-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added 25 new motion scripts using a more powerful effects engine 2. Added folder selection for images and sounds when importing a swf 3. Added saving between sessions of font name and size for text 4. Added popup menu for Add Frame toolbar button 5. Added alignment positioning text motion script effects 6. Added color and transparency morphing for symbols to imported swf as an editable movie 7. Added more context help 8. Added a new option to changing movie width and height 9. Added a positioning option and context help to Numeric transform 10. Fixed some problems with Numeric transform 11. Fixed swf export so preloader movie actions function 12. Fixed button behavior so states will function without any defined actions 13. Improved importing swf as an editable movie by reducing number of missing elements (text and images) 14. Fixed a problem with transparency motion script parameters 15. Fixed a minor display problem involving List of Frames and current frame arrow 16. Fixed pan behavior when a shape transform is active 17. Fixed potential positioning problem with motion scripts applied to a movie clip 18. Fixed several low probability motion script situations 19. Fixed parameter range testing in Motion Scripts dialog 20. Fixed text placement in importing swf as an editable movie 21. Refixed Export Settings involving Flash 6 options. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.3.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed more problems with importing swfs as editable movies 2. Fixed Export Settings so can't set Flash 6 options and have them remained checked if select a lesser version -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.3.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Improved cleanup of unused shapes on opening file 2. Fixed a focus problem after changing zoom, pan, or tweens -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.3.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed a crashing problem for imported swf associated with List of Frames -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.3.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Add ability to preview entire movie or just the effect in the motion scripts screen 2. Fixed action script and a crashing problem for imported swf -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed gradient, action script, and a crashing problem for imported swf 2. Fixed problem with tween icon on list of frames dialog -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added import of SWF as an editable movie (far from perfect) 2. Added new logo 3. Added slide show wizard in wizard skill mode 4. Added ability to rotate/scale/translate gradients and images within the paint bucket fill screen 5. Added ability to set the interval between key frames in seconds or tweens 6. Added ability to shift actions and sounds right and left along the timeline 7. Added 2 more web templates 8. Added ability to test play a MP3 file 9. Added ability to make a movie clip a mask 10. Added ability to convert all occurrences of a shape to a symbol 11. Added warning message to swf if components are included and kcomponents.swf cannot be loaded 12. Added tooltip component 13. Added ability to set frame duration in List of Frames 14. Added loadVariablesNum action script action 15. Added cut/copy/paste shapes back to right click popup 16. Color coded the different editing environments 17. Reduced resource useage by removing and consolidating several toolbars, etc. 18. Improved display of image positions in Background Image dialog by making them relative to the upper, left corner of the movie frame 19. Improved internal memory management in more areas 20. Improved Motion Script screen 21. Fixed display and behavior of Set Point Position screen 22. Fixed display of shadow on a symbol under zoom on the editing canvas 23. Fixed in Numeric Transform screen rounding off of position for non text symbols 24. Fixed preview in paint bucket fill for symbol shapes 25. Fixed discrepancy between size of dynamic text in KoolMoves text dialog and size of dynamic text in Flash player 26. Fixed refresh problem with Cancel button on resizing action script editor 27. Fixed problem with importing some compressed SWFs 28. Fixed right click problem in Actions and Sounds window if frame is not first selected 29. Fixed problem in changing center of gradient in all frames when selection scope is all frames 30. Fixed problems in Movie Overview associated with double frame deletion from main navigation bar and clipboard items -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.2.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed inability to save problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.2.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed random problem associated with adding new frame followed immediately by deleting frame -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.2.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed random problem associated with previewing/exporting motion script -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.2.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed resource leak 2. Fixed frame count in goto frame action if components are used and a preloader is not used -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.2.