Brush Ninja Changelog

3.14 - April 2024

Add a new ‘flatten’ button to select mode in animation editor. This allows you to flatten multiple shapes down into one. This is faster for Brush Ninja to process and can help with performance on slower machines. It can also make animations easier to animate.
Add ability to disable browser saving in Animation Editor. This helps to speed up responsiveness on slower machines or with long animations.
Reduce frame image updates for longer animations to improve performance.
Improve frame buttons to reduce liklihood of audio modal opening when you duplicate/ delete frames.
Fix: Ensure changes are saved when using group, merge, and other frame tools in animation editor.
Improve Drawing app so that the dropdown tools are move obvious.
Add custom color picker, with opacity/ alpha value, to Drawing app. Note that the alpha feature only applies to the pen and fill tools.

Add ‘save’ option to Code Ninja.
Add ability to load saved code in Code Ninja.
Fix issue with code ninja and trying to use the fill command out of bounds (off canvas) which would create a never ending loop.
Add delay and clear commands to Code Ninja.
Fix issue with paint ninja not filling properly when the canvas is zoomed.
Fix font loading issue with animated gif creator.
Fix undefined audio issue with animated gif creator.

Add ‘image open’ feature to Drawing app.
Make drawing app work on mobile.
Improve zoom on drawing app.
Fix file saving in drawing app on ipad.
Add panning to drawing app so you can move around the canvas.
Update gallery pages so that videos stop playing when they scroll out of view, and you can only play one video at a time.
Allow beta notifications to be dismissed.
Improve display of Animated Gif Creator on small devices.
Adjust layout of Code Ninja.

Add new Country Flags game.
Improve app responsiveness and reduce code (fewer bugs & things to go wrong).
Attempt to make the animated gif maker more accessible (better colour contrast on buttons).
Improve header layout and new homepage design.
Improve Emoji Art Editor functionality.
Fix search field in audio and stickers to prevent page reloads on form submission.

Add more fonts to the Gif Creator text tool. There are now extra premium fonts for members.
Add different image sizes to the Emoji Art creator.
Improve Emoji Art Layout.
Improve Brush Ninja colour palette. Double click any colour to edit it.
Add new button to Photo Collage app.

Add a ‘new’ button to Code Ninja.
Add new code samples to Code Ninja.
Add a new background setting Gif Maker that resets the animation background to the default (a commonly requested feature).
Add more fonts to the text tool. There are now extra premium fonts for members.
Add lots of new stickers to the Animated Gif Creator.
Add Ctrl E shortcut to export animations.
Add Ctrl Up and Ctrl Down shortcut for moving objects up and down the layer order.
Add Ctrl Shift Up and Ctrl Shift Down shortcut for moving objects to the top and bottom of the layer order.
Add new feature to Comic maker to allow multiple pages to be uploaded at once.
Add videos section to display all of the Youtube videos and tutorials.
Add Gif Maker Image Loader can now load, draw and recolour svgs (Members only). Allows for higher quality images.
Fix animated gif audio files not loading.
Fix Code Ninja ‘Fill’ command.
Fix Sticker library from resetting each time you press the more button.
Change Code Ninja so that the code automatically runs when it is loaded.
Change rotation snapping to allow for smaller angles.
Change Ctrl S shortcut to save rather than export.
Change site navigation to make it easier to get around.
Improve display of drag and drop elements on file upload.
Improve the bring forward and send back functions so the display gets updated after the key is pressed.
Improve default images loading so it’s always the latest version being loaded.

Add first version of new app - Code Ninja (name subject to change).
Update to the latest version of Fabric.js
Improve animated gif creator layout on small devices.
Update Animated Gif image uploader to support uploading multiple images at once.
Change palette selector to close colour picker when a new palette is selected so that you can start drawing straight away.
Fix issue with animated gif creator select mode not working properly after using the color picker.

Add predefined color palettes - with extra ones for subscribers.
Update stickers interface to use search rather than a dropdown, allowing for many more stickers to be added and an easier method for finding what you want.
Additional Photo Collage layouts for members.
Move gallery images and videos to Brush Ninja servers rather than hosting them on Twitter.
Tweak the text tool interface to be a bit clearer and more consistent with other tools.
Fix black friday banner not being able to be hidden.