Linea Sketch

September 18, 2024

Includes a bug fix when scaling a selection, improved speed and reliability of loading the main project view plus new dark mode and tinted app icons. IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES • Improved the speed of loading the project view, especially when using iCloud • Fixed rendering problems when scaling a part of a drawing up or down • New Dark mode and tintable app icons

August 29, 2024

Reverts a gesture tweak which was intended to improve recognition of the two finger tap for undo, but caused some users to have trouble pinch zooming.

August 6, 2024

Support for the Apple Pencil Pro's squeeze actions and haptic feedback. Quickly change tool sizes, toggle clear ink and more by squeezing. Other improvements and bug fixes. NEW FEATURES • Apple Pencil Pro Squeeze Actions - Handy shortcut actions when you squeeze the Apple Pencil Pro - Toggle Clear Ink, Switch to Previous Tool, Next Tool Size, Undo and more - Set shortcut actions in Linea Settings > Apple Pencil > Pencil Squeeze • Apple Pencil Pro Haptic Feedback - When ZipShapes are created, snapped to a rotation angle, or snapped to a size - When ZipLines are created or snapped to set rotation angles - When transforming selections (rotation angle, scaling, etc) - Turn haptic feedback OFF in Linea Settings > Pencil Haptics IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES • Annotations now stay in place when the keyboard appears. If the keyboard covers up your annotation, scroll the canvas so that you can see/edit it • ZipShape and transform handles can now be dismissed with a pencil tap outside their bounds • Eliminated visual stutter when holding a selection in place during a move (especially when zoomed in) • Layer icons should no longer get stuck in an incorrect dimmed state • Restored a missing animation that highlighted a selected color chip • Fixed crashes that could occur when loading sketches and/or deleting projects

April 30, 2024

Change the custom background of your drawing by sampling any color on the canvas with the new eyedropper tool. Fixed iPhone bugs, time-lapse issues, and more. IMPROVEMENTS • Custom Background Colors: - Use the eyedropper tool to quickly select and set a custom background color - Expanded the running list of recent background colors from 5 to 6 - Improved the Custom Background Color panel when used in dark mode - Improved scrolling behavior of the layer texture selector BUG FIXES • Fixed rendering problems with the pen tool when used with Clear Ink and varying opacity • Fixed a bug that caused layer and tool options to break on the iPhone when Full Keyboard Access is turned on in iOS's Accessibility settings • Fixed a bug that could cause portions of time-lapse recordings to go missing • Fixed a bug that could cause delays in the final frames of a time-lapse recording • Selecting a pre-existing color no longer causes Linea to switch color palettes • Fixed the appearance of the Layer Options when first opened • Fixed a bug where the selected pixels of a layer would be erased if that layer had been excluded from the lasso selection and that layer was the merge destination

December 11, 2023

What's New - Linea Sketch 4.3.1 Fixed a number of bugs dealing with imported, pasted or transformed content on documents in different orientations and more. BUG FIXES • Fixed a bug causing copied content to import / paste at the wrong aspect ratio • Copied selections now respect the orientation of the sketch when pasted • Copying semi-transparent content across multiple layers respects its opacity when pasting or merging that content into a new layer • Transformed selections no longer shift position when merging to a new layer • Fixed visual glitches in the project view when moving or reordering sketches • Fixed an animation glitch that could affect the closing of zoomed sketches

