Version 3.4 Released

The DP Animation Maker 3.4 update is now live. It adds many improvements and fixes, but most importantly, it adds new features that allow you to construct your own particle effects.

Here's a list of the major changes in this version:

• Five new particle systems: Magic Firefly, Magic Fountain, Magic Spots, Magic Burst and Magic Splash
  
• The list of available particle images was replaced with a separate Particle Library
  
• All particle shape and appearance controls were organized in a separate Particle Properties dialog
  
• Timing controls interface was rearranged
  
• New "Depended" timing scheme was added
  
• New "Restart slide animations" button was added
  
• New "Resize/Measure" tool was added to the manual timing interface
  
• Improved representation of manual timings for animations that does not support fade in/out
  
• Custom airbrush and custom pattern brush now support images in PNG and JPEG formats too.
  

Also known bugs were fixed. Here's a list of recent bug fixes:

• Fixed a crash during export in old versions of Windows
  
• Text with transparency is now correctly displayed in stand alone EXEs
  
• Fixed black stripes around a scene in stand alone EXEs
  
• The timeline now works correctly in slideshow mode
  
• Fixed an issue with loading extension packs after opening an existing project
  
• Fixed a crash when adding some animations from extension packs
  
• Fixed an issue with displacing the Light brush cursor
  
• Airbrush cursor now has the correct size when the scene is zoomed
  
• Fixed crash on zooming timeline in manual timing scheme
  
• Fixed crash on undo/redo in manual timing scheme
  
• In finished animations, the moving camera now starts with the correct position
  
• The view port size controls for manual camera path now are updated correctly when background is changed