TexturePacker release notes

Version 3.3.3 2014-04-17

New: Improved packing when using multipack + POT

New: Better input field order when using TAB key for navigation
New: Improved file timestamp check for smart update
New: Updated Windows installer; XP users have to update MSI before launching TexturePacker
setup: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8483
Fix: Crash when closing TexturePacker
Fix: "Install Command Line Tool" no longer creates unwanted subdirectories
Fix: Enforce sprite sheet update when enabling/disabling "auto alias"
Fix: Minor GUI updates, better error messages and fixed typos

Version 3.3.2 2014-03-28

New: Sprite sheet exporter for Unity - see http://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker/unity

New: Configurable sprite pivot point (Unity only)
New: More responsive UI when aborting creation of very large sprite sheets
Fix: UI bugs when using multiple monitors, AutoSD, tooltips
Fix: Crash when closing TexturePacker

Version 3.3.1 2014-03-07

New: Support for webp image format

New: Starling / Sparrow exporter: Support for rotated sprites
New: Export of compressed TIFF images
New: Generic exporter: new values available: settings.tpsName texture.size,
texture.absoluteFileName, texture.trimmedName, texture.fullName
New: Generic exporter: full access to objects from javascript
New: Updated Orx exporter
New: Shortcut ctrl+ ctrl- to zoom in / out
New: Removed restriction on png width and height
New: Better support for V-Play engine
New: Added license agreement as menu item
New: Improved multipack algorithm
Fix: Less exporter: adding texturepath to the image url, replacing blanks in texture name with _
Fix: Fixed problem in SpriteKit exporter when loading SWF files and using AutoSD
Fix: Fixed occasional crash when closing TexturePacker on MacOS
Fix: Fixed --quiet and --verbose command line parameters
Fix: Custom exporter writes native linefeeds
Fix: Installing windows version in 64bit folder
 Fix: GUI / Menu cleanup
Fix: Tooltips on Windows are no longer cut off
Fix: Opening .tps files by double click on Windows
Fix: Faster startup on Windows
Fix: Retina display support on MacOS
Fix: Fixed a rare bug in multipack (lost sprites in crowded textures)
Fix: Crash in update dialog
Fix: Crash when changing file names manually
Fix: Crash when using TexturePacker with Wacom Tablets
Fix: Crash if custom exporter was not found
Fix: Crash on invalid / non-existing SWF files
Fix: Better file selection dialog on MacOS
Fix: Simplified crash reporter UI
Fix: Removed address book access to populate crash reporter's email field

Version 3.2.1 2013-11-12

Fix: Deleting sprites form main view does not crash TexturePacker
Fix: Selecting sprites in main view also selects all aliases
Fix: TexturePacker lite does not complain about activated AutoSD if it was not enabled

Version 3.2.0 2013-11-08

New: Full Sprite Kit support, including creation of header files

New: Preview AutoSD variants in GUI
New: AutoSD: Filtering sprites to different textures based on name
New: AutoSD: Better name placeholders using {v} instead of replacing main extension
New: Cleaning transparent pixels in input files is now optional (on by default)
New: Faster and more responsive UI
New: Export multiple data files using templates
New: More information available in template system
Fix: "Use essential" button works again
Fix: Upgrading from 2.x.x licenses now works again
Fix: Potential crash when closing TexturePacker while packing
Fix: Improved compatibility with MacOS X Mavericks 10.9

Version 3.1.3 2013-09-19

New: Full Spritekit support: AutoSD, header files, animations,...

Fix: Flash importer does not duplicate first frame (IMPORTANT: Download new flashunpacker
manually!)
Fix: Wrong sprites and order after refreshing sprite list
 Fix: Update dialog does not (auto-)update if upgrade period is over
Fix: "." in folder paths does not trim the complete path
Fix: AI88 and A8 modes are working with PVR files (currently without preview)

Version 3.1.2 2013-07-26

Fix: Multipack texture file names (all exporters)

Version 3.1.1 2013-07-24

New: Improved multipack, much faster and better pack ratio

New: Support for Spritekit (beta)
New: Support for V-Play (http://v-play.net)
Fix: File name warning complaining about wrong suffix
Fix: Filename in data file honors sheet number
Fix: Multipack: Reduced placeholders to {n} and {n1}, both are added always
Fix: TexturePacker does not create empty files anymore
Fix: Smartupdatehash now working with multipack
Fix: Commandline build of multiple files sometimes created empty/black textures

