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We are delighted to welcome you to the Noesis Studio alpha program. After more than two years of dedicated development, we are excited to provide selective access to Noesis Studio to our valued customers.



Please note that this is an alpha version and should not be considered a production-ready application. Here are some important points to keep in mind:

• Stability: Crashes may occur.
• User Experience: The UX is provisional in many areas, for example the Triggers panel, Animations, and Keyframes editor.
• Workflow: Workflows are experimental. We are still implementing features, such as unifying Triggers with Interactivity and making changes to the Data panel.
• SDK: The SDK is not yet available for integration into your own applications.
• Documentation: Currently, documentation is missing. We are working on a collection of tutorials, including video guides.
• Platform: At this stage, Noesis Studio is only available for Windows.
• Unity/Unreal Support: Integration with Unity and Unreal is not yet supported.

We are including six examples within the package: Coriolis, DashMoto, Engineering, Ombra, Squad, and Z3L. We highly recommend starting with these samples to get familiar with Noesis Studio before embarking on your own projects.

To get started, please download Noesis Studio here.

The homepage for Studio documentation is available here

Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us. Please share your experiences and first impressions by opening a new thread in this sub-forum. Engaging with other participants in this alpha program will also help us improve Noesis Studio together. Additionally, our tracker is available for reporting any problems you encounter.

Additionally, we've streamlined the process for reporting crashes. Should Studio crash, a dialog will appear allowing you to provide context and details about what you were doing at the time. Simply click the "Send" button to automatically submit the crash dump to our servers. These reports help us quickly identify and address issues to ensure a smoother experience for everyone.

Thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to your insights and contributions.

Alpha 0.0.122

• This is the first public release

Alpha 0.0.123

• Show ActualWidth and ActualHeight in element properties rather than NaN
• Trigger action name textbox not selecting all text on double click
• Added ability to apply resources while recording trigger setters
• Improvements to resource mapping: ControlTemplate inside of DataTemplate wasn't being mapped
• Adding an element to ItemsControl clears predefined System.String items
• Fixed: Width and Height not being updated in real time in preview
• Fixed: Adorners not updated sometimes while updating Width and Height
• Fixed: Middle click on Property generating command even if the value is default value
• Fixed: Clearing default ListBox items after adding content crashes Studio (#3362)
• Fixed: Can't write quote in editor fields, layer order commands are handling it
• Fixed: Selecting triggers not applying properties when entering record mode
• Fixed: Add element tool state only allowing drawing an element in Grid and Canvas (#3360)
• Fixed: "Add to resources" not applying as trigger setter when recording

Alpha 0.0.126

• StudioTool improvements
  • Added contextual menu for "Explore to", "Open backup folder" and "Remove from list"
  • Added a MainPage.xaml to projects created in empty folders
• Add ability to merge resource dictionaries into the GlobalResources.xaml
• Add "Convert to Style" option
• Added Cut, Paste and Delete commands to KeyFrame context menu (#3386)
• Minor improvements to ResourceDocument previews
• Fixed: Brushes are not shown as rectangles in the ResourceDocument preview
• Fixed: TextBlock Style not rendered in the ResourceDocument preview
• Fixed: FontFamily resource not serializing the path in the dictionary
• Fixed: Width and Height not updated when on Auto when changing other layout properties
• Fixed: GlobalResources.xaml not showing merged dictionaries
• Fixed: Deleting a resource deletes the x:Keys for the other same named resources (#3366)
• Fixed: Applying and removing styles doesn't refresh properties in the property panel
• Fixed: Crash deleting Style and template resources with an existing Scope (#3365, #2968)
• Fixed: List of available resources was not showing the resources of the control when inside a template/style
• Fixed: Resources not defined in the root element keep getting deselected when edited
• Fixed: Binding path not updated when pressing Enter to submit or Escape to cancel (#3374)
• Fixed: Crash when changing duration of default visual state transition or when animating it (#3375)
• Fixed: Crash when renaming a Data Structure of multiple instances (#3377)
• Fixed: Component dynamic properties support characters that shouldn't be allowed (#3378)
• Fixed: Animating Path points produces a lot of changes in other properties (#2865, #3381)
• Fixed: Crash during certain path point repositioning (#3383)
• Fixed: Animating Path points produces incorrect animation due to caching current value rather than base value
• Fixed: Adorner not updating animated path points
• Fixed: Resource not appearing in merged resource dictionaries after undoing a resource move
• Fixed: Crash when moving a SolidColorBrush resource to the page (#3408)
• Add support for showing TemplateBinding in UI as TemplatedParent Binding (#3409)
• Fixed: Crash when editing a newly created style (#3410)

