Silhouette Studio 4.4.247 (32-bit)

What's new in this version:

New Features:
- Smart Snapping - re-position shapes easily with smart snap guides! Press ‘S’ to toggle Smart Snapping
- Print Preview - see a preview of how your Print & Cut job will print before you send
- Transparent PNG Auto-Trace - drag PNG files with transparent backgrounds to create instant cut lines around the solid areas of your image

Standard Edition Fixes:
- Users can now change the page color / media color in preferences and toggle between this and white with (w) key
- Irregular white bars no longer displayed on launch
- The tooltip for Arc Tool is no longer 'Flexishapes'
- Corrected the swedish firmware update translation
- Fixed performance issue where memory usage increases after tracing then does not drop again after
- Fixed an issue causing a crash when swapping between active documents with Registration marks
- "Never" has been restored to the update preferences options
- Performing a copy & paste while in the Library will no longer copy & paste the selected object on the Design Area
- Removed unnecessary folders from Silhouette Studio installers
- Resolved a conflict with connecting a Cameo 4 Plus followed by a CE Lite-50
- Increased the minimum grid size to 0.04in/1mm
- Changing the grid color is now working as expected
- Updated Japanese translations
- Silhouette Studio no longer requires an install of Silhouette Link or Bonjour
- Open files now honor changes to the default save location Preference
- Removed duplicative 'Default' options from Preferences drop-downs
- Expanding a Preference drop-down no longer activates 'Apply' button
- Mouse Hover color in dark mode is no longer white
- Fixed an issue with the Lock Scale Ratio button preventing input above 20 inches
- Selecting multiple objects no longer toggles the aspect ratio lock
- 32-bit Release versions are no longer displaying the beta dialog upon startup
- Font installer is now verified
- Application window size is now remembered on start-up
- 'Restore factory defaults' no longer causes SS to crash
- General performance improvements
- Fixed log file cleanup
- Crash no longer occurs when trying to use Studio in a very small window
- OK button is now visible on the 'Device detected' pop-up on Windows 7 machines
- Added a right-click context menu to document tabs
- UI is now better aligned in Preferences
- Default blade choice in preferences is now working
- All options in the Display tab of preferences now work as expected
- Preference window buttons now fit Mac OS OK/Close conventions
- Reduced the size of the Preferences window
- Removed 'Silhouette Device Connections' options from Preferences
- ‘Restore Defaults’ is now correctly restoring changed settings in Preferences
- Tutorial text is easier to read when using the Grey theme

