Changes in the
software versions

An overview of the changes in the versions of the Bookfactory Software.

VersionBookfactory Software

5.6.1

  • Bugfix: Layout for A2 landscape calendars were corrected

5.6.0

  • Product: Paper Profibulk for Photo books Premium and Premium Plus added
  • Product: Paper Sauvage for Photo cards
  • Product: Paper Opaque White for Photo posters
  • Product: Optimisation design Photo calendars
  • Product: Advent calendar in two new designs
  • Feature: Advent calendar can now also be designed with text
  • Feature: Size of the embossing boxes can also be changed in Smart mode
  • Bugfix: Text alignment in text box fixed
  • Bugfix: Text alignment jumps back when writing

5.5.0

  • Product: Paper Tatami White for Photobook Premium and Premium Plus added
  • Product: Paper E-Photo Lustre for Photo prints added
  • Feature: "Share my project" added
  • Feature: Spine texts and embossing boxes in the spine can be rotated 180 degrees
  • Feature: Automatic distribution of objects (horizontal and vertical) added
  • Feature: Grid colour can be chosen by the user
  • Feature: Size for line breaks can be defined by the user
  • Feature: Text zoom default setting to "Off"
  • Bugfix: Problem (software crash after update) on Windows fixed

5.4.0

  • Product: New formats photo book Flex
  • Product: New formats photo book Flat Open
  • Product: New format Wiro
  • Product: Naming of products adapted
  • Feature: Tabulator for spine text locked
  • Feature: UI adjustment in the page overview
  • Feature: Automatic alignment of object boxes
  • Bugfix: Place embossing box in oblique angle
  • Bugfix: Deletion in rotated image box does not work
  • Bugfix: Signature templates cannot be saved
  • Bugfix: Font jumps to 0 pt when double line break is applied in text box

5.3.2

  • System: Framework update

5.3.1

  • Bugfix: Problem with software mode fixed

5.3.0

  • Feature: Line break and tabs for spine text box locked
  • Feature: Auxiliary lines can now be fixed
  • Feature: Cards can now also be ordered without envelopes

5.2.3

  • Bugfix: Crash at auxiliary lines fixed

5.2.2

  • Bugfix: Family calendar Colour of Column name

5.2.1

  • Product: Desk photo calendar Walnut added
  • Product: Moments-block Walnut added
  • Bugfix: Embossing box

5.2.0

  • Product: Advent calendar added
  • Product: Moments-block gold added
  • Feature: Tabulator spacing for new projects reduced
  • Feature: Line break within spine text locked
  • Bugfix: Fixed saved text styles getting lost
  • Bugfix: Crash at image section in context menu fixed
  • Bugfix: Fixed distorted images

5.1.0

  • Product: Photo book Flex added
  • Feature: Complete revision of the sidebar design
  • Feature: Round corners can now be found more easily in the Sidebar
  • Feature: Image effects module completely revised
  • Feature: Added hint for objects too close to trim
  • Bugfix: Crash at software start fixed

5.0.0

  • Framework update
  • Facebook API removed
  • Set favourites for Google Photos and Apple Photos
  • Apple ARM support
  • Performance optimisations
  • Bug fixes
  • New paper for Moments-Box and Moments-block

4.1.0

  • New product Refill pack for the desk photo calendar
  • Support Apple Photos "Shared Albums"
  • Query privacy policy during installation
  • Added picture folders are sorted alphabetically
  • Master theme pack bug fixed

4.0.0

  • New product entry
  • New product Moments block
  • Design product category revised
  • Adaptation of some poster formats
  • Shopping cart is greyed out if nothing is included
  • Button "automatically place" in the sidebar (image selection) is only available in manual mode
  • Addition of template packages (black and white) for each product type

3.3.0

  • Implementation of new calendar designs
  • Photos can now be set as favourites
  • Sidebar has been revised (photo display / sorting / filtering)
  • Photos can now be filtered according to portrait / landscape
  • Newsscreen is displayed when opening an existing project
  • Signature photobook product has been removed from the main category and is now only in the category photo books
  • Photo gifts have been removed from Liberty
  • Webview has been converted to Angular
  • Loaded image folders are immediately displayed for further new projects
  • Log files can be saved easily via a function
  • Revised display of own layouts
  • Error message at start from installation file is displayed

3.2.1

  • Calendar can be hidden for desk calendars and monthly planners
  • iPhone pictures in HEIC format can be used correctly (macOS)
  • Acceleration of the picture overlay in the large view
  • Image overlay can be closed with ESC
  • Enhancement information is forwarded to shopping cart
  • Project XML is cached (workaround for invalid project structure crashes)
  • Error message when adding unsupported image sources
  • Message when deleting own templates (workaround for unintentional deletion)
  • Info if no backgrounds or stickers are available for the theme package

3.1.0

  • Smart-Layout support
  • Introduction of manual editing mode
  • Navigation between double pages revised
  • Display of theme packages optimised in Sidebar
  • Image source handling revised and optimised
  • Optimised display for placeholder texts
  • Context menu for image and text boxes revised
  • Masking / Image rotation Dialogue revised

2.8.0

  • Performance improvements
  • Optimizing Crash-Report handling
  • Quantity discounts linked to price overview "Sidebar
  • Bugfix Raster display

2.7.0

  • Embossing box function optimized
  • Performance improvement
  • Fonts optimized

2.6.2

  • Old versions now show update request again
  • Updater optimized for Mac OS

2.6.1

  • New Maintenance file created for update handling
  • Font size input optimized by hand
  • Monthly planner bug fixed

2.6.0

  • New Maintenance file created for update handling
  • Font size input optimized by hand
  • Monthly planner bug fixed

2.5

  • New product: Signature photobook by Bubu
  • New product: monthly planner
  • New card papers added: Refutura, Ice Silver & Genesis
  • Apple users can now use the "Photos App" Add pictures from the cloud.