Timeline
Previously we had the option to delete frame, but no option to restore them back to the empty state. We added that part in this release. Now you can clear the keyframe that was set previously. This replaces the delete keyframe functionality. Thanks Madhu, for pointing this out!
While editing we often want to lock and hide items to make editing easier. Now you can do that from the timeline itself. You can hide or show a object by clicking on the lightbulb icon. A object can be locked from editing by using the lock button. However keyframes can be added or removed even when a object is locked.
Properties Panel
We originially had a horizontal panel where you could edit the properties of the objects. But editing with the timeline was cumbersome and thus we removed it. We had originally put a placeholder for the properties panel on the left side, but never implemented. Recently we asked our friend Sandeep and his gang to look at the logo to suggest something. We still haven't got done the logo redesign, but Sandeep noticed that the properties tab was not working. In this release we added that. Thanks Sandeep!
Overlay Modes
In animation we often have objects masking other objects. Till last releases, we did not have any such option with animations. With this release all this changes. You can now select overlay modes as available in the HTML5 Specification. However we have run into a odd bug that affects Firefox. Things look fine in Chrome. We have reported it to the Firefox team and waiting on it here (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783883 ). Once we have a answer on this we will push this functionality to the OpenAnimator javascript runtime too.
Grouping
Grouping objects is an item we continually work on. But there were few features that were not built when we first started off. And a couple of them broke functionality for other components. So we rolled them back to avoid such problems. Grouped objects showed up for the shape templates. So we extended the same look and feel for the objects that are grouped using the group button in the tools panel that shows up on the left.
Shapes
Ever since the last few version we have been adding new shapes. Keeping with same line we added 4 more shapes - LeftUp Arrow, Bent Up Arrow, and two callouts.
Bugs and Performance
We hate bugs as much as you do, but they are inevitable part of the development cycle. But do try to fix them as fast as we can. With the latest release we fixed a few of the bugs which are
Performance:
a. Decrease the number of javascript calls during grouping
Bugs:
a. Group deletion was not happening when delete key was pressed.
b. Group deletion was not correct when done from the timeline
c. When a object was a selected and then the document closed, the selector was still visible
d. When the document control shifts to a older document the timeline was not loaded
Previously we had the option to delete frame, but no option to restore them back to the empty state. We added that part in this release. Now you can clear the keyframe that was set previously. This replaces the delete keyframe functionality. Thanks Madhu, for pointing this out!
While editing we often want to lock and hide items to make editing easier. Now you can do that from the timeline itself. You can hide or show a object by clicking on the lightbulb icon. A object can be locked from editing by using the lock button. However keyframes can be added or removed even when a object is locked.
Properties Panel
We originially had a horizontal panel where you could edit the properties of the objects. But editing with the timeline was cumbersome and thus we removed it. We had originally put a placeholder for the properties panel on the left side, but never implemented. Recently we asked our friend Sandeep and his gang to look at the logo to suggest something. We still haven't got done the logo redesign, but Sandeep noticed that the properties tab was not working. In this release we added that. Thanks Sandeep!
Overlay Modes
In animation we often have objects masking other objects. Till last releases, we did not have any such option with animations. With this release all this changes. You can now select overlay modes as available in the HTML5 Specification. However we have run into a odd bug that affects Firefox. Things look fine in Chrome. We have reported it to the Firefox team and waiting on it here (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783883 ). Once we have a answer on this we will push this functionality to the OpenAnimator javascript runtime too.
Grouping
Grouping objects is an item we continually work on. But there were few features that were not built when we first started off. And a couple of them broke functionality for other components. So we rolled them back to avoid such problems. Grouped objects showed up for the shape templates. So we extended the same look and feel for the objects that are grouped using the group button in the tools panel that shows up on the left.
Shapes
Ever since the last few version we have been adding new shapes. Keeping with same line we added 4 more shapes - LeftUp Arrow, Bent Up Arrow, and two callouts.
Bugs and Performance
We hate bugs as much as you do, but they are inevitable part of the development cycle. But do try to fix them as fast as we can. With the latest release we fixed a few of the bugs which are
Performance:
a. Decrease the number of javascript calls during grouping
Bugs:
a. Group deletion was not happening when delete key was pressed.
b. Group deletion was not correct when done from the timeline
c. When a object was a selected and then the document closed, the selector was still visible
d. When the document control shifts to a older document the timeline was not loaded
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