LazPaint 7.0.9 Beta

• interface: less flickering during action progress
• interface: minor scaling improvements
• interface: ensure toolwindows in front when restoring app
• interface: dark theme for status bar
• interface: add Donate tool button
• interface: add Python download button if missing
• interface: separate color for background and outline
• interface: don't undock windows when going fullscreen
• interface: fix remember save file extension
• translation: added Latvian
• translation: completed Kabyle and Bulgarian
• tool: fix updating transparent colors
• tool: fix release of middle mouse button
• tool: optimize layer transform
• tool: added font aliasing option
• tool: replace layer by gradient if it is opaque
• tool: floodfill using vector if possible
• tool: fix gradient undo/redo
• tool: multiselection of shapes
• tool: fix text editor handling of keys
• script: sort in menus
• script: added inner shadow/light
• script: added version function

LazPaint 7.0.8 Beta

(need BGRABitmap v10.7)

Files

• read support for Portable Any Map (PBM, PGM, PPM)
• read/write support for WebP images using libwebp
• read support for RAW images using dcraw
• fix loading PDN images
• show progress of loading/saving/actions on layered images

Tools

• scripting in Python
• scripts provided: color overlay, drop shadow, split/merge channels...
• vectorial tools: gradient and texture fill for vectorial shapes
• paste vector shapes within visible bounds
• tools: align to pixels when image is not zoomed
• tools: grouping of items in toolbar
• added polyline and opened curve tool
• pen tool: SHIFT click to retrieve color, ALT+wheel to change width
• selection pen tool: add antialiasing option
• color picker: SHIFT click to retrieve color of flattened image
• eraser tool: added lighten, darken and sharpen modes
• floodfill tool: makes vector original on an empty layer
• edit shape tool: show shape information
• polygon tool: highlight hovered point, arrows to move points

Windows

• palette: indicate last added color in palette
• palette: fix scroll bug
• color window resizable
• color and layer windows dockable to main window
• adjust more windows to system DPI
• adjust curves: show source histograms
• filter function: optimize, add Lab colorspace, add min/max/avg
• blend operations: add Saturation (HSL) and Mask blend operation

Miscellaneous

• rendering optimizations to reduce slowdown with big images
• added Kabyle language
• updated Swedish translation
• fixes for image browser
• command line: parenthesis optional to make it Linux-friendly

LazPaint 7.0.7

Bug fixes

• fix crop layer with offsets/small layers
• fix bug with duplicating vectorial layer
• fix undo of merging duplicate layers
• avoid bugs with vector layers in certain cases
• fix layer visibility update
• update inactive layers with undo/redo
• fix bugs when actions or tools interact
• fixed opacity bar when layer stack is zoomed
• update screen when changing workspace color
• fix shift colors shortcut

General

• show context menu when right-clicking upper toolbar unused space
• faster saving of LZP files
• handles external changes in multiimage files (TIFF, GIF, ICO) more gracefully
• entry to duplicate current frame of GIF or TIFF
• merge vector layers with vector layers
• merge vector layers with other layers by transforming them into a rectangular shape
• in color window, triangle cursors are clickable

Edit shape tool

• update toolbar when selecting shape
• space key allowed when editing existing text shape
• transform background fill of rectangular shapes (in particular after merging raster and vector layers)
• right click to rotate/shear a rectangular shape
• avoid shape distortion when copying between layers with different transform
• allow to clear/copy the whole layer if it is a gradient or a rotate image with Delete or Ctrl-C
• more permissive selection of shape (one can click a few pixels away)

Polygon tool

• holding SHIFT (along with Insert or I key) inserts new point on the segment
• close shape when clicking first point (when polygon or curve is open)

LazPaint 7.0.6

This release is not the latest. Version 7.0.7 contains many recommanded bug fixes.

• fix merge bitmap layer
• fix mouse scroll on MacOS
• clipboard image format with transparency
• allow undo when creating shape
• fix texture panel
• merging empty layer simply deletes it
• fix layer offset after undoing merge layer

LazPaint 7.0.5

This release is not the latest. Version 7.0.7 contains many recommanded bug fixes.

