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TwistedBrush Paint Studio Changelog

What's new in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 5.05

Sep 22, 2023
  • Added: Brush effects VM Fade In and VM Fade Out added
  • Added: Brush effects VM Peak, VM Wave, VW Saw1, VW Saw2 and VM Square added
  • Added: Brush effects VM Peak Repeat, VM Wave Repeat, VW Saw1 Repeat, VW Saw2 Repeat and VM Square Repeat added
  • Added: Brush effect Fitler Until added
  • Added: Brush effect pEmit Gate added
  • Added: Randomize Brush menu added to Brush top level menu
  • Improved: Brush effect pEmit Dir (and related effects) have a more consistent starting angle
  • Improved: The Rnd Brh Quick Command button now triggers the random brush generation that is tied to the Brush Control panel
  • Improved: The brush effect, Dab Move Pos now will not draw on mouse up events
  • Fixed: Slider position not tracking properly
  • Fixed: Randomize feature in Brush Control is not considering the range of the slider properly

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 5.03 (Jun 3, 2023)

  • Added: Brush effects tfTrunkSpreadX and tfTrunkSpreadY added.
  • Fixed: Some brushes can result in crash with soft stylus pressume if a bShape effect is present.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 5.01 (May 22, 2023)

  • Added: Natural Media (2023) ArtSet
  • Added: Premium Sampler ArtSet added. 24 select brushes from the Premium ArtSets
  • 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: 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 Paint Studio 4.17 (Jan 8, 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
  • Improved: Pressure sensitivity responsiveness improved
  • Changed: The page position won't automatically be recentered on each page change.
  • 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.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.16 (Sep 18, 2022)

  • 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

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.15 (Aug 13, 2022)

  • Added: Colors - Combos 01 now included with Paint Studio
  • Fixed: Attempting to import a second ArtSet fails.
  • Fixed: Hue being set to 0 when setting lum and sat to 0. It should not.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.14 (Jun 2, 2022)

  • 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"
  • Improved: Increased number of brush blender bristles from 20 to 100!
  • Improved: Brush effect Rad Scatter 2 improved to respond to brush resizing dynamically.
  • Fixed: Brush Effect Reset not working above level 20.
  • Fixed: Density Adj was not working correctly

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.12 (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Fixed: Text Brush effect "text clip repeat" was not working.
  • Added: Brush Effect "Auto apply mode".
  • Added: Brush Select option added to brush shortcuts popup menu.
  • Added: Import ArtSet option from the File menu.
  • Changed: Ctrl + Click on shortcut brush will open the Brush Select dialog.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.10 (Feb 22, 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.
  • Improved: Increase the font size in the Brush Effects panel
  • Changed: Brush Effect "VM Percentage 1000" to allow value to extend beyond the limit of a brush effect amount.
  • Fixed: Layer color icon not working.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.09 (Dec 12, 2021)

  • Improved: Show a wait cursor when doing a long brush search operation.
  • Fixed: Layer opacity once set was affecting every layer later selected.
  • Fixed: When minimizing the program the layers panel is incorrectly sized when restored.
  • Fixed: Brush Control sliders are not dragging thumb position properly.
  • Fixed: When selecting a brush modifier the original ArtSet for a brush is forgotten.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 4.08 (Nov 9, 2021)

  • Added: Studio Paint - Nu Media ArtSet 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: 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.
  • 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 Paint Studio 3.03 (Mar 24, 2020)

  • Fixed - Brush control sliders were not allowing selection of a value of 0.
  • Fixed - The user ArtSets were sometimes not saving the brush icon with the brush.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 3.02 (Mar 15, 2020)

  • Improved - Greater compability with Windows 10.
  • Fixed - Copyright year.
  • Fixed - Links in Help menu were incorrect.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 3.0 (Dec 17, 2019)

  • 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 - 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.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 2.13 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • Added - Copy Tool added
  • Added - Paste Tool added. Alt while pasting will rotate. Shift while pasting will resize
  • Added - UI Color Themes, Light, Light Gray and Slate added
  • Change - Tool hotkeys no longer will act as a temporary tool selection
  • Fixed - Crash if showing Windows desktop when the Select Brush panel was active

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 2.08 (Jul 4, 2017)

  • Changed - Underlying software 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 - Compatibility with Microsoft Input Panel has been resolved. Easier to run on tablet PCs now.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 1.14 (Feb 6, 2016)

  • Fixed : In some cases transparency wasn't preserved when pasting from the clipboard.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 1.11 (Jan 31, 2016)

  • Added : Command line (-DisableAero) option to disable Windows Aero theme on start.
  • Improved : Copy and Paste compatibility with other software is improved (as long as there isn't transparency)
  • Improved : The mixed color palette was optimized for performance. It is believed that on some graphics systems the previous method of drawing the mixed color palette was very slow.
  • Fixed : The Paste action could result in paste image data into inaccessible layers.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 1.07 (Dec 21, 2015)

  • Changed : New multiple palette combines color history, color bar history and smooth mixing area.
  • Removed : Separate dialogs for Color History and Mixed Color History have been removed.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 1.06 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • Added : Color History feature added. Found in Palette menu, color bar popup menu and key shortcut "K"
  • Improved : Increased the number of Mixed Color History items from 20 to 26.
  • Fixed : The Mixed Colors History panel had a couple of minor drawing inaccuracies.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 1.05 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • Added : Mixed Colors History feature added. Found in Palette menu, color bar popup menu and key shortcut "J"
  • Improved : Removed flicker when displaying the brush selection panel
  • Fixed : Don't allow dragging layers beyond the accessible range
  • Fixed : Don't allow inserting layers beyond the accessible range
  • Fixed : Don't allow duplicating layers beyond the accessible range
  • Fixed : When loading a multi-layer PSD file the layer panel wasn't redrawing properly.

New in TwistedBrush Paint Studio 1.04 (Nov 26, 2015)

  • Added: Black and White color theme added
  • Improved: Refined some of the color assignments in the user interface panels
  • Changed: Edit menu "Clear Layer to Current Color" changed to "Fill Layer with Current Color"
  • Fixed: Adjust the user interface for some common smaller vertical sizes. Specifically 768 and 720.
  • Fixed: The user interface color theme was not being saved on exit.