Version 3.1.0 2013-07-10

New: MultiPack: Create multiple textures if not all sprites do fit in one
New: Improved flash unpacker including frame labels
New: TexturePacker is now 32/64 bit on Mac, Windows update to 64bit will come soon
New: Templates can use isSolid to check if a sprite does not contain any transparent pixels
New: Added warning to fix data file name extensions
New: Zoom with Alt+Mousewheel
Fix: Fixing texture file names now removes complete extension
Fix: License-Bug with sprites turned red even with active license
Fix: Smart update key does not contain TexturePacker timestamp anymore
Fix: MacOSX 10.9 Compatibility
Fix: Memory leak when adding and removing sprites to the sidebar
Fix: ZoomToFit now working

Version 3.0.11 2013-05-17

New: Exporter for UIKit

New: Exporer for CAAT (http://labs.hyperandroid.com/static/caat/)
Fix: ETC1 compression for libGDX
Fix: SVG import

Version 3.0.10 2013-05-07

 New: Linux build
Fix: EaselJS typo

Version 3.0.9 2013-04-19

New: Content protection for cocos2d (encrypted pvr.ccz files)

New: Display texture size in previewer
New: Better warning dialogs
New: Warning dialogs offer options to fix problems
New: Free choice of data and image file name extensions (e.g. .txt instead of .json for Unity)
New: Added access to all values in the .tps file for custom exporters
New: Upgraded PVRTexLib
New: Exporter for 2dtoolkit
New: Exporter for x2d
Fix: Text field cursors don't jump to the end
Fix: AutoSD: Trimming of sprite sheets with identical layout and scaling
Fix: Re-activated missing file associations (Windows)
Fix: Tooltips for all settings
Fix: Texture path now works with MOAI again
Fix: Trimmed sprite names now available for JSON exporters
Fix: Enabled Quit menu item on Mac when no window is open
Fix: Throw error when no --main-extension is set in AutoSD
Fix: Potentially fixed a bug which caused non identical sprites to be detected as aliases
Fix: Removed semi transparent border sometimes showing on popup window

Version 3.0.8 2013-02-13

Fix: Dramatically improved startup time on windows by sacrificing proxy detection for auto update
Fix: TexturePacker does not fill New context menu on windows anymore
Fix: Potential crash on windows when opening .tps files with double click
Fix: LibGDX exporter exports correct rotation data

Version 3.0.7 2013-02-05

New: Online documentation, tutorials, getting started (menu item)

New: Force rebuild menu item and command line (--force-publish)
Fix: Reverted behavior of CoronaSDK trim to 3.0.4, fixed comment on how to use the sheet
Fix: Completely transparent images are replaced with a pixel of transparent color
Fix: Completely transparent with extrude don't deliver negative values anymore
Fix: GUI and command line create identical smart update hashes
Fix: Window size is restored correctly when TP restarts
Fix: Command line client prints complete list of non fitting sprites
 Fix: Fixed hardware detection on Windows. This requires re-actvating the license. Sorry.
Fix: Trim mode is not reset to "Trim" when set to "None" during loading

Version 3.0.6 2013-01-29

Fix: Fixes missing file in corona and less exporter on windows

Version 3.0.5 2013-01-29

New: Exporter for Shiva3D (thanks to Christian Herzog)

New: Exporter for SASS mixins (thanks to Rob Moorman)
New: Exporter for LESS (thanks to Paul Covell)
New: Example how to do relative pixel calculations through JS enhancement in plaintext exporter
New: Click on dock icon opens new window or raises open windows (Mac)
New: Using proxy auto configuration
New: TexturePacker detects changes in custom exporters and re-publishes
New: License renewal warning can be disabled from preferences
Fix: Random crash when closing a window with unsaved data
Fix: Crash when custom exporter does not exist
Fix: Kwiksher2 exporter did not export aliased sprites
Fix: Removed duplicated LibGDX entry for exporter list
Fix: BatteryTech exporter now exports aliases
Fix: Enabled setting common divisor up to 2048
Fix: Restricted padding values to 512
Fix: Trim sprite names works with .tga
Fix: Clicking auto alias updates screen
Fix: CoronaSDK exporter supports trim
Fix: Potential bug adding rotated sprites even if rotation was disabled

Version 3.0.4 2012-12-02

New: Added --common-divisor-x, --common-divisor-y to command line

Fix: Additional space in layout which was introduced in 3.0.3
Fix: Workaround for MacOS adding multiple .pvr.gz and .pvr.ccz endings to a file name
Fix: Crash when exiting the application
Fix: Removed OpenGL rendering of the user interface because it caused instability on MacOS
Fix: Algorithm Basic now works with constraints (squared, pot/npot/free, word aligned)
Fix: When reading and migrating an old file no file changed dialog is triggered
Fix: Crashreporter file transmission on MacOS 10.7 and 10.8

