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KoolShow Changelog

What's new in KoolShow 2.6.1

Mar 20, 2023
  • Added a warning message for exporting as PNG file(s) with transparent background. Browser security issues with canvas method toDataURL which converts canvas pixels to an image file prevent exporting when the canvas displays a local image file. Unable to find a work around.
  • Added export to PNG file with movie background color as a separate menu item.
  • Added a warning message when exporting an animated GIF if there are images with CSS animation effects. These images are not included in the canvas and any canvas transformations (e.g. scale) applied to them are ignored.
  • Added an additional method for exporting animated GIFs using Ezgif.com.
  • Fixed problem exporting as transparent PNGs if every frame is chosen as the capture frequency.
  • Increased the size of the browser width/height slightly for exporting as PNGs with movie background color. Scrollbars were appearing.

New in KoolShow 2.6.0 (Sep 26, 2022)

  • Added option to use main screen toolbar icons that are twice the size of current icons, in File > Preferences, tabbed page Icon/Text Sizes.
  • Added option to select sizing for Timeline layout in File > Preferences, tabbed page Icon/Text Sizes.
  • Added larger icons (adjacent to object names) for Timeline, List of Objects, Movie Overview based on the text size of object names. The text size is set in File > Preferences, tabbed page Icon/Text Sizes, listbox text size.
  • Adjusted vertical spacing in Timeline based on text size which is set in File > Preferences, tabbed page Icon/Text Sizes.
  • Increased size of dialog box text by about 10%.
  • Moved listbox text size from Preferences/Stage page to Icon/TextSizes.
  • Fixed a bug that can cause a crash for a rare sequence of events (close List of Objects, open a new fun file that causes a warning popup message).

New in KoolShow 2.5.9 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • Removed warning messages associated with adjustX and adjustY.
  • This version is code signed. Last version wasn't (due to very long delay in getting new certificate).

New in KoolShow 2.5.8 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • Added Set Object Property button action (sets property like visible, x, y, etc. for a stage object on button click). [Html5 export]
  • Added Scenes selection for Go to Key Frame action.
  • Added more reference links to Animation Scripting and Examples help. [Html5 export]
  • Added button scripting section to Animation Scripting Examples. [Html5 export]
  • Added additional examples to Animation Scripting Examples and Html5 Examples. [Html5 export]
  • Added Touch enable code in exported Html5 to provide mobile touch capability. [Html5 export]
  • Added loop capability for button sound. [Html5 export]
  • Fixed Drag and Drop code for movie clips -- adjustX and adjustY set to zero on export. [Html5 export]
  • Fixed export of frame labels for movie clip key frames. [Html5 export]
  • Fixed problem with adding a spin (or rotate) effect if there is only a single key frame in the movie.

New in KoolShow 2.5.7 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • Added an additional frame-based Html5 GUI, called Html5 frame-based animation (basic), featuring less complexity -- fewer tool icons on the left toolbar and fewer top menu items.
  • Simplified the Configure wizard.
  • Changed the message that can be encountered when exporting as video, alerting that the movie frame size exceeds the screen size. Added an option to ignore the message.

New in KoolShow 2.5.6 (Aug 30, 2021)

  • Included YouTube video on animation effects in help associated with Effects/Filters windows.
  • Changed title bar of movie clip timeline to include the name of the movie clip.
  • Fixed styled background color for disabled radio box.
  • Fixed disabled status for effects/filters menu items.
  • Fixed Html5 filter preview (from Preview button in Html5 Filter window).
  • Fixed problem with export position of movie clip that is scaled in size.
  • Fixed some missing effects in the effects popup menu off the Effects tab of the Effects/Actions/Storyboard window.
  • Fixed some problems with properties in the Properties pane for movie clips.

New in KoolShow 2.5.5 (Jul 26, 2021)

  • Added the ability to set the vertical spacing of multiline text in Properties Pane.
  • Added a menu item in File > Trace Image named Trace Image (Auto) that lists several online autotracers that convert bitmap images to SVG vector files that can then be imported into the software.
  • Changed color rendering of object names in the Timeline that are hidden objects (Objects > Hide Objects) to a greyed out color.
  • Created articles on Motion Paths, Sprite Sheets, and Animation Scripting and linked to relevant context help.
  • Fixed a problem that prevented changing the dialog skin to Windows default.
  • Fixed several problems with importing SVG path element.

