What's new in PrintLife 4.0.3
May 6, 2018
- Updated Apple code-signing certificate.
New in PrintLife 4.0.1 (Mar 26, 2017)
- Updated web links in software to work with new website.
New in PrintLife 4.0.0 (Feb 14, 2017)
- Create and reuse an unlimited number of color schemes
- Photo analyzer figures out dominant colors in a photo
- Color wheel with 11 built-in color combinations for choosing great colors
- Color combinations include complementary, analogous, triadic, and more
- Built-in color theory tips educate about color use
- Color wheel supports artistic primary colors (RYB: red, yellow, blue)
- Color wheel supports modern primary colors (RGB: red, green, blue)
- Color blender creates blends between two colors
- Built-in color scheme access throughout the software
- Eyedropper retrieves the color of any pixel on the screen
- Warm/cool indicator for the color wheel
- Color blender also supports tints, shades, and tones
- Built-in sliders for adjusting the base color
- Built-in hex field for copying/pasting colors with other apps
New in PrintLife 3.0.5 (Oct 14, 2016)
- Fixes for macOS Sierra compatibility
New in PrintLife 3.0.4 (Dec 21, 2015)
- When a photo is dropped on a placeholder, the Cropping tools are now automatically selected in the sidebar
New in PrintLife 3.0.3 (Dec 3, 2015)
- NEW! One-click photo frames make framing a photo fast and easy
- NEW! Photo frame styles are customizable
- NEW! 3D satellite maps
- NEW! 10+ different one-click photo frame styles to choose from:
- Simple borders (square corners, round corners, circular)
- Photo corners (black, white, silver, gold)
- Tape (transparent & masking)
- Staples
- Corner cutouts
- Scalloped edges
- Polaroid (regular, antique, crinkled, tattered, faded, vintage)
- Mat (adjustable bevel)
- Burnt edges
New in PrintLife 3.0.0 (Sep 13, 2015)
- NEW! Major interface overhaul to make software even easier to use: a) Smart Inspector replaced with dedicated inspectors in sideabar for convenient one window use; b) optional standalone inspectors for users with large screens
- NEW! Photos integration: all-new media browser supports face searching, favorite searching, and place searching
- NEW! iTunes Integration: insert playlists (regular, circlular, spiral) and album artwork onto CD/DVD labels and jewel cases
- NEW! 3D Headlines (control lighting, 3D perspective, materials, reflections, more)
- NEW! Paper texture overlays for photos (33 overlays in 6 categories: folded, crumpled, canvas, linen, textured, paint)
- NEW! Glass texture overlays for photos (8 overlays)
- NEW! "Old film look" overlays for photos (8 overlays in 3 categories: dust & scratches, dust, crackle)
- NEW! Auto Enhance for one-click corrections to photos
- NEW! 8 Vintage photo effects: B&W, B/W High Contrast, B/W Low Contrast, Fade, Warm, Cool, Bold, Instant
- NEW! Vibrance photo effect
- NEW! Line Art photo effect
- NEW! Straighten photos
- NEW! Draggable special effects: sunburst, sparkle, lenticular halo, and water stain (13 stains)
- NEW! 30+ all-new business card templates
- NEW! 60+ all-new greeting card templates
New in PrintLife 2.0.4 (Mar 30, 2015)
- Added support for integration with iTriumph 2
New in PrintLife 2.0.3 (Mar 16, 2015)
- Fixed problem with "Define as Placeholder" control in Smart Inspector
- Fixed problem with the Tint image effect and non-RGB colors
- Rewrote event and reminder code to use latest Apple API's
New in PrintLife 2.0.2 (Feb 23, 2015)
- Added intensity setting to Vignette effect
- Simplified some placeholder settings
- Fixed printing problem
- Fixed issue where placeholder backgrounds in old templates would sometimes appear blank
- Fixed issues related to preview images for pages
- Fixed resizing issue with QR codes
New in PrintLife 2.0.1 (Nov 5, 2014)
- Fixed minor zooming issue
- Fixed performance issue in Preview mode
- Fixed problem copying a label to prevent it from becoming a regular text box when pasted
- Fixed problem where multi-label features sometimes wouldn't work
- Transitioned to Apple's version 2 code signing for Gatekeeper
New in PrintLife 2.0.0 (Sep 24, 2014)
- Added ability to create a different design for each label on a page
- Added ability to create multiple pages of different labels
- Added ability to copy/paste entire label designs on a page or between pages
- Added 10 new types of labels: audio tape, automated, disk, name badge, video tape, etc.
- Added 79 templates for new label types
- Added support for new Avery greeting card/envelope stocks
- Added 12 templates for new Avery greeting card/envelope stocks
- Added ability to convert a shape or text into a image so special effects can be applied
- Added doughnut smart shape
- Added teardrop smart shape
- Added 2 bracket frames smart shapes
- Added 5 shield smart shapes
- Added new Bezier shape Smart Inspector
- Added ability to close an open Bezier shape after it has been created
- Added ability to mirror horizontally and/or vertically a Bezier shape
- Added ability to create a QR code
- Added new Label Text feature which doesn't limit text to a bounding box
- 30+ new pre-designed templates for Avery marketing labels
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Oval
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Embossed Round
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Round
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Square
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Clear Rectangular
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Durable Rectangular
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Arched
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Bag Toppers
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Rectangular
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Removable Durable Rectangular
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Durable Wraparound
- Added support for Avery Marketing Labels: Print-to-the-Edge Wraparound
New in PrintLife 1.1.9 (Jul 31, 2014)
- Updated the way gradients are displayed to use latest Apple API's
- Fixed problem with auto-hiding of scrollbars
- Fixed recently introduced problem opening templates with a background color
- Fixed problem displaying an activity report with tasks
- Fixed problem that caused background color/image/placeholder to be reset when opening an older document
New in PrintLife 1.1.8 (Jul 14, 2014)
- Added ability to delete custom and included templates
- Custom templates are now always saved in the default location due to sandboxing restrictions
- Fixed a problem where cropped images would lose image effects (e.g. a mask effect) during printing
- Fixed problem importing tab-delimited text files with an inconsistent number of fields per record
- Removed the Envelope Feed button from Preview mode. Now whenever an envelope is printed, the Envelope Feed sheet is displayed first.