Version 3.0.3 2012-11-29

New: Publish dialog only closed when autoclose checkbox is checked (can be reset in preferences)
 New: Verifying file name extensions
New: Sorting exporters by name
New: Reduced memory usage
New: Added low memory warning when TexturePacker starts to swap images to harddrive
New: Improved stability in low memory situations
New: Fixed installing command line tool in not yet existing directories
New: Crop with 2 options: flush or keep position
New: Trim/Crop are joined into 1 ComboBox
New: --trim-mode <None|Trim|Crop|CropKeepPos> from command line
New: Maximum value for paddings is not 1000
New: Saved defaults can be reset in preferences
New: Option to hide PVR premultiplication warning for cocos2d
Fix: Help tooltips work for all settings
Fix: Dock icon menu contains empty lines instead of recent file entries
Fix: Docks (TextureSettings, Sprite) now stored and restored correctly
Fix: View menu works to hide / show docks
Fix: Save defaults works again
Fix: Refresh now working when sprites with identical size changed
Fix: Resetting "Spritename already in use" errors
Fix: Deriving file names (data format => texture format name)
Fix: Closed several memory leaks
Fix: Load/save opens dialog in last document's position
Fix: Fixed texture size scales with AutoSD settings

Version 3.0.2 2012-10-26

Fix: Hotfix for Windows version: Crash when window is closed

Fix: Hotfix for Windows version: Crash when closing application

Version 3.0.1 2012-10-26

New: TexturePacker creates sub directories if specified in the path

New: AutoSD-Presets for cocos2d-x HDR/HD/SD
New: AutoSD replacement pattern does no more force a dot at the end. Please add the dot to the
extension (replacement) if you need it.
Fix: Reverted Crop to its old behavior - setting the offset
Fix: Added reveal in finder / show in explorer to tree view's context menu
Fix: DPI range widget now allows values > 100
Fix: TIFF exporter works again
Fix: Output order of css pseudo selectors: link, visited, focus, hover, active
Fix: ETC1 output for AndEngine does not throw an error
 Fix: Crash during layout
Fix: PSD file transparent color values are now corrected
Fix: File association and icon on windows

Version 3.0.0 2012-10-21

New: Template based exporter system

New: Enhanced Auto-SD with multiple exporter sizes
New: Better packing when allow free size is on, option to control the optimization
(--allow-free-size-mode)
New: Calculations are perfomed in the background and don't freeze GUI
New: ForceIdenticalLayout - use same layout across autosd variants (--force-identical-layout)
New: Image formats: BMP, PPM, PKM, TGA, PSD, SVG, KTX, PVR, TIFF, PKX
New: Writing optimized PNG files, option to control optimization level
New: Support for big PVR files
New: ETC1 compression (pkm files)
New: Common divisor to resize sprites to particular sizes - fixed wobbling sprites in CoronaSDK
New: Dialog shows progress while publishing
New: Display non fitting sprites
New: AutoSD command line options (--main-extension, --autosd-variant)
New: Editable texture size (not only fixed to power of two sizes)
New: .tps files are now saved as XML, this breaks compatibility with 2.x.x file format
New: Drag'n'drop support for sprite sheet view (drop sprites on center window)
New: Drag'n'drop support for tps files
New: Menu item to install TexturePacker command line client
New: New End User License Agreement (EULA)
New: New license key to replace licence file (due to expring downloads at FastSpring)
New: Sprites that failed to load are now displayed with an error sign
New: Support for big sprites or animations
New: UI: Toggle between select and scroll in main view with space bar
New: TPS files are now XML based
New: Trial mode (Try TexturePacker Pro for 1 week)
New: Exporter: Corona imagesheet
New: Exporter: EaselJS
New: Exporter: BatteryTech
New: Exporter: Kwiksher (http://www.kwiksher.com)
New: MacOS: Codesigning for executable and installer
New: MacOS: Enabled retina display fonts (icons will follow soon)
New: MacOS: App closing, menu, full screen mode, menu in dock icon
New: MacOS: Install by drag'n'drop instead of installer package
 New: Windows: Codesigning
New: Windows: MSI Installer
New: Betas do not expire anymore
Fix: Allow free size now saved
Fix: Added title to TextureSettings window (allowing it to be identified in the view window)
Fix: Adding identical sprites multiple times to .tps file
Fix: Auto-Update when re-entering the application
Fix: Auto-Updater on windows now installs MSI files
Fix: Autosize now saved in defaults
Fix: Better flash dialog
Fix: CEGUI exporter texture width and height
Fix: Change detection (Smartupdate)
Fix: Change detection: No request to save unchanged data
Fix: CSS class naming when using gif, jpg or bmp as input
Fix: Disabling allow free size from GUI works again
Fix: Double clicking .tps files opens file
Fix: Duplicated "Install commandline tool" on MacOS
Fix: Expiry of beta moved
Fix: Extrude bug in Sparrow exporter
Fix: Fixed crash on Windows when opening files with doubleclick
Fix: Fixed wrong tooltips
Fix: Force identical layout disabled until implemented
Fix: Generic XML now exports file extensions in names
Fix: Gideros exporter data format with cropping
Fix: Hanging install command line tool on MacOS Mointain Lion with activated GateKeeper
Fix: Images in PVR viewer too bright
Fix: Installer for windows uses internal redistributable pack
Fix: LibGDX jumping sprites when trimming
Fix: LibGDX name trimming in animation detection (also removes _ in sprite_001)
Fix: Multiplying menu items on MacOS
Fix: Order of sprites in data file
Fix: Output rectangle bug with rotates sprites on LibGDX
Fix: PVR flipping
Fix: Scale3x output now ok
Fix: set/unset/set trim exported trimmed sprites with autosd
Fix: Sometimes optimized pngs could not be written
Fix: Trim now sets offset to 0/0 (cocos2d)
Fix: Trimming bug in Gideros exporter
 Fix: Wrong display of trimmed size fixed

