Goblin Node — Full Changelog

All changes are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by release branch. For consumer-facing release notes see the dated files alongside this one.

v1.7.2 – Oct 1, 2026

New Features

Interactive node examples – Explore every node in the Node Reference with live controls, input previews, and selectable outputs before adding it to your graph.
Anisotropic Noise – Create directional streaks with rotation, smoothing, disorder, seeded variation, and multichannel output. [Pro]
Voronoi cell outputs – Choose distance, cell walls, flat cells, or image-sampled cells for different procedural patterns. [Pro]

Improvements

Configured nodes – Carry your explored settings into the graph, including after unlocking Pro.
Fullscreen animation settings – Adjust animation alongside resolution, bit depth, and seed using the same project settings as the regular graph view.
Clearer demonstrations – Try spaced Flood Fill regions, animated Time previews, Levels histograms, and transform widgets.
Free and Pro limits – Free projects now use up to 512x512 resolution, with larger existing Free projects downscaled on load. Voronoi is now a Pro node; Free users can explore Pro examples with a tiled watermark.

Bug Fixes

Fullscreen interaction – Fixed mouse, touch, and pen taps on fullscreen menus reaching the graph underneath.
Texture output – Restored soft Dilate/Erode blur, corrected Histogram Scan threshold behavior, and added Shape alpha output.
Reference controls – Fixed slider drags scrolling the reference and preserved the reference when an upgrade is cancelled.

v1.7.1 – Sep 28, 2026

New Features

Splatter Circular ring controls [Pro] – Build multi-ring splatter patterns with adjustable placement and GPU-supported rendering.
GIF palette controls [Pro] – Choose an authored palette and dithering for animated GIF exports.
Continuous Paint strokes – Draw smoother stamped strokes with history controls close to the canvas.

Improvements

Project and asset browsing use lighter catalog records and compact previews, so large libraries open with less graph and image data.
Native graph saves remain local, and switching clean graph tabs no longer forces a save; unsaved changes use Save, Discard, or Cancel.
Export progress and errors are clearer, with more efficient GIF palette and frame processing.
Native Pro upgrade prompts explain the blocked action, show the localized store price, and offer purchase restoration in the paywall.

Bug Fixes

GIF export respects rectangular output dimensions and preserves the selected frame size.
Graph instances preserve RGB and RGBA outputs instead of reducing them to grayscale.
Graph loading and local history recovery protect nonempty work from transient blank states.
Fixed linked graph ports, Pencil access to folded ports, and several Tile Generator edge cases.

v1.7.0 – Sep 18, 2026

New Features

WebGPU Graph Acceleration – A broad range of generators, filters, transforms, blends, and color tools now remain GPU-resident for more responsive graph editing.
Advanced Paint Workflow – Add custom and soft brushes, polygon and lasso fills, grid snapping, precision controls, per-stroke history, and bake-down.
Custom Node Libraries and Templates – Turn collection graphs into reusable custom nodes, import or export node-library packages, and create graphs from templates.
Visual Palette Workflows – Import Lospec palettes and preview or select palette assets visually for Palettize and export.
Guided Workspace Setup – First-launch workspace setup and a redesigned, mobile-friendly node reference make the editor easier to learn.

Improvements

Adjustable compact node-editing zoom, roomier initial graph layouts, clearer fit-to-view framing, and per-axis node render sizes.
Alpha-over blending, non-square tileable noise, improved 3D bloom controls, and configurable animation-preview cache limits.

Bug Fixes

Fixed iOS foreground recovery so unsaved graph state and dialog geometry survive app resumes.
Fixed scaled and non-square preview sizing, autosave interruptions during active edits, graph-instance controls, and palette import compatibility.
Strengthened read-only safeguards for imported Pro graphs and their dependencies.

v1.6.0 – Sep 7, 2026

New Features

Float16 HDR and OpenEXR [Pro] – Preserve brighter color and finer tonal detail through core color, math, channel, and sampling nodes, then export half-float OpenEXR textures.
Image Sample Node [Pro] – Look up an image through a UV texture, with repeat, clamp, or mirror addressing plus nearest or bilinear filtering.
Advanced Animation Export [Pro] – Export graph animation as image sequences, sprite atlases, or animated GIFs with palette and dithering controls.
Richer 3D Material Preview – Add bloom, chromatic aberration, FXAA, self-reflections, and self-shadowing to material inspection.
Smarter Quick Add – Add favorites, recent-use suggestions, keyboard navigation, and touch placement for faster graph construction.

