1. Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.11

What's New?

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.11 - Released April 23, 2018

Fixed a problem when incorrect CMYK colors were applied to vector shapes in some cases. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.10 - Released April 16, 2018

Now, you can configure how the Preview controller generates proof images through PreviewOptions. For example, you can specify the output format: PNG or JPG. Improvement
Added the possibility to display stub images and text hints in unfilled placeholders when rendering proof images. Improvement
Now, the user can rotate an image placeholder content at 90 degrees with a single TopToolbar button click. Improvement

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.9 - Released April 4, 2018

Fixed a problem with color management for smart objects containing PDF/AI files. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.8 - Released April 2, 2018

Improved the Color Picker. Now, you can select colors in the CMYK color space and add them to the palette while editing products. Improvement
Fixed a problem with spot colors being rendered incorrectly in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with loading some specific fonts. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.7 - Released March 26, 2018

Added support for copyfitting of bounded text. You can use the <TOS> marker to define whether to fit or crop the text to its bounds. In the case of fitting, you can scale the text or change its font size by using the <TSM> marker. Feature
Now, you can assign solid colors to backgrounds by using the <THMB_fill:color> marker. Improvement
Fixed a problem when NaN values appeared in the Rich text editor in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with translations of the Barcode dialog. Bug fix
The plainTextMaxLineCount and plainTextMaxLineLength properties, which are equivalent to the <TMLC> and <TMLL> markers, have been renamed to textMaxLineCount and textMaxLineLength, correspondingly. Other

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.6 - Released March 19, 2018

Now, you can move and copy both design and mockup files by using the ProductTemplates controller. Feature
Improved rasterization of PDF files when using the <RVC> marker. Improvement
Fixed a problem with color management when rendering some specific PDF files in the CMYK color space. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with rendering ellipses. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.5 - Released March 5, 2018

Fixed a problem with Alignment to safety lines in case when a product is configured by using the designLocation property. Bug fix
Fixed some problems with text elements that were rotated in PSD templates and then loaded into Customer's Canvas. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when thumbnails did not appear on the canvas for some specific PDF/AI images. Bug fix
Since Facebook activates the Strict URI mode by default in March 2018, you have to add URI of your site to the list of Valid OAuth redirect URIs in your Facebook developer's account. Other
Added Spanish localization. Other

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.4 - Released February 19, 2018

Improved the support for SVG assets. You can define how to import SVG images to the canvas - as vector images or shapes - by setting up the actionMode property of Image Gallery tabs. Improvement
Now, you can define how to import PSD assets for a single Image Gallery tab - as a set of design elements or a merged raster image - through the actionMode property. By default, Customer's Canvas uploads PSD files as design elements. The GalleryDialogConfig.downloadPsdAsImage property is deprecated. Improvement
Fixed a problem with gaps between text lines in the Rich text editor. Bug fix
The LeftToolbar section in the config is renamed to Toolbox. The old name is still valid, however, it emits a deprecation warning in the console. Other

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.3 - Released February 13, 2018

Fixed a problem when the addSurface method, called right after setMockup, threw an exception. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with JsonSerializationException thrown when reading the defaultCropMarks and defaultSafetyLines product properties through Web API. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the Layouts button not being displayed in the LeftToolbar in some cases. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.2 - Released February 5, 2018

Added the PdfHiResRasterizeVectorLayers parameter allowing you to rasterize vector elements in the PDF hi-res output. Feature
Fixed a problem when Rich text editor did not apply styles to rich text elements loaded from userInfo. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when Rich text editor did not display hints in drop-down lists in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when formatted rich text appeared as HTML code on the canvas. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when images could be inserted from the Image Gallery before the upload process was completed. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the <OIAZC> marker. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with proof images generated through Web API when they had crop marks. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2.1 - Released January 31, 2018

Now, you can apply command-line image conversion tools (converters) to import image formats that do not have built-in support in Customer's Canvas. For example, you can import vector EPS images this way. Feature
Added the RasterizeVectorInSmartFrame parameter and <RVC> marker that define how Customer's Canvas imports PDF and AI vector graphics from smart objects of your Photoshop templates. For example, you can force the rasterization if your designs have unsupported effects like spot colors for vectors. Feature
Added a possibility to control how to work with in-string text placeholders. In the classic mode (old behavior), in-string placeholders are grouped separately from other elements. In the new mode, in-string placeholders are interpreted as regular text elements. If you had problems with a right order of elements in the Object Inspector, consider using the new mode. Feature

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.2 - Released January 23, 2018

