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Lunacy Changelog

What's new in Lunacy 9.6.0.0

Apr 26, 2024
  • Improvements:
  • Huge rework of the font subsystem — improved performance and bug fixes.
  • Huge rework of color variables — improved performance and bug fixes.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Some fixes for bugs found in autolayout.
  • Several critical fixes for the free format.

New in Lunacy 9.5.0.0 (Mar 19, 2024)

  • FREE format:
  • The default file format in Lunacy is now .free, which is almost fully compatible with the features from the Figma and Sketch formats. We designed .free to address the issues available in .sketch when it comes to very large design files.
  • From the users’ point of view .free brings:
  • Much lower file sizes, especially of files with thousands of layers, like design systems and similar.
  • Up to 2 times faster saving and opening of files.
  • We encourage developers to join the .free format community and integrate it into their products. The specification of the free format is available on GitHub under the MIT license.
  • Key advantages of .free:
  • Optimized for large documents.
  • Human-readable JSON.
  • Expandable file structure: a simple archive with JSON files and assets.

New in Lunacy 9.3.0 Beta (Sep 10, 2023)

  • Individual borders:
  • Define the thickness of borders individually for each side of a rectangle. To do this:
  • In the border settings, click border settings icon. You’ll see four individual edit boxes.
  • Use these boxes to adjust the thickness of a border on each side. To remove a border from a side, set its thickness to 0.
  • Also, you can now use the swap button button added to the border settings to swap the colors of the fill and border. The button is available for all shapes with solid and gradient fills. Alternatively, use the Shift + Z shortcut.
  • Min and max dimensions for frames with auto layout:
  • You can now set min and max width and/or height to auto layout frames. To do this:
  • In the auto layout settings, click min-max icon.
  • Define the required dimensions in the respective fields (see the figure below).
  • Improvements:
  • Images are now treated as fills of rectangle shapes. It makes it much easier to crop and resize images, and to round their corners.
  • Image fill methods now include the Crop option. Use it to move or resize the image, if you want only a certain part of it to be visible within the bounds of the shape.
  • Improved angular gradient editor. You can now change the position of the center and modify the shape of the ellipse.
  • In the Crop mode (Shift + Enter or click crop icon on the context toolbar), you can now cut out both raster images and vector shapes.
  • By default, new documents you create in Lunacy are now cloud documents.

New in Lunacy 9.2.1 (Aug 17, 2023)

  • Fixed huge memory consumption.
  • Fixed around 10 bugs based on a feedback requests.

New in Lunacy 9.2.0 (Aug 8, 2023)

  • New UI with floating panels
  • On-canvas auto layout settings
  • Auto layout wrapping
  • On-canvas font size editor
  • Text baseline alignment
  • Improved memory usage. Up to 30% less RAM used for storing layer data, so huge files now take up less computer resources.
  • The Shift + A shortcut now instantly frames a selection and adds an auto layout to it, so you can skip the Ctrl + Alt + G step.
  • We updated the logic of flip operations, so the Flip Horizontal/Flip Vertical buttons don’t have pressed states anymore.
  • You can now override star ratio, polygon and star vertex count in component instances.
  • The step for changing auto layout paddings and spacings when modified by dragging now depends on the Nudge amount settings. For instance, if the Small nudge is set to 2 and the initial padding is 10, dragging the control will adjust the padding incrementally to 12, 14, 16, and so on, or to 8, 6, 4, 2, and 0. Dragging while holding down Shift will apply the Big nudge.
  • We optimized fonts loading speed on startup up to 20 times. But if you now add or replace a font in your system, use Help > Reload system fonts to apply the changes without restarting Lunacy.
  • You can now turn off some or all online features in Help > Privacy. Google Analytics and Fonts can be disabled by all users. The rest of the options are available only to users with a subscription.
  • Lunacy no longer requests for access to your microphone on the first startup on macOS. It does so only before the first attempt to add an audio comment.
  • You can now hide the left panel by clicking the active tab on the Sidebar (Layers, Components, Styles, etc.).
  • By resizing the Left panel, you can also minimize the Sidebar. And by dragging the Sidebar you can open the Left Panel, if it is hidden.

New in Lunacy 9.1.1 (Jun 26, 2023)

  • Create rings and design pie charts with the Arc Editor
  • Edit stars and polygons by dragging handles on your canvas
  • Improved interface for RTL languages, including the use of emojis
  • Higher framerates and lower input lag
  • Reduced the number of points used to build smooth corner
  • Bug fixes and more

New in Lunacy 9.1 (May 31, 2023)

  • Arc editor:
  • With the Arc editor, you can quickly create rings and semirings, design pie charts or other fancy circular elements. Draw an ellipse, and use the handles that show up within the bounding box.
  • On-canvas controls for editing stars and polygons:
  • Another improvement to save you from digging in the right panel. Adjust the number of vertices, corner radius values, and ratio for stars and polygons by dragging the respective handles right on the canvas.
  • RTL and BiDi support:
  • Lunacy became more accessible and user-friendly for people who read and write from right to left. When you select an RTL localization, Lunacy’s interface mirrors itself to provide a true RTL experience. We also significantly improved the work with RTL languages on the canvas, as well as the usage of emojis in such languages.
  • New render engine:
  • This version brings a new render engine, which means higher FPS and lower input lags.
  • Improvements:
  • We reduced the number of points used to build smooth corners. Thanks to that, squircles now appear even smoother than before.
  • Numerous auto layout improvements and fixes.
  • Numerous Figma import improvements.

