Appendix to Pixelmator Review
Pixelmator 1.1.3 Version History
Charles Moore
- 2008.03.10 -
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New in version 1.1.3:
- It is now possible to constrain crop proportions in the crop tool
options palette
- Crop rotate is available
- Double-click crop selection accepts crop
- Crop contextual menu includes crop and cancel menu items
- Crop tool and option + shift keyboard shortcuts now constrains
proportions from center
- Crop tool and option starts crop selection from center
- Crop tool now crops layer masks
- Crop selection center point for crop rotation is available
- A crop function is added to the selection tools contextual
menu
- Shift + rotate crop rotates the crop selection 15 degrees
- A bug that caused color shifting with some blending modes when
using crop tool is fixed
- Other minor crop improvements have been implemented
- Using the move tool contextual menu, one can select any layer that
is behind the move cursor
- Layer mask and linked layers now move together with selected layer
when using move arrows on keyboard
- It is now possible to move the selection content when command key
is pressed
- A bug that appeared after moving the layer with keyboard arrows
(document close button was in the unchanged state, and undo would not
work) is fixed
- It is now possible to move layers when using transform tools
- Thumbnail refresh after moving layer bug is fixed
- Hand tool works outside the canvas in the full screen mode
- Double-click hand tool works the same as fit in window
- Fit in window and actual pixels added to hand tool contextual
menu
- A bug that caused keyboard arrows not to move layers after the
selection was removed
- Zoom selection does not include the area outside the canvas when
zooming in
- A bug that appeared when zooming using keyboard shortcuts (which
did not always work) is fixed
- Zoom tool contextual menu now includes fit in window, actual
pixels, zoom in, zoom out
- Zoom selection animation improved
- Minor zoom performance improvements
- Zoom in/zoom out using mouse scroll wheel with option key pressed
has been added
- The precision of zoom slider in tool options palette is
improved
- A bug that caused incorrect size of picture when pasting it from
Microsoft Word is fixed
- Using selection tools option + shift now works as a constrain
proportion starting from center
- Shift constrains proportions independently of which selection mode
is chosen
- A bug that appeared when using shift to constrain proportions
(which did not work correctly) is now fixed
- Contextual menu for selection tools when selection is not available
includes select all and reselect
- A bug that caused the app to behave strangely after opening an
image when modal palette was active is now fixed
- A bug that caused some palettes to stay on desktop after switching
the apps with command+ tab is fixed
- A bug that caused a delay when dragging palettes around the desktop
is fixed
- The app remembers JPEG and tiff quality settings
- Shift clicking after selecting several layers in layers palette now
removes layer selection
- The app will no longer open malware files that have image file
extensions
- A bug that caused selection focus to disappear when using search in
photo browser is fixed
- Photo browser now shows PXM preview
- Photo browser now understands EXIF rotate parameter
- A bug that caused clone stamp tool to change the color after
painting is fixed
- A delay that occurred when using clone stamp tool close to its
source is fixed
- A bug that caused type layer to have errors when using crop tool is
fixed
- A bug that cased a small memory leak when generating PXM preview is
fixed
- A crash that occurred when using clone stamp tool with larger
images is fixed
- A crash that occurred when using painting tools with selection in
quick mask mode is fixed
- A bug that caused photo browser not to show folder aliases is
fixed
- A bug that allowed the movement from the desktop onto the canvas
when using adjustments tools is fixed
- A crash that occurred when switching to other application when
using crop tool is fixed
- PSD bug with memory fixed
- JPEG quality settings are now much more precise
- GIF compatibility improvements have been implemented
- Minor 10.5.2 compatibility improvements have been made
- Minor user interface improvements have been implemented
New in version 1.1.2:
- Fill now works in real-time
- Minor performance improvements added
- Contextual menu for selection tools now available
- Layer via Copy (Contextual menu or Command+J shortcut) added
- Layer via Cut (Contextual menu or Command+Shift+J) added
- Selection can now be started from outside the canvas area
- Selection tools can be started from outside the canvas area when in
Full Screen mode
- Selection cursor is now more precise
- Image Size sheet now remembers recently used measure units
- Improved window scrolling when using Selection tools
- Transform > Scale now scales proportionally when Shift key is
pressed
- Double-click when scaling layer now accepts changes
- Mouse-click on active selection now causes deselect
- Arrow keys on keyboard can be used to move selection
- Refine Selection keyboard shortcut changed to Command+Option+R
- New Image palette now remembers previously selected units
- Moving selection content when there is preserved transparency on
layer is now possible