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Improved internal memory management in a few key areas 2. Fixed Windows 95 compatibility problem 3. Fixed hang problem in animations using components running on a Unix server 4. Fixed problem in which movie frame is dragged while editing a movie clip -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added interface components (scroll pane, list box, etc.) 2. Added ability to apply motion script effects to objects other than text 3. Added Office XP style menus 4. Added Flash MX compression capability 5. Added Play Portion of Movie functionality 6. Added 2 more web interfaces and 1 more clip art item 7. Added a lot more examples to the Examples folder which is now downloadable 8. Added hex color edit box on solid color screen 9. Added right click popup menu specific to point editing 10. Added point selection coordinates to status bar 11. Added screen after drawing/importing that prompts if the object should be added to other frames 12. Improved Transition Effects screen 13. Improved Spin/Rotate Effects screen 14. Improved Motion Script Effects screen 15. Improved Can't Find Image or Sound screen 16. Improved gradient color screen 17. Switched preloader code to bytes loaded from Flash 4 frames loaded 18. Fixed action script ++ and -- of properties like _y 19. Fixed action script #include inside an on mouse or movie clip event 20. Fixed problem with inserting a movie that has images 21. Fixed mysterious Win2K problem when creating a complete copy of a movie clip 22. Fixed several problems with importing SVG graphics 23. Fixed an edit undo problem associated with adding new frames 24. Fixed Flash 4 duplicateMovieClip 25. Fixed display of movie clip paths in Movie Overview when there are multiple movie clips in a single movie 26. Fixed changing of tween frame count when copying a shape from current frame to next in the Score 27. Removed reference to _root in internal preloader code 28. Fixed rendering of shapes with applied effects in storyboard page -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed movie frame repositioning problem while zoomed -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added GIF import 2. Added SVG import (so far ignores images, gradients, arcs, trefs, transforms, shortcut bezier tags, animation tags, and probably more) 3. Added SVG export (ignores images and gradients) 4. Added Wizards skill level interface 5. Added Tip of the Day 6. Added action script bit operators 7. Added Delete Frame menu item 8. Added ability to cut/copy/paste between movie clips 9. Added ability to paste a complete copy of a movie clip 10. Added limits on saved canvas position when opening the application 11. Switched to Inno Installer 12. Redesigned portions of the code to use fewer windows resources 13. Redesigned Text Effects Template, Animated Clip Art and Insert Movie screens with context help and an expanding advanced section 14. Redesigned Actions and Sounds Overview 15. Improved shape point selectability at large zoom 16. Fixed cut/copy/paste between fun files which was accidentally disabled in the prior version 17. Fixed a memory link in Movie Overview 18. Fixed a file corruption problem if closing application and then saving while in a button state 19. Fixed problem with navigation scroll bar upper limit when exiting movie clip for main movie 20. Fixed problem with button inside a movie clip with a goto action to an unlabelled frame with a main movie preloader 21. Fixed disk drive combo box problem for insert movie dialog 22. Fixed a problem in converting shapes to groups under certain situations 23. Fixed a problem in exported swf for symbol shapes with gradient fills in certain situations 24. Fixed missing PNG transparency for some Paint Shop Pro images 25. Fixed bad last row or column in an image due to a round-off problem 26. Fixed an erroneous exceeded swf buffer size message that can occur under certain circumstances 27. Fixed behavior of eye dropper on color selection for draw options 28. Fixed problem with displaying motion script examples if the fun file was opened outside KoolMoves -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.0.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed display of drop shadow on copied symbol shape in swf -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.0.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed display of frame in Go To Frame Dialog after frames are moved around 2. Fixed small icon toolbar problem in Cartooning mode 3. Fixed draw as symbol preference for Cartooning mode 4. Fixed memory leak associated with selecting a web interface, button, and imported swf object. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.0.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed improper display of border color for shape symbols 2. Fixed random crashing on closing Score/Timeline popup 3. Fixed crashing problem when importing vector graphic or swf files in the cartooning mode -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added view tabbed pages to Score popup 2. Added context help to many of the major screens 3. Added 3 skills level tabs to the top toolbar 4. Added streaming capability to MP3 frame sound 5. Added 5 more web interfaces 6. Added an option on Movie Overview to display the entire movie or only the current timeline 7. Added an Export Settings screen which combines several former menu items 8. Added on to possible movie clip actions -- before the improper syntax was onClipEvent() 9. Increased size of top toolbar icons and removed some icons (previous toolbar is an option in Preferences) 10. Made main toolbar the same for all skill levels 11. Fixed 1 pixel vertical offset problem for images in movie clips 12. Fixed drop shadow on a line 13. Fixed several dynamic text with scrollbar problems 14. Fixed problem with closing collapsed view popups that caused uncollapsed view dialog to require double clicking 15. Fixed problem with exporting dynamic text as Flash 6 by creating a variable name equal to the object (instance) name + 'var' 16. Fixed several Movie Overview shape selection problems -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.70.