Version 4.4 (build 53682)

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New features

Performance

• Enormous speed improvements for search hovers (e.g. frame/paper)

• Project download now much faster

• Organizer keyword entry optimized [15245]

• Memory used [even] more efficiently [14192]

• Font size marked as "resize to fit", 'do not exceed" optimized for performance. [15091]

 

New Thumbnail/Tile/Details mode added to

• Organizer [15324]

• Images hover [14577]

• File > Open dialog [7774]

 

Text Editor

• Dragging the “T” icon in the text toolbox interactively adjusts text size; Ctrl-dragging adjusts text border size [14365, 14608]

• Frame alignment option added [13676, 13951]

• Dashed outline option added [13991]

 

Canvas settings editor

• Cover Sheet option added (configurable width for front flap / back flap / spine) [7306]

• Set gutter/edge/top/bottom bleed and safe with a single action [11605]

 

Grid

• Snapping and display now separate options [12957]

• Grid color now customizable [14002]

• Presets supported. [14050, 14051, 14052]

 

Editing

• Image on background can be reassigned to canvas layer via right-mouse menu [6263]

• Frames can now be grouped with an existing group [4080]

• Alpha-based hit testing on elements [13348]

• Behaviour of Ctrl-A (Select all) has been modified: if item is selected, like-items are selected; it all like-items selected, then remaining items are added to selection [13614]

• Autopopulate sort options exposed in toolbar [3325]

• Editor preset options renamed for clarity, and now include "apply settings to this page / all pages".

• Keyboard accelerators added for Go To First Page (ctrl+home) and Go To Last Page (Ctrl+End) [6215]

• Search results automatically swap tabs to those that contain results [12816]

• Frames can be interactively reordered by dragging the ‘Arrange’ icon in the Frame toolbox [3808]

 

Start Zone

• UI unified to common interface, tabbed options

• Support email form automatically adds FotoFusion installation information

• Marketplace retooled to better reflect store content

• Learn and Support options added

 

 

Bug fixes
Many minor issues addressed, including:

• Naming a file type .jpg and choosing file type .psd in output tab no longer produces problems [4839]

• PSD export will not be reported incompatible by some versions of Photoshop [12774]

• Hovers now reliably stay open when you roll over them for the first time [14945]

• Autocollage now only affects currently selected images, not entire dropper contents.

• Crash when accessing folder with many auto-rotated images fixed [15063]

 

Marketplace content

• Occasional issues with store content looking blurry now resolved [4162]

• Smart frames dropped on existing frames now always apply correctly [10622]

 

Licensing issues

• Repeated reactivation should no longer occur [14243]

• Numerous issues with licensing and available features have been repaired.

 

Vista weirdness

• Stuff you simply don't want to know about, like virtual stores and virtual registry entries, cleaned up. [15452]
 

YearbookFusion-Exclusive Features

LumaPix is pleased to announce the release of YearbookFusion – a new version of FotoFusion designed for schools and church groups, and intended for distribution by yearbook publishers. Features include:

• PSPA CD import with support for custom fields

• Customizable class panels (grids of images + text tags)

• Free yearbook templates and clip art

• Direct project upload to publisher with predefined output options

• Publisher-specific page sizes

• Publisher-specific branding

 

Publishers interested in distributing YearbookFusion are invited to contact LumaPix for more detail.