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Username: Veronika Escape Motions
Post Date: 2026-11-12 16:16:51

[SIZE=4]We’re excited to introduce Rebelle 8.4, bringing new creative controls, improved performance, and a range of workflow enhancements: new brush rotation options, more flexibility when working with selections, smarter panel management, and faster performance. We've also addressed numerous issues reported by our community to make Rebelle more stable and reliable.[/SIZE] Rebelle 8.4 is the first release that requires active Update Access covering the version's release date. What does this mean for you? [B]- If your Update Access covers Rebelle 8.4:[/B] You can download and use the new version at no additional cost from Community account > Purchases. [B]- If your Update Access expired before Rebelle 8.4 was released:[/B] You can renew your Update Access to receive Rebelle 8.4 and further updates (log in to your Community account and visit our shop to see your renewal options); or continue using the latest version covered by your existing license. [B]- If you're unsure which versions your license covers:[/B] Visit your Community Account > Purchases to check your Update Access dates and download eligible versions. We remain committed to long-term reliability, with Long-Term Support (LTS) releases receiving critical fixes. The bug fixes in Rebelle 8.4 have been backported to Rebelle 8.3.5, also released today. Here's the full changelog: [SIZE=5][B]New[/B][/SIZE] - Brushes: Added a 'Rotation' parameter to the Properties panel (Panel menu > Show Sliders > Rotation) - Brush Creator: Added 'Lock Initial Angle' to Shape & Grain > Shape to maintain the initial brush rotation angle throughout a stroke - Selections: Rough Feather (Roughness) now supports negative values (-100 to 100) - Preferences: Added Opacity setting for Structures to Preferences > Color to control the opacity of Structures while editing them on canvas - Motion IO: Added a processing dialog with a Cancel button for `-batch-json` operations - Motion IO & WebSockets: Added support for SAVE and LOAD events over WebSocket. Access to locations outside the folders specified by `-websocket-allowed-path` requires user permission. Added REQUEST_FILE_ACCESS to request folder access in advance - Motion IO & WebSockets: Added a startup check for write permissions in Rebelle's user data folders. If access is restricted, a dialog displays the affected folders with options to Fix Permissions or Show Folder - Motion IO & WebSockets: SET_BRUSH_PARAMS also accepts "loading" and "oiliness", the Brush Creator's names for opacity and water of the oil tools. "opacity" and "water" win when both are given New features only available in Rebelle 8.4 accessible to users with an active 1-Year Update access. [SIZE=5][B]Changes[/B][/SIZE] - Transform: The Transform bounding box now includes linked layer mask content. For filter layers, the bounding box fits the mask content instead of the entire canvas - Warp, Deform & Perspective: Switching to another layer or layer mask now confirms the current transformation while keeping the tool active on the newly selected layer - Layers: Merge Visible Layers and Merge Visible to New Layer now place the merged layer at the top of the layer stack - Copy & Paste: Improved compatibility when pasting images copied from Rebelle into other applications - Performance: Improved performance when switching brush presets and updating texture previews in Brush Creator - Performance: Improved startup speed, significantly reduced closing time, and accelerated new artwork creation - Cursor: Improved brush cursor rendering performance. The maximum brush size outline is now hidden when its size is nearly identical to the current brush size - UI: Reset Layout to Default now also turns off Stay on Top and Tablet Mode - UI: Improved consistency of docked panel heights after restarting Rebelle, moving between monitors with different DPI settings, or switching Tablet Mode on and off - UI: Automatically collapsed panels now restore their previous height when sufficient window space becomes available (manually collapsed panels remain collapsed) - UI: Rebelle now starts maximized with the default panel layout on first launch or after Reset Layout. Restoring the window opens a centered 1280 × 768 window - Motion IO & WebSockets: WebSocket connections are now restricted to the local computer by default. Remote connections can be enabled using `-websocket-allow-remote` or `-websocket-allowed-ip-addresses` - Motion IO & WebSockets: Web pages served from locations other than localhost now require user approval before controlling Rebelle - Motion IO & WebSockets: File paths used by export_canvas and EDIT_BRUSH_PRESET are now validated against allowed