Stykz 1.0.2 - Build 222 (Mac / Windows) Release Notes

Released on 01/02/2011

General

1. Added compaction to stack saving to help with file size reduction/performance enhancement.
2. Improved performance with moving multiple figures with the arrow keys.
3. Improved overall performance of Stykz by approximately 15%.
4. (Mac Only) Added custom icons for Pivot .stk and .piv files.
5. Fixed bug where the segment shown when drag-copying a segment was "stuck" on the first frame of a document after Stykz crashed. [1444]
6. Improved performance slightly by not checking Stykz documents when they open for font changes for the current platform. [1449]

Docs/Help/Support

1. Stykz Help
2. Added "Copying Segments" topic under the "Working With Segments" section. [1436]
3. Added "...Copy a Segment?" topic under the "How Do I...?" section.
4. Updated The Palettes > Controller Palette to include info on playing animations back from the currently displayed frame instead of frame 1.
5. Added "...Start Playback From the Current Frame?" topic under the "How Do I...?" section.

Figure Manipulation

1. Fixed bug where attempting to deselect a single segment would deselect *all* of the segments of the target figure. [1434]
2. (Windows Only) Fixed bug where antialiasing for newly created segments would sometimes not match the antialiasing of the target figure. [1439]
3. Fixed bug where a polyfill in progress would get canceled if the "3 nodes" reminder alert was displayed. [1447]

Import/Export

1. Export Animated GIF
2. Modified Frame Delay so that it would show red if you picked a number less than 6/100ths of a second. [1428]
3. Import Pivot .stk File
4. Changed import so that if you hit the "75 generations" limit, the figure it was creating is removed from the document instead of leaving it partially done.

Installer

1. (Windows Only) Fixed bug where the shortcut to the Stykz Forums in the Start menu would not work. [1446]

Menus

1. (Windows Only) Fixed bug where Show Antialiasing was not matching the currently applied antialiasing of the frontmost document, especially with new documents. [1441]
2. (Windows Only) Fixed problem where mnemonics (underscores in menu items) were displaying at the wrong time). [1445]

Palettes

1. Commands Palette
2. Added 'Set Color of Selected Figures - Web Safe' command to allow making a button bring up the Web Safe color picker.
3. Controller Palette
4. Fixed bug that was causing an error dislog to appear when using the scrubber with the Frame Palette not showing.
5. Library Palette
6. Fixed bug that generated an error when trying to add a figure with all segments hidden to the Library. [1440]
7. Properties Palette
8. Fixed bug where creating an empty selection rectangle and releasing the mouse would incorrectly switch to show Figure Properties. [1448]

Stage/Windows

1. Fixed bug where nodes of the default stick figure for new documents would be in front of the menubar on Windows.

Undo

1. Fixed bug where some error dialogs were displaying when trying to undo the deletion or cutting of figures.
2. Fixed bug where locking/unlocking a figure could not be undone. [1419]

Welcome Center

1. Fixed bug where closing the Welcome Center after clicking on "From a Stykz .styk File..." and cancelling would bring up a second "Open" dialog box. [1418]

Stykz 1.0.1 - Build 220 (Mac / Windows) Release Notes

Released on 12/4/2010

Menus

1. File Menu
2. Fixed bug where an error dialog would result on Mac when doing "Save As".
3. Figure Menu
4. Fixed bug where using "Add to Library" on a single node would generate an error dialog. [1423]
5. Fixed bug where using "Add to Library" and not specifying a name would generate an error dialog. [1417]

Docs/Help/Support

1. Stykz Help
2. Fixed typos in "Introduction: What Was Installed and Where?".
3. Added info on aligning to the first selected figure to "Working With Figures: Setting Figure Properties"
4. Fixed bug where images weren't apperaing in the "Task Manager" topic. [1424]

Import/Export

1. Export to Animated GIF
2. Fixed bug where export didn't seem to be working when the backdrop was turned on (in actuality the progress window was displaying *behind* the backdrop window and the export was proceeding, but you couldn't see it). [1429]

Palettes

1. Fixed bug where palettes didn't update properly when some document windows closed. [1422]
2. Frames Palette
3. Fixed bug where clicking the "Next Frame" button would cause a loss of focus to the Stage so the arrow keys wouldn't work. [1420]

Undo

1. Fixed bug where undoing the deletion of a figure after playing the animation and closing the StykzPlayer generated an error. [1432]
2. Fixed bug where an error dialog would result attempting to close an undo entry that had never been opened.

Stykz 1.0 - Build 219 (Mac / Windows) Release Notes

Released on 11/27/2010

General

1. Fixed bug where double-clicking a Stykz document file to launch it generated an error.

Docs/Help/Support

1. Stykz Help
2. Fixed bugs in "How Do I... Add Figures to My Library?" where the links opened a new browser window instead of switching contents in the Stykz Help app itself.
3. Fixed bug in "Pivot and Stykz: What is the Same..." that inaccurately omitted Pivot 2's ability to export a series of bitmaps.
4. Fixed typo in "How Do I... Get More Figures to Use in my Animations?"

Import/Export

1. (Mac Only) Fixed bug where you couldn't export to animated GIF format on Mac if the name of the .stykz document contained certain characters.

Stykz 1.0 - Build 218 (Mac / Windows) Release Notes

Released on 11/25/2010

General

1. Added support for registering a mutex when Stykz launches so the Windows installer could detect if Stykz was running or not.
2. Added support for a "dot in the close box" to indicate a document with changes (Mac OS X only).
3. Added support for a proxy icon in the title bar for saved documents (Mac OS X only).
4. Fixed bug where .styk files were showing with the same icon as the .stykz files (Windows only). [1279]
5. Added support for double-clicking a .styk file; doing so will cause Stykz to ask you if you want to open the .styk in a new document, or add it to the library. [1268]
6. Fixed bug where some Windows users were getting an update message, but clicking on the "Download Update" button would do nothing (not even take them to the Stykz web site). [1263]
7. Fixed bug where nodes were not appearing when an existing document was opened. [1325]
8. Fixed bug where you couldn't use a numeric password to secure the Document Info of a document. [1314]
9. Fixed bug where palette locations weren't being saved if you used the close box on the last document to quit Stykz on Windows. [1288]
10. Modified method of storing thumbnails to (hopefully) eliminate corrupted Stykz documents. [1347]
11. Added error dialog to display if problems occur during the document saving process. [1347]
12. Fixed bug where using the "," key to go to the previous frame did not retain the currently selected figures. [1359]
13. Fixed bug where switching to Preview mode would sometimes leave nodes showing. [1363]
14. Fixed bug where opening the Hints palette for the first time on Windows always showed hints for the Select tool, regardless of what actual tool was active. [1386]

Docs/Help/Support

1. Added Stykz Help application with several completed help topics.
2. Fixed typos in Stykz Help.
3. Fixed bug where Stykz Help wouldn't remember your last window position. [1405]
4. Added ability to expand a topic by clicking on the topic itself. [1406]

