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Snipping Tool++ Changelog

What's new in Snipping Tool++ 6.4.5

Feb 20, 2016
  • New Features:
  • Active Window Screenshot - You can now take direct screenshots of your currently active window. Check the preferences for the hotkey to activate this feature.
  • General Improvements:
  • Removed uneccesary garbage collection calls, may reduce memory useage.
  • Changed multi-snipped shadow color to white.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • When in the overlay, pressing the spacebar without anything selected will no longer attempt to take a multi-snippet. A selection must be present before adding it to the multi-snippet stack.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.4.0 (Feb 20, 2016)

  • General Improvements:
  • Added the ability to disable the balloon notifications.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Deleting your cloud saved images via the capture viewer will now correctly delete the corresponding entry from our database.
  • Re-Designed Editor [Beta]:
  • The new basic editor has been updated to look more up-to-date with the rest of the tool. This will also allow me to more easily add features to the editor. With it comes some new features...
  • Selection Tool - simply select an area on the image and then click one of the other tool buttons to modify the area beneath the selection.
  • Improved Text Writing - includes the ability to change font properties
  • Undo / Redo options
  • Dedicated ST++ Upload Host:
  • With version 6.4.0 I am experimenting with a dedicated upload host. You can now select either Imgur.com or Stppl.us as your primary upload host. It is recommended that you continue to use Imgur.com as your primary uploader, however, Stppl.us is available incase Imgur.com is blocked or happens to be under maintenance. At the moment, there is no guarantee that we will continue to suppport Stppl.us later in the future, it is in testing.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.3.3 (Feb 20, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the overlay would not submit your snippet if the snippet area was touching the borders of your monitor.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.3.2 (Jan 29, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where CPU usage would rise really high for those running Java 7.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.3.1 (Jan 29, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Multi-Snippet Capture! A feature in the very old version of Snipping Tool++ has been brought back and improved! Now you can select multiple regions in the snippet overlay by dragging a box and pressing [Spacebar]. Once you have selected all the regions you want, press [Enter] and they will be stitched together in a single image and uploaded or saved.
  • General Improvements:
  • The max heap size has been removed. This should give better performance to individuals with higher resolution monitors.
  • A pixel grid has been added to the magnifier when at the maximum 2 zoom levels.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Magnifier now correctly refreshes what you see as you zoom.
  • A couple more fixes to memory issues.
  • Fixed a null editor error that some users would experience.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.3.0 (Dec 16, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Customizeable Hotkey Support! - Now you can customize the hotkeys for your own personal needs.
  • General Improvements:
  • Improved the Editor keybinds, they shouldn't be as finicky anymore and using CTRL+C in the Editor should only make a single copy and not multiple.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a major memory issue that would cause Snipping Tool++ to eventually use up to 500mb of RAM or more. This has been addressed, the tool shouldn't use more than 150mb and most of that is just allocated memory for the JVM that's not actually being used
  • Fixed the donate link on the donate button in the task trays right click menu
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the upload finished ding to not play at the correct time
  • Fixed a bounds issue when updating the overlay screenshot with middle mouse click
  • Fixed some grammar issues in the keysets help page

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.2.0 (Dec 16, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Magnifying Glass - When in the overlay you can enable/disable the magnifying glass with [Right Mouse Click]. When enabled, using the [Scrollwheel] will increase or decrease the level of zoom. NOTE: To change the overlay transparency, disable the Magnifying Glass with [Right Mouse Click] then use the [Scrollwheel] to increase/decrease transparency.
  • Master Hotkey - A master hotkey [PRINT SCREEN] can be used to bring up the upload overlay. This can be used instead of the default [CTL+SHIFT] modified hotkeys until we get customizable hotkeys in.
  • General Improvements:
  • Download Progress Bar - Now when downloading your cloud history a progress bar will show the status of your history being downloaded as it comes in.
  • Images uploaded with the Multi-Image Uploader will now be added to your Anonymous Upload History meaning they will be downloaded with the rest of your anonymous uploads.
  • Temporary cloud history files are now deleted upon closing the Capture Viewer or exiting the program all together.
  • Misc:
  • A Donate button has been added to the [Right Click] tray menu.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.1.2 (Nov 26, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Cloud Based Upload History - No accounts or personal information required!
  • To access this feature you need to register a unique keyset that will be used to sign your uploaded images so to speak. This keyset is simply two keys which can be any word or phrase you want, or you can generate a 26 character alpha numerical key. This keyset can be saved to a file which you can import if needed.
  • You can view the images signed with your keyset using the [Utilities > Capture Viewer] on any computer that has a Snipping Tool++ client using your unique keyset.
  • Expect more uploading and statistic oriented features in future updates!
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Failure to connect to database was happening to every 6.1.1 release due to a bug in Java 7 when running from the .jar or .exe. This has been fixed in the 6.1.2 release.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.1.1 (Nov 23, 2014)

  • Statistics foundation added:
  • You can now create a unique identifier for yourself in Preferences > Stats/Keysets that can be used to anonymously sign your Imgur uploads. In future updates you will be able to look at your own personal upload statistics, have a retrievable upload history saved to the cloud, and even be able to download an entire album of images from your upload history to any computer you have a Snipping Tool++ client.
  • No personal information or emails required! You stay completely anonymous!