New in KoolShow 2.5.4 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • Fixed problem with File > Preferences not displaying.
  • Fixed refresh of timeline issue when changing from image fill to color fill for a shape.

New in KoolShow 2.5.3 (Jun 22, 2021)

  • Added capability to import KoolMoves/KoolShow movie and append to/overlay with existing movie.
  • Added capability to import KoolMoves/KoolShow movie as a new scene and append to existing movie.
  • Added capability to add slideshow-type navigation buttons to movie and link navigation to scenes. This is an option in Preferences > Scene Slideshow. To see an example, view the animation on the homepage of koolmoves.com
  • Added fade/size, spin/rotate, and easing properties to properties window for movie clips.
  • Added an option in Preferences > Messages/Warnings to suppress the message -- Are you sure you want to change all frames.
  • Display scenes combo box on timeline when there is more than one scene.
  • Fixed problem with deleting a key frame at the end of a motion path.
  • Fixed problem with rendering text on the editing stage if the font is not recognized by Gdiplus, the principal mechanism for displaying text.
  • Fixed problem with motion script effect not playing after the movie loops.
  • Fixed problem with incorrect number of frames in motion path on export if the tweens for each key frame vary over the motion path.
  • Fixed problem with internal memory management of tapered lines.
  • Fixed problem with refresh of timeline if masking information is changed.
  • Fixed problem with display of motion paths on timeline for any scenes after first scene.

New in KoolShow 2.5.2 (May 21, 2021)

  • Added option to choose between two different conversions for cubic curve segments when importing SVGs.
  • Added additional examples to the Example Library.
  • Improved Welcome dialog in demo version.
  • Removed a routine that reduces the number of shape vertices when importing SVGs that was causing a problem.

New in KoolShow 2.5.1 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • Added ability to export "donut holes" in vector shapes. GUI currently doesn't support a way to create a donut hole so only useful for SVG import or converting text to vector shape.
  • Added to Transform menu two ways to break apart text -- break into individual characters and convert to vector shape.
  • Added ability to export morphed vector shape gradients.
  • Added ability to save canvas as 32-bit PNGs (with transparent background) for entire movie. Before, it was only supported for a single frame.
  • Added menu item under File for exporting movie as an animated PNG (APNG).
  • Added List of Scenes to Views menu. It was an oversight it wasn't originally included in Html5 export GUI.
  • Added ability to import animate elements from a SVG file for the stop-color property of vector shape gradients.
  • Reorganized menu items associated with File > Publish/Movie.
  • Converted more dialog screens to skinned dialogs.
  • Tweaked some Tools toolbar icons.
  • Fixed some SVG import issues.
  • Fixed problem where dialog skin setting is lost if switch between GUI modes.

New in KoolShow 2.5.0 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Added skinning to the left Tools toolbar. Go to File > Preferences > Application Look to revert to the old look (default Windows theme).
  • Added ability to handle SVG classes in SVG import.
  • Extended available border thicknesses to more thicknesses in dropdown combo list.
  • Fixed problem with missing shape names in SVG import.
  • Fixed problem with Scenes icon preference for top toolbar.
  • Fixed problem with Save As Png background color (although it shouldn't affect the png export).

New in KoolShow 2.4.9 (Feb 10, 2021)

  • Added skinning to dialog screens (with 7 themes) for Html5 animation GUI only (at this time) and to Timeline and Properties panes. Not all screens have been converted at this time. BTW, this involved a gigantic effort. Elements of dialog windows like list box and combo box scroll bars can't be skinned. Go to File > Preferences > Application Look to revert to the old look (default Windows theme).
  • Changed the Stage background color to a darker color but it can be changed back in Preferences. Don't use the previous default color R 150/G 150/B 150 or else your choice will be overwritten by the new default dark color on loading the application.
  • Redid many icons.
  • Added a tutorial/YouTube section at the top of some of the Context Help screens, listing relevant links.
  • Converted 4 icons on the Timeline pane to a popup menu off a single icon and made several other cosmetic changes.
  • Added several scripting examples to demonstrate that regular text can be dynamically changed with button and frame actions (Html5 export).
  • Fixed an issue with too many textarea tags being exported to the html if text fields are in the movie (Html5 export). I could have sworn that I fixed this before.

