Release History

Version Release date File Format Summary
Version 1.03 15 Nov 2011 11.0

A small release to fix these bugs:

  • Licensing problem when Springboard is shared by many users on a single computer. Now the license is correctly picked up by other users after an administrator installs and licenses the product.
  • Runs out of memory under 64-bit Windows 7 with more than 4 GB of memory. Now correctly understands the size of memory and scales its use accordingly.
Version 1.01 22 Apr 2011 11.0

Replaced the licensing system; old license keys are incompatible with the new version, so an upgrade is required. Calendar expiration date on the free trial version is now replaced by a 30-day trial period starting from the installation date.

Version 1.0 26 Jan 2011 11.0

Springboard has now reached the milestone 1.0 release. It embodies my initial vision for a tool for making storyboards and animatics, easily and fluidly.

Is it finished? Not by a long shot. But it's ready to enter a more mature phase of life.

New features in this version:

Version 0.96 22 Oct 2010 11.0

Added more Undo and fixed bugs. Added moving a layer's pivot point, to make it easier to animate rotating layers.

Version 0.95 23 Jul 2010 11.0

Added more Undo and fixed bugs. Now officially supports Windows 7.

Version 0.94 29 Apr 2010 11.0

Mostly bug fixes; also clipboard support for sound clips and Undo for deleting some types of objects.

Looks good on Windows 7, but has not been rigorously tested yet.

Version 0.93 21 Jan 2010 11.0

Now uses Unicode text throughout the product, for better support for world languages.

Dropped support for Windows 98.

Version 0.92 16 Oct 2009 9.0

Added a frame range ("from" and "to") to all Export dialogs.

Added an option for simple timecode burn-in on export to AVI.

Added a time bar to the Movie view, with audio scrubbing support.

Version 0.91 16 Jul 2009 9.0

Added Layer > Make Fill Layer, more Import Image options, and misc.

Version 0.90 16 Apr 2009 9.0

New Mute, Volume, and Play controls in the Sound Clip Properties dialog.

Version 0.89 21 Jan 2009 9.0

Split support for sound clips.

Version 0.88 5 Nov 2008 9.0

Bug fixes.

Version 0.87 14 Aug 2008 9.0

Expanded support for WAVE audio import. Now supports importing any uncompressed WAVE file.

Version 0.86 22 May 2008 8.2

Added basic sound support in the form of sound clips, which appear in the Story Tree.

Version 0.85 29 Feb 2008 8.1

Now tested and supported on Windows Vista.

Version 0.84 8 Dec 2007 8.1

Added Edit > Search And Replace.

Version 0.83 5 Sep 2007 8.1

Internal architectural changes.

Version 0.82 14 Jun 2007 8.1

Added recording layer animation (for transformation and opacity).

Version 0.81 29 Mar 2007 8.0

Usability improvements in animation.

Version 0.80 11 Jan 2007 8.0

Added Frame Animation View, allowing basic animation of layers within a frame.