[v1.1] - 2025-03-28
This update has been brought to you by the contributions of:
Fayez Akhtar (@Variable-ind), Spencer Beckwith (@spencerjbeckwith), @myyc, João Vitor (@dev-joaovitor)

Built using Godot 4.4

Added
Tilemap layers have arrived! Tilemap layers allow artists to create tiles, and easily preview and dynamically modify them within Pixelorama. #1146
Indexed mode has finally been implemented! #1136
Audio layers have been added, allowing artists to easily synchronize their animations with audio. #1149
Added a new text tool. Destructive only for now, meaning that once the text is confirmed, it cannot be changed later. #1134
A "Paste from Clipboard" option has been added to the Edit menu, allowing images from the operating system's clipboard to be pasted into Pixelorama. Note that copying images from Pixelorama into the OS' clipboard has not been implemented at the moment.
A color curves image and layer effect has been added.
A gradient layer effect has been added, alongside its already existing image effect equivalent, allowing for non-destructive gradient generation.
It is now possible to load custom Godot shaders as image and layer effects.
Importing OpenRaster (.ora) and Aseprite (.ase/.aseprite) files is now possible. Exporting to these file formats is not yet supported.
Loading custom dithering patterns as images is now possible. This is not exposed somewhere in the UI yet, users have to go to Pixelorama's data folder (the same place where its settings, backups etc are kept), and create a "dither_matrices" folder and add the images there.
A new Reset layout option has been added to the Layouts submenu, that can be used to reset default layouts to their original state.
Implemented support for multiple grids. #1122
Overhauled the gradient edit widget's UI and added options such as reverse and evenly distribute points, and gradient presets.
Users can now color code their layers in the timeline.
A new "Select cel area" option has been added to the Selection menu that makes a rectangular selection around the content of the active cel, and it is mapped to Control + T by default.
Added a "Select pixels" option in the right click popup menu button of cel buttons
Added a shortcut to swap tools, Shift + X by default. #1173
Added V as the default shortcut for the crop tool.
A "Show Reference Images" option has been added to the View menu, allowing quick and easy reference image toggling.
Hiding the notification labels is now possible from the Preferences.
StartupWMClass has been added to Pixelorama's Linux .desktop file. #1170
Changed
The Manage Layouts dialog has been replaced by new items in the Layouts submenu, that are responsible for adding and deleting layouts.
The default shortcuts of the Move tool and the Pan tool have been changed to M and A respectively.
The "Image" menu has been renamed to "Project". This name should be more accurate, since this menu has options that affect the entire project.
Simplified the change layer automatically shortcut to just Control + Alt.
The image and layer effects have been organized into subcategories.
Layer buttons in the timeline now have a small icon on their right side that denotes their type, such as pixel layers, group layers, 3D layers, tilemap layers and audio layers.
Layer buttons in the timeline also have an icon if the layers contain at least one layer effect.
The import dialog is always being opened when opening images from File > Open.
The extension crash preventing system has been revised. #1177
The minimum cel size is now smaller, and it can get even smaller by decreasing the font size from the Preferences.
System font names are now sorted by alphabetical order.
The red, green, blue and alpha buttons in invert and desaturate layer effects have been made into "RGBA" buttons instead of checkboxes, just like they are in their image effect counterparts.
"Tile Mode" under the Selection menu has been renamed to "Wrap Strokes". This does not affect the "Tile Mode" option in the View menu. #1150
Improved the look of 3D object gizmos. #1194
Re-organized the licenses in the About dialog. There are now three license categories, the Pixelorama license, the Godot licenses and the third-party licenses.
Fixed
The text is no longer blurry and hard to read of menus and dialog windows, if the display scale is set to anything but 100%. This was fixed due to the update to Godot 4.4. #1065
Saving pxo files should no longer freeze the application on GNOME, when using native file dialogs. This was fixed due to the update to Godot 4.4. #1115
Fixed crash when Pixelorama starts without a palette.
Undo/redo now works again when the cursor is hovering over the timeline.
The first frame is no longer exported twice when using ping-pong loop.
Fixed pencil/eraser/shading previews turning white for a brief moment when changing image brushes, and when switching between tools.
Fixed the preview on the left tool not being visible, if the right tool had a preview. #1157
Dialogs that are children of other dialogs now always appear on top, to avoid issues where they could hide behind their parents and causing confusion that made Pixelorama seem unresponsive.
Palette swatches now get deleted when the user removes all palettes.
The CLI's output option now works with filepaths instead of just filenames. #1145
Fixed a crash when importing a model in a 3D layer. 952498a
Loading obj files as custom models in 3D layers that are not paired with .mtl files now works. #1165
Fixed a UI bug where the minimum size of the panels was not calculated correctly. a28b526
Dockable panels are now properly sorted when toggling movable panels. d7ba7fe
Changing the name of pxo files when saving them in the Web version now works as intended. faae464
Pixelorama's window no longer spawns at the position of a monitor that has been disconnected. #1189
Fixed the resize canvas dialog's offset not resetting to zero on dialog popup. f273918
Fixed group layer blending when they contain invisible layers. #1166
Fixed color picker changing hue when modifying the saturation and value inside the color picker shape. 3f2245c
Fixed the Palettize effect and palette exporting to images storing slightly wrong color values. 77f6bcf
Fixed some issues with the Palettize effect where the output would be different if the palette size changed and empty swatches were added, even if the colors themselves stayed the same. Initially fixed by bd7d3b1, but 1dcb696 is the proper fix.
The lasso and polygon select tools now select all expected pixels without gaps, when the selection goes out of the canvas bounds.
Fixed bug where the child windows of floating windows appear behind them.
Fixed layouts overwriting the position info of panels, which were added by extensions. #1172
Image export with split layers no longer ignores layer effects. #1193
Fixed recorder label not updating when project is changed. #1139
The vertical scrollbar in the timeline is no longer visible when it's not needed.
Fixed a bug where the mouse cursor does not reset to default when hovering over a selection gizmo, and the selection gets cleared. ead7593
Fixed a curve tool preview bug where the preview was changing when the cursor was moving, but the end point was staying the same.