Improvements

Fluid Animation Playback – Cached preview frames, timeline stepping, and seamless loops make animated textures easier to inspect.
More Confident Exporting – Palettized PNG previews, output inspection, palette-asset support, and direct single-file downloads refine the export workflow.
Reliable Local Work – Durable graph history and recovery protect projects during interrupted persistence.
Responsive Workspace – Preview, node-drag, selection, toolbar, alignment, and touch interactions are more dependable.

Bug Fixes

High-Precision Accuracy – Preserved float16 metadata and corrected HSB, curves, atlas, Tile Generator, and palettize behavior.
Stable Animation and Export – Fixed cached playback, live FPS, graph timing, GIF encoding, GPU parity, and animation filenames.
Preview and Interaction Reliability – Corrected pinned previews, transform and paint alignment, fullscreen controls, compact-zoom sizing, node dragging, selection, and toolbar overlap.
Safe Project Persistence – Prevented stalled saves and fallback autosave data loss.

v1.5.0 – Aug 27, 2026

New Features

Animation Workflows – Add a Time node and animation preview controls for frame-based texture creation and inspection.
Material Graph Import – Generate connected material graphs from loose images and ZIP archives, with media sources available from the editor insert menu.
Color and Math Tools – Add Separate HSB, Combine HSB, Channel Swizzle, and per-pixel Math operations for more direct channel and image manipulation.
Texture Placement Controls – Extend Tile Generator with symmetry and size modes, and let image nodes inherit tiling settings from the graph.
Preview and Export Workspace – Use viewport transform gizmos, graph-input controls in Output preview, and export-time bit-depth settings in a responsive export workspace.

Improvements

Responsive Graph Editing – Graph panning, zooming, dragging, marquee selection, edge rendering, and paint handoff are coalesced and isolated so large graphs stay responsive.
Workspace Navigation – Editor tabs persist across Home, Projects, and Assets, while the catalog receives clearer glass styling, compact actions, and responsive mobile layout.
Graph Organization – Add a draggable, resizable minimap with selected-node previews, configurable interaction quality, foldable alignment tools, and clearer render-status feedback.
Deterministic Variation – Set a seed per renderable node, with graph instances deriving stable child seeds for controlled procedural variation.
Touch and Mobile Controls – Use a free-pan hand tool, preview pinch/orbit gestures, persistent finger-drawing preference, mobile density settings, and controls sized for localized labels.

Bug Fixes

Rendering Parity – Corrected CPU/GPU transform orientation, resolution-independent transform and emboss controls, procedural noise artifacts, curves alpha handling, and native 16-bit RGBA compositing.
Graph Type and Routing Accuracy – Fixed Math image/scalar type inference, channel-aware noodle colors, parameter-edge inheritance, graph-input visuals, node defaults, and exposed-parameter reset behavior.
Preview Reliability – Fixed stale selected previews, pinned output slots, tab-switch regeneration, transform gizmo visibility, render timing refresh, paused-state indicators, and floating preview toggles.
Input and Selection Reliability – Restored node dragging, marquee selection, empty-canvas deselection, Quick Add gesture boundaries, Apple Pencil targets, preview history gestures, and touch pinch/orbit continuity.
Catalog and Platform Stability – Prevented unwanted save prompts, corrected compact mobile actions, preserved empty frame titles, and made iOS Appflow dependency retrieval more reliable.

v1.4.0 – Aug 18, 2026

New Features

Complete Native 16-bit Color Pipeline [Pro] – Native high-precision grayscale, RGB, and RGBA data now flows through generators, filters, transforms, warps, subgraphs, atlases, paint, and PNG/TIFF export.
Vector Warp [Pro] – Added color-vector-map distortion with DirectX and OpenGL orientation options.
Precision Numeric Editing – Added typed numeric drafts, explicit step controls, and touch/stylus-safe precision scrubbing.
Interior Box 3D Preview – Added an inward-facing box model for inspecting materials in an enclosed environment.