New in Lunacy 9.0.8.0 (Mar 21, 2023)

  • Critical bug fixes

New in Lunacy 8.8 Beta (Nov 29, 2022)

  • Import from Figma:
  • Now you can import Figma documents to Lunacy
  • More cloud servers:
  • We’ve increased the number of our servers throughout the world. Now, they are available in:
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • South Africa
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • India
  • China (Hong Kong)
  • Upon start, Lunacy automatically picks the server with the best latency.
  • Team Subscription
  • Now, you can subscribe to the Lunacy Cloud Team Plan and get:
  • Unlimited number of team documents
  • Unlimited version history
  • Unlimited thrash storage period
  • Free personal cloud license for the team owner
  • Custom Nudge Amount:
  • Nudging is moving layers with arrow keys. By default, Lunacy nudges a layer by 1 px when you press an arrow key (small nudge), or by 10 px when you press an arrow key holding down Shift (big nudge). Now, you can define custom values.
  • Reworked text generation:
  • We removed the text generation control from the text settings in the right panel. Text snippets also no longer work.
  • Instead, now when you click over the canvas to create a text block or delete everything in an existing text block, you see an auto-text dropdown. You can scroll the list, to select the required option. Or you can just start typing the name of the option you need. For example, if you need a name of a person, or username, or file name, start typing “name” and you’ll see all the matching options. Click the one you need to apply.
  • Auto shape colors:
  • Drawing gray rectangles over gray rectangles is weird, right? We also think so. Now, when you create new shapes by dragging, Lunacy automatically applies colors from pre-generated document color palette to shapes depending on the shape size and current background. This will help you create mockups at the lightning speed and recolor them in a single click by refreshing the palette.
  • If you prefer drawing gray rectangles over gray rectangles, remove all the colors from the palette.
  • Snapping to artboard presets:
  • Now when you create an artboard by dragging it over the canvas, you see special markers that will help you quickly create an artboard of a preset size: A4, iPhone 14, Dribble shot, etc. This can be helpful in some cases. Alternatively, you can still use presets from the right panel.
  • Czech language:
  • Big thanks to elektronek and petr.zachrdla for helping us out with the Czech localization.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved UX of document pages. The control for switching between pages became less annoying. It now longer drops down every time you hover the mouse close to the search bar.
  • Lazy loading of open documents. Lunacy now loads only the content of the currently open tab. Other open documents load as you switch through the tabs. This will significantly speed up Lunacy loading time upon restart.
  • Improved Teams section. We reworked the team section of the Home tab for easier document, project, and team member management.
  • Photos and Illustration tabs. We improved navigation on these tabs, added categories to photos, removed undraggable style covers from illustrations. Also, all new illustration styles that appear at icons.com now immediately become available in Lunacy.
  • Pre-cached icons. Now Lunacy comes with 1,000 pre-cached icons. So, the Icon tool will work even on computers that have never been connected to the internet.
  • Improved panning. You can now press the spacebar and drag canvas to where you need at any moment, even when you’re in the middle of drawing a shape. After releasing the spacebar, you can continue with drawing. This can be handy in many cases, especially on small screens.
  • Improved color management. In the previous versions, when you wanted to edit the color of a layer with a color variable applied, you had to detach the layer color from variables first. Now, you can do it right away. In the color control, click the colored circle to invoke the Color Picker or type the color code in the edit field. The new color will get detached from color variables automatically.
  • Improved angular gradients. Improved angular gradients. You can now rotate them with the Rotate gradient clockwise button.
  • Multiple fills. Now when you apply the second, third, etc. fill to the same layer, every new fill comes in black (000000) with 20% opacity.
  • Mass update of generated content. You can now update generated content (texts and/or avatars) in all selected layers or on a selected artboard using the Shift + R shortcut.
  • Auto-text labels. Lunacy now shows the type of auto-generated text when you create a text block by dragging.
  • Recent font sizes. The font size drop-down list now shows up to five font sizes you’ve recently applied.
  • Copy-pasting texts to other apps. You can now copy text content in Lunacy and paste it to any other app.
  • Google Fonts in CSS. Lunacy now includes direct links to Google Fonts into the CSS code and CSS files for linked design.
  • Layer Tree. Layer Tree search and render/update performance dramatically improved.
  • New shortcuts for tools. R,R — rounded rectangle; L,L — arrow; O,O — triangle; O,O,O — polygon; O,O,O,O — star; P,P — pencil.
  • Account deletion. You can now delete your Lunacy account with all cloud data.
  • Sign in with Apple ID. You can now set up a Lunacy account with your Apple ID.
  • Improved border position control. We redesigned the icons of the control to make them more intuitive.
  • Prototyping. Since updating of prototypes is quite a resource-hungry procedure, we added a control that lets you select whether to update prototypes in real-time or after restart.
  • Auto Z-index:
  • Lunacy automatically determines the order of layers (aka z-index) as you drag them. For example, if you drag a larger layer over a smaller one, Lunacy will place the larger layer below the smaller one. You can still use the Send to back/Send to front commands, but now you will need them way less often.

New in Lunacy 8.7.2 (Oct 3, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Addressable Content is renamed to Linked Design
  • Improved Linked Design UI
  • Fixed issues:
  • Fixed Undo/redo issues in cloud documents

New in Lunacy 8.7.0 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • Reworked icons
  • Text generation by text block size
  • Refresh of generated data upon duplicating
  • Repeat grid
  • Improvements

New in Lunacy 8.6.2 (Jul 22, 2022)

