Version History

Version 0.13.6

• Bugfix: Stamp tool now properly updates when a selection is turned into the pattern
• Tweak: Optimized new pen system
• Tweak: MSE palette format now supports comments anywhere

Version 0.13.5

• Tweak: Line drawing tools (Pencil / Replace) now use custom "brushes"
• Tweak: Scrollbars can now be dragged
• Bugfix: Loading images works the same way every time now

Version 0.13.4

• Tweak: Double-right clicking the palette allows you to change and set the background color
• Bugfix: Selection sizes display correctly now
• Bugfix: Changing colors correctly adjusts selection transparency
• Bugfix: Scrollbars on subwindows work again

Version 0.13.3

• Bugfix: The image stays within the window when it's resized now
• Bugfix: You're warned about using formats that don't allow transparency again
• Bugifx: You're warned about using PNGs in icons / cursors again
• Bugfix: Saving on exit now works again

Version 0.13.2

• New Feature: A tool to rearrange tiled images has been added
• Bugfix: Controls that are hidden or disabled are no longer treated as tab stops
• Bugfix: Scroll now adjusts when the image is resized
• Bugfix: Selections are now discarded when a new image is created or loaded
• Bugfix: Variable scope is no longer broken after calling a function
• Bugfix: Scripting errors are properly escaped now

Version 0.13.1

• Tweak: Adjusted minimum sizes for selection areas
• Bugfix: ToPalette filter correctly maps colors again.
• Bugfix: A long-standing pixel placement bug has finally been fixed.

Version 0.13

• New feature: Layout customization
• New feature: Floating palette and toolbar windows
• Tweak: Improved resizing of palette slots
• Tweak: You can now control where the thumbnail, palette, and toolbox windows appear.
• Bugfix: The editor's window alls Windows to determine where it belongs.
• Bugfix: The eyedropper tool now properly updates pattern colors.
• Bugfix: Selection boundary is properly calculated now.
• Bugfix: Certain dialogs weren't escaping new lines properly.
• Bugfix: Quoted strings in INI files are escaped properly now.

Version 0.12.2

• Tweak: Palettes no longer have a defined limit.
• Tweak: Limited Unicode support added
• Bugfix: Problems loading palettes doesn't result in error messages about images now.
• Bugfix: Saving palettes doesn't result in "..txt" files anymore.
• Bugfix: Filter preview windows were having trouble when the main image was magnified.

Version 0.12.1

• New feature: Split an image into multiple smaller images.
• Bugfix: Saving icons/cursors won't default to PNG unexpectedly anymore.
• Bugfix: Select tool responds to keyboard shortcuts properly now.
• Bugfix: Dragging images now properly repaints the windows.

Version 0.12

• New feature: HSV color format support
• New tool: Spraycan
• New tool: Stamp
• New widget: Pattern selection
• New filter: Rotate Hues
• Improvement: Shape tool can now create a number of different shapes
• Improvement: Line tool can now leave behind smeared lines - hold CTRL as you draw
• Improvement: Grayscale filter can use saturation or lightness maps instead of just averaging colors
• Bugfix: Palette Manager properly saves changes to the palette now
• Bugfix: Pasting images properly releases resources now
• Tweak: Keyboard shortcuts may now use ALT and SHIFT key combinations
• Tweak: Menus slightly rearranged
• Tweak: Editor now recognizes permission issues instead of treating them as missing files
• Tweak: Hotspot assignment is now done with a special tool instead of a dialog
• Many menu items, dialog options, and messages have been rewritten to be more easily understood
• Several cosmetic changes
• Internals heavily redesigned to prepare for an upcoming feature

Version 0.11.3

• Minor changes to lower overall CPU usage.

Version 0.11.2

• Bugfix: Icons and Cursors will save properly again.
• Bugfix: If you loaded an image when starting the editor, the window caption now displays the file name.
• Bugfix: Scripts now abort (rather than crash) if the file ends unexpectedly.
• New feature: Blur Foreground Color filter added.
• New feature: Sharpen filter added.
• New feature: You can now repeat the last filter you used via keyboard shortcut or menu option.
• Tweak: Export menu added. This allows you to save images with custom options, regardless of preference settings.
• Tweak: Text edit fields now select their text when you navigate to them.
• Tweak: Adjusted the threshold used to determine how to handle transparency values.
• Tweak: REDO is now bound to CTRL+Y, like the documentation has said it was.