Alpha 0.0.128

• Add Eye Dropper to the color and brush editors
• Add proportional drawing of elements with SHIFT key (#3424)
• Add symmetric drawing of elements with ALT key
• Allow moving path vertices and bezier control points with arrow keys (#3420, #2883)
• Show tooltip with coordinates when hovering over a point in direct selection tool
• Add preview for properties with ComboBox when hovering over it's items
• Add preview for resources when hovering over ComboBox items
• Hub context menu options executed on mouse release
• Fixed: Crash when selecting a numeric resource in the resources panel
• Fixed: Only ResourceDictionary files are shown in "Merge Dictionary" menu
• Fixed: Clipping path not shown on selected element when switching to Pen/Direct Selection tools
• Fixed: Changing gradient brush from relative to absolute should keep looking the same (#2888)
• Fixed: Crash when trying to group the root element (#3406)
• Fixed: DimensionProperty not applying value if new value is equal to actual size of the element
• Fixed: Text stroke thickness could be set to negative values (#3416)
• Added snapping in direct selection tool (WIP) (#3423)
• Added double click on Path to enter direct selection tool
• Added ability to delete whole path using DELETE key in direct selection when no point is selected
• Allow deselecting a path point by clicking on the shape
• Improve snapping by snapping to parent and sibling element corners and center
• Made snapping guidelines visible over other adorners
• Added icon for ResourceDictionary used in Resources panel
• Fixed: Closing a document while in direct selection causes a crash sometimes
• Fixed: Changing path stretch to None doesn't update point coordinates
• Fixed: Timeline shows weird time points when undoing some action
• Fixed: Duplicated color resources appear in brush editor (#3431)
• Fixed: Forbid renaming resources to a registered type name (#3430)
• Fixed: Crash when switching to a ResourceDocument while editing it's resources from another document
• Fixed: Snap lines rendered incorrectly when moving point to the left/right of the Path in direct selection tool
• Fixed: Crash moving style to page (#3432)

Alpha 0.0.130

• Increased drag threshold to convert a corner into a Bezier when drawing a path
• Add preview for pen tool when adding points
• Add snapping to the center of a segment when adding points with the pen tool
• Snap first vertex of the pen tool
• Add path vertex properties
• Add pixel grid snapping to the direct selection tool
• Added Pixel Grid adorner
• Added transparency grid on the stage background
• Added pixel grid snapping to the pen tool
• Set PenAdorner preview vertex opacity=0.75 and render it above the paths
• Fixed: Crash starting a Path outside a root Grid not covering the entire Page
• Fixed: Path vertex points are displaced when Stretch != None
• Fixed: First drawn point is offset
• Fixed: Second drawn vertex point gets displaced when drawing with pen tool
• Fixed: Path outline adorner not updating when modifying properties
• Fixed: Pen tool adorner not updating path outlines when modifying properties
• Fixed: Hover adorner remains visible when leaving the stage
• Fixed: Snapping to pixel grid in direct selection isn't perfect
• Fixed: Large snapping area when path is stretched
• Fixed: Stretched paths are moved more than 1px with arrow keys
• Fixed: Dragging vertex while it's control points are selected will apply delta twice to the control point
• Fixed: Alt+dragging a point was using wrong point for snapping, causing jagged movement of control points
• Fixed: Pen vertex preview didn't show when last segment in the figure was a cubic bezier

Alpha 0.0.131

• Add support for adding trigger setters to a Style
• Add control point mirroring + visual changes (#3439)
• Editing paths now adds figures (Enter to finish, Escape to deselect and start a new path)
• Changes to key modifiers in direct selection tool (#3436)
• Ctrl + dragging a path vertex now always starts a curve with no loops (#3436)
• Add ability to move points in 45deg increments (#3434)
• Add ability to Ctrl + click on path control point to flatten it or on a flat corner to make it curved
• Added path combine icons to the menu entries
• Fixed: XAML document gets completely broken when renaming a resource (#3446)
• Fixed: Adding a Toolbar to a Page Crashes Studio (#3459)
• Fixed: Invalid pen tool preview when last segment is a cubic bezier
• Fixed: Crash on DimensionProperty when deleting objects from template
• Fixed: While editing styles or templates, Esc key should be used to return scope (#3465)
• Fixed: Drag target adorners visible outside Navigator panel (#3458)
• Fixed: Crash setting negative values in dash array
• Fixed: Incorrect file dialog title and ok button label for Import Asset and Import SVG commands (#3461)

