Version 3.2.0 Released

Tuesday, March 8. 2011

The 3.2.0 release adds a new frame property, which is available for almost all graphic objects, including images. Daniel has worked hard and come up with this really nice new feature:

Creative Docs .NET 3.2.0 with the new frame property

The frame property can be used to draw a colored margin, with a line and a shadow. Here are a few examples:

Various settings applied to the same image

What's really nice, is that the new frame property supports convex and concave shadows, which can be used to create interesting shadow effects:

Convex, normal and concave shadows behind a colored rectangle with a white margin and a brown border

Convex, normal and concave shadows behind a colored rectangle with a white margin and a brown border

Internally, Creative Docs .NET has been heavily reorganized and we are still working on improving the underlying framework.

Posted by Pierre Arnaud at 13:30 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hello,

One of the features we use the most with CD is the icon export function (by the way, the memory corruption problem that plagued previous versions looks to be corrected); it's great to be able to create .ICO files directly from vector drawings.

But...a request to consider for a future version: Could you either give the option of selecting the image sizes/color depths to be included (maybe just stick the list in an user-editable text file), or (and this option would work just fine for us), just add a 128x128 or 72x72 32-bit alpha image to the file.

The 72x72 is useful because Windows (XP at least) has that as the maximum user-selectable icon size, and we have some older software that insists on having icons at least as big as the user-selected icon size. (Believe it or not, some of our customers are using icons that big.)

Feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any questions.

#1 Erik Knowles on 2011-03-22 19:11

The 72x72 32-bpp image will be included in the icons in the next public release.

#1.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2011-03-25 17:50

I downloaded your program in great anticipation of it replace my older CorelDraw. I cannot afford to buy the new version and don't qualify for the upgrade. But I am having some trouble finding a few things in your program. I am in particular interested in saving multi page files as a single pdf. Can you please tell me where your help file is located in the program?

#2 Alice Blankenship on 2011-03-25 17:09

This is one of the main issues with Creative Docs .NET: there is no manual and no help file at all.

To create new pages, you can either use the (+) button in the bottom left corner of the edition window (near the horizontal scrollbar) or select the page tab on the right.

#2.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2011-03-25 17:53

I figured out how to make new pages....but how do I save my file as a pdf file to send to other people?

#2.1.1 Alice Blankenship on 2011-03-25 18:39

Simply use the export button in the ribbon, in the "File" group. Hover over the icons and read the tips which are displayed, if you are in doubt.

#2.1.1.1 Pierre Arnaud (Link) on 2011-03-25 22:17

Good afternoon, Pierre. If having clamped the button shift to copy object some times (has transferred an object copy, without releasing shift has transferred one more copy and so five or six consecutive times) - the program hangs. Happens is very insulting to lose not kept project then again to start it to recreate with zero.

I have removed a screenshot, the program how hangs. Costs Windows 7 (64) if it is important.

http://gyazo.com/08fc753f762192f4dc3da36e8e141980.png

#3 Artem on 2011-05-18 17:50

I've just tried CreativeDocs.NET and found it very powerful! But to share files it's extremely important export them to svg format. Could you add this feature in future releases? Thank you in advance.

#4 Guest on 2011-05-25 04:57

Hello.

I have suggestions which seem to be very important.

First, it would be great to have outline property for text. Now text should be converted to curves before you can apply outline to it. It is common task I think when you need text with colored outline.
Second, merging lines/curves is strongly needed (when two nodes merge into one and two different lines/curves actually become one curve). Current group operation is something different though also needed.
And third, import/export to svg or any other common vector files.

#5 Guest on 2011-06-12 10:23

Are you aware of the fact that you can right-click on a text block (or text line) and convert it to curves?

And did you see that you can select multiple curves, then use a right-click to get to the Boolean > Union menu, which allows you to merge shapes together?

As for the import/export in SVG format, this is indeed a recurring request.

#5.1 Pierre Arnaud on 2011-06-14 05:43

Shapes are merged OK, I agree. But for lines program says "Impossible operation". Curves after "Union" operation do not merge together - they become closed!

#5.1.1 Guest on 2011-06-16 04:39

Ah, yes. You can only merge paths which were converted to line segments. Sorry about that, but the algorithm to keep the curves real curves is above our skill level (for now).

#5.1.1.1 Pierre Arnaud on 2011-06-16 05:15

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