Apr, 25 2023

Tame your media library

Posterino 4.2 has just been released. The new version is all about improvements to the built-in media browser. For example, you can now add image folders to the browser. Furthermore, the media browser displays handy information, like the number of images in an album or highlights which images are already used in a document.

Image folders

One of the most requested features for Posterino 4 was: „I want to see my image folders from Finder in the built-in media browser“. Now you can. Add an image folder to the media browser via File > Import Images. Or by dragging a folder from the Finder to the album tree of the media browser. As a small bonus, the content of the image folder will automatically update if the images in the folder on disk change.

Album Tree

The number of images in an album is now displayed on the album tree. This information is very hand when you are about to determine the number of images you need for a new collage. You can show or hide the media count using the album tree context menu or via the main menu at View > Media Browser > Show Media Count.

Image Browser

The media browser now displays the number of times an image is used in your document. The number is displayed as a badge in the top-right corner of the images in question. This badge helps to answer the question: Which of the images in my album did I already use for my college? You can show or hide the media usage count using the context menu or via the main menu at View > Media Browser > Show Media Usage.

The number of selected images is now displayed in the bottom-left corner of the media browser.

You can now select an image in the image browser and show it in your document via a context menu command. If you think of a collage of, e.g., 50 or more images, the new command makes locating one or more image so much easier and faster.

And you can sort the images in the browser by creation date. To change the sort order, use the context menu or got to the main menu at View > Media Browser > Sort by.

General

If you don’t plan to use Photos at all, you can switch off Photos support entirely. This cleans up the album tree and just leaves your image folders in place. You are asked about your plan for using Photos on the very first start of Posterino. Later, you can alter this setting under Posterino > Settings > Media Browser.

The media browser now restores the last selected album. Say you are currently working with images from your „Vacation in Venice“ album. On the next document you open, Posterino will default to „Vacation in Venice“. This works even if you did quit Posterino and open again days later.

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Nov, 14 2022

Posterino v4 now available

From Apple Silicon support to document handling. From image browsing to template picking. Posterino improved in many areas. The user interface received a fresh new look and the inspector has been integrated with the effects picker, also …

  • A bunch of new templates
  • A fast new built-in image browser
  • Improved document handling
  • Document previews in Finder
  • A new document file format
  • A unified inspector
  • Streamlined template creation
  • Better organized template browser
  • A fresh new look
  • A nice new application icon
  • Apple Silicon support
  • Full support for macOS Monterey and Ventura
  • Well, and there is always more …

But the star of v4.0 is surely the new Square-Grid layout. It bridges the gap between a completely automatic and a manual layout method. And I think it does this in a fun and enjoyable way. See for yourself:

Find out all about it on the Posterino v4 product page.

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Jun, 12 2015

Posterino 3.1.3

We just released Posterino 3.1.3 featuring the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Maintenance update of the image browser.
  • Fixed a crash that could bite you when removing a grid layout parameter.
  • Handled a typo in the Dutch language support.

This build is a free update recommended for all users!

Depending on where you did make your purchase, open Mac App Store to update or run the built-in updater.

Enjoy!

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Nov, 26 2014

Posterino 3 available now

I’m happy to announce, that Posterino 3 is officially out in the wild now! The Posterino 3 Release Candidate we did set free last week has already received a very warm welcome. For example, this is what John had to say:

“BTW – this Posterino 3 – is outstanding – especially from a user’s point of view – clean, clear, and essential fresh options. Kudos to you and your team.”

:)

Image Effects

Posterino 3 is a major upgrade to version 2, and as such is a paid upgrade. Since we can’t do discounted upgrades on Apple’s Mac App Store, we decided the only fair thing we could do is discount the product for everyone for a while — so right now Posterino 3 is available for the upgrade price of USD 19.99 for everyone!

Speaking of Mac App Store. We’re just about to prepare Posterino 3 for submission to the App Store review process. However, from our experience we know that it is hard to tell how long the review process may take. It is probably save to think here more in terms of weeks than days. As soon as Posterino 3 is available on Mac App Store I’ll of course let you know.

 

To download version 3 and try it out visit: http://zykloid.com/posterino

Please note that Posterino 3 requires OS X 10.9+ “Mavericks” or later!

 

Also, I’d like to take the time and thank all of you out there who helped us in beta testing Posterino 3! Thank you very much for your support!

Now, have fun trying Posterino 3!

