v1.2 [Dec 11, 2013]
- Texturing: Apply textures to your art in a variety of ways for subtle and not-so-subtle effects (free version is limited to 3 textures, but you can use any 3 you want)
- Voronoi shape mode: Morph between Hexels, Trixels, pixels, and diamonds, and add jitter for randomness. (free mode is limited to a smallish canvas, but you can still do a lot of neat stuff with it)
- Halftone mode: Shrink shapes via their opacity for awesome effects.
- Examples gallery: A showcase of Hexels files demonstrating many different techniques it can do.
- Wrapping: All shape modes can now create tileable images for use as textures and patterns.
- Image import: Import images in a variety of ways to turn them into Hexels. (pro only)
- Color adjustments: brightness, contrast, hue, the usual stuff. Pro only.
- Custom shape mode lets you tile your shapes in new ways: flip them or rotate them per column or per row.
- Lots of bug fixes, stability improvements, performance embetterments.
- Better scrollbars.
v1.1 [Apr 28, 2013]
• Fixed a few bugs here and there, including one that could occasionally result in corrupted Hexels files.
• Better support for tablet pressure sensitivity and tablet erasers.
• You can now flip your selection horizontally or vertically.
• Accelerated drawing and increased responsiveness while drawing and panning.
•••Version 1.1 Notes:
Thank you so much for all the support and great Hexels art you've been making! Your feedback and ideas have helped us make Hexels even better. Updates include:
• Import a background image for your canvas to use for reference or for compositing
• A new Pixel shape, for when you want to get back to basics.
• Hexel Opacity slider lets you fade out your shapes to just draw with Glow
• Flatten to Canvas option moves your Hexels to the background so you can draw over them with different shapes, colors, and glows.
• Lots of smaller improvements bug fixes
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