Following the Tile layout improvements in version 6.1, Posterino 6.2 turns its attention to the Manual layout.
Reworked Manual Layout
The Manual layout has always been Posterino’s free-form option, letting you position and size objects exactly as you envision them. With 6.2, I’ve reworked the fundamental interactions that make this possible.
New Alignment Guides
What makes this update particularly satisfying is the new alignment system. Manual layout now includes smart guides that snap to multiple reference points: page boundaries, document margins, neighboring graphic objects, and the spacing properties you’ve defined for the layout.
These guides appear dynamically as you move or resize objects, helping you maintain consistent spacing and alignment without manual measurement. It’s the kind of feature that makes precise layouts feel effortless rather than tedious.
When you switch from a Grid or Tile layout to Manual, Posterino now automatically adopts matching spacing values. This means your carefully arranged layout transitions smoothly to manual mode while preserving its spatial relationships—a small detail that eliminates a common friction point.
Other Improvements
The Basics inspector panel now includes the graphic-lock button, making it easier to protect objects from accidental changes. Your selected sidebar tab also persists between sessions, so Posterino remembers your working preferences.
This release also resolves several issues: keyboard arrow navigation in Manual layout now works correctly, Square-Grid layouts provide clearer feedback when placement areas are full, and I’ve fixed a regression that prevented image drops onto all placement areas. Additionally, two rare crashes have been addressed—one related to document previews containing calendar objects, and another involving the inspector shutdown sequence.
Conclusion
These refinements represent the kind of polish that comes from actually using the software day-to-day and identifying the small frustrations that add up.
I’m pleased with how this update turned out, and grateful to the beta testers who helped identify edge cases and refine the behavior. The Manual layout is now in a much better place.
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