• added convert shape to curve
• adjust pixel-centered coordinates
• shortcuts for colorpicker is "C", for curve move point "Z", for curve insert point "I" as well of Insert
• dutch translation
• filling of workarea with maximum zoom
• fix bug with mouse on MacOS and Windows
• browse directory dialog on MacOS
• paste vector shape on empty layer
• fix ALT and CTRL with mouse on MacOS
• alignment of vector shapes to pixels with CTRL or CMD
• return key to finish polygon shape
• reset counter of popups on "forget dialogs"
• fix TIFF loading error on some systems

LazPaint 7.0.4

• adjusting font size for windows
• fix screen update
• duplicate vector original when duplicating layer

LazPaint 7.0.3

Tools

• edit shape tool
• copy/paste shape
• align shape horizontally/vertically
• bring shape to front/send to back
• shape count limit
• rotation lock on 90 degrees unless Shift is pressed
• add wave displacement filter
• add aliased mode for eraser

Interface

• selection pen shortcut changed to "O" letter key
• fix update on move image
• minor toolbar adjustments
• less space used by upper toolbar, nicer comboboxes
• faster draft gradient rendering
• dark theme option
• fix undo/redo with originals

Optimize

• optimize selection rendering
• less memory usage by selection
• update highlight when rotating

LazPaint 7.0.2

Various fixes:

• bug with selection tool, undo and others
• drawing successive shapes
• scroll bug on Windows
• fixes for future version compatibility

Improvements:

• layer stack: scrolled with mouse wheel, hint on layer kind icon, tool button to rasterize layer
• show layer bounds when transforming it
• better handling of zoomed out layer
• text tool: word wrap does not change with zoom, arabic ligatures and for other scripts, support for unicode non-spacing marks (like added accents/tilde)
• polyline/curve tool: now rendered as vectorial
• faster rendering of shapes in draft mode (while editing)
• switch between fill shape and draw shape mode with one click on selected tool button
• better drive detection on Linux

LazPaint 7.0.1

FILE FORMAT

New support

• ICO/CUR format: it is possible to select a size and also to add/remove an icon size
• GIF format: it is possible to select a frame and also to add/remove frames
• SVG format: loaded as a vectorial layer that can be transformed
• TIFF format: images in Lab colorspace can be loaded
• LRS and RES multi-file containers: create, load and save into them

There is new button in the toolbar to choose the image entry (icon size or GIF frame).

Misc

• there are options to remember last save directory and format after closing the app.
• better choice of color depth when saving

DRAWING TOOLS

For now shapes cannot be edited after validation. They are still rasterized.

Improvements of the following tools to allow rotation and transform:

• rectangle
• ellipse
• gradient: can shear the diamond and radial gradients
• phong shape
• text: layout box, paragraph alignment, blur radius in tenth of pixels, better support for Unicode
• selection rectangle
• selection ellipse

Misc:

• finer zoom when holding CTRL key.
• ratio can be specified for selection rectangle/ellipse

LAYERS

New tool: zoom layer.

At the layer level, it is now possible to move, rotate and zoom a layer without rasterizing it. This is true for raster layers and also for SVG layers.

LazPaint 6.4.1

New features/improvements

• Added "brush tool": you can specify the shape of the brush, load it from a file
• Added "clone tool": right click to set source location, and left click to duplicate
• Added palette toolbar: load/save palettes in various formats, posterize or dither image
• In color window: add color to the palette, preview of current color
• Less toolbars by default: right-click on top-left toolbar to add/remove toolbars
• Toolbox is docking inside the main window (left or right side)
• Save file as PNG/JPG/BMP: choose color depth and preview image & file size
• Added "rain" rendering (menu Render)
• Loading 3d models with texture and vertex normals
• Effects are applied only on the selected area instead of the bounding rectangle