2.1 Beta Build 7 (1742/1743) Release Notes

[Ash]

Hi All,

Another update to the beta will be shortly available to you on auto update (this is version 2.1.0.1742 for all apps other than Designer and Publisher on iPad which is 2.1.0.1743). Here's some of the main changes to look out for:

Further iPad layers panel changes

The main change we have wanted to get in for a while and has been discussed in these forums again is promoting opacity and blend mode to the top of the main layer panel, rather than only being available via the ... or left swipe menu.

An additional touch is double tapping on opacity value to reset to 100%, and double tap on blend mode to reset to "Normal"

 

Tweak to default tools in Designer iPad

Again we know the right answer for a future update is to allow user customisation for tools, but in the meantime based on various feedback we have:

• Split Pencil and Brush so they are no longer nested.
• Nested Fill and transparency
• Included the new Vector Flood Fill tool as it's own tool

This new default layout can be seen the above screenshot too.

Vector Flood tool fill changes

1. The fill mode options should now be working correctly. The idea behind these are that if your bucket is currently filled with a partially transparent swatch (e.g. might just be Red with 50% opacity, or could be a bitmap fill which has alpha for example), then when you add that fill to an existing shape / area these options gives you control over what you want to happen.

• Add - the fill will be added / layered on top. This means for example if you had a bitmap halftone texture this would then add on top of your base colour fill. If you apply again it will keep laying additional fills on top.
• Smart - the same as Add other than it only allows the same fill to be applied once to any area.
• Knockout - this will always just replace the current fill(s) with your current swatch.

2. Tap to convert asset or stock item to bitmap fill now works on iPad. On iPad, when you have Vector Flood Tool selected when you tap on any asset you will get an additional option of "Set as Fill" to load your bucket with that. Same applies with a single tap on any stock image. 

Crop tool auto crop to opaque on rotate / straighten

As was requested on this thread we have now made it when you rotate / straighten an image while in crop tool the bounds of the crop will automatically resize to crop out the transparent areas created.

Stroke panel tweaks

• Dragging on the Dash or gap indicators on stroke panel now increments values by 0.1 rather than 1.0
• You can click-drag on the phase label now too to adjust value (obviously phase only active when balanced is false)
• The buttons at the bottom of the panel on iPad (remove arrow heads, reverse heads, etc.) should now work!

Pantone library update - this build includes updating the PANTONE Solid, Process Coated and uncoated tables to version 5

Cross References

I want to give you a heads up that while cross references will remain in the beta, we have decided that this feature will not be included in the final release of 2.1 - we are going to push it back to release with 2.2. If you have created documents which use cross references they will still load in the release version of 2.1, but you will be unable to edit the references. However, you will be able to continue to use the beta version of 2.1 (and not long after 2.1 release, the beta of 2.2) if you wish to use this feature.

 

You can find the list of bug fixes in this build in the fix list thread.

Thanks,

Ash