Added a possibility to drag and drop an image between placeholders. Feature
Added the Web API to work with the user images. Feature
Created a completely new UI theme with reworked UX design. The theme is called MdLight and it is used by default now. Note, the classic themes are still supported. Improvement
Added the addToHistory property allowing you to keep assigned mockups when users press the Undo button. Improvement
Now, you can enable the Toggle button by using the IObjectInspectorConfig.toggleEnabled property. The LeftToolbarConfig.buttons.ToggleObjectInspector action is deprecated. Other
Updated the system requirements. Now, to compile Customer's Canvas from source code, you need TypeScript 2.4. Other

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.21 - Released December 28, 2017

Added the possibility to import vector shapes in the SVG format. You can add them from the Image Gallery. Feature
Now, Customer's Canvas supports vector PDF files and renders them to the hi-res output in a vector form. On the canvas, these files appear as scalable raster images. Feature
Added the StateID field to the response of the GenerateHiRes controller. Improvement
Fixed a problem with the <PHRM> marker for the Personalization Web API. Bug fix
Fixed a problem that caused the Unable to delete file console warning while saving a product. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when in-string placeholders did not fit a text box in some cases. Bug fix
Updated the system requirements. Now, the on-premises version requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package. Other

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.20 - Released December 11, 2017

Added the showInput property allowing for setting up the custom input in the Font size drop-down list. Improvement
Fixed some problems with icons and markers in <MVI> groups. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with scaled text elements being rendered incorrectly. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.19 - Released December 5, 2017

Fixed a problem when design elements could not be moved or resized in some versions of Internet Explorer 11. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.18 - Released November 27, 2017

Added the Web API to render personalized high-resolution outputs. Feature
Now, you can specify locations of folders with designs, mockups, and watermarks in the web.config file. Improvement

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.17 - Released November 24, 2017

Fixed a problem when markers did not apply to background layers. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.15 - Released November 10, 2017

Fixed a problem with preview mockups being rendered incorrectly. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.14 - Released November 9, 2017

Fixed a problem when mockups did not rotate when rendering proof images. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the rounded safety area could not form a circle. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with safety lines not being applied after the setPrintAreas calls. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with slow application pool recycling in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the alignment behavior of snap lines. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.13 - Released October 30, 2017

Added the possibility to add rounded safety areas. The borderRadius property allows you to define rounded corners for safety zones in the CSS format. Feature
Added the French localization. Improvement
Improved the load time of PSD templates containing complex shapes. Improvement
Fixed some problems when a missing font could not be substituted with a default one in specific templates. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the downloadPsdAsImage property worked incorrectly for text layers. In some cases, text layers were imported from PSD templates as text elements instead of raster images with downloadPsdAsImage=true. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when in-string placeholders were displayed truncated in the Object Inspector. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when state files were deleted when there was an attempt to rewrite them using the saveProduct method. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with InvalidCastException thrown when opening some PSD templates. Now, a console warning appears when you assign the <FR> marker to shape layers. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with generating proof images of PSD templates containing empty image placeholders using the Web API. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the curved text with the All Caps style enabled did not match the path. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.12 - Released October 16, 2017

Now, Customer's Canvas automatically verifies the file cache when you load a product into the editor and reloads missing resources if any. Improvement
The IOutOfRegionItemData interface is renamed to IViolationWarningData. Now, finishProductDesign returns the violationWarningData array containing details about preflight problems like poor image quality or going outside of the safety zone. Improvement
Fixed a problem when switching between pages was too slow for multipage products. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with UnexpectedException thrown when editing images from PSD templates in the Image Editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when GIF images could not be edited in the Image Editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with adding multiple copies of CMYK color profiles to the output PDF files. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the quality meter not being displayed for multipage products in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the position of design elements has changed after the setPrintAreas calls. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.11 - Released October 6, 2017

Now, the editor can apply opacity to image placeholders instead of their content. Improvement
Fixed a problem when transparent folding lines could be displayed in white in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the Background button disappeared from the TopToolbar in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed some problems with text alignment and selecting fonts in the Rich text editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with applying changes in the Image Editor while the user clicked Cancel. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when incorrect default parameters were applied to images and image placeholders in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed some problems with pop-up warning messages of the quality meter. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.10 - Released October 4, 2017

Fixed a problem with HttpUnhandledException thrown when rendering point text elements in some cases. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.9 - Released October 2, 2017

