Krita/Krita3dot1releasenotes

We will be releasing 2.9.x versions of Krita until 3.1 is ready for end users. Every month a new 2.9.x is expected.

This page is for documenting the new features and bugs that get fixed from 1st of july 2015 till whenever the 3.1 release is.

Features

2.9.6 (9th of July)

• [FEATURE] Add possibility to continue a Crop Tool action
• Speed up of color balance, desaturate, dodge, hsv adjustment, index color and posterize filters.
• Activate Cut/Copy Sharp actions in the menu
• Optimize per channel filter.
• Implemented continuation of the transform with clicking on canvas
• new default workspace
• Add new shortcuts('\' opens the tool options, f5 opens the brush editor, f7 opens the preset selector.)
• FEATURE: Show the tool options in a popup(toggle this on or off in the general preferences)
• Add three new default shortcuts (Create group layer = Ctrl+G, Merge Selected layer = Ctrl+Alt+E, Scale image to new size = Alt+Ctrl+I )
• Add an 'hide pop-up on mouseclick option' to advanced color selector.
• [FEATURE] Make brush 'speed' sensor work
• Allow preview for "Image Background Color and Transparency" dialog.
• [FEATURE] Selection modifier patch is finally in! (shift=add, alt=subtract, shift+alt=intersect, ctrl=replace. Path tool doesn't work yet, and they can't be configured yet)

2.9.5.1 (19th of June)

• [FEATURE] Implemented a composite RGB curve for Curves filter
• Adding a Fish Eye Vanishing Point assistant.
• Added concentric ellipse assistant.
• Have the colour selector pages' 'defaults' button only set the current page's defaults.
• Added memory locating configuration to Krita, as well as putting the profiler option into the UI: (https://userbase.kde.org/Krita/Manual/Preferences/Performance)
• Create a copy of a currently open image (filling wish 348256)
• Add a one way pressure sensor(in the sensors) (filling wish 344753 )
• Added a reporting functional for memory consumption in Krita

Fixed Bugs

• BUG:349479 Fixed Flatten Layer and Merge Down actions for layer with layer styles
• BUG: 349770 fix .desktop validation, MimeTypes= key needs trailing ;
• Check for absolute paths in the layer's filename
• (g'mic) Fix viewport preview generation
• Fix loading png brushes on CentOS
• KRA: Check whether writing out data succeeds
• BUG:344012 Fix trimming of canvas by fixing exactBounds().

2.9.6 (7th of July)

• BUG:346932 Fix crash when saving a pattern to a *.kra
• Make Group Layer return correct extent and exact bounds when in pass-through mode
• Make fixes to pass-through mode.
• Added an optional optimization to slider spin box
• BUG:348599 Fix node activating on the wrong image
• Fix a misprint in psd_pattern.cpp
• BUG:349792 Fix deleting a color in the palette docker
• BUG:349823 Fix scale to image size while adding a file layer
• Fixed wrapping issue for all dial widgets in Layer Styles dialog
• Fix calculuation of y-res
• BUG:349598 Prevent a divide by zero
• BUG:347800 Reset cursor when canvas is extended to avoid cursor getting stuck in "pointing hand" mode
• BUG:348730 Fix tool options visibility by default
• BUG:349446 Fix issue where changing theme doesn't update user config
• BUG:348451 Fix internal brush name of LJF smoke.
• BUG:349424 Set documents created from clipboard to modified
• BUG:349451 Make more robust: check pointers before use
• Use our own code to save the mergedimage for kra and ora (is faster)
• BUG:313296 Fix Hairy brush not to paint black over transparent pixels in Soak Ink mode
• Fix PVS warning in hairy brush
• (gmic) Try to workaround the problem with busy cursor
• BUG:348750 Don't limit the allowed dock areas
• BUG:348795 Fix uninitialized m_maxPresets
• BUG:349346 (gmic) If there is selection, do not synchronize image size
• BUG:348887 Disable autoscroll for the fill-tool as well.
• BUG:348914 Rename the fill layers

2.9.5.2 (20th of June)

• BUG:349026 Do not localize 'All' resource tag(this prevented resources showing up when localised)
• BUG:348997 Don't crash when saving after saving failed (this would sometimes cause crashes on autosave)
• BUG: 344968 Fix preset docker flickering and slowdown
• BUG:349394 Disable autoscroll for the contiguous selection tool
• Don't hangup when changing background color in the properties dialog
• BUG:349374 Don't assert but warn when we don't have enough score values
• Initialize current colorspace correctly in the Convert Color Space dialog
• Fix Ctrl+ and Ctrl- standard zoom shortcuts in multiview mode
• BUG:349292 Don't try to allocate an entire image worth of bytes in one go.

2.9.5.1 (19th of June)

• Only set the resolution using tiff tags if they exist, this caused issues with Krita saving JPEG files.
• BUG:349078 Fix trimming an image under Filter Layers
• BUG:324505,294122 Fix Adjustment layers composition
• Bug 349185 Fix explicitly showing the cursor when the Stabilizer is active
• Fix showing a floating message when switching MDI subwindows
• BUG:348533 Fixed a bug when the tools became disabled after new document creation
• BUG:331708,349108 Fix a crash when redoing actions
• BUG:348737 Fix copy/pasto: fade isn't speed
• BUG:345762 Mirror View now correctly remembers which subwindow is mirrored.
• BUG:349058 Fixed bug where rulers were only visible on the canvas that was active when the option was first toggled. Fixed similar bugs with Mirror View and Wrap Around Mode.
• BUG:331708 Fix a crash when trying to redo after canceling a stroke
• Fixes an issue where some config files may not be picked up by the config system.
• BUG:299555 Change cursor to "forbidden" when active layer is locked or can't be edited with the active tool.
• BUG:345564 Don't warn about image file being invalid after user cancels "Background Image (overrides color)" dialog while configuring Krita
• BUG: 348886:Don't scroll up the list while adding or removing resources to the bundle
• fix default presets for bristle engine, restoring scale value to 1
• fixed a small bug in wdglayerproperties.ui that made the color profile not show up properly in the layer properties dialog. Patch by Amadiro, thanks!
• BUG: 348507 Fix issue with import PDF dialog resolution
• BUG:347004 Filter preview button difficult to see state
• BUG:345754 Fixes perspective assistant lockup
• Remember current meta-data author.
• BUG:348726 Be more careful when 'smart' merging metadata
• BUG:348652 Correctly initialize the temporary swap file
• Fix loading PSD files saved in OpenCanvas