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# Changelog

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# 1.27

Released: 2023-06-07

# Changed

  • Better support for working offline

# 1.26

Released: 2023-02-15

# Added

  • Disable app switch button to prevent opening multiple versions of Ae

# Fixed

  • Update license authentication system for better stability

# 1.25

Released: 2022-12-26

# Changed

  • Migrate off Gumroad license authentication (hotfix required for any keys purchased from gumroad.com)

# 1.24

Released: 2022-05-23

# Fixed

  • Extending the 1.23 macOS fix to Windows

# 1.23

Released: 2022-05-20

# Fixed

  • (macOS 12) Sending shapes from Ae to Ai
  • Switch button
  • Opening multiple versions of Ae

# 1.22

Released: 2019-07-23

# Changed

  • More intelligent handling of nested groups with center anchor point enabled
  • Support for clipping masks with center anchor point enabled

# 1.21

Released: 2019-07-16

# Fixed

  • Removed debug code that introduced errors on line 1920 and 1178 on text layers with center anchor point enabled
  • Bug that tried to download updates like the updatable version

# 1.2

Released: 2019-07-14

# Added

  • Both panels open is no longer required. Just open the one you like using. Thanks to Remco Jansen for the help on this.
  • Native Ae guides support for CC2019+
  • Support for All Caps text options by transforming text
  • Support for Ai symbols with Break Symbols button
  • Text layer blending modes
  • Deauthorize button for removing license key from a shared machine
  • Holding SHIFT when pressing the New Artboard/Comp, does the inverse –new Ai comp button (orange) becomes a new comp button (purple). Thanks to Lars Jandel for the idea.

# Fixed

  • Zeroing anchor points from v1.11 failed to fully move paths
  • Center layer did not work on text layers
  • Text not aligning when comp and artboard were different sizes
  • Error when holding shift while a lower level property group is selected
  • Text layer opacity
  • Text layer rotation
  • Holding shift when transferring text with a shape selected
  • Prevent error when dropping file into panel

# Changed

  • Reintroduced an old behavior with a preference when updating shapes to respect comp position or local layer position
  • Moved parametric shape positions to the group transform rather than the shape itself

# Removed

  • Updatable version has been removed for added stability

# 1.12

Released: 2018-03-20

# Fixed

  • Accidentally left some debugging code in v1.11 release
  • Error on line 1745
  • Error on line 1331
  • Error on line 1822

# 1.11

Released: 2018-03-20

# Changed

  • Zeroing out the anchor point on paths and parametrics when Center Anchor Point is enabled
  • Removed redundant fill opacity and replaced it with group opacity to reduce stroke transparency as well

# Fixed

  • Error on line 1247 - clipping masks on compound shapes
  • Error on line 1247 - clipping masks on groups. Single clipping groups on a layer become layer masks to simplify layers.
  • Text along a path isn’t supported but now the won’t make transfers fail
  • Better detection of group blending modes
  • Better detection nested group opacity

# 1.10

Released: 2018-02-27

# Added

  • Support for Ai gradient fills and strokes (yayayayaya)
  • Update fill and stroke colors from Ai
  • Support for clipping masks
  • Factored in Ae layer Position/Anchor Point transforms when transferring to Ai

# Changed

  • Hidden Ai objects within a group will not be transferred to Ae

# Fixed

  • Text alignment
  • Text leading (supported in Ae CC2017.2)
  • Empty text layers broke the whole transfer
  • Text not transferring from Ai CC2014
  • Further corrected the addition of type name line breaks
  • Smarter layer adding when Ae layers selected
  • Moved parametric shape positioning into the parametric group itself to simplify keyframing and make converting to bezier much cleaner

Thanks: This update would not have been possible without the generous testing time of: Kyle Martinez, Jeff Salvado, Drew Jackson, Nicolas Doretti and Wojciech Piekarczyk.

# 1.03

Released: 2017-11-16

# Added

  • Support for Ai Spot Color tints
  • Preference to use New Artboard button to create a new Ae comp from an artboard’s dimensions

# Changed

  • Created two install versions: Updatable and Stable. Updatable will allow the panel to be updated by opening Settings and downloading directly without needing to download, install or restart Ae/Ai. For users experiencing issues with the panel not displaying buttons immediately, the Stable version provides a less dynamic system of loading the required files. With Stable, Overlord updates will need to be downloaded manually from gumroad.com/library.
  • Optimized Settings panel

# Fixed

  • Accidentally added line breaks to text layer naming which broke expressions that used a layer name
  • Unnamed shapes were naming their shape groups “null"

# 1.02

Released: 2017-10-24

# Added

  • Preference in settings to disable app switching when pushing shapes to Ae. Some Windows users report Ae resizing when switching which is terribly annoying.

