Changed

• Set precomp start and end time to precomped layer visibility

• Set precomp label color to group layer color

• When decomposing a precomp shift the layer start point by the precomp start time

Fixed

• Ai: support for Japanese font names in multi-font text layers

• Figma: text line height Auto now set to 1.3 of font height to reflect Figma's metrics

• Figma: Ae text box rotation alignment

• Figma: Ae text box minimum size to 0.75% of the font size

• Figma: Component instance backgrounds support

• Figma: fonts styles with spaces supported

Changed

• Ai: rasterize file names include the Ai file name to reduce accidental file overwriting

• Rasterized images will scale to match the Ae comp size if `Scale art to comp width` is enabled

Fixed

• Figma: Error on line 2912 when rasterizing elements with * in the layer name

• Figma: skip images without hash references to avoid a crash

• Figma: image mask rectangle detection

• Precomp not trimming selected layers if the project expression set to extendscript

Added

• Rasterize button in Figma and Illustrator

• Figma: Gradient fills and background blur on text layers

Changed

• Precomp button will now trim to the selected artwork without needing a group layer

• Figma: Precomp frames option will build layers without a group guide layer

• Figma: iOS corner rounding supported by converting rectangles to paths

• Figma: Frame background image, fill color, and stroke support

• More reliable Ae app switch

• Improvements to opacity and blend modes for images, components and text

• Figma: component instances apply scale and opacity

Fixed

• Ai: sporadic MRAP error when building text

• Ai: per-character text supports non-RGB color modes

• Figma image masking

Fixed

• Error on line 2866 when importing images from Ai

Changed

• Figma component instances now apply scale and opacity

• Convert rectangles to paths if corner smoothing (iOS rounding) is enabled

Fixed

• Figma image opacity and blend mode not transferring

• Ai guides not transferring

• Ai oversize artboard stroke dashes

• App switch taking too long

• Ai per-character color modes (global colors) support

Added

• Figma Background Blur on text layers

• Add gradient fills to Figma text

• Offline activation

Fixed

• Figma text layers causing the plugin to freeze

• Pull shape updates from Ai getting stuck on loader

Added

• App update loading animation

Fixed

• Quotes in Figma file names preventing app connection

• Figma frame stroke

• Error on line 4444 if creating an Ai artboard without an open doc

• Better handling for empty Ai groups

Changed

• Frame roundness cropping with mask

• Background image and fill colors for Figma frames

Fixed

• Better image flipping support

• Combine text fill and layer opacity

• Error if a path layer is missing path data

• Speed boost when app switch enabled

• New Ai artboard from Ae comp

• Stack order of precomp to selected layer

Hotfix

• Unlock Scale art to comp width preference

Added

• Figma connection

• Transfer elements as a single Ae layer

• Scale art to comp width preference

• Collapse Transform precomps is a preference

• Customize visible buttons in the Overlord app (Hosts section)

Changed

• Update properties is now its own button

Fixed

• Non-English Ae was creating multiple Overlord folders when precomping

Fixed

• Per-character text not working in CC 2025

• Line breaks in text layer names breaking expressions

Fixed

• Error on line 5286 - Images in clipping masks

• Occasional unresponsive transfer button needing multiple clicks

Fixed

• Art in comp center

• Ae → Ai broken

• Update props undo mismatch

• Single shape in unnamed group now inherits layer name

Changes

• Rollback of centering art if artboard mismatch

Fixed

• Oversized artboard scale factor

Hotfix

• Ae → Ai broken in 2.3.0

Added

• Image export from Ai

• Rasterize unlinked images in Ai file

• Relative path from AEP file

Changed

• Layers will be centered in comp if the artboard sizes do not match

• A new comp will be created if one isn't open

• New comps will be created using the framerate of the open comp

• Clear the layer name Isolation Mode

Fixed

• More reliable preference loading in extension

Added

• Image export from Ai

• Rasterize unlinked images in Ai file

• Relative path from AEP file

Changed

• Layers will be centered in comp if the artboard sizes do not match

• A new comp will be created if one isn't open

• New comps will be created using the framerate of the open comp

• Clear the layer name Isolation Mode

Fixed

• More reliable preference loading in extension

Fixed

• Error BridgeTalk is undefined

• Ghost menubar icon on macOS

• Per character text error on 24.0

Fixed

• [object Object] layers created bug

• macOS permissions error when installing the Adobe extension redirects to troubleshooting

Added

• Ae app switch has returned

Changes

• New Ae layers are selected after creation

• Shape and group naming is more intuitive

Fixed

• Install extension update

• Missing extension in 2.1.1

• Image extension undefined

• Twirl closed layers

• Support live paint elements from Ai

• Better check for existing layer names in the comp

• Opacity on nested groups

• Blending modes on nested groups

• Decompose error when multiple layers selected

• App layout bug where updates overlapped one another

Changes

• Shapes and groups without a name, at the root level of an Ai layer, will inherit the layer name (more like v1)

Fixed

• Hotfix for trim is undefined

• Decompose error when multiple layers selected

• App layout bug where updates overlapped one another

Added

• App switch returns

Fixed

• Install extension update

• Missing extension in 2.1.1

• Image extension undefined

• Twirl closed layers

• Support live paint elements from Ai

• Shape group names are default instead of taking the Ai layer name

• Better check for existing layer names in the comp

• Opacity on nested groups

• Blending modes on nested groups

New

• Import Ai file button

Changes

• Option to launch the app in the background instead of seeing a popup every time you restart your computer

• The Overlord project folder may be nested up to 2 folders deep

• Extensions reload when updating from the app

• Parametric shape detection is now optional

• Clipping masks may be visible

Fixes

• Refined rectangle and ellipse detection

• Shape blending modes apply to shape groups

• Grouped shapes inner opacity is respected

• Box text alignment

• Oversize artboard text properties

Fixed

• Locale error breaking the panel from displaying in some languages

Fixed

• Auto start app checkbox

• Group opacity was doubled on the layer

Changed

• Launch in the background is now a checkbox rather than a default to provide clarity to new users

• Detect parametric shapes option in context menu

• Hide Ray option if Swatches button is hidden

• Continuously Rasterize Ai layers (prep for Ai file import)

• Search for Overlord folder now goes 2 folders deep past root

• Reload extensions when installing an update

Changed

• App starts in the background if unlocked

• Slight change to socket url for added stability

Fixed

• Apply group blending mode

Fixed

• Ellipse detection

• Grouped shape inner opacity

• Box text alignment

• Oversize artboard box text size

Fixed

• Refined rectangle detection

• Blank panels do to ZXP signature bug

• Error on line 4139

Fixed

• Blank extension panel for non-English users

Added

• It's a desktop app now

• Auto updates

• (theoretically) unlimited layer creation

• A ton of speed in creating layers

• Group management buttons

Changed

• Extensions are still used but are now installed from the app

• Layers are always split

• Anchor points are always centered

• Rectangles and ellipses are always parametric

• Create group layers as parents for art layers

• Visual feedback for which apps are available to transfer to

• Right-click to hide less common buttons

Fixed

• Gradient end-point alignment

• No more accidental opening of beta versions

Removed

• Small switches to modify transfers

• Switch apps button

• Break symbols button