Shapes Changelog

Shapes 5.0 - October 12, 2021

• NEW: Support for Dark Mode.
• NEW: Native support for Macs running Apple Silicon.
• FIX: Fixes for Copy/Paste issues which appeared in later versions of MacOS Big Sur.

Shapes 4.9 - June 6, 2017

• NEW: Resolution Control - Edit the DPI of any document in the "Edit Canvas Size" sheet.
• NEW: Export Selection - Main Menu > File > Export Selection...
• NEW: 10% Zoom Scale option.
• FIX: Control-clicking objects on the Canvas for activating the context menu now works properly again.
• FIX: Improved canvas rendering performance.

Shapes 4.8.8 - April 7, 2017

• Improved Canvas rendering performance.

Shapes 4.8.7 - March 11, 2017

• NEW: Zoom option when exporting documents as images.
• FIX: Improved Canvas rendering performance.
• FIX: Fixed issue where Shift-constraining a Shape's aspect ratio could be broken when the Canvas Grid was enabled.

Shapes 4.8.6 - January 13, 2017

• FIX: Improved SVG Export.
• NEW: Improved AppleScript support: you can now control the text, fill color and stroke color of objects on the canvas via AppleScript.

Shapes 4.8.5 - December 12, 2016

• FIX: Improved Canvas-rendering performance.
• FIX: Arrow heads in the "Arrow" Palette in the Inspector are always rendered in black.

Shapes 4.8.4 - November 21, 2016

• FIX: Text is once again correctly exported to SVG.
• FIX: Line Cap and Line Join settings are now functional for Line objects of all types.
• FIX: Keyboard commands for switching modes now work correctly even when the Library palette is hidden.
• NEW: A "Lock/Unlock" toolbar button is now available in the "Configure Toolbar" sheet.

Shapes 4.8.3 - November 5, 2016

• FIX: The horizontal Segmented Line is now property created from the Connection shortcut handle.

Shapes 4.8.2 - November 5, 2016

• FIX: The "Canvas Size" sheet is more stable on macOS 10.12 Sierra.

Shapes 4.8.1 - October 27, 2016

• FIX: Copying Speech Bubble objects now correctly copies the "tail" portion.
• FIX: Better Undo support for Round Rectangle and Loupe objects.
• FIX: Filtering the Library list via Search works properly again.

Shapes 4.8 - October 13, 2016

• FIX: Fixed crash that could occur when dragging items on the Canvas using Trackpads.
• NEW: Insertion Mode. Placing objects on the Canvas is now easier and more intuitive. You can still add objects to the Canvas via double-click or drag-and-drop from the vertical Library list on the left. But now you can also single-click on an object tool in the Library to enter Insertion Mode. While in this mode, you can add a new object to the Canvas via click-and-drag.
• NEW: Improved Text object. With the new Text object, the font size is automatically adjusted as you resize the Text object on the canvas. You can still add text to any object on the Canvas by double-clicking it. The behavior of text in other objects remains unchanged.

Shapes 4.7.3 - August 28, 2016

• NEW: Now you can drag-to-resize the Canvas via any corner or edge. Deselect all objects on the canvas, and hover the mouse cursor over any edge or corner of the canvas to see the default pointer cursor change to a resizing cursor. Now drag to resize.
• NEW: Navigate selected objects on the canvas using keyboard commands. Look for the Navigation submenu in the Edit Menu. Keyboard shortcuts are ⌘← ⌘→ ⌘↑ ⌘↓ for moving to the nearest object measured only by a particular direction. Or ⎇⌘← ⎇⌘→ ⎇⌘↑ ⎇⌘↓ for moving to the nearest object measured by proximity of the objects' center points.
• NEW: A keyboard shortcut to begin editing the text of the currently selected object on the canvas: ⎇↩ (Option-Return).

Shapes 4.7.2 - August 15, 2016

• FIX: Adjusting the size of an object with "constrain aspect ratio" enabled now works correctly in all situations.
• FIX: Better image management. Deleting an image and then immediately re-adding a different image with the same file name now displays the correct image on the Canvas.

Shapes 4.7.1 - August 9, 2016

• FIX: The new Redaction object now works correctly on Mac OS versions before 10.11.

