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Flinto Changelog

What's new in Flinto 31.0

Jan 29, 2024
  • Fix Figma importing - Figma removed the ability to fetch a list of documents. Now you can paste in the Figma URL into the import window in order to import.
  • Improved support for macOS Sonoma.

New in Flinto 30.3 (Jul 21, 2023)

  • Support Sketch 97.

New in Flinto 30.2 (May 3, 2023)

  • Support Sketch 96.

New in Flinto 30.1 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • Fix Sketch Import bugs.

New in Flinto 30.0 (Oct 23, 2022)

  • Support for macOS Ventura
  • Figma and Sketch importer fixes
  • Support for Sketch 93
  • Updated device sizes and frames
  • Improved preview window layout

New in Flinto 29.0 (Sep 19, 2021)

  • This version has full support for the new Apple Silicon (M1) chips.
  • Flinto's UI has been updated in line with Apple's latest macOS updates including a fresh new Icon by Parakeet.
  • Improved Sketch and Figma import, including support for Sketch 76

New in Flinto 28.0 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • Flinto 28: Haptics, State Change Gesture & Scrubbable Ruler.
  • New Flinto version 28 allows adding haptic feedback on links, a state change gesture and introduces the scrubbable ruler.
  • Haptics:
  • Haptic feedback can now be added to links in your Flinto prototype with a click. Choose from several haptic variations. The haptics can be felt when using your prototype on a haptic-compatible iOS device.
  • State Change Gesture:
  • Trigger screen-to-screen links based on the state of a behavior. This frequently requested feature allows for more robust interactions that no longer need to rely on precise timer links.
  • Scrubbable Ruler:
  • This beautiful detail enhances the experience of “scrubbing” on numeric inputs by adding a visual aid. Flinto also now ignores the edge of the screen when scrubbing to allow easier manipulation of numeric values.

New in Flinto 27.3 (Jun 9, 2020)

  • Fixed Sketch and Figma import problems.

New in Flinto 27.2 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • This version includes improved macOS Catalina support, fixes several bugs, and changes the sort order of the link target list to be alphabetical.

New in Flinto 27.1 (Oct 23, 2019)

  • This version fixes the Figma import feature which had stopped working.

New in Flinto 27.0 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Figma Import is Finally Here:
  • An increasing number of our customers are using Figma for their UI design, and Figma import has been a popular feature request for Flinto. We’re thrilled to give Figma customers access to Flinto’s easy and powerful animation tools. This will allow you to create high-fidelity animated prototypes from designs you created in Figma.
  • Flinto's Figma integration maintains editable text layers and editable vector shapes where possible, allowing you a great deal of flexibility within Flinto. Layers with features that Flinto doesn't support are flattened into bitmaps upon import.
  • Dark Mode:
  • Flinto 27 also finally adds support for macOS Mojave’s dark mode system, for all you night owls.

New in Flinto 26.2.3 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • Faster zoom in/out speed with traditional wheel mouse.
  • Fixed a crash related to selecting all layers
  • Fixed a crash related to replacing a missing font
  • Fixed a crash related to undo

New in Flinto 26.2.2 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • This release supports importing from Sketch v53 and fixes a variety of bugs and crashes.

New in Flinto 26.2.1 (Jan 17, 2019)

  • Bug fixes

New in Flinto 26.2 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • This release includes behind-the-scenes changes to improve stability and fix bugs. Many bugs have been fixed related to the preview window, drawing layers and other small details.

New in Flinto 26.1 (Oct 23, 2018)

  • Added support for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, Apple Watch 40mm and Apple Watch 44mm
  • This update also includes several bug fixes

New in Flinto 26.0.6 Build 614 (Oct 2, 2018)

  • Added support for importing from newer version of Sketch
  • Small bug fixes

New in Flinto 26.0.5 Build 612 (Aug 30, 2018)

  • Fixed issues related to borders not adjusting correctly, live preview not updating correctly, videos always looping, and some crashes.

New in Flinto 26.0.4 Build 610 (Aug 28, 2018)

  • The color picker now correctly accepts hex codes, and the eyedropper is more accurate.

New in Flinto 26.0.3 Build 606 (Aug 24, 2018)

  • Animation timing no longer resets after closing a document
  • Spring animation now works correctly in the preview
  • Fixed four issues that caused Flinto to crash

New in Flinto 26.0.2 Build 605 (Aug 24, 2018)

  • Fixed a few issues that caused Flinto to crash
  • Sketch import no longer incorrectly flattens layers into bitmaps
  • Borders on horizontal and vertical lines now appear correctly
  • Fixed issues related to easing and duration getting reset

New in Flinto 26.0 Build 602 (Aug 22, 2018)

