Hi all,
I have recently been busy on many fronts regarding FotoSketcher and here are some of my goals for the coming months:
Quarter 1: release of FotoSketcher 3.80 with enhancements, bug fixes, a new painting effect (currently in development) and a new translation in Danish (a big thanks to Kenneth Tollund!). This will probably be the last release with the current interface and will be Windows only.
Quarter 2: release of a complete rewrite, which will run on both Windows and MacOS, with no restrictions (Catalina and Big Sur will be supported). At first only a subset of the current functionality will be available, but I will gradually add more. Most major effects will be supported from the start, but probably not manual brush, batch mode or scripts.
Thanks to the Patreon and PayPal donations of some generous users, I was able to purchase additional development tools to make FotoSketcher multiplatform. It still requires rewriting most of the codebase, but progress is reasonably fast.
Quarter 3: Android and iOS might well be back on the table, if technical feasibility tests are successful.
Here is a sneak peek of the upcoming multiplatform version of FotoSketcher:
Rant mode on: even though my program is freeware, I will have to pay Apple a $99 annual fee to become an official Apple developer. This is mandatory to enable Mac users on Catalina or Big Sur to run FotoSketcher.
I'll keep you posted here, so stay tuned and more importantly, stay safe!
All the best,
David
