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#devBUG is the official home of beta testing on deviantART. If you are an Official Beta Tester then #devBUG is the place to find out all the latest info on exciting new features that are being beta-tested here on deviantART.

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If you have a problem with any of the features that are currently in beta please click the "Submit a Beta Bug" tab above. If you need to report a bug that isn't to do with the current beta project then please go to the Help Desk, Also check the Status Forum for updates on any site wide issues.

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Please feel free to ask us any questions that are related to any features currently in beta and we will do our best to answer them. However if you have any other questions please have a look at deviantART's +faq!

New deviantART Thumbnails

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 1:59 PM by $danlev

Hey folks!

You may remember a while back we showed off some brand new thumbnails in #hq's Journal. Well, after many weeks of porting and tweaking based on community feedback, we finally got these brand new thumbs ready for beta testing!

The new thumbnails

UPDATE (May 19, 2012): Based on feedback received, we've updated the new thumbnails to be justified. Thumbnails are now spaced out across the rows, making them flush against the left and right sides of the page. When a browser's window is too small, justification cannot happen without leaving larger awkward spaces. In these cases, justification is turned off and thumbnails become left aligned. We think these changes present the most appealing interface for both cases.

For those of you who didn't see the new thumbs when they were previewed a month back, here's a recap.

The current deviantART thumbnails (the smaller versions of deviations) have served the community well for years; however, there's always room for improvement.

Some of the problems with existing thumbnails are: they leave a lot of blank space around them, there isn't a lot of room for text for literature deviations, and the thumbnails don't present very tall/wide images well.

Now, we've created a new style of thumbnail, which hopes to solve a lot of these problems.

We've made all thumbnails bigger!
We're showing them in tidier rows with no unnecessary cropping, allowing you to see the deviation as it's meant to be seen!
For literature thumbnails, we have lightened the background to match the deviation and given it much more room for text.
For very tall and very wide deviations, we zoom in on the deviation instead of showing a hard-to-click, hard-to-see skinny thumbnail. We wanted to keep cropping to a minimum, but we think this new approach is much better for the artwork.
We've added a frame around wide, small, and transparent deviations to keep each row tidy.
The information underneath each thumbnail is aligned to the left for better readability.
The newest and popular sorting options have been combined into one menu to save space and simplify selection.

Where will it work?

These new thumbs will show when browsing deviantART from the home page, in members' galleries, in members' favorites and soon, we'll be expanding these new thumbnails to the deviantART Shop and artists' Prints pages.

Report any problems

If you find any bugs with the new thumbs, don't forget to submit them as a bug to the #devBUG bug tracker under the New Thumbs project and we'll try and get everything fixed up as soon as we can.

Stay devious,

$DEVlANT and $Dan14Lev

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The new deviantART muro

Journal Entry: Mon Apr 23, 2012, 6:36 PM

As you all know, deviantART has a fantastic Web-based drawing tool called deviantART muro. This tool is a great drawing application for anyone -- from hobbyist doodlers to professional artists.

Today, we are giving all you beta testers a peek at the next big step forward for deviantART muro

The new deviantART muro

The new deviantART muro now saves your work automatically from the first brush stroke. You can close your browser at any time, and when you come back, you can re-open that recording and continue drawing.

Your work is saved to your Sta.sh, upgrading you from just 3 files slots to 2 GB of files -- and 10 GB for Premium Members!

The new deviantART muro also features a new look and a brand new smudge brush. The new version also uses the brand new Sta.sh Submit page when it's time to submit your work to deviantART.

Perhaps the biggest new feature of all...

deviantART muro Redraw

Not only is your work automatically saved, but you can now share the entire progress work behind your masterpiece. Your entire creation process in deviantART muro can be replayed, published, and shared!

Whether you're creating a drawing tutorial, showing a work in progress, or if you want
to share the technique used to make your masterpiece, the new deviantART muro lets you do all of that. No screen recorders, no massive video uploads and no expensive software needed!

^{by `Artgerm}

During the beta testing period, you can submit Redraw deviations to your gallery, however, they will only be able to be watched by beta testers. Other members will simply see a "coming soon" placeholder (see below). When the new deviantART muro is released to the public, everyone will be able to see your creations.

Smudge Brush

In the new deviantART muro, we've also added a smudge tool -- a feature that has been requested by the community quite a few times.

Try it out and give your feedback!

To try it out, beta testers can go to muro.deviantART.com and simply start drawing!

Tell us what you think, or if you have any issues submit them to the #devBUG bug tracker under the Redraw project.

Stay devious and keep drawing,
$DEVlANT

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