Paint Tool SAI 2 Beta

2020-04-10


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Import settings from old Ver.1] Ver.1 fails loading of settings if Ver.2 is running after importing.
(The settings of Ver.1 are recovered when close Ver.2 and restart Ver.1)


- [Layer List] When the list is scrolled and there is a bottom margin, the list slips down 1px each time you switch the current layer etc.


- [Brush Tools] Even if changed the brush size to 500 or more, the brush size revert to 500 when restarted SAI.


- [Brush Tools] The stabilizer setting is reset when duplicate a tool.


- [Brush Tools] Bristle strokes begins slightly thicker even if [Min Size] is 0.


- [Linework Layer] Control points may not be editable.


- [Window Control] SAI freezes when the desktop resolution is changed while using File Viewer.


- [Multi-Core Processing] The program will not work properly if there are more than 32 cores.



[Changes]


- [Brush Tools] Tweaked the texture effect on thin brushes to be more natural.


- [Brush Tools] Tweaked the drawing result of bristles closer to Ver.1.


- [Brush Tools] Added setting to disable correction of stroke distortion added in 2020-01-19 version to sai2.ini.
([PenTablet] -> DisableAntiStrokeDistortion)



And some other small changes and some small bug fixes...

2020-05-10[Fixed Bugs]- [Program Termination] Access violations occur when cancel PC Shutdown or Sign Out while running SAIv2.- [Asset Maneger] Access violations may occur when deleting and creating groups and closing the dialog.- [Brush Tools] The end of the stroke is little longer than the previous version.- [Blur Tool] [Blur Width] is not saved.- [Transform] [Resample Settings] changed during transformation is not saved.[Changes]- [Custom Tool Creation Menu] Discontinued [Move] button in [Existing Tools] tab.And some other small changes and some small bug fixes...

2020-06-17


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Brush Tools] The pressure sometimes increased when draw a short stroke if [Direction] or [Angle Control] is [Auto].


- [Swatch] Changing the slot size is not saved.


- [Layer] [Show Alone Layer] is not removed by [Change Visibility of Layer] shortcut.



[Changes]


- [Brush Tools] Changed to be able to draw a very short stroke even if [Direction] or [Angle Control] is [Auto].


- [Layer Panel] Changed [Clipping Group] checkbox always enabled even if parent layer is invisible.



And some other minor bug fixes...

2020-08-28


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Brush Tools] Stroke tracking also stops if stop the pen while drawing with the stroke stabilizer set to a strong level.
(It was a side effect of the stroke distortion correction)


- [Bristles] Small bristles will be dappled with brush textures.


- [Eraser Tool] Stroke stabilizer settings does not display in the tool property dialog.


- [Eraser Tool(for Linework)] [Brush Size] is reverted to 1.0 when restarted program even if set less than 1.0.


- [Eraser Tools(for Linework)] The settings of [Vectorize] is not saved.


- [Eraser Tools(for Linework)] a stroke error may occur when opening the canvas
if erased strokes with [Pressure CP] off and saved the canvas including those strokes.


- [File Viewer] Cannot save a canvas into directly under a junction.


- [Asset Manager] Access violations occur when delete assets other than tools.


- [Pen Tablet Control] The pressure sensitivity is disabled in the first stroke after operated a separated panel.


- [Pen Tablet Control] Shortcuts are not blocked while using the tail switch assigned to a side switch of a pen.



[Changes]


- [Show Alone Layer] Changed the layer visibility operation for descended layers of [Show Alone] layers to the normal visibility change.


- [Eraser Tools(for Linework)] Changed the initial setting of [Detect Intersections From] to [Erase Target] from [Current Layer].

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2020-11-28


[Fixed Bugs]


- ["Brush" and "Water Color"] The painting result near the intercection of strokes will be currupted when a symmetric ruler is enabled.


- [Binary Pen / Binary Eraser] [Algorithm] is not applied.


- [Import settings from Ver.1] Unable to import tool settings for linework layer.



[Changes]


- [Bristle] Changed the direction detection distance for a large bristle to shorten when the view magnification is less than about 25%.