  • Personal Cloud plan:
  • We’re introducing a personal cloud subscription that will give you more freedom with cloud documents:
  • Unlimited number of cloud documents.
  • Unlimited number of collaborators instead of 10 on the free plan.
  • Unlimited document version history instead of 30 days on the free plan.
  • Unlimited storage period in the trash bin.
  • To subscribe to the Personal Cloud plan, go to Home > Profile > Upgrade plan.
  • The statuses of your subscriptions now appear next to your username on the Home > Profile page.
  • Version history:
  • We added version history for cloud documents. Lunacy automatically saves file versions after a series of 100 user actions. Or you can save versions manually using the Ctrl(⌘) + Alt + S shortcut. To view a document version history, go to File > Show version history. The list of file versions opens in the right panel. Double-click the required version to open it. File versions open as local temporary files that you can save to any folder on your computer and then import back to the Cloud.
  • Free users can access up to 30 days of version history. To unlock the full history of any existing cloud file, subscribe to a Personal Cloud plan.
  • Voice comments, stickers, and overall improvement of comments:
  • Now you can leave voice comments in cloud documents. For this, enable the comment tool (C), click microphone, say what you want to say, then click send. Make sure you allow Lunacy to access the microphone, otherwise your comments will not be recorded.
  • You can now post stickers like thumb up, thumb down, +1, heart, and other instead of comments. Stickers show up right on the canvas. There’s no need to open comment bubbles, unless you want to post a reply. To post a sticker, enable the comment tool, click sticker icon icon next to the comment entry field, and select the required sticker. You can also send stickers in replies to comments.
  • Now, when you select a layer and then click with the comment tool over it, the added comment gets tied to the layer. If you later decide to move the layer to some other place on the canvas, the comment will move with the layer.
  • By default, comments are always visible on the canvas. To hide comments, click view > Comments on the top bar.
  • To open/hide the list of all comments in the right panel, click send on the top bar.
  • Pre-made palettes:
  • When you create a document, Lunacy shows one of pre-set color palettes that you can use in your design. It appears in the right panel when nothing is selected on the canvas. If you don’t like the current palette, click refresh icon to choose the one that suits you best.
  • Note that palettes appear only in documents created in version 8.6 or higher.
  • Shape cropping:
  • You no longer need to struggle with the vector tool or tricky Boolean and flattening operations to get a half-circle or a part of another shape. With the shape cropper, you will do it in a couple of clicks:
  • Select the required shape.
  • Click scissors icon on the context toolbar.
  • Drag the borders of the frame to select the required area.
  • Press Enter or click Apply editing in the right panel.
  • Sharing your Lunacy profile on the internet:
  • Another way to share your portfolio. Your cloud documents now also show up on your profile page in Lunacy with the Publish/Unpublish button. You can send a link to your Lunacy profile to other people for them to view published files. For this:
  • Go to Home > Profile > show more icon > Web profile. Your web profile will open in the browser.
  • Copy the link to the profile in the address bar.
  • Send the link by email or an instant messenger.
  • If the link recipient doesn’t have Lunacy yet, they will be offered to install it.
  • To remove documents from your online profile, simply unpublish them. By default, all cloud documents are unpublished.
  • Improvements:
  • Zoom tool is back. It doesn’t show up on the toolbar, but you can enable it with the Z shortcut. To zoom in, hold down Z and click. To zoom out, hold down Z+Alt and click.
  • Localization. The names of layers in the Layer List now come in the language of the interface.
  • Better support. We made some improvements to reduce your wait time for replies to your issue reports.
  • Performance improvements.

New in Lunacy 8.5.0 (May 16, 2022)

  • Teams:
  • Teams serve to make it easier for you to manage collaborative documents and people who have access to them
  • In version 8.5, you’ll be able to try out how teams work on a free plan. In upcoming versions, we’ll add some paid plans that will provide more opportunities and less limitations.
  • How it works with the free plan:
  • To work with teams, you need to sign in to your Icons8 account.
  • You can create one team and invite two more members to the team.Thus, a free team can include up to 3 members. A user can be a member of one free team only.
  • You should use projects to organize team documents. Think of projects as of folders. All the documents within team projects automatically become available to the team members.
  • The total number of documents across all projects of a free team cannot exceed ten.
  • Improvements:
  • Cross-region collaboration. Now you can work with documents created in other server regions.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Support for right-to-left languages in the user interface.

New in Lunacy 8.4.1 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • Fixed GPU acceleration on Windows

New in Lunacy 8.4.0 (Mar 18, 2022)

  • Redesigned context menu:
  • Context menu has become more compact and easier to use. The most popular commands (Copy, Paste, Lock, and other) now appear as buttons. Depending on how the menu shows up on the canvas (down- or upwards), the button bar appears at the top or the bottom of the menu so that it is close to the mouse pointer.
  • Also, the context menu now features the Move to Page option that lets you quickly move layers between document pages.
  • Track viewport mode:
  • Now, you can use the Track Viewport mode in the Layer List to view only the layers that you currently see on the canvas. To enable/disable the mode, click Track viewport mode icon in the Search field above the Layers List.
  • Setting hyperlinks to layers:
  • You can now set hyperlinks to any layer in your file and quickly jump to this layer from any place in the document. Even if the linked layer is on the other page of the document. You can use this feature, for example, to ensure navigation in large files.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved comments synchronization between cloud prototypes and the app.
  • Now, Lunacy remembers the latest font color that you used and applies to new text blocks. And only if the color of the background where you place a new text block doesn’t ensure proper readability, Lunacy will use black or white font color.
  • Now, if you enable a shape tool (rectangle, ellipse, triangle, etc.) and click over the canvas, Lunacy creates a shape with the default size of 100x100px and 100px for lines and arrows. The default artboard size is 375x812px.
  • Shadows and blurs now appear in the Effects section of the Inspector.
  • Auto-fix feature. It tries to fix corrupted .sketch files on opening.