Shapes 4.7 - July 9, 2016

• New: Sticky Style Properties ("On" by default, with an option to disable in General Preferences). When enabled, Sticky Properties cause newly-created shapes and lines to automatically inherit the most recently selected style properties of other objects of their type.
• New: Redaction object in the Library for redacting/blurring out images containing sensitive information within Shapes compositions.
• New: Title Box object in the Library for more convenient creation of rounded title boxes (which can also be created with a combination of two Rounded Rectangles).
• New: Now you can adjust the {0,0} origin location of the canvas rulers: Right-click on the vertical or horizontal ruler surrounding the canvas and select the "Ruler Origin" menu item in the context menu that appears.
• Improved Callout (speech bubble) object.
• Improved Path object. Hold down the Shift key while dragging individual Path points for convenient alignment of points.

Shapes 4.6.5 - June 3, 2016

• Support for Mult-touch Trackpads: Pinch-to-Zoom and Rotation.
• New object type in the Library: `Bracket`.
• Improved Canvas-rendering performance.

Shapes 4.6.3 - Map 18, 2016

• Improved bezier path arrow rendering.

Shapes 4.6.2 - April 25, 2016

• Improved Canvas-drawing performance.
• Fixed issue that could sometimes cause multi-line text to be erroneously clipped.

Shapes 4.6.1 - April 15, 2016

• NEW: Magnifying Loupe tool for magnifying or calling out specific portions of a document.

Shapes 4.6 - March 6, 2016

• NEW: Brush tool for free hand drawing of vector paths.

Shapes 4.5.7 - February 8, 2016

• FIX: Fixes a recently-introduced issue with the new Sharing Menu feature on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Shapes 4.5.6 - January 27, 2016

• NEW: "Share" Command for sharing via standard OS X sharing feature available in the Toolbar.
• NEW: When exporting to PDF, there's now an option for "Export Selected Page Only."
• FIX: Fixed "Select All" glitch recently introduced.

Shapes 4.5.5 - January 18, 2016

• FIX: Improved canvas undo behavior.

Shapes 4.5.4 - December 27, 2015

• NEW: Easy drag resizing of the right- and bottom-edges of Canvas now offers quick Canvas size changes.

Shapes 4.5.3 - December 20, 2015

• NEW: Pointers – a new shape type is available in the Library that offers a think, simple pointer for marking up images or diagrams.

Shapes 4.5.2 - December 16, 2015

• NEW: Fast Connections – Any selected shape on the canvas now has a circular "Connection Options" handle displayed below it. Click this handle to see a radial menu of line types which may be used to quickly add a connecting line to the selected shape.

Shapes 4.5.1 - December 9, 2015

• NEW: When you copy any objects on the canvas, the selected objects are now available on the clipboard as a PNG image and may be pasted into any application that accepts PNG images like iWork Pages, or Microsoft Word.
• NEW: "Size to Fit Text" option now available for most objects on the canvas by right-clicking.
• NEW: Option for "Alpha" in SVG export panel.

Shapes 4.5 - December 1, 2015

• NEW: Shape Boolean Operations: Difference, Intersection, Union, and Exclusion.
• NEW: Bezier shape "Split Path Here" command (right click on a point in a Bezier Path).

Shapes 4.4.2 - November 5, 2015

• NEW: Some new line arrow head types added, including the popular "Crow's Foot" Notation.
• FIX: Improved SVG export.
• FIX: Better behavior of "Evenly Distribute Horizontally/Vertically" command.

Shapes 4.4.1 - October 13, 2015

• NEW: "Add Page" and "Page Overflow" buttons in the Page thumbnail list UI for easier creation and navigation of Pages.

Shapes 4.4 - September 7, 2015

• NEW: SVG Export! See `File > Export… > Format : SVG`.
• NEW: "Align all Shapes to Grid" action available in the "Arrange" menu.
• FIX: Better coordinate display via tool tips (See: `Preferences > Guides > Show Coordinates` tooltip).

Shapes 4.3.4 - August 22, 2015

• FIX: Improved canvas rendering performance for compositions which contain text.
• FIX: Fixed ability to turn off rotation handles in "Guides" Preference Panel.

Shapes 4.3.2 - June 18, 2015

• FIX: Fixes issue where exported PDFs could be corrupted.

Shapes 4.3.1 - June 1, 2015

• NEW: Rulers now support multiple measurement units: Points, Inches (new), and Centimeters (new).
• NEW: Ability to choose an anchor corner when resizing the Canvas in the "Resize Canvas…" Sheet.
• NEW: Ability to connect lines to the center of shapes (not just the edges).
• NEW: Better drawing of lines connected to rotated shapes.