New in KoolShow 2.4.8 (Dec 29, 2020)

  • Fixed issue with having to save project twice after message "You will be asked to save the project file for the first time ..".
  • Fixed issue associated with export subdirectory with a message that folder doesn't exist.

New in KoolShow 2.4.7 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • Added Drag and Drop property to Properties window for shapes with vertices, images, and movie clips (put text and multiple shapes, if desired, in a movie clip).
  • Added three more examples to Script Example Library (Finger painting, Sparkles, and Drag and drop).
  • Added Cut/Copy/Paste icons to Javascript editor. I believe they were there at one time and were removed.
  • Added ability to make movie clip programmable (must have been an oversight).
  • Fixed non-ascii characters in exported file names/paths.

New in KoolShow 2.4.6 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Added another CSS animation library option, cssanimation.css by Pavel, that offers both whole object and text character animation.
  • Added the ability to set video options for Html5 video in the Properties window.
  • Made improvements to SWF import. Still more to do.
  • Reorganized some of the import menu items.
  • Fixed non-ascii characters in exported Html5 text.

New in KoolShow 2.4.5 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • Added a few more examples to the Html5 Script Library.
  • Fixed a 1 pixel bitmap offset problem (position offset of bitmap relative to enclosing shape) for vector shapes that are symbols and filled with a bitmap (Html5 export only).
  • Fixed a bitmap offset problem for button states that are vector shapes that are symbols and filled with a bitmap (Html5 export only), introduced when cacheing of symbols was implemented.
  • Fixed a number of problems with importing a SWF for Html5 export (png image compression with alpha channel, jpeg compression with alpha channel, button sound, simple nested movie clips, masking, 1 pixel offset for bitmap button states). Alas, there are still issues, including shared movie clips.

New in KoolShow 2.4.4 (Sep 21, 2020)

  • Added library of Html5 animation examples to illustrate different aspects of functionality -- File > Examples and Help > Examples. Example files can be imported.
  • Added capability to add a taper to lines (Html5 export), useful for cartooning.
  • Added capability to set style options for dynamic text (Html5 export).
  • Fixed problem with symbol shape fills under certain situations (Html5 export).
  • Fixed problem with morphed masks (Html5 export).
  • Fixed problem with rendering shape bitmap fill if the width or height of the shape has been changed by moving vertices.
  • Fixed problem with opening a file from Recent File list.

New in KoolShow 2.4.3 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • Added a library of CreateJS/javascript scripting examples (Javascript > Examples).
  • Improved custom scripting screens (Javascript > Animation Scripting).
  • Fixed GdiPlus (out of memory) error for Views > Actions and Sounds Overview and Navigation Overview that occurs when there is text on the stage.
  • Fixed key frame sound auto play problem by adding Auto Play as an option to key frame sound and setting the default value to off.

New in KoolShow 2.4.1 (May 23, 2020)

  • Added File > Import Audio menu item for Html5 export as a redundant and clearer way to add audio to the movie.
  • Added the ability to remember the last used folder path for screen captures for GIF/AVI export.
  • Fixed transforms (scale, slant, etc.) of shapes filled with images so the image is transformed along with the shape. Still needs some work for symbol shape image fills.

New in KoolShow 2.3.9 (Dec 20, 2019)

  • Added the ability to customize how objects on a motion path segment are displayed on the editing stage -- File > Preferences - Motion Path page or Options > Motion Path Display Settings. Provided considerable documentation on this feature.
  • Added a Google fonts option to download only the text characters that are used in the Html5 animation -- File > Export Settings.
  • Added Sprite Sheet actions and global Javascript to the Movie Overview display for Html5 movies.
  • Added a Javascript item on the menu bar for Html5 movies and moved Movie > Insert Custom Javascript under the new Javascript menu bar caption. Also added a second menu item -- Javascript for Current Frame.
  • Fixed problem with displaying one character text on the stage -- error message "Text is not being drawn correctly using Gdiplus rendering package...
  • Improved the method for correlating text size on the stage based on character glyph rendering to text size on the stage based on Gdiplus rendering to text size in the browser.