New in Lunacy 8.3.1 / 8.3.1.0 Store App (Mar 11, 2022)

  • Cloud documents access issues fixed

New in Lunacy 8.3.0 / 8.3.0 Store App (Mar 2, 2022)

  • Easier component state management:
  • The Inspector panel now features the Component section, so it has become way easier to manage components and their states.
  • To create a component, select a layer or a group of layers, and click + next to the Component section. Lunacy will create a component with a default state.
  • To add a new component state, select a component and click + next to any available state. The component edit view will show up. Make the required changes, then press Esc or click over the canvas anywhere beyond the component to exit the edit mode.
  • To switch between states, select a component, then select the required state in the Inspector.
  • For other actions, use the respective controls at the bottom of the Component section.
  • Improvements:
  • Comments are now available only in cloud documents.
  • You can now click through empty pixels in bounding boxes. It means that it has become easier to select underlying layers.
  • Now, when you draw artboards and shapes or create a text block, you immediately see the artboards, shapes, and text, not their contours.
  • Lunacy now automatically adjusts the font size depending on the size of a text block.
  • Now, when you create a text box, Lunacy automatically sets the text color to black or white depending on the background color.
  • We removed the Zoom tool and added the Hand tool (Z) to the toolbar.
  • Now, when you duplicate a main component, Lunacy creates an instance of the component, not a new main component.
  • Now Lunacy synchronizes some of your settings across different devices. These include the theme (dark or light), artboard presets, custom palettes, and other settings.
  • Improved UI for sharing cloud documents.
  • Minor UI and other improvements.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Numerous bug fixes.

New in Lunacy 8.2.1 / 8.2.1.0 Store App (Feb 4, 2022)

  • Fixes:
  • Fix of high CPU usage on using Google Fonts.
  • Fix broken local prototypes in Ms Store app build.
  • Fix crash on linux on loading system fonts.

New in Lunacy 8.2.0.0 (Jan 30, 2022)

  • Color variables:
  • Color variables let you efficiently manage colors in your documents and instantly recolor all the layers using the same color variable. You can apply color variables to fills, borders, and shadows.
  • In the Inspector, color variables appear as colored circles (color variable icon), while regular fills, border and shadow colors appear as colored rectangles (regular fill icon).
  • Inspector of selected fonts and colors:
  • Now Lunacy displays all fonts and colors of currently selected layers in the Inspector. This lets you quickly view the font and color properties of a selection and edit them, if necessary.
  • By clicking 4 dots icon next to color or font you can switch the selection to the layer(-s) using this color/font.
  • Live updates and comments in cloud prototypes:
  • Cloud prototypes now automatically update as you edit the source cloud file. There’s no need to resend links to reviewers after edits. They will see all the changes in real-time.
  • Also, now reviewers can exchange comments with the author of the prototype. To enable the comments mode, move the cursor to the top of the browser window and click Comments on the toolbar that will show up.
  • Improvements:
  • Lunacy interface is now free of dialog boxes.
  • Layer sizes now appear below the bounding box.
  • Live editing of layer and text styles. You no longer need to click Save to apply changes.
  • Feedback panel with messaging history.
  • Redesigned user profile page.

New in Lunacy 8.1.0.0 (Dec 23, 2021)

  • Support for Apple Silicon:
  • Now Lunacy can run on Macs with Apple Silicon processors. You can download the build on our website. Later it will also be available on the App Store.
  • Scale tool:
  • We revamped the Scale feature and moved it from the context toolbar to the main toolbar. You no longer need to define the required scale percentage. Simply select an object, click Scale too icon on the toolbar (or press K) and drag the bounding box.
  • With the Scale tool selected, you can edit any of the settings (say, width) in the Inspector. Then press Enter, and Lunacy will scale all the other settings accordingly.
  • View Only and Export Only access to cloud documents:
  • When sharing a cloud document, you can select the access level to the document:
  • Edit — full access to the document (except for deletion).
  • Export — users with this access level cannot edit documents. They can only view and export selected objects or the whole project, and inspect the code of the objects. For instance, you can grant export access to developers.
  • View — users with this access level can only view the content of the document.
  • Code and Inspect panels:
  • We redesigned the Code panel for better usability. Also, now it features the Inspect panel (Alt+0 or ⌥+0) where you can view and copy values for selected objects:
  • Dimensions
  • Content of text layers
  • Colors in different color models
  • Styling options (borders, shadows, etc.)
  • Improvements:
  • IME now works fine on Windows. The support for IME on Linux and macOS will be added in upcoming versions.
  • Prototype sharing is back.
  • Better SVG export.
  • Improved rendering performance: gigantic files are welcome.
  • GPU rendering for M1 Macs.
  • Linux ARM build is now available.
  • Re-designed log in screen.

New in Lunacy 8.0.2.0 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Lunacy is now cross-platform:
  • Finally, we can answer YES! to all those hundreds of questions about Lunacy for Mac and Linux. Now Lunacy runs on all major desktop platforms
  • Notes:
  • We temporarily removed the support for external plugins. That was a trade-off we had to make in order to release the Mac and Linux versions. We’re planning to restore the feature in one of the upcoming releases.
  • We removed suggestions panels. We need to re-think this feature. A new, revamped version will appear soon.
  • There is a known issue with the display of some fonts. We’re doing our best to fix it. Workaround: use v.6.9.

New in Lunacy 7.1.0 (Jun 27, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Privacy and share links management:
  • Now you can have three types of cloud documents:
  • Public - accessible for everyone with the link. Visible in your profile for other users. In one of the upcoming versions, users will be able to view profiles of other users.
  • Hidden - accessible for everyone with the link. Hidden from other users in your profile.
  • Private - accessible only with personal links that can be used only once. So, every time you want to invite a new user to a private document, you should send a new link. You can always withdraw your private link by clicking X next to the username. This will make the link invalid and throw the user out of the document.
  • Cloud doc types:
  • Note: Currently, everyone with a link to your document can edit it. Soon, you will be able to set read-only privileges.
  • Observer Mode:
  • The Observer Mode enables you to follow the activities of other users on the canvas. For this, click the user’s avatar in the top-right corner. You will see a colored frame around the canvas, indicating that you’re now in the Observer Mode.
  • Observer mode:
  • To exit the mode, click the user’s avatar once again.
  • Note: You will only be able to view the user’s activities on the canvas. You won’t be able to see the interactions on the side panels.
  • Improvements:
  • Now you can set your own images for your avatar and the name that the other users will see during collaboration.
  • Now you can set the default emoji font. For this, go to View > Emoji Style. Available fonts are: Segoe UI Emoji, Noto Sans Emoji, Apple Color Emoji.
  • Now when a user clicks the link that you shared over a messenger or email, the link opens a page that explains how to use the link and offers to start Lunacy.
  • Ability to delete all files from Home > Deleted in a single click.
  • Font previews are now displayed in the default font language.
  • Minor Vector Tool improvements.
  • Support of HSL/HSB in the Color Picker.
  • Other minor improvements.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Numerous bug fixes