Added the possibility to limit the number of characters and lines in the point text. The new <TMLC> marker defines the maximum line count in a point text element. <TMLL> sets the maximum length of text lines. When you enable this feature, the editor displays the character count in a text popup. Feature
Now, you can enable a bar displaying the actual DPI of images and the resolution specified in the hiResOutputDpi property when resizing images on the canvas. Feature
Added new methods for adding and changing surfaces in products: addSurfaces, setSurfaces, and swapSurfaces. The addSurface method may accept an optional position parameter now. Feature
Fixed a problem when the <MRC_f> marker did not apply to curved text. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the <THMB_fill:color> marker did not apply to backgrounds. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with resetting the color themes when you change the product layout or content of image placeholders. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the switchTo method did not update the pagination control. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.8 - Released September 29, 2017

Now, you can configure validation of image resolution, safety line violation, region violation, and text clipping through the violationWarningsSettings object. You can still specify safetyLineViolationWarningEnabled and regionViolationWarningEnabled in ObjectInspector, but they will be removed in the next major release. Improvement
Fixed a problem with the direct Edit button not being displayed in image placeholders. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with localization of the Effect list in the Image Editor. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.7 - Released September 22, 2017

Fixed a problem when the Image Gallery displayed subfolder paths instead of category names. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with InvalidOperationException thrown when using the finishProductDesign method in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with AccessViolationException thrown when reading PSD templates containing incorrect layer mask parameters. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.6 - Released September 15, 2017

Added the Web API to render personalized proof images. Feature
Improved the flip of backgrounds for folded products. Now, you can apply the Odd or Even flip order and flip backgrounds when a product has folding lines. Improvement
Restoring product on reload is turned off when cookies are disabled or the product is too large. Improvement
Now, you can hide file names on gallery tabs using the showFileName property. Improvement
Fixed a problem with positioning text for some script fonts. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with applying color themes to background images stored separately from PSD templates. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with rotated smart objects not being displayed in image placeholders. Bug fix
Fixed some problems when design elements being added to regions were wrongly positioned and could not be resized. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the invalidation of image placeholders when resizing the canvas. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the content of placeholders goes out of their frames in some cases. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.5 - Released September 1, 2017

Implemented a new quality meter. Now, it displays warnings both on the canvas and in the Object Inspector. Also, it supports multiple configurable quality levels. Feature
Now, you can overwrite state files when saving products. Improvement
Improved the z-order control in the Top toolbar. Improvement
Fixed a problem when, in some cases, the Top toolbar blocked access to grips of objects located on the canvas. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with StackOverflowException thrown when opening large-scale templates with watermarks. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the cover mode did not apply to images selected in the Image Gallery. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with setting up images for backgrounds. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.4 - Released August 25, 2017

Added new <PCVA> and <PCHA> markers allowing for setting horizontal and vertical alignment in image placeholders. Feature
Added new <MVIKT> allowing to preserve original position and size of images in an <MVI> layer group marked as they have in a PSD template. Feature
Now the <MVI> marker allows for setting any image is the layer group as a default one. Feature
Fixed a problem with scroll bar not being displayed in the Image Gallery in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with rendering ampersand symbol (&). Bug fix
Fixed a problem when cropping was applied incorrectly to proof images. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the editor load time on iPad. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.3 - Released August 11, 2017

Now it is possible to configure color themes for templates and automatically recolor them based on colors selected by the user. Feature
Added an option allowing to extract a font style from the last character of Rich Text block and configure it as a default style for the entire text element. Feature
Added new <ROLC> marker controlling whether an element is automatically deleted when applying a new layout. Feature
Added the ability to configure a tab in the Image Gallery displayed by default after the user opens it. Feature
Now it is possible to combine slash (/) and backslash (\\) symbols in paths when configuring the Image Gallery. Improvement
Improved automatic alignment of elements on the canvas to snap lines, safety lines, regions, and the sides of the page. Improvement
Fixed a problem with a product not being updated after changing the TemplateConfigShortcuts.json file. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when an incorrect font style applied to a Rich Text block after clicking the Update button. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with color management in the Rich Text Editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the product size not being updated after setPrintAreas calls. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with subfolders not being displayed in the Image Gallery in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with poor quality of proof images saved in the JPEG format. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when product changes made with the setPrintAreas method could not be reverted by clicking the Revert button. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.1 - Released August 1, 2017

Improved the editor performance when resizing elements in some cases. Improvement
Fixed a problem with selecting colors from the continuous color palette. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when some images could not be deleted from the Gallery. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with setting up the public root folder in the Gallery. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with saving PDF metadata in the hi-res output. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with page thumbnails not being updated after using the setMockups method. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the image zoom when editing a placeholder's content in the cover mode. Bug fix
Fixed the Item menu when it appeared empty for images in the simple mode. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when a wrong number of files displayed next to category names in the Gallery in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with positioning the page thumbnails in the pagination control when the user adds or removes product pages. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with positioning the buttons in the Image Editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with HttpUnhandledException thrown in the anonymous and demo modes in some cases. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.1.0 - Released July 13, 2017

