Version 1.0.4

Fixed:

Your painted texture is now kept when you save the .blend. Until this version Blender saved an empty image, so you could paint, save, reopen and find the model un-textured with no warning. The texture is packed into your file automatically.

There is a "Pack texture into .blend" switch in the Advanced panel if you ever want it off.

Saving twice now keeps the newer artwork. Previously a second save could write the texture as it was at the first save.

What happened to 1.0.3:

I kind of skipped version 1.0.4 as I broke some small parts of the loading where it would try to connect before blender even opened and it would cause a freeze. I am very sorry for that!

Version 1.0.2

Fixed:

The model could stay Un-textured on a mesh that already had a material. The bridge material was added as a new slot that none of your faces used, so the stream worked but nothing appeared on the model. Blender now tells you when that happens and offers a one-click "Put Faces On Bridge Material", with "Restore Previous Faces" to undo it. Your existing materials and face assignments are never changed unless you ask for it.

On a fresh object you had to paint a stroke before the material was set up. The material is now wired as soon as Aseprite connects.

Improved:

• Send UV Layout works before you have painted anything. Blender asks Aseprite for the canvas size the moment it connects, so the UV reference grid is available straight away.
• When the canvas size is not known yet, the Send UV Layout button is greyed out with the reason underneath instead of looking like it did nothing.
• The panel now points at Sprite > Stream to Blender, which is where the toggle actually lives.
• Builds bought from the store no longer show "Licensed to: Unregistered copy". They show the version instead.
• Both halves are included. Install the updated Aseprite extension along with the Blender add-on, since the new canvas size handshake needs both sides.