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01 Renaming

The seven modes get new names.

Same tools, same settings: only the names change. The site and the app use them since version 0.9.0.

01Stochaster
Spora Screens that grow by themselves: reaction-diffusion, spirals, fingerprints. No dot ever lands in the same place twice.
02Dotraster
Puncta The printer’s screen in every form: offset dot, Ben-Day, engraving, error diffusion, Bayer, noise.
03Pointillist
Linea The image rebuilt dot by dot, stroke by stroke. Vector output.
04Coloraster
Chroma Split the image into ink layers, pick the inks, nudge them. Riso, CMYK, duotone.
05ASCII
Glypha The image in characters: blocks, braille, katakana, PETSCII, teletext. Animated if you like.
06Labo
Prisma Real-time effects stacked like layers. Glass, VHS, bleeding ink, paper.
07Video
Kinema All of the above, on video, setting by setting, frame by frame.

Videos The demo videos were recorded before the change: you will still see the old names at the top of the screen.

02 Versions

What has changed in the app, from the start.

Versions before 0.8.1 were never released: that was the workshop. Notes for every released version are also on GitHub.

GitHub ↗

0.9.1

9 November 2026Released ↗

Mote speaks English.

  1. 01An FR / EN button at the top of the window, next to White / Black: the whole interface switches to English, no restart needed.
  2. 02Everything is translated: settings, presets, Prisma effects and recipes, the Ctrl+K palette, shortcuts, messages and open and save dialogs.
  3. 03Ctrl+K understands both languages: “blur” or “flou” find the same effect.
  4. 04Your choice is kept from one launch to the next; your settings, presets and projects don’t change.

0.9.0

9 November 2026Released ↗

Seven new names, and modes that all work the same way.

  1. 01The seven modes get new names: Spora, Puncta, Linea, Chroma, Glypha, Prisma and Kinema.
  2. 02One export for all seven modes (Ctrl+S): image, vector when the mode allows it, GIF or video, by scale or in centimetres and dpi.
  3. 03The same presets everywhere: gallery, favourites, search, “Surprise me”, import and export of your own.
  4. 04A shared history with its own panel (Alt+H), and every shortcut on one sheet (? key).
  5. 05Ctrl+K finds every setting, button and checkbox in every mode, and sets a slider to the value you type.
  6. 06Faster preview: a reduced version straight away, full definition fading in right after; thumbnails stay in memory.
  7. 07Layers panel: channels in Chroma, pattern structures in Spora; in CMYK or RGB, each ink can be hidden with one click.
  8. 08Prisma: the Atelier bank (48 effects, 125 recipes: film stocks, chrome, engravings, painters’ palettes, backgrounds) and the Motion bank (39 animated effects, 56 recipes).
  9. 09New presets: 41 in Spora, 48 in Puncta, 27 in Linea, 39 in Glypha plus 15 animations, and 42 palettes in Chroma.
  10. 10“On the image” section: a small view of the starting image and the preset applied.
  11. 11Glypha saves its animation as an MP4 or WebM video; Puncta keeps a custom pattern from the very first pixel.
  12. 12Sharper exported videos: animated grain is no longer smoothed out, and the “Screen” size exports what you see, pixel for pixel.
  13. 13Clearer: buttons that can’t do anything are greyed out, typed colours accept #rgb and colour names, the screen keeps the same size across the whole image.
  14. 14Fixes: copy works even when the window isn’t in front, export always uses the latest settings, panels no longer overflow.

0.8.1

21 October 2026Released ↗

First public release.

  1. 01Mote installs on Windows: an installer, a shortcut on the desktop and in the Start menu.
  2. 02At launch, Mote offers new versions with their notes. Nothing installs without your say-so.
  3. 03The update is checked before it installs, then Mote reopens by itself. You can also check by hand: Informations › “Rechercher une mise à jour” (check for updates).

0.8.0

October 2026Not released

Prisma, Glypha and Ctrl+K.

  1. 01New Prisma mode: a stack of real-time effects, each with its own blend, opacity and area. 138 effects and 66 recipes, including 31 transitions.
  2. 02New Glypha mode: the image in characters, 61 styles, period colours (C64, teletext…), looping animations, TXT, HTML, SVG, ANS and PNG export.
  3. 03Ctrl+K everywhere: type a style, an effect, a command or a setting in plain words (“lineature 20”).
  4. 04Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y undo everything, step by step; copy and paste layers, shapes and colours.
  5. 05Continuous rendering: connected strokes, no dust; faces and edges are detected and the screen refines on them.
  6. 06Shapes and blank page: rectangle, ellipse, star, pen, text. Each shape takes its own screen.
  7. 07Layers: blend modes, solo and lock; a Prisma effect can sit on a single selection. Composition grid (thirds, golden ratio…).
  8. 08Chroma: 456 palettes, including 78 official Riso inks and Sanzo Wada’s 348 colour combinations.
  9. 09Puncta: 26 error diffusions, 21 ordered matrices and 135 patterns.
  10. 10Interface fully in French, shortcuts adapted to AZERTY keyboards.
  11. 11Sturdier: a white image stays white, no more black exports in Prisma, effects ready seven times faster at start-up.

0.7.1

Up to 8 October 2026Not released

The beginning, under the name Trames.

  1. 01Four screening tools in one window: Spora (85 styles), Puncta (115 styles), Linea (66 styles) and Chroma (58 palettes).
  2. 02Kinema: a multi-track edit, the screen laid over a video, every setting animated with keyframes, MP4, WebM or PNG frames export.
  3. 03Layers everywhere: detected objects, quick selection, magic wand, lasso, brush. A selection becomes a layer with its own effect.
  4. 04Project tabs, and black and white, duotone, CMYK or RGB output in every mode.
  5. 05The photo is prepared before screening (tones, local contrast, sharpness), and the preview has no moiré.
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