The second beta for Drawpile 2.3.1 is out now. The first one has already been very stable, so unless major issues are found, this will become the final release. If you want to give feedback before that, now is the time! This 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 and install the beta version. To update, simply install it over the previous one.

For pictures and videos showing the new stuff in this version take a look at this illustrated guide. For a more detailed breakdown of all the features, read on!

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

You can download this version from the Beta section of the downloads page and simply install it over the current version. This will update it. The new version is backward-compatible, so you can still join sessions hosted with the previous version.

Alternatively, you can run both versions side-by-side. See here for how to do that on different operating systems.

F-Droid on Android and Flatpak on Linux should get this version on their beta channels in the coming week or so. It always takes them a little bit longer to do so.

Server owners can update at their leisure. There are some fixes and improvements, such as not having people linger outside of sessions forever and being clearer about when bans end, but nothing too critical. If you are using the all-in-one Docker server, see here how to update.

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.
• 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! The changelog follows below.

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