Major Improvements

  • Added support for crop marks in resulting PDF files.
  • Added possibility to change design layouts at runtime.
  • Added ability to import PDF and PSD files to products.
  • Improved capabilities to customize Image Gallery, LeftToolbar, and the pagination control.
  • Now end-users can hide Object Inspector at runtime.
  • Added support for the sepia effect in the Image Editor.
  • Now it is possible to decorate image layers with frames.
  • Now it is possible to give an alias name to a set of markers and reference the markers in PSD layers by that name.
  • PSD markers can be set up in separate JSON files now.
  • Both overlay and background mockup images can be configured on a product page at the same time now.
  • Now PSD templates can reference background layers stored in separate files.
  • Now default settings of layers added through the user interface can be configured on a per-product basis.
  • robots.txt has been added to the project preventing search crawlers from indexing the editor.

The Full List of Changes

Added the sepia effect to the Image Editor. Feature
Added the Web API for uploading images into the SourceImages folder. Feature
Added the possibility to define default settings for all design elements being added to the canvas. You can specify them in the clientConfig.json file globally or through IConfiguration for a single product. Feature
Changed the default fontSize parameters. Improvement
Added the possibility to dynamically add crop marks to resulting PDF files. Feature
Added the possibility to change design layouts at runtime. Feature
Added the robots.txt file to the project. It prohibits web-crawling bots from scanning Customer's Canvas. Improvement
Fixed some problems in the editor when clientConfig.json did not contain some configuration objects. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when some placeholders could not be filled in by clicking the Load My Info button. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with cursor positioning in masked text layers. Bug fix
Fixed some problems with the Color Picker and image placeholders on mobile devices. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with Undo and Redo. Bug fix

Image Gallery
Improved the capabilities for customization of the Image Gallery. Now, you can define the gallery tabs, their types, and whether your users can edit or upload files to such tabs. Improvement
Added the possibility to import PDF files to your products. In this case, Customer's Canvas rasterizes these PDF files page by page. Feature
Added the possibility to load layers from PSD files and merge them with the content on the canvas at runtime. Feature
Fixed a problem when the Gallery would not open to pick images for placeholders. Bug fix
Fixed some problems with the file counter and dates in the Image Gallery. Bug fix
Fixed an issue with duplicating content in the Gallery subfolders in some cases. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with uploading images to the Gallery. Bug fix

User Interface
Improved the pagination control. Now, you can set up custom names for product pages in the BottomToolbar. Feature
Now, you can completely customize all buttons in the LeftToolbar. You can set up custom titles, icons, actions, and the order of the buttons. Feature
You can hide the Object Inspector using the ToggleObjectInspector button in the LeftToolbar now. Feature
Improved the alignment behavior of snap lines. Improvement
Snap lines are disabled now when manipulating images in placeholders. Improvement
Now, you can set up watermarks - an image, a text, or both - on proof images and the canvas. Feature
Added the Delete button to the TopToolbar. The Alignment and Z-Order buttons can appear as drop-down lists in the TopToolbar now. Improvement
Fixed wrong slider values in the TopToolbar. Bug fix
Fixed wrong placeholder layer names in the Object Inspector after replacing images in them. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with rotating a line after changing its color. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with sliders in the Shadow and Stroke dialog boxes. Bug fix

Markers
Added the possibility to attach frames to images in PSD templates with the <FR> marker and manipulate frames on the canvas. Feature
Added the cover mode for image placeholders. The <PACM> marker enabling this mode disallows for dragging an image out of the placeholder's visible area. Feature
Now it is possible to configure permissions for individual PSD template design elements in separate JSON files. Feature
Now it is possible to give alias names to sets of markers and reference them in PSD layers by the alias names. Feature
Fixed a problem with the <TCL> marker. Bug fix

Images and Image Placeholders
Added the vertical flip effect for images. Feature
Improved user experience in image placeholders. Improvement
Added the Edit and Delete grips to image placeholders. Improvement
Fixed a problem with resizing stub placeholders. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with the Brightness and Contrast effects that occurred with semitransparent images. Bug fix

Rich Text Editor
Added the possibility to apply formatting to a whole rich text field regardless of text selection in the Rich Text Editor. Feature
Now, the Rich Text Editor can be opened by double-clicking rich text elements in the Object Inspector. Improvement
You can localize the Rich Text Editor in the standard way through the translations.json and RichTextDialog.json files now. Improvement
Fixed a problem with initialization of the Rich Text Editor in Mozilla Firefox. Bug fix
Fixed JS console warnings in the Rich Text Editor. Bug fix
Fixed some problems with closing drop-down controls in the Rich Text Editor. Bug fix

