BeeRef 0.3.3 (2024-05-05)

Added

• Moving the window from within BeeRef now changes to a diffent cursor from the default arrow cursor.
• Added a color sampler which can copy colors from images to the clipboard in hex format (Images -> Sample Color)
• Added notification when attempting to paste from an empty or unusable clipboard
• Added panning via scrollwheel:
  ** Scroll wheel + Shift + Ctrl: pan vertically
  ** Scroll wheel + Shift: pan horizontally
• Make mouse and mouse wheel controls configurable (Settings -> Keyboard & Mouse)

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when pressing the keyboard shortcut for New Scene while in the process of doing a rubberband selection.
• The checkmark of the menu entry Images -> Grayscale is now updating correctly depending on the selected images.
• Removed black line under marching ants outline of crop mode, which would scale with the image and get potentially very thick.
• Fixed a crash when importing images with unsupported exif orientation info
• Fixed threading issue when importing images (causing potential hangs/weird behaviour)
• Fixed an intermittent crash when invoking New Scene
• Fixed bee files hanging on to disk space of deleted images (issue #99)
• Fixed Drag @ Drop from pinterest feed (by Randommist)
• Fixed pasted items being inserted behind existing items

BeeRef 0.3.3 alpha appimage build (Linux only)

This is an alpha version of the appimage build for the upcoming 0.3.3 version.

The plan is to switch Linux executables over to appimages for upcoming releases. Please report any problems you might have.

BeeRef 0.3.2 (2024-01-21)

Added

• For arranging, a gap between images can now be configured in the settings.
• The opacity of images can be changed (Images -> Change Opacity).
• Images can be set to display as grayscale (Images -> Grayscale).
• The scene can now also be exported as SVG
• Keyboard shortcuts can now be edited from within BeeRef (Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts). The KeyboardSettings.ini file will now only store values which are changed from the default, since it's no longer needed as a reference.
• Settings dialog now displays icons to indicate changes from default values

Fixed

• Scene Export: Fix output image size and margins when scene had been scaled or moved.
• Scene Export: Selecting filename without file extension now automatically appends the extension from the selected filter instead
  of resulting in a confusing error message.
• The exemption from antialias/smoothing for images displayed at large zoom now also works on images that are flipped horizontally

Changed

• Improved performance of Select All/Deselect All

BeeRef 0.3.1 (2023-12-10)

Added

• Images can now be stored JPG or PNG inside the bee file. By default, small images and images with an alpha channel will be stored as PNG, the rest as JPG. In the newly created settings dialog, this behaviour can be changed to always use PNG (the former behaviour) or always JPG. To apply this behaviour to already saved images in existing bee files, you can save them as new files.
• Enabled antialiasing/smoothing. Images that are being displayed at a large zoom factor are exempt to make sure that icons, pixel sprites
  etc can be viewed correctly.
• A scene can now be exported to a single image (File -> Export Scene...)
• Alternative way to move the BeeRef window without the title bar: View -> Move Window (or press "M")

Changed

• Editing of text items will now be undoable after leaving edit mode
• Empty text items will be deleted after leaving edit mode
• Text edit mode can now be aborted with Escape
• "Save as" will now open pre-select the folder of the currently opened file
• "Save" and "Save as" are now inactive when the scene is empty

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where the binary data of deleted images would still hang around in the bee file.
• The shortcut to move the BeeRef window (Ctrl + Alt + Drag) now works on an empty scene
• Crash when copying an item from a bee file, opening a new scene and pasting the image into it.

BeeRef 0.3.0 (2023-11-23)

Added

• Image cropping (Go to "Transform -> Crop", or press Shift + C)
• Show list of recent files on welcome screen
• Keyboard shortcuts can now be configured via a settings file. Go to "Settings -> Open Settings Folder" and edit KeyboardSettings.ini
• Remember window geometry when closing (by David Andrs)

Fixed

• Various typos (by luzpaz)
• Ensure that small items always have an area in the middle for
  moving/editing that doesn't trigger transform actions
• Ensure that the first click to select an item doesn't immediately trigger
  transform actions

BeeRef 0.2.0 (2021-09-06)

This version enables text support. Note that bee files from version 0.2.0 won't open in BeeRef 0.1.x.

Added

• You can now add plain text notes and paste text from the clipboard
• You can now open bee files from finder on MacOS (by David Andrs)
• Dragging bee files onto an empty scene will now open them
• Adding the first image(s) to a new scene centers the view

Changed

• Make debug log file less verbose
• The program is now bundled as a single executable file (issue #4)

Fixed

• Hovering over the scale handles of very narrow items now displays
  correct cursor orientation
• Fix a rare crash while displaying selection handles

BeeRef 0.1.1 (2021-07-18)

Changed

• Flipping an image now happens on mouse press instead of mouse release
• About dialog points to new website beeref.org
• Menus and dialogs now have a dark style to match the optics of the canvas

Fixed

• Double click to zoom an item and double-clicking again should now always correctly go back to the previous position
• The outline of the rubberband selection now stays the same size regardless of zoom

BeeRef 0.1.0 (2021-07-10)

This is the very first release.

Note that at this point, the macOS build is considered experimental.