Improvements

Render Controls – Improved inherited render-scale and bit-depth settings, fullscreen controls, and node metadata reporting.
Mobile Editing – Added compact header navigation and improved input, dropdown, and preview-panel behavior on smaller touch devices.
Home Workspace – Added a particle field, canvas grid effect, and localized rotating hero copy.

Bug Fixes

Rendering Accuracy – Preserved native precision through color adjustments, blurs, transforms, warps, flood fill, atlas operations, and subgraphs.
Editor Reliability – Fixed stale bit-depth badges, exposed parameter actions after duplication, narrow inspector controls, long renders, and pinned preview behavior.
Touch and Platform Stability – Recovered interrupted iOS gestures and improved Apple Pencil dropdown interactions, graph package pickers, local project fallback, and web build database setup.

v1.3.1 – Aug 10, 2026

New Features

Flexible Render Settings – Set a node output relative to its input, the graph, or an exact resolution, with bit-depth settings ready for higher-fidelity workflows.
Expanded Flood Fill Toolkit – New Flood Fill to Index, BBox Size, Grayscale Color, and split luminance/color controls enable more precise regional masks.
New Texture Tools – Added Auto Crop, Normal Combine, Tile Safe Transform, and GPU-accelerated FXAA.

Improvements

Graph Control – Compact selection actions, editable/reorderable graph input ports, and fullscreen project settings improve complex-graph editing.
Pro Access – Newly released Pro nodes are gated consistently.

Bug Fixes

Accurate Sampling – Mismatched node resolutions use pixel-exact resampling, and Flood Fill samples its color input per region.
Editor Reliability – Stabilized render metadata, pinned previews, disabled-node passthrough, preview controls, and Dot insertion.
Mobile and GPU Polish – Controls respect the Dynamic Island and GPU Emboss orientation matches the expected preview.

v1.3.0 – Aug 3, 2026

New Features

Precision Paint Grid – Axis, straight, smooth, and absolute snapping modes guide paint strokes with more control.
Continuous Grid Paths – Paint paths move through grid intersections while preserving intentional diagonal turns.

Improvements

Quad Transform Controls – Transform controls live in the Selected preview and align with texture bounds.
Minimap Navigation – A tap recenters the graph after pointer release.

Bug Fixes

Quick Add – New nodes mount and refresh their handle bounds before edges connect.
GPU Transforms – Removed a diagonal seam from quad transforms.
Editor Reliability – Improved warp resolution updates, Apple Pencil curve taps, catalog navigation, and preview-node interactions.

v1.2.9 – Jul 31, 2026

New Features

Preview Nodes – Visual node presentation with texture-output cards directly in the graph and detailed controls in the Selected preview.

Improvements

Catalog Performance – Thumbnails decode on demand and nonessential editor asset loading is deferred.
Preview Performance – Preview-node thumbnails are isolated from GPU rendering; inactive preview and material resources are released sooner.
Render Worker Scope – Workers receive only graph dependencies needed for the active render.

Bug Fixes

Touch Controls – Detached preview control works reliably on touch devices.
3D Preview UVs – Corrected plane and cube-cap UV orientation.
Preview Stability – Stabilized the inspector portal and sanitized preview-node worker data.
Memory Management – Bounded editor history and render buffers; fixed resource cleanup for disabled GPU acceleration and inactive material slots.

v1.2.8 — Jul 30, 2026

New Features

Expanded Paint Tools — Collapsible paint preview tools, expanded brush controls, compositing options, and live tiled strokes across the viewport.
Texture Bounds Frame — Toggleable color-coded frame around texture bounds with color picker in settings.
Preview Filtering Toggle — Independent 2D preview filtering control decoupled from zoom level.
Cache Status Badge — Node headers now show cache status badge (Database/RotateCcw icons) with distinct GPU/cache icons.
Replace Node Button — Contextual button to replace a node inline from the selection bar.
Marquee Threshold — 8px minimum rect size guard prevents stale micro-drag selection rects.

