What's new in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 5.04
Aug 13, 2023
- Added: Brush effect envelopes pctvar1 - pctvar10 added.
- Added: Ability to hide/show individual sections for the UI panels, exposed in the View menu, Quick Command panel and hot keys!
- Added: Webp image format support added for saving and loading.
- Added: Insert Before Page and Insert After Page options added to Page Explorer.
- Added: Option to create a reference image from clipboard contents. Found in Edit menu.
- Improved: Suppport the longer form extension for JPEG files, .jpeg.
- Improved: Added page width and height to the main application title bar.
- Improved: Added keyboard shortcut keys to the Page Explorer menus.
- Improved: The layer mix mode dropdown list stays open now after selecting a layer mix mode.
- Improved: Formatting cleanup of the Tool options panel.
- Fixed: Spac Cen Pro brush effect leads to brush envelopes not properly working for that brush.
- Fixed: Loading a PNG with transparency not updating the layers panel properly.
- Fixed: The page scroll in Page Explorer is skipping 3 pages of images, it should skip to the next page.
- Fixed: PSD loading and saving isn't working in some cases.
- Fixed: Formatting issues on many popup message boxes.
- Fixed: At start the tool options panel was displaying when it should not.
- Fixed: Resize Image dialog not defaulting to an algorithm.
- Fixed: Brush filters not setting default values in the filter dialog.
- Fixed: Lua based filters not working correctly for brush filters.
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 4.17 (Jan 18, 2023)
- Added: 21 Blob Style brush effects added to change the rendering style foe Alpha Smooth Lum4 layers.
- Added: Brush effects Block Start and Block End added for more powerful flow control.
- Added: Brush effect Anti-Alias v2. Design for use only with smooth stroke.
- Added: Brush effect fade-by-size added. Useful to brushes that need to fade the strength with time based on initial brush size.
- Added: Brush effect envelopes taper1-by-size to taper5-by-size
- Added: Brush effect seed2 added to address issue with exposing it to the Brush Control panel.
- Added: Brush effect Age stroke added to allow for more control over brush effects and enevelopes that interact with stroke length
- Added: Brush effect PageArray added
- Added: Brush effect ColorSeclect Set added
- Added: Brush effect Rebase Reset LineTo added
- Added: Brush effect Rebase Reset LineTo Reseed added
- Added: Brush effect Clear Lum on Start added
- Added: Colors - Combos 01 now included with Paint Studio
- Added: Brush Effect "Smooth Angle".
- Added: Brush Effects "Wedge3", "Wedge4", "Wedge5", "Wedge6".
- Added: Brush Effect "ColorSelect Index"
- Added: Brush Effect "VM Modulo"
- Added: Brush Effects "VM Min" and "VM Max"
- Added: Brush Effects "Multi 100"
- Added: Brush Effects "Lock Dab Count"
- Added: Brush Effects Envelope "b-ang SmthAngle"
- Added: Brush Effects Envelopes "f-in-slow" and "f-out-slow"
- Added: Brush Effect "Auto apply mode".
- Added: Brush Select option added to brush shortcuts popup menu.
- Added: Import ArtSet option from the File menu.
- Improved: Pressure sensitivity responsiveness improved
- Improved: Increased number of brush blender bristles from 20 to 100!
- Improved: Brush effect Rad Scatter 2 improved to respond to brush resizing dynamically.
- Changed: The page position won't automatically be recentered on each page change.
- Changed: Ctrl + Click on shortcut brush will open the Brush Select dialog.
- Fixed: Brush Control slider not showing correct values for slider ranges not starting at 0.
- Fixed: Merging a layer into another layer with transparency doesn't work properly with many layer mixing modes.
- Fixed: Attempting to import a second ArtSet fails.
- Fixed: Hue being set to 0 when setting lum and sat to 0. It should not.
- Fixed: Brush Effect Reset not working above level 20.
- Fixed: Density Adj was not working correctly
- Fixed: Text Brush effect "text clip repeat" was not working.
