Design Editor App Changelog
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This topic includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes for Design Editor 7.
7.1.10 - March 6, 2024
General Improvements
- The BoundsNotification event now returns a
bounds
array of all product surfaces.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with rendering editable text to PDF files.
- Fixed a problem with color management when rendering output files in the grayscale color space.
- Fixed a problem when tips in text placeholders would not displayed in some cases.
7.1.9 - February 20, 2024
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem when the
pinchZoomEnabled
property did not affect the canvas pinch zoom on mobile devices. - Fixed a problem with layout of drop-down lists in the bottom toolbar.
7.1.8 - January 26, 2024
General Improvements
- You can now disable the context menu in the Image Editor. To prevent users from saving images through the context menu, set the
widgets.ImageEditorDialog.imageContextMenuEnabled
property tofalse
in clientConfig.json. - Added the
options
parameter to theloadUserInfo
method to define how this info should be reflected in the history. Ifoptions.addSnapshot
istrue
, these changes will be added to the history. Ifoptions.replaceLastSnapshot
istrue
, these changes will replace the last snapshot. - Removed the limitation on the size of the region being added to the canvas. Now it can take up to 100% of the possible area.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with adding new text items when the
overflowStrategy
property was changed indefaultItemsConfig
. - Fixed a problem with displaying incorrect HEX values of custom colors in output files.
7.1.7 - January 12, 2024
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with multiple loading of the same image for rendering VDP products.
- Fixed a problem when some values of
userInfo
fields resulted in console errors.
7.1.6 - December 14, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with loading and rendering compressed images from PDF files.
- Fixed some problems with rendering spot colors in PDF outputs.
- Fixed a problem when background color did not fill the bleed area in designs created from scratch.
7.1.5 - December 8, 2023
General Improvements
- Added the possibility set the
outputColor
of texture and spot containers through theupdateContainer
method of the IFrame API.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with text rendering when First Baseline Offset was set to
Cap Height
in InDesign templates. - Fixed a problem when the No Color button didn't work in the Color Picker.
7.1.4 - November 30, 2023
General Improvements
- Improved output of texture and spot containers. You can now specify the color to be rendered in PDF files by using the
<COC>
marker. For example,<COC_cmyk(0%,0%,100%,0%)>
enables the yellow color to render these containers. - Added the possibility to edit rotated text elements in popup boxes. To do so, set
canvas.rotatedTextInPlaceEditEnabled
tofalse
in clientConfig.json.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed some problems with specifying colors in the Color Picker.
7.1.3 - November 22, 2023
General Improvements
- Added the possibility to display the path of curved text. Now, the path appears when the user interacts with a specific text element. To change the default behavior, use the curvedTextBaselineDrawStates parameter in clientConfig.json.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with editing clipart colors.
- Fixed a problem with editing QR codes when
imageEditorEnabled
was set tofalse
. - Fixed a problem when auto-layout was not applied after editing a text element.
- Fixed some problems with rendering curved text on the canvas.
7.1.1 - November 3, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem when z-index changes weren't displayed while rendering.
- Fixed some problems with rendering previews on the canvas.
7.1.0 - October 24, 2023
New Features
- Implemented a more realistic display of CMYK colors on the canvas and proof images. Colors are converted to CMYK according to the profile specified in
hiResOutputDestinationColorProfileName
property in clientConfig.json. This preview mode is enabled by default. To disable it, add an optional keyAutoTargetDevicePreviewMode
to AppSettings.config and set this key toFalse
.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem when text alignment on the canvas and in output files was different.
- Fixed some problems with displaying color components in the Color Picker.
7.0.5 - October 9, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with rendering formatted text in PDF assets when it contains non-escaped ampersand (
&
) symbols.
7.0.4 - September 29, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with rendering a group of text elements.
- Fixed a problem with rendering products that contain QR codes on multiple pages.
- Fixed a problem when the position of new text items was not set properly.
Other
- Changed the default value of the
UseHiResDpiForPdfResize
. This parameter is now set toFalse
in the configuration file. - Fixed a security issue.
7.0.2 - September 18, 2023
General Improvements
- Added the possibility to change the default parameters of clipart and groups added to the canvas in
defaultItemsConfig
. - Added handling of corrupted font files when using the endpoint
api/fonts
. - Added support for vector output from spot containers.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem when new design elements were added to the foreground container.
- Fixed a problem with editing text elements in the Object Inspector when text limits were applied to these elements.
- Fixed a problem with rendering hi-res outputs when designs contain MemorySource images and violation warnings are enabled.
- Fixed a problem when human-readable information was not displayed in barcodes.
- Fixed a problem with resizing design elements nested in groups and clipart.
- Fixed a problem with selecting elements after applying a design from state source.
Other
- Updated the system requirements. Now, you need Node.js 17.x with npm 8.x to use the Design Atoms Framework.
7.0.1 - July 31, 2023
General Improvements
- Added support for full screen mode on iOS devices. To add the Full window button to the bottom toolbar, set
fullWindowButtonEnabled
totrue
. - Added the possibility to apply the
BlackAndTransparent
effect to images being added to the canvas (effect.BlackAndTransparent
indefaultItemsConfig
) and loaded from templates (<IE_BlackAndTransparent>
marker).
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem when the editor would freeze when changing a curved text element.
- Fixed a problem with handling the pinch zoom event from the laptop touchpad.
- Fixed a problem with image quality reduction after applying the B&W effect.
- Fixed a problem when the user could not edit elements in foreground or channel containers on the canvas.
- Fixed a problem when design elements would not move to areas bounded by safety lines on mobile devices.
- Fixed some problems with using the
updateSurfaces
command. - Fixed a problem when localization errors could appear in the console.
7.0.0 - June 28, 2023
Major Feature Highlights
- Rendering performance - improved design rendering speed by 20% and added the support for complex vector paths and large image sizes. Design rendering speed increased by 20%. In some cases, the speed of loading, parsing, and rendering of complex designs with a large number of elements has been increased by several times.
- Text engine - now supports text shadows and renders text to PDF as a set of curves or a text object.
- TokenService - a microservice responsible for authorization through tokens in a Load-balanced environment.
Fixes and Improvements
- Bounded text items with overflow strategy
FitToWidth
now uses copyfitting settings from the Graphics Mill engine. In other cases, copyfitting settings built into Design Atoms are still used. In the future releases,BoundedTextItem
will use copyfitting settings from Graphics Mill for all strategies. - Fixed a problem when PDF graphics with spot colors would not load into image placeholders.