New in KoolShow 2.3.8 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Added ability to set the CSS style for Html Div objects (thanks to FlashPulse for suggesting this).
  • Added Trace Image capability to Html5 export GUI.
  • Added a menu item in File > Utilities that points to a web link to adjust the video speed for exported AVI, MP4, animated GIF animations.
  • Added menu item for Grid Options in Options > Grid.
  • Added right-click popup for Html Div objects.
  • Fixed problem with motion path export for shapes with vertices. Now morphing with a linear motion path and morphing with tweens should product equivalent Html5 export. The fix applies to Html5 export only at this time.
  • Fixed problem with morphing symbol shapes that change color by eliminating caching which was introduced several versions ago.
  • Fixed problem with misalignment of objects on the Timeline after importing a swf as shapes. To solve the problem, all imported key frames now have 0 tweens, and linear motion paths are used to morph shapes rather than tweens between key frames.
  • Fixed problem with Timeline pane sometimes not refreshing after importing swf as shapes.
  • Fixed problem with orphaned button in Properties pane in certain circumstances.
  • Fixed problem with exporting large Html Div content (thanks to FlashPulse for finding this).
  • Fixed problem with exporting Html Div object when present in multiple key frames (thanks to FlashPulse for finding this).

New in KoolShow 2.3.7 (Oct 6, 2019)

  • Fixed problem with using a http web url in a Html5 go to url frame action (thanks to FlashPulse for finding this).
  • Fixed problem with exporting Html5 Web Page dialog in the Save as Html5 file edit box; sometimes the url is repeated twice (thanks to FlashPulse for finding this).
  • Fixed two problems with Html5 Div multi-line content (thanks to FlashPulse for finding this).

New in KoolShow 2.3.6 (Oct 6, 2019)

  • Extended Html5 Motion Script engine to include masking effects.
  • Added 4 additional image/shape Html5 motion script effects (Block Mask, Growing Mask, Clockwise Mask, Bar Slide In), based on previous Flash AS1 based motion scripts.
  • Added wait cursor when importing an image or series of images.
  • Improved image import speed.
  • Fixed problem with wait cursor.
  • Fixed problem (introduced in a previous version) with Html5 Textillate character animation.

New in KoolShow 2.3.5 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • Added ability to apply motion script effects to vector shapes in addition to images and text for Html5 export.
  • Added ability to apply 8 Html5 filter effects to images, vector shapes, and text. Many of the filter parameter values can be easily varied by key frame.
  • Added caching of symbol shapes in exported Html5 for greater rendering performance.
  • Changed Html5 export dialog so export file name is not initially blank (proposed file name is based on the project file name or the previously used file name).
  • Fixed (or at least improved) positioning of text with css aimation effects.
  • Fixed (or at least improved) positioning of text and images with css aimation effects on a jQuery Mobile page with a header.
  • Fixed positioning of objects requiring divs (e.g. objects with css animation effects) for responsive design Html5 export -- a position:relative was missing in the canvasholder div.
  • Upgraded to latest Visual Studio version. Changed compiler setting to optimize for application speed.

New in KoolShow 2.3.4 (Apr 16, 2019)

  • Added the capability to select from two additional Html5 animation frameworks in File > Export Settings -- CreateJS (EaselJS version 0.6.1 based) with a different preloader to reduce the size to 103 KB and CreateJS (EaselJS version 0.8.0 based) with a size of 120 KB and better performance.
  • Added the capability in File > Export Settings to specify the language of the web page for Html5 export.
  • Added the capability in Movie > Movie File Sizes to display the sizes of files used in the Html5 export.
  • Added the capability in File > Export/Publish Movie > As Html5 Code to display code for a full example.
  • Added the option in Movie > Progress Bar Options to select whether the preloading progress bar is displayed for Html5 export.
  • Added custom javascript to the Movie Overview.
  • Added additional diagnostic display if there is a problem previewing the movie.
  • Added capability to add meta tag ad-size for Html5 export.
  • Fixed a problem with displaying a sprite sheet dependency in Movie > Movie Dependencies.
  • Fixed a problem with centering the canvas on the web page.

New in KoolShow 2.3.3 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • Added ability to drag shape indicator dots on the timeline, thus shifting the selected shape from one frame to another, particularly useful for motion paths.
  • Added two additional menu items to the menu popup, activated by right-clicking on a shape indicator dot on the timeline, for shifting a single shape right or left on the timeline.
  • Added ability to select multiple image files for adding to the stage.
  • Added some checks to prevent applying motion paths to individual members of a group or to shift individual member of a group on the timeline.
  • Fixed the forced use of the default browser for previewing Html5 motion script effects.
  • Fixed rendering duplication problem when exporting an object present in more than one frame that has a CSS effect.
  • Fixed a color morphing problem for a shape group with a motion path.