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 4.10 (Feb 25, 2022)
- Added: Brush effect "pRend DabEnd" added. Renders the particle only at the end of life with a dab
- Added: Brush effects "Add Var 1" - "Add Var 10"
- Added: Brush effects "Sub Var 1" - "Sub Var 10"
- Added: Brush effect "3D Shadow Opacity" added. Impacts the other shadow effects
- Added: Brush effect "VM Percentage 10000" added
- Added: Preferences are now exposed via the Edit menu
- Added: Tablet compatibility flagged added in Preferences dialog
- Added: Paper textures from the Page menu
- Added: Paper Color from the Page menu
- Added: Edit Color dialog added to Quick Command option
- Added: New Utility Combo Palette
- Added: Mouse wheel support for lists
- Added: Hot Key F2 to toggle all dialogs
- Added: Menu option to toggle all dialogs
- Added: The comma (,) hot key allows for a temporary toggling of full screen mode
- Added: The number keys 1-0 select brushes 1 - 10 from shortcuts panel
- Added: The / key pops up the modifiers panel
- Added: Ctrl X key performs a cut action
- Added: The M key randomizes the selected brush
- Added: Shape modifier ArtSet
- Added: Brush Size modifier ArtSet
- Added: Brush Rotation modifier ArtSet
- Added: Texture modifier ArtSet
- Added: Color modifier ArtSet
- Added: Effects modifier ArtSet
- Improved: Increase the font size in the Brush Effects panel
- Improved: Up to 30 layers are now available
- Improved: Layers UI improvements
- Improved: Page Explorer UI improvements
- Improved: Color Selection improvements
- Improved: Brush selection Improvements
- Improved: All dialogs converted to use color themes
- Improved: Color themes and icon updates
- Improved: Font size improvements to better match higher resolutions
- Improved: Ignore leading or trailing spaces in license key entry
- Changed: F10 is used to open Page Explorer rather than F2
- Changed: Brush Effect "VM Percentage 1000" to allow value to extend beyond the limit of a brush effect amount
- Fixed: When the "Copy Page" option is selected, the Explorer window opens up
- Fixed: Some menus had an extra horizontal divider
- Fixed: Quick Command options for many tools were missing
- Fixed: Quick Command option for displaying clips panel was missing
- Fixed: Tools with button tool options were triggered on button down rather than button up
- Fixed: Program crash when clicking a scroll button without a full list of items in list
- Fixed: The Random button on the Brush Control dialog is randomizing twice
- Fixed: Hot Key F1 was opening Page Explore, it should not
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 3.03 (Apr 20, 2020)
- Added - Brush Control Panel now available!! Allows for easier brush adjustments on par with Pro Studio.
- Added - Paint Bucket tool added.
- Added - Gradient tool added.
- Added - Rectangle Mask tool added.
- Added - Ellipse Mask tool added.
- Added - Polygone Mask tool added.
- Added - Lasso Mask tool added.
- Added - Magic Wand Mask tool added.
- Added - Warp tool added.
- Added - Clips panel added.
- Added - 4 more levels of brush effects added. Now 32 levels of brush effects are possible!
- Added - Menu Bar added.
- Added - Tool Bar added.
- Added - Tool options added for all tools.
- Added - Auto Mask Fine Tolerance brush effect added with 100x the sensitivity of the original.
- Added - Brush effects 3D Highlight Color and 3D Shadow Color added.
- Added - Hotkey Ctrl + Spacebar to zoom in added.
- Added - Hotkey Shift + Spacebar to zoom out added.
- Added - Copy Page and Paste Page added to the Edit menu.
- Added - Slate Light theme added.
- Improved - Greater compability with Windows 10.
- Improved - Complex brushes and particle brushes are up to 2x faster!
- Improved - Page Up, Page Down, Arrow Up, Arrow Down will scroll the thumbnails in the Page Explorer. Must mouse click on a thumbnail first.
- Improved - Brush Effect panel updated to use the selected color theme.
- Changed - Page Explorer hotkey is now F10.
- Fixed - The Quick Commands, Lum + 1, Lum + 3, Lum -1 and Lum - 3 were not working.
- Fixed - Crash if showing Windows desktop when the Select Brush panel was active.
- Fixed - The Zoom to Center option was not working correctly.
- Fixed - Links in Help menu were incorrect.
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 2.12 (Jul 30, 2017)
- Added - Copy Tool added
- Added - Paste Tool added. Alt while pasting will rotate. Shift while pasting will resize
- Change - Tool hotkeys no longer will act as a temporary tool selection
- Fixed - Release 2.11 had a significant performance issue related to variable Style per layer
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 2.11 (Jul 24, 2017)
- Improved - Styles are now associated with a layer rather than the entire image
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 2.10 (Jul 23, 2017)
- Added - Quick Command panel now avialable from the View menu!
- Added - 5 User ArtSets added with the ability to save (and delete with right mouse click) brushes in them.
- Added - Brush Effects panel available allowing for full brush editing!
