What's new in IconEdit2 7.16
Jan 16, 2024
- New features:
- The Line tool now allows you to draw arrows.
- Now you can set arbitrary line widths in the Line, Rectangle, and Ellipse tools.
- Arbitrary border width in the Rounded Corners filter.
New in IconEdit2 7.15 (Oct 10, 2023)
- New features:
- The Lasso tool has been added to allow selection of non-rectangular areas;
- Screen space is now used better in full screen mode, especially on high resolution screens;
- The Pencil and Airbrush tools now have a new checkbox in their settings: Auto change to match icon size;
- The Rounded Corners filter now has a wider Auto (2x) border width setting;
- The Color Picker now has a transparency setting (Ignore, Do not alter, Pick);
- The Color selection tool now has a new text field that displays and edits the hexadecimal color values;
- Minor bug fixes.
New in IconEdit2 7.14 (Apr 11, 2023)
- New features:
- Help file improved, all images in it are now properly scaled when Windows screen scaling is more than 100%;
- The Rounded Corners filter now has a new preset: Round;
- The Round and Round with Border filters are now implemented via the Rounded Corners filter, using the new preset. This allows you to change border width and apply padding.
New in IconEdit2 7.13.3 (Mar 29, 2023)
- Bugfix:
- Fixed a bug that caused IconEdit2 to hang when selecting some image sizes when Windows screen scaling is more than 200% - notably 96x96 image size with 225% Windows screen scaling.
- Version 7.13.2 was an internal build for testing the bugfix, and was never released.
New in IconEdit2 7.13.1 (Feb 26, 2023)
- Bugfix:
- When opening an icon file via command line parameter, IconEdit2 was not initialized properly if command line contained quoted or non-existent file path.
New in IconEdit2 7.11.2 (Jun 27, 2021)
- Bugfixes:
- Fixed one more bug introduced in v7.11. Delete and Backspace keys now work properly in Text Tool.
New in IconEdit2 7.11.1 (May 29, 2021)
- Fixed several minor bugs introduced in v7.11.
New in IconEdit2 7.11 (May 13, 2021)
- New features:
- New Auto line width (1/32 of icon size) for lines, ellipses, and rectangles. Useful when switching between various icon sizes: You can keep the same relative line width;
- New Snap to grid option for lines, ellipses and rectangles;
- New guide types: Guides for iOS icon and Guides for macOS icon. See View | Grid and Guides menu;
- New Rounded corners (advanced) filter. See Filters | Shape menu. It has several presets and produces more beautiful rounded corners than the old basic filter.
- The default icon size on app launch is now 256x256 (not 32x32 as before). You can set the default size in Preferences:
- New setting in Preferences: Default icon size. Used to set icon size on app launch and when using the File | Close menu command.
- The installer no longer requires Administrator rights;
- The installer no longer supports Windows XP.
New in IconEdit2 7.9.1 (Sep 15, 2020)
- High-DPI monitors support improved;
- Hint messages added when exporting image to a lossy graphic format.
New in IconEdit2 7.9 (Jan 7, 2020)
- New features:
- Updated look and feel.
New in IconEdit2 7.8.1 (May 13, 2019)
- Fixed a problem with Help file displaying.
New in IconEdit2 7.6 (Apr 17, 2018)
- New features:
- Resolution enhancement is now performed when updating a larger image from a smaller image
- When exporting for Android, a 512x512 image is now generated in addition to other sizes
- When exporting for iOS, a 1024x1024 image is now generated in addition to other sizes
New in IconEdit2 7.5.1 (Mar 11, 2018)
- Improvements and bugfixes:
- Mouse pointers updated;
- Fixed a bug with the Hand tool - now the tool works with all screen scales.
New in IconEdit2 7.5 (Jan 22, 2018)
- Hi-dpi monitors are now supported. IconEdit2 scales up when "Text, Apps and other items" size set to more than 100% in Windows;
- New gray color UI theme.
New in IconEdit2 7.4.1 (Jun 5, 2017)
- Fixed screenshot function when "Text, Apps and other items" size set to more than 100% in Windows.
New in IconEdit2 7.4 (Mar 23, 2017)
- New features:
- New menu command added: "Edit | Paste from File...";
- "Edit | Paste Transparent..." improved. When pasting smaller images, they are not enlarged to the whole icon size, and allowed to move (paste position) with mouse;
- When Control or Alt key is pressed, Ellipses become circles, Rectangles become squares, and lines are strictly horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
New in IconEdit2 7.3 (Feb 26, 2017)
- New features:
- Batch convert images to icons. See "Help | Batch convert images..." menu command.
