Version 2.4.0 Released

Saturday, August 9. 2008

I have returned to the workbench and here comes version 2.4.0:

The middle mouse button can now be used to pan around a document. This behaves just like the hand tool, but without having to change tools.

The German version works better (i.e. it no longer crashes when trying to open a document for the first time, looking for a non existent folder).

Fixed several issues with fonts and font handling. Even on machines with several thousand fonts, Creative Docs .NET now starts properly without exhausting the computer's resources first.

Fixed the interaction with the quick toolbar (open the global settings by pressing F5 and switch to the Buttons tab, check the commands you often need to have them always available at the top of the window).

Enjoy...

Posted by Pierre Arnaud at 16:20 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Any plans on SVG support? This is the biggest block towards massive adoption of CD.net, IMHO.

#1 ARandomUser (Link) on 2008-08-09 20:48

No, still no official plans for SVG nor for XAML. Both would be nice...

#1.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2008-08-11 07:13

Opening CreativeDocs for the first time just like opening a birthday present ! . . . thank you for all your hours to produce a graphic software that so beautifully works by design . .

i look forward to CD developing but please don't sell out to the BIG CORP SHARKS too soon !

#1.1.1 A New Fan on 2008-08-16 09:15

Well, I came across this from a CNET blog archive, and I am impressed - I may not need to go use Illustrator after all. Very, VERY smooth!

Do you plan on adding pixels to the ruler units of measure - this would help with the web graphics side of things, along with SVG, though I suspect that pixel measures will be simpler.

Thanks and awesome job!

#2 Mike on 2008-09-20 02:26

Thank you for your kind words.

Currently, we don't plan to add pixels as a unit of meaure. If you are planning to export your document as a bitmap image, you might simply want to set your unit to millimeters and pretend that one millimeter is one pixel.

Then, when you export the resulting image, simply specify a width and height in pixels which matches the with and height in millimeters. This should do the trick; the only thing which would require adjustment in an external bitmap tool would be the resolution (dpi).

Hope this helps.

#2.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2008-09-23 07:55

I should forward this to the "bugs..." email as well, but I tried what you said above. It worked; however, it added a minimum of 1 extra pixel to the exported graphic. I did this at both 32x32 and 256x256, and made sure that only the selected objects were exported. In the case of the larger graphic, it added about a 2-3 pixel buffer around the exported file, so I trimmed that out, but the graphic was still 1px x 1px larger than the specified export size.

I suspect it might have to do with the graphic's anti-aliased border being factored into the resizing math.

Still good work!

Thanks!

#2.1.1 Mike on 2008-09-30 18:21

I also like that your bitmap import feature retains the original aspect ratio when importing.

#3 Mike on 2008-09-20 02:32

I am not sure that I understand what you are looking for. This is how the image object works for now, when you import an image:

The imported image is always adjusted in order to fill the available space, without cropping or distorting any pixels. The original aspect ratio is, therefore, always preserved.

If you want to distort the aspect ratio, you have to click on the Keep proportions button off first.

Can you please elaborate or provide us (bugs at creativedocs dot net) an image with which Creative Docs .NET misbeahaves? Thanks.

#3.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2008-09-23 07:51

Sorry bad english - I was paying you a compliment for the way graphics are imported - no complaints whatsoever.

#3.1.1 Mike on 2008-09-25 00:27

how to import graphic files ???

#4 Cosku Arsiray on 2009-03-31 11:07

You can't import vector graphics to edit it. However, you can draw an image and then set its content using the properties (i.e. you can load standard bitmap images such as TIFF, GIF, PNG, JPEG, etc., and also WMF/EMF if I remember correctly).

#4.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2009-03-31 14:22

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