New in KoolShow 2.3.2 (Feb 2, 2019)

  • Fixed problem with previewing in a browser after deleting a vertex point from a shape.
  • Fixed problem with clipped OK, Cancel buttons on the fill with gradient page at least for some screen resolutions.
  • Fixed flickering tooltip problem for RGB edit boxes for fill with solid color and fill with gradient pages by attaching the tooltips to the color icons instead of the edit boxes.
  • Fixed flickering mouse icon over color hexagon on fill with gradient and fill with solid color pages.
  • Fixed problem with RGB values in their edit boxes not being updated when a selection is made from the color hexagon.
  • Improved layout of motion path dialog.
  • When previewing with the native Internet Explorer browser an animation that uses Google fonts, a message is displayed in the browser title bar directing you to switch to your default browser in File > Preferences - Play if the Google fonts are not rendering correctly. The problem seems to occur if a Google font has a complex style like italic bold. The native Internet Explorer browser as part of the application is supposed to be the lastest version but in fact it isn't.
  • Fixed problem with the initial quadratic curve point of a new segment that is added to a quadratic motion path.

New in KoolShow 2.3.1 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • Added support for Google web fonts and font preloading (File > Export Settings). Not supported yet for jQuery Mobile Widget export.
  • Added support for setting the distance between boundary points when drawing freehand (File > Preferences - Freehand Drawing).
  • Added support for setting the color of the web page area outside the canvas area when previewing with your default browser (File > Preferences - Play).
  • Added the canvas background color to the canvas tag. Previously the color was only attached to the body tag.
  • Added Box2dWeb javascript library to Javascripts for Html folder but has not yet been integrated with the animation software. Box2dWeb is a physics library that comprehends gravity, collisions, bounciness and friction of objects. Used on our homepage animation.

New in KoolShow 2.3.0 (Nov 7, 2018)

  • Combined and expanded Movie > Insert Custom Javascript and Movie > Insert Javascript to Control Objects to include the ability to control actions, based on mouse clicks and mouse movement, to provide a programming environment for complex scripted animations like particle generation, etc. This is the first step in providing a powerful environment for scripting akin to Flash action scripting.
  • Added ability to flip a sprite sheet horizontally or vertically.
  • Added checking of object name for hyphens if the object is programmable -- hyphens are illegal in javascript variables.
  • Added gui mode to fun file.
  • Changed display of tutorials to point to on-line articles knowledge base.
  • Implemented some minor changes when program opens for first time users.
  • Fixed sprite sheet file path saved in fun file as absolute path instead of relative path.
  • Fixed problem with Properties window not being updated when an object is pasted into a key frame.
  • Fixed problem with sprite sheet files not being added to the list of required files.
  • Fixed problem with sprite sheet animation speed ratio behaving like its inverse.
  • Fixed problem when an additional segment to a quadratic motion path is created and it reverts to a linear motion path.
  • Fixed problem with trying to move the curve point of a quadratic motion path whose x or y position is the same at both ends.
  • Fixed problem with an image file being preloaded if it was previously deleted from the animation in the same session.
  • Fixed display of selected Jssor slide properties if all slides have been deleted.

New in KoolShow 2.2.9 (Sep 30, 2018)

  • Added ability to import sprite sheets for Html5 export.
  • Added ability to control object properties during the animation using custom javascript for Html5 export (see Movie > Insert Javascript to Control Objects).
  • Extended and improved motion path capability with the addition of curved (quadratic) motion paths, motion path segments, and auto orient for Html5 export.
  • Added links for converting swfs and gifs to sprite sheets (File > Utilities) for Html5 export.
  • Added movie clip icon to right toolbar for Html5 export.
  • Added ability to import a folder of slide images into a jssor slide show.
  • Added ability to add image alt tag text for a jssor slide.
  • Added many examples to the program's Examples folder.
  • Improved Morph to Key Frame behavior -- no longer requires extending movie with additional blank frames.
  • Replaced eight javascript files with a single minified file for Html5 export.
  • Motion path crashing problem in version 9.8.2, occurring when there are more than two occurrences of a shape on the timeline, mysteriously went away in version 9.8.3.

