Posterino Release Notes

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

Revision 147 - 2006-10-19

	[NEW] The first sketch of an online help system is made. We have got a "life poster" and "postcard" tutorial and some pages about image import.
	[NEW] You can use the new "Tell a Friend" command in the "Help" menu to easily setup an email message to spread the word about Posterino.
	[CHANGED] "Help" > "Posterino Help" will now open the local help viewer instead of a web page.
	[FIXED] Fixed a couple of minor user interface problems. See report 20061006-2168-FBL, 20061009-2197-FBL.

Revision 142 - 2006-10-06

	[FIXED] Fixed the problem where the template chooser was displayed on top of an existing document file. See report 20061005-1222-HEN.
	[CHANGED] Speed improvements in rendering JPG thumbnails.

Revision 138 - 2006-10-03

	[CHANGED] Much improved image browser. The current release should address the known problems with iPhoto.
	[NEW] You can now import images from file system folders. See "Import Folder..." in the "File" menu.
	[FIXED] Fixed problem where a corrupted image spoiled the Posterino image picker.

Version 1.0 beta 4

Revision 129 - 2006-09-17

[NEW] Start of public beta.

Revision 126 - 2006-09-16

	[NEW] You can switch postmarks on and off using a checkbox on the "Postmark" preferences panel.
	[CHANGED] Major improvements in text handling.
	[CHANGED] Improved the display speed and rendering of the thumbnail images in a document. Better image quality in subsequent zoom levels. Rendering of preview thumbnails reduced to a minimum of visible images.
	[CHANGED] Improved the zoom in and zoom out behavior.
	[CHANGED] The zoom in and out operations now have a defined stop point. You can't zoom into infinity any more.
	[FIXED] Small images are now scaled up in the rendering process if they are smaller as the frame they are in. See report 20060830-6574-RAY.
	[CHANGED] Changed the text of the "Render" toolbar button and menu item into "Create Poster".
	[CHANGED] The first document window created is now positioned in the golden middle of the main screen. All subsequent windows are staggered.
	[CHANGED] A couple of improvements in the overall editor behavior.
	[CHANGED] Various minor user interface improvements.

Revision 121 - 2006-09-13

[FIXED] "Choose random Selection" in the "Images" menu now works properly again.

Version 1.0 beta 3

Revision 116 - 2006-09-12

	[NEW] Postcards are now stamped with postmarks! See the "Postmark" preferences panel for configuration options.
	[NEW] Postage stamp and postmark position and rotation are slightly varied by random. You can control the range of variation with a slider on the "General" preferences panel.
	[CHANGED] Removed the "Layout" details panel and made it into a "Layout Generator" available via the "Layout Generator..." menu item in the "Poster" menu.
	[NEW] You can now open a document file right form the template chooser by clicking on the "Open Existing File..." button.
	[FIXED] Solved the paper size and orientation weirdness in the template chooser. See report 20060901-1638-RAN.
	[FIXED] Improved the template sort order. See report 20060904-0713-RAN.
	[FIXED] The postage stamp border is now rendered in higher quality. No black artifacts anymore.
	[CHANGED] Some minor user interface improvements.

Revision 110 - 2006-08-31

	[NEW] New paper sizes in "Inches". See report 20060828-3850-RAN.
	[NEW] You now may specify the paper orientation (portrait, landscape) right in the template chooser.
	[CHANGED] The abstract paper size "Poster" will now default to 20 x 30 inches if the locale dependent system preferences are set to "Inches" / "English". Otherwise the defaults paper size will be a metric A2.
	[CHANGED] The templates have been updated to reflect the changes in the available paper sizes.
	[FIXED] Solved the problem where the attempt to scale a postcard to an other paper sizes than "Postcard" results in a crash. See report 20060825-9102-RAN.
	[CHANGED] Some minor user interface improvements and corrections. For example, the template chooser now displays the dimensions of the selected paper size and the corresponding measurement unit. The templates are now sorted by category and name. See reports 20060829-5202-FBL, 20060828-3779-RAN, 20060828-3815-RAN, 20060829-6052-FBL, 20060829-6131-FBL and 20060829-6161-FBL.

Revision 108 - 2006-08-24

	[FIXED] Solved the problem where changes on text objects did not get saved to the document file. See report 20060821-5904-FLE.
	[FIXED] Fixed the problem where a new document with an open template sheet stopped the application from restarting after a new application version was installed by the automatic software update. See report 20060821-8553-CHR.
	[FIXED] Fixed some minor user interface issues like spelling errors and misplaced dialog elements.

Version 1.0 beta 2

Revision 106 - 2006-08-21

Start of semi-public beta.