December 28th, 2021

Major Release!

We're very excited to announce a massive release for the end of the year!

⭐ 2 new Watercolor Cities packs (Winter + Elves)
⭐ Major performance improvements throughout the app (e.g. export up to 3x faster)
⭐ A brand new Tilt-Shift Filter
⭐ 6 new Fonts


New Art

We just released two new packs for the Watercolor Cities style - Winter cities and Elven Cities.


Winter Cities

Map by Spook

Elven Cities

Map by Algaad


 

Major Performance Improvements

Improved Editor Performance, Stability, and Memory Use

After listening to the community's feedback, we've made improvements that give our editor a very noticeable overall performance boost.

These features got a special performance boost: Undo/Redo, Brush Tool, Map Filters, HSBC Filters and Object shadows, and HD export.

Maps with many objects (>10k) will see an even higher boost in performance.
 

Faster HD exports

No more endless waiting on that 8K export! Experience up to 3 times faster HD exports with the latest update! Also, now it's easier to view progress during HD exporting and loading of maps.
 

Fixed Bugs and Quality of Life Improvements

We've also fixed many bugs, and introduced a number of quality of life improvements throughout the app.

  • Undo panel now shows object types and asset names
  • Object layer visibility now leaves Filters and Grid visible
  • Rotating tips during loading, saving, exporting

3K Editing Resolution

Previously, you could only choose 1K, 2K, or 4K as your editing resolution.
Since there's a sizeable gap in performance from 2K to 4K, we've included an in-between option, 3K. This new 3K editing option gives a lot of the detail of 4K editing without the significant hit in performance. Give it a try!
 


Note: The editing resolution differs from the export resolution. You can pick a low editing resolution for better performance, and still export in a higher resolution up to 8K.
 

New Tilt Shift Filter

We are introducing a new filter that combines linear gradients with a blur filter to produce the effect known as "Tilt Shift".

You can configure the blur radius, as well as the position, angle, and width of the effect.
 

New Fonts

We've included 6 new fonts, and reorganized our existing fonts to make them easier to find.


This release marks the end of the year for the Inkarnate team. We want to thank you for choosing Inkarnate for your maps. We appreciate all of your support, feedback and suggestions that have helped us improve our platform. We hope you enjoy the new updates and as always, we're looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations!

We have some exciting big projects in the works for the new year!

See you in 2022!