New in KoolShow 2.2.8 (Aug 14, 2018)

  • Fixed missing convert.exe problem when using ImageMagick version 7 to make animated GIFs.
  • Fixed button highlighting on left Tools toolbar so it behaves like pre-9.7.4 versions before docked panes were introduced.
  • Added list of tutorials (Help > Tutorials).
  • Fixed inability to save font size (set in Preferences). Problem was introduced several versions ago.

New in KoolShow 2.2.6 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • Added AVI export to Html5 animation export options.
  • Added explicit MP4 export (involving online link for conversion from AVI to MP4).
  • Changed rendering of on-stage text for Html5 export from direct rendering of font glyphs (used for Flash export) to Gdiplus rendering. This change will result in the on-stage text more closely resembling the text viewed in the web browser (provided the user has the font specified in the Html).
  • Fixed or improved issues with Html5 code for multi-line text. There is still an issue with right-justified, rotated text.
  • Fixed or improved vertical position of text with CSS effect.

New in KoolShow 2.2.5 (Oct 13, 2017)

  • Added Clipart and Animated Clipart libraries.
  • Fixed minor issue with Shift shapes timeline functionality.
  • Fixed Position/size value in Properties pane out of sync with selected object timing issue.
  • Fixed problem with Jssor slideshow if image size changes.
  • Fixed several problems with Morph to key frame timeline functionality.

New in KoolShow 2.2.4 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • Replaced floating Properties and Timeline windows with dockable windows with autohide, dock, and float capability. See www.koolmoves.com/docking-panes.html for a tutorial.
  • Added Motion Path capibility for Html5 export -- linearly morph first occurrence of an object to last. It is set through right-click menu popup from the Timeline or through Motion Path property in Property pane. It is indicated on the Timeline with a horizontal line connecting the first occurrence to last.
  • Added ability to go to a key frame for an object by clicking on the Timeline even if that object doesn't appear in that key frame. Right-clicking then provides the option to setup a Motion Path to that key frame.
  • Replaced floating Tools window with a dockable window.
  • Fixed object selection issue introduced in version 2.2.3 when changing key frames.
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with the display of the key frame tick marks at the top of the Timeline. I think this has been an issue for a very long time.
  • Fixed bug (probably 15+ years old) associated with Final Fade Out effect.
  • Fixed a number of other issues.

New in KoolShow 2.2.3 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • Added newer style top toolbar and menubar and bottom status bar. Bottom navigation toolbar was consolidated into top toolbar. Key frame scrollbar was eliminated but if it is strongly missed it can be added in a future version. This is the first step toward redesigning some of the popups as dockable/floating panes.
  • Added application look capability for top toolbar, menubar, and status bar. It can be changed in several places (one is File > Application Look). Office XP is also an attractive look.
  • Added message warning against the use of point font unit (pt) for Html5 export because that font unit will cause text sizing to vary by browser.
  • Increased height of preview browser popup to avoid scrollbars in Html5 export.
  • Improved rendering of line drawing in single step preview.
  • Fixed numerous problems with the jQuery Widgets Pages dialog.
  • Fixed a minor issue with display of percent played in single step preview.
  • Fixed a potential crashing problem in Configure wizard, Server Symptoms wizard, and Add to Web Page Wizard introduced in the last version.

New in KoolShow 2.2.1 (Jun 2, 2017)

  • Added ability to display player controls for Html5 frame audio.
  • Added third GIF export using ImageMagick - a best quality animated GIF.
  • Added Preview ability for Html5 text character CSS effects.
  • Added ability to remove current Html5 effect on an object from the screen indicating a new effect can't be added due to an existing effect.
  • Removed canvas-related javascript and Html5 code from the web page if there are no canvas elements on Html5 export.
  • Changed dialog and menu fonts to Segoe UI, the designated Windows 10 system font, which makes this version no longer XP compatible and also increased the font size for most of the dialog windows.
  • Converted most of the tabbed pages on dialogs and standard wizard-type dialogs that use property sheets because they are incompatible with increasing the font size.
  • Fixed a problem introduced in a previous version when a Html5 file is saved to a folder other than the project folder.
  • Fixed Html5 CreateJS buttons -- vital stage.enableMouseOver() had been removed in a previous versions from the web page javascript.
  • Fixed some problems with Configure Wizard.
  • Fixed missing animation library in display of required files if Html5 text lettering CSS effect is present.