Improvements

Editor Tabs — Tabbed editor navigation replacing project return flow, with drag reordering.
Nested Catalog — Graph and asset browser rebuilt as a nested catalog with custom collections, colors, drag-to-organise, trash lifecycle, and persistence.
Detachable Preview — Preview panel can be popped out to a separate window, with fullscreen mode and pinned controls. Works on iOS and Android.
Contextual Action Bar — Horizontal action bar above node/edge selections with fit view, disable/expose, docs, insert node, and delete actions.
Edge Quick-Insert — Green plus button on selected edges to insert nodes inline via quick-add with marquee selection support.
Dilate/Erode Mask [Pro] — New node for mask dilation and erosion with GPU acceleration under Color Channels.
Progressive Rendering — Main-thread fallback now yields between nodes to keep UI responsive.
Export Graph Package — Export button available directly from the output panel.
Material Socket Auto-Rename — Outputs panel supports automatic material socket renaming.
Render Diagnostics — Exposed renderer memory estimates and WebGL tracking in resource monitor.
High Bit Depth Gating — 16/16f/32f modes disabled unless node opts in via NODE_HIGH_BIT_DEPTH_CAPABLE.
Preview Filtering — Nearest/pixelated filtering activates at previewZoom threshold for intuitive zoom-to-pixel behaviour.
Tile Button — Renamed to Tiling On/Off with emerald/amber colour states.
Autosave Stability — Autosave interval no longer resets on every node/edge edit (ref-based handle), crash-safe and edit-version aware.
Fullscreen Preview — Minimize button replaces hide button when in fullscreen mode.
Paint Tools — Collapsible preview tools, expanded brush controls, compositing, settings preserved across node swaps.
Catalog Navigation — Refined navigation with persisted collection colors and deliberate browsing experience.
Cache Performance — Persisted nodeHashMemo; reordered cache check to skip hash for dirty-based cache hit.
Paint Performance — Reduced brush point density with incremental texture flushes during stroke.
i18n — Added disable_cache/enable_cache keys to all 8 locales.

Bug Fixes

React Flow removeChild Crash — Removed imperative DOM cleanup of React Flow’s selection nodes, fixing NotFoundError in UserSelection/ViewportPortal.
iOS WebView — JS Heap lines now hidden when unavailable in WKWebView.
iPad WebKit — Sanitized node/edge data before worker postMessage to prevent DataCloneError.
Paint Worker Crash — Prevented document.createElement call in web worker by using this.createCanvas().
PaintOverlay Tiling — Fixed tilingX/tilingY fallback to legacy tiling boolean.
Paint Brush Wrapping — Brush footprints now wrap correctly across tiled edges.
Paint Stroke Alignment — Fixed preview alignment and resolution across committed strokes.
Stylus Pressure — Preserved pressure sensitivity across committed paint strokes.
Texture Bounds Frame — Anchored to preview texture, kept to original tile in tiled preview.
SVG Anti-Aliasing — Removed backdrop-blur from SelectionContextBar to prevent WebKit SVG anti-aliasing loss.
Marquee Selection — Added 8px minimum rect size guard to prevent micro-drag stale selection rects.
Preview Filtering — Uses previewZoom threshold instead of effectiveScale for 2D filtering.
Fullscreen Preview — Replaced hide button with exit fullscreen button in fullscreen mode.
Detached Preview — Preserved detached window after fullscreen, kept visible when panel hidden.
Blur Mode — Restored with separate scale control.
Context Bar — Reordered buttons, tailored actions for frame/dot utility nodes, positioned from noodle sockets for multi-edge selections, kept constant-size in graph space.
Tutorial Stability — Graph preset rendering stabilized; tutorial stops when leaving the project.
Autosave Crash Safety — Hardened against memory pressure, stabilized interval via ref-based handle.
Mobile Graph Rendering — Hardened against memory pressure, always collect render metrics with memory diagnostics.
Dilate Erode — Categorized under Color Channels, GPU badge fixed.
Cache Badge — Fixed toggle icon and state display with translation issues.
Edge Plus Button — Locked to graph space using viewport transform, reverted to simple edge midpoint for marquee selection.

v1.2.7 — Jul 22, 2026

New Features

Paint Node — Full paint system with soft brush, eraser, opacity, pressure size/opacity, clear layer, and native color picker.
Shape Extrude [Pro] — CPU + GPU 3D mesh extrusion with analytical ray-shape intersection.
Atlas Pack & Atlas Split [Pro] — Texture atlas packing and splitting with correct scaling.
Graph Minimap — Color-coded viewport minimap with minimize button in zoom stack.
System Fonts — Text node supports both Google Fonts and system fonts.