Design Fixes:
- Resizing the font in a sticky note will resize the note to fit
- Registration marks are the same initial size whether enabled by Page Setup or Default Preference
- Opening two files and switching between them now updates the mat in the Page Setup panel
- Page size is no longer set to custom when the values match Letter dimensions
- Registration Mark Length slider no longer misses a step when increasing size from the lowest value
- You can now hold shift while panning a pattern to constrain it to a vertical or horizontal direction
- It is possible to collapse panels again
- Compound paths are now showing correctly in the Glyph preview
- Image scale is now transferred correctly when using the eyedropper tool
- Warping no longer creates many more points than necessary on a filled shape
- Specify Dimensions section is now disabled when no object is selected
- Using the Move tool in the Quick Access Toolbar will no longer move objects when the distance is set to 0
- Moved Print Bleed to the 'Registration Marks' panel
- Restored the Custom option in the media size dropdown of Page Setup
- Page Setup sliders are now more accurate
- You can no longer snap to hidden guides
- The eraser cursor no longer appears to snap to grid
- Pressing 'i' to select Eyedropper no longer causes Cross-hairs to become frozen
- Applying a new default orientation now greys out the "Apply" button
- Text panel advanced options now work with Dark Theme
- Made Pixscan warning text more readable on the Dark Theme
- Added an 'X' to Sticky Note top-right corner when a Sticky Note is active
- Sticky Notes can now be edited once the file has been saved
- Added a 'Do you want to delete this Sticky Note' warning when a note with text is deleted
- Sticky Notes can now be re-scaled
- Created a Dynamic Toolbar for Sticky Notes
- Sticky Notes can no longer be resized to the point the text is pushed out of the note
- Pan Pattern icon now moves with a shape
- The Silhouette icon on the Toolbar is no longer pixelated
- Zoom is no longer reset when you switch from design to send
- Glyphs panel is no longer white in the Dark Theme
- Add a checkbox on page setup for ‘constrain media to cutting mat’
- Spanish translation for reg mark on/off checkboxes are now correct
- Updated Japanese text for certain materials
- Commercial font indicator is now displaying for commercial fonts
- Files saved in a .jpg/png format now respect DPI settings
- Increased size of the grid lines on the Cameo 4 Plus 15" cutting mat
- Improved the time it takes to change the line and fill properties of text objects
- Secondary grid lines can now be set to a different color
- Send Fixes
- A cut job with no cut lines will no longer send job startup data to the machine
- Have you mirrored?' pop-up now appears in Cut by Line/Fill/Color
- Improved message that is displayed when Action Not Found
- Incompatible material settings dialog no longer appears when sending with 2mm Kraft Blade
- String name no longer appears in context menu when multiple user-defined materials have been selected
- Cut border no longer becomes offset to reg marks when you have a Portrait cutter
- Users prompted whether they want to copy updated 'Cameo 4 Tool 1' settings to 'Default’ tab
- Smart Cut should no longer create unnecessary cuts for dashed lines
- Device name is now saved directly to the machine rather than to your preferences
- Layer field is no longer blank in Cut by Layer
- Removed Emboss as an action from Copy Paper
- Tutorial instructions in Send have been adjusted for Cameo 4
- Extended media-only cutting range to 60ft for machines which support the roll feeder
- Carriage now returns to origin after a Test Cut
- Updated the "Load Media" text when a Cameo 4 is connected
- Enabled advanced users to turn off Smart Cut loop generation in Material Settings
- Smart Cut can now raise blade when traversing loops
- Removed unusable 'cut' settings from CAMEO4 Tool 2 materials
- Renaming a duplicated material no longer crashes Studio
- Sketch Pen settings have been updated to improve the "Dragging lines" issue
- Stipple sorting has been re-added
- Barcode cuts are now more reliable
- Adjusted the Send Panel dropdown UI
- Cardstock, Plain and Cardstock, Textured Emboss settings have been corrected
- Updated Wood Paper settings
- Sketch action has been removed from the materials "Metal Sheets, Etching" and "Metal Sheets, Stippling"
- Default Punch force is now 7 and can be set higher if required
- Added Rotary Cut action to Crepe Paper
- Renamed 'Skim Force' to 'Loop Force' in Rotary cut settings
- Increased the maximum force to 23 for Rotary Blade
- Made the force 1 by default on all newly created custom materials for Tool 2
- Blade Depth dial for 3mm Kraft Blade now goes up to 30 in all areas
- Calibration distance adjustment lines are now printing
- Red and Blue circles have been removed from the Calibration sheet to avoid confusion
- Changed '(Auto) Tool Name' to 'Tool Name (Detected)' in the Tool dropdown
- Cameo 3 is no longer defaulting to ratchet blade when 'Choose Automatically' Preference is enabled
- Studio no longer crashes when you send a stipple design to a Curio
- 'Other' is now at the bottom of the material categories list
- Weed Lines now cut with settings for Tool 1
- Languages are now changing appropriately on the Send panel

Library Fixes:
- Removed references to Cloud in the Barcode panel
- Updating the Library from 3.6 no longer shows an old logo
- Editing a folder via the properties window no longer causes a crash
- Studio no longer removes the last part of the file if multiple periods are used in the file name
- Scroll bar now appears when folders overflow the window
- Sign in window displays the correct error code when the Silhouette Library is down for maintenance
- Improved Library security
- Fixed a crash with certain Libraries/Design IDs
- 'Could not sync' message is now more obvious
- Update to Library cached image access
- Speed improvements to Library UI
- Color changes to improve readability in the Snapshot panel
- Library banner no longer appears if you click 'X' while an account is syncing
- Changed Right-Click 'Open' label to 'Use' for fonts
- Made the Font drop-down wider and longer
- There is now a warning when users are about to remove a user from the library
- Tooltips have been added for show/hide library icon and library status icons

Designer Edition & Above Fixes:
- Designs should no longer be able to be dragged into Locked Layers
- Crash no longer occurs when closing Studio while Layers or Nesting is open
- Resolved a crash relating to files that were saved while Trace By Colour was active
- Lowercase y no longer looks like a v on the Font Creation sheet
- It is now possible to adjust the color of crosshairs
- Pop-up now uses its own line colors, rather than the default line style
- Right-clicking with the Magnet Trace tool selected will now start undoing the Magnet Trace
- Exported SVGs with Compound Paths should now render correctly in other programs
- Studio no longer crashes when opening the glyph tab of the font creation panel or the text panel on Mac
- Media area is now correct when editing font glyphs
- Reduced the number of points created when saving a font
- Improved the time Studio took to save a Handwritten Font
- Opening another panel whilst editing a glyph no longer closes the glyph
- UI no longer flickers when upgrading/downgrading
- Nesting boundary is no longer incorrect when using registration marks
- Puzzle sliders no longer intermittently fail
- Using 'Puzzle Selected Shape' on an image fill no longer results in a tiled image
- Designs should no longer be able to be pasted into locked Layers
- Page no longer resets to 12 inches when adjusting size in Media Layout view
- Added units of measurement to 'Margin' and 'Nesting' sliders in Media Layout View
- Studio no longer crashes when turning on crosshairs after setting a default line color
- Shape no longer invisible when the angle of the Rhinestones is set to Perpendicular
- Rhinestone Spacing and Angle Offset sliders no longer snap back to default values when using the arrows