Posterino for Mac

This release brings a sweeping visual and functional update to Posterino. A completely redesigned Inspector interface streamlines editing workflows, with a new Inline Inspector offering fast, in-place adjustments. The brand-new Material Sidebar simplifies working with frames, backgrounds, and decoration styles. Plus, new templates, styles, and layers.

NEW

• The Inspector interface has been completely redesigned. All panels now have visual groupings and compact property lists.
• The Basics panel now displays position and size for selected graphic objects.
• The Image Layer panel features a new image filter picker UI.
• The Calendar panel has been split into multiple sub-panels for improved clarity.
• The Gradient inspector panel features a cleaner layout and a new “Swap Colors” button.
• Inspector panels such as PassepartoutFrame, Metadata, and the newly split Calendar panel have all been modernized.
• PDF files can now be dragged directly onto the PDF layer’s File property.
• Pattern files can be dropped onto the Pattern layer in the inspector. The Pattern layer now correctly handles legacy scaling factors.
• A new Polka-Dot background mode includes options to shuffle dot positions, radius, and color, with a built-in color palette for customization.
• The calendar object has an improved region and script picker (macOS 13+).
• The document’s color schemes can now apply a random color from a palette to text boxes with colored backgrounds.
• Number input fields now support keyboard input, arrow key navigation, and stepper controls — depending a bit on your macOS version.
• The new Inline Inspector appears right next to the selected object for fast, contextual editing.
• It displays primary content (e.g., text captions) and supports navigating into sub-panels of complex objects. A sub-panel indicator icon shows when additional options are available.
• The Inline Inspector can be shown or hidden via the View menu.
• A brand-new Material Sidebar lets you drag and drop styles directly onto the document.
• Decoration styles have been reworked and now live in the Material Sidebar. The old “Add Decoration” toolbar item has been removed in favor of the sidebar workflow.
• You can use Command–1 through Command–4 to switch tabs in the Material Sidebar, or choose from the View > Material Sidebar menu.
• Added templates: “Red Alert”, “Photo Corner”, “Lab Work”, “Hatching”, and “Taipei”.
• New frame style: “Rounded – Plain”.
• New background style: “Stripes & Bubbles”.
• New Hatching layer adds stylized crosshatch patterns to your layout.
• The Notes layer can be attached to any graphic object to hold non-visible annotations or internal notes.

CHANGES

• The Auto-Crop “Custom” state now governs fine-tuning options. Selecting “Keep Face in Frame” no longer switches the mode to “Custom.”
• The template picker UI now displays more compact page details.
• New “Show Sidebar” / “Hide Sidebar” commands (Command–Control–S) toggle the Media Browser Sidebar.
• Posterino now includes a basic crash reporting and feedback system to assist in diagnosing issues.
• Trying to apply a style to a locked object now shows a helpful error message.
• Updated various images in the online guides to reflect the redesigned inspector and overall UI improvements.
• Revised the “Getting Started” tutorial to match the new inspector design. The tutorial now also adapts to both Light and Dark Mode.

FIXES

• Template resources like images now load properly when Posterino is used in non-English languages.
• The Pattern layer now correctly migrates older scaling values.
• When restoring the default paper size in the template picker, the custom setting is correctly removed.
• Choosing a paper size preset now overrides all related document properties.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when layout DNA couldn't be copied during execution.
• Pattern files are now handled more accurately by the Pattern layer.
• Fixed an issue where changing the layout could cause a text box to be removed. Upon reopening the document, a warning would appear indicating the text object was no longer part of the layout.
• Calendar access requests now correctly update the list of available event calendars.