- Added - Full Screen (hide panels) feature. Hotkey F3.
- Added - Move Page to Page 1 added as a menu item in Page Explorer.
- Added - Tracing Paper support added.
- Added - Brush tool menu item
- Added - UI Color Themes, Light, Light Gray and Slate added.
- Added - Internal addition: Brush effect "Reload Shape" to allow for high quality shape rotation.
- Added - Internal addition: Brush effect "VM Percentage 1000" to allow value modification up to 1000 percent.
- Added - Internal addition: Brush effects "Snap X" and "Snap Y" to snap dabs to an alignment.
- Added - Internal addition: Brush effect "Bristle Uniform"
- Improved - Drawing tablet quality improvement to never automatically revert a stroke to compatibility mode!! Compatibility mode results in curved lines being much less smooth.
- Improved - Layer count increased to 10 on normal or high resolution displays.
- Improved - Tools now have unique cursors when active.
- Improved - Some performance improvement when moving pages in the Page Explorer
- Improved - 4 additional backup versions of each page will now be saved. (.bak1, .bak2, .bak3 and .bak4). These are only manually accessible from the Windows File Explorer.
- Improved - Lines are subpixel centered to allow for more consistent results.
- Improved - For modal dialogs pressing Enter while in a text entry field will result in the Ok button.
- Improved - For modal dialogs pressing Esc while in a text entry field will result in the Cancel button.
- Improved - Code signing the install program for greater protection and ease to installation.
- Changed - Reduced time threshold for non-dynamic tool shortcut key press to 220 millisec.
- Changed - Drawing tablets are always treated as absolutely positioned even if set to relative in the tablet control panel.
- Changed - Allow 3 columns of brushes in ArtSets
- Changed - Default behavior for Tools is non-dynamic
- Changed - Underlying tools migrated to current Windows.
- Changed - Removed dependency on directplay therefore legacy components don't need to be enabled for Windows 10.
- Changed - Updated dialog sizes to account for modern Windows frame padding.
- Fixed - Updated links in the Help menu for the new support center and forum
- Fixed - Drawing a single dab at position 0,0 was not working.
- Fixed - When switching applications at times the key selections where not cleared resulting in color picker actions when not intended.
- Fixed - Handling of Alt, Shift and Ctrl keys has been changed to address issues of those keys incorrectly being detected as pushed.
- Fixed - Compatibility with Microsoft Input Panel has been resolved. Easier to run on tablet PCs now.
- Fixed - Crash if showing Windows desktop when the Select Brush panel was active.
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 1.21 (Sep 12, 2016)
- Added:
- Blob Studio - Pattern A ArtSet added with 60 pattern brushes.
- Blob Styles, Dark Metal 1, Dark Metal 2 and Dark Metal 3.
- Improved:
- Save selected Blob Style with the page.
- The Model Smoother, Surface Smoother and Object Smoother brushes were improved.
- Changed:
- Blob shading algorithm changed to correct artifacts, allow for common luminance usage and improved performance.
- Reworked Styles for match the new Blob shading algorithm.
- Fixed:
- Blob Style menu for Aluminum was not selectable.
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 1.20 (Aug 29, 2016)
- Added : ArtSet Blol Studio - Texture. Used for applying texture of blob models.
- Added : Hotkey B displays the Brush Select dialog for the current ArtSet.
- Changed : The Blob Syler Sub and Blob Syler Shadow brushes were improved.
- Changed : Hotkey A exposed the Brush Effects dialog (For ADVANCED USERS ONLY).
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 1.19 (Aug 22, 2016)
- Added:
- New ArtSet added. Blob Studio - Styler. Series of stylized brush
- Many new Blob brushes added
- New Styles Soft and Aluminum added
- Introduction video
- Changed:
- Re-organized and re-named Blob brushes to use Add, Sub, Hightlight, Shadow, Model, Surface and Object keywords.
- Blob brushes now don't directly update the hue and saturation. Only the Blob brushes with the Model keyword do that.
- Blob Surface Blender updated to allow for more control
- Increase ArtSet column count to 3
- The default style was changed to give purely shaded color with no highlight
- Fixed:
- Undo point was not saved with Detail effect
New in TwistedBrush Blob Studio 1.18 (Aug 17, 2016)
- Added : Automatic conversation of import images into Blobs for unique phote editing
- Added : Effects Menu added
- Added : Detail Effect added
- Change : Flatten Layer option removed. Use Merge Visible Layers instead
- Fixed : The starting image had an artifact