Version 3.0.0b22 2012-10-19

Fix: Hotfix for windows licensing

Fix: Fixes instant crash on MacOS 10.7.x

Version 3.0.0b21 2012-10-18

New: License activation through webbrowser as fallback (or offline computers or firewalls)
Fix: Hanging install command line tool on MacOS Mointain Lion with activated GateKeeper
Fix: Multiplying menu items on MacOS
Fix: Empty string in EaselJS exporter
Fix: Order of sprites in data file

Version 3.0.0b20 2012-10-11

Fix: ssl error during license activation on Windows

Version 3.0.0b19 2012-10-10

New: New license key to replace licence file (due to expring downloads at FastSpring)
New: Trial mode (Try TexturePacker Pro for 1 week)
New: New End User License Agreement (EULA)
New: Common divisor can be used to fix wobbling sprites in Corona SDK
New: Honoring common divisor in autosd
New: Displaying Alpha+Intensity in preview
New: UI improvements
New: Enabled retina display fonts (icons will follow soon)
New: Added alias names to exporters (for compatiblility)
New: Display non fitting sprites
New: Using slider for optiPng level
New: pngOptimizer is disabled by default - for faster output
Fix: Crash when selecting Alpha+Intensity
Fix: set/unset/set trim exported trimmed sprites with autosd
Fix: Exporter-Typo - EasyJS is now EaselJS
Fix: Red sprites were activated everytime if no license was set
Fix: Pro warning when using template based exporters
Fix: Pro warning when using some features which triggered red sprites but no warning
Fix: Added title to TextureSettings window (allowing it to be identified in the view window)

Version 3.0.0b18 2012-09-11

Fix: Crash when starting the application with default values saved
Version 3.0.0b17 2012-09-11

New: Option to control free size optimization (--allow-free-size-mode)

New: Option to enable identical layout from commandline (--force-identical-layout)
New: Beta versions enable updatecheck for beta versions
Fix: Sometimes optimized pngs could not be written
Fix: Crash when changing selection after changing files on filesystem
Fix: Crash when allow free size can't pack all sprites
Fix: Crash when opening files with double click while Crash dialog is active
Fix: Crash when opening malformed pvr files
Fix: Crash when selecting "reveal from finder" after a sheet refresh
Fix: Duplicated "Install commandline tool" on MacOS
Fix: Double-Clicking a .tps file sometimes created an empty texture

Version 3.0.0b16 2012-09-06

New: ForceIdenticalLayout - use same layout across autosd variants

Fix: Corona ImageSheet exporter
Fix: Scale3x output now ok
Fix: Disabling allow free size from GUI works again

Version 3.0.0b15 2012-09-04

New: Image formats: bmp, ppm, pkm, tiff, tga

New: OptiPNG based PNG optimization
New: ETC1 compression (pkm files)
New: Exporter for BatteryTech
Fix: Reverted trimming behavior to what it was on 2.4.3 (avoid floating point values for cocos2d)
Fix: Trim now sets offset to 0/0 (cocos2d)

Version 3.0.0b14 2012-08-30

New: Better AutoSD-Dialog

New: AutoSD command line options (--main-extension, --autosd-variant)
New: AutoSD honors main scale setting
New: Beta versions enable beta update checks by default
Fix: Force identical layout disabled until implemented

Version 3.0.0b13 2012-08-26

Fix: Loading old .tps files with pvr textures

Fix: Auto-Update when re-entering the application
Fix: Change detection (Smartupdate)
 Fix: Adding identical sprites multiple times to .tps file

