Backups, Tool Hotkeys & Other Changes
Backups
If you are the artist of a pawprint, you can now go to the settings to download a ZIP file of the pawprint image as well as every layer separately. This allows you to put it into another program later and keep all layers intact. It does not preserve layer filters however, so you will have to re-apply any blur or blending modes. In your user settings under the security tab, you will find a full backup download - this will download into a single zip file every pawprint you've drawn along with all of their layers. Please use this sparingly as it's kinda CPU intensive, especially if you have thousands of pawprints.
Hotkeys
There's a new section in the drawing tab of user settings for customising your drawing hotkeys. You can add hotkeys to tools that never had them before, or change existing ones. Some hotkeys may not work if windows/the browser overrides it, but most do (F5 can even work, it will stop the browser from reloading if you set it as a hotkey!)
Other Changes:
- The Allow Guests option now properly hides your content from guests if you aren't the pawprint owner.
- Advanced Search now has options for minimum paws ups, minimum marks, and allows you to sort by highest paws ups and marks.
- Finished raffles now only show the winners in the entry list to make it easier for the creator.
- Characters can now be highlighted on your profile, the same way pawprints can.
- You can now hide from friends lists in your privacy settings.
- Ironpaw pawprints are now automatically tagged with 'Ironpaw Mode' - and non-ironpaw pawprints will have that tag removed automatically.
- A max of 5 pawprints per hour has been implemented on top of the 10 a day, to try to stop spam.
- Users can now select their gender to show in their profile, if they'd like to.
- Sending pawprints to someone instead of drawing for them directly now correctly awards marks.
- Added titles to postbox entries.
- Replaced the friend request icon with a heart to match the unfriend icon.
- Replaced the baraag link with mastodon so it covers more areas.
If you are the artist of a pawprint, you can now go to the settings to download a ZIP file of the pawprint image as well as every layer separately. This allows you to put it into another program later and keep all layers intact. It does not preserve layer filters however, so you will have to re-apply any blur or blending modes. In your user settings under the security tab, you will find a full backup download - this will download into a single zip file every pawprint you've drawn along with all of their layers. Please use this sparingly as it's kinda CPU intensive, especially if you have thousands of pawprints.
Hotkeys
There's a new section in the drawing tab of user settings for customising your drawing hotkeys. You can add hotkeys to tools that never had them before, or change existing ones. Some hotkeys may not work if windows/the browser overrides it, but most do (F5 can even work, it will stop the browser from reloading if you set it as a hotkey!)
Other Changes:
- The Allow Guests option now properly hides your content from guests if you aren't the pawprint owner.
- Advanced Search now has options for minimum paws ups, minimum marks, and allows you to sort by highest paws ups and marks.
- Finished raffles now only show the winners in the entry list to make it easier for the creator.
- Characters can now be highlighted on your profile, the same way pawprints can.
- You can now hide from friends lists in your privacy settings.
- Ironpaw pawprints are now automatically tagged with 'Ironpaw Mode' - and non-ironpaw pawprints will have that tag removed automatically.
- A max of 5 pawprints per hour has been implemented on top of the 10 a day, to try to stop spam.
- Users can now select their gender to show in their profile, if they'd like to.
- Sending pawprints to someone instead of drawing for them directly now correctly awards marks.
- Added titles to postbox entries.
- Replaced the friend request icon with a heart to match the unfriend icon.
- Replaced the baraag link with mastodon so it covers more areas.
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