Discus X - 4.0G

1) fixed appearance of default canvas thumbnails, which had turned black due to other changes
2) fixed crash in paint layer when you select the layers tab, and then hover mouse over the slider or try to imprint using the current tool
3) adjusted prompt sound effect
4) (win) fixed text tool was broken
5) rewrote prefs logic to share between platforms
6) changed some OEM cd printers names
7) added OEM specific help menu
8) unsuccessfully attempted to convert text edit dialog to unicode; text entry is still 8 bit
9) fixed recently edited document list, was adding the same name over and over
10) added an animated cursor to give some feedback when user is paging through fonts, and thumbnails have not caught up yet
11) fixed bug where sideways icons had opposite meaning
12) restored the language switching menu on main screen; italian is no operational
13) added support for drag and drop of text on the macintosh
14) added additional symbols
15) added clever perimeter bleed logic to template expander so that nasty kiss cut labels will print with a position base bleed
16) added super clever bleed flags for cases where edges kiss horiz or vertically but not both (PERIMETERPLUSH flags)
17) adjusted all the visiting card templates to use the above flags for better printing per user request
18) added a meritline slim DVD paper, dropped a duplicate biz card template, sorted meritline templates
19) attempted to add ADOOK papers but no templates specified so abandoned
20) added a one pixel black line to the interior of the browser window to help make it stand out better
21) enabled language switching; product now opreates in Italian and English
22) added keyboard jump shortcuts to paper layout browser to help make it faster when navigating through long lists of papers
23) fixed serious problem with document read operation where paint mask was being set to all 1's causing a black overlay

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What's new:
1) Discus has a new compound document format that allows you to edit up to 150 different parts of a die cut paper, which expands the reach of Discus to cover almost every kind of die cut label available. Discus now supports over 1500 papers and printers, which means most every label on the market. This includes all kinds of office labels, all kinds of video labels like MiniDV, DVC-Pro, DVCam, VHS, Betacam, Umatic, etc. Audiocassettes, Visting cards, file folder labels, address labels, etc.
2) Discus has a powerful photo collage tool to make it fast and easy to keep your digital photo collection backed up and orgainized. Don't leave your priceless family photos on a hard drive which can break, copy them to backup media, and label them so you can find them later!
3) Discus can import from many new sources like lists of filenames, MP3 tags.
4) Discus can now export to Photoshop, TIFF, BMP, etc. for sending to a professional print house.
4) Discus has a new symbol layer with all the important DVD symbols and logos built in.
5) Discus has doubled the paint resolution
6) New photo tools like drop shadow and border treatments
7) Paint layer can now move in the stacking order so you can paint on top of photos
8) Photos have more automatic scaling options
9) Rulers and grids have been added
10) Automatic white knockout for logos when you need to make a logo transparent
11) Will display any documents in the special folder called "TEMPLATES" as stationery, for quick access to company standard designs.
12) You can now remove any of the most recently edited documents by clicking a delete button
13) Photos have a replace button to swap a new photo in.
14) Discus files are now cross-platform and can be moved and edited freely between macintosh and windows computers.
15) Discus has a new font remapping tool when moving documents between two computers with different font sets, where we show a thumbnail example of the font that was on the other computer to facilitate a better matchup.
16) There are hundreds of other little improvements in Discus 4; try our demo to see how it can help you get your labeling tasks done faster and easier!