What's new in Boats Animator 0.13.0
Mar 6, 2023
- Improve playback performance
- Add short play shortcut
- Remove placeholder "Open Project" option
- Combine guides and capture sidebar tabs
- Improve download and installation docs
New in Boats Animator 0.12.0 (Oct 13, 2021)
- What's Changed:
- Add auto-capture feature by @tomchm in #293
- Add ability to capture multiple frames at once by @AndreasDemenagas in #302
- UI tidy up and sidebar enhancements by @charlielee in #295
- Rename confirm take to conform take by @charlielee in #297
- Improve camera removal and error handling by @charlielee in #299
- Fixes #292 ensure only one app instance is open by @charlielee in #298
New in Boats Animator 0.11.1 Pre-release (Apr 5, 2021)
- This release primarily fixes a bug with Export Video. There are also a few bug fixes specific to macOS. Users are strongly advised to update to this version immediately.
New in Boats Animator 0.11.0 Pre-release (Feb 22, 2021)
- This important update moves Boats Animator from using NW.js to Electron. This will make the application more reliable and it will be easier to add new features in the future. Most of the changes are behind the scenes but some you may notice are:
- Easier to install on macOS and Linux - you can now download .dmg and .deb packages
- A more "native" feel - Boats Animator now looks and feels more like the other programs on your computer
- New documentation - check out the revamped user guide for Boats Animator
- Better security - all web links are now HTTPS and the app integrates better with macOS and Windows' camera access settings
- Assets 7
New in Boats Animator 0.10.1 (Dec 16, 2020)
- This minor release fixes video export not working if the folder path contains spaces #277.
New in Boats Animator 0.10.0 (Oct 21, 2020)
- Adds export to video option
- Adds short play option
- Captured frames now have a unique id in their file names that is generated on start up. So you don't need to change directory every time the app is loaded. This removes the risk of overwriting data and removes the need for the The current save directory already contains captured frames!warning message.
- Fix bugs with confirm take
- Updated about window
- Upgrade to nwjs-packager 1.x (brings better macOS compatibility amongst other things)
New in Boats Animator 0.9.2 (Aug 20, 2019)
- This release primarily fixes a major bug with v0.9.1. Users are strongly advised to update to this version immediately.
- Improvements:
- Refactor "confirm take" #250
- Fix frames being overwritten after using "delete any frame"
New in Boats Animator 0.9.1 (Aug 20, 2019)
- Improvements:
- You can now delete frames other than the last one captured! Simply select the frame in the frame reel and then select the trash/bin icon that appears. #175
- macOS: Fixes issues opening the application on macOS #248
- Windows: Fixes wrong icon showing in start menu #221
- Switches build tool to https://github.com/charlielee/nwjs-packager
New in Boats Animator 0.9.0 (Jun 24, 2019)
- Improvements:
- Adds configurable grid overlays to capture mode #61
- Adds configurable aspect ratio masks to the preview area #60
- Improves capture mode performance
- Adds "confirm take" feature #37 (although it currently has little purpose without delete/duplicate any frame being implemented)
- Internal: major code refactor into modules
New in Boats Animator 0.8.2 (Feb 22, 2019)
- Improvements:
- Move to NW.js version 0.35.4
- Display overwrite warning if the current save directory already has frames in it
- Known issues:
- Windows: Incorrect program icon is displayed in the Windows start menu
New in Boats Animator 0.8.1 (Jan 6, 2019)
- This version provides a few minor fixes to v0.8.0. I'm glad to see that the new camera features have been very well received and thank you to @le717 for his continued support of this project.
New in Boats Animator 0.8.0 (Dec 21, 2018)
- This release has been a long time in the making! You can now change the resolution of frames captured and choose which camera to use if multiple are connected. We've also squashed loads of bugs.
- Implemented video source selection #84
- Resolution changing #92
- Fix keyboard shortcuts sometimes being global
- Bump to NW.js 0.26.6
- Refactor keyboard shortcuts
New in Boats Animator 0.7.5 (Apr 18, 2017)
- Updated to NW.js v0.19.3
- Built from Linux Mint in an attempt to fix macOS / Linux permissions issues.