Posterino Release Notes

Upcoming Version X

Revision 802 - 2009-05-11

	[CHANGED] Stamp options are now available for any export target not just "mail".
	[CHANGED] Updated localization for the "postmark stamp" details dialog for Dutch, French and Japanese.

Revision 779 - 2009-04-07

	[NEW] You can now choose the date for the postmark stamp. The date defaults to 'today' but you can choose to be asked under "Posterino" > "Preferences..." > "Postmark" > "General".
	[FIXED] Solved a but where rotated images look good in the document editor but come out rotated in the rendered image file. See report 20090402-7347-DAR .

Version 1.5

Revision 749 - 2009-03-13

[FIXED] Solved a bug that could lead Posterino to skip thumbnail images on opening saved documents.

Revision 743 - 2009-03-11

	[FIXED] Solved a problem introduced by the latest "cutting-edge" release that could render images under Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) "invisible." See report 20090310-3971-JPB .
	[CHANGED] Prepared the "real" postcard interface to be discontinued on July 1st, 2009.

Revision 729 - 2009-02-23

[NEW] Added Dutch localization.

Version 1.4.3

Revision 711 - 2009-02-02

	[NEW] Added chapter on "image file recovery" to the online help.
	[CHANGED] Some minor user interface improvements.

Revision 706 - 2009-01-30

	[NEW] Added localization in French and German for the image file recovery system.
	[CHANGED] Some minor improvements in the file recovery user interface.
	[CHANGED] Changed some underlying details of the postcard interface to adopt to changes made by the Swiss Post to the server of the postcard service.

Revision 700 - 2009-01-21

[NEW] In cases where Posterino can't find some of the images used in a document, a File Recovery window is displayed showing the missing images. The user can now point Posterino to the folders, iPhoto or Aperture libraries to look for the images in question.

Version 1.4.2

Revision 667 - 2008-12-14

	[FIXED] The postcard details view now shows up as intended and you can send (real) postcards if you are running Mac OS X 10.5.5.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to activation problems under Mac OS X 10.5.5.

Version 1.4.1

Revision 650 - 2008-12-08

[CHANGED] Some small updated to the online help regarding templates.

Revision 627 - 2008-11-24

	[NEW] You can now reveal a custom template in the Finder using the "Reveal in Finder" context menu item right from within the Template Chooser.
	[NEW] You can now delete a custom template right from the Template Chooser context menu.
	[CHANGED] Improved image recovery of image files that have been used in a Posterino document and then moved to a new location on the same hard disk. This should largely reduce the display of "yellow x's". All Posterino documents saved with the new version of Posterino will benefit from this improvement. To convert existing documents to the new document file format, just open and save them using Posterino.
	[FIXED] Solved a bug that could lead to an unbelievable tiny font size of newly created text objects. See report 20081118-6466-RAN .

Revision 617 - 2008-11-07

[FIXED] "File" > "Import Images..." now works as expected. See report 20081022-0796-BEN .

Version 1.4

Revision 605 - 2008-10-20

[CHANGED] Some small user interface improvements.

Revision 602 - 2008-10-17

[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to an application crash roughly 20 minutes after a postcard has been send and the Postcard Details sheet was closed.

Revision 588 - 2008-08-06

	[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to startup problems under PPC machines.
	[CHANGED] Some minor improvements to the French localization.

Revision 582 - 2008-07-02

	[NEW] Support for iPhoto Events.
	[CHANGED] Some minor changes to the Japanese localization and improved template descriptions.

Revision 577 - 2008-06-27

	[NEW] The image picker now supports Adobe Lightroom.
	[NEW] You can now permanently add a folder from disk to the Image Picker.
	[NEW] You can specify the Flickr privacy settings right from within the Flickr details dialog.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem in the Flickr export operation that could lead to a wrong tag list if commas are used for tag separation.
	[CHANGED] Changed the keyboard shortcut for "View" > "Actual Size" to Command-Shift-0, so it don't interferes with a global keyboard shortcut of Leopard.
	[CHANGED] Minor improvements to some templates.

