What's New
Release Notes
Explore New Features and Updates in Phase.
21 Nov 2024
💎 New Features
Public Link Sharing 🎁:
- Time to spread the animation love! Share your creations with anyone via public links.
- New visitors? No problem! We'll guide you through a quick login/signup.
- Like magic ✨, a copy of the shared file opens right in your Phase File Editor.
🌟 Interface Improvements
Share Dialog Updates:
- Streamlined collaborator information loading in share dialog.
- Fixed avatar display issues for users with default profile pictures.
- Improved public page image rendering for new files.
Canvas and Property Controls:
- Enhanced Boolean Difference rendering for multiple elements.
- Updated default opacity values for Boolean Group Elements.
- Improved path shape reset behavior for initial keyframes.
- Added proper curve handle selection response with escape key.
🛠️ Import and Export Enhancements
File Handling:
- Stabilized Phase file imports through the editor menu.
- Improved element persistence after file imports and page refreshes.
- Enhanced Figma import process to prevent black screen issues.
- Resolved Lottie import challenges with boolean operations.
- Optimized GIF export transparency handling.
🐛 Bug Fixes
Core Functionality:
- Fixed data preservation to prevent file content loss.
- Resolved template copying errors (500 error).
- Improved performance when switching between modes.
- Enhanced error handling for identity retrieval.
Animation Tools:
- Resolved crash issues with curved path applications.
- Fixed position tracking for child elements during co-editing.
- Corrected property panel position values after keyframe removal.
- Addressed application freeze at 90-degree rectangle skew.
Platform and Performance:
- Implemented proper access controls for mobile tablet users.
- Optimized co-editing session performance.
- Improved dashboard thumbnail rendering.
- Enhanced website components including testimonials and landing page elements.
31 Oct 2024
💎 New Features
Motion Paths Just Got An Upgrade
- Revamped motion path functionality for smoother and more intuitive animations.
- Key updates include:
- Shape curves by directly dragging path segments
- Add/remove curve controls with Cmd/Ctrl + click
- Real-time preview of changes
- Full compatibility with Lottie export and existing projects
- Seamless integration with auto-orient features
Smarter Animation Playback
- Improved animation workflow with context-aware playback pausing, making it easier to stay in the creative flow.
- New features include:
- Automatic pause when switching between design, action, preview, and inspect modes
- Intelligent interface interactions that pause playback when using toolbars, menus, and panels
- Precise editing with playback pauses during canvas element manipulation
- Continuous playback support during keyframe undo/redo actions
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Enhanced scene tree management with improved undo/redo functionality.
- Strengthened shortcut controls for path editing and animation management.
- Fixed various UI issues, including the Inspect Panel and Presence Avatar.
- Improved reliability for Lottie import/export.
- Addressed position and transform-related issues for more predictable element control.
16 Oct 2024
💎 New Features
Animation Presets
- Introducing Animation Presets, allowing designers to easily add pre-built animations to their projects.
- Features include:
- Preset Library with ready-to-use animations (Fade In/Out, Move In/Out, Scale In/Out, Spin In/Out)
- One-click application of animations to elements as tracks
- Customization options for duration, start time, property values, and easing
- Flexible editing: remove, edit, select, move, stretch, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, and delete preset tracks
- Integration with Inspect Mode and Lottie export
Guides
- Enhances design efficiency and enables more precise layouts.
- Key features include:
- Create global-based guides across entire files
- Delete selected guides individually or in groups
- Move guides for flexible positioning
- Select multiple guides for efficient management
- Automatic guide saving within project files
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed crashes related to moving, grouping, and pasting elements.
- Resolved edge cases in the user collaboration invitation process.
- Addressed various rendering issues.
- Fixed bugs related to file management and state.
1 Aug 2024
💎 New Features
Japanese App Coming Soon:
- Our app will soon be available in Japanese on August 24th. Simply switch your preferred language in the account settings.
Maintain Spacing Between Items:
- When dragging an object, a red snapping line will appear to help maintain a consistent gap between items.
🌟 Interface Upgrades
Phase Works Best on Chrome Browser:
- Phase works best on Google Chrome. When we access the app using a different browser, a prompt will guide us to switch to Google Chrome for an enhanced user experience.
The Easing Panel Will Display a Scroll Bar:
- To solve the issue of the action panel being too low, the Easing panel can now be scrolled using a scroll bar that appears when needed.
Properties Panel Updates:
- When no element is selected, the Properties Panel will show a message to select an element for more actions.
Show Interface Updates:
- We simplified menu labels for clarity, added new options and shortcuts for view-only and preview modes, and separated "Show Ruler" and "Show Interface" settings—now, if "Show Interface" is off, the ruler is automatically hidden.
Motion Path Updates:
- Objects now maintain correct orientation along their paths when exported to Lottie format. Auto-Orient is applicable to all items except Boolean Groups.
Cancel User Invitation:
- People with edit access can change access permissions and cancel member invitations after the invitations are sent.
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Edited comments will no longer disappear after canceling.
- The inspect mode bug in the file viewer is fixed and will no longer appear.
- Origins in animate mode now function normally when edited.
- Adding a trim path in animate mode, moving it, and then undoing will no longer cause a crash.
- Exporting Lottie files with mask groups now displays correctly.
- In both the shared file and team settings user pages, the user list now updates in real-time.
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