Alpha 0.0.132

• Add Bezier control point properties (length and angle with icons)
• Add preview for path vertex directional snapping when holding shift (#3434)
• Add ability to flatten control points using DELETE key
• Add ability to join path figures (#3469)
• Render the element AABB when snapping to it in path tools and dragging elements
• Add snapping of the control points and automatically detect mirror mode (#3439)
• Allow selecting and dragging two control points from two different vertices without having the vertices selected
• Trim properties moved to Appearance category
• Changed Trim properties default increment to 0.1
• Unified the starting position (top-left) and direction (clockwise) of default shapes
• Fixed: Control points aren't snapping to path vertex
• Fixed: Large snap area when angle snapping the tangent of a Bezier curve
• Fixed: Snap lines not shown when multiple points selected
• Fixed: Changing vertex position using properties doesn't move its control points
• Fixed: Typing in path vertex position in properties and pressing enter isn't working
• Fixed: Finishing path figure with a curve forces a curve for the next path figure
• Fixed: Crash when pressing escape key in the direct selection tool
• Fixed: CTRL + dragging a path vertex doesn't follow the mouse correctly
• Fixed: CTRL + Click last vertex didn't flatten segments on both sides or sometimes failed to curve both segments
• Fixed: CTRL + Click first vertex (M command) used invalid control point values when curving the corner
• Fixed: Crash when mirroring angle and length and tangent length is 0
• Fixed: Crash after typing Path handle angle and hitting Enter or losing focus
• Fixed: Angle snapping tangent is invalid when on the same side as the other tangent
• Fixed: "Release compound Path" sometimes calculates invalid margins
• Fixed: Cutting keyframes don't allow to paste them (#3442, #3250)
• Fixed: Merging dictionary into self crashes Studio (#3413)
• Fixed: Incomplete terminology used in Merge Dictionary menu (#3441)
• Fixed: Controller focus exits stage and moved to Studio editors (#3390)
• Fixed: Crash when selecting element with Path point selected

Alpha 0.0.133

• Improvements to context menu organization
• Added "Path -> Flatten transform" in the context menu
• Show Trim properties as percentages (#3493)
• Fixed: RectProperty values show too many decimals
• Fixed: Viewport and Viewbox visual editors can't be reset with middle mouse (#3496)
• Fixed: Viewport and Viewbox viusal editors are not updated when properties change
• Fixed: ImageBrush editor labels get clipped when everything is expanded
• Fixed: Compound pathing doesn't follow transformed on-screen paths (#3520)
• Fixed: Crash changing layout type in ItemsPanelTemplate (#3507, #3361)
• Fixed: Crash changing type of Geometry resource (#3486)
• Fixed: Vectors can't be copy-pasted into Viewboxes (#3512)
• Fixed: Changing Zoom with the combo box can make Page disappear from the stage
• Fixed: Snapping bounds scaled when zoomed in
• Fixed: Converting the Path Point of a Two-Pointed Segment Crashes Studio (#3503)
• Fixed: Nudging element with arrow keys brings up XAML view when Properties panel was focused (#3516)
• Fixed: Components don't show their names in the navigator (#3522)
• Fixed: Duplicated Components lose their properties (#3510)
• Fixed: Components contents serialized when "Group Into" another panel (#3513)
• Fixed: Components don't play Loaded trigger animations when added to a Page (#3525)
• Fixed: Can't undo applying certain properties in the properties panel (#3523)

Alpha 0.0.134

• New Star and RegularPolygon shapes (#3425)
• Changes to key modifiers in path/pen tools (#3436)
• Gray out non existing tangent handles in the properties panel (rather than make them invisible)
• Fixed: Changes to path point mirroring modes do not take effect sometimes (#3501)
• Fixed: Path point handles do not move with path points when moved with keyboard (#3514)
• Fixed: Crash when switching to a different tool while snapping in path tools
• Fixed: Crash switching to a different document while a Path point was selected
• Fixed: Pressing CTRL+Z deselects the path we're editing
• Fixed: Dragging points in Path whose RT origin=(0.5, 0.5)
• Fixed: Tooltip not cancelled when path adorner is disabled
• Fixed: Template and style adorner icons not reachable (#3538)
• Fixed: Main menu don't have the new context menu organization (#3541)