Aseprite v1.2.7 Mar 16, 2018

Continuing with bug fixes and some minor new features, Aseprite v1.2.7 is released today.

Work in progress... pic.twitter.com/uPMoIiO6zF

— Aseprite (@aseprite) March 6 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:
  • Saving files when turning off the computer (t/31)
  • Mouse doesn’t respond correctly (t/738, t/906, etc., etc.)
• Fixed minor bugs (#1648, and some issues with eyedropper)
• Aseprite v1.2.7.1 changes:
  • 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 v1.2.7.2 changes:
  • Fixed crash using –save-as in the CLI (t/1140)
• Aseprite v1.2.7.3 changes:
  • 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)
  • Add support to create extensions with new languages (and an option to change the language from Edit > Preferences > General > Language).
• Aseprite v1.2.8
  • 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

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