Bounded Text
Added the fitTextRectangle property allowing for setting up the minimal bounding box for text elements. Feature
Fixed a problem with the TopToolbar not working properly for bounded text layers. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with positioning text for some script fonts. Bug fix

Mockups
Added the mockups property to userChanges. It allows for identifying what mockups have been applied to the surface. Improvement
Now, you can specify mockups for several surfaces at once using the setMockups method. Feature
You can set up the overlay and background mockups for a surface at once. Improvement
Fixed a problem when a design might be wrongly positioned relatively to a mockup. Bug fix

Backgrounds
Added the possibility to flip backgrounds for folded products. Feature
You can apply a background selected in the Image Gallery to all surfaces at once now. Feature
Now you can store background images in the file system separately from PSD templates. In this case, PSD templates reference background images with the <BGIMG> marker. Feature

State Files
Fixed a problem with loading products from several state files created based on the same template. Bug fix
Fixed the restore product on reload feature for state files. Bug fix
Fixed switching between pages for products loaded from several state files. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.16 - Released June 15, 2017

Now, you can set up the Special Character list in the Rich Text Editor. Feature
Fixed a problem with disappearing text in the Rich Text Editor when the text has the same color as the background. Bug fix
Fixed some problems when line breaks and repetitive spaces disappeared in the Rich Text Editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with scroll bars in the Rich Text Editor. Bug fix
Fixed a problem with CMYK colors when rendering PDF templates. Bug fix
Fixed a problem when the Image Editor could not open for some specific images. Bug fix

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.15 - Released June 5, 2017

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with text rendering in AJAX Vector Objects.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.14 - Released May 25, 2017

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with caching images in the Gallery.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.13 - Released May 10, 2017

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the possibility to erase an image background. Now, you can erase a single color or a color range in the Image editor.
  • Improved the Black-and-white algorithm.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.11 - Released March 22, 2017

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the support for DeviceCMYK colors in PDF rendering.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with Top Toolbar appearance in Chrome.
  • Fixed a problem with device-cmyk palette in the Color picker.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.10 - Released February 28, 2017

Bug Fixes

  • Now if the user does not fill in in-string placeholders, no masked characters are displayed in the placeholders both at design time and on hi-res outputs/proof images when the editor is initialized with maskedPlaceholderUnderscoreEnabled=false.
  • Fixed a problem with undoing changes in text elements.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.8 - Released February 17, 2017

New Features and General Improvements

  • Now, you can check if bounded text shows all characters that it contains.
  • When users edit one of linked image placeholders, the changes apply to every such a placeholder.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with the invalidation of text objects, which were updated using the loadUserInfo method.

Other

  • Added the StateRenderer project to the Customer's Canvas source code.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.7 - Released February 9, 2017

New Features and General Improvements

  • Now Customer's Canvas automatically invalidates the Gallery cache when you upload new images to your server.
  • Improved color management for text and shape elements in case if the destination color format is set to CMYK.
  • Now the ProductTemplates controller can both rasterize PSD files as they are seen in Photoshop and retrieve their thumbnails taking into account restrictions and rules defined with markers.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with the ColorPicker being truncated in the editor.
  • Fixed a problem with curved text being displayed cropped.
  • Fixed a problem with ArgumentOutOfRangeException thrown when rendering some specific templates.
  • Fixed a problem with the bounded text not being rendered into the hi-res output in some cases.
  • Fixed a problem with the vertical alignment of bounded text.
  • Fixed a problem with the <IE_blackAndWhite> marker.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.5 - Released December 26, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with reading smart objects containing multiple layers from PSD templates.
  • Now no underscores are displayed in in-string placeholders both at design time and on hi-res outputs/proof images when the editor is initialized with maskedPlaceholderUnderscoreEnabled=false.
  • Fixed a problem with publishing the Customer's Canvas source code.
  • Fixed a problem with MediaCorruptedException thrown when loading some specific PSD templates.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.3 - Released November 30, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with resizing an image when the user changes content of placeholders.
  • Fixed a problem when predefined images were mixed with images in placeholders.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.2 - Released November 16, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the maskedPlaceholderUnderscoreEnabled parameter allowing you to change the text placeholder symbol. Now it can display spaces or underscores for blank characters.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with cursor positioning in text placeholders.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.1 - Released November 3, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the possibility to save metadata in the high-resolution PDF output using the hiResOutputPdfMetadata parameter. You can set it up at runtime.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 4.0.0 - Released October 27, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

