I am extremely pleased today to announce the availability of release candidate for version 5.3 of Substance look-and-feel (code-named Reykjavik). The release notes for version 5.3 contain the detailed information on the contents of this release which include the following:

• New Gemini skin
• New Magellan skin
• New Graphite Aqua skin
• Improved usability of Raven Graphite skins
• Overlay painters
• Fraction based painters
• Reworked Jitterbug visual editor for color schemes

Click on the button below to launch a signed WebStart application that shows the available Substance features.

The following sub-projects are also available as release candidates:

• Substance plugin for SwingX component suite build 2144 from September 11. See test application.
• Substance plugin for Flamingo component suite 4.2dev. See test applications.

You are more than welcome to take Substance 5.3RC for a ride and report any problems in the project mailing lists, forums or issue tracker. The final release is scheduled for September 28. Only bugs will be fixed until that date.

Sample screenshots of Substance 5.3 in action: