Changelog

✨ What's New in v1.7.0

New Drawing Tools

• 🖊️ Pencil Tool - Express yourself with free-form drawing. Perfect for hand-drawn annotations, sketches, and highlighting specific areas with a natural drawing experience.

• 💬 Callout Tool - Draw attention to important details with professional callouts. Create clear, focused annotations that guide viewers to what matters most.

Enhanced Emoji Experience

• 😊 Emoji Tool Moved to Main Editor - The emoji tool is now directly accessible in the main editor toolbar for faster access. Add expressive emojis to your screenshots without switching contexts.

✨ New Features

🎯 Presets System

• Save and manage custom presets - Create unlimited presets to save your favorite editor configurations
• One-click preset switching - Instantly switch between different styling configurations
• Persistent presets - All presets are saved locally and persist across sessions
• Preset management - Easy-to-use dropdown interface in the top header for quick access
• Delete custom presets - Remove presets you no longer need (default preset cannot be deleted)
• Automatic preset application - Last used preset is automatically applied when opening the editor

Each preset saves:

• Padding, rounded corners, shadow settings
• Aspect ratio preferences
• Background type (wallpaper/gradient/plain color)
• Inset and shadow intensity
• Complete styling configuration

🖼️ Professional Wallpaper Backgrounds

• 171 curated wallpapers across 6 premium categories:
  • Energy (30 wallpapers) - Vibrant, dynamic backgrounds
  • Iridescent (30 wallpapers) - Holographic, colorful gradients
  • Midnight (30 wallpapers) - Dark, elegant tones
  • Radiant (27 wallpapers) - Bright, warm gradients
  • Spring (24 wallpapers) - Fresh, natural colors
  • Sunset (30 wallpapers) - Warm, atmospheric gradients

🚀 Performance & UX Improvements

⚡ Smooth Editor Loading

• Professional loading screen - Clean spinner animation while editor initializes
• Fade-in transitions - Smooth content appearance for polished UX
• Optimized initialization - Deferred non-critical operations for faster perceived load times
• Failsafe mechanisms - Prevents stuck loading screens with timeout protection
• No visual glitches - Eliminates flashing/blinking during startup

🎯 UI/UX Enhancements

• Cleaner header design - Removed unnecessary icons from preset section
• Improved visual hierarchy - Better organization of editor controls
• Consistent styling - Unified design language across all components
• Better performance - Optimized background preview rendering
• Smooth preset switching - Instant configuration changes with no lag

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed preset blinking on editor startup
• Resolved wallpaper loading performance issues
• Fixed loading overlay visibility on dark backgrounds
• Improved error handling for initialization failures
• Fixed background application timing issues

🎨 Design Polish

• Enhanced loading spinner visibility with better contrast
• Removed redundant text from loading screen for cleaner look
• Improved preset dropdown styling and interactions
• Better visual feedback for preset selection

📝 Technical Improvements

• Modular background system architecture
• Efficient wallpaper thumbnail generation
• localStorage-based preset persistence
• Robust error handling and fallback mechanisms
• Optimized initialization sequence
• Deferred non-critical rendering operations

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🎉 What This Means For You

This update transforms ScreenSnap Pro into a professional-grade screenshot editor with:

• Faster workflow - Save your favorite configurations as presets
• Beautiful results - 171 professionally designed wallpaper backgrounds
• Smoother experience - Polished loading and transitions
• More flexibility - Multiple background types and customization options
• Better performance - Optimized rendering and initialization

Enjoy the new features! 🚀

New Features

Recent Custom Colors System

• Added memory for recently used custom colors across all tools
• Recent colors appear at top of color dropdowns for quick access
• Persistent storage between app sessions
• Smart filtering (excludes default palette colors)

New Filled Circle Tool

• Added filled ellipse/circle tool to complete shape suite
• Full control panel integration with color picker and tool selector
• Consistent behavior with other filled shape tools

Perfect Shape Constraints (Shift Key)

• Hold Shift while drawing to create perfect shapes:
  • Rectangle → Perfect squares
  • Filled Rectangle → Perfect filled squares
  • Ellipse → Perfect circles
  • Filled Circle → Perfect filled circles
• Real-time preview during drawing (Figma/Photoshop style)
• Works for both preview and final shape creation

Bug Fixes

Tool Control Panel

• Fixed arrow thickness preview (was hardcoded, now uses actual setting)
• Fixed tool control panel icons not displaying after tool selection
• All tool properties now reflect immediately in preview

Sidebar Tool Selection

• Fixed sidebar tool buttons not responding to clicks
• Resolved template loading race condition
• Tool event listeners now initialize after templates load
• Perfect synchronization between sidebar and control panel

Color System

• Fixed color inconsistencies across UI elements
• All tool color previews now update uniformly
• Enhanced visual feedback for selected colors

Technical Changes

• Improved template loading and component initialization
• Better event handling for tool selection
• Enhanced state management and UI synchronization
• Fixed race conditions in UI component setup