Drawpile 2.3.1 is out now! It has lots of new features, bugfixes and performance improvements but is fully compatible with Drawpile 2.3.0. You'll be able to draw with people who didn't update, you'll just have more features.

• Click here to download the new version! To update, simply install it over the previous one.

There is an illustrated guide showing the new features here. The full changelog follows below.

If you have questions, feedback or trouble using the new version, take a look at the help page on how to get in contact. And if you want to support continued development, you can donate to the project!

Updating

To update, you should be able to just download the new version and just install it over the previous version, that will update it on all operating systems. The new version is fully compatible, you can still join the same sessions with it and vice-versa people who didn't update can join yours.

F-Droid on Android and Flatpak on Linux will get this version soon, it usually takes them a bit. In the application, you'll get a prompt about updating in the coming days as well.

For server owners, it makes sense to update, there are several fixes and improvements. For example, people loitering outside of sessions can now be given a timeout to prevent them from idling forever and you can choose to allow new sessions to replace empty, lingering ones that are about to end anyway instead of refusing to host it with a "server is full" message.

What's Next

There is also already work going on toward the next version, so you can expect another beta release hopefully soon! Work on a liquify tool is almost finished, which on its own is already very useful. There will also be a crop tool built to work on a collaborative canvas, letting you create selections from the crop area, export it as an image and similar things beyond just resizing the canvas. There are also some contributions to the color wheel pending to flip the triangle around if you're used to it that way from other programs.

Keep an eye on the development blog if you want to read more about it. And of course you can contribute to Drawpile's development or make a donation to help keep it going.

Changes in this Release

There's many new features and improvements, such as:

• The new dppr project file format, which brings autorecovery, time-travel and statistics.
• Timelapses, via File → Make Timelapse. This makes a video of your drawing or animation process, some people also (incorrectly) call this "speedpaint". You can even make a cropped timelapse by selecting an area on the canvas first.
• Stroke previews and brush names in the brushes dock, rather than just thumbnails. You can switch back to those if you prefer of course.
• A brush history, to keep a list of recently used brushes. This also lets you restore deleted brushes and keeps unsaved brushes you've requested from other users.
• Many animation improvements, like letting you select multiple frames, quicker exposure changes, timeline zooming, inverted ranges to work on the tail ends of loops, move locking tracks, more video export options, spritesheet exports and more.
• Better Android support. When Drawpile starts, it asks you how large you want the UI now. Many keyboard issues were fixed and several devices also have received special workarounds to make them work properly. Barrel rotation is also now supported. If Android terminates the application in the background, it will automatically resume where you left off.
• Velocity-adjustment for the stabilizer, speeding up as you make faster strokes.
• A fan fill shape for the shape fill tool, which used to be called lasso fill tool because that was its only shape.
• Performance improvements, like making canvas resizes much faster and use way less memory. Drawpile also starts quicker now.

And more, see the changelog below.

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