# Release Notes ## v1.5.0 - 2026-06-12 ### New Features - Added the Compositor workspace for building layered sprite scenes with tracks, clips, text, fades, audio, playback controls, and save/load support. - Added compositor clip settings for sprite transform, scale, speed, flip horizontal, flip vertical, repeatable rotate 90 degrees, cast shadow, shadow color, outline, outline width, and outline color. - Added animation controls for compositor sprite clips, including animation type, animation speed, reverse animation, hold last frame, and hold frames. - Added multi-selection scaling for compositor clips. - Added keyboard controls in the Compositor: left/right arrows move between frames, and Shift+Arrow moves the selected clip sprite. - Added multi-file asset import into compositor layers. - Added reference-to-compositor linking so reference layers can create or update compositor layers and clips. - Added compositor timeline end manipulation with a draggable end marker. - Added compositor GIF and MP4 export. - Added compositor MP4 export options for quality, video Mbps, audio kbps, and audio inclusion. - Added compositor export progress for GIF and MP4 rendering. - Added compositor resolution presets for Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, King of Fighter, and Custom projects. - Added an About Us dialog with RenderPop Studio and official Spritesheet Editor links. ### Improvements - Improved compositor timeline zoom behavior so layer show/hide and remove buttons remain visible while horizontally zoomed. - Improved compositor layer remove controls so they stay fixed, use neutral styling, and no longer cover the last visible timeline frames. - Improved compositor clip settings layout by grouping Type with Anim Speed and moving animation hold options into a dedicated row. - Improved compositor transform controls so Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical stay on the same row. - Improved Rotate 90 degrees as a repeatable button with consistent Apply-button height. - Improved compositor text clips so text settings open first and fonts can be loaded from the text settings window. - Improved compositor text clip font loading by replacing the font spritesheet drop zone with an Open Font button. - Improved MP4 export defaults by setting Video Mbps to 20. - Improved MP4 export timing and quality controls for better audio/video output. - Improved Index Color organization with collapsible Colors, Color Layer, and Color Table sections. - Improved Mask panel layout so Hide Mask, Anti-alias, and Contiguous sit above Brush Size, with Brush Size/Hardness shown only for brush and eraser workflows. - Improved Edit Tools naming by changing Tool Size to Brush/Pencil Size. - Improved shortcut documentation with the current keyboard and mouse shortcuts. - Improved collapsible subsection spacing so title gaps are consistent above and below. ### Bug Fixes - Fixed compositor assets being duplicated when Link to Compositor was clicked more than once; later clicks now update the linked compositor content. - Fixed Link to Compositor opening multiple sections instead of keeping the user in Reference. - Fixed New Project canvas length after using the Compositor. - Fixed compositor timeline remove buttons moving or allowing clips to appear behind them at high zoom. - Fixed the timeline end marker displaying unwanted label text. - Fixed Hold Frames not visually extending compositor clips. - Fixed MP4 audio sync issues during compositor export. - Fixed Refresh from the compositor right-click menu opening a window instead of automatically reimporting the asset. - Fixed Compositor Mask Outside Cage so fade overlays and scanlines are clipped to the cage. - Fixed compositor clip settings showing unwanted sprite resolution beside the clip name. ## v1.4.0 - 2026-06-09 ### New Features - Added the Font Maker workflow for creating, opening, editing, saving, and reusing bitmap font definitions. - Added font spritesheet import with configurable rows, columns, and letter order. - Added per-font text preview and Save Text as PNG. - Added text color, force uppercase, alignment, letter gap, space, row gap, and offset controls. - Added per-letter settings for letter selection, per-letter gap, and per-letter X/Y offsets. - Added font shadow settings with shadow color and X/Y offsets. - Added collapsible Letter Settings and Shadow sections in the Font panel. ### Improvements - Reorganized the Font panel so New Font, Open Font, Save Font, and Save Text as PNG are grouped more clearly. - Moved Color and Force Upper Cases above the text input for faster text styling. - Moved Letter and Gap controls above Offset X/Y for a more natural font-editing flow. - Renamed Text Color to Color. - Removed the redundant Spritesheet Grid subtitle in the Font panel. - Standardized collapsible submenu spacing in the Font panel. ### Bug Fixes - Fixed the compositor text workflow that incorrectly required a font before opening text clip settings. - Fixed oversized gaps below collapsible Font subtitles. - Fixed inconsistent spacing around the Font Letter Settings and Shadow sections. ## v1.3.0 - 2026-06-05 ### New Features - Added Reference transparency controls for making selected reference layers transparent. - Added Reload References in the Reference panel and the main left menu. - Added reference preservation when loading a new spritesheet; references now reset only when starting a new project. - Added collapsible Display subsections for Cage, Rulers, Scanlines, and Shadows. - Added outline settings to Edit Tools under the layer controls. - Added Edit Colors controls to Edit Tools, including Hue, Saturation, Lightness, Brightness, Contrast, and Sharpness. - Added collapsible Outline controls in Edit Tools. - Added arrows beside titles for collapsible menu sections. ### Improvements - Improved Reference reload behavior so all reference sprites can be reloaded together. - Improved project loading so reference sprite layers restore their sprites instead of showing only the layer shell. - Improved Reference panel layout with consistent spacing near Upload Spritesheet and Reload References. - Improved Edit Tools so color edits are always available when a sprite exists; Reset Edit now uses the full button width. - Improved outline controls by moving the outline color swatch beside outline width and removing the hex field. - Improved Pixel Mode visibility so it appears only when the Erase tool is selected. - Improved right-click Refresh behavior so it reimports the asset directly. ### Bug Fixes - Fixed Reload References being disabled after opening projects with reference layers. - Fixed reference sprites not loading when a saved project was