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⁃ Sketch's file format has changed; documents are now truly single files and can be safely emailed or shared via Dropbox and other services without having to zip them up first
⁃ Creating Masks has been made easier; the Mask-with-Shape button now accepts any combination of layers
⁃ Boolean op'ed shapes' bounds now only include the visible area only, not the total bounds of all subpaths
⁃ Layer snapping has been made smarter, including better text snapping
⁃ You can now add ruler guides with a single-click on the rulers
⁃ Significant speed increases and file size reduction when using pattern fills
⁃ Hover the Rulers for a quick preview of your next guide. Ideal also for quickly checking if layers align etc
⁃ Fixes a bug where Opacity wouldn't be rendered consistently between shapes and bitmaps
⁃ Rendering speed improvements
⁃ Fixes a bug where text editing could jump slightly when zoomed in some cases
⁃ You can drag/drop layers to the pages panel to quickly move objects between pages
⁃ Fixes a bug where Sketch could crash when a symbol name started with @
⁃ Fixes all known bugs in Framer - Sketch integration
⁃ Improves integration with the system color picker for gradients
⁃ Cmd+Return can now be used to exit text editing mode
⁃ You can now reset the rulers by double-clicking the ruler intersection area
⁃ Improves the zoom tool on dark backgrounds
⁃ Significant speed improvements when the rulers are visible
⁃ Improves undo for renaming layers
⁃ Fixes a bug where renaming Symbols could cause a crash
⁃ Fixes a bug where dragging out an SVG slice could crash Sketch
⁃ The Scissors Tool now scales properly with zoom value
⁃ Fixes a bug where patterns wouldn't be drawn in the shared styles preview
⁃ Fixes a bug where Angular gradients could be rendered at low resolution
⁃ Fixes a bug where adding a guide could place it on subpixels
⁃ Fixes a bug where slices created for rotated objects could be one pixel off
⁃ Fixes a bug where point coordinates outside an artboard could be wrong
⁃ Due to popular request (no it wasn't a bug), we're making move Forward/Backward dumb again
⁃ You can now replace the contents of an image layer with a new image by going to Layer › Image › Replace
⁃ Restore an image to its original size by going to Layer › Image › Original Size
⁃ Fixes a bug where some documents could consume extraordinary amounts of CPU
⁃ Color and Gradient presets now display a checkered background when they're transparent
⁃ Fixes a bug where creating a slice for a transparent layer could make the slice too big
⁃ Large patterns are now properly scaled to fit the small preset previews
⁃ Fixes a bug where deleting an artboard could leave its outline on the canvas in some cases
⁃ Fixes an issue where Gradient editing was confusing when started on a subpath
⁃ Fixes a bug where 'Bring to Front' on multiple layers could get their order mixed up
⁃ Fixes a bug where extra spaces wouldn't get trimmed around slice names
⁃ Fixes a bug where moving layers off an artboard with the arrow keys would never actually remove them from the artboard
⁃ Fixes a bug where inserting an artboard while you were in a rotated group could look funky
⁃ Fixes a bug where pasted text could be invisible at first
⁃ While inserting a layer you can now drag outside the canvas to make the view scroll
⁃ When changing guides in the preferences, the canvas now updates live to reflect the change
⁃ Moves Grid color settings to the grid settings sheet to make it more discoverable
⁃ Inserting points in vector mode on an existing line now also honours rounding preference
⁃ Fixes a bug in bitmap cropping
⁃ The templates folder can now be an alias or symlink
⁃ Fixes a bug where layer naming would go wrong
⁃ Vector point coordinates in the inspector now round to two decimals
⁃ Pages Panel has been redesigned and now fits as a permanent sidebar in the UI
⁃ When you resize an artboard from the top or the left, the content stays anchored in the canvas now instead of shifting left or up
⁃ Symbols and Text Styles menu can now be arbitrarily deeply nested by using / in their names
⁃ Fixes a bug where text layers wouldn't render multiple fills
⁃ Shift-clicking on a vector point now deselects it if it was already selected
⁃ View -> Collapse Groups has been renamed to include Artboards too
⁃ Lock icon for selected layers is now also visible
⁃ Fixes a bug where magic wand would miss the top 1 pixel
⁃ Flattening layers into a bitmap now inserts the bitmap at the location of the old layers instead of on top
⁃ Fixes Shared Styles break when copying and pasting style
⁃ Fixes a refresh issue when changing text layers from fixed to flexible width
⁃ Fixes a bug where Pencil vectors would not end up in the correct artboards
⁃ Ignore character spacing for the last character to not miss with centred text
⁃ Fixes a bug where making a grid of objects could rename the source object as well
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