Revision 562 - 2008-05-29

[CHANGED] Some minor updates to the Japanese localization.

Revision 548 - 2008-05-26

	[NEW] Japanese localization of Posterino.
	[CHANGED] Some minor changes and improvements to the user interface and all localization packages.

Revision 540 - 2008-05-06

[FIXED] Solved a problem where rotated images from disk had the wrong aspect ratio. See report 20080503-2111-JEF .

Version 1.3.5

Revision 536 - 2008-05-02

[CHANGED] Updated the contents of the online help.

Revision 532 - 2008-04-24

	[FIXED] The preference setting "General" > "Delete temporary postcards when Posterino quits." works as expected. Please review this setting to suit it to your needs. See report 20080424-4170-MBI .
	[FIXED] Solved the problem where image rotation using the green rotation knob of the image does not work when the enclosing frame of the image is rotated or the image is off-center of the frame.
	[FIXED] The image reference counting in the Image Picker (the small green badges with numbers on it) now shows the correct number of references after performing a undo or redo.
	[FIXED] The placement position of a new graphics object on an empty document now correctly starts at 1.

Version 1.3.4

Revision 510 - 2008-03-28

[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to an application crash if more than one document window is open holding text objects and text is changed in both documents.

Version 1.3.3

Revision 494 - 2008-02-22

	[CHANGED] Change the keyboard shortcut for the "Send as Postcard" command to Command-Option-Shift-'D' due to problems under Leopard.
	[CHANGED] Some small user interface adjustments and improvements.

Version 1.3.2

Revision 467 - 2007-12-03

[CHANGED] Some user-interface and localization improvements.

Revision 462 - 2007-11-28

[NEW] You can now scale the document independent from the graphic objects via the "Adapt size of all graphic objects" checkbox under "Poster" > "Scale...".

Revision 459 - 2007-11-27

[FIXED] Solved a problem in the scaling mechanism that could lead to fewer scaling options if you want to send a poster as e-mail or postcard.

Revision 456 - 2007-11-23

	[FIXED] Fixed a bug that could lead in rare cases to a wrong image aspect ratio.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem in the image rotation mechanism that could lead to invisible images at render time.

Revision 452 - 2007-11-22

[FIXED] Solved a issue where the yellow "x" - that appears when Posterino can't locate an image - does not go away even if you put a different image on the frame.

Revision 449 - 2007-11-21

	[NEW] Posterino now respects the rotation of an image. See reports 20071116-3927-FRA , 20071116-4041-FRA and 20071119-7522-CHR .
	[NEW] Added the ability to reset the Postmark preferences to the factory settings.

Revision 442 - 2007-11-19

	[FIXED] Solved drag and drop problem of image files without file extension. See report 20071118-7077-JAY .
	[FIXED] Solved an update problem where the scaling of a document was not reflected in the view of the editor.

Version 1.3.1

Revision 434 - 2007-11-09

[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to the software activation failure experienced by some users running Tiger.

Version 1.3

Revision 429 - 2007-10-24

[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to exceptions at the end of the rendering process when you use a document that needs a postmark stamp.

Revision 424 - 2007-10-23

	[FIXED] Solved a problem that could lead to a crash 20 minutes after you have send a real postcard.
	[FIXED] Solved the problem that occasionally occurred during rendering of documents holding text object. The problem ranged from simple exceptions to application crashes.
	[FIXED] Postage stamps are now stamped even if the document is no postcard. See report 20071010-9699-CHR .

Revision 415 - 2007-10-21

	[CHANGED] Made Posterino compatible with Leopard.
	[CHANGED] Overall speed improvements to the editor and rendering process.

Version 1.2

Revision 395 - 2007-09-03

[CHANGED] Some small user-interface improvements.

Revision 393 - 2007-08-31

[CHANGED] Some improvements of the French localization.

Revision 391 - 2007-08-29

	[CHANGED] Various localization and user-interface improvements.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem where you can't create a new document if you used the Finder's "Info" panel to switch off several localizations.