  • Flinto version 26 with Sticky Tools and Shape Expand is available now. This version adds a convenient Sticky Tool feature which allows certain tools to be activated with a single click or keypress. We've also added a way of quickly expanding a shapes to the edges of the screen. There is also a huge list of small improvements.
  • STICKY TOOLS:
  • The usual way to draw a shape is to click down, drag, and release. There are several modifiers you can use while drawing too:
  • Command - disable snap lines
  • Option - resize from the layer's origin
  • Space - reposition layer
  • Shift - constrain proportions
  • Holding down a combination of keys along with the mouse can feel awkward, so we set out to make this easier without disrupting the way things currently work.
  • We call the result we arrived at “Sticky Tools” because now, you if you click once, you can draw a shape without continuing to hold down the mouse button and you can complete the shape with a second click. While drawing a shape, if you press command once, you can toggle snap lines without needing to hold the key down. If you tap space, you can toggle reposition mode, and so on. That means you can easily combine these modifier keys without needing to hold them all down. But everything still works the old way too, you can hold down the mouse or modifier keys if that’s what you’re used to.
  • SHAPE EXPAND:
  • It’s very common to resize shapes so that they hug the edge or corner of a screen. We even allow for starting your shape drawing outside of a screen so that you can easily create the shape in a way that it fits into the edge or corner of a screen easily. In Flinto 26, we’ve added another convenient way to get shapes up against the edge.
  • Double click a resize handle on a layer and that layer will be expanded to fit to the edge of the screen. It works on the corner handles too. If you hold option while double clicking, it will expand both the side you clicked, and the opposite side.
  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Improved the animation of connected scroll and clip groups in transitions
  • The time taken to prepare for a transition to begin in large documents with thousands of layers is now up to 9x faster
  • Copy and pasting large prototypes is up to 4x faster
  • Temporary video files created by the preview window recording feature are correctly removed from the system
  • Text layers with small line height are now easier to select
  • Updated the default shadow to a more pleasing value
  • Links now appear when selected, and while being drawn, even if “hide links” is enabled in the canvas
  • Extensive improvements to undo in terms of correctness and performance
  • Performance improvements for saving files, opening the preview window, undo/redo, preparing for animation
  • Fixed other issues with connected layer animation where the layers would shift unexpectedly
  • The Sketch import feature has been improved to fix issues where Sketch documents wont import, where an error occurs causing the import window to get stuck, and where layer names in Flinto are not correctly updated from the Sketch document
  • When dragging multiple selected layers, the layers no longer shift relative to one another
  • Fixed a problem that would cause a blank prototype to appear when previewing a document with an expired trial
  • The empty area inside of a group no longer blocks clicks intended for layers behind the group
  • Newly drawn shapes now consistently snap to the visible snap line when the shape is first created
  • Improved behavior designer animation to remove unexpected delays
  • Improved the reliability of timer links in the behavior designer
  • Links that start off-screen inside a scroll group are no longer inactive when scrolled into view
  • Improved canvas panning in the Behavior Designer
  • Rotating a layer by command-clicking its handle is more accurate
  • Fixed a problem in the behavior designer where layers would animate to an unexpected location
  • Undoing a change the document's background color property no longer results in the wrong color appearing
  • Undoing the creation of a behavior now works as expected
  • Undoing the creation of a behavior state after renaming a state now works correctly
  • The iOS viewer live preview now correctly displays newly added text layers when they are added
  • Undoing a color change now correctly groups undo states together so that a single undo goes back to the previously selected color
  • Copying and pasting a group with a non-initial state behavior now reliably results in a correctly-sized group
  • The home indicator icon on the home screen no longer appears outside of the screen frame
  • The home indicator no longer disappears when changing the screen size from the document inspector
  • Deleting a screen is now correctly reflected in the preview window
  • Changing a screen name in the canvas is now correctly reflected in the layer list
  • Recording the preview window on an external display now works correctly
  • The cursor in the preview window no longer changes from a circle to an arrow when using the keyboard shortcut to start recording
  • The layer thumbnail now better reflects the actual layer appearance after resizing grouped layers
  • Layers inserted while holding shift no longer jump around
  • Layers inside clip groups no longer jiggle during animation
  • Layers animating with extreme cubic-bezier easing now have smoother movement
  • The scroll range indicator arrow no longer jumps when a scroll group has an initial offset value
  • Improved performance of behavior designer when the document has lots of layers
  • Layers with a height of 0 are now correctly hidden from view in the preview window
  • Layers with a stroke percent set now correctly display drop shadows
  • Drawing a rectangle in a scroll group with an initial offset value now follows the cursor as expected
  • Inserting points on paths now works correctly after zooming
  • Copying a group with multiple behaviors into a new document now correctly maintains all the behaviors, not just the first one
  • Layers no longer unexpectedly deselect when selecting the child layer of a group in the Transition Designer
  • Tabbing through text fields in the document inspector now correctly cycles back to the first field after reaching the bottom
  • Layers can now be added to an empty group
  • The link overlay is now hidden when editing the properties of a layer to provide a better view of how the layer is changing
  • Layers with non-default vertical alignment in Sketch now import correctly
  • Undo of vector path modifications is now correctly reflected in the preview window

New in Flinto 25.8 Build 515 (Jun 22, 2018)

  • Support Sketch version 51 (public beta).

New in Flinto 25.7 Build 514 (May 30, 2018)

  • Updated our privacy policy.

New in Flinto 25.6 Build 511 (May 11, 2018)

  • Support Sketch 50.

New in Flinto 25.5 Build 510 (Apr 24, 2018)

  • Fixed a few issues that cause crashes, and one issue that causes the wrong screen to appear in the preview window.

New in Flinto 25.4 Build 509 (Apr 20, 2018)

  • Fixed Sketch Import problem where fixed-size text layers appear as a single line in Flinto.
  • Fixed a problem with duplicating screens where the original screen and the duplicate are swapped.

New in Flinto 25.3 Build 508 (Mar 22, 2018)

  • Added the ability to paste a layer into multiple screens, select screens then paste and the layer will appear in the same place in each screen.
  • Fixed an issue where undo caused the incorrect changes to be applied
  • Fixed issues related to the corner radius inspector
  • Fixed some bugs that caused crashes

New in Flinto 25.2 Build 507 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Fixed a crash that affects non-English languages.

New in Flinto 25.1 Build 506 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • Fixed import from Sketch 49.

New in Flinto 25.0 Build 504 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • Button Press and Hover Gestures:
  • The new Button Press and Button Hover gestures make creating button interactions in Flinto much faster. Button press behaviors that used to require 3 links now require one.
  • The button press gesture handles pressing, releasing, and cancelling the press by dragging outside the button. Button Hover works similarly and allows creating hover effects with a single link from one state to the other, it automatically handles going back from the target state to the initial state.
  • Adaptive Snap Lines:
  • When you drag a layer in a graphics app, you might see hundreds of snap lines flash on the screen, your layer jumps all over the place as it attempts to snap to various places. This drives us nuts.
  • In Flinto 25, the velocity and acceleration of your cursor is monitored while dragging, that data is used to intelligently disable snapping until you slow down and are ready to place the layer. The result is a drastic reduction of unnecessary and annoying snap lines.
  • We’ve also improved snapping in other ways. Snapping now only happens between layers within the same group, and snap lines appear when inserting new layers.
  • Adaptive Resize Handles:
  • When a layer is selected, you have 8 resize handles available, unless the layer is very tiny, that means you need to zoom in to access certain resize handles, which just wastes your time.
  • In Flinto 25, we changed the way resize handles work, so that all 8 are always visible, and easy to drag. The handles never cover the layer itself, so you can always drag it. Even with a 1x1 layer, you can resize in any direction or drag the layer.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Watch "New Flinto Version 25: A Tiny Sneak Peek!" on YouTube - Behaviors can now be reused more reliably, changing the size of a behavior group no longer causes unexpected animation results - Added the ability to use enter and shift+enter to climb up and down the group hierarchy - Looping behaviors with 0ms timer links now loop more smoothly - Fixed a crash caused by 0x0 sized layers - Improved double-click to select layers inside of groups in the Transition Designer - Improved text handling between Flinto on Mac and iOS - Improved positioning of iOS status bar on screens - Fixed an issue with video exports could create large temporary files - Improved behavior of full-screen preview window - Escape key now cancels currently activated tool before exiting Behavior Designer - Inspector scroll position is maintained while switching states in the Transition Designer and Behavior Designer - Improved animation of drop shadows where initial state of the animation has the shadow disabled - Improved state switching in Behavior Designer to avoid situations where links appear on the wrong state - Fixed an issue where changes to drop shadow properties didn't save in the Behavior Designer - Improved tab behavior for cycling through layers in the current group - Improved resize behavior in PX mode to be more accurate - Fixed the size of the area you can click to exit out of text edit mode - Double tap gesture now activates on the second mouse up instead of mouse down - Holding option to duplicate a layer now works after drag has started - Improved the way scroll group resizing affects the scroll group's content size - Hide selection borders while changing layer color - Hide selection borders while dragging layer - Improved the document inspector so that changes are instant

New in Flinto 24.6 Build 414 (Dec 9, 2017)

  • Fixed bugs that can cause Flinto to crash when text is edited.

New in Flinto 24.5 Build 412 (Nov 25, 2017)

  • New Logo and Website:
  • Flinto has a new more consistent set of logos and icons designed by Parakeet. We’ve also redesigned the Flinto website with an improved help section.
  • GIF and Dribbble Export:
  • After recording a video in the preview window you can now export it as a GIF, or compose a Dribbble shot and post it directly from Flinto. It’s the fastest way to get your design out into the world.
  • 3D Touch Gesture:
  • You can use the new 3D Touch gesture in the behavior designer or for screen-to-screen links. We cleverly designed our 3D Touch gesture to allow you to chain together two gestures into a single press which gives you the flexibility to do simple transitions, or two-stage ones like “peek” and “pop”.
  • Integrated Sketch Plugin:
  • Sketch import no longer relies on a Sketch plugin. It’s integrated right into the app. This prevents mismatched Sketch plugin and Flinto versions which was a frequent problem before. It also makes the sizing of imported content more natural.
  • Changelog:
  • Added an iPhone X status bar and device frame option for iPhone X sized documents
  • Added support for Sketch 48
  • Enabled previewing prototypes if you are using a newer version of Flinto than your license allows
  • Fixed a situation where changes made in the Behavior Designer weren’t saved after exiting
  • Fixed a crash related to special characters used in text layers
  • Fixed a problem where parts of the link line appeared blurry

New in Flinto 24.4 Build 407 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • Fixed text editing issues that caused crashing and incorrect undo states,

New in Flinto 24.3 Build 406 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • Now you can save your Dribbble recordings locally.
  • Fixed a problem with full-screen preview
  • Fixed several crashes
  • Fixed inspector layout problems on High Sierra

New in Flinto 24.2 Build 405 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • This update fixes problems with vector path animations in the Behavior Designer and Transition Designer.

New in Flinto 24.1 Build 404 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • This update includes several bug fixes.

New in Flinto 24.0 Build 403 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • New Logo and Website:
  • Flinto has a new more consistent set of logos and icons designed by Parakeet. We’ve also redesigned the Flinto website with an improved help section.
  • GIF and Dribbble Export:
  • After recording a video in the preview window you can now export it as a GIF, or compose a Dribbble shot and post it directly from Flinto. It’s the fastest way to get your design out into the world.
  • 3D Touch Gesture:
  • You can use the new 3D Touch gesture in the behavior designer or for screen-to-screen links. We cleverly designed our 3D Touch gesture to allow you to chain together two gestures into a single press which gives you the flexibility to do simple transitions, or two-stage ones like “peek” and “pop”.
  • Integrated Sketch Plugin:
  • Sketch import no longer relies on a Sketch plugin. It’s integrated right into the app. This prevents mismatched Sketch plugin and Flinto versions which was a frequent problem before. It also makes the sizing of imported content more natural.

New in Flinto 23.5 Build 318 (Oct 6, 2017)

  • Fixed a couple more High Sierra issues.

New in Flinto 23.4 Build 317 (Oct 6, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue that prevented license activation.

New in Flinto 23.3 Build 316 (Sep 20, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue that prevented license activation.

New in Flinto 23.2 Build 315 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • FIXED:
  • Added document screen size preset for iPhone X
  • Fixes an issue where text would not appear on the iOS viewer
  • Fixes crashes that occur in macOS High Sierra
  • NEW:
  • Please be sure to update the iOS viewer app for compatibility with this release.
  • Your New Favorite Color Picker:
  • We've built our own color picker, and we think it's going to be your new favorite. It's a solid, fast color picker that works how you'd expect with some really convenient extras:
  • Magic Swatch: When you have a color value in your clipboard, like #FF6759 or hsba(5,65,100,100) an extra swatch will appear with that color value.
  • Quick-Add Swatch: When you activate the eyedropper, hold shift and click to immediately add a swatch with the sampled color. It's great for quickly loading in a set of colors.
  • It's fast! You may not think of a color picker needing to be fast, but when things like activating the eyedropper and dragging the color values have even a small delay, it can really mess you up when you're working fast.
  • Improved Wireless Live Preview:
  • We've changed the underlying technology for our wireless live preview. It's faster to connect and more reliable. Make sure to update the iOS viewer app in order to use live preview in Flinto 23.
  • Easier Updates:
  • We're now using the Sparkle update system so this is the last time you'll have to download a .dmg file and copy it to your applications folder. You're probably wondering why we didn't do this sooner, right? We weren't comfortable using Sparkle because of a security feature it was lacking. It's been added, so now we're on board.
  • App Store Migration:
  • Flinto for Mac is no longer available through the Mac App Store. If you've previously used Flinto from the Mac App Store, this version will prompt you with instructions to migrate over and we will issue you a free license key.

New in Flinto 23.1 Build 314 (Aug 29, 2017)

  • Fixed several glitches affecting the way different cursors are displayed
  • Improved tap gesture to allow activation after dragging outside of and then back over the link
  • Fixed an issue that caused layers to move in 4px increments when PX mode was enabled
  • Fixed issues that caused the viewer to display the wrong content after undo
  • Fixed a few bugs that caused the app to crash

New in Flinto 2.2.7 Build 305 (Jun 22, 2017)

  • This version fixes a problem that caused Flinto to freeze when the preview window was opened in certain situations.

New in Flinto 2.2.6 Build 302 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • Several important bug fixes:
  • Text layers jiggling during scaling animation
  • Text layers not updating correctly in the preview
  • Problems with 0ms timer links
  • Issues with swipe gestures not behaving correctly
  • Connected layers disappearing
  • Mouse scroll not activating mouse over and mouse out gestures
  • Screen size not animating

New in Flinto 2.2.5 Build 299 (May 27, 2017)

  • This update includes nearly 100 bug fixes and performance improvements.
  • Some of the more important things we fixed are:
  • Jumpy or incorrect animations in the iOS previewer and in the Transition and Behavior designers.
  • Document density updating incorrectly in old documents
  • Layer shifts after transition completes
  • Symbols becoming distorted upon Sketch import
  • Copy/paste from other apps resulted in a large file
  • Statusbar animation stopped working in some cases
  • Screens became invisible in the Transition Designer in some cases

New in Flinto 2.2.3 Build 296 (May 13, 2017)

  • Several Sketch plugin issues including one that produced distorted layers in Flinto have been fixed
  • Some glitches in the text editing UI have been fixed
  • Much smoother text movement animation in the preview
  • Handling of missing fonts was improved
  • Layer thumbnails are now more accurate
  • Several crashes and memory leaks have been fixed
  • The built-in 3D flip transitions have been fixed

New in Flinto 2.2.2 Build 284 (May 2, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where text layers would disappear on El Capitan.
  • Fixed issues relating to connected layers
  • Improvements to font inspector.
  • Improved snapping while layers are resized.
  • Improved selection of vector shape layers with borders.
  • Fixed an issue where vector points would get stuck while dragging
  • Fixed an issue where transitions could not be duplicated.
  • Fixed a problem with opening old documents that contain scroll gestures.

