ArtOverflow Beta 1 Release Notes & Download Link

The very first beta of ArtOverflow is available! :tada:

System requirements

  • macOS 10.14 and later

Download

ArtOverflow.app.zip (5MB)

What’s in?

We’re still very far from the public release so don’t expect too many features yet. Here is what is included in this beta:

General

  • Support for opening and saving TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP images
  • Support for macOS document Versions (see menu File > Revert To)
  • Support for macOS document sharing (see menu File > Share)
  • Support for creating canvas up to 16,000 × 16,000 pixels
    • The bigger the canvas, the more memory and compute power you’ll need, so unless you have a powerful Mac, 4,000 × 4,000 is a good size to get started.
    • We’re interested to know up to which canvas size drawing remains lag-free on your Mac!
  • Preservation of the state of the Tools, Settings and Colors panels when you exit and relaunch ArtOverflow
  • Preferences to allow drawing with mouse, and to open documents on a specific monitor
  • Color management, so that your saved drawings display with the same colors in other apps

Display control

  • Support for drawing in fullscreen
  • Canvas display control through standard gestures (pan, zoom, rotation) through any multitouch device
  • Canvas display control through shortcuts (see menu View)
  • Canvas display snapping when:
    • Zooming and close to 100%
    • Rotating and close to 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°

Tools

  • A basic brush and eraser tools, with size and color setting, as well as pressure handling
  • Support for unlimited undo/redo of drawing strokes

What’s next?

  • Bugfixes and other improvements depending on your feedback
  • Support for layers with normal, multiply, overlay, shade and shine blend modes
  • Drawing settings per tool instead of global

Please post your feedback about this first beta below! :slight_smile: