Stable Release 2.0

New

• Added option for transparent PNG export (thanks for Peter Willemsen).
• Added support for adding custom stickers.
• Added support for inserting images.
• Added support for color picker (copy value to clipboard or change current annotation object color).
• Added support for inserting speech and thought bubble shapes.
• Added ability to annotate image by drag/drop on welcome screen.
• Added ability to drag a copy of the annotated image via a new "PNG" icon in the toolbar.

Changes

• Converted codebase from GTK3 to GTK4.
• Updated Flatpak platform from 7.2 to 8.
• Improving look of toolbar dropdowns.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where boolean export values were not properly saving (thanks to Peter Willemsen).
• Fixed issue with duplicating canvas items by holding Control while dragging an item.
• Fixed issues with missing icons on non-elementary distributions (thanks to Kevin Ernst).
• Fixed issue with certain icons not displaying properly in dark mode.
• Fixed issue with icons being installed in the wrong place.
• Fixed issue with dismissing popover when the export button is clicked.
• Fixed issue with the --use-clipboard command-line option.
• Fixed application crash issue in some cases when annotate items are deleted.
• Fixed issues with using the screenshot capture functionality.
• Fixed issue with canvas scrolling in various cases.
• Fixed display issues with icons in dark modes.
• Fixed issue with the font icon not appearing correctly on some systems.

Translations

Stable Release 1.2.1

New

• Added Russian translation (thanks to @lenemter).

Changes

• Updated Italian translations (thanks to @albanobattistella).
• Updated Dutch translation (thanks to Heimen Stoffels).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed translation string issues related to Zoom and Screenshot (thanks to @lenemter).

And we're back...

Stable Release 1.2.0

New

• Added support for taking screenshots from within the application on X11 (screen, window and area).
• Added command-line options for taking screenshots.
• Added support for creating and saving custom arrows and shapes.
• Added support for showing and hiding an item's outline.
• Added support for reading an image to annotate from standard input on the command-line.
• Added support for inserting emoji when editing text.

Changes

• Updated Dutch translation (thanks to Heimen Stoffels).
• Updated Italian translation (thanks to @albanobattistella).
• Updated Flatpak SDK from version 6 to 7.2.
• Changed Flatpak manifest to enable home filesystem support by default.
• Modified .gitignore to ignore .swp files from anywhere in the codebase.
• Changed shape dropdown to display four shapes per row instead of two.
• Enhanced export UI and adding export options for PNG and JPEG types.
• Changed JPEG export to use both .jpeg and .jpg file extensions (defaults to .jpg now).
• Improved arrow icon in toolbar.
• Removed support for elementary OS contracts.
• Improved header bar to look better for non-elementary OS environments.
• Added confirmation dialog when pasting over an annotated image.
• Improved build system (special thanks to @jtojnar).
• Improved build system to not install @2 icon versions (special thanks to @xiota).
• Several UI improvements to editing text.
• When sequence numbers are manually changed, the next sequence number will now be one more than the new number.

Bug Fixes

• Improved ability to click on shapes that only have borders.
• Fixed issues with copying the contents of one shape into another.
• Fixed issue with displaying star and line icons in shapes toolbar for dark mode.
• Fixed issue with export that could cause the application to crash.
• Fixed sequence number resetting when a new image is annotated.
• Fixed placement of contextual menus when zoomed.
• Fixed selector display issue.
• Fixed the app script warnings.
• Fixed issues with translations with the Flatpak version.

Features and Bug Fixes

New

• Added keyboard shortcuts for creating annotation items, printing and displaying contextual menus.
• Added keyboard shortcut cheatsheet.
• Added keyboard shortcut support for non-English keyboards.
• Added Brazilian Portugese translation (thanks to Fúlvio Alves).
• Added Slovakia translation (thanks to @MartinIIoT)
• Added support for hitting the escape key to deselect all items on the canvas.

Changes

• Updated Italian translation (thanks to @albanobattistella).
• Updated German translation (thanks to Hannes Fritz).
• Updated zoom UI to make it more consistent with other elementary apps.
• Improved accuracy of the list of translatable files.
• Moved arrow annotation to its own button in the toolbar.
• Removed Accounts permissions from Flatpak manifest as it is no longer needed.
• Removed text grab selector when editing text.
• Changed behavior of Return key when text is edited to keep the text item selected.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed icons8_cup sticker issue (thanks to Jan Tojnar).
• Fixed issue where the toolbar state did not update to match the currently selected item.
• Fixed issue where dragging a blur rectangle outside of the image caused application crash.
• Fixed issue where a text widget could be deleted but remain on the canvas.

Initial release

1.0.0

Fixing appdata issues.