New in Flinto 2.2.1 Build 276 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Fix issues by opening document created by previous version of Flinto.

New in Flinto 2.2 Build 274 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Text Tool:
  • Type and edit text directly in Flinto or import editable text from Sketch. Supports multiple styles, all the spacing/alignment properties you’d expect, and you can animate the size and color of text.
  • Vector Shape Tool:
  • Draw shapes directly in Flinto or edit imported shapes from Sketch. Individual vector points can be animated. Also supports border percent, which can be animated to create effects where a line draws itself.
  • Sketch Plugin:
  • No longer flattens your precious groups. Please download the updated plugin.
  • New Localizations:
  • Flinto for Mac is now localized in nine languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
  • Repeat Action:
  • Duplicate a layer, then move it, rotate it, and change it’s opacity, then duplicate again and all those actions will be applied again allowing you to quickly repeat an action on a layer.
  • Zoom Increase:
  • Maximum zoom has been increased to 1600%
  • Enhanced PT/PX Mode:
  • This truly gives you the option to design at 1x or 2x (or whatever-x you like).
  • Changes to 3D:
  • Each layer has it’s own local vanishing point instead of a global vanishing point per screen.

New in Flinto 2.1.2 Build 259 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • Added the ability to deactivate your license
  • Fixed a problem where scroll views disappeared
  • Several bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Flinto 2.1.1 Build 257 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • Fixed a performance issues with large documents.
  • When pasting multiple layers, they will now be selected.
  • Fixed a bug where link creation buttons were enabled in the Transition Designer.
  • Fixed an issue with Sketch import where nested groups were removed.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the icon preview to have upside-down layers.

New in Flinto 2.1 Build 253 (Dec 1, 2016)

  • Scrolling Improvements:
  • Scroll animations automatically reverse themselves so there's no need to create an animation in the opposite direction.
  • You can drag the scroll range arrow to more easily position it.
  • Swipe gestures added on top of scroll groups will activate when you scroll to the end of the scroll group.
  • The content size of a scroll group can now be animated in the Behavior Designer.
  • Other Important New Improvements:
  • Screen-to-screen links on top of behaviors work correctly, activating both the screen-to-screen link and the behavior.
  • The preview window has been improved so it opens at a more sensible size, and going between full-screen and window mode works much better.
  • And Lots Of Little Stuff:
  • Added separators to the gesture menu
  • Newly added screens are placed at more logical positions.
  • Improved the layer rotation UI.
  • Hidden layers are now imported from Sketch.
  • Big performance improvements in the Behavior Designer in certain situations.
  • Fixed some bugs related to the back link target.
  • Fixed lots of bugs related to the behavior designer and the display of behaviors in the preview.
  • Fixed some issues where the quicklook and thumbnail display of .flinto files would show up incorrectly.
  • Prototypes are kept active when the iOS viewer goes into the background.

New in Flinto 2.0.6 Build 252 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • This version includes more than 20 significant bug fixes, performance improvements, and small features.
  • The most important of these improvements are:
  • Clip groups in animations have been fixed. You can now animate clip group masks as you would expect.
  • Problems where scrolling didn't work right with trackpads and traditional mouse wheels have been fixed.
  • Fixed several issues where undo didn't work correctly.
  • Improved the way the preview window size is determined to avoid it opening at strange zoom amounts.
  • Resizing groups that contain scroll groups works correctly now.
  • Fixed animation issues when resizing groups in certain situations.

New in Flinto 2.0.5 Build 241 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • FIXED IN VERSION 2.0.5:
  • Fixed animation regression in version 2.0.3.
  • FIXED IN VERSION 2.0.3:
  • New features:
  • The iOS viewer app now shows iCloud drive folders.
  • Added a command+r shortcut for recording the preview window.
  • Improvements:
  • Major update to the animation system underlying behaviors. Several situations that produced incorrect animations (especially with behaviors that interacted with one another) have been fixed.
  • The live preview is much more accurate and several situations where it wasn't updating after changing the animation of a behavior have been fixed.
  • Big performance improvements, especially in the Behavior Designer.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a problem where layers would disappear entirely.
  • Fixed problems where the existence of a behavior on a screen would cause problems with incoming transitions.
  • Scroll gesture works correctly when using points as units.
  • Links inside behaviors that extend outside the behavior's boundary no longer cause problems.
  • Fixed some problems with timer links that prevented other links from working.
  • Fixed a problem where the built-in transitions were being shared between documents incorrectly.
  • Fixed problems where the default state of behaviors were shown incorrectly in the canvas.
  • Fixed a problem where running the preview in full-screen would show content that was supposed to be clipped off.
  • Fixed some glitches that happened when delays were used to animate screens in transitions.
  • Fixed incorrect layout of inspector properties on Yosemite.
  • Fixed a problem where interrupting a behavior could cause it to be stuck between multiple states.
  • Fixed a problem where deleting a behavior state would reset another state.
  • Fixed various problems where changes in the layer list weren't able to be undone.
  • Fixed a problem where clip groups didn't properly display masked content in the canvas.

