The new TokenTool has the ability to manage overlays from within the tool. This is a good thing.The summary of benefits to the new TokenTool are summarized below.Over 150 OverlaysAbility to rotate via shift-mouse wheelNew 'Use as Base' feature for OverlaysTree/folder organization for OverlaysTouch support (for you touchscreen users)Better drag/drop supportThe ability to copy image or image URL from the browser and paste into TokenTool!All settings saved on exitLast 10 overlays used saved as Recent for quick accessEmbedded JRE with native OS installer One of the benefits of working on RPTools products is the experience gained from a large and complex code base.Thus to move to JavaFX for TokenTool will pave the way for moving MapTool to JavaFX. As a reminder, RPTools is Open Source software with volunteer developers who work for free. Some developers left the RPTools project as they felt they were working on a project without enhancing their core skills. While Swing is still part of Java, Oracle stopped making enhancements to it a long while back. For those of you interested in a bit of history and some technical details, the original RPTools products user interfaces are written using Java Swing. To create your own ‘overlay’ you can use any version of PhotoShop or GIMP and add your masking layer as the first (bottom) layer and your overlay image as the second (top) layer.This release represents a critical milestone for RPTools development. RPTools is proud to announce a new version of TokenTool, Rewritten in JavaFX to bring a modern and updated UI as well as a few new features! TokenTool 2.0 now supports PSD format for ‘overlays’ to allow for better masking by supporting ‘layers’. You can find the new TokenTool from the GitHub Downloads page or find it on our DriveThruRPG publisher’s page. New portrait options that all assignment of a background and the setting of opacity, blur, and glow. You can now create and edit them directly and it now supports photoshop PSD files.
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