Version 6.5 – September 2023
- Improved Comic effect rendering algorithm, with better quality and faster rendering. Newly created layers will automatically use the new algorithm (Version 2), while existing layers will keep the old algorithm (Version 1) to avoid unintended changes. You can switch to the new rendering algorithm manually by selecting “Version 2” from the action popup menu in the Comic Effect inspector.
- Added the new Page Curl transition in the 3D category.
- Video layers can now have playback offset from the start of a slide. Checkout the Options subgroup in the sidebar.
- Video layers now support looped playback. The checkbox to enable looping is also in the Options subgroup in the sidebar.
- Added custom magnetic guides to make repetitive layout tasks in the Stage easier. Guides can be edited in the Slideshow Settings.
- Pressing the shift key while dragging a curve point in the sidebar inspectors (e.g. Opacity) now moves the whole curve horizontally.
- Selecting a layer in a collapsed chapter now selects the whole chapter.
- If all slides in a chapter are selected, then dragging those slides moves the whole chapter.
- When dragging a slide at a chapter start, then chapter will be moved to the next non-selected slide, to avoid confusing situations.
- Rendering speech bubbles in text layers is now more robust, with nicer rendering and avoiding occasional crashes.
- Improved performance when editing layers in the Stage with multiple effects applied.
- Improved rendering of snippet placeholder layers.
- Avoid crashing when using unsupported audio sampling rates with AAC codec when sharing slideshow with “Custom”.
- Internal stability improvements.