Stykz 1.0 RC 4 - Build 205
(Mac / Windows)

General

1. ❖Fixed bug where interface was showing "Classic"-style buttons on Mac PowerPCs. [1248]
   

Figure Manipulation

1. ❖Fixed bug where nodes were not being shown on a selected figure when switching to the PolyFill tool. [1251]
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where it was possible to have multiple figures selected, but when you clicked on the drag node, it would only drag one of them
   

3. ❖Fixed bug where deleting multiple segments at once could put the figure into an odd state where the nodes don't turn red when you click on the figure with the Select tool. [1245]
   

4. ❖Added option to use CTRL-click (Win) or Cmd-click (Mac) to add segments or remove segments from a selection; this is an alternative to using the SHIFT key (which continues to work as before). [1241]
   

5. ❖Changed selection behavior so that if you just click on a single figure (or component) of a selected group of figures (or components), the other elements become deselected and the thing you clicked on becomes the only selection. [1242]
   

6. ❖Fixed bug where creating new figures with the node size set to anything else other than "Normal" would first create the line with normal sized nodes, and then afterwards it would "snap" to the selected node size. Now it operates seamlessly. [1238]
   

7. ❖Fixed bug where hitting the Enter key while creating a segment with right-click-and-drag would generate an error. [1239]
   

Export

1. ❖Fixed bug where exporting to QT wouldn't alert you properly if you were exporting to an existing file path.
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where exporting to QuickTime would sometimes cause the progress window to "hang" at the the beginning of "Prepping for export".
   

3. ❖Added warning dialog if you choose to export an animation to a size larger than the current stage size. [1249]
   

Import

1. ❖Fixed bug where some Pivot .stk files were not importing properly (lines were at strange angles) [1252]
   

Menus

1. ❖Fixed bug where no recent documents where displayed in the File menu after you closed the last open Stykz document (on Mac this was represented by having an "Open Recent" menu item with no submenus). [1250]
   

Playback

1. ❖Fixed bug where the onionskin was not being redisplayed after exiting the StykzPlayer. [1246]
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where clicking the close box to stop playback would sometimes cause the StykzPlayer to pop back open again and continue playing. [1243]
   

Palettes

1. ❖Properties
   

2. ‣Fixed bug where the mixed-state checkbox would sometimes not be clickable.
   

3. ‣Fixed bug where the current document would not re-activate after clicking the lock icon (which would prevent you from moving or deleting a figure after you unlock it).
   

4. ❖Frames
   

5. ‣Fixed bug where trying to resize the Frames palette as soon as the first document opens would generate an error dialog. [1244]
   

Preferences

1. ❖Fixed bug where color selection for selected/unselected nodes didn't apply to the color outline on static nodes (they still showed blue/red regardless of the color you picked).
   

Stykz 1.0 RC 4 - Build 204
(Mac / Windows)

General

1. ❖Stykz now uses the operating system's cursor in all places where the black arrow was being used. This includes over the menu bar area, which previously showed whatever tool you currently had. [1157]
   

2. ❖Fixed bug in file format conversion code that didn't catch everything. (Note: This will require all docs before this release to undergo file format conversion again.) [1132]
   

3. ❖Styks will now try to keep the selection you had on the previous frame when you click the "Next Frame" button or hit the Enter key.
   

4. ❖Fixed bug where default fill color for polyfills was not a websafe color.
   

5. ❖Fixed bug that caused a "This is not a Stykz document" window to appear when double-clicking a .stykz file on Snow Leopard.
   

6. ❖Fixed bug where double-clicking a .stykz file would launch Stykz but would not reopen any palettes you had open. [1227]
   

7. ❖NEW: Added "How to Install" PDF doc with the Optional Styks folder.
   

8. ❖NEW: Added new Welcome Center which lets you open a recent document, open a blank doc, get help, link to tutorials, etc. [1165][1025]
   

Export

1. ❖GIF export has been modified to be compatible with other applications (including Flash, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Picture Viewer, etc.) as well as being much smaller in size.
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where 100%-size exported GIFs were exporting 23 pixels higher than the Stage size was set for. [1225]
   

3. ❖Fixed bug where you were unable to cancel a Quicktime Movie export. [1237]
   

Figure Manipulation

1. ❖NEW: Added the ability to remove nodes from a polyfill while you are creating it (click the same node again). [1136]
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where instructions were not moving out of the way when creating a polyfill.[1135]
   

3. ❖Fixed bug where static/hidden lines show with the Select tool. [1126]
   

4. ❖Fixed perceived bug where adding a node between two nodes that were attached to a polyfill would cause the polyfill to look like it connected to the wrong nodes. [1095]
   

5. ❖Made polyfills more "intelligent"; if you add a node to a figure where the "parent" and "child" of the node you added is part of a polyfill, the new node you added becomes part of the polyfill. [1095]
   

6. ❖Fixed bug where deleting a node attached to a polyfill would adjust the polyfill. [1145]
   

7. ❖Fixed bug where deleting a node with the subselect tool caused an error. [1129]
   

8. ❖NEW: Added ability to create figures with right-click-and-drag while using the Subelect tool.
   

