What's new in SmoothDraw 4.1.3.0 Beta
Jul 10, 2017
- Removed the feature of temporarily switch to eyedropper when pressing Ctrl key when using brush, because quite a few users have issue with it.
- Enabled .json based localization for resize dialog.
- Add Ctrl+Shift+Z for redo, in addition to Ctrl+Y.
- Greek localization files provided by geogeo.gr.
New in SmoothDraw 4.1.2.0 Beta (Jul 10, 2017)
- Convert remaining dialogs to WPF so that they work well on high DPI display.
- Hatch brush is back.
- .NET Framework 4.6 is now used.
New in SmoothDraw 4.1.1.0 Beta (Jan 30, 2016)
- Main window is rewritten with WPF, so should work for high DPI display.
New in SmoothDraw 4.1.0.0 Beta (Jun 20, 2015)
- Removed dependency on WinTab32, which is the old tablet device interface. Now it uses Windows system's ink device support, which should have better compatibility with various types of input devices.
- New paint window UI, which is written on top of WPF. Going this path paves the way to support Windows 10 devices in future.
New in SmoothDraw 4.0.5.0 (Feb 10, 2014)
- Draw straight lines by holding Shift key. (Experimental)
New in SmoothDraw 4.0.4.0 (Nov 8, 2013)
- Fix .sddoc save/load failure. This bug is introduced by a build time tool which is used since version 4. This means .sddoc files saved by 4.0.1 - 4.0.3 cannot be opened by other versions. You have to resave files in an other format so that other version can open them.
New in SmoothDraw 4.0.3.0 (Nov 6, 2013)
- Shortcut key for colors in palette
New in SmoothDraw 4.0.2.0 (Sep 21, 2013)
- Bring back shortcut keys for copy/paste
New in SmoothDraw 4.0.1.0 (Jul 22, 2013)
- New design direction and new UI
- Localization by JSON files (Anyone now can create translations by copying and modifying these JSON text files. Just put them in a subfolder named after ISO culture name. E.g. de-DE, fr-FR, ru-RU.)
- Upgraded to .NET Framework 4.0
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.11.0 (Apr 11, 2012)
- Added keyboard shortcut for Clear.
- Bug fixes
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.10.0 (Jan 3, 2012)
- The feature of switching to eraser by the other pen tip is now off by default, because of a latest Wacom driver issue. To turn on it, check the "Enable..." menu item under Help menu.
- Bug fixes.
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.7 (Oct 8, 2010)
- Compatibility mode for non-comformant tablet drivers. This is very useful when the tablet driver doesn't work well and no updated version is available yet. Simply check the Compatibility check box on tablet setting panel.
- Hand tool now can rotate canvas by dragging with right mouse button.
- Bug fixes.
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.6 (May 31, 2010)
- Tablet pressure enhancer panel, which allows you adjust pressure input.
- Improved UI usability, especially for drawing with a tablet.
- Ctrl key to temporarily use eyedropper tool in brush tool mode.
- Supported the eraser on the other end of stylus.
- Eyedropper continues picking color while drag.
- Fixed the strokes' thin tail issue which happens on some tablets.
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.5 Beta (May 7, 2010)
- Tablet pressure enhancer panel, which allows you adjust pressure input.
- Improved UI usability, especially for drawing with a tablet.
- Ctrl key to temporarily use eyedropper tool in brush tool mode.
- Supported the eraser on the other end of stylus.
- Eyedropper continues picking color while drag.
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.4 (May 7, 2010)
- Finished the new brush engine and completely retired the old one. Better quality but may be slower.
- Improved compatibility with various kinds of tablet drivers.
- Experiment some UI deco.
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.1 (Sep 8, 2009)
- Resolved 64 bit system compatibility issue. Now works on XP64/Vista64.
New in SmoothDraw 3.2.0 (Aug 23, 2009)
- SmoothDraw is ported to the .NET platform.
- New brushes and retouching tools.
- Added text tool and selection tool.
- UI is simplified.
- Added PSD, PCD, PCX, DDS format support.
- Shortcut key for tool buttons. (Same as Photoshop)
- Middle mouse button is used to drag canvas. (Same as 3DS Max)
- Added support to import or export layer image.
New in SmoothDraw 3.1.4 (Jul 7, 2009)
- Blur, sharpen, blur more, and sharpen more filters now also work for layer transparency
- Retouching tools (blur, sharpen, just add water, and smudge) now also work for layer transparency
- Fine spray airbrush now has jitter settings
- Refined saturated writing brush
- Fixed display bug in in zoom-out view
New in SmoothDraw 3.1.3 (Apr 15, 2009)
- SmoothDraw is ported to the .NET platform.
- New brushes and retouching tools.
- Added text tool and selection tool.
- UI is simplified.
- Added PSD, PCD, PCX, DDS format support.
- Shortcut key for tool buttons. (Same as Photoshop)
- Middle mouse button is used to drag canvas. (Same as 3DS Max)
- Added support to import or export layer image.
New in SmoothDraw 3.1.2.0 (Aug 26, 2008)
- Improved performance of layers
- Added ability to click on brush size preview to resize brush.
New in SmoothDraw 3.1.0.0 (Jul 14, 2008)
- Added stencil functionality.
- Fixed copy/paste blue background issue when .NET 2.0 SP1 is installed.
New in SmoothDraw 3.0.7052.0 (Jun 6, 2007)
- UI is simplified.
- Added PSD, PCD, PCX, DDS format support.
- Shortcut key for tool buttons. (Same as Photoshop)
- Middle mouse button is used to drag canvas. (Same as 3DS Max)
- Added support to import or export layer image.
New in SmoothDraw 2.6.3 (Mar 22, 2006)
- Fixed the memory leak for Cartoon Fill Brush
- Fixed the pen position offset in some special screen resolution
- Performs even better with Wacom tablets