New in Flinto 2.0.2 Build 233 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Resolves several crash issues.
  • Addresses an issue where re-importing from Sketch removes Behavior assignment.
  • Addresses initial scroll offset not working in Preview.

New in Flinto 2.0.1 Build 229 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • Addresses several issues with Mac OS X Yosemite.

New in Flinto 2.0 Build 228 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • INTRODUCING THE BEHAVIOR DESIGNER:
  • The biggest thing to happen to Flinto since the Transition Designer.
  • Watch the Behavior Designer tutorial videos at https://www.flinto.com/tutorial_videos.
  • Use the Behavior Designer to create micro-interactions that happen within screens. Things like scroll-based interactions, looping animation, toggle switches, button effects and many others can be created. Behaviors are reusable in the same way transitions are.
  • THE TRANSITION DESIGNER: REDESIGNED AND EASIER TO USE:
  • We've made several tweaks to the Transition Designer to address the things that confuse people the most.
  • Screens in the transition designer now behave like groups, so it's easier to move them around. Double click or command click to move the layers inside.
  • The new "Align Screens" option locks the start and end screens into alignment, and enables click-through on the screens, making seamless transitions much easier.
  • More prominent screen frame makes the screen area much easier to see.
  • Screen thumbnails provide a handy reference for which screen is the start and which is the end, and how they are supposed to look.
  • SHARE YOUR TRANSITIONS AND BEHAVIORS:
  • This is a game-changer for teams. Any link that is copied into another document retains its transitions so they become available in that document. The same is true with behaviors. You can create a document with all the transitions and behaviors you commonly use, then copy them into your document as needed.

New in Flinto 1.6.6 (Sep 27, 2016)

  • Fixed animation GIF playback issue.

New in Flinto 1.6.5 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Fixed Link Inspector issue on macOS Sierra.

New in Flinto 1.6.4 (Sep 16, 2016)

  • Support Mac OS X Sierra and iOS 10.
  • This update resolves issues where live preview was not working after updating to iOS 10. You will need to update both the iOS viewer and the Mac app to version 1.6.4 or higher to fix.

New in Flinto 1.6.3 (Jul 1, 2016)

  • Fixed a crash relating to link lines.
  • Fixed several other crash issues.

New in Flinto 1.6.2 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Drag the end of a link line to visually re-target existing links
  • Quickly create timer links by selecting and invoking "Create Link" without using the inspector
  • Improvements:
  • Swipe gestures with transition set to "None" work correctly
  • Better performance when lots of link lines are visible on screen
  • Support for the next Sketch version (based on Sketch beta 39)
  • This release also includes several other bug fixes.

New in Flinto 1.6.1 (Jun 10, 2016)

  • You can now drag the end of a link line to easily retarget the link.
  • Lots of bug fixes, in the app and the Sketch plugin. Download the latest version here: https://www.flinto.com/mac_sketch_plugin

New in Flinto 1.6 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Meet the New Link Line:
  • We've totally rebuilt the link line to be more useful, and more fun. Whenever you select a link, the link line appears. This makes it much easier to see where links are pointing. When drawing links, the line animates and moves in a much more natural way. A convenient gesture icon appears on the link line which lets you see at a glance what gestures you have assigned, and clicking the icon gives you immediate access to the gesture and transition options.
  • Remember, you can hide links (and link lines) by clicking the "Toggle Links" toolbar button or using the command+l shortcut.
  • Hover Outline:
  • This seemingly small enhancement makes working in the Transition Designer significantly easier. You'll see an outline when hovering over a layer which helps you to know exactly which layer you are about to select. This works in the canvas and in the Transition Designer where it's a lifesaver when you have layers hidden behind others, or faded out.
  • Big Improvements to Canvas Operations:
  • Set a default rectangle style (Edit > Set as Default Style).
  • New minimal resize handle style with intelligent showing/hiding of handles as space allows.
  • Resize handles added to the four sides of layers for more flexible resizing.
  • Hide handles while adjusting properties for more precision.
  • Hold command while dragging a layer to disable snapping.
  • Resize layers using the command+arrow shortcut.
  • Delete links from layers using command+delete.
  • Improved the behavior of selecting layers inside groups with the command+click shortcut.
  • Resizing a scroll group keeps the content size consistent.
  • Scalable Preview Touch Cursor:
  • The touch cursor in the preview window now scales as you zoom the window, now it always represents the size of a finger relative to the zoom amount, and it looks nice and crisp at all sizes because it is drawn dynamically.
  • Support for Additional Pixel Densities:
  • We've added 1.5x, 3x and 4x options to support Android devices with those pixel densities.

New in Flinto 1.5.3 (May 20, 2016)

  • Addressed receipt validation / licensing issue.

