== Stickman 5.5 == The category buttons in Stickman are removed. Draw Order is renamed to "Display Order". Figure list and display order is moved to the right side of screeen. The left side changes when the user selects a tool. == Stickman 5.3.5 == The Quick Character interface is redesigned. Fixed bug when changing draw order. == Stickman 5.3.4 == You can now render directly to MP4, MOV and other formats by selecting file type when exporting. == Stickman 5.3.3 == New speech bubble tool in Stickman. == Stickman 5.3.2 == New image paint action added to Elemento. Export of animation data for use in game engines added to Stickman. == Stickman 5.3.1 == Quick Character enabled directly in the Add Stickman Dialog. You can now create figures in Elemento based on a figure from the library using File->New Based On... == Stickman 5.3 == Stdoc tutorials are made easier to navigate. Added howtos to work area. Tools are now faster. Easier to set offset in animation. Selected frame is animated under preview. Trial expanded to 30 days. Saving disabled in trial version. News removed from startup dialog. "New Figure" menu added to Stickman. "New Scene" menu added to Elemento. "Create Character" renamed to "Quick Character". Quick Character is improved. Bug fixed in curve tool. == Stickman 5.2.41 == Object Browser updated. Low resolution rendering in Stickman when using the tools. View->Selected functionality is removed. == Stickman 5.2.40 == Stickman: Replaced category list with buttons. Fixed volume and pan interface. Elemento: Replaced category list with buttons. Fixed height of toolbar in Elemento. "New Layer" and "Rename" buttons added to draw order. Fixed bug in recursive.ReplaceVariable expression. == Stickman 5.2.39 == Fixed a small bug in Stickman. == Stickman 5.2.38 == Fixed some small bugs in Elemento. == Stickman 5.2.37 == Elemento: Added tools for testing 'Edit Fonts and Colors' and 'Walk Tool'. == Stickman 5.2.36 == Elemento: Attach action disappears for matrix nodes that are attached. Clear action disappears for nodes that are empty. == Stickman 5.2.35 == Design improvements, using more black and white to make things clearer. When adding a deformed picture, stickman asks whether to shrink the picture if it has so high resolution that it slows down the program. == Stickman 5.2.34 == A small design improvment to the toolbars at left side. == Stickman 5.2.33 == Elemento: Added right-click menu with 'Fill Color' to rectangle tool. == Stickman 5.2.32 == Added new stickman logo. == Stickman 5.2.31 == Elemento: Added right-click menu with 'Fill Color' and 'Remove all points'. == Stickman 5.2.30 == Improved export to web of stdoc documentation format. == Stickman 5.2.29 == When selecting a rope, rigid, bone or feedback under 'Variables', they are show with lime color in bone tool. == Stickman 5.2.28 == Zorder elements can now be edited in 'Edit Fonts and Colors' dialog in Stickman. This solves problems related to body part draw order. == Stickman 5.2.27 == Improved code editor in Elemento. The action 'Draw' is renamed to 'Insert in Draw Order'. == Stickman 5.2.26 == Improved time line. Two bugs are fixed. == Stickman 5.2.25 == All matrix nodes works as containers, empty or not. == Stickman 5.2.24 == Made online content download faster. == Stickman 5.2.23 == Added more body parts to the 'Create Character' utility. Fixed a bug in the 'Create Character' utility when the user press the middle mouse button. == Stickman 5.2.22 == Fixed a bug in the 'Create Character' utility. == Stickman 5.2.21 == A new util for creating characters by combining body parts are added. The body parts are updated by browsing the online library. Elemento: Rotate function is now calculated faster. == Stickman 5.2.20 == Offline Library is now included with installation. == Stickman 5.2.19 == The activation system is improved to work with slow internet connections. == Stickman 5.2.18 == Elemento: Fixed bug that matrix tool hang clicking outside the graphics. == Stickman 5.2.17 == Elemento: Fixed bug that object browser didn't display any data. == Stickman 5.2.16 == Fixed bug in the activation system that it didn't work in some cases with slow internet connection. == Stickman 5.2.15 == The offline library is now stored as a folder in user directory instead of figure package, which let's the user examine and open the figures in Elemento. When browsing the online library, the offline library is updated which makes in unecessary to download offline library from the website. == Stickman 5.2.14 == Simplified the menu in the startup dialog. == Stickman 5.2.13 == Stickman: Fixed bug when rendering animated gradient brushes to flash. Elemento: Fixed bug when changing selection in 'Delete Point' mode on curves. == Stickman 5.2.12 == Fixed bug when trying to select a figure if no tool is activated. Elemento: You can now change selection in 'Delete Point' mode on curves. == Stickman 5.2.11 == When pressing left mouse button and drag in 'Select Tool', matrix tool is activated automatically. This makes it easier for new users to learn how to move a figure. In all tools you can now click to select if the tool accepts it. Saves time when building figures and animating. Path tool is improved to show where the figure moves along the movement path. Matrix animation