Technical Updates

Mid-January 2023 updates - 11 Jan 2023

v1.6.1
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
v2.7.1
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
  • Contextual help has been added to the "Confirm Existing Autosave" preference.
v3.8.2
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
v3.7.1
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
  • Bug fix: The tool now works reliably on the first drag after Illustrator launch.
v1.7.5
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
  • New feature: Dark mode options for path geometry and replacement art chips.
  • Bug fix: When replacing art, "Match Rotation" now works correctly if the replacement art also has a rotated bounding box.
v2.3.2
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
v5.6.2
  • Bug fix: Changing the hue of a non-transparent gradient with "Accurate Gradient Adjustment" no longer erroneously creates gradient stops with opacities very close to but not exactly 100%.
v1.1.2
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
  • Improvement: The Perturb live effect is now available from the main Effect menu regardless of the selection's art type, because existing live effects applied to the art may change the apparent type.
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem with relative distance input box sometimes showing the wrong precision.
v2.1.2
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
v3.6.4
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
  • Improvement: The live effects are now available from the main Effect menu regardless of the selection's art type, because existing live effects applied to the art may change the apparent type.
  • Bug fix: The AG Offset distance is now shown correctly for large canvas documents
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem with stacked AG Offset or AG Block Shadows live effects using RGB colors possibly appearing incorrectly when a document was first opened.
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem with "red dot" occasionally appearing at the upper left of the artboard after Illustrator launch.
v3.8.5
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
v2.7.2
  • Contextual help in the preferences dialog now works in macOS Ventura.
  • Improvement: The Texture live effect is now available from the main Effect menu regardless of the selection's art type, because existing live effects applied to the art may change the apparent type.
v4.0.3
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem with Rejoin Paths ignoring the "Rejoin Paths With Different Styles" in certain situations.
v3.7.2
  • "Optimise" has been changed to American spelling.

Late November 2022 updates - 24 Nov 2022

v3.6.2
  • New feature: Effect > Live Effect Explorer.
    Learn more about this new feature.
  • Bug fix: Fixed rare crash when AG Block Shadow was applied to extremely short paths.
  • Bug fix: Fixed possible crash when cancelling long AG Offset operation.
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem with tool cursor annotations remaining on the screen if the tool was changed with a keystroke while they were being displayed.
v4.0.2
  • Bug fix: Swatch colors used only in gradients on path strokes are no longer erroneously marked as unnecessary.
v5.0.0