Improvements

Node Color System — Unified accent colors across graph, minimap, and UI (single source of truth).
Graph Node Headers — Changed to red for faster visual identification.
Soft Brush & Pressure — On Paint node now supports soft brush modes and pressure sensitivity.
Release Workflow — Prebuild checks run automatically before tagging; release artifacts organised into per-version folders with templates.

Bug Fixes

Emboss — Direction corrected.
Tile Generator — Color map mapping fixed.
Cylinder Texture — Stretching fixed.
Minimap Colors — Frame node minimap colours now match graph view.
Paint Node — Stroke alignment, double rendering, and reordered controls fixed.
Premium Tagging — Shape extrude, atlas pack, and atlas split correctly marked as [Pro].
Atlas Accent — Pack and Split nodes use correct accent colour (mix node accent).
Transaction Safety — Read/write transactions now correctly await tx.oncomplete.
Font Loading — Text node correctly includes both Google Fonts and system fonts.

v1.2.6 — Jul 21, 2026

New Features

Shape Node — Added hemisphere, cone, and capsule shapes (capsule uses soft gradient falloff with configurable capsule length).
Blend Node — 8 new blend modes: Color Dodge, Color Burn, Linear Burn, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Hard Mix, Exclusion, Divide.
Clone Stamp — New node for texture repair and duplication (CPU + GPU).
6 New [Pro] Nodes — Simplex Noise, Gabor Noise, Crystal Noise, BnW Spots, Swirl, Spherize.

Improvements

Coordinates Transform — from/to mapping corrected (cartesian↔polar now works as labeled).
Swirl node — added directional control (CW/CCW) and refined intensity ranges.
Capsule shape — sizeX/sizeY now properly stretch/squish the shape.

Bug Fixes

Voronoi — Fixed missing maxSeed declaration causing runtime errors.
Noodle snapping — Sort by nearest socket instead of nearest empty; reduced snap distance.
Normal Map — Orientation corrected.
Transform — Tiling mode now interacts correctly with repetitions.
Image node — Always outputs graph canvas dimensions.
Capsule — Changed from hard-edged to smooth gradient falloff.
Various UI fixes (layout thrashing, missing useCallback, Perlin label sync, tailwind token compat).

v1.2.5 — May 27, 2026

New Features

New Languages — Full support for Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.
Noodle Navigation — Added a new section for node and noodle connections.
Per-Node Bit Depth — Added a new per-node bit depth setting with dropdowns and badges.
Node Previews — You can now preview noodles directly in the node preview panel.

Improvements

GPU Acceleration — Added GPU processing for Curves, Quad Transform, Threshold, Grayscale, Invert, Quantize, Height Blend, Solid, Autolevels, Palettize, and many more.
Blend Modes — Added Add Sub, Pin Light, Hard Light, Color, Hue, Saturation, and Luminosity blend modes.
Improved Aesthetics — Enhanced node and noodle connections with better accent colors and icons.

Bug Fixes

Graph Editor UX — Fixed numerous issues with selected noodle/node UX and prevented nodes from deselecting on save.
Localization Formatting — Fixed translation key typos and missing translation strings across dozens of nodes.
Preview Panel UX — Context action buttons are now properly left-aligned, and graph output ports now start collapsed instead of expanded.

v1.2.4 — May 20, 2026

New Features

4 New Languages — Spanish (ES), German (DE), French (FR), and Brazilian Portuguese (PT-BR) are now fully supported. Switch languages from User Settings.
First-Launch Tutorial — A guided interactive walkthrough for new users covering the core graph workflow step by step.
GPU Median: Channel-Aware Shaders — Dynamic shader generation now detects input channel count at runtime; a lighter grayscale variant is used for single-channel inputs, reducing GPU load significantly.

Improvements

Memory-Aware Rendering — The texture engine now proactively enforces its cache budget before each node render, preventing memory spikes that could stall large graphs.
Unsaved-Changes Modal — Dialog height now adapts to longer localised action labels, keeping the UI clean across all languages.
Localisation Infrastructure — Added translation parity verification script, text-length truncation guidelines, and roadmap language-to-region mapping.

