1.5
2024-04-11
• This update adds several new tools: Crayon, Fountain Pen & Watercolor
• You can now customize Charcoal’s interface
• The settings have been redesigned
• Sketches can be exported at a higher quality
• Charcoal now fully supports the latest iPadOS and iOS versions
• Several bugs have been fixed
Thanks for using Charcoal!
1.4.1
2022-11-05
This update fixes an issue which resulted in the app becoming unresponsive after changing certain settings. It also includes support for iOS & iPadOS 16, as well as iPhone 14.
1.4
2021-12-12
• You can now choose a background color for your sketch
• The color palettes have been updated
• To switch to the new palettes, tap the refresh button in the settings under “Color Palettes”
• A Home Screen action for quick sketches has been added
• The design of the app has been tweaked
• This update adds support for iOS 15, iPhone 13, and iPad mini
1.3.1
2020-11-15
• This update adds support for iPhone 12 and iPad Air
• You can now also zoom in further into a sketch
• Saving has been improved
• Sketches should now sync faster
• An iOS 13 animation glitch was fixed
• An issue has been resolved that slowed down scrolling on the canvas in certain cases
• A bug has been fixed that resulted in the app crashing in the background
1.3
2020-09-21
• You can now create your own color palettes
• The palettes can be created and edited in the settings
• You can also change the order of the predefined color palettes
• Color palettes sync using iCloud
• You can share any color palette as an image
• When using the share sheet, the hex representations will also be shared
• Alternatively, you can drag and drop a color palette into another app that supports images
• Tools in the sidebar now support multiple sizes
• You can change the size by tapping on the tool you have selected
• Currently supported tools: Pen, Pencil, Marker, Big Pen
• You can choose between small, medium, and big
• The size you selected for each tool will be saved between sessions
• Keyboard shortcuts for changing the size of the current tool have also been added
• In the “My Sketches” view, a waterfall layout is now used for a better browsing experience
• This allows you to view entire sketches before opening them
• The new layout also works better on iPhone
• URL scheme
• The Charcoal URL scheme currently supports creating new sketches
• It can be used with charcoal://new
• I hope to be able to expand the number of supported urls in future updates
• The settings sheet can now be dismissed by tapping outside of the sheet on iPadOS
• This change was made to better fit in with other apps under iOS and iPadOS 14
• The app icon has been tweaked
• A new welcome message was added
• A bug has been fixed that resulted in the colors of sketches being darkened when exporting in dark mode
• When sharing a sketch from the canvas, the sketch no longer gets closed after the image finishes saving
• Tapping the current tool no longer results in extra haptics on iPhone
• Syncing has been improved
• The help screen has been improved
• An iOS 14 animation glitch was fixed
• The responsiveness of the app has been improved
1.2.3
2020-06-16
This update adds haptic feedback (iPhone).
1.1.2
2020-05-30
This update includes a couple of fixes and improvements.
1.1
2020-04-23
This update includes a couple of fixes and improvements:
• Support for the double-tap gesture on Apple Pencil 2 was added
• The new pointer in iPadOS 13.4 is fully supported in this version
• A drawing can now be navigated with the keyboard
Other small fixes and improvements are also included in this update.