folders, consistent with SAVE and LOAD - Motion IO: `-batch-json` operations no longer unintentionally modify brush presets, visual settings, autosaves, or application settings - Motion IO: SET_RANDOM_SEED now initializes randomization consistently across all tools and the multicolor generator, ensuring results are independent of previously used tools - Motion IO: Reduced memory usage when starting `-batch-json` operations with NEW_ARTWORK - Motion IO: SET_PAPER and NEW_ARTWORK with a paper that has to be downloaded now wait for the download before the next events, so the strokes after them always use the new paper. If the download fails, later SET_PAPER events with the same paper no longer wait for it again - Motion IO: -batch-json now waits for the Brush Creator and Brush Presets panel to react to a tool switch or a loaded preset, so the values given in SET_BRUSH always win. This changes the output of some scripts that switch tools - Floating License: Floating License Server now unregisters correctly when stopped using Ctrl+C or a termination signal, allowing immediate restart Changes only available in Rebelle 8.4 accessible to users with an active 1-Year Update access. [SIZE=5][B]Fixes[/B][/SIZE] - Selections: Selections larger than the canvas now automatically enter Transform mode when loaded, allowing them to be repositioned - Record Time-lapse: Time-lapse recordings now remain playable even if Rebelle closes unexpectedly during recording - Transform: Fixed problems when Transform, Warp, Deform, or Perspective was turned off and on again quickly, e.g. while holding Alt for the Pick Color tool - Transform: Transforming or warping a layer with an active selection no longer removes its clipping mask - Transform: Fixed incorrect blending when confirming transformations on selected content in layers using blending modes other than Normal, including disappearing content with the Color blending mode - Transform: Fixed Shift-scaling with side handles snapping to unrelated angles - Transform: Confirming Canvas Size or an imported image now correctly returns to the previously selected tool - Transform: Deleting or applying a layer mask while Transform or Warp is active no longer reverses the change - Warp, Deform & Perspective: Fixed layer mask handling, including incorrect bounding boxes, black areas outside the deformed grid, and crashes when deleting or applying masks during transformation - Warp: Fully white layer masks no longer become slightly gray after warping - Canvas Size: Fixed a possible crash when undoing and redoing several Canvas Size changes quickly - Liquify: Redo no longer loses a Liquify step done on another layer, and undone or redone Liquify steps now show on the canvas after switching layers - Layers: Selecting a layer via Ctrl+Shift+click now respects layer visibility, even if it is clipped via layer mask or clipping mask - Layers: Fixed a crash that could occur after duplicating a layer - Layers: Fixed a crash when undoing an unconfirmed paste after opening another artwork through File > Open Recent - Layers: Collapsing a Layer Group no longer selects another layer - Layers: Painting on the original layer mask after duplicating a masked layer now correctly updates the canvas in real time - Layers: Fixed opacity and blending mode values not displaying correctly after deleting all layers - Layers: Wet paint is no longer saved into a newly selected layer in some cases - Layers: Fixed Ctrl remaining active in the Layers panel after releasing the key while a dialog was open, causing unintended selections when clicking thumbnails - Layers: Fixed Ctrl/Cmd shortcuts, such as Ctrl+S, leaving the cursor stuck in layer painting selection mode - Layers: Fixed layer thumbnails remaining highlighted after moving the cursor outside the Layers panel - Selections: Fixed Quick Fill crashes occurring in certain situations, such as after changing the canvas size or modifying a stencil - Selections: Fixed a crash when switching to the Fill tool after changing colors with an active selection - Selections: Fixed reduced brush stroke strength after changing colors with an active selection - Selections: Expand, Contract, and Feather now work correctly after quickly exiting Paint Selection - Selections: Cancel or Esc in the Expand/Contract dialog now correctly restores the original selection - Selections: Paint Selection no longer inverts Rectangle or Ellipse selections that are still being edited - Brushes: Fixed parts of smudged brush strokes disappearing when painting toward canvas edges - Brushes: Fixed visible texture seams caused by scaled Background Textures - Brushes: Fixed the Copy Brush Preset to Favorites shortcut - Brushes: Pasted and imported brush presets are now automatically selected in the Brush Presets panel - Brushes: Brush groups containing commas in their names now retain their order and visibility after restarting Rebelle - Brushes: Fixed the brush cursor remaining blue after using the Erase mode shortcut - Brushes: Fixed the Multi-Colored Brush button in the Properties panel not updating when switching presets or tools - Brush Creator: Fixed shape and grain textures occasionally failing to update when switching presets - Brush Creator: Background Texture 2 can now be assigned even when Background Texture 1 is empty - Tablets: Fixed an issue where the mouse stopped painting after using a pen if the tablet driver failed to register the pen leaving the tablet - Tablets: Fixed mouse clicks becoming unresponsive on Windows (WinTab) after the pen left the tablet proximity range with its side button pressed - Tablets: Fixed missing pen strokes when starting a new stroke immediately after the previous one - Tablets: Fixed pen clicks in the Color panel being incorrectly registered as double-clicks (introduced in 8.3.4) - Tablets: Fixed the DPI field in Canvas Size not being editable after clicking it with a pen on macOS - UI: Docked reference images return to their dock after you turn Tablet Mode off - UI: Reference image windows now correctly restore their expanded state and size - UI: Pressing Escape now correctly closes open menus and drop-down lists - UI: Fixed incorrect size and positioning of side panels at UI scaling levels other than 100% - UI: Floating panels, including Brush Creator, now fit within the screen when first opened - UI: Fixed incorrect collapse arrow indicators on automatically collapsed panels - UI: Fixed the Navigator/Tilt panel switching to the Tilt tab after automatically collapsing - UI: Fixed Library side panels remaining closed at startup despite their buttons being enabled - UI: Window > Lock Panels no longer changes the panel heights, and unlocking restores the previous layout - UI: The color history popup now closes when you press Tab or switch to another application - Preferences: Choosing an empty folder as the new User Assets path no longer fails with "Path ... does not exist" - New Artwork: Aspect ratio locking now correctly uses the dimensions displayed in the dialog - Color Panel: Fixed the incorrect Color Wheel shape being marked in the menu on a fresh installation - Colors: Color swatches can now be dropped onto gradient handle color buttons - Select Canvas: Fixed the active paper not being highlighted - Select Canvas: Fixed a crash when you clicked Exit Preview after selecting a paper you haven't purchased - Save: Saving an artwork no longer fails with "Can not open the paper file." e.g., after its paper was deleted or renamed in the paper library - Stability: Fixed crashes that could occur when closing Rebelle - UI: Other minor fixes - Motion IO & WebSockets: Fixed NEW_ARTWORK, CLEAR_LAYER, CLEAR_MASK, and other events incorrectly dropping subsequent events - Motion IO & WebSockets: A size change and a stroke in the same message (GROUP or SET_BRUSH + stroke) no longer paint with the previous brush size - Motion IO & WebSockets: Over WebSocket, a stroke sent right after the previous one is no longer missing, with some smudging Watercolor presets such as Gouache - Motion IO & WebSockets: A preset's parameters no longer override the values set by SET_BRUSH in the middle of the first stroke - Motion IO & WebSockets: SET_BRUSH no longer fails with "Invalid path to brush preset" while Rebelle saves that preset - Motion IO & WebSockets: LOAD and SAVE now accept the "scaling" key documented in the manual ("scaling_factor" still works and wins) - Motion IO: Fixed SET_PAPER failing when `deckled_edges` was not specified - Motion IO: Fixed SET_ENGINE_PARAMS `gran_texture` not working with granulation file names or numeric values - Motion IO: Fixed `-replay-mouse` freezing when encountering a SAVE event during a stroke - Motion IO: Fixed a crash after SET_BRUSH without a preset and prevented outdated brush parameters from being applied - Motion IO: SET_TOOL and SET_BRUSH no longer reset brush color and dirt when the current tool is selected - Motion IO: Fixed the first SET_BRUSH event enabling `multi_color_brush` not using all specified colors - Motion IO: Fixed multicolor noise scale handling, including support for the documented range (0.1–20), correct scaling with brush size, and wrapping of out-of-range offsets - Motion IO: Simulations on tilted canvases now produce consistent results across repeated runs - Motion IO: Fixed Texture Brush grain rendering differences between the Motion IO edition and Rebelle Find more information in our blog: [URL]https://www.escapemotions.com/blog/rebelle-84-released-more-brush-control-improved-performance-and-a-smoother-painting-experience[/URL] Happy painting!