It is a great pleasure to announce the availability of the final release or version 6.0 of Substance look-and-feel (code-named Sonoma). The release notes for version 6.0 contain the detailed information on the contents of this release which include the following:

• Multi-state animated transitions
• New look for text based components (text fields, combo boxes, spinners, date pickers)
• Custom component states
• Support for drop location

Animations in Substance 6.0 are powered by the Trident animation library. You will need to add the matching Trident jar to your classpath. Substance 6.0 is using version 1.2 of Trident which can be downloaded from the main Trident download area or from the Substance 6.0 download area.

In addition to deprecated APIs that have been removed in version 6.0 (see the release notes for version 5.3), application code that uses the following Substance APIs will need to be revisited:

• All painter APIs now operate on a single color scheme. Application code that passed two different color schemes will now need to call the matching APIs twice, and use the relevant composites on the graphics context.
• Configuring the animation settings is now done with the org.pushingpixels.lafwidget.animation.AnimationConfigurationManager APIs. In addition, application that want to control the resolution of the animation pulses should consult the Trident documentation on this topic.

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

The following sub-projects are also available:

• Substance plugin for SwingX component suite build 2283 from January 25. See test application.
• Substance plugin for Flamingo component suite 5.0dev. See test applications.
• Substance extras pack.
• Substance samples.

You are more than welcome to take Substance 6.0 for a ride. Sample screenshots of Substance 6.0 in action: