Version 2.2.2
December 20th, 2009

Features:

• Got rid of all licensing functionality so that it's no longer necessary to register Portraits & Prints. It's free!
• Updated documentation.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a Leopard related problem whereby the first page was printing twice and the last page not at all.
• Fixed a template thumbnail drawing problem that occurs under some versions of Snow Leopard.
• Fixed a bug whereby iPhotos added to a catalog that were not copied into the iPhoto library would not have their properties accessed by the program.
• Fixed an obscure, random startup crash.
• Fixed a bug that failed to retain certain properties (style, alignment, color, etc.) when editing a text object in the Template Editor.

Version 2.2.1
November 22nd, 2006

Bug Fixes:

• Extending selection in the catalog drawer by SHIFT-CLICK now works.
• Metadata and EXIF information is now refreshed when an external name change is detected for a file in the catalog.
• Graphic objects in templates are now properly stored on the system pasteboard when copying them and thus may be shared with other applications.
• Fixed a problem that could produce random results when extracting certain EXIF information from some photographs.

Version 2.2.0
April 12th, 2006

Features:

• Universal Binary. Runs native on Intel based Macs.
• The Template Manager now designates the 'active' template in the main catalog window with a check mark.
• The Template Selector Sheet now designates the currently active template with a check mark.
• The Template Selector Sheet now responds to a double-click by accepting the selected template.
• Implemented a contextual menu that is invoked by right-clicking on a placed photo in the Layout view.
• Implemented a feature whereby crop constraints & presets applied to a photo are stored with that photo in the catalog.
• If the user moves the Crop info panel, it will re-open where the user last placed it.
• Added a key equivalent for the "Preferences" dialog.
• Added a key equivalent for the "Template Manager" floating panel.
• Added the GyazMail mail bridge.
• Re-implemented object handles to be drawn using bezier paths.
• Object handles are now always drawn at the same size, regardless of the current zoom level.
• Implemented an implied grid of 72 dpi whenever the user has NOT specified "snap to grid".
• When objects are copied to the pasteboard, a PDF representation is generated and added to the pasteboard.
• You can now initiate a drag operation by holding the OPTION key down prior to clicking & dragging selected objects.
• Brand new online help.
• Tweaked the code that calculates masks for Photo Cell objects to inset the masks by 1%.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a problem where certain types of Finder/Spotlight comments could not be retrieved and/or stored.
• Fixed a bug where invoking a crop constrain could, result in a crop rectangle that violates the constrain.
• Fixed a bug where balloon captions could render in a slightly "shifted" position for the non-autocrop photo scaling modes.
• Fixed a bug where some grouped objects didn't handle inversions correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the current zoom level was being applied to the focus ring drawn around the the template view when receiving a drag.
• Fixed a bug where dragging an image file into a zoomed template view would result in the incorrect placement of the image.
• Fixed a problem where the vertical stagger of multiple imported images would progress upwards rather than downwards.
• Fixed a problem where the zoom selection rectangle's stroke was affected by the current zoom level.
• Fixed a bug which would cause a crash when retrieving/setting Finder/Spotlight comments for photos that don't locally exist, e.g. URL referenced photos.

Version 2.1.1
September 30th, 2005

Features:

• The iPhoto integration now works if you have multiple iPhoto libraries and/or your library is stored in a non-standard location.

Bug Fixes:

• Eliminated some crashing bugs related to the Print-to-disk and Print-to-email functions when used under Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2).
• Eliminated an obscure bug that would sometimes cause the application to hang on startup.

Version 2.1.0
September 15th, 2005

Features:

• New "Add iPhotos" command directly integrates with iPhoto, allowing you to place photos from your iPhoto library/albums directly into your catalogs without ever leaving P&P.
• The Photo Info panel now shows Finder/Spotlight comments as well as iPhoto information.
• Finder/Spotlight comments and iPhoto title & comments can be modified within the Photo Info panel.
• Added the following "Template" text field properties that may be placed on templates: Name, Category, Copyright, Creator, current page number and total page count.
• Added the following "iPhoto" text field properties that may be associated with photos and placed on templates: Title, Rating and Comments.
• A new "Erase unused print areas" option will erase any print areas if they don't encompass an actual photograph. This saves paper when photos haven't been placed on all cells in a template.
• Added the "Reveal in Finder" and "Open in Finder" actions that may be applied to photos selected in the catalog drawer.
• Print area objects in the template editor now display their relative ordering, much like photo cell objects do.
• Ten new templates in the "Collage" category have been included in the application bundle.

Bug Fixes:

• Improved general stability under Tiger.
• Eliminated a crash that occurred while editing balloon captions.
• Switching photos while in red-eye mode no longer causes weirdness.
• Grouping graphic objects while editing a template no longer causes the graphic objects to be lost after saving the document.
• Irrelevant menu items are no longer enabled when the main window is displaying a sheet window.
• Photo & Layout views now properly re-render after a photo that is being viewed is externally modified.
• The progress bar displayed during the Print-to-Disk operation now accurately reflects progress.
• Fixed a bug where using the Sharpen filter by itself could cause a single column of artifact pixels to appear along the right edge of transformed photos.
• Fixed a bug where replacing an already placed photo on a template could cause a crash.

Version 2.0.2
January 28th, 2005

Note: Version 2.0.2t was released on February 1st, 2005. This version is functionally identical to v2.0.2. It introduces changes to how templates are downloaded when accessing the Template Exchange. This was done to lessen the load on our Template Exchange server, which has been quite excessive lately.

Features:

• Drastically improved performance when checking for template updates with the Template Exchange.
• Catalog documents will now search for photos when they have been copied to another machine, reducing the need to "Locate..." your photos.
• Added the ability to link multiple edit fields to a single field, requiring the user to only enter a custom text message once.
• The Print-to-disk function now uses a perpetual number sequence when naming files.
• Added the "Reset palette positions" command to the "Windows" menu.
• Several user interface & interaction tweaks.

Bug Fixes:

• Eliminated a crash that could sometimes occur when launching the application by double clicking on a template document.
• Fixed a template editor bug where duplicating or copy/pasting grouped objects that contained graphics would "lose" the graphic objects.
• Fixed a template editor bug where copying a graphic from one document and pasting it in another could potentially result in the wrong graphic being pasted.
• Opening a document in the template editor with custom page dimensions now respects those dimensions.
• Custom ICC profiles that are specified for print-to-printer operations are no longer applied to print-to-disk and print-to-email operations.
• Eliminated a crash that could occur if an image previously added to a saved catalog could not be located.
• After locating a "broken" image, it is now correctly re-displayed in the layout panel and catalog drawer.
• Fixed a problem with the template editor whereby certain types of imported graphics would not scale properly.
• Pressing the TAB key in the template editor (to advance the selection) with no objects defined no longer raises an exception.
• Eliminated an obscure exception that was getting raised when scrolling erratically through the list of templates in the Template Manager window.
• Fixed a problem where invoking "Clear all guides" in the template editor was not really clearing all guides if you saved/reopened the document afterwards.

Version 2.0.1
December 3rd, 2004

Features:

• Added the ability to "Ignore" templates that have not been downloaded in the Template Exchange. Conversely, you can now "Acknowledge" ignored templates.
• Added the ability to list un-installed templates by category in the Template Exchange.
• Better download progress feedback has been added to the Template Exchange.
• Added the "None" color matching option to the "Portraits & Prints" panel of the Print job dialog. This will hand the print job off to the print driver with no color matching being performed at all.
• You can now advance/retreat the selection of objects in a template editor window by using the TAB or SHIFT-TAB key combination.

Bug Fixes:

• The page setup information defined in a template will now always be correctly applied to the page setup of a catalog document. Furthermore, user modifications to a catalog document's page setup will now 'stick'.
• Dragging templates from the Template Manager onto a catalog document now tracks the mouse much better, especially under Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2.x).
• Replaced the combo box control for selecting category in the Template Manager with a traditional pop-up button. This was causing fits for certain input devices.
• Text fields in templates are now properly clipped. Previously, if a line of text could not fit in the field, nothing would be displayed.
• Eliminated several memory leaks associated with editing numerous template documents in a single session. This was causing the program to become sluggish.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent certain forms of graphic objects from being copied and pasted between template documents. Instead, an exception would be raised. This problem affected many of the holiday templates available on the Template Exchange.
• The preference settings for catalog document photo placement and scaling options were not being correctly applied to new documents.
• The Save icon in the the toolbar for template documents was never active and thus non-functional.
• Fixed a Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2.x) specific problem with the scripting system that prevented AppleScripts invoked from the Scripts menu from communicating with program. Instead, an error would be generated.
• Fixed a bug in several of the included scripts that would cause a script error if an open catalog document was not front-most when executing the script.
• Fixed a Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2.x) specific problem where the circular slider in the Gradient Fill panel was off by 90 degrees.
• Fixed a slight cosmetic problem that affected all view-switch controls in the program.
• Fixed a cosmetic glitch with the thumbnail preview in the Photo Info panel.
• Fixed a problem maintaining the correct state of the "Toggle Toolbar" menu item.
• A long pause that could occur when quitting the program has been eliminated. this pause had the potential for causing a crash if s specific sequence of events were followed to quit the program.

Version 2.0.0
November 15th, 2004

Major New Release!

• Fully integrated Template Editor.
• New Template Manager for adding, removing, and selecting templates.
• Can now download and install new templates without leaving the program.
• Automatically detects when new templates are available at the Template Exchange.
• Print-to-disk feature allows you to upload your prints to online photo printing services, or take them to your local film processor.
• Print-to-email feature allows you to share your prints electronically.
• You can now place unique template text on different pages within the same print batch.
• Text fields can now display properties of associated files such as filenames, comments, modification date or any EXIF information.
• Add a personalized message to your prints using balloon captions.
• Expanded template capabilities includes drop-shadows, gradients and geometric/bitmap photo masks.
• Significantly more robust template editor supports object rotation and numerous placement & arrangement options.
• New template renderer provides precise control over the resolution of output images.
• Support for ICC profile based color matching (via ColorSync).
• A new Object Geometry panel allows objects to be rotated, aligned, and sized.
• A new Scale feature allows template objects to be scaled by percentage.
• Easier photo addition. A button has been added in the catalog document drawer to add photos.
• Easier photo manipulation. A menu has been added containing common photo commands.
• New photo interaction modes allow you to zoom in & scroll individual photos in layout mode.
• ...and much more!
  

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