- New option in Preferences: "Styled system windows". You can switch it off if you don't like IconEdit2-styled File Open and File Save dialogs.
- Minor tweaks, e.g. more optimal default color depths for new icons.
New in IconEdit2 7.2 (Jan 26, 2017)
- New features:
- Cursor (*.cur) file support added.
New in IconEdit2 7.1 (Nov 17, 2016)
- New features:
- Anti-aliasing method for 1-pixel-wide lines was changed to produce sharper lines;
- Option added to switch off anti-aliasing for lines, ellipses, and rounded rectangles;
- Gradient Fill implemented (Linear and Radial);
- Swap colors button added;
- Help file updated.
New in IconEdit2 7.0 (Nov 17, 2016)
- New features:
- Larger main window with redesigned side panels;
- New buttons for exporting an image for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Android.
New in IconEdit2 6.11 (Apr 28, 2016)
- New features:
- Catalan, Finnish, and Swedish languages added
- New "View | Guides" menu command and tool button added
- Setup app now creates just one icon in Start menu to better suite Windows 10 style
New in IconEdit2 6.10 (Apr 28, 2016)
- New features:
- "PNGs for iOS app" image export format improved: new 83.5@2x icon size added for iPad Pro
- Minor bugs fixed
New in IconEdit2 6.9 (Dec 22, 2014)
- "PNGs for iOS app" image export format improved: new @3x icon sizes added for iPhone 6;
- "PNGs for Android app" image export format added.
New in IconEdit2 6.8 (Sep 4, 2014)
- New features:
- New "Filters | Other | Transparency..." filter;
- New "iOS icon bundle" image export format;
- "Edit | Paste" functionality improved.
New in IconEdit2 6.7 (May 8, 2014)
- TrueColor mouse pointers under Windows Vista and later;
- Color Picker improved: shows Color panel after picking a color;
- Bug fixed that caused transparent areas to be displayed as black in Windows XP.
New in IconEdit2 6.6 (Apr 16, 2014)
- 1-bit color depth support added
- Bug fixed that caused incorrect saving of non-standard image sizes
New in IconEdit2 6.5 (Jan 31, 2014)
- Image quality improved for ellipses, rounded rectangles, and thick lines;
- Filters added: Round with Border and Rounded Corners;
- Application icon changed;
- Modes added for Point tool.
New in IconEdit2 6.4 (Oct 7, 2013)
- Right-click to erase;
- "Filters | Stylize | Round" filter added;
- Modes for Move tool added.
New in IconEdit2 6.3 (May 15, 2013)
- Zoom In/Out implemented;
- "Image | Update from" menu command added, allowing to instantly update current image from another image in multi-image icon;
- Minor tweaks.
New in IconEdit2 6.2 (Feb 7, 2013)
- Fixed problem with screen capture in fullscreen mode on some computers (IconEdit2 window did not hide on some PCs);
- Japanese translation updated;
- "Image | Capture with Crop" menu command added;
- "Edit | Preferences..." menu command added;
- Fill tool now has three modes: Blend, Replace, and Replace Antialiased.
New in IconEdit2 6.1 (Nov 27, 2012)
- Snapshot function reimplemented without Clipboard usage;
- BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and PNG formats added into Save As dialog (in addition to Export dialog);
- Icon sizes commands added into File menu;
- Fullscreen mode instead of separate edit window;
- Filters start from non-zero value for immediate result;
- Russian and Japanese languages added.
New in IconEdit2 6.0 (Sep 21, 2012)
- Full support for semi-transparency
- Full support for multi-image icon files
- User interface redesigned
New in IconEdit2 5.5 (May 27, 2011)
- (Auto)Check for updates function added;
- Grid for 256x256 and 128x128 icons disabled;
- Setup is now digitally signed.
New in IconEdit2 5.4 (Feb 5, 2010)
- "View | Preview Area Color" menu command added;
- "Image | Filters - Other | Drop Sadow" filter added;
- Minor bugs fixed.
New in IconEdit2 5.3 (Sep 6, 2009)
- 256x256 Vista icon support added.
New in IconEdit2 5.02 (Sep 14, 2008)
- Now compatible with Windows Vista 64 bit and Windows 2008 Server.
New in IconEdit2 5.0 (Dec 14, 2007)
- 32-bit icon format added;
- Auto Smooth (transparency) Edges option added for 32-bit icons;
- Improved quality for image resize and rotate;
- Improved quality for text, line, and ellipse smoothing;
- 24x24, 64x64, 96x96, and 128x128 icon sizes now supported in addition to 16x16, 32x32, and 48x48;
- New image filters added.
New in IconEdit2 4.2 (Apr 26, 2006)
- New tools: Type text and Select areas.