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HotShots Changelog

What's new in HotShots 2.2.0

Sep 3, 2014
  • Features:
  • Restore last selection in region and freehand grabbing
  • Add options to display or not dialog before/after download

New in HotShots 2.1.1 (Jul 20, 2014)

  • Bugs:
  • Correct invalid window position in region and freehand capture on linux
  • Editor: correct an incorrect save/restore for rectangle/ellipse item
  • Editor: change in palette wasn't correctly restored
  • Editor: invalid restore of maximized window state

New in HotShots 2.1.0 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • Features:
  • Speed up launch time
  • Add option for mouse cursor in snapshot
  • Add User defined action on click/double-click tray icon - Editor: add group alignment (vertical/horizontal)
  • Editor: add rescale background image panel
  • Change Windows grabbing code on windows platform
  • Bugs:
  • Editor: correct invalid save/restore position for text item

New in HotShots 2.0.1 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • Features:
  • Enhanced shortcut editor
  • Add portable settings support (--portable option)
  • Add valid debian package files
  • Bugs:
  • Correct invalid freehand and region grabbing on linux (multi monitor)

New in HotShots 2.0.0 (Dec 11, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Autostart on linux
  • Add Portuguese translation. Thanks to Vinícius "A. Jorge".
  • Add German translation. Thanks to dbr.
  • Change default location of translation file on linux ("/share/hotshots/locale" instead of "/share/locale")
  • Change some icons (best visual consistency)
  • Add launch editor action in systray menu
  • Editor: ability to set background color for some item type (rectangle, ellipse, text)
  • Editor: add a palette of last used of foreground/background color pair
  • Editor: add last saved/loaded file
  • Editor: add "bring to top/bottom" for selected elements
  • Editor: add "autorepeat" on font size buttons
  • Add MacOSX target
  • Bugs:
  • Editor: add margin to render pixmap (incorrect crop)
  • Editor: correct layout problem on font preview
  • Editor: correct focus problem on text item
  • Editor: correct saved shadow state on some items
  • Editor: correct invalid proposed name for "save as" function
  • Editor: correct text cursor move with keyboard if text item is selected
  • correct a problem with automatic naming of exported image

New in HotShots 2.0.0b1 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Add Portuguese translation.
  • Add German translation.
  • Change some icons (best visual consistency)
  • Editor: ability to set background color for some item type (rectangle, ellipse, text)
  • Editor: add a palette of last used of foreground/background color pair
  • Editor: add last saved/loaded file
  • Editor: add "bring to top/bottom" for selected elements
  • Editor: add "autorepeat" on font size buttons
  • Bugs:
  • Editor: correct layout problem on font preview
  • Editor: correct focus problem on text item
  • Editor: correct saved shadow state on some items
  • Editor: correct invalid proposed name for "save as" function
  • Editor: correct text cursor move with keyboard if text item is selected

New in HotShots 1.2.1 (Aug 30, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Add Romanian translation.
  • Editor: ESC key force select mode
  • Editor: add key +/- for zooming
  • Add ability to directly load a file (.hot/image) in editor with command line
  • Bugs
  • find the correct path for translation files on linux in some cases
  • incorrect display on multiple screen configuration in some cases
  • incorrect display of splashscreen on linux in some cases

New in HotShots 1.2.0 (Jul 24, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Added Basque translation.
  • Added Spanish translation.
  • Added Chinese translation.
  • Bugs:
  • Blurring doesn't work on small areas
  • Font preview can "disrupt" the editor layout
  • Incorrect post effect after crop
  • Incorrect loading of translation file in some cases
  • Incorrect list of supported image format list in save dialog

New in HotShots 1.2.0 Beta 3 (Jul 13, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Add Vietnamese translation.
  • Ability to send directly to printer a document
  • Bugs:
  • Incorrect post effect after crop

New in HotShots 1.2.0 Beta 2 (Jun 27, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Editor: ability to add post-effect to image background
  • Uploader: add a user field to define the output template for FTP uploader
  • Add Slovak translation.
  • Add Turkish translation.
  • Add Russian translation.
  • Add Sinhala translation.
  • Add Serbian translation.
  • Add Czech translation.
  • Bugs:
  • default location not updated in some case
  • add a message box to clear/update background image if annotation exists

New in HotShots 1.2.0 Beta (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Features:
  • some layout changes
  • Editor: add multi selection
  • Editor: ability to select shadow on each item
  • Editor: ability to edit some items (polygon, polyline, curve) more easily

New in HotShots 1.1.1 (May 20, 2013)

  • Features:
  • ability to force a background color for clipboard/web copy \
  • ability to launch Internet browser when uploading is done
  • add Polish translation.
  • some cosmetic changes
  • add an image uploading service (tof.canardpc.com/)
  • Bugs:
  • correct untimely exit when HotShots is minimized
  • correct a problem with transparency for clipboard/web copy
  • correct invalid bounding rect when item are outside background image

New in HotShots 1.1.0 (May 13, 2013)

  • Bugs:
  • Update GPL header (outdated)

New in HotShots 1.1.0 RC (May 7, 2013)

  • Add a freehand region capture mode
  • Restructure window grabbing code
  • Editor: display the view scale factor - some code refactoring
  • Bugs - messages review

New in HotShots 1.1.0 Beta (May 1, 2013)

  • Add direct upload to the web
  • Add torn edge effect
  • Ability keep/remove window decoration for screenshot
  • Restructure window grabbing code
  • Add Italian translation
  • Ability to play a sound when capture is finished
  • Ability to choose if HotShots must be hide during screen capture
  • Change magnifier size for region capture
  • Editor: add mouse position display in editor (useful for debug !)
  • Editor: changed some icons for UI clarification
  • Editor: add duplication function
  • Editor: add a curve shape
  • Editor: add ability to crop base image
  • Editor: change some default sizes
  • Editor: ability to export annotated image directly to the clipboard
  • Bugs - Incorrect save/restore of system shortcuts
  • Incorrect backup/restore of some shapes
  • Incorrect magnifier location for region capture
  • Editor: Magnifier can only be defined from top-left to bottom-right

New in HotShots 1.0.1 Beta (Apr 22, 2013)

  • add Lithuanian translation.
  • Bugs:
  • Invalid preprocessor directive for OS/2 platform
  • invalid signal/slot connection on OS2 platform