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PixelOver Changelog

What's new in PixelOver 0.15.2

May 8, 2024
  • Changes:
  • Reworked the home page for improved user experience.
  • Updated translations with the latest changes (Portuguese and Russian).
  • Bug:
  • Fixed crash when moving multiple selected 3D objects.
  • Fixed offset issue on selected animation keys after zooming in/out on the timeline. (Reported by DM)
  • Fixed focused button color with modified primary color.
  • Fixed issue accessing the examples folder on MacOS.

New in PixelOver 0.15.1 (Mar 29, 2024)

  • Changes:
  • Added Portuguese and Russian languages, thanks to wu0lss4j and Stripes.
  • If you want to help with the translation, PixelOver has a Crowdin project : https://crowdin.com/project/pixelover
  • Added animation default parameters in global settings.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed Blender link for MacOS.
  • Fixed MTL image loading when opened from a PixelOver project.
  • Fixed 2D mesh editing.
  • Fixed 3D material external resynchronization.
  • Fixed IK resynchronization.
  • Fixed toggle favorite file and folder on the home page.

New in PixelOver 0.14.5 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Depth displacement improvement.
  • Possibility to add a different back image, depth map, and normal map.
  • Added an offset option to fix the front and back joint.
  • Fixed the normal buffer for displacement image and other minor improvements.
  • Added Japanese translation thanks to Momochi.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a crash when selecting multiple objects directly after project creation.
  • Fixed resource loading when the local path is invalid.
  • Switching animation now well refreshes the current position.
  • Fixed a crash when opening a file dialog while a file dialog is already opened.
  • Fixed scrolling view jittering on the reduced CPU/GPU option. As it's corrected, this option is now on by default.
  • Fixed a display issue when using animated image 3D with particles.

New in PixelOver 0.14.4 (Oct 5, 2023)

  • Fixed crash when copying a resource in its subresource.
  • Fixed pan gesture speed for Mac.
  • Post-process material was badly rendered for Mac. So it is temporarily disabled (for this OS only) and there is now a warning message saying some material properties are unavailable.
  • Fixed input focus on the animation panel with multiple animations.
  • Fixed crash on startup in some cases.
  • Fixed inputs in the z-order tab. (double click to enter manually the z value)

New in PixelOver 0.14.3 (Sep 6, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Added an option to auto-generate normal and depth map from the main image.
  • Added FBX2glTF external library support to have a better FBX importer.
  • Added Blender files importer.
  • Improved performance for 3D animated images with particles.
  • Added MacBook trackpad zoom and movement.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed obj/mtl loading issues. Link
  • Fixed a crash when adding mesh points animation key before the mesh was created. Link
  • Re-added missing project settings.
  • Prevented input popup from changing container scroll position.
  • Animation:
  • Edit 3D bones animation.
  • Ability to save and load animation.
  • Tools and objects:
  • Particle systems.
  • Fluids.
  • 2D and 3D text objects.
  • 2D lights with support of normal and depth maps.
  • Pixelation and effects:
  • Material editing, especially with custom palette indexation.
  • More available effects with a tool to place them easily.
  • More pixel-art oriented resampler.
  • Importation & Export:
  • Import FBX and DAE 3D formats.
  • Import Aseprite and PSD 2D formats.
  • Application:
  • Better favorite system with preview for shader, palette, dithering, ...
  • Lighter project type. To batch pixelates files without any transformation.

New in PixelOver 0.14.2 (Jul 12, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Allow reordering object tracks in the animation tree.
  • Center the view on the selected object (F key by default).
  • Added ability to copy paste input data (available for collapse and input, right click to open the menu).
  • Added a warning message when setting multiple shortcuts with the same value.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed crash when opening default shader.
  • Fixed external resources dependencies (for .fbx and .dae).
  • Fixed input focus when using the Tab key.
  • Fixed shortcut issue when using ctrl+shift combination and also fixed wrong shortcut name.
  • Fixed crash when changing hue of palette color.

New in PixelOver 0.14.1 (Jun 13, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • New supported formats for 3D scene import (.fbx, .dae).
  • Please note that these formats are proprietary, so for a complex scene using gltf/glb is still more recommended.
  • Resource system updated, please use "save as old version" if you want to open a 0.14.1 file on an older version, otherwise resources may not load up.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed resource external synchronization. Resources were always reloaded even if it was not necessary.
  • Fixed materials consistency when using undo/redo.
  • Improved importation of .mtl to editable materials (now using multiple times the same material is supported).
  • Saving formats are now well updated in resources input save as dialog.

