Full list of features new to 2.9.6:
Add possibility to continue a Crop Tool action
Speed up of color balance, desaturate, dodge, hsv adjustment, index color per-channel and posterize filters.
Activate Cut/Copy Sharp actions in the menu
Implemented continuation of the transform with clicking on canvas
new default workspace
Add new shortcuts (‘\’ opens the tool options, f5 opens the brush editor, f7 opens the preset selector.)
Show the tool options in a popup (toggle this on or off in the general preferences, needs restarting Krita)
Add three new default shortcuts (Create group layer = Ctrl+G, Merge Selected layer = Ctrl+Alt+E, Scale image to new size = Alt+Ctrl+I )
Add an ‘hide pop-up on mouseclick option’ to advanced color selector.
Make brush ‘speed’ sensor work properly
Allow preview for “Image Background Color and Transparency” dialog.
Selection modifier patch is finally in! (shift=add, alt=subtract, shift+alt=intersect, ctrl=replace. Path tool doesn’t work yet, and they can’t be configured yet)
Bugfixes new to 2.9.6
BUG:346932 Fix crash when saving a pattern to a *.kra
Make Group Layer return correct extent and exact bounds when in pass-through mode
Make fixes to pass-through mode.
Added an optional optimization to slider spin box
BUG:348599 Fix node activating on the wrong image
BUG:349792 Fix deleting a color in the palette docker
BUG:349823 Fix scale to image size while adding a file layer
Fixed wrapping issue for all dial widgets in Layer Styles dialog
Fix calculation of y-res when loading .kra files
BUG:349598 Prevent a divide by zero
BUG:347800 Reset cursor when canvas is extended to avoid cursor getting stuck in “pointing hand” mode
BUG:348730 Fix tool options visibility by default
BUG:349446 Fix issue where changing theme doesn’t update user config
BUG:348451 Fix internal brush name of LJF smoke.
BUG:349424 Set documents created from clipboard to modified
BUG:349451 Make more robust: check pointers before use
Use our own code to save the merged image for kra and ora (is faster)
BUG:313296 Fix Hairy brush not to paint black over transparent pixels in Soak Ink mode
Fix PVS warning in hairy brush
(gmic) Try to workaround the problem with busy cursor
BUG:348750 Don’t limit the allowed dock areas
BUG:348795 Fix uninitialized m_maxPresets
BUG:349346 (gmic) If there is selection, do not synchronize image size
BUG:348887 Disable autoscroll for the fill-tool as well.
BUG:348914 Rename the fill layers.