# ArtOverflow Beta 6: Welcome window, Thumbnails & Open/Save UX!

**URL:** <https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-6-welcome-window-thumbnails-open-save-ux/24>\
**Category:** Prerelease (English)\
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-6-welcome-window-thumbnails-open-save-ux/24 "2020-05-08T16:27:07Z")\
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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:** [May 8, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-6-welcome-window-thumbnails-open-save-ux/24/1 "2020-05-08T16:27:07Z")

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ArtOverflow beta 6 is released! 😊 Special thanks to Katerina Gorinskaia for helping on testing and her feedback to refine the features of this beta.

 ![welcome](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/uploads/default/original/1X/cdbe662e9abc4610a18d7ba6bacf37c4163e57c4.png)

## System requirements

- macOS 10.14 or 10.15

## Download

[ArtOverflow.zip](https://artoverflow.io/downloads/beta6/ArtOverflow.zip) (9 MB)

## What’s new?

Here are the features added compared to the [previous beta](https://feedback.artoverflow.io/t/artoverflow-beta-5-image-import-group-layers/23):

### Bugfixes

- On some Macs, saving your document as JPEG, TIFF or PNG could result in a transparent image being saved, instead of your original artwork. The artwork is now always correctly saved.
- On Macs with a discrete GPU, the previous beta introduced a speed regression causing important stutters while moving the layer contents through the Move Tool. It is now back to full speed 🙂.

### General

- At app launch, a welcome window is displayed instead of automatically creating a new document. This welcome window displays your last opened artworks along with thumbnails for easy choice. Thumbnails require macOS 10.15, a generic file icon is shown on macOS 10.14.  

- A new “Report a Bug…” menu is introduced in the Help menu. It allows running a diagnostic tool that will help us handle your report faster. If you use Apple Mail for sending e-mails, an e-mail will be automatically prepared for you.

### Thumbnails & Previews

- Starting from macOS 10.15, the Finder will now display thumbnails representing your ArtOverflow document contents instead of a generic file icon.  

- Starting from macOS 10.15, ArtOverflow document contents can be previewed in [QuickLook](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mh14119/mac) and [Spotlight](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204014).  

### Open & Save UX

- We have worked on file open & save workflow to ensure that you don’t lose layer data without warning. More precisely, when opening a document that does not support layers, you’re proposed to convert it.  

- Similarly, when saving a new document, you’re warned if you choose to save to a format that doesn’t support layers.

### Miscellaneous

- Support for saving documents as GIF or BMP images has been dropped:
  - BMP is an uncompressed format and has no advantage over TIFF and PNG which provide lossless compression.
  - GIF is limited to 256 colors, and GIF encoding by macOS results in images losing a part of their content as soon as the 256 available colors have all been used.

- GIF and BMP formats can still be opened in ArtOverflow but saving them will require choosing another format.