• Added a display magnification slider to the navigator.
  
• Shortcut keys can now be set for gradient maps, background transparency colors, and flipping layers left/right and up/down.
  
• When reading/writing PSD files, layer masks in PSD files and mask layers in MDP files are now converted to each other.

• The brush drawing experience has been greatly improved (Windows).
  
• Faster loading of MDP files.
  
• Disabled shape symmetry setting for lasso fill.

• Fixed a bug that caused files to always be exported at 72 dpi.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Add Brush menu.
  
• Fixed a problem with roller brushes when drawing straight lines.

• Liquify tool has been added.
  
• Added an option (delete all layers) to the eraser.
  
• Added symmetry option to shape fill tool.

• Fixed bug with italic text.

• You can now double the border of the text layer (in response to requests from VTubers).
  
• Added option to color menu to restore foreground and background colors on startup.
  
• Added noise filter.
  
• Added presets to channel operation filters.
  
• "Draft" has been added to "Properties" in the Layer menu.
  
• Added "Merge Layers" menu to the layer list popup.

• Fixed a problem with symmetrical brush rendering when a layer is hidden in the upper left corner.
  
• Fixed to make the toolbar as unhidden as possible (macOS).

• Added lasso fill tool (with option to paint only closed areas).

• Improved the shape quality of the lasso selection tool.

• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash during transform operations when selecting multiple layers.

• Fixed a problem that occurred in version 2.8.7 when resizing the canvas.

FireAlpaca SE now supports dark mode UI.
Let's try it and have fun drawing!

You can switch dark / light modes from the menu [Window] > [Style].

• Added dark UI mode (A light UI can also be selected from the "Window -> Styles" menu).
  
• Negative-positive inversion filter added.
  
• Monochrome filter added.
  
• Added "Composite by Opacity" mode to onion skin display mode.
  
• ACO color palette files can now be read (RGB, grayscale only).
  
• Text layers can now be merged into a 32 bpp layer.

• Changed the color of the mask display outside the selected area.
  
• Improved quality of eraser processing when using soft edges.
  
• When transforming a layer, the angle is now displayed.
  
• Brush post-processing function has been enhanced.

• Added "Material Random" option to bitmap brush.
  
• Added "Select Foreground Color Range" to the Selection menu.
  
• Rectangles and ellipses in the Shape Brush can now have their aspect ratios fixed with the Shift key.
  
• Added square and circle to the shape brush.
  
• Brush store display icon has been added to the brush window.

• Tool icon design changed.
  
• Animated GIF export quality has been improved.
  
• Brush spacing accuracy has been improved.

• Fixed a crash that occurred when moving a halftone 8bpp layer by parts.
  
• Fixed a problem when drawing shapes with the dot brush.
  
• Fixed a bug when rotating the canvas 90 degrees (sometimes preventing brush painting).

• Fixed a bug that slowed down brush drawing when zoomed in.

• Improved layer deformation behavior.

• Added keyboard shortcuts for layer menus.

• Fixed a bug that crashes when moving the frame back and forth during transformation operation in animation mode.

• Improved the behavior of scatter brushes and roller brushes.
  
• Improved the dialog display when exporting an ICO file.
  
• Improved bucket and autoselect expansion values from -3 to +3.