 

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Jul, 23 2013

Posterino 2.6.4

We just released Posterino 2.6.4 featuring the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Fixed a bug that could prevent sending feedback using the “Send Feedback…” menu command.
  • Solved a case where leaving the text editor popover of a text object with empty text could lead to a crash.
  • Fixed an user interface glitch on the Getting Started screen.
  • Updated the built-in image browser to improve performance and fix bugs.
  • Some small user interface improvements.

This build is a free update recommended for all users!

Depending on where you did make your purchase, open Mac App Store to update:

Or run the built-in updater:

Enjoy!

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Nov, 09 2012

Posterino 2.6.2

Happy Weekend! We just released Posterino 2.6.2 featuring the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • The image browser no longer displays a bunch of iPhoto Events at the top of the iPhoto albums tree (iPhoto 9.4+). All events are again part of the “Events” sub-album-tree.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented a year placeholder of a calendar template to be replaced.

This build is a free update recommended for all users!

Depending on where you did make your purchase, open Mac App Store to update:

Or run the built-in updater:

Enjoy!

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May, 31 2012

Posterino 2.6

We are happy to announce the release of Posterino 2.6 featuring the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Posterino now supports export of documents with transparent background.
  • Added support for export documents as PNG image file.
  • The built-in image browser now supports Adobe Lightroom 4.
  • Solved a performance problem that could lead to a significant large processing time (beach ball of death), if a larger number of images is dragged from the image picker to the document canvas.
  • Fixed a problem with the “Snap to Guides” feature, that could lead to wrong alignment when the feature is toggled on/off via the ALT key.
  • You can’t accidentally remove a text layer from a text object any more.
  • Improved Italian language support.
  • Hide the inspector when Posterino enters the version browser.
  • Updated online help contents and switched off remote updates.

This build is a free update recommended for all users!

Depending on where you did make your purchase, open Mac App Store to update:

Or run the built-in updater:

Enjoy!

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Dec, 08 2011

Posterino 2.5 – New calendars make great gifts

Happy Holidays! We know it’s a busy time of year. We at Zykloid Software want to take a moment of your time to announce our latest feature — which just might help ease your gift shopping.

Posterino 2.5 introduces Calendars!

We listened to your feature requests and outfitted Posterino 2.5 with a very special calendar feature. Use it to design gorgeous personalized calendars to hang in your home and give out as presents. We think Posterino 2.5 will come in very handy this holiday season, especially when you need last minute gift ideas.

Get creative with easy custom calendars

We have a bunch of new templates offering calendar formats that can be customized in various ways. It’s very easy to tweak the calendar formats to suit your needs. Or you can create your own documents or templates featuring a custom calendar:



Some new templates featuring our new calendar object

Download and design away

Instantly download the demo to give it a try:



Click to download Posterino 2.5 demo

Also available in the Mac App Store:



Click to visit Posterino on Mac App Store

Please note, you need at least an Intel Mac and OS X 10.6 or later to cook up your new designs.

And don’t miss the sale!

Posterino 2.5 is a free update for all owners of a Posterino 2 license!

If you not yet own Posterino 2, you might like to know that to celebrate our new milestone, Posterino will go on sale for 19.99 USD. This special price is only available through Sunday, December 11th. Consider it our extended Cyber Monday promotion, in case you didn’t find something outstanding on Black Friday. ;)

Warm wishes to you and yours for a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.

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Sep, 07 2011

Posterino 2.4: Support for OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’

We are happy to announce the release of Posterino 2.4 featuring the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Added support for OS X 10.7+ Lion Auto Save, Resume, Full-Screen App mode and Versions.
  • You can now press ESC to toggle the full-screen mode.
  • A new document now opens per default in layout mode.
  • Improved the split view between image browser and document. You now can hide the image browser by using the “Hide | Show Image Browser” command from the “View” menu.
  • Updated language support for: Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
  • Ensured that pasted objects stay within the bounds of the document page.
  • The splitter between the image picker can now be grabbed with the mouse to change the position of the splitter. Also improved the mouse cursors displayed.
  • The menu item ‘Revert to Last Opened Version’ now correctly appears in the Versions menu accessible via the document window title (OS X 10.7+).
  • The progress indicator is now visible when loading and creating a document (OS X 10.6.x).
  • Polished Layout mode behavior and improved performance.
  • Layout mode popup contents is now stable along document or application switches.
  • Various small bug fixes and improvements.

This build is a free update recommended for all users!

To update to the latest version:

  • If you purchased Posterino on the Mac App Store, please fire up the Mac App Store application and go to the Updates tab to update to the latest version of Posterino:

  • In case you purchased Posterino on our site, please use the built-in software updater:

Enjoy the latest version!

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