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December 2025v1.1.86

Gradient Text, Bitmap Fonts & Filters

December was a feature-dense month. Gradient text fills arrived — a GradientSlider lets you set gradient stops directly in the Text Inspector. BitmapText became a first-class text type alongside PIXI.Text, with full alignment and anchor support. The Filters Inspector grew ColorMatrix and Blur filter controls. A Photoshop importer appeared in the Top Menu (early version). File drag-and-drop in the Text Inspector lets you drop a .json style file directly onto it. Memory management got a serious pass — destroyed drag targets, cleanup on panel close, GPU RenderTexture release, and event listener teardown were all fixed. The undo system was expanded to cover text style changes, asset renaming, and child index changes. The importers kept pace: zImporter_PIXI7 gained BitmapText and gradient text alongside a refactored ZButton and ZSlider. zImporter_Phaser shipped new components.

Highlights

  • →Gradient text (GradientSlider)
  • →BitmapText type (alongside PIXI.Text)
  • →ColorMatrix and Blur filters
  • →Google Analytics integration
  • →Photoshop importer (early version)
  • →JSON drag-and-drop in Text Inspector
  • →Memory management overhaul
  • →Undo for text styles, rename, z-order changes
  • →Focus on Stage button
  • →zImporter_PIXI7: BitmapText, gradient text, components update
  • →zImporter_Phaser: components update
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