New in Flinto 1.5.2 Build 193 (May 18, 2016)

  • Export selected artboards is selected by default when exporting from Sketch if artboards are selected.
  • Fixed a problem where layers couldn't be dragged in the layer list.
  • Fixed a rendering problem with large outside borders on rectangles.
  • Improved canvas panning behavior to prevent screen frames from jumping around.
  • Fixed several issues that caused the app to crash.

New in Flinto 1.5.1 Build 191 (May 11, 2016)

  • Flinto for Mac 1.5 is full of great new features including:
  • Rectangles: Flinto for Mac now lets you draw rectangle layers. These vector rectangle layers allow you to do smooth and crisp animations whether you are scaling or resizing them. You can also now animate properties such as color, border, drop shadow and corner radius inside Flinto, opening up lots of new possibilities!
  • Sound Support: You can now attach sounds to gestures in Flinto for Mac! Just drag a sound file onto a gesture in the inspector and it will play when the gesture is activated. Great for adding UI sounds.
  • Sketch Import Updates: The Sketch plugin now sends rectangles and circles to Flinto as vector shapes when possible. As long as the rectangle has a single border, a single solid fill and a single drop shadow, it will import as a vector rectangle layer in Flinto for Mac. Circles are imported as rectangles with a corner radius. The plugin also sends the artboard's background color to Flinto as a rectangle layer. There's also a handy progress bar to show how much longer it will take to import.
  • Prevent bouncing properties: Some properties such as opacity, color, shadow, border width, and corner radius tend to look really wrong when they have a bouncy spring easing applied to them. We now automatically prevent those properties from bouncing, so if you have a layer fade out in the transition designer, it's opacity won't bounce!
  • Transition Manager: We added a handy transition manager sheet where you can see a list of all your transitions. Access it in the Edit menu under "Manage Transitions".
  • Optimal Zoom Level: When you create a new document, Flinto chooses a much smarter zoom level so you can see your screens at as close to 100% as your screen will comfortably allow.
  • Version 1.5.1 fixes the following issues:
  • The Send to Flinto Sketch Plugin would create duplicate layers from certain symbols.
  • Scroll view paging option stopped working in the live preview.
  • The resize cursor would appear when in link mode.
  • Connected group layers wouldn't resize in their transition.
  • The viewer app wasn't working correctly on older iOS devices.
  • Mouse over and mouse out gestures were not working in full-screen mode.
  • Undo didn't work sometimes after dropping an image from Finder.
  • Corner radius could render incorrectly in some cases.
  • Duplicated rectangles would show up as the wrong color in the layer list thumbnail.
  • Color swatches wouldn't get saved in the color picker.
  • Corner radius could become negative when adjusted using the arrow keys.
  • Shadows on rectangles could render incorrectly sometimes.

New in Flinto 1.5 Build 190 (May 7, 2016)

  • Great new features including:
  • Rectangles: Flinto for Mac now lets you draw rectangle layers. These vector rectangle layers allow you to do smooth and crisp animations whether you are scaling or resizing them. You can also now animate properties such as color, border, drop shadow and corner radius inside Flinto, opening up lots of new possibilities!
  • Sound Support: You can now attach sounds to gestures in Flinto for Mac! Just drag a sound file onto a gesture in the inspector and it will play when the gesture is activated. Great for adding UI sounds.
  • Sketch Import Updates: The Sketch plugin now sends rectangles and circles to Flinto as vector shapes when possible. As long as the rectangle has a single border, a single solid fill and a single drop shadow, it will import as a vector rectangle layer in Flinto for Mac. Circles are imported as rectangles with a corner radius. The plugin also sends the artboard's background color to Flinto as a rectangle layer. There's also a handy progress bar to show how much longer it will take to import.
  • Prevent bouncing properties: Some properties such as opacity, color, shadow, border width, and corner radius tend to look really wrong when they have a bouncy spring easing applied to them. We now automatically prevent those properties from bouncing, so if you have a layer fade out in the transition designer, it's opacity won't bounce!
  • Transition Manager: We added a handy transition manager sheet where you can see a list of all your transitions. Access it in the Edit menu under "Manage Transitions".
  • Optimal Zoom Level: When you create a new document, Flinto chooses a much smarter zoom level so you can see your screens at as close to 100% as your screen will comfortably allow.

New in Flinto 1.4.6 Build 185 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Flinto 1.4.5 Build 178 (Mar 25, 2016)

  • Search Layers - You can now search for a layer in the layer list, and filter to just link layers.
  • Link Highlight in Layer List - Links are now much easier to spot in the layer list.
  • Updated Icons - We've updated several icons for pixel perfection!
  • Major performance improvements especially for large prototypes.
  • Improved support for targeting screens with a graphics tablet.
  • Corrected the height of an Apple Watch template.
  • And as always, a range of other bug fixes.

New in Flinto 1.4.2 Build 170 (Mar 5, 2016)

  • Fix an issue where animated GIF doesn't animate in preview sometimes.