  • Customer's Canvas gets Material Design and customizable themes.
  • Added the possibility to set up non-rectangular image placeholders in PSD templates using vector masks.
  • Added a special type of text layers - text placeholders (<TPH>) - prompting users to fill them out. This new feature would be useful in case if some text layers are mandatory for customizing by customers.
  • Added the capability to automatically convert images added to a design to black and white. It is needed if your end users create products printed in duotone.
  • Vertical orientation is supported for both point and rich (paragraph) texts now.
  • Added a new vector element - line.
  • When users add a new object to the web-to-print designer, the object automatically obtains the focus.
  • Introduced the foreground (<FG>) layer. Objects added to this layer cannot be edited by the user and always sit above any regular editable element.
  • Added the possibility to change user data at runtime. Editor.loadUserInfo gets an optional data parameter now.
  • Now it is possible to resize an image item without keeping its original aspect ratio.
  • Added snap lines support.
  • Now two different TopToolbar layouts are available - a simple line and a two-level view.
  • Added the linked placeholders which allow for populating their content at once.
  • The grips for editing elements on the canvas are HTML objects now. This feature improves overall user experience and reduces likeliness of the situation when the grip goes out of the canvas and cannot be picked by the mouse.
  • Unified Color Picker control.
  • Added the support for Retina screens.
  • Added the possibility to keep user files and the cache on different disk drives, including network ones.
  • Now pictures in image placeholders can be pre-transformed: scaled, translated, and rotated.
  • Now users can type custom values in drop-down lists in the Rich text editor.
  • Added the possibility to zoom in/out the content in the Rich text editor.
  • Added the proofImageMockupEnabled parameter. Now, you can allow or disallow for drawing mockups on proof images.
  • Added the possibility to configure the designer's look and feel in a different way for different pages.
  • Added the support for stroke and shadow (<TAESH> and <TAEST>) text effects.

Other

  • Added a new pre-loader with Customer's Canvas logo. It can be set up through IConfiguration.
  • Now On-premises Trial package is a Windows installer file which deploys Customer's Canvas to a development computer.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with font sizes bigger than 100pt in point text objects.
  • Fixed some problems with the <MVI> and <IAPSF> markers for image placeholders.
  • Fixed a problem with retrieving smart object transformations from PSD templates.
  • Fixed a problem with resizing an image to fit its placeholder.
  • Fixed a problem with loading font names into the drop-down list in the Rich text editor.
  • Fixed a problem with the leading setting in rich text elements.
  • Fixed some problems with text wrapping.
  • Fixed a problem with font names being case sensitive in the font list in clientConfig.json which caused them to fail to load.
  • Fixed a problem with the resize cursors in Safari.
  • Fixed a problem with the toolbar layout in the Rich text editor.
  • Fixed a problem with cropping proof images.
  • Fixed a problem with text strings being rendered too bold for some specific fonts.
  • Fixed a problem with changing public gallery content on per product/page basis.

Documentation

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.10 - Released August 8, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with loadEditor failure when the third argument is omitted.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.9 - Released August 4, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with white stripes when cropping a proof image.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.8 - Released July 29, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with invisible navigation area when the user reverts the product and adds a new surface.
  • Fixed a problem with the user interface on iPhones and other small-screen mobile devices.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.6 - Released July 18, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the ability to resize images added by the user to the product without keeping aspect ratio.
  • Now it is possible to change layer values at the runtime using IFrame API.
  • Added the ability to display the MyFiles tab in the Gallery for image placeholders initialized with the <IAPSF_folder> marker.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.4 - Released June 30, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem when layers could not be edited in case if the product restricted all changes done by the user to a pre-defined area.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.3 - Released June 23, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with invisible thumbnails for predefined items in an image layer.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.2 - Released June 6, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the ability to limit the number of characters in the rich text. The new <TCL> marker for PSD layers defines maximum text length. The Rich text editor displays character count in the lower-right corner now.
  • Now Customer's Canvas allows for restricting changes made by the user to a specific area in the product design. The new <R> marker defines the allowable area within PSD templates.
  • Added the possibility to configure Customer's Canvas to flip proof images and hi-res files.
  • Added support for vertical alignment in paragraph text layers.
  • Now curved text layers support automatic font size adjustments based on length of the text entered by the user. Previous versions allowed to only reducing the font size. Starting from version 3.2.2, Customer's Canvas gradually restores font size back to original value when the user reduces text length.
  • Added the possibility to combine print products from multiple saved states.
  • Now it is possible to initialize the editor using IFrame API by passing up a query string in the old query-string API format. It facilitates for simple upgrading to the new API without any changes in the source code used to integrate the editor into a web-to-print site.
  • Now safety lines can have different horizontal and vertical margins.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with the editor not initializing after upgrading to a newer version.
  • Fixed a problem with transparent background in cases when the editor is configured to crop proof images to safety lines.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.2.0 - Released May 4, 2016

