Afer a long wait, Drawpile 1.0.3 is finally ready!

As a stable branch release, this version is fully compatible with all 1.0.x versions, including future ones. Although this is a bugfix focused release, two interesting new features are introduced:

Session templates allow you to prepopulate a server with sessions. Once a template session ends, it resets to its initial state and continues to be available for joining. (See dedicated server help page for more info.)

Chat message pinning lets you pin a message to the chat window so it is always visible. For example, "/pin Visit drawpile.net" will attach "Visit drawpile.net" to the top of the chat box. Currently, only one message can be pinned at a time and only session operators can pin messages.

This is also the first version for which official Linux binaries packaged with AppImage are provided. In the future, I am also planning on providing Flatpaks.

Other changes in this version are:

• Bugfix: the save dialog now remebers the last used path
• Compatiblity with new miniupnpc library version
• Fixed selection content stretching if selection was partially outside the canvas
• Fixed saving of last edited keyboard shortcut in preferences dialog
• Removed default canvas size limit
• Recording buffer is now periodically flushed to minimize data loss in case of a crash
• Selection mirror & flip buttons now automatically cut the selection
• Flipbook playback range can now be selected

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Drawpile 1.0.2 is out!

This is another bug fix release that is fully compatible with version 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 (and future 1.x releases too.)

Changes in this version are:

• New feature: added option to split serverside recordings at each snapshot
• The "/force_snapshot" command is now available outside debug mode
• Fixed selection content stretching if selection was partially outside the canvas
• Improved URL detection in chat
• Simplified history conflict resolution (fixes some lagging issues)
• Hidden layers are no longer saved in a flattened image
• Fixed tablet pressure glitch at the beginning of a stroke
• Faster loading of OpenRaster images with a solid background layer

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Drawpile 1.0.1 is out!

This is a stable release that is fully compatible with version 1.0.0 and any future 1.0.x versions.

Changes in this version are:

• Improved smoother (thanks to Philip Boulain)
• New feature: color picker sampling area can now be adjusted
• Chat message URL detector now supports port numbers
• Dedicated server can now send a welcome message to new users
• Recording index generation is now faster and generates smaller files
• Added notification to session finder if age restricted sessions were hidden
• Fixed "reset size" action for lasso selections
• Fixed disappearing selection when switching from rectangle to lasso tool
• Fixed listing server choice recall
• Slighly improved performance when joining long running sessions
• Clicking on a drawpile:// link now opens the join dialog instead of connecting directly

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Drawpile 1.0.0 is here!

After about 3 years of development (or 8 if you count the hiatus), Drawpile is finally out of Beta and the first stable release is ready!

The most important changes in this version are:

• Fixed UI lockup and disconnection when joining a session
• New "behind" and "color erase" blending modes
• Gestures now work on touchscreens
• Automatic port forwarding setup with UPnP
• Improvements to the selection tool
• Lots of bugs fixed, including one that could crash the application

Version 1.0 is the beginning of the first stable branch: there will be no more protocol changes until version 2.0. All 1.x version will be fully interoperable.

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Due to a serious bug discovered in the previous release, here is one more release before 1.0.

Bugs fixed in this release are:

• Freeform selections disappearing when dragged
• Incorrect pixel compositing in video exports (especially noticable with eraser strokes)
• Random crashes when animation export dialog is closed

There was also time to add one extra feature: animated GIF export! Both animations and session recordings can be exported as GIFs.

In other news, I will be setting up a public Drawpile server in a few weeks. In addition to helping those having firewall trouble to host sessions, it will also serve as a testbench for the server itself to see how it performs under load.

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