New in Lunacy 7.0 (Jun 15, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Home Tab:
  • We replaced the Welcome Window with the Home Tab. You can now always access it from the top panel (Home icon). Also, we moved the Sign in/Sign up form and the list of Recent documents to the Home Tab.
  • Lunacy Cloud (Beta):
  • We are introducing Lunacy Cloud and discontinue the support of Sketch Cloud.
  • To create a cloud document, click File > New Cloud.
  • The list of your documents appears in the Recent and Documents sections of the Home Tab.
  • You can access your cloud documents from any computer under your Icons8 account.
  • Also, currently, cloud documents are accessible by anyone with the link. More flexible sharing options will be added in the upcoming versions.
  • To get a link, click Share in the upper-right corner. The link will get copied to your clipboard.
  • Collaboration (Beta):
  • Collaboration, the most awaited feature by Lunacy fans, is finally here!
  • Now you can work with the same cloud documents simultaneously with other users. Just share the link to the document and enjoy the teamwork.
  • Armenian Language:
  • Big thanks to Sargis_k for helping us out with the Armenian localization.
  • Improvements:
  • Now the default font for all text blocks is Inter. Also, now it is the font of our interface. It is a free Google font that can be used on all platforms. Previously it was Segoe UI. But it is authorized only for Windows. Now guess why we did it 😉.
  • New hotkeys for navigation through document pages (Page up/Page down) and artboards (Home/End).
  • Improved UI for Objects, Styles, Color Picker, Top bar and Main menu.
  • The limit for Gaussian blur is now 10000. The max value of the slider is still 50. But if you need more blur, you can enter the required value manually.
  • Now you always have access to the list of document pages. You no longer have to switch to the Objects tab to navigate through pages.
  • The button on the right end of the search bar now enables you to quickly collapse the object tree.
  • Ability to switch between Lunacy servers for better connectivity (Help > Region).
  • Now, if you need more space in the top bar, you can hide the Main menu by clicking the arrow next to the Lunacy logo.
  • Other minor improvements
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Numerous bug fixes

New in Lunacy 6.9 (Mar 18, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Hot exit:
  • Now when you quit Lunacy, it will immediately close all the open tabs without asking to save changes and restore all those tabs upon the next launch.
  • Moreover, Lunacy will remember your actions with files, so that you will be able to use the Undo/Redo commands.
  • Improvements:
  • Significant plugins performance improvements
  • Other minor improvements
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Numerous bug fixes.

New in Lunacy 6.8 (Feb 3, 2021)

  • New features:
  • New look and feel:
  • Version 6.8 comes with a new design of the interface. We tried to make the interface clean and lightweight and allow you to focus on your tasks.
  • Interactions and behavior remain mostly unchanged.
  • Redesigned UI in Lunacy 6.8:
  • Comment tool:
  • We added the Comment tool to allow Lunacy users to keep their notes and to-do lists, as well as to collect feedback from teammates and customers. Currently, comments are available only within documents, but there are plans to extend this feature and make it even more powerful.
  • You can:
  • Create, edit and delete comments
  • Reply to comments
  • Mark comments as resolved
  • Filter comments by their status (unresolved/all)
  • To view and manage comments, enable the Comment tool.
  • Comment tool:
  • New languages:
  • Bosnian (big thanks to Belmar Begić)
  • Hebrew (big thanks to shay1913_)
  • Improvements:
  • Significant canvas frame-rate boost
  • Symbol swap now saves overrides
  • Now you can open a file containing folder by right-clicking over a file tab and selecting the respective command on the menu
  • Improved value dragging in fields
  • Minor Text tool improvements
  • Minor Avatar tool improvements
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 100+ bug fixes

New in Lunacy 6.7 (Jan 27, 2021)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Cutting out rasters:
  • Now you can easily cut out any part of an image almost like in Photoshop or other similar apps. For this, select an image and press Enter to enable the edit mode. Then use one of the selection tools that will show up under the image:
  • Scissors
  • Freeform lasso
  • Polygonal lasso
  • Also, you can use any of the shape tools. For this, enable the image editing mode and select the required shape on the toolbar (see the figure below).
  • Cutting out images in Lunacy:
  • Easier object renaming:
  • Now you can rename objects right on the canvas. For this, right-click an object and select Rename on the diplayed menu or simply press F2. A field with the object name will show up. Edit the name and press Enter or click anywhere beyond the field when done.
  • Renaming objects in Lunacy:
  • Improvements:
  • Improved design of the Font weight drop-down list
  • Cloud storage improvements
  • Improved canvas FPS rate
  • Reduced canvas input lag
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 50+ minor fixes

New in Lunacy 6.6 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Now you can rename Components (ex-Symbols) and Styles right in the Inspector.
  • Minor prototyping improvements.
  • Now the main Lunacy window opens almost twice faster than in the previous versions.
  • Some minor UI improvements.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • An issue with Alt codes input
  • Numerous minor fixes.

New in Lunacy 6.5 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • We renamed Symbols to Components for easier onboarding of Figma, XD and other users.
  • Lunacy API regional split for USA, Europe and China for better connectivity.
  • Improved prototypes upload speed.
  • Ability to Check for Updates from the Main Menu (Help > Check For Updates).
  • Some minor UI improvements.
  • Numerous minor fixes.

