Flare

Version History

Flare 1.5

November 2012

New Features

• New default presets: ‘Tin Type’ and ‘InstaMatic’
• New borders: ‘Tin Type’ and ‘Hipster’
• New Profile Presets effect in the Color menu
• Added Facebook sharing (requires Mountain Lion 10.8.2 or later)
• New option for rotation effect that scales to fill image frame
• Hold down option key while clicking Shuffle to increase amount of change

Bug Fixes

• Fix a bug with viewing rotated CR2 file
• Resume now restores the crop and master opacity
• Retina fixes will run on 10.7.5 now
• When loading a new Preset the Master Opacity will be reset to 100%

Flare 1.4

August 2012

New Features

• Support for Retina displays, new high-resolution editing and user interface
• New sharing services on Mountain Lion, adds Upload to Twitter and Save to Aperture

Bug Fixes

• Fixed external editor mode for Lightroom, Aperture & iPhoto on Mountain Lion
• Color management now works when moving a window between displays
• Preset previews will display more quickly
• Dragging a folder into Flare no longer causes a crash

Flare 1.3.1

June 2012

Improvements

• Added support for Gatekeeper in Mountain Lion

Flare 1.3

April 2012

New Features

• Use new Shuffle feature to add variation with selected preset

Improvements

• Multiple presets can be added by drag & drop
• Better control of JPEG quality while exporting
• New cropping aspect ratio of 4×5
• More robust final rendering when exporting
• Improved security by supporting Application Sandbox

Bug Fixes

• Fixes a crash with large images that were using complex presets
• Fixes a problem with a black preview on some older Macs
• Fixes the display of photos with odd DPI settings in the cropping view
• Fixes a problem creating large export files when used as External Editor from iPhoto
• Fixes a problem with an incorrect light border on large exported images
• Fixes an issue with scrolling while dragging effects in the edit tab

Flare 1.2.1

October 2011

New Features

• Full screen support in Lion
• Resume support in Lion

Improvements

• Added additional aspect ratios when cropping (1:2, Golden Ratio)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Flare to hang after deleting the Presets folder
• Fixed visual glitches in Lion

Flare 1.2

August 2011

New Features

• External Editor support for Aperture/iPhoto/Lightroom
  • Visit the Flare website for more information

Improvements

• New “More Presets…” button in Preset tab
• flickr uploading UI will now remember your Friends & Family checkbox settings

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that affected loading presets containing the Rounded Edges effect (fixed the CCTV preset)

Flare 1.1

June 2011

6 New Presets

• Big Softie
• Daguerreotype
• Eastern Exposure
• Resplendent
• Winter Ghost
• Yesteryear

8 New Borders

• Lightbox (5 variations)
• Medium Format Negative (3 variations)

8 New Frames

• Hassy (2 variations)
• Dirty Fade (2 variations)
• Halftone
• Two Step
• Pinestraw
• Mica

10 New Lightleaks

• Lightleak (4 variations)
• Film End (3 variations)
• Film Positive (3 variations)

New Texture

• Brush Strokes

Flare 1.0.2

May 2011

New Features

• Location of Preset folder is now user customizable via Preferences
  • Can be moved to a DropBox volume for easy sharing of presets across multiple Macs
• Command-Click on disclosure triangle to toggle all effects open/close

Improvements

• Rendering speed of presets and snapshot panes increased
• Open Recent (photos) in the File Menu
• Uses EXIF rotation information to auto-rotate images on import
• Using File > Open... now remembers previously selected directory
• Displays a warning icon on presets that’ve been created by a newer version

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem when cropping, and then undoing

Flare 1.0.1

March 2011

New Features

• Frame now has an Invert parameter
• Rounded Edges now has a customizable border color parameter
• Added "To iPhoto" as Save and Export option

Improvements

• Preference to turn off tagging and linking to Flare when uploading to Flickr

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem that displayed an incorrect time stamp on Snapshots
• Snapshots now display their selection state properly
• Corrected the total number of Snapshots to 24
• Fixed the switched Horizontally and Vertically controls in Textures
• Other minor bug fixes

Flare 1.0

March 2011

Initial Release