New in KoolShow 2.2.0 (Jun 2, 2017)

  • Improved canvas thumbnail displayed in Views > Actions and Sounds and Story Board page of Score/Timeline.
  • Added new export/gui mode -- Html5 slideshow using Jssor slider library.
  • Clarified message when attempting frame capture but movie frame exceeds monitor resolution.
  • Made names of objects unique on copy/paste operation and opening new file.
  • Changed Html5 code dialog by allowing user to change base folder.
  • Updated Configure Wizard and fixed some problems.
  • Removed enableMouseOver line for Html5 CreateJS export if there is no interactivity.
  • Fixed play directory problem when adding a slideshow image to a previously saved animation.
  • Fixed missing critical comments when generating code to embed on web page for Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 2.1.2 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • Added message if cancel out of export to Html5 dialog.
  • Improved naming of objects if there is a name duplication.
  • Fixed truncation of color wheel for dpi 100% setting.

New in KoolShow 2.1.1 (May 9, 2016)

  • Added optional right-side toolbar with data view buttons.
  • Added minor word changes in areas for increased clarity.
  • Added a message when attempting to convert a shape inside a group into a button or symbol.
  • Fixed combobox positioning issue in properties list when vertical scrolling.
  • Upgraded to latest Visual Studio for this compile.

New in KoolShow 2.1.0 (May 9, 2016)

  • Added add Html5 to WordPress page in File > Export/Publish Movie which points to a tutorial with a working example.
  • Added confirm required files on internet in File > Export/Publish Movie for Html5 export.
  • Added add Html5 to web page as iframe in File > Export/Publish Movie.
  • Added export Html5 as an animated gif in File > Export/Publish Movie.
  • Added export option to place the canvas tag in a table cell.
  • Improved dialog for export as Html5 web page
  • Added a limited number of 3D Html5 text effects using three.js 3D library which renders using WebGL.
  • Added name of selected object to status bar.
  • Improved shape fill dialog with a new color wheel, more prominent HSL/RGB slider icon, and better behaving tooltips.
  • Added preview capability for Html5 motion scripts.
  • Forced browser preference to default browser (versus native IE browser) for Html5 preview when using WindowsXP operating system.
  • Fixed problem with occasional inability to edit integer and numeric effect properties.
  • Added a persistent Object/Script Library using a SQLite database for storing reuseable objects and scripting.
  • Added ability to choose jQuery Mobile page background color as page theme or a specific color.
  • Added a warning message when Html5 Textillate effect is applied to text characters containing a line break.
  • Added a warning message when a stop movie action is within 6 tweens of the start of the movie for Html5 export.
  • Fixed SVG linear gradients when preference is set to draw as symbols.
  • Fixed text color problem with Html5 motion scripts with an updated kooljs.min.js.
  • Fixed behavior of center horizontally so it will work on a single object.
  • Fixed problem with invalid page references in go-to-page actions when jQuery Mobile pages are deleted.
  • Fixed possible refresh issue involving top toolbar.
  • Fixed possible duplicates in File to Upload and preloader manifest for Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 2.0.0 (May 9, 2016)

  • Updated Html Help (Survey Monkey request).
  • Added capability to import SVG gradients (Survey Monkey request and a long-time goal) -- linear gradients with ObjectBoundingBox gradient unit still need more work
  • Added option for exporting as responsive responsive Html5 canvas.
  • Added List of Key Frames icon to the timeline.
  • Added option to select image size of Story Board frames.
  • Added ability to select level of transparency of main movie overlay in viewing movie clip.
  • 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 optional scroll bars (Survey Monkey request).
  • Added option to display icons on Tools toolbar in a single column.
  • Added capability to set alignment grid color.
  • Added short cut for "Add copy of frame" (Survey Monkey request).
  • 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 KoolShow 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.
  • Fixed cropped Preferences / View tabbed page that occurred for some Windows settings.
  • Fixed a crashing problem associated with canceling after adding a jQuery Mobile widget to a container.
  • Fixed numerous SVG import problems but more work is still needed.
  • Fixed snap to grid so it applies to point operations.
  • Fixed storyboard display when zoom isn't equal to one.
  • Fixed image rendering when size of image fill exceeds size of
  • Fixed minor issue with zoom on exiting Single Step play.
  • Fixed problem with selection of jQuery Mobile Gui in Preferences.
  • Fixed problem with default play directory when an image is added from a subfolder when previewing for Html5 export prior to saving.