New in Lunacy 6.4 (Nov 2, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Prototype Preview:
  • In the previous versions, to preview a prototype, you had to upload a document to Sketch Cloud. Now you can do it right within Lunacy even without an internet connection.
  • Moreover, we added the support for scrollable artboards in prototypes.
  • To run the prototype previewer, select an artboard you want to start with and click the Play button in the upper-right corner of the interface. A new window will open next to Lunacy.
  • Also, you can instantly upload your prototypes to our Cloud and share them with other people. Just click the chain link button at the top of the preview window and send the link to your teammate or customer. For details, click here.
  • Avatar tool:
  • We integrated the avatar tool with the generated.photos project. Now you can select between the photos of real-life models (default) and photos of people generated by AI. In the latter case you can choose the desired gender, age, ethnicity, and hair color of a model. Then click Generate avatar and enjoy the magic!
  • Note: You need an internet connection to be able to use this feature.
  • Also, now you can refresh multiple avatars at a time. For this, select several avatars and press Shift+R or click Generate avatar in the Inspector.
  • And as a cherry on top, now you can create avatars from any shapes. For this, select a shape, then enable the Avatar tool and click Generate avatar in the Inspector (see the demo below).
  • Image Upscaler:
  • Another cool feature of this release is the integration with the Icons8 Image Upscaler. Now, when you resize an image, Lunacy will offer you to enhance the image using our state-of-the-art AI.
  • Improvements:
  • Grids and Layouts improvements
  • Mouse cursors: scaling and positioning improvements
  • The dots for adjusting corner radius now show up only when you hover the cursor over an object.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Distance indicator issues
  • Color picker issues
  • Typography issues
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Lunacy 6.3.1 (Oct 26, 2020)

  • Fixed issues:
  • A Sketch Cloud authorization issue.
  • The issue with the Lunacy logo size in the Windows Start menu.

New in Lunacy 6.2 (Sep 25, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Photos and Illustrations:
  • Photos and vector images now open way faster. Also, the libraries have got improved filters.
  • Line tool:
  • The Line tool has got coordinates settings in the Inspector. Also, now the Line tool snaps line origin points to half pixels to draw pixel perfect lines. Like in Sketch.
  • Styles and symbols:
  • Now you can:
  • Group and ungroup items in the style and symbol libraries.
  • Detach styles from UI kits. Detached items become document styles and appear on the Styles tab. You can detach multiple items at a time.
  • Select several objects with identical styling settings and save their settings as a style.
  • Apply context menu commands to several items selected in the Styles or Symbols libraries. For example, you can copy multiple styles between documents or duplicate several symbols at a time.

New in Lunacy 6.1 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Re-designed left panel:
  • Lunacy 6.1 comes with a new look of the left panel. It has become easier to switch between the Objects list and the Libraries (Symbols, Styles, Icons, etc.).
  • To minimize the left panel, click the icon of the currently open section or use a respective shortcut (Alt+1, Alt+2, … Alt+8).
  • Also, we revised the order of tools on the toolbar.
  • Snapping - Pen:
  • The Pen tool has become a lot easier to use. Now when you draw a path, Lunacy snaps new points to horizontal and vertical lines that can be drawn through the point you are going to add and existing points. Also new points snap to:
  • existing segments and their centers
  • guides
  • grids and layouts
  • Snapping - Color Picker:
  • Now when you adjust a linear or radial gradient by moving a color point, Lunacy snaps the point to the borders and midlines of the shape’s bounding box.
  • Improvements:
  • Now you can toggle the suggestions panel using the Ctrl+Space shortcut or the bulb button in the action bar.
  • The ability to globally set icons color and size was removed. Now you can apply colors (tints) to icons individually through the suggestions panel.
  • Now symbol instances can have different states (hovered, pressed, etc.)
  • Added the Swap at Original Size option to the symbol settings in the Inspector. With this option enabled (default), when you swap a symbol, the selected instance will resize to fit the original size of the new symbol.
  • The license pop-up window will no longer disturb you. Now license proposals appear in the suggestions panel.
  • The Code panel tab is no longer available in the Inspector. To display the panel, use the View menu, context menu or the F4 hotkey.
  • Search fields improvements. Now all content filters appear in the search fields.
  • Tips on working in Lunacy now appear in the right panel when no object is selected.
  • Now you can copy-paste text and layer styles between open documents.
  • The Convert to Outlines feature now supports combined glyphs.
  • Now you can rename your projects right on the file tabs panel. Just double-click the project tab, enter a new name and press Enter.
  • IME Text input improvements. Chinese and Korean now work fine. Input in other languages will perform a lot better.
  • New icon for .sketch files association in the Windows Explorer
  • Improved performance of the .sketch file opening and saving procedures.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • The artboards’ Resize to Fit feature now works a lot better, like in Sketch.
  • The dash pattern option in border settings now works like in Sketch (2 fields instead of 4).
  • The issue with color boxes showing HEX values even when the fill type was other than solid.
  • Currency symbols in generated texts now go in front of digits
  • Typography issues
  • Prototyping issues
  • Suggestions issues
  • Other minor fixes

