The Blanchard Systems Software Blog: December 2011 Features & Fixes

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Features

Ad Creator: New ability to fit an image to frame by most appropriate dimension.
Ad Creator: New ability to change the size of images by entering width and height parameters. All apect ratios are kept the same.
Tablet Ads may now be delivered when they are completed.
"Invite Advertisers" button moved to the publisher dashboard.
Separate file uploads for spread-sized ad specs are now possible. Ad sizes where page coverage is larger than a single page will have a new setting to allow separate file uploads. The user will then have a choice to upload separate files or to upload a single page spread as they have done in the past. Watch the screencast for details.

Page merge tool: Ability to bring items forward and backwards on layers in the merge tool.
Page merge tool: Now when clicking on images the frame outline is more similar to indesign. The bleed becomes visible and is grayed out of the frame.
Page merge tool: Better guide dragging and guides stay placed while zooming. (This will come to the trim tool soon)
Color profiles can be managed separate from SendMyAd now, the same way preflight profiles can.
Color profiles are now validated and required on both the ads and publication level.

All issue times default to 00:00:00 instead of the current hour minute and second.
Ad Creator: Please note all templates will need to be regenerated. There are several ad creator fixes, the most critical is the bug which would create duplicate text boxes is now corrected.
Various interface fixes and performance improvements system-wide.