Revision 385 - 2007-08-24

[FIXED] Solved the problem with the 'Save As' operation. See report 20070325-3860-RIC .

Revision 378 - 2007-08-17

	[FIXED] The keyboard shortcuts for 'Zoom In' and 'Zoom Out' are changed to better fit international keyboard layouts.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem with the post-stamp in the 'Vertical Postcard' template where the default post-stamp image did not show up.

Revision 365 - 2007-08-10

	[NEW] A new context menu item for reloading the contents of the Image Picker. Also available via the action button at the bottom of the Image Picker.
	[CHANGED] Improved the performance of choosing a random selection of images for large sets of available images.
	[FIXED] "Choose random Selection" of images now respects the image set returned by a search phrase entered into the image picker.
	[FIXED] Fixed a problem introduced by the last update where the image view used by the Image Picker is not the usual Posterino image view. The slider had no stop markers and the view had no "action" popup button.

Revision 357 - 2007-08-07

	[NEW] Posterino is now localized for English, French and German.
	[NEW] You can buy postcard coupons right from within Posterino. Send a document as postcard and press the "Buy Coupons..." button to open the postcard shop.
	[NEW] Added navigation buttons to the Postcard Details dialog to allow easy navigation between the postcard interface and PayPal.
	[NEW] New images sources: desktop pictures, screen saver pictures, user pictures, favorite pictures and iChat icons.
	[NEW] Custom image import folders are now persistent between Posterino runs.
	[FIXED] The feedback operation now correctly returns the version of Mac OS X run by the user. Mac OS X 10.4.10 has incorrectly been reported as 10.4.9.

Version 1.1.2

Revision 329 - 2007-07-13

	[FIXED] Solved an issue in the "Postmark" preferences, where the postmark texts are not update live while typing in the text.
	[FIXED] Fixed a bug in the Flickr details dialog where the 'description' and 'tags' text fields did not wrap the text into the new line.
	[CHANGED] Changed the product activation process to make it more fault-tolerant.
	[CHANGED] Updated the Posterino FAQ to reflect the new product activation process.

Version 1.1.1

Revision 324 - 2007-05-29

	[NEW] Added a popup menu to the postcards details dialog holding the search result if more than 1 and less than 40 hits are found. The popup also holds additional addresses a person may have.
	[NEW] The postcard details are displayed in the users preferred language as long as the postcard gateway is able to speak that language. Otherwise it defaults to English.
	[FIXED] Fixed a problem where saving postcard documents with an empty postage stamp leads to an application crash. See report 20070426-9755-ENE , 20070510-9858-IAN .
	[FIXED] Solved a problem with the scroll arrows and in-functional scroll wheel of the template view in the Template Chooser dialog. See reports 20070410-6743-SON , 20070504-7421-SON , 20070315-2435-166 and 20070403-0861-NOS .
	[FIXED] Fixed a localization problem with French numbers larger than 999 in the "Poster" > "Scale" dialog. See reports 20070423-1863-166 , 20070405-6097-166 and 20070405-7499-166 .
	[FIXED] Fixed wrong layout of images 16 and 24 in template 'Clusters II'. See report 20070504-5072-166 .

Version 1.1

Revision 314 - 2007-04-22

[CHANGED] Some small user interface improvements and updates to the online help.

Revision 311 - 2007-04-21

[CHANGED] Updated user interface and online help to reflect the new features.

Revision 308 - 2007-04-17

[NEW] Added "Keyboard Shortcuts" and "FAQ" menu items to the "Help" menu.

Revision 298 - 2007-04-14

	[NEW] Send real postcards right from within Posterino.
	[NEW] Upload images to Flickr right from within Posterino.
	[CHANGED] All export and mail options are grouped in an "Export" sub menu in the "File" menu. "Create Poster" has changed into "Export" and has moved from the "Poster" menu to the "Export" sub menu in the "File" menu.
	[NEW] Now there are toolbar buttons for every available export operation. Choose "Customize Toolbar..." from the "View" menu to choose an individual export operation toolbar button for your toolbar.
	[NEW] New template 'Twisted Post'.