New in PixelOver 0.14 (May 29, 2023)

  • New features:
  • 3D material edition. With shader parameters (allowing, for example, to add an indexation alette per material)
  • Each material property can be animated !
  • One material can be used on multiple objects. A button indicates the number of references. You can click on it to make the current material unique.
  • Added copy/paste for resources.
  • Changes:
  • Selected object now has separated tabs (object, materials and particles).
  • As the palette input can be used in multiple places, the palette color picker tool has been moved from the main tools to the input palette tools.
  • Bug:
  • Only current animation tracks where copied when duplicating an object with multiple animations.
  • In animation, selecting multiple keys with the mouse selection could be blocked due to a track refresh issue.
  • Some wrong resources could be loaded when opening a project.

New in PixelOver 0.13.1 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Hello, this update adds 3D image and animated image support.

New in PixelOver 0.13 (Mar 18, 2023)

  • New features:
  • Particle systems for images, shapes and 3D models. Include variety of properties concerning particles emission, velocity, acceleration, ...
  • Here a step-by-step tutorial to begin with and some examples are also available by downloading PixelOver under the /examples folder.
  • Changes:
  • Area rect can now be chosen in the export. (Canvas area, selected objects area or full page)
  • Added shortcuts for camera presets.
  • Added ctrl+ and ctrl- as default shortcuts for zoom in and out.
  • Optimized gradient input.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Prevent app crash when loading .vox file.
  • Fixed mesh and materials versioning (undo/redo was not always consistent).
  • Fixed palette color popup hue shift when changing the color.

New in PixelOver 0.12.3 (Jan 26, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Improved 3D lights tools (Added the light icon, and less confusing lines when the light isn't selected)
  • Mesh2d should now use children bones. This will prevent transform issue and it will be less confusing to manage.
  • If your project currently uses mesh2d with bones the configuration will not be lost but the bones will not affect the mesh,
  • So you will just need to drag'n'drop the bones into the mesh to let it work again.
  • Inputs have now a custom to slide/edit, and a margin before the sliding start so it will be easier to edit instead of slide.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed shader loading with mask auto palette.
  • Fixed normal buffer with custom normal map.
  • Fixed .mtl normal map import.

New in PixelOver 0.12.2 (Dec 23, 2022)

  • Added 3D Lights (point, spot and directional).
  • Improved export dialog by separating folder, filename and extension from path and added advanced filename parameters.
  • Animation frames now start from 1 instead of 0.
  • Added reset inputs button on collapses.
  • Added delete button on 2D polygon and clear button on point bones weight dialog.
  • Improved visibility and selectability buttons so it is more visible when one is disabled.
  • Added Korean translation (Thank you tikka(현준)), and added translators in the credit (about/translators).
  • It's now possible to double click on the scene tree to rename an object.

New in PixelOver 0.12.1 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Added a subtool to manage visibility and selectability of every objects. It can be minimized with its top left button.
  • Changes:
  • Now not only the panel layouts but all the views settings are saved from last project settings to be applied on new projects. Can be disabled in Settings/Project/Layout "Update from last modified project".
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed bone and gradient tool scale crash.
  • Fixed object global transform when moved in another parent object.
  • Creating shape tool now follows well the mouse under transformed bones.

New in PixelOver 0.12 (Sep 18, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Mesh deformation for sprite and animated sprites.
  • Automatic shape generation with settings.
  • Deformation points with key animation.
  • Bones attachment with weight (soon).
  • Native file dialog. Added a setting (Interface/Dialog/File dialog) to use the OS file dialog (on by default).
  • Changes:
  • Improved PixelOver project file structure to compress resources (now it's native resources size) and also prevent saving crashes.
  • Added the choice of the targeted version for "save as old version".
  • Exporting a resource is now executed in parallel to prevent freeze and crash.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed sub-resource image preview in input (affecting image frames and dithering patterns).
  • Fixed 3D scene image preview in input.
  • Fixed resampler issue on native pixel-art.
  • Fixed animation track step for children objects (now step is computed from the current/previous key).
  • Fixed wrong resources when saving project with sprite sheet.

