Hippani Animator Changelog

What's new in Hippani Animator 5.1.5995

Aug 23, 2016
  • Around 30 bugs fixed. Overall stability improved. Minor user interface improvements. 1000's language corrections.

New in Hippani Animator 5.0.5858 (Apr 15, 2016)

  • 500+ new primitive shapes available in editor, drawings and images, new slider object, new select object, new templates, new movie types, script in timelines, nested script ID, css classes on objects, link to external JavaScript and CSS files, HTML5 export (work in progress), external script export, updated OS X version, updated interface and icons, various bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 4.3.5591 (May 2, 2015)

  • Video export improvements. SVG improvements. Widget Splash Screens. New Icons and scrollbars. Video export now includes audio.

New in Hippani Animator 4.3.5557 (Apr 7, 2015)

  • Export progress bar. Search the movie. Timers. More scene functions.

New in Hippani Animator 4.1.5498 (Feb 6, 2015)

  • New start page. New editor zoom options. Special character window in text boxes. On resize movie event.

New in Hippani Animator 4.1.5450 (Feb 6, 2015)

  • Remove images from viewer and sequence. New text scaling options. Responsive layout functions. Link set text and font size. HTML set color, Help links, Script timeout.

New in Hippani Animator 4.0.5381 Beta (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Zoom is saved. Ogg support. Export W3C Widgets. Debug text moved. Position loader. Script line numbers.

New in Hippani Animator 4.0.5337 Beta (Aug 29, 2014)

  • Item previews. IE image flicker fixed. Improved Right-To-Left support. Embed individual images. New tabbed interface. Add additional CSS to HTML buttons. Fixed unicode character combinations for languages like Hindi and Arabic.

New in Hippani Animator 4.0.5318 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)

  • Include alternate video formats. iOS 6 improvements. On Over and out improved on mobile. Right to left fonts. Font line height. Properties update. Show errors in HTML export. Nested timelines. Pivot points. Jump between events in script editor. Movie on over and on out events.

New in Hippani Animator 3.7.5280 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Play movie backwards by changing the speed. Jump to functions in your script. Search in script. Custom and blank cursors. CSS and HTML color coding.

New in Hippani Animator 3.7.5260 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Script color coding. Cursors. Duplicate and delete items using script. Zoom in and out of the timeline. Order items using script.

New in Hippani Animator 3.6.5247 (May 30, 2014)

  • Animated GIF. Add custom HTML to the HEAD and BODY. 4 new languages.

New in Hippani Animator 3.5.5246 (May 30, 2014)

  • New TimeChange and SecondsChange variables. Free version when trial expires.

New in Hippani Animator 3.5.5223 (May 30, 2014)

  • Image sequences in timeline. Language translator changes are now checked. Do not cache option. Disable the context menu. New hot spot control.

New in Hippani Animator 3.4.5211 (May 30, 2014)

  • Buttons and links now allowed in timelines. New image grid control.

New in Hippani Animator 3.4.5173 (Apr 7, 2014)

  • Scroll by and to functions. New translation editor, earn a free licence. New sound link object.

New in Hippani Animator 3.3.5120 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • Sound overhaul, new sound features, functions and browser support. Old sound functions have been replaced. Google fonts. Change the speed of timelines and image sequences.

New in Hippani Animator 3.2.5086 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • No script property. Google images and clip art. Tilt in image editor. Flood fill in image editor.

New in Hippani Animator 3.1.5071 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • Skew and full text rotation, even in IE 6-8.
  • Import libraries.
  • Reduced image export size.
  • Drag to arrange panels.
  • Dynamic frame rates.
  • Multiple add to image lists.

New in Hippani Animator 3.1.5051 (Oct 30, 2013)

  • Checkbox and option inputs.

New in Hippani Animator 3.0.5006 (Sep 19, 2013)

  • Timelines/groups within timelines.
  • Add script to timeline.
  • MP4 video player.
  • Curved transitions.
  • New easing types.
  • Improved help search.
  • Improved script errors.
  • New improved GUI and icons.
  • New tutorials.

New in Hippani Animator 2.6.4907 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • New image editor tools.

New in Hippani Animator 2.6.4902 (Jun 7, 2013)

  • Help search updated.
  • SVG import improvements.
  • Text editing locations are remembered.

New in Hippani Animator 2.6.4877 (May 17, 2013)

  • Advanced mouse control, including mouse X,Y and mouse button.

New in Hippani Animator 2.5.4871 (May 7, 2013)

  • New XML object for data driven websites.

New in Hippani Animator 2.5.4827 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • New script events in image viewer.
  • Add url to image viewer and sequence.
  • Add additional CSS and JavaScript files.

New in Hippani Animator 2.5.4822 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • Tooltips for buttons and links.
  • Read only inputs.
  • Input focus function.
  • Multiline text input.
  • New HTML export options.

New in Hippani Animator 2.4.4818 (Mar 12, 2013)

  • Demos update. Help update. Vector add point tool. Loader images.

New in Hippani Animator 2.4.4813 (Mar 12, 2013)

  • Player size functions. Movie keyboard events. JavaScript frame properties. Cookies.