November 7, 2023

Draw with a variety of seamless textures, change the cropping and aspect ratio of existing sketches, customize a sketch's thumbnail in the Project View, and more. NEW FEATURES • Textures: Draw with a variety of pre-defined seamless textures - Open Layer options > tap the Textures icon (dot grid) to activate - Quickly select from a wide range of useful textures: - Abstract patterns (waves, scales, fur) - Architectural Materials (wood, stone, etc.) - Halftone dots (various screen densities) - Hatchings (crosshatching, angled, broken, etc.) - Stipples (light, medium, heavy) - Also works with Clear Ink as a stencil to erase patterns from your drawing - Use in tandem with Transparency Masking to confine textures to a specific area of your sketch • Canvas Resizing: - Change the overall size and aspect ratio of existing sketches - Tap More Actions (⋯) > Edit Canvas Size from within a sketch - Adjust the canvas based on screen size, aspect ratio, or custom settings - Quickly change aspect ratios based on a list of existing presets - Use Freeform to manually adjust the canvas size as needed - Expand canvases of sketches created on iPhone quickly and easily IMPROVEMENTS • Thumbnail Framing: - Easily customize the appearance of a sketch's thumbnail in the Project view - Open an existing sketch and zoom in / pan to highlight a portion of the drawing - Once closed, the project view reflects the new framing for the sketch - Great for highlighting a particular portion of a sketch in the Project View • Updated the Blending Tool to achieve a smoother result when blending BUG FIXES • Fixed a bug that could prevent autosaving of sketches while working • Turning off "ZipLine polygon support" in Settings now works properly • Fixed a bug that allowed zooming of the drawing view while an iCloud document was still loading.

August 18, 2023

Fixed a critical bug that caused some sketches to fail to save properly and fixed a small memory issue with time-lapse movies. BUG FIXES • Fixed a critical bug that prevented sketches from autosaving under certain circumstances, causing potential loss of work • Fixed a small memory leak that occurred while time-lapse movies were being generated in the background

June 7, 2023

BUG FIXES ⁕ ZipShapes no longer cause autosave to fail while drawing ⁕ Fixed a crash when duplicating the same lasso selection twice

March 9, 2023

Improvements for pixel-perfect rendering when lassoing, merging or transforming selections across layers. Plus, bug fixes and a link to follow us on Mastodon. IMPROVEMENTS • Pixel accuracy for transformed and merged floating selections: - Selections now merge as cleanly as possible into other layers - Selections move in pixel-sized steps for optimum display when re-positioning - Selections remain pixel-aligned when rotated in 90° increments or flipped horizontally or vertically BUG FIXES • The dynamic island no longer visually intrudes on the canvas on iPhone • Info bezel displays the offset values in pixels when transforming selections • Removed Twitter and added Follow us on Mastodon in Settings

January 24, 2023

Create textured strokes, shapes, and edges with Organic Ink. Design precisely with new templates. Import and export a wider array of file types, and much more. NEW FEATURES • Organic Ink: - New option for Pen and Fill tools - Create textured strokes with the Pen tool - Shade wide areas organically by tilting the Apple Pencil as you draw - Create enclosed shapes with rough, organic edges with the Fill tool • Import & Export: - Project Menu > More Actions (⋯) to import / export a wider array of files - Import multiple files simultaneously - Import sketches from single and multi-page PDF files - Import images from PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files - Import pages from 53/WeTransfer Paper journals - Export Linea documents to iCloud, Dropbox, etc. via the Files App IMPROVEMENTS • ZipLine and ZipShape improvements: - ZipLines respond to variations in pressure from the Apple Pencil - Undoing a ZipShape restores the original stroke on the canvas - Undo restores each step of ZipShape transformations as long as the transformation controls are active - Undo of additional ZipLine segments keeps the ZipLine active for adding a different segment • Sharing extension improvements: - Project names are now sorted - Trash folder is no longer shown - Last project selected is now the default • Selection improvements: - Greater flexibility when undoing selections - Transformations can be undone back to their original state, where the set of layers to include in the selection can be changed - Improved the process for merging selected content into other layers • Added a new Extra Large 1×1 Grid template • Added a new App Design phone template with a Dynamic Island • Locking via the Canvas Compass is now saved as a part of the sketch • Selecting a layer now subtly flashes its contents for better visibility • Images larger than the canvas are now scaled down when importing BUG FIXES • Painting with the watercolor brush now renders colors more accurately • Repeated applications of Clear Ink now results in a more natural effect • Sketches now appear correctly when shared via the Sketch action menu • Fixed a crash when merging a selection into another layer • Fixed a number of undo bugs with active selections • Fixed undo issue after a selection was cleared or cut • Screenshots on iOS 16 can now be shared with Linea

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