn/Plug-Ins/.
[New] Holding down the shift key when resizing a crop selection now keeps its aspect ratio.
[New] New Levels under Image>Levels...
[Fix] Uses less memory, now using a database on disk for undo operations.
[New] New Drop Shadow filter under the Filter->Stylize menu.
[Fix] Fixed a crasher when opening up Acorn documents with set color spaces.
[Fix] Fixed a problemo where picking up a color with the option key (when in brush mode) was only picking up a color from the current layer, and not a composite of all the visible layers.
[Fix] Fixed a problemo where picking up a color with the option key (when in brush mode) was off by a pixel.
[New] New menu command to move shapes forward and back within their layer. Under Layer->Shape Align and Size.
[Fix] Single clicking on an image with the move tool no longer makes the document "dirty", allowing a worthless, pointless, empty undo action.
[Fix] It's now a bit easier to grab handles on shapes when you are zoomed out.
[Fix] Various little crop improvements.
[New] New widget for setting and changing the crop bounds.
[Fix] The input box for the feather selection now updates the slider right away.
[Fix] Added a workaround for a bug in 10.5, where resizing the image would add "peppers".
[Fix] Fixed a bug where a magic wand selection would be funky if the layer that was being clicked on was larger than the canvas.
[New] Holding down the shift key when moving a marque or a selection constrains it to 45 degree increments.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where the contents of a selection would draw in a strange place when you started to move it on a bitmap layer.
[New] Menu command to hide/show the current layer (cmd-shift-h).
[Chg] Drawing on a layer when the compositing mode is set to multiply now works correctly.
[New] New sample plugin- smudge tool.
[New] Snapping to 45% angles when modifying a line shape now works.
[Fix] Fixed a problem where editing text would sometimes not wrap to the set bounds.
[New] Highlighting the current graphic under the mouse in a shape layer.
[Chg] Fixed some bugs with the line tool. Probably added some new ones.
[Fix] Screenshots are now faster and support multiple monitors.
[Fix] Fixed a bug when sliding the screen shot selection to the bottom of the monitor.
[New] Trim to edges command in Image menu.
[New] Polygon selection tool.
[New] Web Export, accessible from the File menu.

Version 1.0.3

[Fix] Acorn is now a lot better about resizing the crop rectangle when zoomed out.
[New] You can now drag and drop files on the startup window to open them up.
[Perf] Scaling down images and various other operations are faster now.
[New] Cmd-Option-I is now a shortcut to resize the document.
[Fix] No longer discarding the color profile when saving the document.
[Chg] Fixed a problem where images returned from a filter with infinite extents were not applied correctly.
[Chg] Turned off the font preview by default in the font popup list because it was taking too long to load.
[Chg] The buttons next to the zoom slider now work a little differently; zooming in and out in increments.
[New] Holding down shift while moving selected shapes or bitmap layers now constrains the direction in goes in.
[New] Added new plugin apis to crop and resize the image.
[Fix] Fixed a bug when loading some CI filters.
[Fix] Handles no longer draw uber big for shapes when zoomed in.
[Fix] Acorn now comes to the front when you take a screen capture.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where the layers list would scroll left a little bit.
[Fix] Fixed a problem where the Font panel would get confused.
[Fix] Shape layer images now respect the current blend mode.
[Chg] When merging a bitmap layer to a shape layer, now trimming the bitmap layer first.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where rasterizing a shape layer would sometimes move its position.
[Chg] Minor improvements to scaling the image.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where renaming a layer on 10.5 Leopard didn't always work correctly.
[Fix] More precise feedback on the size of selections when making them.
[New] New plugin API to change the front and back colors in the tool palette.
[New] Pressing the 'd' key now resets the colors.
[New] Option-delete now works to set the fill color for selected shapes, similar to how option-delete fills with the current color on bitmap layers.
[Fix] The new document window and welcome window will now float above the palette.
[Chg] Selecting a shape now loads the shape info in the palette.
[Chg] Removing the shape layer when deleting a piece of text and it's the only graphic on that layer.
[New] Added a fallback method to open up PSD files that wouldn't normally open up.
[Fix] Shape and text layers are no longer rasterized to a bitmap when printing.
[Fix] Printing now respects the DPI set in the image.
[Fix] Using a wacom no longer ends editing on text views when you are bringing the stylus in and out of proximity.
[New] Free rotate in Image->Rotate Canvas->Free Rotate.
[Fix] Fixed a problem for plugin authors, where the old image wasn't cleared about before applying a new one.

Version 1.0.2

[Fix] Rasterizing a shape layer now remembers its blend mode and opacity settings.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where strokes were appearing on shapes after a save, when the stroke was turned off.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where undo wasn't working correctly when changing the font of a text area when it wasn't being edited.
[New] control-] and control-[ to change the current layer.
[Fix] Fixed a problem with flatten and merge visible layers.
[Fix] Fixed an undo problem when using the draw tool right after undoing a filter.
[Chg] Straight shape lines now draw crisper.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where magic wand selection was not happening correctly when you were zoomed out.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where the JPEG quality slider wasn't giving very accurate settings.
[New] You can now drag and drop .app files in a canvas to get its icon.

Version 1.0.1

[Fix] Fixed a crasher when opening up certain PSD files.
[Fix] You no longer get a white outline when applying a gradient or fill to an elliptical or freehand selection.
[Fix] Various little improvements and fixes to the crop tool.
[New] The resize image sheet now has an option to change the document dpi.
[New] Added an option for JPEG quality / compression when choosing it as a file format.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where holding down the option or control key at startup would affect images that were opened up from the saved workspace.
[New] Added a color picker button next to the color wells.
[New] Added the "Screen" blend mode to the list of blendmodes for the layers.
[Fix] "option" is now a valid keyword for a python plugin's ACShortcutMask.
[Fix] "Select Color" now works in the View menu.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where non-system image units were not being loaded.
[Fix] Fixed a UI bug where the tools palette list could scroll left, obscuring the names.
[Fix] Fixed a problem where the image would jump while you were using the Adjust Colors controls.
[Fix] Fixed a bug where you could not turn off setting a corner radius for new rectangle shapes.
[Chg] Color Controls is no longer missing from the Filter menu.
[Fix] Fixed a crasher when using the filter panel in combination with a layer being transparent.
[Chg] Added some debugging code for testers.
[Fix] Fixed some drawing issues white the crop tool at small sizes.
[Fix] The Crop menu command now works when the crop tool is being used.
[Fix] Using the hand tool on a shape layer would create an unwanted bitmap layer.

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