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.1.0 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • This release contains 2 new features that are now available: Upload via FTP and Upload Quality.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.0.1 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • General Improvements:
  • Modified the notification theme size. Notifications should now be displayed at a more reasonable size.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue that would stall the program when a user would try to upload caused by local image saving. This should no longer be an issue.

New in Snipping Tool++ 6.0.0 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • You can now change the transparency of the overlay by scrolling up or down in an active overlay window.
  • You can now take new screenshots while in the overlay by middle clicking the scroll wheel. (Best if used in combination with making the overlay partially transparent)
  • You can now change the default preferences data location
  • You can now delete uploaded snippets from Imgur by using the 'Delete' button in the Capture Viewer
  • General Improvements:
  • Reduced file size
  • Now uses Imgur V3 API
  • About screen has been redesigned. Clicking it takes you to the Snipping Tool++ website
  • Re-designed how preference data is saved to the prefs.json file
  • New notification system built and implemented that better fits our vision of Snipping Tool++
  • Code has been refactored to better allow us to add features and improvements
  • Removed unused code
  • Various improvements to the version and update checker
  • New System Tray icon
  • Capture Viewer now combines uploads and captures into a single list for ease of use.
  • Externally editing prefs.json will now have your changes picked up when querying for preferences
  • Displays proper warnings if there is a headless environment or there is another instance running
  • Dimensions for the currently selected screen region now display next to the help message
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue where if no ~/.snippingtool++ folder existed the default creation would fail
  • Made toggling settings in PreferencesUI actually persist to disk
  • Fixed the editor bug that would upload all of your past uploads in your current session if you used the key combo ctrl+shift+enter

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.3.0 (May 7, 2013)

  • Added straight line tool
  • Changed the blur tools icon
  • You can now change the border color
  • You can now change the stroke size for editing tools
  • Bug fixes:
  • Program was not clearing up unused memory nicely, which would result in huge memory consumption. This should no longer be an issue.
  • Notifications do not move extremely slow across the screen when another snipping tool++ utility/window is open.

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.2.2 (Apr 8, 2013)

  • No longer submits multiple uploads at a time when using the submit hotkey within the editor.
  • When using the text typing tool, text no longer disappears when you change the tool.
  • Changing the color now correctly sets the transparency slider.

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.0.6 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • New host website

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.0.5 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Major uploading bug found and fixed. Sometimes uploading would upload a previous snippet rather than a newly created one.

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.0.4 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • Updates:
  • Redesign changes to Editor
  • Submit directly to Reddit function (Press F10 when in the Editor)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Changing a new color with the color preview was not setting the selected transparency.

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.0.1 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • Updates:
  • Editor now properly resizes
  • Editor preview color now correctly shows transparency level
  • Bug fixes:
  • fixed a bug that would cause adding text would not appear on the final edit
  • fixed a bug where a small rectangle would appear on the final image
  • fixed a bug that caused the transparency slider to always reset

New in Snipping Tool++ 5.0.0 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Editor - All image editing and annotation is done in a separate window
  • Capture Viewer - View all of you locally saved snippets and screenshots in a viewer, get the link if it was uploaded, send it to the editor for re-editing.
  • Write Text - Now you can directly write text to your snippets for much better annotating
  • General Updates:
  • Cleaner more structured internal design
  • Overlay does not lag anymore
  • Saving and loading of preferences handled more appropriately now
  • Fixes:
  • Many minor bug fixes
  • Should run much faster on slower system

New in Snipping Tool++ 4.4.0 (Jan 8, 2013)

  • Added drop shadows to Bordered Rectangles
  • Fixed saving/uploading directory path bugs
  • Added a README with setup instructions

New in Snipping Tool++ 4.3.2 (Oct 22, 2012)

  • Fixed a major bug with multiple monitors. Now correctly positions and stretches itself across multiple monitors.

New in Snipping Tool++ 4.3.1 (Sep 27, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue causing the default save directory to never actually change from the default
  • Added an upload animation to the icon, while the program is busy uploading this animation will run.