Posterino Release Notes

Overview

Improved Workflow

Improved workflow throughout: Adding, removing or creating image objects now results in an instant re-layout of your document.
New and improved content: Expect new templates, new frames, new backgrounds and more. For example, you can now add individual text captions to any image on your document.
New layout options: We advanced the existing templates to include a "Circular” option and added Grid Lines to ease manual image placement.
Automatic styling: The look of your images can now be changed and aligned automatically.
A whole new crop editor: The enhanced version improves crop workflow and creates a persistent crop state.
We added a bunch of new sharing services: Post on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. Send your creation as Message or via AirDrop.
A sleek new user interface: The redesigned interface has a larger workspace, especially handy if you are working on a MacBook.
Posterino is now sandboxed and supports Retina display.
Additional requested improvements: We implemented a large number of popular user requests, resulting in a myriad of large and small improvements in many areas of the application.

Details

Improved Workflow

We re-worked the layout modes to ease and speed your workflow. Posterino now features an "Automatic" layout mode, where graphic objects are automatically placed by the app, and a "Manual" layout mode where graphic objects are placed by the user.
Adding, removing or creating image objects now results in an instant re-layout of your document in "Automatic" layout mode.
You can now change the placement of graphic objects by simply dragging it on top or between other graphic objects. The layout will be adjusted automatically.
You can now specify the number of new image objects to create. The current layout is instantly adjusted to make room for the new image(s).
With the redesigned crop editor, you just double click on an image and a nice crop editor pops up from which you can size, move and rotate your image. This is greatly improves the user experience over the previous model. Also, the crop is preserved when the frame of the image changes. The new crop editor also supports keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gestures.
The text editing experience has been streamlined.
You can now easily change the major properties of a "Calendar", "Metadata" or "Postmark" layer by double clicking it to open a popup inspector right on the image in question.
By popular request, we improved the algorithm that randomly fills your document with images. When all image frames are filled, selecting "Fill at Random" again will present a new set of random images. This function also works on a document’s sub-set of images that have been defined by the current selection. The result: you can easily play with different variations of the same document.
We added and improved various keyboard shortcuts to speed the process for Pro users.

Layout Behavior

As requested by many users, you can now explicitly set the number of rows and columns for a "Grid" layout.
An improved "Irregular" layout now respects the aspect ratio of each individual image of your document.
The "Random" layout better distributes images along with some nice new layout properties which control the "randomness" of the layout.
We added a new "Circular" layout that is especially lovely for portrait images. You can control the direction of the layout and the spacing between the images.
A new "Grid Lines" layout, aids with the manual placement of images on a grid of magnetic lines.

Styles

We significantly eased the way you apply a look to your images by introducing a concept we call "Style". A style represents the overall look of the majority of your document’s images. Newly created images will now automatically look like the other images of your document.
We added handy commands like: You can align the style of all images to the style of an individual image you selected. Or you can copy and paste styles.
The bottom line: you can now change the look of your document quickly and easily.

Content

The image frames now support an oval shaped look as well as partially rounded corners.
Also by popular request: You can add custom text captions of various shapes and styles to your images.
It’s now easier to add image backgrounds to your document.
We improved the way postmarks work. They are no longer applied on export. Instead, we moved them to the document editor so you can add and remove a postmark via the context menu of a postage stamp object. Also, postmarks are added automatically to newly created postage stamp objects. And - by your request - you can change the date of the postmark by double clicking it.
We’ve also introduced new and improved templates, frames, filters, decorations and backgrounds.

Image Browser

Enjoy support for the latest version of iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom.
By popular request: The image browser now adds a badge to every image used in the document. You can see at a glance which images are currently in use and which are not.
You can filter the browser content for badged or un-badged images.
Since Posterino is now sandboxed , you need to explicitly grant Posterino access to any images located outside your Pictures folder. To simplify workflow, we added a new "Folders" preference where you can grant Posterino access to all of your image folders.

	[CHANGED] Updates to the built-in image browser to support the current version of Lightroom and Photos.
	[CHANGED] Updates to various software components.
	[NEW] The built-in software update mechanism no longer requires a hop to the Downloads folder.
	[FIXED] Handled a situation where the template chooser opens showing just a black background and no templates.