Figure Manipulation

1. Fixed bug where right-clicking and dragging to create a segment and then releasing the mouse over a palette would generate an error. [1278]
2. Fixed bug where adding a node to a segment with static nodes on both ends would cause one node to show as dynamic. [1272]
3. Fixed bug where you couldn't see the nodes of a figure that had a subselection when switching to the PolyFill tool (so you couldn't create a polyfill). NOTE: A byproduct of this is that when you have a subselection and switch to another tool, the figure(s) that own the subselection(s) get selected. [1271]
4. Fixed bug where you could not select or change the properties of more than one polyfill at a time.
5. Fixed bug where creating a polyfill in a figure that already had one would create it (and draw the red connector line) *behind* the existing polyfill(s).
6. Fixed bug were hitting Escape to cancel creating a circle would generate an error. [1265]
7. Fixed bug where imported .stk figures would not have the nodes float in front. [1258]
8. Fixed bug that allowed you to stretch a circle so that it was smaller than its line thickness, giving you a strange "inside-out" appearance.
9. NEW: If you are in the middle of creating a polyfill, you can Option/Alt-click on a node that was part of the polyfill-in-progress and that node will be removed from the polyfill. A note about that was also added to the tool instructions that display when you are creating a polyfll. [1276]
10. Fixed bug where you could create a single drag node by right-clicking on the stage with the Subselect tool. [1287]
11. Fixed bug where Command-clicking on a node with the Select tool would deselect the figure, even if your intention was to stretch the node.
12. Fixed bug where deleting the last segment of a figure with the Subselect tool would leave a single node behind. [1317]
13. Fixed bug where attempting to change the angle of a subselected segment in a rotated figure would cause odd behavior (the "dancing stickman" problem). [1318]
14. Fixed bug where dragging a circle from one point to another would cause it to shrink to its smallest size even if you don't have any modifier keys down (the "circle shrink" problem). [1298]
15. Fixed bug where changing the length of a circle on a figure at an angle causes the head to spin. [1311]
16. Fixed bug where clicking on the stage while in the middle of making a polyfill brought up an error dialog. [1302]
17. Fixed bug where adding a node to a figure that had multiple polyfills would cause some polyfills to 'snap' to the wrong nodes when the figure was manipulated. [1312]
18. Fixed bug where right-clicking on the Stage when the PolyFill tool was active would create odd results. [1303]
19. Fixed bug where the cursor would not change to the new "polyfilling" cursor when hovering over a node before you start creating a polyfill. [1326]
20. Fixed bug where right-clicking on the stage to start a figure, but then releasing it would properly delete the node, but would leave the Properties palette reading "Figure Properties" instead of "Stage Properties". [1337]
21. Fixed bug where if a figure with hidden and/or static segments was currently selected, switching to the subselect or polyfill tool would not show the same thing as switching to the add line or add circle tools. [1338]
22. Fixed bug where using the arrow keys to move a selected figure would disconnect the nodes from the figure. [1352]
23. Fixed bug where the selection rectangle would go over the menu bar on Windows. [1301]
24. Fixed bug where adding a node with the Subselect tool when a figure had previously been selected with the Select tool would cause the new node (and its parent) to be colored blue instead of red. [1357]
25. Fixed bug where adding a node to a figure with multiple polyfills would sometimes mess up the polyfills. [1374]
26. Fixed bug where using the circle tool and creating a very small circle would cause the line width to be larger than what should be allowed. [1371]
27. Fixed bug where drag-copying a segment to another figure when one of them was scaled would cause the new segment to 'pop' to a new size when the receiving figure was rotated. [1366]
28. Fixed bug where creating a new segment or circle off of an existing segment that had a color would cause the new segment to draw black until the mouse was released. [1365]
29. Fixed bug where canceling the adding of a line or circle with the Add Line or Add Circle tools would leave a single drag node behind. [1364]
30. Fixed bug where you could crash Stykz if you created a segment with too many successive children ("generations"). Note that the maximum number of generations is 75 (which should be more than sufficient). [1373]
31. Fixed bug where static segments would remain gray after clicking on the stage with the SubSelect tool. [1378]
32. Fixed bug where newly drawn figures in a document that had Show Antialiasing turned off would still show the lines as antialiased. [1380]
33. Fixed bug where the Enter key when used while dragging wouldn't let you keep dragging to create frames. [1394]
34. Fixed bug where static nodes would still show when selecting another figure with the subselect tool. [1410]
35. Fixed bug where creating a new segment from a segment that was already selected would create it in red and flash back to black. [1409]
36. Fixed bug where being in the middle of polyfilling and clicking on any of the palettes would leave the polyfill in a weird state. [1404]
37. Fixed bug where being in the middle of polyfilling and hitting the Enter key would go to the next frame, but leave the polyfill in a weird state.

