# Changelog

Every release of Effector, newest first. The version lives in one place, the
`project()` line of `CMakeLists.txt`, and each release is a `vX.Y.Z` tag on the
commit that made it. The interface shows this file under Changelog in its menu.

## [0.5.3] - 2026-09-26

### Added
- Effector has its own icon, an E split into its colour channels, in the app
  menu, the dock and About Effector; a one-colour version goes with it for
  panels.

## [0.5.2] - 2026-09-26

### Changed
- Effector is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3
  or later; the `LICENSE` file holds the text, and About Effector says so.

## [0.5.1] - 2026-09-26

### Added
- An Arch Linux `PKGBUILD` in `packaging/arch`: `makepkg -si` there builds and
  installs the tagged release with pacman.
- A desktop entry, so an installed Effector shows up in the app menu.

## [0.5.0] - 2026-09-26

### Added
- A version number: `effector --version` prints it, and About Effector in the
  menu shows it.
- This changelog, readable from the interface under Changelog in the menu.
- Open Recent in the project menu, listing the projects opened or saved here.
- An optional shadow or glow under the image overlay, with an offset, size,
  spread, colour and opacity.
- Reordering the chain by dragging a row.

### Fixed
- The params' scrollbar no longer covers the spin buttons.

## [0.4.0] - 2026-09-23

### Added
- Eight chaotic effects: slit shift, channel split, pixel sort, corruption,
  shatter, warp, bit crush and feedback. None needs sources, so any of them can
  lead a chain.
- The sidebar split into Chain and Setup tabs.
- A rotation for the text effect's placement.
- Text stages labelled in the chain list with their words.

### Changed
- The preview stays centred however long the status line gets.
- The status line stays short, with the full chain and setup in its tooltip.
- The chain/params split fits the chain's rows until it is dragged; a
  double-click on the handle fits it again.
- The mouse wheel scrolls past spin buttons that do not have the focus.

## [0.3.0] - 2026-09-19

### Added
- Named styles: several text stages can share one font and colour, and editing
  the style moves every stage that follows it.
- Switching a chain stage off without taking it apart, in the interface and
  with `--disable NAME` on the command line.

### Changed
- The interface opens on an empty chain, and shows the sources only when the
  chain uses them.

## [0.2.0] - 2026-09-18

### Added
- Effect chains: stages cascade, each handed the previous one's output, built in
  the sidebar or with repeated `-e`.
- Blur, film grain, black and white, image overlay, text and tiles effects.
- Projects saved and opened as plain JSON.
- Standard web and print canvas formats (`--format`, `--dpi`).
- Effects declare whether they need source images, so a chain led by blur
  renders with none loaded.

### Changed
- The chain comes first in the sidebar.

### Fixed
- The canvas size is checked before it is narrowed to an int.
- Projects are written and read in the C locale, and keep the seed whole.

## [0.1.0] - 2026-09-18

### Added
- The C++20 port of the Python prototype: a GTK 4 interface and a headless
  command line over pluggable effects, starting with scanlines.
- Source images load in the background, with a progress window and Cancel.