	[FIXED] A decimal number page size property is now displayed with two significant digits of the Size popup of the Page Size panel under the Adjustments tab.
	[FIXED] The local decimal separator is now respected on the Page Size input fields.
	[CHANGED] Improvements to the built-in image browser.
	[CHANGED] Minor improvements to the behavior of the inspector.

	[FIXED] Fixed some missing translations in the language support system.
	[FIXED] Made sure a newly created text object has a text layer whatever the style „majority mechanism“ may think.
	[FIXED] Handled a crash that could occur under older versions of macOS.
	[FIXED] Handled a situation where the app could crash on an invalid export file name.
	[FIXED] The Release Notes are now well formatted again.

	[FIXED] Solved the problem where images on export are gray boxes due to insufficient access rights.
	[FIXED] Solved a case where double clicking a text caption leads to a crash.
	[FIXED] A feedback window sheet can now be closed using the Return key.
	[CHANGED] Changed the UI so it’s clear that a page unit of Pixel means a resolution of 72 DPI.
	[CHANGED] The request to give some feedback on the latest update is now displayed when the app is quit instead of at startup time.
	[NEW] Added details on Photos troubleshooting to the online help.

	[CHANGED] Some major spring cleaning: Improved existing code, removed old and obsolete code, handled OS deprecation warnings and updated various frameworks.
	[CHANGED] Cleaned up inspector panels and improved layout of properties.
	[CHANGED] Replaced the „image count“ slider of the layout method by a simple number field.
	[CHANGED] Improved German language support.
	[NEW] Pumped the maximal number of images per document to 1000.
	[NEW] Whole new much simpler feedback form (Help > Send Feedback). Surprise me with some feedback ;)

	[NEW] Improved support for images from Photos. Posterino can now load full-size images from the cloud. Also improved access authorization handling.
	[CHANGED] Improved export user interface.

	[NEW] Posterino now supports macOS Dark Mode. You can control the appearance under Posterino > Preferences > General > Appearance. Eg.g. In case you are generally running Light Mode but want to use Posterino in Dark Mode. There is a switch for that.
	[CHANGED] Posterino now picks up the accent color of the system (under „General“ in the system preferences) for selections and UI elements.

	[FIXED] Handled an issue where no system save panel appeared at the end of the „Save to Disk“ export task.
	[CHANGED] Updated the built-in software update mechanism.

	[CHANGED] Improvements to the built-in software update mechanism.
	[CHANGED] Small user interface improvements.

	[NEW] The object tool tip (View > Object Tool Tip) now also shows the image size in pixel when hovering with the mouse over an image.
	[FIXED] Handled a crash that may occur when changing the document pager size.
	[FIXED] Handled a situation that could lead to a crash, when the number of rows or columns of a grid layout inspector panel is left blank.

	[CHANGED] Updated frameworks supporting the built-in image browser and crash reporting.
	[CHANGED] Some minor updates to the user interface.
	[FIXED] Handled a possible crash on reseting „don’t show again“ preferences.

	[FIXED] Handled a crash that could occur own opening the feedback window.
	[FIXED] Solved crash that could happen under macOS 10.11 when opening a text caption editor popover.
	[FIXED] Made sure a new text object has a meaningful font size.

	[FIXED] Selecting a graphic object could sometimes produce a system beep instead of a change in selection. Not any more.
	[FIXED] Improved the feedback system.

	[CHANGED] Updated image browser support for Lightroom.
	[CHANGED] Improved feedback system.

	[FIXED] Solved a situation where opening the Release Notes could lead to a crash.
	[CHANGED] Improved performance of built-in image browser for large image libraries.

	[FIXED] Fixed the menu command to open the online help on keyboard shortcuts.
	[CHANGED] Improvements to Transport Layer Security.

	[NEW] Posterino now also checks access rights to media files before exporting or sharing a document.
	[NEW] Made sure you can't override a document file with it's backup file on migration of old documents.
	[FIXED] Made the buttons on the "Allow Access" panel work under OS X 10.10.3.
	[FIXED] Measurement output does no longer display different values depending on the current zoo level.
	[FIXED] Fixed a crash that could occur on drawing postage marks with no text.
	[CHANGED] Don't open the release notes on the very first start of the app.