Import/Export

1. NEW: Added ability to drag .stk and .styk files directly from the desktop onto an open document.
2. NEW: Added support for importing Pivot 3 .stk files - NOTE: If the .stk contains a sprite, the sprite will be ignored and the figure will be imported without the sprite using the first node after the sprite as the drag node.
3. Modified 'Export Frame' so that it wouldn't switch you out of Edit Mode, but still allows you to export in Edit or Preview modes. [1320]
4. Fixed bug where you got an error trying to export to QuickTime. [1291]
5. Fixed bug (hopefully) where some Windows users would receive error dialogs when trying to import a Pivot 3 .stk file. [1321]
6. Fixed bug where the "Explain" button in the "Incompatibility Detected" dialog (displayed when you import a Pivot .stk that has incompatible circle metrics) did nothing when you clicked it. [1329]
7. Fixed bug where there were problems exporting animated GIFs - the export did not include the full number of frames. [1375]
8. NEW: Export settings are now saved with the document and reused as the default choices when you export the document again.
9. Upgraded GIFsicle/Windows to latest release (1.5.9) [1391]
10. Fixed bug that prevented GIF animations from being created in Windows. [1388]
11. Fixed bug that caused GIFs animations to be of lesser quality than those created in Build 213 and earlier. [1390]
12. Fixed bug where errors reported when importing a bad .stk file were garbled.
13. Added additional error checking to .stk file import.

Menus

1. Fixed bug where cutting/copying and pasting multiple figures would not retain the layering order when pasted. [1285]
2. Fixed bug where using the shortcut keys to add a figure to the Stage would cause any selected figures to move to the middle of the stage. [1315]
3. Fixed bug where trying to do a File->Save As on the "blank document" selected in the Welcome Center would generate an error. [1342]
4. Fixed bug where opening an "open" or "save" dialog while the backdrop was displayed (in Windows) would not restore the palettes properly when the dialog closed. [1331]
5. Fixed bug where some menu items were enabled in Preview mode when they shouldn't have been. [1381]
6. Fixed bug where menu shortcuts stopped working on Windows after certain dialog boxes were displayed. [1382]
7. Fixed bug where Command-B (or choosing Send to Back from the Arrange menu) would cause the selected to figure(s) to flash before showing up in the right place. [1393]
8. Fixed bug where "Show Antialiasing", when turned off, would not turn off the antialiasing for the nodes. [1397]
9. Changed "Next Frame" item to show "New Frame" or "Next Frame" depending on whether you're on the last frame of your document or not (mimics the New Frame/Next Frame button in the Frames palette). [1408]
10. Fixed bug where spamming "Check For Updates" would get back an "update check failed" message. [1402]
11. Fixed bug where duplicating (Edit > Duplicate) or copying and pasting a figure would cause the drag node to be "below" all the other nodes.
12. Fixed bug where using Save As on Mac would generate an error after the new document was saved.
13. Added "Go to DarkDemon.org" and "Go to Droidz.org" to Help menu.