interpolation is improved to give better 3D movement. The specialized catmull algorithm used in animation interpolation and curve shapes is improved. == Stickman 5.2.10 == A new license system is used to activate the demo into a full version. The system makes it easier to upgrade by simply download the latest demo. The 3 months version will no longer be for sale. == Stickman 5.2.9 == Stickman: Insert key spaces can add key spaces to the whole animation. == Stickman 5.2.8 == Mouse figure is now always displayed in the lower right corner. The help icons are moved into a dialog available when clicking the mouse figure. Stickman: Fixed bug when undoing flip with the matrix tool. Documentation: When exporting for web, the path of the document is selected by default. == Stickman 5.2.7 == Stickman: When double-clicking a child relation, the child relation figure is selected. Elemento: Fixed bug when importing Photoshop layers with default names. Documentation: File->Export for web function available when editing. To edit: Right-click the stdoc file and choose 'Edit'. == Stickman 5.2.6 == Elemento: When importing Photoshop layers, existing layers with same name as the photoshop layers are replaced with new ones, if the user confirms. Auto updating of figure when moving control point with bone tool. Makes it unecessary to unattach to adjust skeleton. Fixed bug in control points tool that help points were drawed wrong in some cases. == Stickman 5.2.5 == Stickman: Advanced Rendering now contains 'convert avi to' check boxes. Removed 'Render Time Line' and 'Render From Beginning'. User can select camera angle in 'Easy Rendering'. Fixed bug that matrix tool did not update when a key frame was deleted. Fixed bug that graphics didn't update when using Goto Frame function. Changed backcolor on all windows. When rendering, closing the render window is not allowed. Elemento: Changed icon for 'Start' and 'Stop'. New function 'Create Pens And Brushes' for linking all borders and shapes with same pen or brush style. Switch has value 0 when opening a figure. This makes it unecessary to reset all switches before save. == Stickman 5.2.4 == Stickman: Fixed bug that failed rendering high quality pictures inside clip nodes. == Stickman 5.2.3 == Elemento: New function 'Edit->Clean Matrix Nodes'. >This function is useful to make non-absolute border consistent. 'Attach' action suggests two control points to attach. 'Attach' action uses 'Points' as standard attach type. 'Add Point' is now standard mode for curve. 'Hide Intersection' now suggests transform matrix node. 'Optimize Drawing' hides draw instances of empty matrix nodes that does not work as containers. 'Create Skeleton And Attach Graphics' now use two control points with longest distance to each other to get best movement stability. Fixed minor bug in 'Low Resolution' action for images. Fixed bug that did not select draw instance when hit variable button. == Stickman 5.2.2 == Stickman: Sorting elements alphabetically in 'Edit Fonts and Colors' dialog. Marking selected figure, control points and switch in the toolbar. Elemento: View->Object Browser for short description of all expression functions and elements. == Stickman 5.2.1 == Stickman: New function for creating figure library in Add Stickman dialog. Offline Library may be installed separately to avoid problems with multiple user account. Suggesting file name when converting sound. Optional Wav filter added when adding sound. Elemento: New setup action for recursive. Ins shortcut for Draw action. Bone tool shows selected control point with green color. Improved X and Y axis. Optimize drawing removes duplicates of draw instances. Internal improvements and synchronization of controls. Action 'Select Variable' is no longer necessary and therefore removed. Edit->Create Skeleton And Attach Graphics that creates skeleton by control points. == Stickman 5.2.0 & Elemento 23 == Stickman: Fixed bug in demo when nothing happens when selecting 'Later'. Elemento: New recursive node that can be used to create trees. Deform node now supports tag filter. Corrected text in dialog for connecting new brush to shape. Code window now supports PPT settings. Clip and select support for deform sub nodes. Clip and select support for skew sub nodes. == Stickman 5.1.11 == New function for goto frame by type number (Shortcut Ctrl+G). Bug fixed that pictures drawed inside a mask did not get clipped. Smoother animation preview. A new 'clock' showing the animation cycle when previewing. == Stickman 5.1.10 == New menus for adding and deleting figures under the "Figures" category. Case insensitive for coloring control points beginning with "left" or "right". == Stickman 5.1.9 == Faster drawing of images. Stickman: A new link "Add Picture" in the "Figures" category. Stickman: Support of adding composed PSD files (Check flag 'Maximize Compability' in Photoshop). == Stickman 5.1.8 == Elemento: New action 'Texture Paint' with grass and wood effect on shapes. Elemento: You can now drag elements from the tool box to the work area to add them. Elemento: When selecting a shape and adding a gradient, Elemento will ask whether to connect to shape. Elemento: Fixed bug that undo after adding a new variable doesn't select the old one. Elemento: When selecting a shape and adding a