New in Flinto 1.4.1 Build 169 (Mar 4, 2016)

  • Fixed the following problems:
  • Touch up followed by touch down wouldn't interrupt transitions.
  • Link highlight would appear when it shouldn't.
  • Scrolling with mouse wheel would activate certain gestures.
  • Importing from Sketch sometimes had the wrong screen list order.
  • Scroll group content frame would snap to the wrong position.
  • iOS viewer would crash sometimes with very large prototypes.
  • Large prototypes would have a delay on some transitions.
  • Timer links wouldn't work after landing on the screen using a none transition.
  • Link line would become disconnected from the mouse pointer sometimes.

New in Flinto 1.4 Build 167 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • New Gestures: Mouse over, mouse out, touch down and touch up let you prototype hover and active states. Hover is particularly great for web and desktop prototypes.
  • Scroll Wheel: Now you can scroll the desktop preview with your mouse's scroll wheel.
  • Expanding Screens: To make it easier for you to work with content that overflows outside your screen, you can now expand the screen border.
  • Duplicate Transitions: We added the much-requested option to duplicate prototypes, click the menu in the transition list to find this option.
  • Interruptible Transitions: This subtle improvement is really nice. In the transition designer, and when activating back links, you can interupt transitions. That means the transition will stop and start going the other direction seamlessly.

New in Flinto 1.3.4 Build 157 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Small improvements and bug fixes.
  • Improved the way delays in animations are handled when a transition is gesture controlled
  • Fixed a problem where preview recording didn't work on a secondary display
  • Fixed a crash that could happen when re-importing a file from Sketch
  • Fixed a problem where easing curves were shared between screens of a transition
  • There was a situation where the live preview could get out of sync and crash, that's been fixed
  • Made videos that are shared between screens play smoothly through transitions
  • Fixed a bug that caused screens in the layer list to expand when moving the screen up or down the list
  • We also fixed a problem where the disconnect button in the Transition Designer wouldn't work

New in Flinto 1.3.3 Build 155 (Jan 27, 2016)

  • Added cmd+scroll wheel shortcut to zoom in/out
  • Cleaned up the way paging scroll view indicators appear.
  • Fixed a problem where the 'b' shortcut for making back links wasn't working.
  • Fixed a problem where some options in the preview window weren't working.
  • Fixed a problem where creating landscape prototype weren't working.
  • There was a glitch in the preview window when in full-screen that we fixed.
  • We improved the way duplicate artboards from Sketch are imported to Flinto for Mac.

New in Flinto 1.3.2 Build 150 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Vastly improved "Send to Flinto" Sketch plugin. Now supports re-importing to Flinto after changing your design in Sketch!
  • Fixed several Sketch import issues with clipped text or borders
  • Documents imported from Sketch now have the child-level groups flattened for faster, simpler imports (You can group items that you don't wanted flattened)
  • Fixed that annoying bug where Sketch files with slice layers produced a corrupt file
  • Handy easing curve preview now appears in layer tags in the Transition Designer
  • Draw links directly into groups
  • Improved image scaling in preview and canvas
  • Improved developer handoff with UIKit Spring option and Open Source RK4 Spring implementation
  • Added new Android and Web preset sizes to the new document window
  • Added an option for layers to block interactions on links below themselves
  • Added recent files list to welcome screen

New in Flinto 1.2.5 Build 139 (Dec 19, 2015)

  • We added iPad Pro as a screen size preset when creating a new document, and fixed all this stuff:
  • Layers sometimes disappeared during/after transitions.
  • Video recording wasn't working on Yosemite.
  • Flinto files increased significantly in size with certain image files.
  • Replace Layer didn't work properly sometimes.
  • Clicking Home/Back/Forward button in preview during transition could cause crashes

New in Flinto 1.2.4 Build 136 (Dec 9, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue that links inside of scroll group doesn't work.

New in Flinto 1.2 Build 119 (Nov 25, 2015)

  • Record videos of your prototype on your Mac. It's often easier to share a video than the full prototype.
  • Use the familiar z key shortcut for zooming
  • Hide all links with a convenient toolbar button
  • Cut, copy and paste gestures between layers
  • Improved canvas scrolling and zooming performance
  • Link drawing is improved and now supports the following option + drag to resize from the center and holding space to reposition. I'm not sure how anyone lived without these!
  • Scroll groups have been massively improved:
  • Quickly turn any group into a scroll group
  • Use the new clip option to mask a layer
  • Corner radius is now supported on clip/scroll groups
  • Paging scroll groups accept a page size option
  • Resizing scroll groups is much easier
  • You can animate the mask size of a clip group

New in Flinto 1.1.2 Build 107 (Oct 29, 2015)

  • Fixed in 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
  • Fixed an issue that the app randomly crashed in Transition Designer
  • Fixed an issue that Transition Designer didn't save screen position correctly
  • New Stuff:
  • Video and animated GIF layers
  • Support for El Capitan's new fullscreen split view
  • Improvements to our Sketch import plugin
  • Things we fixed:
  • The link line appears faster and is more responsive when creating links
  • Default crossfade transition has been improved and been renamed to 'Fade In'
  • Fixed several bugs that could cause the app to crash
  • The maximum duration for timer links has been increased to 60 seconds
  • Screens now appear in the center of the canvas after importing from Sketch

New in Flinto 1.0.7 Build 84 (Sep 17, 2015)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.