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed problem with Add Effect in Score popup introduced in 3.70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.70.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed several action script problem associated with mixed case variable names -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.70.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed several problems associated with invalid image file paths when the fun file is opened in Explorer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added floating, collapsing, selection, and editing capabilities to Movie Overview dialog 2. Added ability to parameterize movie clips 3. Added a dialog to handle the case when a file or sound file can't be found 4. Added multiple frame selection, cut, copy, paste, reverse, renumber, and save to file capabilities to the Score view 5. Add font script option (e.g. western, baltic, etc.) to screens with font selection 6. Added #include, delete, and duplicateMovieClip (non-movie clip function) action script commands 7. Added a = b = ... action script syntax 8. Added pre-allocation of memory to reduce memory segmentation when opening a fun file of this version or later 9. Changed behavior of collapsing dialogs so upper right corner of the dialogs remain stationary 10. Changed actions and sounds in button properties so they can be accessed from all button states 11. Removed button up state sound which is supported by swf format but confuses people 12. Fixed selection behavior of effects page of Score 13. Fixed selection problems associated with selection preference 'Retain shape/point selections on changing key frames' 14. Fixed a problem with the Numeric Transform under certain conditions when the selection scope is set for multiple frames 15. Fixed problem with certain ALT and Ctrl key combinations while editing shape or frame names in the List of Shapes and List of Frames 16. Fixed F5 short cut to add points 17. Fixed zlib problem with importing compressed swfs 18. Fixed not being able to access motion script files when the fun file is opened by double-clicking 19. Fixed action script problem when assignment statements are function arguments 20. Fixed problem with action script text fields exported as Flash 6 21. Fixed an action script problem with ++ and -- if the variable is a member of an object or an array 22. Fixed an action script problem with createEmtpyMovieClip, watch, unwatch, CreateTextField, and getLocal if the variable has upper case characters -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.60.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed font problem with dynamic text for European character sets 2. Fixed combo box in properties popup that didn't move with list box scrolling 3. Fixed faulty cancel button associated with adding button clip art 4. Fixed centering of background image -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.60.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fixed problem with disabling of Has Bones command in group properties popup 2. Fixed a font problem with European character sets -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added most of the Flash MX action script commands including all but one of the drawing commands 2. Added more Flash 5 action script commands: with, break, literal function, XML, XMLsocket, type of, for/in, conditional operators, loadMovieNum, unloadMovieNum 3. Added string dictionary for action scripts (not seen by the user) to enable smaller SWFs 4. Added ability to collapse some of the important view dialogs into their title bars 5. Added open and save file functionality to action script editor 6. Added KBytes associated with scripting and ability to set the SWF Flash version to SWF File Statistics screen 7. Added popup for shape selection when requesting properties for a group of shapes 8. Added sub-pixel line widths (does not display at monitor resolution) 9. Added 2 new commands for increasing movie length 10. Added saving of insert movie path 11. Added saving of score, frames, shapes popup states between sessions 12. Added selectable text option to dynamic text properties 13. Added ability in Score to copy shapes to next frame 14. Added font name and style options for preloading message 15. Implemented a more-Flash like selection behavior in Score popup 16. Reorganized some menu bar items for greater clarity 17. Removed restriction on negative letter spacing in Add Text dialog 18. Fixed several selection problems involving groups 19. Fixed minor problem with Add Text dialog affecting non-ANSI character sets 20. Fixed problems with action script commands while, push, and array variable indices 21. Fixed a hang problem in action script editor when a quote is missing 22. Fixed problem of scrollbar remaining stationary when dynamic text object moves 23. Fixed problem with selecting in Shape List and then trying to move the shape using arrow keys 24. Fixed problem with transitions for nested groups