- [Linework Layer] Reduced vibration of the entire stroke when moving the first control point of a binary stroke



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2021-02-28


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Blur Tool] The settings for scattering form and [Tool Preference] are not saved.


- [File Viewer] After deletiing 'Current Folder', an access violation occurs when changing the item selection in 'File List' with keyboard.



[Fixed Bugs]


- [Show Alone Layer] Changed the layer visibility operation for descended layers of [Show Alone] layers to the normal visibility change.
(The same mention in 2020-08-28 was wrong)


- [PSD Format] Changed to convert the single color 'Background' in PSD to [Canvas Background] on SAIv2.


- [Linework Layer] Changed the moving granularity of binary strokes to pixels.

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2021-07-06


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Shortcut Keys dialog] Shortcut assignments for tools and tool groups are not applied immediately.



[Changes]


- [Move Tool] Added [Pick Layer without Mod. key] checkbox.
(Pleae turn on this checkbox if you want to apply the bug fix of Move Tool in 2021-07-03)



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2021-07-03


[Fixed Bugs]


- [History] In rare case, access violations occur when paint by a brush tool immediately after erasing the layer image outside canvas.


- [Brush Tools] Brush forms and brush textures are not applied when start the program with the user interface panels hidden.


- [Brush Tools] If [Put the brush circle at stabilized coordinate] in [Preference] in [Options] dialog is turned on,
the brush circle will stop moving if draw stroke quickly and stop it.


- [Move Tool] "Pick Layer" does not work without Ctrl key if [Pick Layer by Ctrl+LeftClick] is turned on.
(This function was worked on earlier preview versions)


- [PSD Format] Illegal folder group closing information are outputted.
(For example, the PSD files created by SAIv2 are unable to open by ImageMagick etc.)



[Changes]


- [Tool Selection] Changed tool selection by a shortcut key to circulate tools assigned the same shortcut key.


- [Tool Group] Changed to be able to select a tool group by shortcut key.


- [Shortcut Keys dialog] Implemented assignment of tools(contains tool groups) again.



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2021-05-28


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Show Alone Layer] It disappears when the child layer of the clipping group is set to [Show Alone].


- [Recover Work] In rare case, access violations occur after opened [Recover Work] or closed the program.

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2021-10-06版


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Brush Tools] The brush circle and guide lines are delayed while using a pen tablet.


- [Swatches and Scrach Pad] An accsess violation occurs when picked a color.



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2022-01-05


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Water Color]: The blur effect is smoother compare to Ver.1.


- [Brush Type Tools]: The blending effect has become slightly stronger by the fix on 2021-12-30 version.



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2021-12-30


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Window Control]: [Move] and [Size] in the system menu opend on the title bar does not work on Windows 8 or later.


- [Tool Group]: The tool group selection at starting is fixed to [Unorg] group after selected [Unorg] group and closed program.


- [Water Color]: The blur effect is flatten compare to Ver.1.


- [Brush Type Tools]: Improved controllability of light coloring with weak pen pressure.


- [Edit Tool for Linework Layer]: [Connect CPs] malfunctions when multiple paths are selected.



[Changes]


- [Edit Menu]: Added [Paste without Deselecting].

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2022-02-07

[Fixed Bugs]

- [Menus and Popop Lists]: On Windows 7 or earlier, unable to close a menu or a popup list by mouse click.

- [Outline Drawing]: Unable to draw outline correctly if the drawing range is aligned to 32px boundaries.

- [Transform Layer]: Nudge, Reverse and Rotate 90deg. are applied in the rotated angle of the transform guide.

[Changes]

- [Rulers]: Changed to disable ruler operation while [Temporarily Ignore Ruler] is turning on.
(This is a change to enable the straight line drawing by Shift+Click in brush tools while ruler is ignored)



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2022-05-27


[Fixed Bugs]


- [Rulers]: On particular environment, the mouse cursor and guide lines are delayed if [Pen Tablet Control API] is [Use Windows API].


- [Smudge Tool]: The checkbox of [Coloring] will be turned off when restart program.


- [Layer Transform]: The image outside 32768 x 32768 will lost.


- [Straight Line Ruler/Parallel Line Ruler]: The hit test for ruler moving is fixed as the range of 96dpi even in high DPI environments.



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