9. ❖Fixed bug where Alt- (or Option-) Right-clicking on the Stage and dragging would show a drag node that would disappear when the mouse was released. [1128]
   

10. ❖Fixed bug where pivoting segments with the Subselect tool would not update the thumbnail of the frame in the Frames palette properly or make the document as "dirty".
    

11. ❖Improved performance in selecting segments with the Subselect tool.
    

12. ❖Fixed bug where you could only distort a circle on only one side of it (you'd get an alert dialog telling you that circles can't be distored if you tried the other side). Circles can now be distored on both sides. [1150]
    

13. ❖Fixed crashing bug when holding down the mouse with the subselect tool (not moving) and then releasing and trying to click on another object. [1130]
    

14. ❖Fixed crashing bug when double-right-clicking with the subselect tool. [1131]
    

15. ❖Fixed bug where using the AddLine or AddCircle tool and clicking on an onionskin would produce a notification window telling you that you can't create a figure. [1181]
    

16. ❖Fixed bug where clicking on a polyfill wouldn't display static and hidden segments like clicking on a segment would. [1209]
    

17. ❖Fixed bug where double-clicking on the drag node to switch tools from Select to Subselect would leave the figure selected even though the nodes weren't red. [1200]
    

18. ❖Fixed bug where attempting to use the arrow keys when a polyfill was selected would display an error dialog. [1208]
    

19. ❖Fixed bug where right-clicking on a node after having right-clicked on a segment would display a dropdown menu instead of drawing out a new segment. [1228]
    

20. ❖Increased performance on "drag figure/enter key"" frame creation process.
    

21. ❖NEW: Added ability to dramatically increase performance on "drag figure/enter key" frame creation process by holding down the Control key when hitting Enter; this prevents the Frames Palette slot from updating (which is what the delay is). When you are all done, click on one of the visible frame slots and they will all redraw with the correct thumbnails.
    

Menus

1. ❖Fixed bug where context menu wasn't displaying a "Delete" option when right-clicking on a polyfill with the Subselect tool. [1146]
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where attempting to export an animation on Windows when QuickTime is not installed gives you an error after the alert dialog.
   

3. ❖Fixed bug where double-clicking on a .styk file that was already in your Library would cause problems. Stykz now gives you an alert if you try to do this. [1152]
   

4. ❖NEW: Added "Open Recent" to the File menu to allow for opening the last 20 recent documents.
   

5. ❖Fixed bug where you would get two "confirm file replace" dialog boxes if you exported your animation and entered the extension after the name of the animation, and a file of that name already existed. [1162]
   

6. ❖Fixed rare bug that could have prevented the saving of changes made to Frame 1 of an animation.
   

7. ❖Fixed bug where saving a document would appear to deselect figures on the current frame. [1163]
   

8. ❖NEW: Added support for directly opening .styk and .stk files. [1156]
   

9. ❖Fixed bug where (on Windows) right-clicking on a segment to display a context menu would not let you right-click and drag on a node afterwards to create a new segment; instead you got another dropdown menu as if you were right-clicking on a segment instead of a node. [1169]
   

10. ❖Fixed bug where the "Delete" option was not available when you had multiple segments selected and your right-clicked to display the context menu. [1168]
    

11. ❖Fixed bug where switching "Show Nodes in Front" when a figure had static nodes would end up showing them instead of keeping them hidden.
    

12. ❖Fixed bug where Ctrl-X would exit Stykz instead of do Cut. [1193]
    

13. ❖Fixed bug where Ctrl-, would not display the Preferences window on Windows. [1201]
    

14. ❖Fixed bug where the Preferences menu item wasn't available with any tool other than Select. [1203]
    

15. ❖Fixed bug where using any of the items in the Arrange menu would not update the Frames palette. [1230]
    

Palettes

1. ❖Controller Palette
   

2. ‣Fixed bug where dragging the frame slider would set the dirty flag for a document. [1183]
   

3. ❖Frames Palette
   

4. ‣Fixed bug where you couldn't use the arrow keys to navigate among the context menu items when you right-click on a frame in Windows.
   

5. ‣Fixed bug where you couldn't activate any selected context menu item by hitting Enter or Return under Windows. [1125]
   

6. ‣Fixed bug where you got an error dialog if you had one or more segments selected and chose to add a new frame.
   

