3.5.6 (v35018) – Released 14th December, 2017
Improvements
- Font handling enhancements
3.5.5 (v34135) – Released 6th February, 2017
Improvements
- Image duplication issue with Instant Alpha fixed
3.5.4 (v34081) – Released 1st February, 2017
Improvements
- Crash when processing BMP images fixed
- PDF export compatibility improvements
- Windows now maximize correctly
- Performance improvement when using full page halftone fills
- Menus now correctly sized when using software filtering
- Windows 10 now correctly identified in Bug and Crash reports
- “Reveal Image File” now available in context menu when external image is selected
- Other fixes and improvements
3.5.2 (v32903) – Released 27th April, 2016
Improvements
- Selection of images with transparency now works reliably
- Master page feature is functioning correctly again
- Sample script English keywords now function in all localizations
- Performance improvements for large scripts
- DirectX 9.0c is no longer part of the install
- Rafika font issues resolved
3.5.1 (v32654) – Released 24th March, 2016
Improvements
- Fixed the fill control in the format bar
- Grouped items can now be freely resized
3.5 (v32643) – Released 21st March, 2016
Improvements
- Lots of beautiful new templates
- New full-color halftone fill option
- Script text now replaces text in templates
- And many other improvements and fixes
3.1.3 (v32328) – Released 23rd November, 2015
Improvements
- Fixed a crashing Explorer bug with networked user directories
- Grid display is now correctly oriented on landscape pages
3.1.2 (v32215) – Released 5th October, 2015
Improvements
- Fixed a crashing bug with video capture and multiple document windows
- Copy/pasting characters from the Character Map now works
- User accounts with accented characters now work as expected
- Page and Styles pane is now restored as expected
- Improved text layout within thought balloons
- Significantly reduced app size due to improved asset compression
3.1.1 (v32015) – Released 27th July, 2015
Improvements
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
3.1 (v31767) – Released 20th May, 2015
Improvement
- A Script only document can now be saved as a Template
- Added the ability to scroll up or down when moving pages in the ‘Page Overview’
- ‘Lettering’ now supports letters with accents/umlauts
- Opening a user created template, no longer opens the ‘Script Editor’ view
- The Script is now being printed when selected via ‘Print…’ menu
- Improved crash reporting on Windows
- Additional bug fixes and stability improvements
3.0.8 (v30813) – Released 30th January, 2015
Improvement
- Fixed bug that forced extension balloons to be the same type as the primary balloon
3.0.7 (v30716) – Released 6th January, 2015
Improvements
- Fixed crashes when exporting large images
- Fixed problems selecting new fonts
- Other minor fixes and stability improvements
3.0.6 (v30403) – Released 4th December, 2014
Improvements
- Major localization update – including new support for Portuguese!
- JPEG exports now include correct DPI information
- Missing Japanese characters during registration bug fixed
- One-time graphics card capability check routine added
- Added “Zoom to Fit” to the toolbar
- Check spelling as you type preference is now maintained
- Custom script tab settings are now restored on open
- Fixed an issue where snap to grid would not always align perfectly
- Other fixes and stability improvements
3.0.5 (v29752) – Released 10th September, 2014
Improvements
- Improved handling of images from photo library
- Eliminated thin lines drawn over the comic at certain zoom levels
- Improved handling of embedded elements when improving older comics
- Other fixes and stability improvements
3.0.4 (v27964) – Released 5th March, 2014
Improvements
- Dramatic improvement in app responsiveness
- Improved compatibility when opening files created with Comic Life 1
- Fixed a crash when resizing text elements
- Fixed a bug when copy/pasting text from libreoffice
- And other fixes and improvements
3.0.3 (v27630) – Released 22nd January, 2014
MAJOR NEW FEATURES
- Integrated script editor with SmartScript™ text processing, including dedicated script templates
- Instant alpha tool – for quickly knocking out the background of images
- Balloon variety picker
- Balloon tail thickness selector
- Precision balloon tail control including connecting tails
- 17 advanced parametric image filters, including
- Rotoscope, Paintoscope, Hatched, Sketched, Smooth, Pen, Retro and more.
- Find & Replace – great for quickly changing a characters name
- 191 built-in creative fill options including speedlines, halftones, textures and tiles
- 11 stroke types from clean lines to scratchy pens
- 16 page texture overlays
- 3D lettering option for big, blocky comic titles
- Smart alignment guides
- Master page for repeating design elements
- Two-up page view, including facing pages
- Opacity controls for balloons (including panels, captions and shapes)
- Hideable element well
- Blur image adjustment
- Bezier controls for warping lettering
- Text paste and match style
- Element grouping
- Rulers with user-settable guidelines