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Misc Fixed installer for AE CC 2019

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Misc Sending crash reports is now optional

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Fix Fixes a timing issue with nested comps.

Fix Fixes images not showing up in the companion app (please also update the companion app)

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The mac installer will only work with Mac OS High Sierra and above

Fix fixed installer and extension for latest AE version

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Fix fixed shape layer expansion when masked

Fix fixed some repeater layer related stuff

Fix fixed bitcode for the SDK (hopefully...)

Fix header fix in SDK

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Misc fixed broken examples on github

Fix crash for animated masks for core animations on non-shape layers

Fix the method evaluateExpressions on single layers would sometimes not force expression evaluation

Fix 3D rotations were mirrored on Core Animations

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Fix Crash with malformed text animators

Fix You can opt out of sending animation data as part of the crash reports.

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Feature SLReader can now be constructed in the backgrounds (+convenience functions in the SDK)

Feature Support for subtractive masks

Feature The extension and companion app can now replace layers with the iOS camera

Feature support for 3D Touch input

Feature better expression support

Fix crash on some rectangle paths

Fix wrong alignment for text layers

Fix looping issues resolved

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Feature Repeater layers are now supported

Fix Performance degradation in shape layers

Fix crash for malformed text layers

Fix sometimes images would not appear in the companion app, esp. under windows

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Squall was rewritten (again) in mostly C++ and the AE extension can now update itself. Also: Expressions can now be evaluated on the device, lots of other new features were added and a number of bugs were fixed. Note that there are some compatibility-breaking API changes.

Feature Build preset compositions for iOS devices

Feature Choose to render hidden properties

Feature Choose to render hidden layers

Feature AE extension can be updated right from AE

Feature AE extension can automatically update itself

Feature create static code snapshots of your comp right in AE

Feature expressions can be evaluated on the device (dynamic expressions)

Feature expression tools for the Squall companion app

Feature support for polystar shape layers

Feature composition analyzer to help resolve conversion problems

Misc sqa files are human readable JSON

Misc cleaned up extension UI

Misc significant performance improvements for Squall animations

Misc API change: properties can no longer be filtered and excluded from evaluation.

Misc API change: getLayersWithName of SLAnimation now returns id/AnyObject that

Fix guide layers are now hidden

Fix Squall app will alert user if an update is available

Fix crash when layer parent couldn't be found

Fix clipboard language setting is now saved

Fix file picker dialog remembers your folder

Fix vector group opacity is now properly honored

Fix compositions containing non-latin symbols will now save properly

Fix z Scale value is now properly honored

Fix crash of shape animations whose keys had varying numbers of bezier points

Fix crash of animated paths consisting of only one point

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Misc SDK now contains bitcode

Misc installer updated to work with AE CC 2015.3

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Misc Demo version is now 30-day trial with overlay (1s limit is gone)

Fix Crash related to multiline text labels

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Squall left the beta stage and is now publicly available.

Misc Visual fixes in the extension

Misc Licensing changed

Misc License key should now be added using the setLicenseKey class method on the Squall class

Misc Evaluation copies can now save out files

Misc API name change in SLCoreAnimationBuildDelegate

Misc API change: onAnimationEvent block is now nullable

Misc API name change: SLAnimationEventSpeedChange is now SLAnimationEventRateChange

Fix Bug adding "undefined" to Squall clipboard

Fix SLAnimations were not honoring SLPlaybackType

Fix Firing of SLAnimationEvents

Fix Memory leaks related to ellipse and rectangle shape paths

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Feature SLPlaybackType is now part of SLAnimation and therefore also honored by SLCoreAnimations

Feature onAnimationEvent block callbacks are now part of SLAnimation and therefore also honored by SLCoreAnimations

Feature API to replace AE layers with already existing ones

Feature API to filter properties applied to the layers of an animation

Feature 3D support for a number of properties/parenting

Feature Squall clipboard: Copy simple core animation code right from AE

Misc Visual tweaks in the extension

Misc Performance improvements in setup (Squall/Core) and playback (Squall)

Fix Visual glitch in the app where the ip address would reappear on backgrounding/foregrounding

Fix Animating from or over zero in shape properties would stop a Core animation from being evaluated

Fix Sometimes gradients would have the wrong colors assigned

Fix Precomposed layers with track mattes had the wrong track matte assigned

Fix Unsaved projects with gradients would cause the extension to stall

Fix Track mattes with masks attached now render correctly (masks were previously ignored)

Fix Extension crash when active comp had no layers

Fix Layers with numbers as names would crash the SDK/app

Fix Crash with empty shape path values resulting from AI conversion

Fix Duplicate compositions in a composition were not resolved properly

Fix Visibility of layers within precomposed layers was off when the precomposed layer was offset in time

Fix Color of solid layers was blown out

Fix Resolved retain cycles in the SDK that had caused most of the allocations to hang around

Fix Crash in text animators without a range selector (regression)

Fix Slight tweak with linearly interpolated Core Animations

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The previous version was also missing a file needed to work:(
April 10th: Mac Installer updated.

Fix Extension script error

Fix Mac Installer bug: removed debug toolbar

Fix Mac Installer bug related to permission dialog boxes (updated the file as of April 10th)

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The file format has changed again. Sorry about that. This release brings support for gradients and improved shape layer support. And a bunch of bug fixes.

Feature Support for text line height

Feature APIs for label sizing

Feature Convenience methods to access animation layers

Feature Gradient (linear, radial) support for shape layers

Feature Trim path offset support for core animations

Feature Fill color opacity support

Feature Core animations now support independently animated merged shapes.

Feature Core animations now support rectangle and ellipse paths.

Misc Performance improvements for Squall Animations

Fix Interpolation for certain multidimensional values (e.g. color)

Fix Layer mask support is back (broken in last release)

Fix Visibility animation correction

Fix Allow negative trim path offset

Fix Clipping for certain fonts (e.g. Zapfino)

Fix Text alignment for multiline labels

Fix Text Animator: anchor point support

Fix Text Animator: rotation and scale animation now properly resolved

Fix Text Animator crash when range selector is hidden/absent

Fix Text Animator: fill color hue cycling

Fix Multiline text accuracy improvements

Fix Text key frame/expression animation support

Fix Several crashes for core animations with expressions

Fix General interpolation improvements for core animations

Fix Animated stroke color for core animations

Fix Shapes in shape layers will now respect properties not contained within the same scope.

Fix Animation changes from the SLCoreAnimationBuilderDelegate methods are now propagated to layers that have the animated layer as their parent.

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Squall is now an Objective-C framework. It will still continue to work with apps written in Swift but it won't require a different build for different versions of Xcode.

Feature Animations now respect the contentsGravity property of CALayer

Feature Parent an AE layer of a SLSquallAnimation to any existing CALayer

Feature Text animator support for Squall Animations

Misc Rewritten from Swift to Objective C

Fix Crash at the end of an animation using expressions

Fix Visibility at the end of an animation

Fix Crash when live preview was immediately deallocated

Fix Interpolation for multi-dimensional values without spatial interpolation (i.e. scale, color)

Fix Interpolation for multi-dimensional bezier-interpolated values for Core Animations (color, scale etc.)

Fix Linear interpolation for Core Animations when animating position without spatial interpolation

Fix Images are now also added when using an animation from the bundle (and not live preview)

Fix Improved text positioning.

Fix Installer will now let you uninstall the extension again

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Extension and SDK are now one download.

Feature Expression support

Misc Removed time restriction in demo

Misc Dropped support for AE 2014 (for now)

Fix More readable errors in installer

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Initial Beta Release. Let's see how it holds up...

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