Version 1.0.2

Revision 284 - 2007-04-02

[NEW] Added layer operations to the context menu of the document editor.

Revision 277 - 2007-03-11

	[NEW] New toolbar buttons 'Bring to Front' and 'Send to Back' for object layer handling. Choose "Customize Toolbar..." from the "View" menu to add the new buttons to your toolbar.
	[CHANGED] Changed the implementation of the 'Backward' and 'Forward' object layer operations to focus on the visual hierarchy of objects instead of the 'physical' hierarchy.
	[FIXED] Fixed a bug in the handling of object layers after loading a document. See report 20070225-6456-KAR .
	[FIXED] Solved a problem where a single image is rendered several times on the output. See report 20070222-4081-BRI .
	[FIXED] Solved a problem where shuffled images re-appear at there old position after loading a saved document.
	[FIXED] Fixed a problem where images smaller than the defined thumbnail size are created with a big black border. See report 20070220-1575-KME .
	[NEW] You can navigate the templates in the template chooser by using the arrow keys.
	[CHANGED] Choose random selection does no longer deselect the current selection.

Version 1.0.1

Revision 267 - 2007-02-05

[NEW] Added new templates made for holding portrait images ("Portraits" and "Irregular II") and one for displaying an image for each day of the year ("365 Days").

Revision 264 - 2007-01-30

	[NEW] You now can drag and drop image files and folders onto the document window.
	[NEW] Added some new photo frame templates.
	[NEW] Added a "letter" paper size.
	[CHANGED] Some additions to the online help regarding shortcuts and paper sizes.
	[FIXED] Aligned the text field of the 'Sunrise over Ulm' template with the image above.

Revision 256 - 2007-01-20

	[FIXED] The Shuffle operation now preserves the crop information of the images. See report 20061020-3972-AND .
	[FIXED] Solved a problem where drag and drop operations from the first image to any other always lead to a copy See report 20061116-7693-PET .
	[NEW] You can end the cropping of an image by pressing the Return, Enter or Escape key.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem where clicking on a selected image does not lead to an image swap or move operation.
	[FIXED] The drag and drop of images from one frame to an other now preserves the crop information of the image.
	[FIXED] Fixed a problem where the used image count of the images in the image picker is not updated correctly in a copy or paste operation. See report 20070110-0526-HUG .
	[FIXED] Fixed a bug in the "Choose random Image" operation.
	[FIXED] Added measurement unit to some values on the details panel.
	[NEW] Added a hint regarding custom paper sizes to the template chooser.
	[FIXED] Corrected the naming of a label of the "Panel Position" radio group (preferences: "Document Window" > "General"). See report 20070109-1238-PET .
	[FIXED] The template "Irregular I" not longer produces a blank page. See reports 20070108-2471-RIW , 20070113-3000-KOZ and 20070115-1922-MAR .

Version 1.0

Revision 247 - 2007-01-08

[CHANGED] Changed version to 1.0 final.

Revision 244 - 2007-01-07

	[NEW] New life poster and postcard templates.
	[NEW] A new online help chapter about "Altering the layout" under "Layout Options".