Shapes 4.3 - May 24, 2015

• NEW: Improved AppleScript support - set the location and size of individual shapes on the canvas via AppleScript.
• NEW: Option in General Preference Pane for placing the Page tabs on the top or on the left of a document window.
• NEW: Undo (command-Z) works as expected in "Pen Tool Mode": removes last point in the provisional Bezier Shape being created.
• NEW: Better snapping to path points while editing control points in "Pen Tool Mode".

Shapes 4.2.9 - May 8, 2015

• NEW: Drag and drop re-odering of filters in the Filters Inspector palette is now supported.
• FIX: Improved Grid alignment behavior.

Shapes 4.2.8 - May 4, 2015

• NEW: A "resize" cursor appears while dragging user guides on the canvas.

Shapes 4.2.7 - April 26, 2015

• NEW: When a Bezier Shape is selected, command-clicking a control point handle causes that (and only that) control point to become linked with its associated point.
• NEW: Pressing the "Delete" key when provisionally creating a Bezier Shape in Pen Tool Mode removes the latest point in the Bezier Shape.
• NEW: The Image Inspector palette now appears when a Bezier Shape is selected.

Shapes 4.2.6 - April 17, 2015

• NEW: Pressing up and down arrow keys in number-based text fields increments or decrements their numerical value.
• FIX: Improved Pen Tool accuracy when the current page is zoomed.

Shapes 4.2.5 - April 2, 2015

• FIX: Improved Bezier Shape tool.

Shapes 4.2.4 - March 30, 2015

• FIX: Better rendering of shapes with both a gradient fill and a shadow.

Shapes 4.2.3 - March 29, 2015

• NEW: "Convert to Bezier Shape" command. Available in the context menu when right-clicking most shapes on the canvas.
• FIX: The "linked" state of the control points of provisional Bezier Shapes is correctly preserved.

Shapes 4.2.2 - March 26, 2015

• FIX: Better behavior for text labels on vertical lines.

Shapes 4.2.1 - March 24, 2015

• NEW: Bezier Shape improvement: Hold "Shift" key to produce straight line segments while drawing a provisional Bezier Shape.
• NEW: Bezier Shape improvement: Hold "Command" key to adjust control points while drawing a provisional Bezier Shape.
• NEW: Stroke Line Cap selector added to the "Stroke" Facet.
• FIX: More precise behavior for Bezier Shape drawing when the canvas is zoomed above 1000%.
• FIX: Better behavior for grouped Bezier Shape objects.

Shapes 4.2 - February 28, 2015

• NEW: Full Bezier Path "Pen Tool".
• NEW: New Zoom scales: 1000%, 2000%, 3000%, 4000%, and 5000%.
• NEW: New Grid size: 1px.
• NEW: New "Blob", "Fan", and "Double Tearaway" shapes added to the shape Library.
• NEW: Nicer-looking "Cloud" shape.
• NEW: "Zoom to Fit" function in Main Menu > View > Zoom (command-9).
• NEW: Preference (in Guides Preference Pane) for displaying a toolip with shape coordinates while resizing shapes on the canvas.
• FIX: Vector-based PDF images added to the Canvas now correctly scale at full vector resolution when resized.
• FIX: Nudging (via keyboard arrow keys) while multiple shapes are selected works as expected. This fixes a bug introduced in version 4.1.

Shapes 4.1 - February 19, 2015

• NEW: CoreImage Filters may now be applied to any Shape, Line, or Path object on the canvas. This allows you to apply snazzy image effects to any object. Look for the new "Filter" palette in the Inspector side pane.
• NEW: The behavior of the Geometry Inspector palette has changed to be more like the other palettes when multiple objects on the Canvas are selected. Changing a geometry property (e.g. "X" coordinate, or "Width") applies that value to each selected object individually, rather than all of the selected objects as a group.
• FIX: Text labels of vertical lines now draw correctly.
• FIX: Lines may now be "connected" to Text objects just as with any other Shape object.

Shapes 4.0.6 - February 9, 2015

• NEW: Copy/Paste Style menu items for extracting style properties from one shape and applying those style properties to one or more other shapes.
• NEW: New canvas size preset: U.S. Letter – Landscape.
• FIX: Copying or duplicating shapes and lines that are "connected" correctly preserves the connections for the new, duplicate shapes and lines.
• FIX: Copying and pasting shapes into a composition with grid enabled always produces the correctly sized shape.
• FIX: Each composition should correctly preserve its grid size.

