What's new in KoolWizard 1.9.5
May 9, 2016
- Updated Html Help.
- Added capability to import SVG gradients -- linear gradients with ObjectBoundingBox gradient unit still need more work
- Added List of Key Frames icon to the timeline.
- Added option to select image size of Story Board frames.
- Set dpi-aware flag in application manifest to eliminate icon blurriness and set program compatibility to Vista thru 8.1 -- still unsure about Windows 10.
- Added animated GIF export with the help of ImageMagick.
- Added optional scroll bars.
- Added capability to set alignment grid color.
- Added short cut for "Add copy of frame".
- Added option for different mouse wheel behaviors if there is a vertical scroll bar.
- Brought list of shortcut keys in help up-to-date.
- Added detection of a more recent version of KoolWizard available for download.
- Added display of object size information in bottom status window during transform drag operations like scale.
- Added additional short cuts for zoom in and zoom out -- + and - keys.
- Added separate zoom in and zoom out icons.
- Added option for adding a mobile viewport tag to html file.
- Added information popups concerning text effect and clip art libraries.
- Added AVI/MP4 export (MP4 is accomplished using free Microsoft software and the AVI file).
- Changed default export option for 32bit png compression from jpeg to lossless.
- Changed default export option for jpeg quality from 85 to 90.
- Improved export of frame captures.
- Removed Libraries tabbed page in Preferences because no longer needed.
- Changed upgrade software in Help menu so program plus libraries are downloaded in a single file.
- Added search capability to Movie Overview.
- Added validation of file paths for slide show and media player content on opening project file.
- Improved refresh behavior of Movie Overview when editing actions for a movie clip or button when the list is scrolled.
- Changed title of Properties popup to "Nothing Selected" if no object is currently selected.
- Fixed key frame interval display when movie speed is changed and display is in units of seconds.
- Turned off automatic morphing between scenes (a fix in 8.1.1) redone to solve an export problem involving buttons shared between scenes.
- Added an icon to designate image-filled shapes.
- Turned off automatic morphing between scenes.
- Added AS3 based motion scripts (found in Motion Script dialog with "Action Script 3 based" selected).
- Added ability to terminate a transform (e.g. scaling) using ESC.
- Improved object centering when using thumbwheel zoom.
- Added ability to zoom by scrolling the mouse wheel.
- Added auto save preference.
- Fixed storyboard display when zoom isn't equal to one.
- Fixed missing tool tips for Cartooning Tools toolbar.
- Fixed minor issue with zoom on exiting Single Step play.
- Fixed problem with goto actions when key frames have been re-ordered.
- Fixed display of scale/rotation information on bottom status line when navigating between frames.
- Fixed problem with cursor not returning after exporting as screen capture.
- Fixed gradient fill color wheel in Fill Dialog so displays at normal scale.
- Fixed play wav sound from gui by turning off functionality.
- Fixed bug associated with selection of multiple objects with Properties dialog open.
- Fixed rare font style bug associated with Text Effects Template screen.
- Fixed problem in slide show wizard for extremely large widths or heights.
- Fixed minor display issue with Actions and Sounds Overview.
- Fixed display problem in List of Key Frames if key frames are deleted from a scene.
- Fixed (or at least improved) several problems with Movie Overview search.
- Fixed problem with initial display of scenes on navigation toolbar if scenes turned off in Preferences.
- Fixed behavior of navigation buttons corresponding to first and last key frames when inside a scene other than the first scene.
New in KoolWizard 1.9.0 (May 9, 2016)
- Added Flash 9/10 export and a Flash 9/10 slide show object with additional skins.
- Added ability to carry forward previous slide information when adding slides to a slide show.
- Added support for assigning a hyperlink to a slide show image.
- Improved Diagnose Server Problems by adding more diagnostic information and renamed the menu item Diagnose Web Page Problems -- one of the most common support issues.
- Added shuffle property SlideShow objects.
- Added links to support page tutorials for some of the context help pages.
- Fixed display of Movie Overview after a button is deleted.
- Replaced many of the program icons for a cleaner look.
- In the swf export screen, added a display of files that need to reside on the server.
- Added a second javascript approach using swfobject.js for defining the swf file in the html file.
- Added full screen mode as a html export option.
- Changed default for movie looping from true to false.
- Increased a swf export buffer from 2Mb to 3Mb.
- Fixed a round off problem in displaying objects on the stage with zoom greater than 1.
- Added email button action.
- Fixed layout of navigation bar when application opens after previously resized smaller.
New in KoolWizard 1.3.1 (May 9, 2016)
- Fixed problem introduced in 1.3 with motion script behavior with text.