Revision 240 - 2007-01-06

	[NEW] The images used in the document are now indicated by a green badge in the top right corner of the image picker. To show or hide this feature, go to "Posterino" > "Preferences..." > "Document Window" > "Image Picker" > "Show" and toggle the "Used image count" checkbox.
	[NEW] Layout grids! You can show a grid in your document window and graphics objects will snap to this grid. The grid depends on the settings of the "Layout Generator" (in the "Poster" menu). You can show and hide the grid from the "View" menu. All preferences regarding the grid are under "Posterino" > "Preferences..." > "Image Handling" > "Grid".
	[FIXED] Fixed some inconsistencies in international number formating in some edit fields. See report 20060901-5669-RAN .
	[FIXED] Solved a problem with text objects. See report 20061215-1778-DAN , 20061115-7667-PET .
	[NEW] You can specify a short descriptive text when creating a new template.
	[NEW] The template chooser now shows an image visualizing the placement of photos on the document and a short descriptive text about the template.
	[NEW] A new operation to scale you current document to some arbitrary size and resolution. See "Poster" > "Scale...".
	[NEW] New template chooser featuring the template categories.
	[NEW] Added context menu to the poster editor to manipulate image and frame settings. Or you can reveal the selected images in the Finder or open them in an external editor.
	[NEW] You can switch on graphic object tool tips to display information about the used image. If available, file name, date, comment, rating and image paths are displayed. See "View" > "Object Tool Tip".
	[NEW] You can define the image picker sort oder under 'Posterino' > 'Preferences...' > 'Document Window' > 'Image Picker'. You can sort the images by pre-defined (iPhoto or Aperture) order, date, comment, file name or rating.
	[FIXED] Fixed an issue where the "needs rending" state of a saved document was not updated correctly.
	[NEW] If you hold down the Shift key while rotating an image or a frame, the rotation will stop at 45 degree segments.
	[NEW] Relocate images from iPhoto and Aperture used in a document if the image library has moved to a new user account.

Version 1.0 beta 8

Revision 209 - 2006-12-08

	[NEW] The template chooser now remembers the last used template.
	[NEW] Added a postcard paper size for printing.
	[FIXED] Solved a problem where you could not create additional graphic objects once the document has been saved.

Revision 201 - 2006-12-03

	[NEW] Support for Aperture 1.5. You can use your Aperture images right from within Posterino now.
	[NEW] You can specify the email application to send postcards with. See "Postcards" on the "General" preferences panel.
	[FIXED] Fixed a date sorting problem of file system images in the Image Picker.

Version 1.0 beta 7

Revision 194 - 2006-11-27

[NEW] If you choose to mail you poster you now can specify the quality of the image to be send.

Revision 190 - 2006-11-21

	[NEW] Improved rendering process feedback.
	[FIXED] Fixed a problem where Posterino did not display images referenced by an alias. This was for example the case, if you set the iPhoto preference checkbox "Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library" to false (under "iPhoto" > "Preferences..." > "Advanced"). See report 20060918-5003-MBI , 20061030-9485-SRA .
	[FIXED] The image picker slider is now automatically hidden if there are only a few images in the picker.
	[FIXED] Fixed the bug that caused pixel residue to show up while manipulating image bounds, moving frames or selecting images in a poster. See reports 20060914-6496-SON , 20061009-2262-FBL and 20061021-8629-DRA .
	[FIXED] Changed the title of the 'Compression' label to 'Quality' to align this with the settings in the create template dialog. See report 20061115-7374-PET .
	[NEW] A new sheet is shown after the poster has been rendered to let the user choose what to do with the rendered document. The options are 'Send to iPhoto', 'Save to Disk' and 'Send via Mail'.
	[FIXED] The installation of a license now results in a re-rendering of your document to immediately remove the demo message. No restart necessary anymore.

Revision 172 - 2006-11-06

[FIXED] Fixed an issue that rendered the poster or postcard empty.

Version 1.0 beta 6

Revision 169 - 2006-11-06

	[NEW] Added new chapters on image placement and layout options to the online help.
	[CHANGED] Ensured that the images in the image picker are sorted by date.
	[CHANGED] The details panel now shows all tabs and does not hide the unused ones.
	[CHANGED] The 'Welcome' window does not automatically become the key view any more. This way the main window does not lose its focus when the 'Welcome' window shows up.
	[FIXED] Solved a couple of minor user interface problems.

Revision 157 - 2006-10-29

[FIXED] Solved an issue where images from a folder on disk where distorted or had aspect ratio inconsistencies. See reports 20061023-7620-ADA , 20061023-0271-PUB and 20061020-5270-JOH .

Version 1.0 beta 5