New in KoolShow 1.9.0 (May 9, 2016)

  • Created 85 new bolder and larger icons for Tools toolbar.
  • Added option to display larger icons on Tools toolbar.
  • Added option to change icon spacing on Tools toolbar.
  • Added option to display submenu selections on Tools toolbar as a popup menu.
  • Added ability to animate individual text characters for Html5 export using textillate.js, lettering.js, jQuery.js, and animate.css.
  • Added ability to add a Html Div element with custom Html for Html5 export.
  • Added second type of Html5 export using JQuery Mobile widgets and pages (keyframe animation is not used).
  • Fixed default Play Directory for Html5 export when an image is added to a movie that was previously saved in a different folder.
  • Fixed Tools toolbar so size is independent of Windows dpi setting.
  • Fixed one problem in importing SVG with a defs tag but more work is needed.
  • Fixed minor cursor problem when drawing a freehand shape.
  • Fixed minor problem in activating the submenu selections when hitting the small lower, right triangle on a Tools icon.
  • Fixed rendering problem with viewing main movie objects while inside a movie clip.
  • Fixed confusion with dialog popup when copying a button.
  • Fixed problem with multi-line, non-left aligned text that has CSS3 animation.
  • 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 x position of multi-line text which is not left-aligned in Html5 export.
  • Fixed size of multi-line text which is scaled in Html5 export.
  • Fixed motion script effect applied to an image after first loop in a looping movie in Html5 export.
  • Fixed missing DOCTYPE tag in Html5 export.
  • Fixed missing button actions in a copy of a button.
  • Fixed incorrect spelling of textAlign in Html5 export.
  • Fixed zoom in/out effects for multiline text in Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 1.4.0 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • Added 61 CSS3 animation effects that can be applied to text, images, textareas, and video for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added custom javascript frame and button actions for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added load textarea from file frame and button actions for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added javascript alert when there is no browser support for Html5 canvas for CreateJS Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 1.3.0 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • Added an additional slideshow skin for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added ability to tween gradient and bitmap fills for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added Onion Skinning and Show All Masking options.
  • Added Slant and Perspective transforms.
  • Improved slideshow skin parameter color selection.
  • Improved positioning of text and movie clips for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Fixed a subtle problem with slideshow next button behavior.
  • Fixed export of bold and italic text for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Fixed movie dependencies which was missing possible background image.
  • Fixed problem when number of tweens between adjacent key frames is 0 or 1 for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Fixed export wizard issue.
  • Fixed Views > Tools behavior.

New in KoolShow 1.2.1 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • Added additional export settings for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Fixed several software update problems.
  • Fixed movie loop problem for CreateJS Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 1.2.0 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • Added motion script text effects for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added a scrollable text box object for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added bitmap fill capability for vector shapes for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added compensation for difference between PC and web font sizes for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Improved export wizard and dialogs.
  • Fixed positioning of vector button states for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Fixed missing html boiler-plate code in certain situations for CreateJS Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 1.1.2 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • Added shape tweening capability (individual shape vertices can be tweened) for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added option to specify vector precision.
  • Improved export wizard and dialogs.
  • Fixed vector rendering when the last border segment is not closed for CreateJS Html5 export.

New in KoolShow 1.1.1 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • Added masking capability for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Added additional export options.
  • Improved export wizard and dialogs.
  • Fixed slideshow navigation button behavior for CreateJS Html5 export.
  • Fixed disabled slideshow skin property in Properties dialog.
  • Fixed the fix for a rare problem when opening .fun file containing a mediaplayer/slideshow object implemented in prior version.

New in KoolShow 1.1.0 (Aug 26, 2013)

  • Added ease in/out morphing capability.
  • Added wizard for adding animation to an existing web page.
  • Added additional export options -- save exported javascript code to a separate file and save javascript files to a subdirectory.
  • Fixed draw point-by-point bug which can occur when only drawing one or two points.