Version 3.0.0b12 2012-08-12

New: Better packing when allow free size is on

New: Background packing, fluid GUI
New: Better Layout for GUI settings
New: TPS files are now XML based
New: Enhanced Auto-SD
New: Common divisor to resize sprites to particulat sizes
New: .tps files are now XML
New: Improved AutoSD to export any size
New: AndEngine exporter with trim enabled
New: Improved GUI
New: Calculations are perfomed in the background and don't freeze GUI
New: Common divisor can be used to equal align sprites of different sizes
New: Dialog shows progress while publishing
New: Sprites that failed to load are now displayed with an error sign
New: Drag'n'drop support for tps files
New: Drag'n'drop support for sprite sheet view (drop sprites on center window)
New: 600% performance increase on MaxRects with ContactPoint
New: Toggle between select and scroll in main view with space bar
New: TexturePacker remembers last open/save dir
Fix: Crash on windows when double-clicking .tps files
Fix: Disappearing icons on windows
Fix: Auto-Updater on windows now installs MSI files

Version 3.0.0b11 2012-07-15

New: MacOS Codesigning

Fix: MacOS Quicklook plugin
Fix: Expiry of beta moved

Version 3.0.0b10 2012-06-28

Fix: Crash on Mac as soon as an error was found

Version 3.0.0b9 2012-06-26

IMPORTANT for Windows users: This update is using a new MSI based installer. Before updating
uninstall TexturePacker manually. Then download the new update from
http://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker/download and install manually.

New: Support for Kwiksher (http://www.kwiksher.com)

New: Windows MSI installer
 New: Codesigning on Windows
Fix: CEGUI exporter texture width and height

Version 2.4.6 2012-06-26

IMPORTANT: This update is using a new MSI based installer. Before updating uninstall TexturePacker
manually. Then download the new update from http://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker/download and
install manually.

New: New installer using MSI

New: Codesigning for executable and installer
Fix: Double clicking .tps files opens file
Fix: Document icons

Version 2.4.5 2012-06-14

Fix: Fixed crash on Windows when opening files with doubleclick

Version 2.4.4 2012-06-10

Fix: Installer for windows uses internal redistributable pack

Fix: Better flash dialog

Version 3.0.0b8 2012-06-01

Fix: Exporters for easyJS and CoronaSDK did not export sprite aliases

Version 3.0.0b7 2012-05-25

Fix: Images in PVR viewer too bright

Fix: Gideros exporter data format with cropping
Fix: PSD loader with more than 4 channels
New: Better hint for windows users using flash

Version 3.0.0b6 2012-04-25

Fix: Updated PVRTexLib - should fix problems with PVRTC compression

Fix: License bug (windows)

Version 3.0.0b5 2012-04-23

Fix: PVR flipping

Version 3.0.0b4 2012-03-29

This release was planned to contain much more - but the new features I am working on are not yet stable
enough for a beta release. So this is in most parts a bugfix release with the addition of the Corona SDK
image sheet exporter.

New: Removed installer since Apple does not support PackageMaker anymore
New: Menu item to install TexturePacker command line client
New: Updated PVRTexLib again
 New: Corona imagesheet exporter
New: EasyJS exporter (beta)
New: Texture details (filename) in exporter template
New: Nicer feedback dialogs ;-)
New: Feedback dialog remembers last mail address used
Fix: Extrude bug in Sparrow exporter
Fix: Trimming bug in Gideros exporter
Fix: Generic XML now exports file extensions in names
Fix: Typo in UI
Fix: Change detection: No request to save unchanged data

Version 3.0.0b3 2012-03-21

New: Updated PVRTexLib

Fix: Fixed naming -ipadhd -> -ipad
Fix: Crash on MacOS when closing apps

Version 3.0.0b2 2012-03-06

New: Generic Exporter

New: Support for big sprites or animations
New: Image importer / display now supports additional formats: TGA, PSD, SVG, KTX, PVR, TIFF,
PKX
New: Fullscreen mode on MacOS Lion
New: Better MacOS behavior (app closing, menu)
New: Editable texture size (not only fixed to power of two sizes)
New: Added -ipadhd as extension for AutoSD
Fix: PVR flipping
Fix: Fixed wromg tooltips
Fix: Allow free size now saved
Fix: Wrong display of trimmed size fixed
Fix: Autosize now saved in defaults
Fix: Output rectangle bug with rotates sprites on LibGDX

Version 3.0.0b1 2011-11-29

Fix: CSS class naming when using gif, jpg or bmp as input

Version 2.4.3 2011-11-25

Fix: Crash on MacOS when starting the app the first time
Version 2.4.2 2011-11-24
This is version 2.4.2 due to a small bug in the version compare of my auto updater. 2.4.1 was not
accepted to be newer than 2.4.1b3.

