Version 2.2.2

Drawpile version 2.2.2 is out now. It brings numerous new features, fixes and performance improvements.

• Click here to download and install the new version. You just install the new Drawpile over the old one to update.

• For an overview of all the stuff that changed, take a look at this illustrated guide. It's got a bunch of videos and pictures showing off the new features.

• If you have trouble installing, problems or questions with the new version take a look at the help page on how to get in contact.

This version is fully compatible with the previous one. You can continue to draw with anyone that's using the previous version. If you're already on the latest beta version, not much has changed, but there's still been a few more bugfixes in there that you'll probably want to update anyway.

How to Update

Go to the downloads page, download the new version and install it. This will update Drawpile.

If you're getting Drawpile via F-Droid on Android or Flatpak on Linux, you'll get the updated version as normal once those platforms have it available.

Server owners should update their servers by upgrading their containers when using Docker or grabbing the new version and replacing the old one by hand.

Changes in this Release

Drawpile 2.2.2 represents just over a year of development since version 2.2.1. Much work and testing has gone into it to make sure that it's stable. If you find any problems anyway, please report them!

For an illustrated list of the major changes, take a look at this page. But in short:

• Disruptive session autoresets are gone. The canvas now gets compressed on the fly instead.
• Tablet support has been much improved and many problems with weird tablet drivers worked around.
• Touch gestures have been added: two-finger tap to undo, three-finger tap to redo, one-finger tap and hold to summon a color picker.
• Selections and transforms are now much better. There's now a magic wand tool too.
• You can now select multiple layers to rearrange, group, move or transform them all at once.
• Brushes now remember changes automatically, you can assign shortcuts directly to brushes and can change the number of brush slots.
• The fill tool no longer has a size limit by default, it instead previews fills for you only to avoid "flashbanging" other people.
• You can now export animations in MP4, WEBM and animated WEBP formats, the GIF export has also been improved. You can also import animations from separate frames or the layers of PSD files now.
• Over 100 bugs were fixed and performance has been much improved.

For a full list of changes, since the last beta release, read on below. To see the changes since 2.2.1, take a look at the announcements of the first, the second and the third 2.2.2 betas.

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