New in Hippani Animator 2.4.4808 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • Volume licensing for schools & businesses.

New in Hippani Animator 2.1.4701 (Nov 15, 2012)

  • Smaller installer size and faster updating. New button symbol dialog.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 2.1.4699 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue on Turkish computers. Improved French, Spanish, Polish and German translations.

New in Hippani Animator 2.1.4682 (Oct 27, 2012)

  • SVG import/export. Fill and border color opacity.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4672 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • Improved opera mini support.
  • Swipe the image viewer with a mouse or finger. Improved orientation support.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4669 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • Swipe the image viewer with a mouse or finger. Improved orientation support.
  • Scroll while dragging. Fullscreen mode.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4667 (Oct 12, 2012)

  • Scroll while dragging.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4658 (Oct 3, 2012)

  • Fullscreen mode available for most browsers.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4652 (Sep 27, 2012)

  • New movie and background image scale options. Background image tiling. Auto save and auto backup.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4651 (Sep 25, 2012)

  • Auto save and auto backup.

New in Hippani Animator 2.0.4636 (Sep 12, 2012)

  • New major version with new 30 day trial.
  • Scenes, Image sequence, Text box, Custom image export, Hide layers and items, sort the library, New Frame Url.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.8.4618 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Persian and Hmong Daw languages. HTML text export fix.
  • Minor interface and translation fixes.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.8.4602 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • Minor interface and translation fixes

New in Hippani Animator 1.8.4582 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • Improved sizing and rotating of items in the editor. New preferences dialog.
  • New smoother interface (It looks a lot like the old one, but it's a step on the road to greater things).
  • This update includes some bug fixes. Thanks for the feedback.

New in Hippani Animator 1.8.4577 (Jul 14, 2012)

  • Improved sizing and rotating of items in the editor.

New in Hippani Animator 1.8.4575 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • New preferences dialog
  • New smoother interface
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.8.4568 (Jul 5, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • New smoother interface (It looks a lot like the old one, but it's a step on the road to greater things)
  • Improved audio preloader. Wav support as well as mp3. Audio quality export property
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.7.4545 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Improved audio preloader. Wav support as well as mp3. Audio quality export property.

New in Hippani Animator 1.7.4526 (May 23, 2012)

  • Improved audio preloader.
  • Waveforms in timeline. Custom drawing grids. Frame labels. Stamp shape. radial gradients.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.7.4521 (May 18, 2012)

  • Waveforms in timeline. Custom drawing grids. Frame labels. Stamp shape. radial gradients.
  • Faster javascript, up to 20% speed increase is some cases. Rearrange the panels such as the timeline and properties. New angle control for adjusting items and gradients.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.7.4519 (May 17, 2012)

  • Frame labels. Stamp shape. radial gradients
  • Faster javascript, up to 20% speed increase is some cases. Rearrange the panels such as the timeline and properties. New angle control for adjusting items and gradients
  • This update includes some bug fixes. Thanks for the feedback

New in Hippani Animator 1.7.4512 (May 10, 2012)

  • Faster javascript, up to 20% speed increase is some cases. Rearrange the panels such as the timeline and properties. New angle control for adjusting items and gradients.
  • Show background image while loading. Text shadows and text cutouts (Choose, convert to image). Rotate and flip in the image editor.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.7.4506 (May 4, 2012)

  • New logo and new vector drawing features
  • Smoother animation. Better audio export. HTML button fill type
  • HTML export improvements. Rounded rectangle fix. Text quality improvements. Smaller image export. Rotate gradients
  • This update includes some bug fixes. Thanks for the feedback

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4496 (Apr 24, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Smoother animation. Better audio export. HTML button fill type.
  • HTML export improvements. Rounded rectangle fix. Text quality improvements. Smaller image export. Rotate gradients.
  • Faster loader. Button layer fix and transparent movie fix.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4493 (Apr 21, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • HTML export improvements. Rounded rectangle fix. Text quality improvements. Smaller image export.

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4492 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Rotate gradients.
  • Faster loader. Button layer fix and transparent movie fix.
  • GUI updates, fonts show in drop down menu.
  • This update includes some bug fixes. Thanks for the feedback.

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4491 (Apr 19, 2012)

  • Faster loader. Button layer fix and transparent movie fix.

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4490 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • GUI updates, fonts show in drop down menu.
  • Script debugger.
  • New button styles, effects and icons.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4471 (Apr 3, 2012)

  • New image viewer and slideshow object
  • Added 'On Over' and 'On Out' script events to buttons. On when 'Use Mouse Over' is selected, this feature won't work correctly on a touch screen
  • Reduced shaky animation
  • This update includes some bug fixes. Thanks for the feedback

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4470 (Mar 29, 2012)

  • New image viewer and slideshow object.
  • Added 'On Over' and 'On Out' script events to buttons. On when 'Use Mouse Over' is selected, this feature won't work correctly on a touch screen.
  • Reduced shaky animation.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.6.4468 (Mar 27, 2012)