- Fixed problem with gaps in linen background when running under Mavericks
- Fixed a problem where an image would be offset from its correct position when printing/exporting if effects were applied and the image's proportions were changed
- Fixed problem with Open AutoRecover Files feature
- Fixed problem that occurred when control-clicking the canvas with no graphics selected
New in PrintLife 1.1.7 (Jan 4, 2014)
- Improved printing/exporting so that images only get downsampled once which slightly improves image quality
- Fixed problem printing/exporting images with special effects applied that would sometimes result in blurry images
New in PrintLife 1.1.6 (Dec 27, 2013)
- A fix in the previous version inadvertently caused non-envelopes to print in landscape orientation. Fixed.
- Fixed problem that could sometimes cause images to appear blurry on screen and when printed/exported
New in PrintLife 1.1.5 (Dec 19, 2013)
- Added orientation controls to Envelope Wizard
New in PrintLife 1.1.4 (Dec 17, 2013)
- Added ability to use FIM barcodes on any document (like postcards) that has a delivery address. FIM barcodes were previously limited to envelopes
- Fixed problem with manual envelope feed setting which could cause part of envelope to get cut off
New in PrintLife 1.1.3 (Dec 9, 2013)
- Added ability to share projects via email, messaging, AirDrop, Twitter, Facebook, or Flickr
- Added ability to use a business card as your email signature (supports Apple's Mail app)
- Added 10 electronic business card templates
- Added 36 double-sided business card templates (22 horizontal and 14 vertical)
- Added 2 folding business card templates
- Added ability to see the back side of double-sided business cards in the Template Chooser
- Added support for new Avery 88220 & 88221 double-sided business cards with rounded corners
- Added support for a lot of other Avery and generic business card formats in U.S. and metric sizes
- Added the display of fold lines on folding & tent business cards when editing
- Added ability to edit individual faces/sides of double-sided, folding, and tent business cards
- Added support for new Avery 75361 self-laminating cards (great for loyalty cards, gym memberships, luggage tags, ID cards and more)
- Added support for new XML Sharing Option in Aperture 3.5 and later
- Added support for Canon CD Tray types H, J, K
- The last selected page size in the Template Chooser is now remembered between launches (international customers no longer need to select a metric page size each time they launch the software)
- Fixed problem with the "Include if not my country" preference
- Fixed problem where certain images would appear blank in printouts if the image had a special effect applied
- Fixed potential Mavericks issue with the Cover Flow-like Artwork Preview window
New in PrintLife 1.1.2 (Oct 1, 2013)
- Fixed problem where the handles for the selected object would sometimes appear outside the Canvas
- Fixed miscellaneous issues with Format dialog for labels and envelopes
- Fixed problem that sometimes occurred when the front and back faces of a document had a different number of layers
- When a document is manually opened, the software now automatically closes the Template Chooser if it's open
New in PrintLife 1.1.1 (Sep 3, 2013)
- Added support for double-sided full page documents
- Added editing support for double-sided business cards
- Added new category to the Template Chooser for VERTICAL double-sided business cards
- Added metric labels, envelopes and letterhead templates inside of the application instead of making them available as a separate download
- Improved thumbnails in the Template Chooser window to show the back side of the page/card for double-sided documents
- Fixed an issue that made it difficult to drop images on placeholders
- Fixed an issue that could cause photos to disappear
- Fixed other miscellaneous minor bugs
New in PrintLife 1.1.0 (Aug 15, 2013)
- Added support for greeting cards and invitations with multiple copies per page (2, 3, 4, and 6)
- Added support for double-sided greeting cards and invitations
- Added support for folding documents (single-fold, double-fold, and tri-fold)
- Added ability to edit the inside faces of greeting cards and invitations
- Added ability to edit a single face or multiple faces at once
- Added ability to save a document as a template so it shows up in the Template Chooser
- Added ability to open Labelist, Business Card Shop, and SOHO Print Essentials documents
- Added ability to filter templates based on paper size in the Template Chooser
- Added shortcuts for US Legal, US Tabloid, and A3 paper size throughout software
- Added support for double-clicking templates in the Template Chooser
- Added option to print layout lines
- Added support for double-sided business cards
- Added 300+ templates for 2, 3, 4, and 6 per page variations
- Added 640+ metric versions of templates
- Many interface improvements to support editing of individual greeting card and invitation faces
- The last selected category in the Template Chooser is now remembered
- Improved the way shapes are selected by detecting clicks near the actual path of the shape (if not filled) instead of the interior of the shape
- When multiple objects are resized, the font size and kerning of text boxes are scaled proportionally
- Fixed problems switching to metric sizes in the Document Setup sheet
- Fixed problem where graphics with applied effects would sometimes print at low resolution
New in PrintLife 1.0.0 (Jul 9, 2013)