New: DPI settings

New: Generic XML exporter
New: Exporter for bHive (http://www.bhivecanvas.com/)
New: Better moai exporter
New: Exporter for original cocos2d format
New: Background image
New: Crash reporter for MacOS
New: New option to remove artifacts and borders around sprites
New: Added 2x as AutoSD extension for Unity
New: Better stability in out of memory situations
Fix: Version compare (2.4.1 was not accepted as newer than 2.4.1b3)
Fix: Crash when using reveal in finder from aliased image
Fix: Crash when removing sprites which did not fit the current maximum texture width
Fix: New Moai exporter
Fix: Last frame of a flash import was added twice
Fix: Transparency dithering (fs & attkinson) with active premultiplication does not get too dark
anymore
Fix: Reduced memory consumption
Fix: GUI update when scaling sprites
Fix: Opening 3 windows when opening a .tps file
Fix: Save dialog everytime a file is closed even without change
Fix: Auto alias did not find equal sprites when PNGs had invisible changes
Fix: Tooltips for several items
Fix: Save defaults now saves allow free size

Version 2.4.0 2011-10-26

New: Flash (.swf) import on MacOS

New: Quicklook plugin for pvr and pvr.ccz files (MacOS)
New: Save defaults (pro only)
New: Debian Packages for Ubuntu 11.04
New: Support for Moai ( http://www.getmoai.com )
New: Support for AppGameKit ( http://www.appgamekit.com/ )
New: Support for Slick2D ( http://slick.cokeandcode.com/ )
New: Support for Unity3D / UIToolkit ( http://unity3d.com / http://github.com/prime31/UIToolkit )
New: Backspace + Delete now both delete sprites / folders
New: Open in finder / explorer (issue 649)
 New: Dialog to select Flash Player Plugin (issue 1216, 1231)
New: Sprite highlighing (issue 1200)
New: Select checker board colors (issue 1227, 1200)
New: Displaying flipped pvrs unflips them
New: Added Drag your sprites here image
New: Added RGB888 output mode (issue 105)
New: New Icons
New: Added free choice of file endings for data file
New: Option to flip PVR files (required for unity and other frameworks) (issue 1046)
New: Rotation support for AndEngine (issue 723)
New: Fit added to zoom bar
New: Allow free size now supported for PVR (issze 747)
New: Folders inside a smart folder are now blue to show that they cant be deleted
New: Default-Padding changed to 2px - may cause problems when using from command line. Please
adjust your build scripts!
New: Lua module concept changed according to (
http://blog.anscamobile.com/2011/09/a-better-approach-to-external-modules/ )
New: Populate file names (e.g. saving blah.tps now sets blah.png and blah.plist)
Fix: Shortcuts on windows now working (issue 1171)
Fix: Escaping for CSS exporter
Fix: Auto update sprite sheets when reentering the app (issue 767, 778, 833)
Fix: Shape outlines (issue 618)
Fix: Smartupdate did a rebuild for some frameworks - even if not needed
Fix: Trim checkbox stayed disabled after selecting a framework that did not support trimming (issue
707)
Fix: TextureSubPath now working on all frameworks supporting it (issue 609, 610)
Fix: Zoom factor is maintained through starts of TexturePacker (issue 629)
Fix: Default texture name (out.png) supported in AndEngine (issue 722)
Fix: Shape outlines work again (issze 849)
Fix: Trim sprite names (remove .png etc) now supported for all frameworks (issue 1009)
Fix: JSON exporter now uses escaping (issue 1142)

Version 2.3.5 2011-08-13

New: Support for AndEngine ( http://www.andengine.org )

Version 2.3.4 2011-07-30

New: Fix for cocos2ds hd handling

Version 2.3.3 2011-07-27

New: Support for gideros mobile ( http://www.giderosmobile.com )

 New: Support for cegui / ogre3d ( http://www.cegui.org.uk, http://www.ogre3d.org )
New: Added json exporter with array format
Fix: Missing comma added in JSON exporter

Version 2.3.2 2011-07-26

New: Changed default for fast GUI display (using OpenGL) to disabled

Version 2.3.1 2011-07-25

New: Added option to disable fast rendering using OpenGL in GUI application since it might cause
problems on some platforms
New: 64bit + 32bit executable on MacOS

