Storyboard 7.2 - Now Available

Storyboard Designer

• Text alignment is respected during PSD import.
• Images are converted to fills automatically during PSD/Sketch import.
• Rotated text is respected during PSD/Sketch import.
• Group visibility persists during Sketch import.
• Default font name matching for PSD import is improved.
• The Sketch import dialog has a better progress indication.
• The re-import diff viewer now applies x/y render extension deltas.
• Improved wrapped text calculations during PSD import.
• Improved name matching when names contain unnecessary whitespace during a PSD import.
• PSD import project naming is now consistent with the start screen name.
• Thumbnails for animation steps in the animation timeline include the right context if it’s a design state.
• The rate property in the animation step property UI is now disabled when it makes sense to do so.
• Fixed an issue with animation recorder variable binding in a specific case.
• Animation step dragged representation in the timeline is more consistent.
• Switching multiple animation steps to 'A specific value' no longer overrides them all with the same value.
• The editor has a new breadcrumb navigation widget.
• Group and table selection in the editor is more intuitive.
• Table cell-based animations are supported by the recorder and previewer.
• Layer instances xoffset and yoffset appear in the properties view.
• Animation steps resolve properly in a Design State context.
• Rich text and 3D model render extension changes are supported in the Standalone Comparator.
• An issue where component instances would not update properly from the template has been fixed.
• An issue with conflict detection using the Git merge workflow has been fixed.
• A couple of issues with the variables view have been fixed, resulting in more presentation and workflow consistency.
• Application resize now works with locked objects in the model.
• Toggling the 'Condensed GAPP Output' setting now dirties the resource export configuration, prompting a save.
• Cleared some memory leaks left behind by a GDE editor.
• Recording an animation now works with locked objects in the model.
• The Designer comparator now works with newest EGit versions.
• The component editor now has better mouse/drag interaction.
• Text along a path now renders properly with alpha in Designer.

Storyboard Engine

• UTF8 extended characters are supported in the engine.
• Text rotation is supported by the Dave2D render manager.
• Text along a path renders consistently between render managers.
• Text along a path renders consistently between Designer and Engine.
• Text along an arc follows the arc segment properly.
• Text spacing is consistent across text drawn on a curve.
• Text along a circle renders correctly for all render extension alignments.
• Text along a path now takes the circle rotation value into account.
• An event is generated following playback completion using the video render extension.
• Table resizes have been improved to be significantly less CPU intensive.
• Screen transitions occur without intermediate surface allocation. As a result, less memory is used, and animations run during a screen transition.
• Capture playback will ignore motion events without a press by default.
• 24 bit rendering is now fully supported across the board.
• Gestures no longer trigger inbound/outbound events.
• A clipping issue when doing a 3D rotation has been fixed.
• The malfunctioning image pool memory cap option has been fixed.
• Shaders are precompiled on OpenGL to improve loading times.
• A memory leak related to screen drag transitions has been fixed.
• A memory leak related to the gre.dump_resource() call has been fixed.
• OpenGL blending is correct when combining 3D rotation with the clearcolor option.
• Lua script initialization is consistent with expectation on VFS configurations.
• The simple video render extension will now log a message if the file cannot be played.
• Dave2D render manager now supports screen rotation.
• Improved the rendering of gradients. 

Known Issues

• Text Vertical Alignment does not match between editor view and simulator
• When using gre.get_string_size, the 'width' parameter is required to use the 'data.spacing' option.
• Visible content not redrawn if layer has negative y_offset and scrolling is disabled
• Alpha value on Gradient Render Extension ignored if on top of black background
• Designer considers controls with the same name as duplicates even if on different screens, layers, groups
• Using the scale option on Wayland removes transparency
• Animation Preview does not show grd.hidden animation step change
• Formatting error in performance log graph view
• Confusing dialog when pressing simulate on a project with unsaved changes
• Refactoring a variable from the Variables view with Application Mode filter enabled doesn't do anything.
• Variables View does not show variables from multiple sources when multiselection is used.
• Rotated 9 patch looks different in GL/SW/Designer
• Underlines on curved text are incorrectly rendered
• Clicking into live edit for text render extensions dirties the GDE editor without having made any changes
• Backspace button should not delete items in GDE Model Editor
• Scaling a PSD file that has rotated text in it will cause the rotation to be ignored on import