Version 0.11.1

• Bugfix: Filter dialogs now properly report their values to the preview window and their assigned filter.

Version 0.11

• Bugfix: Canceling a filter's dialog no longer makes the program think the image was modified.
• Bugfix: Saving a palette properly appends the .txt extension if an extension is not present.
• Bugfix: You can move a selection with the down arrow again.
• Bugfix: The window shouldn't randomly let go when you're dragging the image around.
• Bugfix: Changing the background color to transparent doesn't alter the foreground color anymore.
• Bugfix: Dialogs correctly link to their parent windows now.
• Bugfix: Line and Curve tools now properly clear the area around them.
• Bugfix: The Grow Foreground filter won't crash the program now.
• Bugfix: Scripting engine tweaked so that it matches the documentation.
• New feature: A built-in debugging tool has been added.
• New feature: You can now export your image as Text or HTML.
• New feature: You can save your image with custom options, such as a specific type of compression.
• New feature: Shift RGB Channel filter added.
• New feature: Cycle Palette filter added.
• New feature: Darken Every Other Row filter added.
• New feature: Added three tools for working with sprite sheets.
• New feature: Grid can be resized and configured to be shown at the magnification of your choice.
• New feature: You can also change how much the grid contrasts with the image.
• New feature: Additional configuration options.
• New feature: There's an option to check for updates in the Help menu now.
• Tweak: New scripting commands have been added for the new filters.
• Tweak: View menu split into submenus to keep things neat.
• Tweak: Enable Grid menu item is now checked or unchecked, depending on the grid's state.
• Tweak: Scripts may now use any plain text character.
• Tweak: Negative numbers may now be used directly in scripts.
• Tweak: The BUMP/MERGE commands now draw bottom up, like you'd expect, not top down.

Version 0.10.4

• Bugfix: The palette manager allows all 48 slots again.
• Bugfix: Closing a dialog should properly return the focus to its parent.
• Bugfix: Using a filter on a selection properly updates it now.
• Bugfix: Adjusted the previous bugfix regarding rotating or flipping a selection.
• Bugfix: Arrow keys can move the selection again.

Version 0.10.3

• Bugfix: Double clicking the palette lets you change colors again.
• Bugfix: Flipping or Rotating the selection "lifts" it, erasing the area below it.
• Bugfix: Cropping to a selection resets the current zoom and scroll positions, allowing you to see what you did.
• Bugfix: Canceling drawing with the Replace tool doesn't crash the program anymore.

Version 0.10.2

• New feature: Support for .ICO and .CUR formats has been added!
• Custom cursors are now used in various places.
• Bugfix: Dragging the image should be smooth again.
• Bugfix: The Eyedropper tool works properly again.
• Bugfix: Restricting colors to the current palette works properly again.
• Bugfix: You can open images by dragging files onto the editor window again.
• Bugfix: The Line and Pen tools follow the cursor more accurately now.
• Bugfix: You can save BMP files again.
• Bugfix: PNGs can be transparent again.
• Bugfix: Selections properly wipe the area below them now.
• Bugfix: Saving previously saved/loaded images works properly again.
• Bugfix: Resizing and Scaling images now respects transparency.

Version 0.10.1

• Bugfix: Closing the program with a selection active no longer crashes the program.
• Tweak: The selection's rectangle now becomes wider as the magnification increases.

Version 0.10.0

• The project's entire codebase was redone from scratch in an attempt to clean it up and standardize everything.
• Bugfix: Add Margins works as expected now.
• Bugfix: The RGB Min/Max filter has been retouched, and now behaves more like you'd expect.
• Bugfix: The preview window can now properly scroll images that are smaller than the preview area.
• Bugfix: "Drawing" outside of the image shouldn't mark the image as modified anymore.
• Bugfix: The Blur filter doesn't affect transparent pixels anymore.
• Tweak: The "Swap Fg/Bg" option has been renamed "Change Fg to Bg" to avoid confusion
• Tweak: Scripts may now use the _ character. This also allows the FILTER.TO_PALETTE command to be used as intended.
• Tweak: The command COLOR.NEW can now create a color from a single hexadecimal number.
• Tweak: The slots in the Palette Manager window don't change unless you click "UPDATE" now.