New Features and General Improvements

  • Support for custom fonts has been radically improved.
  • Added the Web API for manipulating Design and Mockup Files allowing for deleting, uploading, and replacing files, getting file lists of designs and mockups folders, and generating image preview of design templates and mockups.
  • Added the ability to get layer dimensions through the API; see the Calculating Area of Design Layers topic for details.
  • Added the possibility to select multiple objects on the canvas using mouse.
  • Added the support for automatic load of user info without getting the user to click on the Load my info button.
  • Added the new Anonymous Mode for public websites where users can customize products without registering accounts.
  • Added the possibility to pre-populate image placeholders using user info.
  • Now the Rich text editor supports the following additional font settings: tracking, leading, first line indent, before/after paragraph space, and left/right indent. For details, see the Rich Text Editor topic.
  • Added the ability to change layer opacity in the top toolbar.
  • Now it is possible to create blank templates with backgrounds loaded from raster image files.
  • Added the zoomStep parameter allowing for changing zoom level step on the canvas.
  • Added the TopToolbar.fontSize settings defining maximum/minimum values and a step size for the spin box controlling the font size.
  • Added the fontListMode parameter allowing for hiding the font style list.
  • Added the settings for configuring a default font used to render text layers if their original fonts are not found.
  • Added the support for cut lines having different left/right and top/bottom margins. See the IConfiguration interface for details.
  • Added automatic outline for texts not foiled well against the background in the Rich text editor. The outline configuration parameters are described in the clientConfig.json topic.
  • Improved user experience in the image Gallery.
  • The text leading and text tracking buttons have been added to the top toolbar.
  • Added the overwriteExistingFiles parameter allowing for overwriting images with existing names in the Gallery.
  • Added the hiResOutputBackgroundColor parameter setting background color for the hi-res output.
  • Added the proofImageSafetyLinesEnabled parameter allowing for drawing safety lines on proof images.
  • Added the newImageName parameter setting default name for a new image layer.
  • Added the <PH_stub> marker allowing for adding default content to image placeholders. The content is displayed for demonstration purposes and the user is supposed to replace it with a custom image.
  • In the Hosted Version:
    • Added the ability to open product templates in the admin panel for preview purposes.
    • Added the ability to overwrite files in the admin panel.
    • Added the ability to localize the editor's user interface.
    • Added the ability to add custom CSS styles.
    • Added the Reload local fonts button which is clicked after custom fonts have been added/removed in a hosted instance. The button applies changes made to custom fonts to the web-to-print editor and print templates.
    • Performance improvements - improved page load time.

Other

  • The support for non-proportional resize is turned off now for all layer types except rectangle, ellipse, rich text, and automatically scaled text.
  • The demo page, index.aspx, is rewritten using the IFrame API.
  • Custom styles \customCss\*.css, the clientConfig.json configuration file, and the translations.json localization file are stored in the ~\Configuration\ folder now.
  • Localization changes - TITLE_FONT_LIST of the top toolbar is renamed to TITLE_FONT_FAMILY_LIST.
  • The <TACS> marker is renamed to <TACBIU>.
  • The font list definition format is changed; see the Custom Fonts topic. The old format is supported.
  • The Iconfiguration.appUrl property is removed; use the IFrameApi.editorUrl instead.
  • The proofImageWatermarkFontName parameter is renamed to proofImageWatermarkFontPostScriptName and its default value is changed to "ArialMT".

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem when a text was unreadable because of low contrast against the background.
  • Fixed a problem when the Load my info button returned wrong values.
  • Fixed a problem with passing user data to the Rich text editor.
  • Fixed a problem with loading product states when the most recent version keeps restoring instead of a given state.
  • Fixed a problem occurred when publicFolderName is set to a non-existing folder.