	[FIXED] Page Size settings: On changing the orientation to Landscape and subsequent clicking the „Apply“ button, the orientation does no longer jump back to Portrait.
	[CHANGED] Improved Lightroom support for the built-in image browser.

	[FIXED] When changing the "image count" of a document created from the "Bubbles" template, the new images are now oval.
	[FIXED] On applying a Mosaic-Crop, the resolution warning is now updated.
	[FIXED] Handled a situation that could lead to a crash when drawing very tiny images.
	[FIXED] Fixed online help shortcut page to use more Mac-like key names.

	[FIXED] The graphic object size is now respected when pasting objects in "Manual" layout mode.
	[NEW] Pasting graphic objects in "Auto" layout mode now applies the current object style.
	[CHANGED] Some improvements to the online help.
	[CHANGED] Updated various frameworks Posterino depends on.

	[FIXED] Solved an issue that could lead to a crash, when changing the sort order of the table under the "Sizes" preferences.
	[CHANGED] A couple of small UI improvements.

	[CHANGED] Improved the "Tile" layout method to respect the page margin in favor of the image crop by default. You can now toggle the behavior using the "Aspect-Ratio Priority" checkbox on the "Tile" inspector panel.
	[CHANGED] Improve object alignment on zero item spacing.
	[CHANGED] Updated German language support.
	[CHANGED] Adjustments to the image browser framework.

	[NEW] Made Posterino support "App Transport Security".
	[CHANGED] Unused Aperture and iPhoto media libraries no longer appear in the built-in image browser when run under OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite or later.
	[CHANGED] Gave the template picker some visual clean-up love.
	[FIXED] Fixed flickering of image browser when moving the divider up and down under upcoming version of OS X.

	[CHANGED] Maintenance update of the image browser.
	[FIXED] Fixed a crash that could bite you when removing a grid layout parameter.
	[FIXED] Handled a typo in the Dutch language support.

	[FIXED] Handled a regression that prevents the app from starting on an OS prior to OS X 10.10.
	[NEW] Improved user feedback handling for the Release Notes window.

	[CHANGED] Improved support of built-in image browser for the new Apple Photos app.
	[FIXED] Handled a situation that could lead to a crash on opening the template browser.

	[NEW] Updated image browser to handle new "Photos" app available under OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite.
	[FIXED] Improved preview loading after recovering from a situation where there are no sufficient access rights to load an image.
	[NEW] Posterino now automatically opens the latest Release Notes on the first launch after it has been updated.

	[CHANGED] Improved collection of image meta data.
	[FIXED] Handled a situation that could lead to a crash when clicking on a document holding very tiny graphics.

	[NEW] Added support for Apple's new "Photos" app along with some adjustments to the sharing services.
	[FIXED] Solved a crash that could occur on changing weekend day preferences.

	[FIXED] Fixed a situation that could lead to a crash when changing to show or hide image titles in the image browser.
	[CHANGED] Some fine tuning for the "image resolution warning".

	[NEW] A "resolution warning" message is now displayed on exporting a document holding images with insufficient resolution. This warning can be switched on using the "Display image resolution warnings" checkbox on the "General" preferences panel. If switched on, the document editor will show warnings right when working on a document.
	[FIXED] Solved a case of "white line" artifacts on un-filtered images with insufficient resolution on an exported document.
	[NEW] Added information to the online help on repairing a broken iPhoto installation to ensure that the iPhoto images are visible in the Posterino image browser.

	[FIXED] Rotating an image using the rotation button of the crop editor is now persistent.
	[FIXED] Handle a situation where the app could crash on editing tiny graphic objects.
	[FIXED] Fixed a crash that could occur on "Fill" and "Remove all Images" menu commands.

	[FIXED] Improved behavior of Undo / Redo operations.
	[FIXED] Selected graphics can no longer be moved in "automatic" layout mode using the keyboard.

	[FIXED] Fixed a situation, where a Drag operation holding a set of images was not executed near the "end" of the document.
	[FIXED] A part of the demo watermark text is no longer upside down.
	[FIXED] A PDF file path in the inspector is no longer editable. Also improve layout of controls.
	[CHANGED] On software update we now first open a message dialog and then reveal the downloaded file in the Downloads folder.