New in PixelOver 0.11.1 (Aug 17, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Added a tooltip of the action or disabling undo redo buttons when no action available. Also improved number of actions created (create less easily an action when tool is currently grabbed).
  • Automatically save layout (panels size) of the last modified project. Settings can be disabled on Settings/project/layout.
  • Replaced "control" by "command" on shortcuts for MacOS users by default.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Bug
  • Fixed undo/redo merging.
  • Fixed update of animation key context menu.

New in PixelOver 0.10.2 (Jul 10, 2022)

  • Hello, the last update modified the whole architecture to gain in performance and memory. This update corrects the different regressions and improves usability. (some fixes already applied on sub-version of 0.10.1 as it was critical ones)

New in PixelOver 0.10.1 Unstable (Jun 14, 2022)

  • The whole architecture has been rewritten. Load faster, don't crash anymore on big projects, use less memory.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Resources are now well synchronized.
  • Copying a track didn't copy keys easing.
  • Fixed missing animation key on collapses.
  • Prevent the software to crash when changing theme while too much elements are displayed.
  • Files are now directly reloaded when externally modified while Pixelover is closed.
  • Dithering preview didn't refresh well with undo/redo.
  • New Roadmap:
  • Animation:
  • Import rigged 3D models with animations.
  • Inverse kinematics.
  • Bone mesh deformation.
  • Ability to save and load animation.
  • Tools and objects:
  • Gradient with easing function.
  • Particles and fluids.
  • Lights.
  • Pixelation:
  • More pixel-art oriented resampler.
  • Polish line and internal edges.
  • Importation & Export:
  • Import 3D formats GLTF (FBX and DAE soon).
  • Import 2D formats Aseprite, PSD.
  • Export separated layers.
  • Export different views as normal and depth.
  • Application:
  • Theme customization.
  • Internationalization.
  • Keybindings.
  • Lighter project type. To batch pixelates files without any transformation.

New in PixelOver 0.10 (May 11, 2022)

  • Hello, this main new update adds gradient and dithering patterns

New in PixelOver 0.9.2 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Theme customization. Blue, dark and light as default and color customization.
  • Changes:
  • Rotate and scale bone at same time. CTRL to lock the rotation.
  • Adding "Same for next tracks" checkbox when copy paste tracks with conflict.
  • Color picker popup properties are now saved between colors of same palette (HSV mode, ...).
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed animated image saving with multiple images. Link
  • Large palette were handled as an image (so color were mixed). Link
  • Clicking on indexation could crash due to clipboard. Link
  • Inserting multiple objects/inputs keys were really slow and could even crash the software.

New in PixelOver 0.9.1 (Mar 16, 2022)

  • Hello, this is a quick update following 0.9 with translation update, some changes and fixes.

New in PixelOver 0.9 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • New features:
  • GLTF 3D scene import. Behave as one object to allow synchronization when modified externally.
  • List of shortcuts with possibility of key bindings.
  • Added multiple languages support (French, Spanish and Chinese). It's the first version so don't hesitate to report missing or bad translations.
  • Changes:
  • Improved animation for track/key panel and adding shortcuts.
  • Added pivot/offset selection.
  • Added project default settings for 3D layer.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Views comparison hided the bones.
  • Fixed crash when deleting 3D layer.
  • Fixed transparency issue when exporting.

New in PixelOver 0.8.3 (Jan 26, 2022)

  • Hello, new update ! Adding views (normal buffer, depth buffer, ...) for export, backup system and a lot of minor improvement. Translation is still in progress and will be added in a future update.
  • Rigged models animation with GLTF import and more will come in next major update.

New in PixelOver 0.8.2 (Dec 31, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Paste image from clipboard for Windows and Mac users. (should be implemented for Linux users soon)
  • Changes:
  • Improved performance for loading project, adding, deleting and moving objects, zoom.
  • Added option to use less CPU/GPU. (Not activated by default because it slows down the interface)
  • Set max size for new project instead of size. Small max size improves performance.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Visual desynchronisation of axes and bones.
  • Importing image with fit canvas checked didn't well resize for each ratio.
  • Fixed 3D transform and gizmo for skewed basis and not square canvas aspect.
  • .mtl didn't load from path with spaces.
  • Crash in specific case when select tracks keys.