brush, Elemento will ask whether to connect to shape. The color of the shape will be copied to the brush. Elemento: When clicking on the button with variable name under 'Variables', select tool will be activated automatically. == Stickman 5.1.7 == Elemento: Fixed bug with rename action. Elemento: Fixed bug related to Photoshop layer import. == Stickman 5.1.6 == Elemento: You can now import image layers from Photoshop. == Stickman 5.1.5 == Fixed bug in Stickman where the action links was moved to much down. == Stickman 5.1.4 == 4 new backgrounds added to offline library. Elemento: Fixed bug that did not set correct file size when saving. Elemento: Fixed bug in code window. == Stickman 5.1.3 == Picture quality is improved when drawing semi-transparent images. Faster refresh speed when changing tool. Support for exporting to single frames added (File->Export->Single Frames). == Stickman 5.1.2 == Fixed bug that mixed figures could not be saved. Fixed bug that using "Create Control Points" action on skew element twice creates an error. The draw mode when using skew now updates the Pos1, Pos2, Pos3 and Pos4 positions. == Stickman 5.1.1 == Stickman: You can now combine the heads and bodies of figures in the scene to create new figures. Use the Figure->Figure Mixer function. Fixed bug that text rendered in flash is cutted. Elemento: The information in "About Elemento" dialog is corrected. == Stickman 5.1.0 & Elemento 22 == Stickman: Fixed bug that Stickman does not work on limited user account on XP. Elemento: New node textBorder which draws a border on text. Fixed bug when attaching a matrix to a bone the variable list does not update. Fixed bug that placement tool don't work at run time. == Stickman 5.0.9 == Fixed bug that could not open sphereEffect variables. == Stickman 5.0.8 == Fixed bug that rect-elements doesn't show up when importing into Adobe Flash. == Stickman 5.0.7 & Elemento 21 == Stickman: Select the category "Export and Time Line" and choose movie formats to convert to from the rendered AVI. MP4, MOV, MPEG, FLV, ASF, M4V, VCD, VOB, SWF is supported. When adding a sound format Stickman doesn't understand, it ask whether to convert the format. Can convert almost any sound format. Contact Cutout Pro if you miss one. If a sound file cannot be found the file name is set to the same folder as the document. This allows you to send scenes with sound to other computers if the sounds are in the same folder as the st4 or st5 file. If a sound file still cannot be found, an ! sign is put on it. When selecting that sound a dialog will appear asking you to locate the file. When opening a scene the first camera is selected automatically. When opening a scene the first figure is selected automatically. The tool buttons in the category fans are replaced with radio buttons. This is easier to understand for new users. When changing a category, the appropriate tool is also selected automatically. For example: When selecting the "Figures" category "Select Tool" is also activated. Fixed bug that sound files that has been removed from Stickman can't be deleted while Stickman runs. The same problem is fixed when opening a scene. Fixed bug that hang if no audio device is given. Fixed bug that when opening a scene the undo actions for the previous scene is available. Fixed bug when adding a figure, move the arm with control points tool and delete the key, and then undo all actions and then redo, which creates an error. Elemento: Fixed bug that the Name property on timeWarpEffect was visible. Fixed bug that Division property of bone can be outside the range 0 to 1. == Stickman 5.0.6 == Elemento: When importing a figure the variables keep their names if there is no variable with that name. Elemento: Fixed bug in MousePos() function. Fixed bug when adding a figure and undoing multiple times. == Stickman 5.0.5 == New high-quality picture rendering to AVI. Slower but much nicer. Start window with news from Cutout Pro and resource links. == Stickman 5.0.4 == Fixed bug: Del, 1 and then undo creates an error. Changed the title of Time Line->Next Frame to Time Line->Next Key Frame. Fixed bug: When trying to copy selected control points when not control points tool is selected. Fixed bug, Elemento: Using the "Reset" action and then undo does not update the graphics. Fixed bug, Elemento: Add and update button is enabled when camera tool is selected in the keyboard control dialog. Changes the title of "Key Control" to "Keyboard Control". Fixed bug, Elemento: The property "Pos" of timeWarpEffect can not be changed at design time. Changed the "Drag" help icon in control points tool to "Select+Drag". You can now use Alt, T to get the Time Line menu. Fixed bug: Using Time Line->Add Key when no figure is selected creates an error. == Stickman 5.0.3 == A bug in the switch tool is fixed. A bug when activating Ctrl or Shift in a tool by using a shortcut is fixed. Elemento: The preview of indexes in curve tool is improved. Elemento: When selecting a draw element, the variable is also select and filter is reset. Elemento: All variables got an action that selects the variable under "Variables". == Stickman 5.0.2 == In the category "Draw Order", you can now use + and - buttons under "Animated Draw Order". A bug is fixed to view effects directly in Stickman.