Bug Fixes

GPU: Median Context Loss — Fixed context loss on large Median filter operations; added recovery cooldowns to prevent cascading GPU failures on iPad.
UI: Nested Modal Width — Fixed a Radix UI scroll-lock side-effect that caused the graph/assets modal to shrink in width after nested dialog interactions.
Editor: ImageNode Sluggishness — Eliminated redundant re-renders caused by the Image node presence in the graph.
i18n: Missing Output-Node Keys — Resolved absent parameter translation keys causing untranslated strings in localised builds.
UTF-8 BOM — Removed BOM from package.json and the release-note generation script output.

v1.2.3 — May 18, 2026

Improvements

Per-Output Render Scales: Added per-output render scale sliders to the export panel.
Smarter Previews: Preview upstream sources and actual dimensions when passthrough nodes are selected.
Performance: Debounced preview dimension estimates and decoupled them from the nodes array.

Bug Fixes

Editor Loops: Fixed bugs causing the entire graph to unnecessarily rebuild on selection change.
Rendering Loops: Guarded render dimension resolution against cycle loops from dot portals.
WebGL Stability: Queued background render requests to prevent WebGL stalls on iOS.

v1.2.2 — May 16, 2026

New Features

5 Nodes Now Free — Dot, Frame, Comment, Normal Map, and Ambient Occlusion are now available on the Free plan, giving free-tier users access to essential utility and analysis tools.
Selection-Aware Fold/Unfold — The Minimize/Expand buttons in the toolbar now operate only on selected nodes when a selection exists; with no selection, all nodes are affected as before.
Copy-Paste Preserves Connections — Internal noodle connections between selected nodes are now restored automatically after a copy-paste or duplication.
Workflow Integrity Gates — Pasting or duplicating selections containing Pro nodes now triggers an upgrade prompt to protect graph integrity.

Improvements

Export Panel Cleanup — The Export Outputs dialog has been reorganized with collapsible sections for a cleaner, less cluttered experience.
Node Badge Icons — GPU and CPU mode indicators on node headers now use icons (⚡ / chip) instead of text labels.
Image Crop Precision — Image node crop controls now use a normalized coordinate system for more predictable behavior across resolutions.

Bug Fixes

Normal Map Parity — CPU rendering path now matches GPU and OpenGL-standard gradient orientation for Normal Map.
Export Seed Accuracy — Exports now correctly apply the graph’s global seed, ensuring previews and exported files match.
Preview Tab Persistence — Saving a graph no longer resets the active preview tab (Selected / Output / 3D).
Quick Menu Node Placement — Fixed node coordinate calculation when creating nodes via the quick-add menu.
Engine Stability — Resolved a variable shadowing bug in the texture engine that caused zero-intensity blurs and transform offsets under certain render scale configurations.
Render Performance — Organizational node moves no longer trigger unnecessary graph re-renders.
Image Node Drag — Prevented the browser’s native drag from interfering with image node thumbnail interactions during canvas movement.

v1.2.1 — May 14, 2026

New Features

Massive GPU Expansion — GPU acceleration is now available for Blend, HSL, Mirror, Normal Map, Flood Fill, Levels, Curvature, Sharpen, and many more, significantly speeding up texture generation.
Dynamic Project Thumbnails — Configure your project thumbnails to update automatically from any node output or 3D preview.
Precision Image Controls — The Image node now supports built-in cropping and offsetting, perfect for precise asset placement.
Per-Node Render Scaling — Fine-tune performance and quality with individual render scale controls on all rendering nodes.
4-Mode Directional Tiling — New tiling options (None, Horizontal, Vertical, Both) for granular control over texture repetition.
Foldable Output Node Ports — Reorder and fold output ports for better organization of final assets.

Improvements

Foldable Preview Sections — Tidy workspace with collapsible headers in the selection and output panels.
Smart Node Placement — Added intelligent collision detection to prevent nodes from stacking during creation.
Automatic Frame Color Rotation — Frame colors now automatically rotate their hue for easier visual grouping.
Modern Defaults — GPU acceleration and glassmorphism headers are now enabled by default.
Memory & Performance Optimizations — Significant optimizations for large graphs, including memoization and multi-heuristic node scoring.