Shapes 4.0.5 - January 11, 2015

• NEW: A proper Gradient Fill Control in the Fill Inspector palette for specifying gradient fills with an arbitrary number of color stops.
• NEW: Image Anchor Control in the Image Inspector palette for specifying precise positioning of an image within the bounds of a shape.
• FIX: Fixed crash which could occur when exporting to PDF.
• FIX: Improved image rendering.
• FIX: Improved grid rendering on OS X Yosemite.
• FIX: Transparency is now correctly supported for shapes with a gradient fill.
• FIX: Tiny circle arrow heads now draw correctly on Path objects.

Shapes 4.0.4 - December 29, 2014

• FIX: Exported images are now always the correct pixel size.
• FIX: Fixes occasionally glitchy behavior when drag-reordering shapes from the Outline palette.
• NEW: Constrain Aspect Ratio setting in the Geometry Inspector Palette.
• NEW: Menu items in the Arrange menu: Evenly Distribute Shapes Horizontally and Evenly Distribute Shapes Vertically.
• NEW: Ability to hide Shape Rotation Handles in General Preferences.

Shapes 4.0.3 - December 5, 2014

• FIX: Fixes broken "Draw Text on Path" option for Lines.

Shapes 4.0.2 - December 5, 2014

• Improved stability.

Shapes 4.0.1 - December 3, 2014

• FIX: Pasted shapes should always retain z-ordering.
• FIX: "Edit Canvas Size…" sheet fixed on OS X Mountain Lion.
• FIX: Improved Grid rendering on OS X Yosemite.

Shapes 4.0 - November 25, 2014

• NEW: The canvas has been completely re-written for Shapes 4.0, providing vastly improved accuracy in canvas dragging, drawing, and positioning.
• NEW: Vastly improved support for shape rotation, including a new rotation handle for selected shapes.
• NEW: Powerful new "Path" object allows for complex lines with multiple (unlimited) segments and adjustable "roundness" from right angles to very curvy.
• NEW: New .shapesdoc file format with improved file-size efficiency.
• NEW: QuickLook support for .shapesdoc documents.
• NEW: Improved line "connection" feature. Now lines can be connected to any point on a shape's rectangular frame (not just the center point of the four sides, as before).
• NEW: New shapes in the Library palette: Person, Callout (speech bubble), Cylinder, Pie, 3D Box, Swoosh, Home, Note, Folder, Input, Double Input.
• NEW: Select global "line join style": Square, Rounded, or Chamfered.
• NEW: Improved support for editing the z-index ordering of shapes in the Outline palette.
• NEW: Improved "Rounded Rectangle" shape allows rounding of either 4 corners or just two.
• NEW: Improved "Diamond" shape allows adjusting the side angles.
• NEW: Improved "Segmented Line" shape allows curving the line angles and also extending the lines in additional directions.

Shapes 3.4.2 - August 5, 2014

• NEW: Improved Application Stability.

Shapes 3.4.1 - March 15, 2014

• NEW: Improved Application Stability.

Shapes 3.4 - November 15, 2013

• NEW: Long-requested "Default Font" setting now available in Preferences > General.
• NEW: Change the font of multiple objects simultaneously by simply selecting them and picking a font in the Font Panel. Previously, you had to double click the object (to begin editing its text), select some run of text, and then pick a font in the Font Panel. Now you can do either. The new behavior is very convenient, but can be tricky. Undo is your friend.

Shapes 3.2.2 - March 12, 2013

• FIX: Elipse objects correctly retain their rotation.
• FIX: Improved hit test behavior (selection via clicking) of Line objects with text.
• FIX: Shift dragging Line objects now produces straight lines.

Shapes 3.2.1 - January 14, 2013

• Text labels for Arcs and Segmented Line objects also! Double-click a Line object to invoke edit mode (you'll see a text cursor).

Shapes 3.2 - January 13, 2013

• Text labels for Line objects. Double-click a Line object to invoke edit mode (you'll see a text cursor).
• A Line object's text can be drawn on the path of the line by: Select a Line object > Inspector > Text > "Text follows line path". Begin typing to add text to the Line.

Shapes 3.0 - December 29, 2012

• Hold down the spacebar and drag the canvas for precise canvas scrolling.
• More precise, more beautiful rendering of lines and arrow heads.
• New arrow head types: Diamond, Circle, Square.
• Each line's two arrow heads are now specified separately. This allows mixing of any two arrow heads in the same line.
• Library search. Drag the library split pane to the right to reveal a search field for searching for objects in the library.

