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Aseprite v1.2 Sep 25, 2017
Aseprite v1.2 is finally the new stable version (*). If you were already using the beta version, you will not notice substancial changes. But if you were using Aseprite v1.1.13, there are a lot of new features for you (like pixel aspect ratio, layer groups, overlapping frame tags, gradients, reference layers, etc.)
This is a list of the changes from v1.2-beta12 to the final v1.2:
- 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 loadingwintab32.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. UseCtrl+M
for Color Curves, andCtrl+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 v1.2.1 changes:
- 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
orT
keys in Layer Properties dialog (bug report) - macOS: Fixed crash undoing/redoing when drawing (bug report)
- Windows x64: Fixed GIF files encoding
- Aseprite v1.2.2 changes:
- 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 v1.2.3 changes:
- 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 v1.2.4 changes:
- 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 v1.2.5 changes:
- Zoom timeline with Ctrl+mouse wheel (or ⌘+mouse wheel)
- Several fixes for Tiled Mode:
- Fixed exporting new layer blend modes to JSON files (#1605)
- 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 (discussion)
- Fixed several issues applying Flip/Rotate commands on range of cels with locked layers (discussion)
- Fixed #1557, #1610
- Keyboard shortcuts changes:
Shift+G
: Selects the Gradient tool (so nowG
key selects the Paint Bucket tool only)Ctrl+'
: Switches the Grid visibility (in previous version it wasShift+G
)Ctrl+Shift+'
: Switches the Pixel Grid visibility (in previous version it wasAlt+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)
- Aseprite v1.2.6 changes:
- 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
Several new features were delayed just to create a more stable v1.2 version. So sorry for everybody that don’t get what they asked for :’( Soon I’ll release the first v1.3-beta1 with some crazy new stuff, so stay tuned.
(*) Software is never 100% stable, but this version should be a lot more stable than v1.1.13.