Bug Fixes

Apple Pencil Stability — Resolved a critical WebKit issue causing ‘missed clicks’ when using a stylus on iPad.
Database Resilience — Added an automated reconnection loop to handle IndexedDB termination in Safari/WebKit.
Render Corrections — Fixed artifacts in Flood Fill and Median nodes; corrected non-linear ramps in gradients.
iOS Display Quality — Resolved image aliasing on iPad when zooming in/out of the 2D preview.
UI & Schema Fixes — Restored missing GPU badges, fixed project thumbnail persistence, and resolved multiple layout shifts.

v1.2.0 — May 5, 2026

New Features

3D Preview System — A completely new real-time PBR 3D viewport with environment lighting, physical material slots (Normal, Height, Roughness, Metalness, AO), and real-time mesh displacement.
Splatter Circular Node — New generator for creating complex circular distributions and patterns.
Math Node — Perform complex float and integer calculations directly in your graph. Supports dynamic data types and real-time evaluation.
GPU-accelerated node rendering (experimental) — Massive performance boosts for Warp, Distance, Noise, Box Blur, Blur HQ, and Slope Blur.
HDRI Environment Suite — 6 new high-quality environment presets from Poly Haven with a new high-fidelity “Studio” default.
Quick Math contextual actions — Rapidly create and connect nodes using keyboard shortcuts and contextual menus.
3D Preview statistics — Real-time vertex and triangle counts added to the 3D viewport.
Wireframe & Shadow toggles — Inspect mesh topology and lighting directly in the 3D preview.
Environment light intensity — Dedicated slider to control the brightness of environment maps.
Texture filtering & Mipmaps — Improved texture rendering quality with configurable filtering and mipmap generation.
Multi-Directional Warp node — New node that applies distortion from multiple directions simultaneously.
Non-Uniform Blur node — Blur with independent horizontal and vertical radius control.
Tiling toggle on warp nodes — Warp, Directional Warp, Multi-Directional Warp, and Distance nodes now have per-node tiling toggle buttons.
Adaptive Quality Governor — Automatic resolution scaling to keep the editor responsive on all devices (mobile/desktop).
Resource Monitoring Panel — Real-time tracking of RAM and VRAM usage directly in the toolbar.

Improvements

Improved Slope Blur — Reworked Slope Blur using an iterative warp chain for professional-grade results.
Foldable preview panels — Selection, Output, and 3D panels are now collapsible for a cleaner workspace.
Enhanced noodle workflow — Better contextual actions, smarter node snapping, and improved UX efficiency.
Zoom range extended — minimum zoom-out lowered to 0.01 for both 2D and 3D preview.
Angle widgets reoriented — matching industry-standard conventions.
Local web build configuration stabilised — (dev:web, build:web:release).
Node library filters — added to library panel, quick-add menu, and Node Reference dialog.

Bug Fixes

iOS Stability — Resolved critical pointer capture crashes affecting iOS and Capacitor builds.
3D Rendering fixes — Resolved shading artifacts and fixed shown environment not matching rotation values.
Node logic corrections — Fixed Blend and Math nodes from incorrectly passing the wrong input on disable.
Edge Detect Scaling — Fixed resolution-dependent scaling issues for the Edge Detect algorithm.
Fixed inconsistent zoom scaling — resolved issues between single-tile and infinite-tiling preview modes.
Fixed blur node artefacts — corrected incorrect tiling at certain radii.
Fixed Node Reference dialog — now opens the correct node on first interaction.

patch1 — Development Phase 2026

Progress

Graph instances — Initial work on referencing and embedding other graphs as reusable instances.
Pro plan / monetization — RevenueCat-backed entitlement system setup.
Graph package import/export — Initial .gnproj / .gnpack format development.
Expose parameters on nodes — Core logic for marking node parameters as graph inputs.
Batch export — Basic implementation of “Export All Outputs”.

Improvements

Graph load normalises legacy node types: output→graphOutput, group→frame, bevel-with-emboss-fields→emboss.
Node library panel defaults utility categories to collapsed.
Preview panel interactions smoothed.
Improved tablet and touch support across the editor.