Shapes 2.7.2 - December 3, 2012

• NEW: Objects can have rich text with multiple fonts, styles and colors (previously each object could have only one font, style and color).
• NEW: New object in the Library: Segmented Line. Note that you can "flip" a Segmented Line via the "Flip Segmented Line" button in the "Geometry" Palette of the Inspector.
• FIX: New "Font" button graphic.

Shapes 2.5.9 - October 20, 2012

• Improved Support for Retina Displays.
• New in the View main menu: opiton to hide/show the Status Bar at the bottom of document windows.
• Improved behavior for Rulers when changing the zoom scale of a document.

Shapes 2.5.8 - September 16, 2012

• Improved application stability on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
• Better behavior for Round Rect objects.
• Improved rendering of Page Thumbnails while scrolling.
• Improved Image export on Retina MacBook Pro

Shapes 2.5.7 - June 17, 2012

• FIX: Improves application stability if user has removed Fonts from their system.
• FIX: Fixes issue where pasting an image would lose formatting properties.

Shapes 2.5 - May 17, 2012

• NEW: Acrs! A new object type in the Library Palette - Arcs. For creating curved lines.
• ENHANCEMENT: Alignment guides have been improved to allow centering two objects more easily.

Shapes 2.3 - May 9, 2012

• NEW: Pages! Each Shapes document is now a multi-page document. This allows you to combine multiple compositions into a single Shapes document.
• NEW: Export a multi-page PDF: The new Pages feature allows you to export your multi-page Shapes document as a multi-page PDF. Use File > Export... > PDF
• FIX: Resizing Objects while option-dragging (for "resizing-while-centered") now works properly while "Snap to Grid" is enabled.
• Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

Shapes 2.1 - April 20, 2012

• Canvas Zoom.
• Canvas Snap to Grid.
• Ability to Lock Objects.
• Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

Shapes 2.0.2 - April 14, 2012

• Full support for Lion Autosave and Version Browsing.
• Full support for Lion Fullscreen mode.
• Magnetic Lines - lines may be magnetically connected to shapes for persistent connections.
• 'Flip Arrow' button for swapping the arrow head on lines.
• Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

Shapes 1.1.2 - Feb 19, 2011

• NEW FEATURE: Cloud shape.

Shapes 1.1.1 - Feb 12, 2011

• ENHANCEMENT: Text now rotates with its containing shape.

Shapes 1.1 - Feb 4, 2011

• NEW FEATURE: Vertical/Horizontal Center Align toolbar items.

Shapes 1.0.9 - Feb 3, 2011

• BUG FIX: Fix for borked multiple selection SendToBack/BringToFront.
• BUG FIX: Fix for inefficient saving of images.

Shapes 1.0.8 - Feb 2, 2011

• ENHANCEMENT: Added group/ungroup context menu items.
• BUG FIX: Fix for borked option-drag copying of groups of groups.
• BUG FIX: Fix for broken font selection for certain typefaces.
• BUG FIX: Should be able to edit a shape's text while it is contained in a group.
• BUG FIX: Fix for undo ungroup bug where sub object would be resized to the entire size of the group.
• BUG FIX: Fix for serious resizing glitch when nudging multiple objects.

Shapes 1.0.7 - Feb 1, 2011

• BUG FIX: Better behavior for non-RGB color sliders.

Shapes 1.0.6 - Jan 31, 2011

• BUG FIX: Smaller solid arrow heads.
• BUG FIX: Improved text field input behavior in Inspector.

Shapes 1.0.5 - Jan 29, 2011

• BUG FIX: Better Delete key behavior in Full Screen mode.
• BUG FIX: Fix for very nasty bug where collapsed inspector facets would cause serious screen artifacts when dragging objects to the canvas.

Shapes 1.0.4 - Jan 26, 2011

• BUG FIX: Fix for missing "None" Stroke option in Stroke Inspector.
• BUG FIX: Fix for visual glitch when dragging a User Guide over a semi-opaque image.

Shapes 1.0.3 - Jan 22, 2011

• BUG FIX: Better Line arrow head drawing.
• BUG FIX: Better multi-selection copy/paste.
• BUG FIX: Fix for crasher when editing multiple selections via the Inspector text fields.

Shapes 1.0 - Jan 22, 2011

• FEATURE: Updated Version Number!!!