4.9.0 Beta 2

Welcome to the 2nd beta for Blockbench 4.9 - The Layer Update!

To test this beta, download the required installation files from below, or enable the setting "Update to Pre-releases" inside Blockbench. Enabling this setting will tell Blockbench to always update to the latest pre-release, allowing you to test the latest features.
Please note that pre-release versions in general may be unstable and have more issues than release versions.

To test the web app, visit https://blockbench-dev.netlify.app/

Please report issues you find in the beta, make sure to specify the correct version.

Known issues

The windows builds display Beta 1 in the log and About window, even though this is beta 2.

Changelog

If you haven't already, check out the changelog of the previous beta version: https://github.com/JannisX11/blockbench/releases/tag/v4.9.0-beta.1

Image editor

• Added layer blend modes
• Moved panels to the right sidebar
• Added setting for moving selection with selection tool
• Hold Alt and drag to duplicate texture selection
• Highlight line brush line in 2D editor
• Allow using "Edit in Blockbench" in web app
• Textures now get synced from and to "Edit in Blockbench" tab
• Renamed Textures panel to Images in image editor
• Restore chosen selection operation mode after pressing modifier key
• Added texture list multi selection
• Added Image format screen
• Added color overlay in rectangle selection tool

Other changes

• Save panel configurations per mode
• Auto set imported textures UV size
• Added more accessible toggle for UV overlay in edit mode
• Improved mesh editing performance
• Remember display slot when switching modes
• Allow ModelFormats without animation files to have animation controllers
• Added option to insert final newline in exported JSON files
• Allow custom repository and bug tracker links for plugins
• Allow area-selecting when the click was started over an element (#2028, thanks @farfalk)

Fixes

• Fixed issue with saving texture after some types of edits
• Fixed #2090 Move Texture with UV cuts off texture
• Fixed #2092 Issues with Per texture UV size
• Fixed #2087 Issue when duplicating and copying texture with layers
• Fixed #2088 Paint cursor offset when using higher template resolutions
• Fixed #2093 Cannot select multiple files on mac via electron dialog
• Fixed blueprint reference image error
• Fixed mesh mirror modeling issues
• Fixed timeline channel heads lagging behind on some devices
• Fixed #2081 duplicating faces in mirror modeling
• Fixed template generator issues
• Fixed #2071 issue with mouse wheel events on Firefox (thanks @Ampflower)
• Fixed #2104 slow draw speed on complex meshes
• Fixed unintended small borders around UV editor viewport
• Fixed manual color input in color panel not working
• Fixed and improved copy pasting workflow in 2D editor
• Fixed an issue in the OBJ exporter (#2032, thanks @Steelsmasher)
• Fixed selection tool dragging outline scale
• Fixed auto-keyframing issue when creating keyframe at start of timeline
• Fixed double clicking layer visibility icon opens properties dialog