Version 0.9.7

• The "Paste" menu entry is now able to detect the clipboard state, and disables itself as needed.
• Thumbnail window now shows a special cursor to hint that the image can be dragged with the left mouse button.
• Thumbnail window can now be closed by middle-clicking on it.
• Thumbnail window resized slightly, reducing it to 320x240px.
• Thumbnail window now uses the main window's location when deciding where to appear.
• Bugfix: Manipulating the selection using filters or edit menu options doesn't corrupt the selection anymore.
• Bugfix: Manipulating the selection using filters or edit menu options lifts the selection now.
• Bugfix: Thumbnail window properly monitors the mouse now.
• Bugfix: Thumbnail window is now drawn properly.
• Bugfix: Cropping to selection should work properly now. Again. (previous bugfix didn't actually work!)
• Bugfix: Eyedropper reports hexadecimal values of colors correctly once again.
• Bugfix: Line and Curved Line tools won't leave artifacts behind anymore.
• Bugfix: mikese_con now reports the correct version number and homepage. Whoops.
• Bugfix: Selecting an area that isn't on the image won't crash the editor anymore.

Version 0.9.6

• Image boundary is now shown using a black border.
• Selection highlight is now the same size regardless of zoom.
• Recolor Image filter added.
• Slight adjustment to how palettes are displayed
• Bugfix: Fill tool doesn't get confused by mirrored color values anymore.
• Bugfix: Select tool handles transparent areas of your image correctly now.
• Bugfix: Cropping images doesn't turn the background color transparent anymore.
• Bugfix: Resizing a selection now repaints the drawing area properly.
• Bugfix: Undo/Redo now clear the selection like you'd expect them to.
• Bugfix: Creating new image, opening an image, or reverting an image also removes the selection.
• Bugfix: Clearing or cutting the selected area removes the selected area.
• Bugfix: Blur filter reaches the edges now.
• Bugfix: Grid is now limited to the image boundary.
• Bugfix: Replace tool uses colors in a more intuitive way now.

Version 0.9.5

• About messagebox is now a proper window.
• Preference Manager dialog added.
• Default image size, fill, and palette can now be customized.
• Keyboard shortcuts can now be customized.
• Palette Manager dialog added.
• Palettes can now hold up to 48 colors.
• Slightly reordered the Effects Menu; items are now in alphabetical order.
• Scale and Resize image dialogs have been redone.
• Add Margins dialog added.
• Bugfix: Window caption now correctly displays the name of a loaded file.
• Bugfix: Hexadecimal conversion should now work properly.
• Bugfix: Saving palettes works properly now.
• Bugfix: When the current brush is 1x1, it is now shown using the foreground color.

Version 0.9.4

• Website and Documentation moved to SourceForge.
• Dropping image files on the editor's window now opens them.
• Two example scripts are provided to demonstrate the scripting features.
• Bugfix: Filters don't wrap around the edges of the image anymore.
• Bugfix: Pixels that were part of an image pasted from the clipboard now behave normally.

Version 0.9.3

• A mouse "cursor" has been added for some tools (eg, pencil).
• Console-enabled version of the program is now available.
• Command line parameter system added.
• Batch scripting system introduced.
• Bugfix: Dragging the image with the middle mouse button now properly responds to the user releasing the mouse button outside of the window.
• Bugfix: Fixed an obscure bug when resizing images.

Version 0.9.2

• Open and Save Dialogs are a little more user friendly.
• Optimized drawing area, preventing lag when the window is large.
• Added Blur filter
• Added Grow Fg Area filter
• Added Pixelate filter
• Added placeholder code for the planned Batch Scripting feature.
• Bugfix: Curved Line Tool can cancel properly now.

Version 0.9.1

• Scrollbars have been replaced with a custom solution.
• You can now drag the entire image using the middle mouse button.
• The editor can now be resized, and defaults to 1280x768.
• Bugfix: Clipboard operations should work correctly now.
• Bugfix: Attempting to fill areas outside of the image no longer crashes the program.
• Bugfix: Exporting a selection to JPG or BMP works as expected now.

Version 0.9

• Initial release.