Releases: cocoatype/Highlighter
2022.8
This version fixes a common bug where the exported image was completely transparent, solid black, or solid white. My sincere apologies for the number of people this affected and the time it took me to get a fix out. Thank you to everyone who reported the issue or helped test a fix.
Along the way, I also fixed a few other bugs:
- Some images would be rotated and squashed compared to the original. These images are now exported correctly.
- Exported file sizes are now much smaller.
- Sharing an image via the “done” alert previously did not include your redactions. Now it does.
- Fixed a crash when opening the document scanner or photo importer after saving an image to the photo library.
And even found time to include an actual feature: a new iOS 16-style toolbar on iPad!
2022.7
Black Highlighter 22.7 improves the Magic Highlighter’s accuracy, especially when redacting small words such as “it” or “as”. Previously, the Magic Highlighter would redact the word and quite a bit of space on either side of it, meaning the beginning or end of surrounding words could accidentally also get redacted. The new version of the Magic Highlighter is much better at sticking to just the word you meant to redact—and nothing extra.
Additionally, this version fixes a few bugs:
- Fixed a crash that could happen when saving a new image to your Photo Library.
- Fixed an issue with automatic redactions where the button to add new words didn’t appear, making it impossible to add more than one word to the list.
2022.6
2022.5
This release improves many parts of Black Highlighter for users of accessibility technologies such as VoiceOver and Switch Control. This includes:
- Fixing the name of the color and tool picker buttons when read by VoiceOver or Voice Control.
- Fixing layout issues on the in-app purchase screen when using some Dynamic Type sizes.
- Marking many button actions throughout the app, such as selecting a photo or redacting text.
- Adding a VoiceOver rotor for navigating only redacted words.
- Enabling single-action redaction when using the Switch Control gliding cursor.
- Correctly handling erasing redactions when using VoiceOver, Voice Control, or Switch Control.
2022.4
2022.3
Black Highlighter 22.3 comes with a small dose of AutoMAYtion goodies. Black Highlighter now has a new, smarter Shortcut action: “Redact Detected Items”. Redact Detected Items locates addresses, phone numbers, or people’s names and automatically redacts them. Use it in the Shortcuts app to quickly redact personal information from large batches of images! This release also fixes a few bugs with Shortcuts support on macOS; if you’re working on a Mac, automated redaction should now be faster and more reliable.
Shortcuts didn’t get all the love, though. This release also adds a “Share Image” option to the alert that appears if you try to close a redacted image before saving it, allowing you to quickly send it somewhere other than your photo library.
2022.2
Black Highlighter 22.2 brings you a whole lot of bug fixes and polish. Hold on to your butts:
If you used the new Find mode from Black Highlighter 22.0, sometimes autocorrect would add an extra space to what you were searching for and then Find mode couldn’t find what you were searching for. Find mode is now smarter, and will ignore extra space around your search.
Using Find mode or the Ultra Highlighter automatic find would not trigger the alert that protects you from losing your work if you hit Done before you were, well, done. Now it should show up no matter how you’ve made your redactions.
If you were using a limited selection of your photos with Black Highlighter, and then you added more photos, Black Highlighter would ask you if you wanted to add EVEN MORE photos, which is a weird time to ask that. Black Highlighter now never asks you for additional photo permission, which is the more appropriate time.
Also, while you were adding more photos to your selection, there was a single solitary weird blue arrow. That arrow has been appropriately chastised and is now wearing the proper uniform.
On macOS, the animation for the Find mode’s search field was WAY too dramatic. Like NYOOOM! CHECK ME OUT, I’M FIND MODE! WHO’S READY TO SEARCH FOR STUFF?! Now it’s more like “hey. i’m find mode. feel free to do whatever at your own pace. i’ll be over here.”
2022.1
Black Highlighter 22.1 includes a new feature: Find mode. With Find mode, you can type in a word you’d like to redact (such as a person’s name) and with a single tap, Black Highlighter automatically finds and hides every occurrence of that word. Find mode helps you cover up every place that word appears, and do so quickly and easily.
This release improves the experience of using the “Reduce Motion” accessibility setting. It also fixes a crash when saving after hitting the Done button.
2022.0
On iOS and iPadOS, this release fixes a few cosmetic issues:
-When selecting a single image (instead of giving Highlighter access to your photo library), some buttons were hard to read if using light mode. This UI is now permanently dark mode, the only correct option.
-When scanning documents, some buttons were hard to read if using dark mode. This has been fixed, as I never want to give a reason for someone to prefer light mode.
-On some iPads, the settings menu displayed only a “Settings” button, which took you to the real settings menu. The settings button on the main menu should now actually take you directly to the real settings menu. This bug occurred regardless of your choice of dark mode vs. wrong mode.
On macOS, this release adds a new feature: “New from Clipboard”, which allows you to hide text from whatever image is on your clipboard instead of opening a file.