DP Animation Maker News

We're pleased to announce the release of DP Animation Maker 3.6.0, which includes many new animated tools and bug fixes. Here is the full list of changes:

• New Rain Drops on Glass animation has been added.
  
• Text visual effects have been added
  
  
  
  • Shadow
    
  • Glow
    
  • Outline
    
• Option to change the text background has been added.
  
• Word wrap for text layer has been added.
  
• New particle orientation properties have been added.
  
• DP Animation Maker export has been improved.
  
  
  
  • Sound export support has been added to AVI export.
    
  • Default AVI compressor was changed to improve export quality.
    
  • New options for MOV export have been added.
    
  • Speed of MOV export has been significantly increased.
    
  • New options for WMV export have been added.
    
  • The error with frames per second option in WMV export has been fixed.
    
  • Validation of input parameters has been added to the WMV export dialog.
    
• Add animation button on the top bar has been redesigned
  
• The bug with displaying scrolling text has been fixed
  
• The bug with saving Turn brush has been fixed.
  
• The bug with Fog and Magic spot initialization has been fixed.
  
• The bug with destroying Brush mask on window resize has been fixed.
  
• The bug with exporting the Rings on water effect has been fixed.
  
• The bug with hiding layers in scenes with the Rings on water effect has been fixed.
  

DP Animation Maker 3.5 is here and it comes with new animations as well as a bunch of improvements to particle engine and other tools.

Check out the full list of changes:

• Two new fire animations have been added.
  
• Stretch Brush has been added.
  
• Water jet animation has been added.
  
• The fog animation has been updated.
  
• New high quality images for the Cloud animations have been added.
  
• Smooth spline path option has been added available for imported animations.
  
• A new Time Lines View, where all slide manual timings can be edited simultaneously has been added.
  
• The depended timing scheme can now have timings that are different from the parent animation’s timings.
  
• Reset timing action now immediately reloads all particle systems in the scene.
  
• Five new particle shapes have been added into the Particle Library: Smoke, Heart, Splash, Fire and Fog.
  
• The option to save a custom particle into the Library has been added.
  
• Fade In/Out controls for particles have been added.
  
• Jitter controls for particles have been added.
  
• The Sum blending mode for particles has been updated.
  
• The Spin control for particles has been updated.
  
• Now all particle systems have the full number of particles on load.
  
• The blending techniques of the Light brush have been significantly improved.
  
• Constant option has been added to Bend, Drift, Zoom Bend and Fold brushes.
  
• Sharp option has been added to Bend, Drift, Bend and Fold brushes.
  
• Random option has been improved and added to the following brushes: Bend, Drift, Zoom and Fold.
  
• Animation controls of Bend and Fold brushes have been redesigned.
  
• The Cancel button has been added to all the Export process dialogs.
  
• Fixed incorrect behavior of depended timing scheme in standalone animation applications.
  
• Fixed the density control of Magic Spot Particle system.
  
• Fixed the animation editor crash when it loses the DirectX device.
  
• Fixed a load error for projects with the Smoke animations.
  
• Fixed timings control bug for the Turn and Fold brushes.
  
• Old files with the drift brush now open correctly.
  
• The bug with low density values has been fixed in the particle systems.

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
  

We want to announce the launching of our new Instagram channel. The new channel features inspirational videos that were made completely in DP Animation Maker only. The videos are short, but we try to post the most spectacular examples of what you can achieve with DP Animation Maker, a quality image, and just a few minutes of time.

https://www.instagram.com/fancy_bytes/

The channel has been on the air for a while, and so far not many examples have been posted. However, we plan to update content regularly. Subscribe and stay tuned!

We just released version 3.3.0 of DP Animation Maker, which comes with some minor bug fixes, but also some new features.

• New Through space animation
  
• Improved the appearance of the Rings on water effect with small backgrounds
  
• Enabled the camera in the Rings on water effect
  
• Fixed the missing pedestal picture in the Glass ball effect
  
• Reviewed the Import animation options, improving its performance, memory usage, and quality of the final picture.
  
• A new Clear edge option in the import dialog
  
• Added a spin option for the Static imported animation
  
• The path animation now starts from the first point on each export
  
• Added a spin option for the Static imported animation
  
• Fixed occasional crash on opening the Add animation dialog
  
• Fixed a problem with loading the animation library on several computers
  
• Projects with the manual time line now save correctly
  
• Pressing the Enter and Esc buttons does not hide the slide property area anymore