New in Lunacy 6.0 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Support of Sketch plugins (Beta):
  • Lunacy v.6 brings the support of Sketch plugins. Please note that Lunacy supports only the latest JavaScript version of the Sketch API. Also, with limitations it supports:
  • Sketch Utilities (except for polyfill fetch)
  • Some most frequent Objective C Objects
  • Lunacy does not and will never support:
  • Objective C preprocessor
  • OSX Compiled components
  • Access to the Cocoa UI
  • As of now, there is no way to say for sure whether this or that Sketch plugin downloaded from the internet will work in Lunacy. But we’ve added is a special panel where you can download plugins verified and approved by our team. We will regularly update the content of the panel.
  • Now you can also write and run you own scripts directly in Lunacy and save them as plugins.
  • Tint Overrides:
  • In the previous version we added tints. This version comes with tint overrides. They can be handy, for instance, when you are designing tabs or panels with elements that can have different states expressed through different colors. Note that before using tint overrides you should add default tints. When you apply an override, the reset button appears in the Tint section of the Inspector. Use this button to remove the override.
  • Snap to spacing:
  • We’ve added another great feature that will help you quickly arrange objects on the canvas. Now when you have two or more vertically or horizontally distributed objects and you drag another object close to them, Lunacy snaps the object and shows a pink area when the spacing between the object you drag is the same as one of the spacings between the other objects.
  • Improvements:
  • The button that allows you to log into your Icons8 account now appears on the action bar in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  • Support of the Sketch artboard state logic: resized state and scrollable prototypes.
  • Now when you delete a master symbol that has instances, Lunacy will ask you to confirm your intent.
  • A new way of switching to the text editing mode: enable the text tool (press T or select it on the toolbar) and click over the text that you want to edit.
  • The suggestions panel now also appears when you work with stars, polygons, triangles, lines and arrows, provided that you’ve created them with respective tools.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • The issue with high scrolling speed of the object list scrolled with a touchpad.
  • Prototyping issues.
  • Color picker issues.
  • Vector tool issues.

New in Lunacy 5.9.0 / 5.9.0.0 Store App (Jul 24, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Suggestions panel:
  • Now when you select a shape, an open path or a text you will see a panel with suggestions of styling options based on your previous actions and choices. In case you’ve just started using Lunacy, the panel will provide some preset styles. You can:
  • Scroll the content of each panel column (except for font size).
  • Resize the panel and its columns.
  • Move it up or down by dragging the handle in the top-left corner of the panel. Lunacy remembers the position of the panel individually for each object.
  • Manage the content of the panel. Right-click over the panel to invoke the context menu and see the options.
  • Disable the panel through View > Suggestions.
  • Tints:
  • Tints are a quick and easy way to apply a color to grouped objects and symbol instances. They are particularly useful when you need to adjust the color of a semi-filled object or a complex icon.
  • GUI tools:
  • We’ve added a set of tools that allows you to quickly add basic GUI controls that include:
  • Drop-down lists
  • Buttons
  • Text fields
  • Checkboxes
  • Radio buttons and
  • Toggles
  • When you select a control added with any of these tools, you see the suggestions panel that allows you to:
  • Change the type of the control.
  • Select the style of the control.
  • Select the control state.
  • Symbol tool:
  • The symbol tool allows you to quickly create mockups of interfaces by adding placeholder symbols and then replacing them with required GUI elements.
  • To draw a placeholder symbol just select the Symbol tool and drag over the required area. Placeholder symbols appear as pink rectangles with the question mark.
  • To replace a placeholder symbol, select it and use the suggestions panel that will appear.
  • You can also use use symbols from the Symbols page. For this, enable the tool, then go to the Symbols page and click the required Symbol. The same applies to symbols from UI kits.
  • When the Symbol tool is enabled, you can press the C and Shift+C hotkeys to switch between the symbols that you’ve used earlier and quickly add them onto the canvas.
  • If you want your custom symbols to appear on the suggestions panel, you should properly tag them in the Inspector. For this, click Tag symbol button in the Symbol section of the Inspector and select a proper category.
  • Text formatting:
  • Text formatting has become a way easier. You no longer need to select a word or the whole text to make it bold, italicized or whatever.
  • Just set the caret inside a word or at the end of the text and apply the required formatting. In the latter case, the formatting will be applied to the whole text.
  • Improvements:
  • The Icon tool also has its suggestions panel now. Currently it shows your latest 16 icons. The panel does not appear, when you open the Icons Library.
  • Text alignment magnets now also appear upon selection of multiple text objects.
  • Newly-added text objects now inherit the style of the previous text.
  • Now you can edit the layout grid for several artboards at the same time.
  • Now you can tag symbol types for better symbol suggestions.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Artboard layout issues
  • Resize issues
  • Prototyping issues
  • Undo/Redo issues

New in Lunacy 5.2.0 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • Features:
  • New Rendering Engine (input lag reduced, performance improved)
  • Icon Tool
  • Superscript and Subscript for Typography
  • Ability to connect / disconnect your UIKits
  • Sign In to Icons8 with Microsoft Account
  • Improvements:
  • Ability to delete uploaded files from the Lunacy server
  • Previous Uploads URLs stored in the Cloud export panel
  • Ability to apply Text or Layer Style to a selected object
  • Ability to swap a selected Symbol from symbols panel
  • Ability to hide some panels via the Main Menu
  • Ability to remove all guidelines via the context menu on rulers
  • Ability to lock guidelines on the workspace
  • Text Generation UI improvements
  • Improved constraints math
  • Drop image replace highlight on the target object
  • Left Panel width saved between app
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed some minor bug

New in Lunacy 5.1.1 (Feb 20, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed crashes

New in Lunacy 5.1.0 (Feb 14, 2020)

  • Features:
  • AI Background Removal for images
  • Hotspot Overrides
  • Disable Snapping by holding Ctrl when moving objects
  • Title Case in Typography
  • Artboard Orientation Switcher and resize it to fit the content
  • Improvements:
  • Ability to delete uploaded files from the Lunacy server
  • Previous Uploads URLs stored in the Cloud export panel
  • Ability to apply Text or Layer Style to a selected object
  • Ability to swap a selected Symbol from symbols panel
  • Ability to hide some panels via the Main Menu
  • Ability to remove all guidelines via the context menu on rulers
  • Ability to lock guidelines on the workspace
  • Text Generation UI improvements
  • Improved constraints math
  • Drop image replace highlight on the target object
  • Left Panel width saved between app launches
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed some SVG import issues
  • Fixed some typography issues
  • Fixed some undo/redo issues
  • Fixed some crashes
  • Fixed incorrect masks on sketch file resave
  • Fixed some flatten issues

