BookSmart Changelog

What's new in BookSmart 3.0.32738

Mar 19, 2011
  • Automatic two-page spreads
  • Drop your photo in our new two-page template and BookSmart automatically spans your photo across two pages with full bleed
  • Automatic book size change functionality
  • Now you can take an existing book project, click "Change Size" and create a smaller or larger version of your book
  • BookSmart automatically copies the entire contents of your book into the new book size and saves your original version so you can always order more
  • We're also upgrading Blurb's standard end sheets
  • Currently, Blurb's end sheets are white
  • As of Wednesday, April 13, 2011, our standard end sheets across all hardcover books will be mid-grey and 30% thicker

New in BookSmart 2.5.0 (Sep 25, 2009)

  • Faster, Easier Layouts:
  • Snap to Grid — Auto-align your image and text containers to page grids for quicker, more precise layout design.
  • Set image as background — Instantly set any image from your library as the page background.
  • Lock aspect ratio — Set containers to match common photo ratios (3:4, 2:3, etc.) and keep images in proportion as you resize.
  • Auto-fit to image — Resize containers to fit your exact image dimensions with a single click.
  • Improved Guidance and Workflow:
  • Contextual help library — Get the help you need where you need it with improved step-by-step guidance, updated tooltips, and a full contextual help library right in BookSmart.
  • Content preview in Layout Editor — No more guesswork! View your images and text in the Layout Editor, and make the exact changes you want to fit your content the first time.
  • Trim guidance — BookSmart now includes guidance for trim lines and safe area to ensure your critical words and images are never cut off in production.
  • Improved image library management — Browse your entire image library – from any source – in a single location. Quickly find the images you need with improved sorting and filtering options and take a closer look in the new pop-out library.
  • Increased Support and Stability:
  • Our most stable release to date — BookSmart 2.5 should be notably more stable with fixes for many of commonly occurring crashes, as well as a ton of bug fixes.
  • Full support for Windows 7.