Future Versions

Version 1.5:

• will include the new Animation Editor. This will enable layers of cartoons to be animated on top of each other, similar to layers in Photoshop. I have a lot of great ideas for this, but it's still too early to speculate exactly what features I'll be able to include. Immediately following I'll add language support, and then try to deal with audio tracks.

I'm starting to get some good feedback from users, and I'm adjusting my plans and the scope of this project to meet their expectations. I wouldn't have thought of--or realized the importance of--the following features if users hadn't emailed me:

• eyedropper tool
• digital video output
• proportional scaling
• improved autogrid
• "Apply To All Phases" checkbox
• use of familiar (Adobe) command-key shortcuts
• the "locked" feature

I already have a list of features to add. Please take a minute to email me and let me know which of the following features below you would like to see the most; the more support a feature has the sooner it will be started.

• ability to export Flash
• ability to export .pdf
• an applet to play animations on web browsers
• performance boost. The longer a feature has been in a program, the more it's original intention and usage has changed. If I pick apart the code line by line I can hopefully make the editor much more efficient and responsive

If there's a feature you'd like to see added, please let me know!

I know several users have mentioned that they would like more exporting options. (I've heard requests for everything from icon files to Adobe Illustrator) After v1.5 is ready, I will look into these more; I have no experience working with these file formats, so if it's possible it will take quite a while to master. Until now I've asked QuickTime to do all my dirty file conversions for me, but Quicktime will only cover so much.

Also with the improved animations of v1.5, I'll probably work on making an applet to display animations in browsers.