Palettes

1. Fixed bug (hopefully) where some palette positions weren't being saved between sessions. [1288]
2. Changed behavior of palette window so they do not automatically hide when you switch applications. (This was done for two reasons: (1) It makes it easier to drag .styk files into the Library palette, and (2) it makes it consistent with Windows/Linux.)
3. Commands
4. Fixed bug where palette could be maximized.
5. Fixed bug where you could not undo scaling or rotating of figures. [1149]
6. Fixed bug where creating a "no command - label only" button would generate an error dialog. [1372]
7. Fixed bug where command buttons did not disable if their feature wasn't available. [1134]
8. Modified window to remove maximize button.
9. Fixed typo on "Flip Selected Figures H+V" command. [1403]
10. Controller
11. Fixed bug where palette could be maximized.
12. Fixed bug where sliding the scrubber in a document that had antialiasing turned off would show the figures antialiased until the mouse was released. [1396]
13. Frames
14. NEW: Added ability to use the keyboard to navigate to the next/previous frames, so long as the insertion point is not in an open field. Use the key with the "<" on it to go back one frame, and the key with the ">" on it to go forward one frame. Use of the Shift key is option (e.g. "," is the same as "<" (Shift-,) and "." is the same as ">" Shift-.)). Note that typing ">" on the last frame of an animation will NOT create a new frame; to do that you need to hit the Enter key. [1282]
15. Fixed bug where the frames would show the images in the wrong sizes, or with "static" lines on the image. [1264]
16. Fixed bug where it was possible to delete the only frame of a document using the "Delete Frame" button. [1310]
17. Fixed bug where copying and pasting figures with the keyboard did not update the Frames palette on Windows. [1346]
18. Fixed bug where hitting the Enter key while the context menu was displayed for inserting frames was generating and error. [1197]
19. Fixed bug where inserting a frame would cause the thumbnails of all frames after that one to be the same as the one you inserted. [1354]
20. Fixed bug where selection rectangle was showing up on frame thumbnail if you are in the middle of making one when you hit the Enter key or go to another frame. [1368]
21. Fixed bug where attempting to add a frame to a blank document would produce an error. [1367]
22. NEW: Next Frame button shows "New Frame" if you're on the last frame of an animation. This is to be consistent with the "New Frame" menu item in the Edit menu.
23. Fixed bug where "No documents are open" was showing when you launched Stykz with the Frames palette not showing, and then selected it from the Windows menu to show it. [1387]
24. Library
25. Fixed bug where adding a figure to the Library that had a name that contained a "." would generate a "Missing Library Item" dialog. [1274]
26. Fixed bug where palette could be maximized.
27. Fixed bug where adding a figure to the Stage that had been stored in a different scale/angle would snap back to 100% size whenever the scale or angle of the figure was adjusted. [1281]
28. Fixed bug where you could enter a really long name for a library item and get an error. [1316]
29. Fixed bug where choosing "Add to Library" when right-clicking on a polyfill in a figure would not only not add the figure to the Library palette, but would also put Stykz into a weird state. [1330]
30. Added "Show File Location" to context menu when right-clicking on a Library item to switch to the desktop, open the Library folder and highlight the target item. [1398]
31. Fixed bug where the thumbnail that appeared over the list of styks was not antialiased properly. [1412]
32. Fixed bug where doing "Add to Library" when on a network share in Windows was generating an error.
33. Properties
34. Fixed bug where palette could be maximized. [1266]
35. Fixed bug where the mixed state checkbox state would not be set correctly. [1260]
36. Fixed bug where you could set the length smaller than the line width of a circle.
37. Fixed bug where if you changed the scale of a new line segment and tried to undo it, the scale would not change on the Property Palette. [1253]
38. Fixed bug where after you created a new figure with the Subselect tool, if you switched to the Select tool the figure would be selected properly, but the Properties Palette still showed "Segment Properties" instead of switching to "Figure Properties".
39. Fixed bug where you could enter an insanely large number when changing the width/height of the stage and get an error. [1316]
40. Fixed bug where resizing the height of the stage to 10 pixels would give you a warning dialog. [1344]
41. Fixed bug where changing the width of a hidden line while in Subselect and then switching to the Select tool would change the thickness of all the lines in the figure. [1295]
42. Fixed bug where changing a value and tabbing out of a field would apply the property *twice*, thus requiring two Undos instead of one.
43. Fixed bug where subselecting a circle that was opaque and turning off the "Opaque" checkbox and then subselecting another circle that was opaque would leave you unable to select a fill color. [1361]
44. Fixed bug (again) where resizing the height of the stage to 10 pixels would give you a warning dialog. [1344]
45. Fixed bug where the currently selected color swatch would not be selected when you opened the Websafe Colors dialog.
46. Fixed bug where flipping figures that were already rotated did not flip in the expected way. [1376]
47. Fixed bug where you could get an error dialog if you were editing a field value and hit the tab key to go to Preview mode.
48. Fixed bug where flipping a figure and then rotating it with the arrow keys would cause the figure to jump to a radically different angle. [1385]
49. Fixed bug where you could enter two decimal points in a field and get an error as a result. [1383]
50. Fixed bug where tapping the down spin control once when the angle of a selected figure read "0" would show "360" instead of "359". [1411]
51. Fixed bug where attempting to set the angle of three selected segments that were all connected would not set the same angle for each. [1413]
52. Tools
53. Fixed bug where using the Add Circle tool to create a circle would generate an error. [1262]
54. Fixed bug that could cause an error dialog to appear when using the Add Line or Add Circle tools if the tool instructions were being displayed.
55. Fixed bug where clicking on a node with the polyfill tool in a saved document would beep and act as if you were clicking on another figure. [1400]
56. Fixed bug where creating a polyfill on Windows when Show Antialiasing was turned off whould still show up as antialiased. [1401]