Version 2.3.0 2011-07-25

New: Feedback dialog: send feedback, bug reports and requests from TexturePacker
New: 64bit executable on MacOS
New: Create CSS Sprites (issue 527)
New: Added option to ignore files on command line (--ignore-files) (issue 394, 346)
New: Added option to replace parts of a sprites name (--replace) (issue 348)
New: Sprites are ordered alphabetically (issue 533, 405)
New: Pixelformat Alpha + Intensity (issue 469)
New: TexturePacker only opens a file once (issue 429)
New: Added the current scale to JSON output format meta data (issue 407)
New: Removed refresh button - TexturePacker now updates the textures when entering the app
(issue 299)
New: Speedup for rendering sprites
New: Red colored sprites in demo mode get a text to make it more obvious
New: Warning when using extended features in TexturePackerPro
New: Auto updater for Windows
Fix: Removed -hd in texture name which causes warnings in cocos2d (issue 570)
Fix: Display broken files when adding single files (issue 395, 381)
Fix: PVR viewers zoom control (issue 550)
Fix: Smart update (issue 520)
Fix: Unicode char in license file (issue 495)

Version 2.2.0 2011-05-02

New: Added suport for gzip compressed PVR files (.PVR.GZ)

New: Multitouch and trackpad zooming and scrolling
New: Trimming for upcoming Sparrow 1.2 release
New: Added meta data to JSON exporter
New: Speed improvements with better caching
 New: Speed improvements when scrolling
New: Support for PVR flipped textures (used with unity framework)
New: Icons: Application icon, document icon, .tpkey
New: Changed license file extension to .tpkey, Keys can now be added with a double click on the
license file (MacOS)
Fix: Fixed coordinate issues when updating sprite sheets from command line using TexturePacker
*.tps
Fix: Zooming
Fix: JSON exporter does not add .json.json

Version 2.1.10 2011-04-05

Fix: Auto-Update was broken in 2.1.9 - please install 2.1.10 by directly downloading and installing
manually
Fix: Icon was lost in 2.1.9
New: Allowing free sizes for PVR files
New: --quite for command line reduces output
Fix: Improved handling of non power of 2 sizes from command line
Fix: Removed duplicated libgdx exporter

Version 2.1.9 2011-04-03

Fix: Hotfix for windows command line crash

Version 2.1.9 2011-04-01

Fix: Trim does not get re-enabled from GUI when loading a file
New: Command line version for windows (still without globbing)
Fix: Documentation
Fix: QFile::remove: Empty or null file name on command line
Fix: Sprite sizes can now be up to 32000 from command line
Fix: hq2x now available in documentation from command line

Version 2.1.8 2011-03-24

New: Scaling mode can now be chosen - fast (general purpose nearest neighbor) - smooth (general
purpose nearest neighbor) - scale2x (fixed 2.0 scaling for pixelart) - eagle (fixed 2.0 scaling for
pixelart) - hq2x (fixed 2.0 scaling for pixelart)

Version 2.1.7 2011-03-14

Fix: Fixing a major bug in premultiplied alpha implementation leading to black halos around semi
transparent sprites
New: Added message box to inform user to activate premultiply alpha when using cocos2d + pvr
image format

Version 2.1.6 2011-03-13

 New: Added png export to pvr previewer
New: Storing position, size and zoom factor of window
New: New icon
New: tif support from GUI
Fix: Extrude/Trim bug resulting in wrong image sizes
Fix: Bug setting trim to true after reloading

Version 2.1.5 2011-02-14

New: *.tps files prepared for importing in PhysicsEditor

New: Added JSON exporter (experimental)
New: Added --inner-padding <int> which adds space to the sprite
New: Added --crop which crops the sprite to the non transparent part, reducing the sprites render
size (--trim does not change the sprites render size)
Fix: BMP files can now be added as sprites from file selector dialog
Fix: Size warning removed when autoSD and allowFreeSize is on
Fix: Several smaller UI fixes

Version 2.1.4 2011-01-31

Fix: Warning when using smart update and autosd from command line fixed.
Fix: Loading PVRs with version 2

Version 2.1.3 2011-01-21

New: Added shortcut to delete sprites from sheet

New: Option to remove .png, .jpg, .bmp from sprite names (--trim-sprite-names)
New: Added filtering settings for LibGDX
New: Added message box asking to add @2x or -hd to texture and data file name if autoSD is
enabled and the extension does not yet exist
New: Warning on command line if sd size is not half of hd size
New: Added option to change textures path in plist file for cocos2d (--texturepath) to organize
resources in sub folders
New: TreeView expands when sprite is selected in sheet
New: Added jpg quality settings to gui
New: Texture + data files get deleted before exporting
New: Improved error messages for texture export
New: Texture name gets derived from data name if not set and vice versa
New: Linux support (beta)
Fix: Immediate update texture size and memory usage on every change
Fix: Basic layout created too big textures in some cases
Fix: Added more digits for scale (e.g. to enter 0.125)
Fix: Reset sprite offsets if disabling trimming
 Fix: Publish asks for texture file names if not already set

