.. _whats_new:

What's New in OpenToonz
=======================

In this section you can find a list of Highlights in the latest release of OpenToonz; these may include New Features, Bug Fixes or Enhancements to already existent features.
Here, you can also find links to past versions' Release Notes, to keep track of OpenToonz development history throughout time.


.. _v1.5:

v1.5
----

.. _highlights:

Highlights
''''''''''

- |new| UI: All New **Icon set**.
- |new| UI: Updated **Default Room set**.
- |new| Brushes: **Aotz** Raster Brush Set (MyPaint): Sketch, Ink, Fill, Clouds, Water, Grass, Leaves, Fur, Eraser, etc.
- |new| Eraser Tool: **Segment** selection type, for quickly cutting stroke intersections.
- |new| Geometry Tool: **MultiArc** shape.
- |new| Xsheet/Timeline: **Paste as a Copy** command, for pasting an independent copy of a drawing.
- |new| Effects: **Bloom Iwa**.
- |new| Effects: **Fractal Noise Iwa**.
- |new| Effects: **Glare Iwa**.
- |new| Effects: New **Particles** effect preset: **Flock**.
- |new| Expressions: **Expression Reference Manager**, for keeping track of objects name changes (experimental).
- |new| Expressions: **Periodic Random** function.
- |new| Shortcuts: **Individual Geometric Tool Shapes shortcuts** for compatibility with Adobe Animate keyboard shortcuts.
- |new| Translation: Initial support for **Norwegian Bokmal**.
- |new| Translation: **Weblate** widget.
- |new| Plugins: Updated **Dwango plugins**. (separate download)
- |new| Operating Systems: **FreeBSD** support.
- |enhancement| UI: New **Horizontal Mode for Level Strip** editor.
- |enhancement| UI: Added a **New Style button** in the styles area of the Style Editor (optional).
- |enhancement| UI: New **Top/Bottom Toolbar** option in Palette Editor.
- |enhancement| UI: New **Color Keys** in Global Palette.
- |enhancement| UI: Updated **Output Settings** dialogue.
- |enhancement| UI/Preferences: **Live update for 3DLUTs** in Preferences.
- |enhancement| UI/Preferences: New **Style Sheet customizations** in Preferences.
- |enhancement| UI/Preferences: New **Switch Tool Temporarily Keypress Length** option.
- |enhancement| Animate Tool: Ease regulations for the use of the Animate Tool.
- |enhancement| Selection Tool: **Improved** target area for **Transform selection**.
- |enhancement| Eraser Tool: Added **Frame Range** mode when using the new **Segment** selection type.
- |enhancement| Cutter Tool: Now it **Snaps at intersections**.
- |enhancement| Control Point Editor Tool: Added a **Snap** option.
- |enhancement| Control Point Editor Tool: Added a **Freehand mode**.
- |enhancement| Color Separation: **Save/Reload Color Separation** Parameters.
- |enhancement| Conversion: Added **Align Boundary Strokes Direction** option in **Convert To Vector** feature.
- |enhancement| Effects: Added a **Search Bar** in **New FX** browser window.
- |enhancement| Effects: Added **Linear color space** option in **Add Ino** effect.
- |enhancement| Effects: Added **Logarithmic** option in **Spiral** effect.
- |enhancement| Expressions: Now it's possible to **Copy an expression object address** directly from the UI.
- |enhancement| I/O: **Premultiply on Loading PNG** images.
- |enhancement| Undo: **Reset Undo when Saving Levels** Preference Option.
- |fix| I/O: Fix incorrect XML in .tnz scene files.
- |fix| Keyframing: Fix Copy/Paste keyframe causing bad data.
- |fix| Scene Cast: Fix Update on Pasting.
- |fix| Brushes: Fix custom Vector Brush styles.
- |fix| Tape Tool: Fix **Vector Tape Tool** on Joining Points at the same position.
- |fix| Geometric Tool: Fix first point offset.
- |fix| Type Tool: Fix first point offset.
- |fix| Plastic Tool: Fix in OpenGL Line Smoothing.
- |fix| Xsheet/Timeline: Fix crash when Drawing on an absent level.
- |fix| Color Model: Fix color model pick mode.
- |fix| Monitors/Screens: Fix for Full Screen on Multiple Monitors. (Windows)
- |fix| Monitors/Screens: Fix icon rendering for HDPI screens.
- |fix| Monitors/Screens: Fix for Duplicate Window Title. (Mac)
- |fix| Audio: Fix crash on Recording audio. (Mac, Windows)
- |fix| Rendering: Fix Batch Rendering. (Mac)

...and much more!

Please see the `v1.5 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.5.0>`_  hosted in GitHub, for the full list of new features, enhancements and bug fixes.



.. _previous versions:

Previous Versions of OpenToonz
------------------------------

Here you can find links to previous versions' full Release Notes, hosted in GitHub:

`v1.4 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.4.0>`_

`v1.3 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.3.0>`_

`v1.2.1 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.2.1>`_

`v1.2 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.2.0>`_

`v1.1.3 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.1.3>`_

`v1.1.2 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.1.2>`_

`v1.1 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.1.0>`_

`v1.0.3 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.0.3>`_

`v1.0.2 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.0.2>`_

`v1.0 Release Notes <https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases/tag/v1.0>`_




.. |new| image:: /_static/whats_new/new.png
.. |enhancement| image:: /_static/whats_new/enhancement.png
.. |fix| image:: /_static/whats_new/fix.png

.. |new_es| image:: /_static/whats_new/es/new.png
.. |enhancement_es| image:: /_static/whats_new/es/enhancement.png
.. |fix_es| image:: /_static/whats_new/es/fix.png