- Selection tool cursors are now active outside canvas area
- Selection appearance improved when zoomed out
- Selection animation appearance improved
- Strange line when using Lasso tool is now gone
- Bug that did not allow user to select Selection mode in Tool
Options palette is fixed
- Bug that did not allow selection mode in launched app is fixed
- Content duplication bug after using Refine Selection is fixed
- Layer now moves together with selection on that layer
- Transforming outside the canvas is improved
- Various Filter Rope improvements
- Minor interface bug fixes
- Fill color shifting bug fixed
- Bug that did not allow fill on empty layer fixed
- Bug that activated Finder window when mouse-clicked outside the
canvas in the Full Screen mode fixed
- Bug causing Gradient Tool to generate garbage on small images
fixed
- Bug that caused Gradient panel not to update fixed
- Text shadows are no longer cropped
- A layer thumbnail refresh bug after rotating canvas is fixed
- Redrawing bug when moving small selection is fixed
- A console message that said: "Inconsistent set of values to create
NSBiapImageRep" is fixed
- A bug that caused inverted Tiff images after saving is fixed
- Tiff compression now works under 10.5 Leopard
- A bug that did not allow selection content to be filled when it was
moved is fixed
- A bug that caused Brush to paint behind a moved selection layer is
fixed
- A bug that caused switching to another application and back after a
selection was created and using transform tools caused wrong selection
content is fixed
- A bug that caused a strange line to appear when editing Image Size
and using Fill is fixed
- A bug that sometimes did not allow user to add stroke on layer is
fixed
- A crash that occurred when using Clone Stamp tool for a while
- A crash that occurred when using Levels adjusent when none of
layers was selected is fixed
- A crash that occurred when trying to add custom image to Color Map
palette is fixed
- A crash that occurred when saving some specific resolution images
as PXM is fixed
- A crash that occurred when painting on image of 10x10 pixels in
size is fixed
- A crash that occurred when painting on image after changes in Image
Size is fixed
- A bug that caused crash when switching tools with keyboard
shortcuts is fixed
- Various crashes that have to do with memory are fixed
- A crash that occurred when trying to use fill without any layer
selected is fixed
New in version 1.1.1:
- German language added.
- Ability to select anchors and more measurement units added to
Canvas Size.
- It is now possible to scroll the window when using selection
tools.
- Quartz Composer Generator and Transition filters now function
correctly.
- Full Screen mode improvements.
- Type Tool improvements.
- GIF bug when saving fixed.
- Canvas Size bug with undo fixed.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
New in version Pixelmator 1.1 Kitten (December 6, 2007):
- Custom Core Image Units support
- Custom Quartz Composer compositions support (Leopard only)
- Graphics Tablet support
- Quick Look plugin added (Leopard only)
- More than 18 Core Image-based filters have been added (Leopard
only): Box Blur, Gamma Adjust, Bump Distortion Linear, Comic Effect,
Hexagonal Pixellate, Line Overlay, Spot Color, Spotlight, Eightfold
Reflected Tile, Fourfold Reflected Tile, Fourfold Rotated Tile,
Fourfold Translated Tile, Glide Reflected Tile, Perspective Tile,
Sixfold Reflected Tile, Sixfold Rotated Tile, Twelvefold Reflected
Tile, and Bar Swipe Transition.
- More than 60 Quartz Composer-based filters have been added (Leopard
only): Bulge, Dent, Light Tunnel, Pinch, Squeeze, Twirl, Fish Eye,
Mirror, Stretch, ASCII Art, Blue Print, City Lights, Compound Eye,
Concert, Crystallize, Dot Screen, False Color, Film Stock, Glow,
Kaleidoscope, Line Overlay, Line Screen, Monochrome, Neon, Pixellate,
Pointillize, Posterize, Tracer, Zoom Blur, Black and White, Color
Pencil, Comic Book, Pop Art, Sepia, Thermal Camera, X-ray, Defocus,
Fall, Floor, Gradient, Grid, Image Hose, Moving Shapes, Travelator,
Wall, Blur, Color Controls, Exposure Adjust, Flip-Flop, Gamma Adjust,
Image Resizer, Motion Blur, Sharpen, Color Invert, Copy Machine, Cube,
Dissolve, Mask, Mod, Mosaic Flip, Push, Swing, Zoom, and Dissolve.
- Stroke can now be applied inside, outside, and in the center of the
path
- Stroke drawing improved
- Core Image memory leak fixed
- Printing improved
- JPEG files are now non-progressive when saved
- PNG support improvements
- Canvas Size bug in percentage adjustment fixed
- Eyedropper bugs fixed
- Other minor Leopard compatibility issues and bug fixes
New in version 1.0.2:
- Blur and Sharpen tools are now significantly faster
- Tab shortcut now shows/hides all palettes
- Gradients tool now works (Leopard issue)
- Photo Browser bugs fixed (Leopard issue)
- Problems with filters preview fixed (Leopard issue)
- 512 and 256 icons added (Leopard issue)
- Fixed bugs in the Magic Wand tool
- After Cut and/or Clear Layer thumbnail now updates
- Problems when moving selection fixed
- When resizing the whole image layer masks also resize now
- Fixed bugs when moving type layer
- Other Type tool bug fixes
- PSD support improvements
- PNG support improved
- IPTC/EXIF information is now stored when saving files
- TIFF support improvements
- Software Update issues fixed
- Minor Help bugs fixed
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