v4.2 [Aug 25, 2021]
Blend Modes
- Specify different blend modes for each object or group – Screen, Add, Multiply, Overlay, Hard Light, Soft Light and Color are supported
- Order-correct blending for overlapping objects in groups
- Exportable in all file formats (PDF, SVG, PNG and more)
- All glow effects may be used with additive blending now
- Shadow effects can be used with multiply blending
Lens Flares
- Completely configurable with many options
- Multiple streak/glow layers per Lens Flare layer
- Many included lens flare presets
Quick Color Adjustments
- Simply select objects on the canvas and adjust hue, brightness and contrast using the Color Adjust feature from the toolbar
- Very handy when adjusting the colors of complex objects with many effects - When adjusting colors, single colors from the selected objects may be adjusted directly on the color wheel
- Also, selecting and adjusting multiple colors on the color wheel simultaneously is possible
Performance
- Significant performance enhancements and reduced memory usage on M1-based Macs through several Metal optimizations
- Further optimizations for Macs with Intel- and M1-based Macs
- Further user interface optimizations for macOS Big Sur
Enhanced X-Ray Mode
- The fill coloring of objects is now shown as light pastel colours when using X-Ray mode
- Greatly enhanced performance when using X-Ray mode
Improved display and handling of imported bitmap images
- Significantly higher performance when editing bitmap images on the canvas – especially for larger images
- Enhanced quality when exporting artwork with imported bitmap images
- Border modes (like round corners for example) are now exported using clip paths in PDFs
- Images may be scaled to their exact pixel size using an option in the inspector
Greatly enhanced Quick Look integration
- Quick Look previews are now completely vector-based
- File icons in the Finder of Logoist documents are now rendered much more efficiently
Further Enhancements
- More document size suggestions, which are now also available in the startup window
- Improved snapping guides that are using the specified measurement units from the canvas now
- Option added to hide the selection highlighting when the mouse cursor is not on the canvas
- Improved gradient shadow filters – better export quality and faster on-screen display
- The source file of imported images and PDFs may now be exported again
- Improved snapping when aligning layers and drawing paths
- Improved main menu structure
Version 4.2.1 fixes an issue when vectorizing images