Version 2.1.2 2011-01-05

Fix: Scaled images had premultiply alpha turned on, causing black outlines and artefacts when
dithering
New: Sorting of sprites by name in lua file
Fix: Typo libgdx exported data file not allowing it to load

Version 2.1.1 2010-12-19

New: Creating alpha masks

New: Added tooltips for all options
New: Polished interface
New: Added bmp, tif file format to smart folder processing
New: Windows installer, Icon, polishing
New: Added trim alpha threshold to remove nearly transparent pixels
New: Also collect gif, tiff, jpg, bmp from smart folders
New: Scroll to selected sprite in sprite sheet
New: Windows installer
New: Windows polishing
New: Preliminary support for libgdx (beta)
New: Creating transparency masks from heuristics on images which have on transparency key color.
Fix: User interface works with smaller screen sizes
Fix: Document changed detection
Fix: Open elements from finder in empty window on doubleclick

Version 2.1.0 2010-12-07

New: Added texture selector combo box

New: Added shortcuts for publish and refresh
New: Layout mode basic - best use for tile sets / tile map editors
New: *.pvr and *.pvr.ccz previewer! (FREE)
New: Process *.tps files from command line (pro)
New: AutoSD allows automatically creation of standard resolution images from highres images
(--auto-sd) (pro/cli)
New: Drag'n'drop sprites to tree view to add them
New: PVRTC2/PVRTC4 compression
New: Enhanced color reduction quality (pro/cli)
New: Additional dithering algorithm
New: Linear quantization
New: Nearest neighbour quantization
 New: Premultiply alpha (pro/cli)
New: Option to disable automated alias creation
New: Choose heuristics for MaxRects algorithm (pro/cli)
New: Creation of non power of 2 textures
Fix: Bug when selecting AutoSD with PVR files
Fix: Premultiply now only applied once
Fix: Sometimes rotation flag was not exported to plist files
Fix: Removed icon from menu item

Version 2.0.2 2010-11-11

New: Added TexturePackerEssential free version to create basic sprite sheets

New: Windows support (Pro only)
New: Automated updates using Sparkle (Experimental)
New: Added option to set jpg compression quality (currently commandine only) --jpg-quality <value>
New: Added support for RGBA5551, BGRA8888, RGBA5555 (--opt <value>)
New: Added .pvr.ccz cocos compressed format (experimental)
New: pvrz removed (replaced by pvr.ccz)
New: Removed texture size is too small message box. Instead widht, height and scale are now
highlighted.
New: --opt4444 and opt565 are deprecated now, use opt <type> instead
Fix: Fixed bug in gui mode not reloading files after save
Fix: Fixed bug in quantification for several pixel formats

Version 2.0.1 2010-10-30

New: PVR support

New: PVR files with RGBA8888, RGBA4444 and RGB565 (*.pvr)
New: Zlib compressed PVR file: *.pvz or *.pvrz (experimental)
New: Improvements in Graphical User Interface (TexturePackerPro)
Fix: Scrolling does not change texture size anymore
New: Output of texture size and used memory (bottom right corner)
New: Better close dialog

Version 2.0.0 2010-10-27

New: Graphical User Interface (TexturePackerPro)

New: Multitouch support
New: Realtime display of sprite sheet
New: Zoom
New: File tree view
New: Tooltips
 New: Alias overlays
New: Smart folders
New: automated scan for images
New: include directory in sprite name
New: Better PNG compression rate
New: Support for Sparrow Framework

Version 1.1.1 2010-10-06

New: Support for Corona Game Edition

Version 1.1.0 2010-10-01

New: Support for PNG8 input files

New: Enhanced error messages for Xcode
New: Enhanced change detection for Build integration
New: Fixes in the Xcode integration script
New: Added option: --data to specify the name of the data file
New: Added option: --format to specify format of the data file
New: Deprecated options: --plist

Version 1.0.5 2010-09-27

New: Added option: --smart-update for Xcode integration

Fix: License keys can now be installed again

Version 1.0.4 2010-09-24

New: Added option --dithering for high quality color reduction

New: Added option --enable-rotation and --disable-rotation
New: If sprites are equal after cropping only an alias is created in the plist file.
Fix: Fixed bug in installer if no /usr/local/bin is available
Fix: Alias creation if sprites are the same after trimming
Fix: Bugfix for aliases

Version 1.0.3 2010-08-21

New: Enhanced feature extrude <int>

Version 1.0.2 2010-08-21

New: Added requested feature --extrude

New: Split padding into --border-padding and --shape-padding

Version 1.0.1 2010-08-20

 Fix: Fixed bug in padding
New: Added automatic testing of other placement rules if standard fails
New: Added --create-debug-info and extract-debug-info

Version 1.0.0 2010-08-19

New: Initial release