7. ‣NEW: Added ability to dramatically increase performance on "drag figure/enter key" frame creation when the Frames palette is not open. (See note in Figure Manipulation re: using Control-Enter for the same result.)
   

8. ❖Library Palettte
   

9. ‣Fixed bug where adding figures to the Library palette with the same name as an existing item, and choosing "Auto-Rename" appeared to overwrite the existing figure by that name. [1206]
   

10. ❖Properties Palette
    

11. ‣Modified interface so that mixed selections would show as mixed and not as just the value of the first selected object in a group. Fields with mixed selections display as empty; checkboxes show a dash (Mac) or filled-in square (Win); color swatches show a diagonal slash through them. [1140]
    

12. ‣Modified interface so that web colors are on by default for each new Stykz session. [1154]
    

13. ‣NEW: Added ability to lock a figure so that it you can't modify it in any way.
    

14. ‣Fixed bug where setting one or more segments to Hidden would not update the Frames palette properly (i.e. it still showed the hidden segments).
    

15. ‣Fixed bug where you couldn't set the length of a segment to 1 (the minimum was 2 pixels). [1103, 1133]
    

16. ‣Fixed bug where hitting the Enter key when the Properties palette was clicked on did not create a new frame.
    

17. ‣Width, Angle, and Length can now be specified with up to two decimal places for better precision.
    

18. ‣Fixed bug where the "Web" checkbox for Polyfills was not checked on a new Stykz install, even though it was checked for Segments and Figures. [1182]
    

19. ❖Tool Instructions
    

20. ‣Fixed bug where the tool instructions window would not disappear when the last document was minimized (like the palettes do). [1158]
    

21. ❖Hints
    

22. ‣Fixed bug where cursor for the close box on Windows was still the 'move' cursor. [1204]
    

Playback

1. ❖Fixed bug where figures on the Stage were not in the proper selection state when exiting the StykzPlayer. [1151]
   

2. ❖Fixed bug where hitting the Escape key to stop playback would sometimes generate an error dialog.
   

3. ❖Fixed bug where playing an animation that had a colored background would show a white card after you inserted a new frame in the Frames palette. [1176]
   

4. ❖Fixed bug where the frame number would not display in the upper-right corner if the stage size was small (like selecting "Pivot 2" stage size). [1223]
   

5. ❖Fixed bug where the main Stage window would not be active after finishing playback. [1198, 1234]
   

Preferences

1. ❖Fixed bug where setting a custom stage size, quitting, relaunching, and then going to Preferences would cause the custom stage size window to display instead. [1138]
   

2. ❖NEW: Added preference for specifying the startup action you want to take (create a new document, open the last document, select a document to open, or do nothing).
   

3. ❖NEW: Added preference for automatic saving and/or backing up documents in Stykz, including Growl support for notifications. [1141, 1007]
   

4. ❖Increased performance in opening the Prefs window (takes about 1/5 the time it used to).
   

5. ❖Fixed bug where you could simply open and close the Prefs window to enable dragging figures by their segments. [1196]
   

6. ❖Fixed bug where clicking the Pivot Compatibility button wouldn't set the default stage size properly. [1218]
   

7. ❖Fixed bug where selecting the blank line in the Default Stick dropdown menu (on Windows) would generate an error dialog. [1219]
   

8. ❖NEW: Added preference to suppress the "success dialog" you get after you export GIF or MOV. [1226]
   

9. ❖Fixed bug where Reset to Defaults button did not reset the colors of the pivot nodes properly. [1220]
   

10. ❖NEW: Added ability to reset the preferences during the launching of Stykz by holding the Shift key down when the Stykz splash screen appears until a dialog is displayed. [1186]
    

11. ❖Fixed bug where going to set a custom stage size and then hitting the Enter key would generate an error. [1217]
    

12. ❖Fixed bug where antialiasing was not displaying properly at certain times. [1235]
    

13. ❖NEW: Added "Decimal precision" preference to the "Interface" section that lets you set the decimal precision of values displayed on the Properties palette.
    

Undo

1. ❖Fixed bug where clicking on the drag node and not moving the figure would register an "Undo Move Figure" entry. [1164]
   

2. ❖Added support for undoing the pasting of figure(s). [1166]
   

3. ❖Added support for undoing the adding of figures to the Stage from the Library palette. [1139]
   

4. ❖Added support for undoing the adding of a circle segment to an existing figure. [1167]
   

5. ❖Fixed bug where you could not undo dragging a figure from the filled area of a circle segment or a polyfill when you had the "Can only move figure using drag node" preference turned off. [1155]
   

6. ❖Added support for undoing the creation of polyfills. [1149]
   

7. ❖Fixed bug where you could not undo the setting of the "opaque" of a circle. [1149]
   

8. ❖Fixed bug where you could not undo the copying of a segment with the subselect tool. [1149]
   

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