New in Lunacy 5.0.2.0 Store App (Jan 31, 2020)

  • Features:
  • What's new information inside Lunacy
  • Basic Tutorial on the first Lunacy Launch
  • Ability to buy a single icon, photo or illustration for 1$
  • Ability to supersize a stock photo
  • Outline Stroke
  • Microsoft Pen Support
  • Persian language support (thanks 0amir1 and everyone who helped)
  • Improvements:
  • Huge CPU rendering performance improvement
  • GPU rendering input lag minimized
  • Minor UI improvements
  • Ability to on/off UI kits
  • Ability to paste some images via drag-drop
  • Element selection improvements on a canvas
  • Ability to close tab via Middle Click
  • Ability to paste SVG file from Clipboard text data
  • Autosave feature will no longer interrupt editing experience
  • Autosave indication
  • Image Tool single and multi-drop improvements
  • Prototyping connections rendering improvement
  • Smooth scrolling and zoom via mouse wheel
  • Slice SVG export
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed some overrides issues
  • Fixed prototyping issues, improved some interactions
  • Fixed some find similar issues
  • Fixed duplicate crashes
  • Fixed some SVG import issues

New in Lunacy 4.8.1 (Dec 12, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed image crop causing app crash
  • Fixed some issues recieved by user reports

New in Lunacy 4.8 (Dec 12, 2019)

  • Features:
  • Image Crop
  • Pixel Preview
  • Sketch format node export support
  • Text Generation snippets
  • Slice Tool
  • Hotspot Tool
  • Hungarian language support (thanks “Levente Szíjártó”)
  • Improvements:
  • New UI for Top Bar, Main Menu, Libraries and Export
  • Ability to show/hide overrides and slices
  • Ability to open recent projects from Add Tab button
  • Reset Overrides button added to the right panel
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed scale issues
  • Fixed some undo/redo issues
  • Fixed group resize issues
  • Fixed multiple groups transformation issues
  • Fixed Dark Mode issues
  • Fixed sketch format issues
  • Fixed slice and hotspot issues
  • Fixed grid issues
  • Fixed Go To Master Symbol issues

New in Lunacy 4.7.0 (Nov 25, 2019)

  • Features:
  • Dark Mode
  • Text Styles
  • Layer Styles
  • Ability to override text and layer styles
  • Smart Dragging. If you will drag background element - foreground element will drag with it
  • Style Suggestions - Lunacy will suggest you previously used styles
  • Smart Text Insertion. Press T to insert text into selected shape
  • Improvements:
  • Improved pan/scrolling experience
  • Improved file load speed
  • Improved app close speed
  • Bool operations will work more like Sketch
  • Border Options mixed content handling
  • Improved sketch format compatibility
  • Ability to add element from a library via double click
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed prototyping issues
  • Fixed move from/to artboard issues
  • Fixed background blur issues
  • Fixed export issues
  • Fixed document palette issues
  • Fixed stability issues

New in Lunacy 4.6.1 (Nov 25, 2019)

  • Fixed scroll, scale and other issues
  • Sketch Prototyping Format support. You can see, edit and save files with prototyping.
  • Preview is not implemented.
  • Korean language support
  • Increased rendering performance
  • Tips with corner radius and angle value on a canvas
  • Improved text scaling algorithm

New in Lunacy 3.16.4 (May 31, 2019)

  • Features:
  • Integration with icons8 Icons
  • Justify alignment in text
  • Editing multiple text blocks
  • Search by document structure
  • Enabling and disabling effects
  • Size indicator near creating or editing object
  • Window position and state saving
  • Added new interface language: Serbian (Latin)
  • Improvements:
  • Improved of export and import to SVG
  • Improved work with the parameter Line height in the text
  • Improved horizontal tabulation support in text
  • Improved correctness of drawing effects for text
  • Added update font weights when changing font family
  • Added the ability to apply shortcuts to text without entering edit mode
  • Improved the use of styles in the text on shortcuts Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I
  • Added new shortcuts for text
  • Display CSS for several selected objects
  • The ability to apply Paragraph spacing to the selected paragraph in the text
  • While adding objects if an element inside group is selected, new object is created inside the same group
  • Improved work with mixed content in the text and object transformations
  • Added new templates for artboards
  • Improved work with distance lines (alt behaviour)
  • Added possibility to move points of editing object with arrow keys
  • Improved work with zoom field and grid settings
  • Corrected window size and panel state saving
  • Corrected vector tool Esc behaviour
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the error of exporting objects with long names to a local file
  • Fixed the problem of selecting artboards by title
  • Fixed most errors of working with text
  • Fixed inner shadow rendering
  • Fixed properties and effects view in right panel
  • Fixed problem with ghost artboard frames after removing page with them from project or just changing it
  • Some undo behaviour fixes
  • Fixed some issues with selection in tree
  • Fixed UI bugs including some buttons behaviours, cursors changings etc
  • And many other bugs were fixed

New in Lunacy 3.15.3 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed various Problems with input fields
  • Fixed problem with editing text in Symbols instance
  • Fixed problem with loading Google fonts
  • Fixed problem of switching interface language for Installer version
  • Fixed problem of incorrect saving of some sketch files
  • Fixed the problem of rewriting the font parameter for text blocks having the missing font

New in Lunacy 3.5.6724.29454 Beta (May 30, 2018)

  • Added:
  • objects render cache (performance improvements, CPU usage decreased)
  • Changed:
  • workspace changes background color from white to light-gray when artboard added
  • resize artboard from top crops content instead of moving it
  • Bugs fixed:
  • image loading from sketch file fixed
  • export images fix
  • minor bug fixes

New in Lunacy 3.4.6709.34323 Beta (May 16, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Sketch v50 format support
  • Math in numeric text fields
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Folder structure fix
  • Loading from explorer fix