HueForge v0.8.0-beta-2 and v0.7.4 are out!

Post Updated with full Release Notes

Froggy says hello

UPDATED October 23, 2024
Store Updates:

I’ve been busy behind the scenes at the HueForge store. First, I added Download and Discord links back to the Thank You email and also your Order Status pages and added https://account.thehueforge.com to access your order history. There is still a bug on some orders that they do not display the Download link properly. My App provider is working on this issue. UPDATE: The bug has been fixed and as far as I know, everyone now has both an download link and a Discord link there.

I have also turned on local currency for much of the world so you can pay in your local currency and not need to be able to get USD. Along with this, I started a pilot program for variable pricing given purchasing power. I am basing it on the cost of a spool of plain PLA in the countries for the most part as that is a consumable that you will need for HueForge. Currently HueForge pricing is different in Brazil, Argentina, India, Turkey, and the Philippines and hopefully more affordable in those countries. I am limited in the number of different regions and pricing I can have unless I pay more for my Shopify store, but hopefully this helps users around the world.

Release Schedule:

EDIT : Releasing this week does not mean released NOW. It means coming this week.

UPDATE: Both v0.8.0-beta-2 and v0.7.4 are now released!

This week will see v0.8.0-beta-2 and v0.7.4 fixing some high criticality issues. It’s easier to list the changes to v0.7.4:

• Make Autosave less aggressive - delete the autosave after saving a project, don’t autosave if the project hasn’t changed, and allow Discard on load.

• Also show the image being worked on for the Autosave where available.

• Fix prediction for blending up from white to darker colors (any light color to a darker color).

• Minor update to Backlit prediction to increase color contribution.

• Clarify TD-1 Error.txt dialog with title and more description about how to make it go away.

• Connect to an unlicensed TD-1

• Allow TD-1 License file backup.

• Auto-backup the license file of a TD-1 and offer to relicense that TD-1 later if it is connected without a license (if you have to UF2 flash it)

• Contains the v1.0.4 TD-1 firmware update and should auto-prompt to update your TD-1 if it detects it is out of date. As new firmwares come out and are put in the TD-1/updates folder, it will do the same thing.

• Jessie Premium PLA/PETG (Printed Solid) has been added to the filament library.

• More Projects in the included Projects folder.

v0.8.0-beta-2 has quite a few updates, here are few:

• All v0.7.4 changes

• Add Option to save images inside of projects - This will allow projects to be saved ANYWHERE on MacOS, you will just need to export your STL and read the Describe text from the Describe button instead of the text file.

• Add Option to Export Image from Project

• Add Option to Export Edited image from Project

  

  Original and Metallic Edited image

• Add Thumbnails in the project

• Add Project Browse option which shows the project thumbnails instead of just HueForge icons (Ctrl+B)

• Autosave on load will show the thumbnail image of the project in progress.

• Autosave also saves the image intelligently so it doesn’t slow processing down and only updates when needed.

• Dropping an Image Color onto an existing slider will retain the slider’s TD instead of setting it to 1.

• CIELAB Color Match method is improved to take brightness into account more strongly. (It is now my personal default)

• Image Zooming now takes the original image resolution into account and doesn’t get pixelated so quickly. Option to display the image at the resolution for the Print Size. (This can assist with finding pixels out of place in Color Match)

• Fixes to layer height displays after changing Brightness Compensation modes

• When the Mesh Core is selected, highlighting the Prediction will also show the Color Match layer. (It will show a layer when Color Core is selected, but it won’t be associated the way you want)

• Fixes to sliders turning white or getting lost when updating Min/Max Depth or Layer Heights

• Some fixes to Undo after changing Max/Min depth and Layer Heights. (still not perfect in all cases)

• Pressing ‘Z’ while over a Core Slider will set it to zero height (enabled or disabled)

• Fix bug where dropping a new color on a slider would sometimes not update the color blending prediction.

• Fixed rounding error for certain Min Depths causing Color Core displays to be wrong.

• Image change tracking. If you edit an image you are working with in Affinity/Photoshop/Paint.Net, HueForge will see that update and ask if you want to reload it. You may choose hopefully non-annoying options related to that image.

• Filaments with affiliate links to buy now have a link icon next to them in the filament library for easy identification.

• Separate layout presets from non-v0.8.0+ versions so you can change layouts between versions. Autosaves are unique as well.

• Multiple high quality Color Match projects in the Projects folder for you to dissect.

Full v0.8.0 Release When?

I’m aiming for the end of October or early November and feel like Early November is pretty achievable. Looking forward to getting this out to everyone. I will then aim at some faster and smaller updates after this release. Single features rather that massive updates.