  • Image viewer and slide show object.
  • Document scaling.
  • Invisible buttons.
  • Draw lines.
  • Drag the time.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4464 (Mar 22, 2012)

  • Added 'On Over' and 'On Out' script events to buttons. On when 'Use Mouse Over' is selected, this feature won't work correctly on a touch screen.
  • Reduced shaky animation.
  • Several bug fixes, including the help search crash. Version 1.5 is now very, very stable.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4457 (Mar 16, 2012)

  • Reduced shaky animation.
  • Several bug fixes, including the help search crash. Version 1.5 is now very, very stable.
  • Vimeo video support.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4444 (Mar 3, 2012)

  • Several bug fixes, including the help search crash. Version 1.5 is now very, very stable.
  • Vimeo video support.
  • New page object (iframe). Embed web pages in your animation.
  • This update includes some bug fixes. Thanks for the feedback.

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4437 (Feb 25, 2012)

  • Support for Vimeo videos has been added

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4436 (Feb 24, 2012)

  • A few bugs have been fixed and there is a new page object which allows you to embed web pages into your movie.
  • The new page object could be used to play videos, load scrollable text and embed html animation.
  • To use the page object with script, set the Script Id of the page in the timeline to any name. e.g. MyPage. Then use the new script function.
  • OpenPage("MyPage","http://www.hippostudios.co.uk");

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4421 (Feb 9, 2012)

  • Document scaling - Change the movie scale to a vertical or horizontal document.
  • Invisible buttons - Place invisible buttons over images and animation to create hot spots, just set the fill type to none.

New in Hippani Animator 1.5.4419 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Draw vector lines as well as vector shapes.
  • New vector shape tools and improvements.
  • Load and save drawings with colors and styles.
  • Mouse wheel support.

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4409 (Jan 29, 2012)

  • Improved audio support.
  • A new tutorial on how to add audio to your movie.
  • Load and save drawings. Create a vector drawing in one movie, save it and then open it in another movie.
  • Video tutorials are now included in the help.
  • Added some new icons to the align menu, to help make it easier to understand.
  • Improved the drop down lists, so it's easier to choose languages and fonts.

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4400 (Jan 20, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Drag the mouse in the editor to select multiple items.
  • Drag the mouse in the timeline to select multiple frames.

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4398 (Jan 17, 2012)

  • Lots of small improvements that will hopefully add up to one big improvement. Check out the new copy and paste frames feature.
  • Also added a great new monster animation.

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4394 (Jan 13, 2012)

  • 4 new tutorials have been added:
  • Loop the Loop
  • Working with Layers
  • Adding Video
  • Controlling the Timeline
  • Also added more information about exporting to the help.

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4388 (Jan 7, 2012)

  • You can now copy and paste frames in Hippo Animator

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4387 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Search words are now are now highlighted in help documents, Hippo Animator 1.4.

New in Hippani Animator 1.4.4386 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • You can now align and arrange multiple items in Hippo Animator 1.4.
  • Hold Shift and click to select more than one item or frame, hold ctrl to deselect an item.
  • Select Align from the Edit menu to align, arrange, size and center the items.
  • When multiple items are selected, moving, resizing or rotating one of them changes all the items at once.

New in Hippani Animator 1.3.4371 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • Added some new shortcuts to help navigate the animator timeline more easily.

New in Hippani Animator 1.3.4366 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • The HTML loader can now be customized. Add text and percentages. Change colors and fonts.
  • A reset option, right click an item in the editor and choose 'Reset' to reset an item to it's default size and rotation.
  • Also Hippo Animator now remembers the location of your image and sound files. In the library, choose 'Reload' to reload the from the original file on your computer. Make changes using a 3rd party graphics or sound editor and then quickly reload the items.

New in Hippani Animator 1.3.4362.25790 (Dec 12, 2011)

  • Rulers. New font window. Transform by a percentage. Sound. Transition by default. Image button rotation. Hyperlinks. YouTube. Drag and Drop. GUI update. This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.3.4352.26957 (Dec 2, 2011)

  • Sound. Transition by default. Image button rotation. Hyperlinks. YouTube. Drag and Drop. GUI update. Vector drawing. Library folders. This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.2.4332 (Nov 11, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Drag and Drop.
  • Vector drawing.
  • Two new tutorials.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.2.4320 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Vector drawing has been added to Hippo Animator. With this fantastic new feature you can create and edit your own shapes. All of which can be exported to HTML.
  • Now you can create the large HTML animations you always wanted, but with a tiny download size.

New in Hippani Animator 1.1.4301 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • New GUI
  • New languages
  • New installer
  • Added GIF, Image and Video export
  • Added square frames in timeline
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.0.4296 (Oct 6, 2011)

  • Added GIF, Image and Video export.
  • Added square frames in timeline.
  • Added shortest/longest rotation direction. Added flip horz/vert.
  • This update includes some bug fixes.

New in Hippani Animator 1.0.4285.29045 (Sep 26, 2011)

  • Added shortest/longest rotation direction.
  • Added flip horz/vert.
  • Right click an item for movement shortcuts.
  • This is a minor update and includes some bug fixes.