Doodly Changelog

version 2.7.3:

• New Feature: Provide a means of setting precise size and position of assets in a scene. You can adjust the position of assets on the canvas by setting X and Y coordinates based on "Top Left Corner" instead of "Center" of the assets on Asset Settings dialog. In addition, you can also easily look at their location and size with the tooltips displayed when resizing and moving assets on the canvas(#351)
• New Feature: Add ability to manually enable/disable white fills for black and white images when using custom background images. You can manually set whether to draw the white background of the black and white images by On/Off the "White Fill" option added to the Asset Settings dialog. Note: this option can only be set for black and white asset images when making a video using custom background images with the Customboard or Glassboard(#595)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements for Selection Handle of the asset(#597)

version 2.7.1:

• Fix minor bugs and improvements(migration)

version 2.6.14:

• Improvement: Update Doodler Toolbox(#575)
• Fix an issue that asset images become translucent on the canvas when switching from blackboard to custom(#580)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#561, #577)

version 2.6.12:

• Fix a bug that audio segments delayed in the exported video that have a lot of recorded audios(#557)
• Fix a minor bug on the text box(#555)

version 2.6.10:

• Fix an issue that removing white fills for black & white assets when using custom background images(#541)

version 2.6.8:

• New feature: Allow users to cancel their Doodly subscription. If you are on a subscription plan, you can cancel at any time from the User Details screen in Doodly(#532)
• Fix a bug that the background color of the black & white images becomes slightly darker on the canvas(#533)

version 2.6.6:

• New feature: Add Save As feature(#91)
• New feature: Add a File menu with Save, Save As, Close, and Export Video options. Also, allow users to use shortcuts for all options of the menu.

version 2.6.4:

• Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
• New feature: Snap To Grid(#258)
• Fix a bug that the project folders are not consistent across different devices(#521)
• Fix a bug that Edit menu functions don't work after replacing assets(#523)

version 2.6.2:

• Improvement: Add a warning that notifies a user that the same file name exists in the export directory(#511)
• Fix a bug that the font replacement of the text doesn't work properly(#517)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#518, #519)

version 2.6.0:

• New feature: The highly requested, Change color of words in a text box, the feature has been added!(#176)
• Improvement: Draw Arabic words with joined characters(#397)

version 2.5.8:

• Improvement: Audio timeline updated to allow users to even add long audio files(#370)
• Improvement: Allow users to import encrypted free image bundles(#492)

version 2.5.6:

• Improvement: Add new 50 hands each for the whiteboard, chalkboard, and glassboard(#482, #483, #484)

version 2.5.4:

• Improvement: Allow users to drag & drop music into the voiceover timeline.

version 2.5.2:

• Improvement: Allow users to resize Projects & Templates panels on the home screen(#478)
• Improvement: Allow users to clear the sound effect set on the asset.
• Improvement: Add a preview button allows previewing of the video for the template.

version 2.5.0:

• New Feature: The highly requested, Doodle Templates, feature has been added! By default, you will have access to either Standard, or Enterprise (plus Standard) level templates depending on your Doodly membership level. You may also purchase Premium templates from the Doodly Marketplace. Additional templates will be added over time. Each template comes complete with images, background music, and subtitles (which you can use as a voiceover script, should you add your own voiceover). You can turn the subtitles off, as well, from within the scene settings dialogue. Templates can be used as many times as you wish, and can be customized and edited as well(#433)
• New Feature: Doodlers may now add sound effects to any asset. You may add sound effects to the Enter and Exit animations for each asset from within the Asset Settings dialogue. 100 common sound effects are included in this new Doodly update. Additional sound effects may be purchased from the Doodly Marketplace, and you may also import your own sound effects(#459, #460)
• Fix a bug that GIF stops at 1st frame instead of stays the last frame after finishing the loop(#471)

version 2.4.14:

• Fix a bug that in-app purchase doesn't work by a specific type of Credit Card properly.

version 2.4.12:

• Fix a bug that the subtitle often revert back to the original text when editing it on Scene Settings(#454)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#452)

version 2.4.10:

• New feature: Added a Doodly Rainbow on/off switch within the settings screens for individual assets, for scenes, and for the entire video to easily convert all image(s) from black and white, to color (and vice versa), simultaneously(#441)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#420, #450)

version 2.4.8:

• New feature: Allow users to add a subtitle to each scene. You can add a subtitle for the scene in Scene Settings modal and set to enable/disable subtitles of all scenes in Video Settings modal(#434)
• Fix a bug that Gif play speed is decreased(#424)

version 2.4.6:

• Improvement: Allow users to select multiple projects with Ctrl/Shift keyboard on the project list and move, duplicate, and delete them all at once(#422)
• Improvement: Allow users to upload multiple sound files at once(#417)
• Improvement: When users copy-paste or swap the asset, it shows in the same place(#427)
• Improvement: Show the sound name on tooltip by hovering the sound track(#290)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#419, #421, #426, #428)

version 2.4.4:

• New feature: Add the "Copy" and "Paste" items for a scene on the context menu of the timeline. Users can copy and paste a scene, within and between projects, retaining all objects and timings, and settings(#379)
• Fix a bug that the asset disappears from the canvas when clicking it with CTRL after all assets are selected by CTRL+A(#413)

version 2.4.2:

• Improvement: Allow users to use Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All functions in the Edit menu and add the ability to select all assets on the canvas(#400)
• Improvement: Add "Video Tutorials" item inside of the help menu(#410)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#406, #409)

version 2.4.0:

• Improvement: Allow users to perform multiple operations on the image assets. Users can select multiple image assets with Ctrl/Shift keyword, delete, share, export them at once, as well as drag and put them to the canvas(#394)
• Improvement: Allow users to add an object to the canvas when the asset is double-clicked.
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#373, #354, #402)

version 2.3.8:

• New feature: Bulk importing - Allows to upload multiple asset files such as images, fonts, and audios at a time(#259)
• Improvement: Allow to set a custom background for Facebook or Instagram video(#389)
• Fix minor bugs(#390)

version 2.3.6:

• New feature: Add a "Reveal Mode" drop-down box that sets how to reveal the color portion when editing the asset(#383)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#382)

version 2.3.4:

• New feature: Add a highly requested feature that allows easy Instagram and Facebook video dimension resizing(#262)
• Improvement: Add a feature to sort the projects by created and modified date in the home screen(#368)

version 2.3.2:

• New feature: Add a loop count spinner to set the repeat animation of GIF in Asset Settings(#372)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#371)

version 2.3.0:

• New feature: Gif Animation - Allows to upload and use Gif assets in characters and props (#320)
• New feature: Add/Remove Audio Tracks - Click the Add Track/Remove Track item on the context menu shown when clicking the kebab icon of each audio track (#337)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#361, #367)

version 2.2.3:

• Bugfix: Fix bug related to Doodly Marketplace viewing
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#363)

version 2.2.1:

• Improvement: Home screen sorts the projects by updated date in descending and loads more by scrolling (#336)
• Improvement: Stop previous playing audio when starting new audio in the list(#352)
• Bugfix: Timeline scrolls back to the first scene when changing the property of an object in the scenes(#356)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#347)

version 2.1.2:

• Bugfix: Doodly is not allowed to access the microphone on macOS Mojave or later(#348)

version 2.1.0:

• Improvement: Show asset name in Asset Settings(#340)
• Bugfix: When changing save location in video export, "Save As" file type does not reflect the chosen type(#339)
• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#342)

version 2.0.10:

• Bugfix: Arabic text is not rendered properly(#329)
• Bugfix: Text is rendered larger than actual pixels of font-size specified(#334)
• Bugfix: When dragging a sound in the audio timeline and dropping in the out of timeline, the pink/green box doesn't disappear(#335)

version 2.0.8:

• New feature: Select multiple by context menu to delete, share or export assets in asset list(#326)
• New feature: Show/hide Doodler Toolbox

version 2.0.6:

• Fix minor bugs and improvements(#327, #328)

version 2.0.4:

• New feature: Autofill file name of imported asset(#321)
• New feature: Change the drawpath background(Black, Transparent) when dealing with white images(#318)

version 2.0.2:

• New feature: Add "Invert" option in Asset Settings(#315)
• Bugfix: Scrolling for characters doesn't work properly in some cases(#319)

version 2.0.0:

• New feature: Doodly Rainbow Addon

version 1.19.17:

• New feature: Allowing export/import of users’ characters/props(#296)
• Bugfix: The position is changed when color is changed by groups(#304)
• Bugfix: Remove error alert while auto-saving works in the background(#305)
• Bugfix: The shared assets are not authorized in the backend(#303)

version 1.19.15:

• New feature: Add input of position, width, height, font size, rotate and flip in Asset Settings(#287)
• Bugfix: If auto-save is triggered while creating draw paths, all unsaved paths are erased(#297)

version 1.19.13:

