January 30, 2025
PyDPainter's 2.1.0 update introduces anim brushes (animated brushes) that
work with animations and sprite sheets in addition to many other
improvements.
VIDEO
Anim brushes (animated brushes):
Load/save IFF ANIM (ANBR) and GIF anim brushes
Paint with anim brushes on a single frame or in an animation
Grab anim brushes from animation frames
Grab anim brushes from sprite sheets using an adaptive flex grid with a visual editor
Anim brush settings for animation playback (forward/backward/ping-pong/random), duration control, and frame selection.
Improved Grid:
Added number spinners
"From Brush" button automatically sizes the grid
Shift-G sets the grid offset to the cursor
"ExclBrush" preference for adjusting brush size when using the grid
Window Shade Gadgets:
Added - and + to title bars on Stencil, Palette, and Brush Grid requestors for better window management
Faster GIF loading (3X speed)
Preserved palette when converting to fewer colors
Improved Fill Type requestor: Corrected gradient fill direction, added a new direction gadget, and ghosted irrelevant controls
Shift-F11 to disable mouse grabbing in fullscreen mode
Improved brush pickup stencil behavior so that stencil is cut out of brush
Fixed brush transparency saving
Fixed stencil events falling through the requestor
Fixed stencil clipping for images larger than screen
Fixed occasional crashes in recovery mode
Fixed stencil clipping for images larger than the screen
Fixed a lock-up issue with flood fill
Fixed [ and ] key handling for AZERTY keyboards and added F12 debug functionality
Go to pydpainter.org to download version 2.1.0 .
Also explore the new animation tutorials (thanks to Stephane Anquetil):
PyDPainter