# ArtOverflow Beta 2: Release Notes & Download Link

**URL:** <https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-2-release-notes-download-link/20>\
**Category:** Prerelease (English)\
**Created:** [July 6, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-2-release-notes-download-link/20 "2019-07-06T15:45:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Ceylo](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Ceylo](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/u/Ceylo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-2-release-notes-download-link/20/1 "2019-07-06T15:45:36Z")

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The second beta of ArtOverflow has arrived! 🎉

 ![44](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/uploads/default/original/1X/87270e2ae377ab9e5c0daea87bbfc1558bc13813.png)

## System requirements

- macOS 10.14 and later

## Download

[ArtOverflow.app.zip](https://artoverflow.io/downloads/beta2/ArtOverflow.app.zip) (5 MB)

## What’s new?

Here are the features added compared to the [previous beta](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-1-release-notes-download-link/13):

### General

- Performance is significantly improved on a Mac with Intel GPU (MacBook, MacBook Pro 13", Mac Mini) when ArtOverflow is displayed on a high resolution monitor / display tablet. Stroke is now perfectly smooth on a UHD / 4K monitor.
- Memory usage for Undo history is significantly reduced. This could make the application temporarily freeze, and prevent drawing during that time.
- A drawing bug happening when using a display tablet with touch enabled, a finger on the tablet and at the same time a stylus, has been fixed.

### Layers

- A new Layers panel shows the list of layers of the current drawing
- A new ArtOverflow document format is introduced: it allows saving drawings while preserving layers.
- ⚠ This new ArtOverflow document format is only provided for tests purpose: it is not guaranteed that later versions of ArtOverflow will be able to read the document created by this beta.
- Layers can be added, removed, reordered, renamed, shown and hidden
- 5 blend modes are currently available: Normal, Multiply, Overlay, Linear Burn, Linear Dodge

### Currently known limitations

- Adding many layers, or using layers with huge canvas (eg. 16,000 × 16,000 pixels) currently requires a lot of memory, which can make ArtOverflow slower. A reasonable usage for now is 20 layers with 4,000 × 4,000 canvas. You can go further if your Mac has enough memory.
- Adding or removing layers cannot be cancelled

## What’s coming next?

- Bugfixes and other improvements depending on your feedback

- Fix for the above limitations
- Be able to have settings per tool rather than global
- Be able to import images in the current document as a new layer

Please post your feedback about this beta below! 🙂