• Fix minor bugs

version 1.19.11:

• Fix minor bugs

version 1.19.9:

• New feature: Support new video formats to export - MKV, OGG, WebM.

version 1.19.7:

• New feature: Add new Cartoon style hands(#283)
• Fix a bug that color picker is cropped on Scene Settings that are less than 1080p(#276)
• Fix a bug that project rename via settings not working(#273)
• Fix a bug that draw path icon disappearing from custom images(#282)

version 1.19.5:

• Fix a bug that search not working properly for shared images(#272)

version 1.19.3:

• Fix minor bugs

version 1.19.1:

• Fix a bug that it looks like you are dragging the entire window when you drag an audio track into the timeline(#266)
• Fix a bug that video exporting has an error in odd size(#241)
• Fix a bug that images are not uploading in some cases even though the size is less than 1920(#253)

version 1.18.9:

• Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
• New feature: Add "Delete" option in right-click context menu to delete an audio from timeline
• Improve to import paths from SVG image(Beta ## version). Now it supports most of SVG images
• Fix a bug that some of custom fonts were not available
• Fix a bug that the lines in video was flickering according to the resolution
• Allow standard users to see Enterprise level assets

version 1.18.7:

• Fix a bug that opacity does not save if set to 0%
• Fix a bug that imported color blocks randomly turn gray

version 1.18.5:

• Fix a bug that "Shared" tab not showing on Standard membership
• Fix a bug that video exporting failed with the filename containing special characters
• Fix a bug that custom color board exported wrong

version 1.18.3:

• New feature: Add scene settings to choose board style & hand type per secen
• New feature: Add ability to import paths from SVG image(Alpha ## version)

version 1.18.1:

• Fix minor bugs on 1.18.0

version 1.17.2:

• Fix a bug that login text box is not available to copy & paste
• Fix a bug that arrow key moves text during editing

version 1.17.0:

• New feature: Ability to hide and unhide the left and right windows
• New feature: Add an opacity spinner on Asset Settings to adjust the transparency of images
• Fix a bug on selecting a category for Props to scroll down to see the rest of categories in case of small screen.
• Optimized code base internally for performance

version 1.16.6:

• New feature: Add ability to cut, copy, paste assets by right-click context menu or shortcut key.
• Fix a bug on selection area when move asset by arrow key, zoom in/out, scroll canvas, resize windows.
• Fix a bug that search box pops out and extends to canvas.
• Fix a bug that video was not exporting well with the recorded audio before save.
• Fix a bug that single color image shows gray on canvas.
• Fix a bug that timeline resizing was not working in a particular case.

version 1.16.4:

• Fix minor bugs including typo.

version 1.16.2:

• Fix a bug on scene setting button.

version 1.16.0:

• New feature: New board style "Custom" is available with background color and image.
• Fix a bug that would keep order by group backward/forward.
• Fix a bug that would show/hide grid well.
• Enhancement for backend security.

version 1.15.0:

• New feature: Add ability to select multiple assets on the canvas at once by holding the control key and clicking on elements... so you can move them all around together. Plus change settings on all images at once.
• New feature: Add ability for users to rename recorded audio files
• New feature: Adjust canvas size so you can export to custom dimensions

version 1.14.3:

• Allow access to all Doodly Club assets for Platinum and Enterprise memberships
• Fix a bug that would allow asset delay and duration to become less than 0s

version 1.14.1:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that would prevent the user from editing path names / video title
• Fixed a bug that would allow the user to upload unsupported audio format files

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issues with videos not exporting with multiple sound and effects
• Fixed issue with audio clipping

version 1.13.3:

• Fixed a bug that caused audio to be cut less than 1 second earlier while exporting.

version 1.12.5:

• Bug fix: Allow users to correctly set scene extra time, on a per scene basis.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent users form logging in

version 1.12.3:

• Bug fix: Render greenboard videos correctly.

version 1.12.1:

• Bug fix: Colored text should be drawn with the correct color on glassboard.

version 1.11.1:

• Bug fix: Moving items around the board (in blackboard mode) was terribly slow.
• Bug fix: Text thumbnail in the right-hand sidebar says “Placeholder” instead of the actual text.

version 1.10.2:

• Various minor performance and stability improvements

version 1.10.0:

• New Feature Release: Erase Individual Assets - Simply right click and choose erase (this will set the animation to “erase” and duplicate frame showing you the same frame WITHOUT erase asset). Simply click on the gear above the asset - you’ll see entry and exit animation that you can adjust to the next scene.
• New Feature Release: Green Chalk Board - Click on Settings on the bottom left to access!
• Bug Fix: Exporting videos with second audio channel glitch.
• Bug Fix: Exporting videos with one or two audio channel.
• Bug Fix: Copy and Paste issue fixed.
• Bug Fix: Exporting error now displayed with errors

version 1.8.1:

• Fixed a bug that was preventing assets to have 0s animation time

version 1.7.2:

• Bug Fix: Title Display Issue is now resolved.
• Bug Fix: Preview Scene Audio Issue has been resolved.

version 1.7.0:

• New Feature Release: Two Audio Channels (Background Music & Voice Audio)
• New Feature: Drag and Drop Audio Segments between channels
• New Feature: Adjust volume of each audio channel by simply clicking the volume icon - and clicking/using your keyboard to adjust the volume levels
• Bug Fix - Drag and drop audio from Sound tab to Audio Channel of your choice
• Bug Fix - Export Videos now with a “/“ and “\” in their titles

version 1.5.0:

• Feature Release: We’ve added COLOR! By popular demand, you can now add color to pre-loaded assets of Doodly! Simply select the asset, click the “gear” on the top left and you’ll be given a color option.
• Minor Updates to speed of platform in saving and assets/scenes.
• Minor Update to resizing images - We've improved the quality when scaling a picture.
• Doodly Club is still available athttp://doodly.com/club

version 1.4.0:

• New Feature Update: Grid is now LIVE! You now have the ability to show/hide the grid on canvas for alignment.
• New Feature Update: Ability to draw WITHOUT using a hand! (Available in both white and blackboard)
• Export Update - We now save your last session’s export settings as the default for future exports
• Doodly Club available athttp://doodly.com/club

version 1.3.1:

• Doodly Club is coming…
• Update addresses bug that caused “Duplicate Scenes” to not save properly.
• Update addresses bug that did not allow “Saves” after flipping an asset/changing text alignment.

version 1.2.4:

• improved saving videos
• fixed re-ordering scenes in the video timeline
• fixed a bug that was causing bring forwards / send backwards not to work on thin objects
• other minor improvements for low resolution screens

version 1.2.2:

• previewing now also highlights the current position in the audio timeline
• fixed a bug that was causing fonts to jump vertically after being drawn
• fixed a bug that was causing some fonts to be cut off horizontally
• fixed a bug that was causing audio to appear longer inside the video timeline than in the exported videos
• fixed a bug that was causing previewing to play the same audio segment multiple times
• fixed a bug that was sometimes causing exporting to being stuck at 82% (while downloading audio)
• fixed a bug that was sometimes causing exported video to have almost mono audio (one channel had lower volume)

version 1.2.0:

• added ability to add extra time at the end of each frame individually
• added ability to delete assets (images / fonts / sounds) that were previously uploaded by the user
• moved "Preview Scene" functionality from the right sidebar to the right-click menu on the scene in the video timeline
• added audio to "Preview Scene"
• fixed bug that was causing Windows setup to fail on some PCs
• fixed bug that was causing exported video to be scrambled on Windows Media Player
• other bug fixes and stability improvements

version 1.0.0:

• bug fixes and stability improvements

version 0.8.2:

• fixed bugs that caused the audio to preview incorrectly
• fixed bugs that caused the exporting to fail
• improved audio previewing
• other several minor bug fixes

version 0.8.0:

• added undo functionality for videos (you can undo moving, resizing, rotating, changing animation duration / delay). The undo history is on a per scene basis.

version 0.7.4 - 0.7.5:

• fix bug that was causing the app to freeze when previewing newly created videos
• minor bug fixes

version 0.6.2:

• allow users to upload their own fonts
• bug fixes

version 0.5.1:

• fix bug causing video exporting to crash when audio is longer than animation time

version 0.4.0:

• show proper update changelog when an update is available
• improved video exporting, to work on low RAM / HDD space devices
• prompt saving video if needed when navigating away from video editor (including when applying an update)
• allow users to delete an asset they've uploaded to their Library
• allow users to change when a video ends (when the animation ends or when both the animation and the audio end)
• added forgot password functionality
• added user details screen to allow the user to change their password

version 0.3.0:

• added feature to allow users to upload their own characters / props

version 0.1.0:

• provide installers
• added app auto- updating