Alchemy 008 Beta - Changelog

What's new in Alchemy 008 Beta:

July 15th, 2010

FEATURES:
· SVG Export & Switching support added using the Batik Library – Big thanks to Steren!
· Support for scaling image size when exporting as a JPEG or PNG file
· Flip canvas, horizontally or vertically – Thanks to Count_Zero!
· Smooth module added to smooth up sharp edges and hard angles
· Ribbon Shapes module added, based on code by James Alliban & Eric Natzke – Thanks Guys!
· Limit module added, to limit the number of shapes on the canvas – Thanks to hellocatfood!
· Splatter Shapes module added, based on code by Stamen Design – Thanks!

CHANGES:
· Transparency of the background color can now be set
· Persian Localisation added – Thanks to Omid Saadat!
· Shapes Module: Added option to render just the outline of the shape until the pen is lifted
· Alchemy now remembers the Export file directory between sessions

BUG FIXES:
· Fixed inconsistant coloring bug with Mirror & Color Switcher
· Color Palette now pops up in the middle of the screen (not outside it)
· Updated JPen tablet library, with support for Java 1.6 on mac and other improvements
· Fixed bug causing fullscreen transparent mode to draw the background with some affect modules
· Fixed Color Switcher bug where bg/fg colors were switching
· Line Width UI element now updates correctly when using shortcuts

What's new in Alchemy 007.2 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

BUG FIXES:
· Gradient Module Colour fixes
· Fixed bug where PDF files containing transparency had their colours converted to CMYK and back again, resulting in incorrect colours

What's new in Alchemy 007.1 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

CHANGES:
· JPen Tablet library updated – now with support for 64bit Windows machines

BUG FIXES:
· Corrupt PDF files when using the Gradient module fixed
· Plugin Comparator error handling added to fix errors on launch
· Mirror Vista UI fixes

What's new in Alchemy 007 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

FEATURES:
· Pressure Shapes module for drawing shapes using pressure from a tablet
· Gradient module for adding colour gradients to shapes
· Load a background image from the view menu to draw on top of

CHANGES:
· Colour button has been streamlined and combined with the background/foreground button
· Line Weight spinner has been redesigned
· Sliders and number spinners can now be controlled with the mouse scroll wheel
· The max/min values of sliders and number spinners can be set by CTRL/COMMAND clicking them and inputing the values in the popup
· Warning added when using File > New with shapes on the canvas
· Localisations added for Simplified Chinese/Traditional Chinese/Spanish/Dutch/French/German
· Thanks to Chen Luo/Zafio/Dean/Ika/Seppel Schorsch for those! Pullshapes Size slider added to better control shape size
· Displace module now behaves better with spine-based (variable line width) shapes
· Trace Shapes images are now scaled correctly and local images can also be loaded

BUG FIXES:
· Fixed several issues caused by custom cursors stopping Alchemy from launching
· Fixed a bug causing the tool bar to disappear completely when being reattached
· Colour selector will now appear in the correct window on dual monitor systems

What's new in Alchemy 006 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

FEATURES:
· Jpeg export functionality added
· Session file names can now be set in the options/preferences
· Transparent Fullscreen mode added
· Colour eye dropper added
· Pull Shapes module added

CHANGES:
· Colour Switcher module ‘Constant’ button added, it can now change colours constantly when the pen is dragged
· Options/Preferences interface redesigned
· Fullscreen mode now hides the mac menubar
· Changing the canvas size during a session now changes the canvas size of the session PDF
· JPen library added (but not yet used), to allow pen pressure/tilt access
· Camera colour module has been removed because of numerous bugs, it may be readded if we find a good java video library
· Colour Picker popup and secondary window redesigned and standard across all platforms now
· Shapes folder added to store PDF shapes used by PullShapes
· iText PDF library update

BUG FIXES:
· Mirror module transparency bug fix
· Switch menus opening properly in the specified application, not the default application
· PDF colour accuracy fix, PDF colour format set to DEVICERGB
· Shortcuts interface bug fixed
· Language bundle loading fix
· Dialogs added for when the modules folder is missing

What's new in Alchemy 005 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

FEATURES:
· Draw over/under existing shapes mode
· Colour Switcher Module
· Simple interface mode introduced, aimed at kidz!

CHANGES:
· Preferences/Options window added to change inteface mode
· Modules can now be turned on and off in the preferences/options window
· A default list of modules can be created in modules/modules.txt

BUG FIXES:
· Session timer now saves correctly only when the canvas has changed
· Minor interface fixes (especially for Linux)

What's new in Alchemy 004 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

FEATURES:
· Load PDF session
· Camera Colour affect module
· Detach Shapes create module
· Scrawl Shapes create module

CHANGES:
· Module selection shortcuts added
· Sub Toolbar slider changed to a custom UI element
· Alchemy now requires Java Version 5+
· Export transparent PNG files

BUG FIXES:
· Mirror module fixed to work with Camera Colour module
· Warning dialog added when overwriting files
· Japanese localisation fixes

What's new in Alchemy 003.1 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

Features:
· Hide cursor function

Changes:
· Keyboard shortcuts (fullscreen, recording) fixed
· Displace module now working with straight shapes
· Record indicator is no longer showing off screen on windows

What's new in Alchemy 003 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

Features:
· Color added – new colour picker in the tool bar
· Foreground / Background button in the tool bar lets you draw with the background colour
· Keyboard Shortcuts can now be assigned by the user
· Displace affect module added

Changes:
· Performance has been greatly improved when drawing with many shapes on the canvas
· Line smoothing can be turned on and off in the settings menu
· Help system has been changed to the FLOSS manual Alchemy.pdf file in the

Alchemy folder:
· Export menu can now create a PNG file as well as a PDF

Bug Fixes:
· Mirror module bug when using median shapes fixed
· Warning dialog when closing Alchemy now functions properly
· Trace Shapes now shows a warning dialog when a network connection fails

What's new in Alchemy 002 Alpha:

July 15th, 2010

Features:
· The toolbar is now detachable into a seperate palette window
· Trace Shapes / Speed Shapes / X Shapes modules added
· Copy function to copy the canvas to the clipboard as a bitmap
· Alchemy Help added
· Japanese Localisation
· Canvas smoothing option added
· Background colour is now changeable

Changes:
· PDF saving functionality improved. PDF files are now viewable throughout
· Interface improvements, icon changes
· Random module now has a distortion slider
· Type Shapes module can now create shapes using the mouse and keyboard
· More robust microphone detection and more accurate sound levels

Bug Fixes:
· Toolbar hiding functionality improved
· Toolbar repainting when drawing ‘blind’ fixed
· Shortcut key mappings fixed
· Fullscreen mode on a mac is now stable