# Fixed

  • Layer blending modes (Color Burn, Color Dodge, Soft Light, Hard Light, Saturation, Color) failed to transfer
  • Compound paths failed when explode modifier enabled
  • Empty layer name when Ai=Ae when sending a single, unnamed layer. Now it defaults to an incremented layer name.
  • Panel failed to resize on some systems (requires zxp install)
  • Core CEP now overwrites existing bundle files
  • Removed error when transferring Ai pattern fill/stroke

# 1.01

Released: 2017-10-18

# Fixed

A glitch with the licensing unlock

# 1.0

Released: 2017-10-18 Public release

# 0.27

Released: 2017-10-11

  • Layer blending modes
  • Error messaging system in panel removes the need for unnecessary popups
  • ngAnimate has been added to the the core extension. Error messaging will appear as sharp cuts until the new zxp has been installed.
  • Licensing system

# Fixed

  • Removed error when pushing Ai art with no elements selected
  • New Ray palette can now be the first Ae comp created
  • Text justification was not factored in and become misaligned when transferred
  • Removed an error when trying to update a path with a text object
  • Catch for updating a path and having a keyframe selected

# Changed

  • Ungroup exploded layer groups within a shape layer to make further ESL exploding more natural
  • If no Ai elements selected do not switch apps on Push. Switching indicates a completed Overlord action.
  • If no Ai swatches selected do not switch apps on Push Swatches. Switching indicates a completed Overlord action.
  • If no Ai guides present do not switch apps on Push Guides. Switching indicates a completed Overlord action.
  • Reversed the order that shapes pulled into Ai are created to match the top-down layer stacking order of Ae.

# 0.26

Released: 2017-10-10

# Fixed

  • Download animation didn't turn off after downloading to indicate completion

# Changed

  • Removed the default layer name in prefs in favor of pulling from the Ai layer name if shapes or groups are not named

# 0.25

Released: 2017-10-09

# Fixed

  • I broke the Settings window while debugging like a moron

# 0.24

Released: 2017-10-09

# Fixed

  • Accidentally disabled explode shapes
  • Retains Ai layer name when transferring an unexploded selection
  • Center Layer switch centers each layer when Explode switch enabled
  • Text misalignment
  • Ae layer build failed when an existing layer's property was selected, even if it didn't update anything
  • Preference switches more responsive click area
  • Preference switches lit background color when enabled for cleaner visibility as a toggle switch

# 0.23

Released: 2017-09-30

# Added

  • Detect Parametric Shapes is now on the main panel because it didn't make sense to be hidden in settings.
  • Open the user folder with ALT/Opt click on Update

# Fixed

  • Zack Lovatt (the genius) found a crazy error that would break everything if you had never installed a Battle Axe tool before.

# Changed

  • Removed Update Shape and Update Color buttons in favor of automatically updating a shape or color depending on whether or not you have an appropriate property selected.
  • Visual tweaks to the preference panel

# 0.22

Released: 2017-09-25

# Fixed

  • Creating a new doc from an AE comp created a 1920x1080 instead of pulling the comp data
  • Accidentally removed the interface brightness adjustments

# 0.21

Released: 2017-09-22

# Added

  • Support for CC2018 prerelease

# Fixed

  • Removed the dumb Installing the necessary files. Wait a sec. message that got stuck on v0.20.

# 0.20

Released: 2017-09-18 (skipped some numbers to match the extension version)

# Added

  • AI button to create a new artboard from the active AE comp
  • UI colors respond to app interface brightness
  • Dashes pushed back to Ai
  • Support for Ai Greyscale color mode
  • A janky animation to indicate update downloading

# Changed

  • New artboard icon
  • Detection between a line of text and a box of text

# Fixed

  • Bug with trying to split a text layer into multiple shape layers
  • Ellipse/Rect shape with an open edge still detecting as a parametric shape from AI
  • Cleaned up copy on tooltips

# 0.06

Released: 2017-09-15

# Added

  • Support for CC2014. Download Overlord-Beta_0.19.zip to install fresh if using a version of AE prior to 2015.3.
  • App switching for all Push commands to ensure user sees what's happening
  • New functionality to pull shapes from, as well as push to, the other app
  • Explode top-most groups while building preference (previously only available by holding ALT)

# Changed

  • Moved Center anchor point to art pref to panel
  • Moved Center art to comp pref to panel
  • Main icons

# Fixed

  • New Ray Palette preference took precedence over being inside of an existence Ray palette comp
  • Increment the naming of new Ray comps
  • Support for CMYK color conversion. Still some color shift happening when mathematically converting color modes, but will switch the Ai doc prior to import on next version.

# 0.05

Released: 2017-09-11

  • Initial beta release

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