DP Animation Maker News

This mid-summer update brings three new changes. Firstly, the particle properties dialog has been divided into separate parts: particle image settings and the rest of of particle settings. A new particle image settings dialog implements image library functions and provides a handy way to select an image for your particle effect.

The second addition in this update is a new Magic vortex particle system:

https://vimeo.com/227528074

The third change is an improved Ray of light animation. Ray of light animation has been completely reworked, with new customization options have been added:

https://vimeo.com/227528486

We're pleased to announce the release of DP Animation Maker 3.6.3, which includes new trace animated tool and several improvements and bug fixes. Here is the full list of changes:

• New Magic trace animation has been added
  
• The particle properties dialog has been redesigned
  
• The restart function has been enabled for animated brushes
  
• New phase option for the Bend brush has been added
  
• The depended time-line binding problem has been fixed
  
• Some issues with the random time-line have been fixed
  
• The Water rings effect now works correctly in the whole scene animation mode
  
• The bug with particle orientation angle has been fixed
  
• Undo/redo functions have been added for the particle image option
  
• Issue with add-on tabs in the Animation library has been fixed
  

We're pleased to announce the release of DP Animation Maker 3.6.3, which includes new trace animated tool and several improvements and bug fixes. Here is the full list of changes:

• New Magic trace animation has been added
  
• The particle properties dialog has been redesigned
  
• The restart function has been enabled for animated brushes
  
• New phase option for the Bend brush has been added
  
• The depended time-line binding problem has been fixed
  
• Some issues with the random time-line have been fixed
  
• The Water rings effect now works correctly in the whole scene animation mode
  
• The bug with particle orientation angle has been fixed
  
• Undo/redo functions have been added for the particle image option
  
• Issue with add-on tabs in the Animation library has been fixed
  

We're pleased to announce the release of DP Animation Maker 3.6.2, which includes many new animated tools and bug fixes. Here is the full list of changes:

• New Magic path animation has been added
  
• New Bokeh lights animation has been added
  
• New Light Beams animation has been added
  
• New particle glow property has been added
  
• New light beam particle has been added to the Particle library
  
• The default timings of the Custom lightning animations have been tweaked
  
• Memory leaks have been fixed
  
• The bug with explosion and flowers when Water mirror effect is applied has been fixed
  
• The bug with text, animated and imported objects when No Background effect is applied has been fixed
  
• Visualization bug in the path edit tool has been fixed
  
• Error with wallpaper sound has been fixed
  
• Bug with center marker in Through the space animation has been fixed
  
• Undo/redo functions for path edit tool have been repaired
  
• Memory usage on loading gif animations has been optimized
  
• Bug in the magic firefly head particle loading has been fixed
  
• Missing MFC library error has been fixed
  
• Installation script has been fixed
  

As you know last year the Steam version of DP Animation Maker was updated once every several months and provided big cumulative updates. This year we plan to issue smaller updates more often to allow the Steam community to enjoy new features sooner.

Version 3.6.1 adds Flow warping brushes. These brushes were inspired by works of dozens of artists who created and shared one of the most beautiful animation effects.

• Three types of Flow brushes have been added
  
  
  
  • Linear
    
  • Radial
    
  • Circular
    
• The ellipse view control has been improved
  
• The Cloud brush perspective has been improved
  
• The speed control range of Glass Ball effect has been increased
  
• The context menu of the Animation list has been extended
  
  
  
  • "Rename" command has been added
    
  • "Hide" command has been added
    
  • "Hide All But This" command has been added
    
  • "Unhide All" command has been added
    
• Crash when using contact menu in empty the Animation list has been fixed
  
• Crash on export in the Demo version has been fixed
  
• Bug in Navigation Zoom edit has been fixed