2.6.0 Beta Build 4 (2900)

[Patrick Connor]

Hi All,

We have just made available a fourth build of 2.6.0 beta - version 2.6.0.2900 - This was created to address bugs and make improvements to the new features announced in this post

The fix list for this build is here.

Improvements & Significant Fixes

Exporting multi-page spreads to PDF will now export fold-marks for each page. 

Applying Master Page with Pinned object now includes Pinned objects on applied Page.

You can add multiple selected objects to the Reading Order panel at once, not just one. 

Photo Workflow tweaks & bugfixes

• Wet Edges is available on a number of brush tools on iPad. 
  • Background Erase Brush
  • Burn Brush
  • Clone Brush
  • Colour Replacement Brush
  • Dodge Brush
  • Erase Brush
  • Healing Brush
  • Median Brush
  • Paint Mixer Brush
  • Sharpen Brush
  • Smudge Brush
  • Sponge Brush
  • Undo Brush

• Layer>Mask to Below command can now be macro recordable
• Image and RAW layers can now be used with Select>Select Sampled Colour and the Range commands (select reds/greens/blues, tonal ranges, alpha etc), without needing to rasterize the layer.
• [iPad] Non-Pixel layers should now see the three Live Projection commands (Clear, Perspective and Equirectangular) greyed out on the top iPad command menu, but enabled for Pixel layers.
• Block selection refinement when Quick Mask is enabled
• Frequency separation forces median blur values to be multiplied by 3 (fixed)
• The "Resample" tickbox is ignored (always true) when recording a desktop macro [AF-990] (fixed)
• Using "Layer > Merge" on linked layers freezes app (fixed)
• Using "Live Perspective" on a linked pixel layer causes an app crash (fixed)

Unfortunately any document where you edited a the Table of Contents (TOC) element of a text style and saved that change using beta build 3 (2.6.0.2861) will need recreate those style changes in build 2.6.0.2990 or above, sorry.  Anyone who finds their TOCs have disappeared since saving with that build is advised to regenerate them on the new build having first checked/corrected the styles. As always with a beta we suggest you always work on copies of your important documents during the beta phase.

[Dazmondo77]

23 hours ago, Patrick Connor said:

Exporting multi-page spreads to PDF will now export fold-marks for each page. 

Just ran a test and the fold marks are solid lines??? surely they should be dashed

[MikeTO]

I think they're okay as solid lines - it's obvious what they're for and they will be trimmed.

[Dazmondo77]

There doesn't seem to be a tickbox for fold marks in 'include printers marks'.

Another irritation is how far outside the slug area the page info and colour bars are placed - Ideally, my printers require a 12mm slug with all print marks and info within that area like indesign or quark, although I suppose I shouldn't moan too much, as at least we're getting closer to something truly usable.

49 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

I think they're okay as solid lines - it's obvious what they're for and they will be trimmed.

I've worked with a few jobsworth, printshop guys that wouldn't question trim marks in place of fold marks they'd just trim them and charge you full price