Artwork by Roroto Sic, one of the artists for v1.1’s splash screen artworks.

Pixelorama v1.1.2 has arrived! 🎉 This is quite a significant update because it comes with a long awaited feature: The ability to rotate and skew selections directly on the canvas! And that’s not the only new feature, keep reading to find out more! 👀

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New YouTube video

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Full changelog of version 1.1.2:

Along with the detailed changelog, our contributor Variable has prepared a video on his own YouTube channel that describes some of the new features of this new version:

Added

• The selection transformation system has been completely remade, finally allowing support for easy rotation and skewing! #1245
• A new isometric box tool! #1246
• Added bucket tool fill mode where regions from the merging of all layers are filled. #1258
• Using the move tool on a layer group now moves the content of all of its children.
• You can now hide all other layers when holding Alt and clicking on the visibility button of a layer.
• Users can now change the alpha of the transformation preview from the preferences.
• Added the ability to double-click on the canvas preview to get at the same point on the main canvas. #1244

Fixed

• Transformed content no longer gets lost when pressing Control + an arrow key. #1245
• Transformed content no longer gets lost when cloning layers & frames.
• Pressing Enter or Cancel when changing the value of a slider in the options of a selection tool when there is an active transformation, no longer confirms/cancels the transformation.
• Fixed a bug where some child layer of group layers were not rendered. #1268
• Group layers with blend modes other than passthrough received a performance boost. #1269
• Fixed a bug where pasting images from the clipboard sometimes did not work, due to them being in different formats than the project image. #1245
• Fixed a bug where changing a palette color in a copied palette also changed the color in the original palette as well. #1274
• Closing the app with Zen Mode no longer hides all panels when opening the app again. #1238
• Fixed broken tool shortcuts on some keyboard layouts. #1283
• The override.cfg file is now being saved to the correct directory. #1285
• Panels can no longer be moved if the Moveable Panels option is turned off. #1242
• Using the bucket tool now confirms the active transformation. #1245
• The canvas rotation now affects the direction of the arrow keys. #1245
• The pixel grid gets immediately redrawn when its visibility is toggled. #1240

Happy painting, and keep pixelating your dreams! 🎨✨

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