- Fixed error message in Numeric Transform if -0.0 is entered for x or y position.
- Fixed error in Numeric Transform with "absolute all frames" checked if Apply pressed more than once.
- Changed behavior of script selection in Add Text screens so selection changes to script of user's country on font change.
New in KoolWizard 1.3.0 (May 9, 2016)
- Added capability in exported html code to define a sub-directory for the swf and imported files.
- Fixed problem with the value of Position/Scale property after adding an object to the canvas with the Properties window visible.
- Fixed problem with slight blurriness in images with a motion script effect for Flash 8 export.
- Added two slide options (embed/load and scale/crop) to the slide show wizard.
- Added getURL(clickTAG) button action for Google ads.
- Added Flash 8 meta data for search engines.
- Added Scale/Resize to right-click popup.
- Added additional context help and improved others.
- Added several more task specific hints.
- Reorganized Transforms menu items for greater clarity.
- Disabled properties in Properties popup that are not available for button states.
- Fixed problem with disappearing object when the object has effects and is converted to a button.
- Fixed problem with typing in name of image file without an extension in file browser.
- Fixed Swf File Statistics to display sizes in terms of the compressed file rather than uncompressed file.
- Fixed coloring problem with exporting 24bit with alpha channel images with jpeg compression.
- Fixed problem with missing alpha channel when the same 32bit png is used more than once.
New in KoolWizard 1.2.1 (May 9, 2016)
- Fixed problem with a temp file being written my mistake to c root directory which is a Vista issue.
- Fixed problem with KoolMoves opening briefly and then minimizing.
- Fixed problem with using apostrophe in slide show caption.
New in KoolWizard 1.2.0 (May 9, 2016)
- Fixed problem with Cursor Blinking property of Cursor Write On motion script effect.
- Fixed problem in exporting 8-bit slides and slides with transparency in Slide Show component.
- Fixed display of menu item Edit > Delete Shape.
- Added automatic centering of animation in Text Effects and Animated Clip Art preview windows.
- Fixed fade in/out effect for symbol shape with a gradient fill.
- Fixed font selection in Text Message Preloader.
- Fixed Export Movie > As Frame Capture to remove remnants of web browser frame.
- Added saving/restoring of application's window state.
- Added Delete in All Frames right-click option in Timeline.
- Added ability to draw horizontal/vertical lines by holding down SHIFT key while drawing.
- Increased swf export buffer, used in compressing wav and jpg elements of swf, to 2 Mb.
- Eliminated question about sharing frames/button states or making a complete copy when pasting into a frame that doesn't already contain the object to avoid confusion.
- Fixed an object naming problem in copy/pasting a button to the same frame.
- Fixed several problems associated with delete object and Properties dialog.
- Fixed fade in/out effect problem for symbols.
- Added compression to .fun file with option to save in old format (File > Preferences) -- old files will open OK; new files will not open in older versions of KoolMoves.
- Added user option for number of undo levels (File > Preferences).
- Added message popup if exporting as Flash 8, local playback security with value local with one or more http:// getUrl urls.
- Added option in File > Preferences to suppress ftp help popup after swf/html export.
- Removed folder selection from web interfaces screen and other library screens because it causes confusion.
New in KoolWizard 1.1.0 (May 9, 2016)
- Added slide show text overlays, slide/sound timing options, externally loaded images and sounds.
- Added slide show component as the primary method for creating a slide show in Wizards gui mode > New Slide Show.
- Added Frames > Default Tweens menu item to Basic mode menu.
- Saved pivot point of rotation transform for each rotated shape.
- Added ability to morph about rotation pivot point if it is present.
- Saved grid options.
- Improved import of svg files by handling transform, opacity, and arc tags and by fixing several other problems.
- Improved import of eps and emf files by importing bitmap data.
- Doubled the size of the swf output buffer.
- Fixed Cursor Write On motion script to reduce cpu load.
- Fixed crashing problem for nested motion scripts.
- Fixed some omissions in movie dependencies screen.
- Added clipping of exported shapes to insure they are not too large for the Flash player.
- Added fix for Internet Explorer "click to active control" message.
- Added What's New inquiry in Help > Update Software.
- Fixed several text preloader issues: alphabetized fonts and made styles appropriate for font.
- Added extra decimal in displaying Sx, Sy, Rb, Rc on status bar.
- Fixed problem with replacing frame sound with same sound.
- Fixed preloader hang problem with using a .fun file preloader that has only 1 key frame.
- Fixed crashing problem when copy/paste group with Movie Overview open.