opened. - Fixed references resetting unexpectedly after loading a new spritesheet. - Fixed outline controls not being activatable even when a sprite was available. - Fixed canvas/reference guide alignment so outlines and dashed guides render more predictably at high zoom. - Fixed inconsistent gaps below collapsible submenu titles. ## v1.2.0 - 2026-06-02 ### New Features - Added broader import workflow support for spritesheets, individual images, GIF, PSD, and MP4 sources. - Added PSD layer/frame import support through the bundled PSD parser. - Added MP4/video frame import with frame skipping controls. - Added collapsible menu sections across the editor for denser tool organization. - Added shadow color controls where cast shadows are available. - Added sprite outline controls with width and color support. ### Improvements - Aligned primary project buttons into one row for a cleaner left-panel workflow. - Improved button, field, and submenu spacing across the left panel and floating inspectors. - Improved Display menu organization for cage, rulers, scanlines, and shadow controls. - Improved Edit Tools layout so repeated layer, color, and outline controls are easier to scan. - Improved icon and button sizing consistency across tool panels. ### Bug Fixes - Fixed layout breaks caused by uneven button rows and oversized gaps. - Fixed several collapsed-section spacing issues. - Fixed Pixel Mode appearing outside the Erase tool workflow. - Fixed multiple UI alignment issues in outline, shadow, flip, and rotate controls. - Fixed inconsistent canvas and guide presentation after switching tools or loading new assets. ## v1.1.0 - 2026-05-31 ### New Features - Added support for importing multiple individual sprite images into the timeline. Imported frames share the same grid, animation, mask, scale, palette, and export settings. - Added Ping Pong animation playback. - Added one-row spritesheet packing for exporting all frames in a single row. - Added GIF animation export. - Added individual sprite batch export for saving every frame as a separate image. - Added a floating canvas toolbar with dedicated Transform, Display, Pencil Tool, Mask, True Pixel Filter, and Index Color tools. - Added a floating inspector that appears only when a canvas tool is selected. - Added zoom percentage display inside the canvas. - Added tool version display in the header. - Added fullscreen shortcut support for the main preview. - Added True Pixel Filter reference image import, pixel-resolution detection, preview, reset, apply-all, and resize support. - Added scale units for percent and pixel-based scaling. - Added visibility toggles for cage/ruler guides and pivot controls. - Added Index Color palette layers, including a Default layer and named custom layers. - Added color-layer controls for adding/removing layers and adding/removing selected colors from a layer. - Added color table selection mode with click, double-click, and drag selection support. - Added Hue, Saturation, and Lightness controls for selected palette colors. - Added direct palette color editing through a color picker, including empty palette slots. - Added an Auxiliar Color Table for loading a secondary palette and transferring selected colors into the main color table. - Added palette color picker/dropper support for selecting a sprite color and highlighting it in the color table. - Added channel preview buttons for red, green, blue, and alpha mask inspection. ### Improvements - Reworked the main layout so the canvas has more usable space while keeping advanced tools available on top of the canvas. - Merged Scale and Pivot & Frame Offset into a single Transform tool. - Moved preview background, cage size, and ruler controls into the Display tool. - Renamed Preview & Export to Export. - Renamed Repack PNG to SpriteSheet. - Combined ACT and PAL palette saving into one Save Palette action. - Replaced Color Table loading with Open Palette and Save Palette actions. - Reworked Index Color controls for a cleaner palette workflow. - Improved cage, ruler, and pivot rendering so guide lines are pixel-perfect and centered consistently. - Improved cage and ruler sizing so guide spacing is stable across zoom levels. - Improved canvas zoom behavior so wheel zoom no longer changes the canvas element size. - Improved canvas centering and added the `F` shortcut to center the sprite in the canvas. - Improved undo behavior so pan and zoom are preserved when undoing sprite edits. - Improved timeline previews so they match the main preview more closely. - Improved right-side tool panels with animated open/close behavior. - Reduced visual noise in floating panels and aligned button/input sizing with the rest of the UI. - Limited True Pixel Filter resolution to a maximum of 512. ### Bug Fixes - Fixed masks not moving correctly when a sprite frame was moved. - Fixed Apply Halo so it can apply halo cleanup across all sprites. - Fixed the magic wand Contiguous option. - Fixed timeline frame reordering reliability. - Fixed grid column edits from automatically changing row counts incorrectly. - Fixed zoom and position resetting after undo. - Fixed offset drift after undoing a pan or sprite movement. - Fixed ruler creation changing apparent ruler size based on zoom. - Fixed cage, ruler, and pivot guides rendering with inconsistent spacing. - Fixed the pivot guide rendering so only the pivot marker is shown. - Fixed palette Apply All behavior so selected color adjustments can be applied across sprites. - Fixed Index Color preview updates after creating or switching palette layers. - Fixed Color Layer switching from automatically enabling Select Colors. - Fixed palette reset so the Default palette is reset together with sprite colors. - Fixed auxiliary palette transfers so added colors do not unexpectedly remap active sprite colors. - Fixed palette transfer targets so empty main color table slots can be selected. - Fixed double-click color editing for both main and auxiliary color tables. - Fixed several centered-icon alignment issues in tool buttons and nudge buttons. ## v1.0.0 - Initial Release ### New Features - Initial browser-based Spritesheet Editor release. - Spritesheet upload and slicing by rows, columns, start frame, and end frame. - Animation preview with frame scrubbing and playback speed control. - Timeline frame management. - Mask brush, erase mask, magic wand, automatic background masking, and halo cleanup. - Pencil, eyedropper, and paint bucket pixel editing tools. - Cage size, frame offset, scale, pivot, and ruler alignment controls. - Indexed color preview and application. - Color table import and palette export support. - PNG spritesheet repack export. - Project save and load support.