Documentation

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.1.1 - Released January 7, 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with image context menu.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.1.0 - Released December 30, 2015

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added the support for Multi-Column Text.
  • Added the support for shaped text.
  • Added the possibility to load rotated text layers from PSD templates.
  • Added the ability to change a folder where public images in the Gallery are loaded from; see the publicFolderName configuration parameter.
  • File cache is improved; the cache configuration parameters are changed.
  • Added the new closeFontMenuOnClickEnabled parameter to configure the Select font drop-down list behavior.
  • Added the new <AST> marker that automatically scales a user-entered text to fit the bounding rectangle of the original text.
  • The setUserId method can merge user accounts now. When changing user id at runtime, it copies user files (serialized product states and uploaded files) to the new user folder.
  • The new setPrintAreas method allows for changing templates at runtime.
  • Now it can be configured whether changes made by the setMockup and setPrintAreas methods are reverted by clicking the Revert button.

Other

  • Now paragraph text layers are loaded to the editor as rich text.
  • The zoom step is 15% now.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with incorrect displaying rich text items in the Object inspector.
  • Fixed a problem with incorrect handling of images having wrong or corrupted color profile.
  • Fixed a problem when finishProductDesign returns undefined as user identificator.
  • Fixed a problem with uploading images which names duplicate ones already placed in the Gallery.
  • Fixed a problem with incorrect default zoom value.
  • Fixed a problem with moving and resizing texts on iPad.
  • Fixed a problem when users are able to delete elements which are restricted to be removed with a marker.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 3.0.0 - Released November 6, 2015

New Features and General Improvements

  • Added an ability to hide the public image and the My files tabs in the Gallery.
  • Added an ability to set up a public image folder for a specific template.
  • Full window and full screen modes are available in the editor now.
  • Added 3D preview feature which allows for displaying realistic proof images.
  • Added an ability to load formatted text from PSD templates.
  • Advanced paragraph settings are now loaded from PSD templates: spacing, paragraph spacing, and first line indent.
  • Color Picker displays transparency now.
  • Added an ability to hide buttons for changing text style via both PSD markers and settings in ~\Configuration\clientConfig.json.
  • Default font size depends on product size now.
  • Improved image placeholder user experience - Select image and Edit buttons are now displayed only if focus is set on the placeholder.
  • The select fill color button is now hidden by default for images and placeholders. It can be displayed back using the <SACFC> marker.
  • Now it is possible to change localization language via the API.

New IFrame API

New JavaScript API (IFrame API) offers possibility to control print product at runtime:

  • The IFrame API includes all the functionality of the query-string API.
  • It is much more suitable for complex configurations, for example, for multipage products.
  • The IFrame API offers more flexibility when configuring the designer and print products.
  • It allows managing products at runtime - add/remove surfaces, change mockups, etc.

For more information about the new API read the Introduction to IFrame API topic. The full API reference can be found here.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with updating buttons in the Top toolbar.
  • Fixed several problems with incorrect right-click behavior.
  • Fixed a problem with Color Picker and background items.
  • Fixed a problem with updating social networks tabs.
  • Fixed a problem with applying settings loaded from ~\Configuration\clientConfig.json.
  • Fixed a problem with smart layers in PSD templates.
  • Fixed several problems with warnings in the Object Inspector.
  • Fixed a problem with updating font list in the hosted version after installing new custom fonts.

Other

  • Localization changes: LOAD_INFO_BUTTON and TITLE_LOAD_INFO are moved from LeftToolbar to TopToolbar.
  • If there is no localized string for an element, then the element's name is used.
  • The proofImageDpi parameter is removed. Now the resolution of proof images is 72 DPI. For more information, see the Configuring Your First Print Product topic.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 2.1.2 - Released October 16, 2015

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with Facebook integration.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 2.1.1 - Released September 15, 2015

New Features and General Improvements

Bug Fixes

  • Several GUI bug fixes including pop-up menu problems, drag-and-drop problems in the Object Inspector, Rich text editor issues, etc.
  • Fixed a problem with rendering products containing images deleted in the image gallery dialog.
  • Fixed a problem with image placeholder permissions being reset after host page refresh.
  • Fixed a problem when default query string values overwrite parameters loaded from ~\Configuration\clientConfig.json.
  • Fixed a problem when no elements besides background were rendered into the hi-res output.

Other

  • OutputFolder and OutputFileLifespan parameters are removed.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 2.0.4 - Released July 31, 2015

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with limited color set in Color picker.
  • Fixed a problem with Gallery in Chrome.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 2.0.3 - Released July 15, 2015

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with text thickness on different zoom levels.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 2.0.2 - Released June 8, 2015

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem with too thick text.
  • Fixed a problem that appeared when cursor went beyond the canvas.
  • Fixed a problem with Facebook tab in Gallery.

API Improvements

  • The getApproveImages method is renamed to getProofImages.

Aurigma Customer's Canvas 2.0.1 - Released May 12, 2015

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a problem that caused a server error while loading a product or rendering hi-res output.