Playing Animations

1. Fixed bug where the StykzPlayer window was resizable when it shouldn't have been. [1323]
2. Fixed bug where the StykzPlayer would not show the figures aliased if you chose that setting in Windows. [1289, 1300]
3. Fixed bug where a polyfill that was selected prior to playback would end up with a black border after playback was complete. [1360]
4. Fixed bug where the Properties Palette would not refresh properly after an animation was finished playing.
5. Fixed bug where you could select and mess with figures when the StykzPlayer window was up. [1384]
6. Fixed bug where playing an animation with a colored background would cause the last frame to have a white (not colored) background. [1395]

Preferences

1. Fixed bug where window and palette positions weren't being saved even when "Save window positions" was checked. [1273]
2. Fixed bug where clicking OK in the Preferences window would reset the node size back to the default setting instead of remembering the last size you selected. [1283]
3. Fixed bug where choosing an "Other" stage size and clicking OK or Cancel would uncheck (or check) the "Show success dialog after exporting" checkbox. [1286]
4. Renamed preference "Save window positions" to "Save document window positions" as palette positions are always saved regardless of this setting and it makes the function of this preference clearer.
5. [Pivot Compatibility] Fixed typo in "Segments are drawn aliased". [1340]
6. [Genera] Added default export format option.
7. [Pivot Compatibility] Added default export option of "Animated GIF" to list of compatibility options.
8. Improved performance in loading and opening the Preferences dialog.
9. Fixed bug where Growl notifications were not initializing properly.
10. Changed default GIF delay to 6/100ths to make what's shown accurately map to true delay values.
11. Fixed typo in Auto Backup section ("Automatically" was spelled with only one "l").

Undo

1. Fixed bug where copying a segment from one figure to another by dragging with the Subselect tool was not undoable. [1254]
2. Fixed bug where deleting the last segment of a figure or the last node of a figure would have a "Undo Delete Point" or "Undo Delete Segment" menu item (which actually didn't undo) when it should have been "Undo Delete Figure".
3. Fixed bug where locking/unlocking figures was not undoable. [1339]
4. Fixed bug where adding multiple legments with the subselect tool would cause all the segments to be undone instead of just the last one added. [1345]
5. Fixed bug where you couldn't undo copying a segment from one figure to another [1293]
6. Fixed bug where attempting to undo while creating a polyfill would bring up an error dialog. [1358]
7. Fixed bug where the 'Add Figure' commands in the Commands palette would not undo properly. [1307]

Welcome Center

1. Fixed bug where opening a .styk from the WC and choosing to add it to your library left you with no open documents. [1269]
2. Fixed bug where clicking "More Recent Documents" would generate an error. [1322]
3. Fixed bug where if you tried to open a .styk or .stk from the WC, but cancelled, you got stuck with no windows open (Windows). [1306]
4. Fixed bug where if you tried to open a document from the Welcome Center after Stykz already had a document open, the Library would go blank. [1292]
5. Fixed bug where clicking "Exit"/"Quit" in the Welcome Center would leave the Stykz process running. [1341]
6. Fixed bug where clicking on the "Blank Document" would leave you with "No document open" on the Properties palette.[1308]
7. Fixed bug where trying to open a document that didn't exist put Stykz into a weird state and left the process open. [1371]

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

Released on 12/27/2009

 

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 Palette
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 Palette
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).

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

Released on 12/13/2009

 

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 distorted if you tried the other side). Circles can now be distorted 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 Palette
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]