Bug Fixes

Fixed multiple edge cases in graph package import (dependency ID remapping, asset source map).
Fixed premium node gate not applying correctly on graph package import.

main — January 2026

New Features

Tile Generator node [Pro] — Generate seamless repeating tile patterns with blend mode, variance, and luminosity offset controls.
Directional Warp node [Pro] — Warp a texture along a direction driven by a separate intensity input.
Levels node — Contrast and brightness input/output level adjustment.
Auto Levels node — Automatic contrast normalisation.
Gradient Map node — Remap grayscale values to a configurable colour gradient.
HSL Adjustment node — Hue, Saturation, and Lightness adjustment.
Bevel / Emboss node [Pro] — Create shaded bevel and emboss effects from height data.
Ambient Occlusion node [Pro] — Fast horizon-based AO from a heightmap.
Highpass node [Pro] — Extract high-frequency detail from a texture.
Normal Map node [Pro] — Generate a normal map from a height input.
Distance node [Pro] — Per-pixel distance field generation.
Edge Detect node [Pro] — Detect and highlight edges with adjustable width and roundness.
Mirror node — Mirror texture horizontally and/or vertically.
Slope Blur node [Pro] — Blur directed by a slope/angle map.
Flood Fill nodes [Pro] — Flood Fill, Flood Fill to Random Grayscale, Flood Fill to Gradient.
Directional Blur node [Pro] — Blur along a direction.
Radial Blur node [Pro] — Blur radiating from a centre point.
Median node [Pro] — Median filter for noise reduction.
Curvature node [Pro] — Extract surface curvature from height.
Quad Transform node [Pro] — Four-corner perspective warp.
Trapezoid Transform node [Pro] — Perspective trapezoid transformation.
Quick Tile node [Pro] — One-step tiling with seam blending.
Coordinates Transform node [Pro] — Low-level UV coordinate remapping.
Palette Extract / Palettize nodes [Pro] — Extract and quantise colour palettes.
Histogram Range / Scan / Select nodes [Pro] — Histogram-based level operations.
Fractal Noise node [Pro] — Multi-octave fractal noise generator.
Gradient (Dynamic) node [Pro] — Programmable multi-stop gradient generator.
Value / Bool / Int / Enum / Vec2 nodes [Pro] — Constant value provider nodes.
Dot node [Pro] — Wire organiser node.
Frame / Comment nodes [Pro] — Visual grouping and annotation nodes.
Text node — Render text as a texture with custom font, size, and colour.
Voronoi node — Voronoi cell pattern generator.
Curves node — Tone curve adjustment with draggable control points.
Threshold node — Binary split at a configurable value.
Warp node — Distort a texture using a separate warp map.
Kaleidoscope node — Kaleidoscope symmetry effect.
Skew node — Skew transformation.
Switch / Multi Switch nodes — Select between multiple inputs.
Combine / Separate RGBA and Alpha nodes — Channel splitting and merging.
Height Blend / Average Blend nodes [Pro] — Height-aware and simple average blending.
Copy/paste nodes and subgraphs — Copy, paste, and duplicate selections within the editor.
Node minimise — Collapse a node to hide its body and save canvas space.
Image upload node — Use any image file as a texture source.

Improvements

Node library organised into collapsible categories with search.
Transform node: offset uses normalised 0–1 range; tiling works as repetition count; scale property added.
Perlin noise improved for seamless tiling.
Blur: Gaussian and box blur fixed; only executes when radius > 0; wraps edges correctly; does not affect alpha channel.
Graph zoom limits expanded for large graphs.
Node sliders and input controls improved for tablet/touch.
Curves node: scrollable control points, persistent scrollbar, touch support.
Only connected output buffers are allocated (performance).

Bug Fixes

Fixed blend node mask not applying correctly.
Fixed highpass node outputting incorrect data.
Fixed blur node alpha channel mutation.
Fixed colour channel separation producing incorrect output.

Foundation — December 2025

New Features

Initial node-based texture editor — React + Vite frontend, node graph editor via React Flow, Canvas 2D texture generation engine.
Core nodes: Shape, Checker, Gradient, Solid Color, Perlin Noise, Blend, Transform.
Project save/load via PostgreSQL-backed API.
Node library panel with categories.
Real-time preview for selected node and graph output.
Color picker component.
Reset functionality on all nodes.
Multiple blend modes.

Updated: 2026-08-27. Version: v1.5.0. See docs/releases/workflow.md for how to maintain this file.