CD Label Designer Changelog

What's new in CD Label Designer 9.0.3 Build 920

Nov 17, 2022
  • Greek language introduced (not complete)
  • Brother printers direct CD printing
  • Few small bugs fixed

New in CD Label Designer 9.0.2 Build 917 (Oct 8, 2022)

  • Problem with empty Print Layouts list on some computers
  • Wrong preview (small, inside Print window) of booklet with images problem
  • Slovenian language added

New in CD Label Designer 9.0.1 Build 914 (Sep 28, 2022)

  • Crash in drawing under rare circumstances
  • Problem with inserting PNG image which is not True Color (less than 24 bits)

New in CD Label Designer 9.0 Build 912 (Sep 25, 2022)

  • Improved Text Editor with several new options (strikeout, subscript, superscipt, line spacing...)
  • Full support for Right To Left (RTL) languages
  • Installer and application Options: configurable folder to keep background photos
  • Support for joined letters (Arabic) in Circled Text
  • Added numerous printer models for direct CD printing
  • Quite significant drawing performance improvement
  • Better transparency output quality
  • Toolbar icons redesign, better visibility for dark theme
  • Foreign letter filenames are supported now
  • Menu bar moved into title bar to save some screen space
  • Transparent color for images now with tolerance (fixed to ~10% for now)
  • Search through Print Layouts improved speed
  • Right-click options in Picture Edit and Text Edit
  • Foreign letter in object selection drop down list (Toolbox)
  • Better handling of multiple selected objects of various type
  • Better Toolbox behavior
  • Changing theme wrongly changes circled text font
  • Text color for Light theme tabs in Label Properties
  • Search through Print Layouts sometimes crashes
  • Toolbox visibility when switching labels
  • Print popup menus not themed
  • TextEdit set font from first instead of last selected character
  • Style of tooltips not consistent
  • Show only removable drives in drive selection lists
  • Status bar tooltips for other windows
  • Numerous smaller improvements and bug fixes

New in CD Label Designer 8.3 Build 838 (Aug 19, 2021)

  • Update default application font
  • Redesign window titlebar
  • Internet browser doesn't work - remove it
  • Various small bug fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 8.2.1 Build 832 (Jan 13, 2021)

  • Easier selecting direct CD print layout
  • Few bugs fixed

New in CD Label Designer 8.2 Build 829 (Nov 22, 2020)

  • Move layouts to common profile data
  • Update installer
  • Update Italian translation
  • Options | CDDB page changing bug
  • CDDB default server vanished, updated configuration
  • Update CLD files icons
  • File type association moved to more appropriate place in registry
  • Several rare bugs fixed

New in CD Label Designer 8.1.3 Build 824 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Several rare crashing bug fixes

New in CD Label Designer 8.1.2 Build 821 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Problem after switching to renamed language file
  • Label in second page of configuration wizard doesn't take correct translated charset
  • Update German
  • Update Dutch
  • Update Italian

New in CD Label Designer 8.1.1 Build 817 (Mar 13, 2020)

  • New configuration option: Uppercase main menu
  • Toolbox label tooltips not translated
  • Added Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Update German
  • Update Dutch

New in CD Label Designer 8.1 Build 814 (Mar 5, 2020)

  • & Add Spanish (machine translation)
  • & Add Portuguese (machine translation)
  • * Multiple translation problems and missing texts

New in CD Label Designer 8.0.1 Build 807 (Feb 23, 2020)

  • Czech language update
  • Error while printing with some printers
  • Problem with automatic bugs reporting

New in CD Label Designer 8.0 Build 803 (Dec 16, 2019)

  • Full support for transparent and partially transparent PNG images (Alpha channel)
  • Better and easier support for any sized labels
  • Support for second disc in the same file
  • Add type and layout to New Wizard
  • Add several new label formats
  • & Toolbox image actions should apply to all selected
  • & Sort Toolbox layouts by name
  • & Keep selection after undo/redo
  • & "Lock" option status barely visible
  • & Better handling of saving files error
  • & Downloading images: hold refreshing image toolbox until all done
  • Tiled images not scaled correctly for the printer resolution or zoom level
  • Problem with transparent images and smaller images under them
  • Problem with non-rectangular shapes and smaller images under them
  • Duplicate zooming in PicProp
  • Downloading images: total size showing 0 MB
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 7.2.1 Build 767 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • Fixed multiple, mostly rare, bugs with themes, label presets, printing

New in CD Label Designer 7.2 Build 763 (Aug 24, 2018)

  • Export labels directly to PDF format
  • Booklet export option: pair pages into one image
  • Zoom text editor
  • Bleed support for booklet
  • Underline and strikeout for circled text not positioned correctly
  • When exporting booklet, objects partially outside boundaries in some cases might not be exported

New in CD Label Designer 7.1 Build 754 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Rotate shapes (star, polygon and diamond)
  • Adjust star shape (arm depth)
  • Allow three-side polygon (triangle)
  • Allow three-point star
  • Optimize drawing speed when moving sliders in toolbox
  • Problem with scaled object positions on different DPI computers
  • Print Window with large fonts settings
  • Other small bug fixes

New in CD Label Designer 7.0.1 Build 741 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Startup crash in Lite version
  • Several crashes in Print Layout window
  • Specific case crashes regarding template files & Improved speed while changing themes
  • Other small bug fixes

New in CD Label Designer 7.0 Build 735 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Shape frame line style (dotted, dashed...)
  • Tiling scale introduced
  • List of objects for easy selection
  • Replace image option
  • More than 150 new background images and tile patterns
  • Modern Dark and Light themes
  • Lite version introduced
  • Option to use default themed background
  • Hold Shift while resizing to keep center in place
  • Better mouse wheel behavior
  • Arrows to move object, Alt+Arrows move them in smaller steps
  • When cropping image, re-calculate position to reflect position of selected area
  • Automatically zoom to fit when file is opened
  • Image editor - set Whole zoom by default
  • Faster online background photos checking
  • Support Tiles background downloading
  • Help tooltip for resizing/moving
  • Automatically add installed backgrounds folder to favorites
  • Wrong drawing position when shadow position is negative
  • After image cropping, move image if completely outside the label
  • Some Toolbar items language not updated until restart
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 6.0 Build 673 (Nov 17, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Support circled text effects
  • Number of new Print Layouts added
  • Blu-Ray box templates
  • Option to download more high quality background pictures (for registered users only)
  • Search through Print layouts
  • Print Layout notes placeholder, for comments, list of supported printers, etc.
  • Copy Print layout option
  • Improvements:
  • Drawing speed optimized
  • Better default new object positions
  • More logical object selecting
  • Keep center while resizing circled text
  • Tries to automatically recognize if background image should be tiled
  • Slightly improved Image browser
  • Spine width is now also part of Print layout
  • Various user interface visual and usability improvements
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed some spelling errors
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 5.4 Build 607 (Apr 2, 2015)

  • Support bleed while exporting
  • Several problems with Undo option
  • Add Export button to toolbar
  • Right-click -> Insert... doesn't put objects on the correct place
  • Drag and drop image doesn't put it on the correct position
  • White horizontal lines while using mouse wheel
  • Quick introduction as few balloon tips (main screen and Print Layout)
  • Trial now gives an option: watermark or low quality
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 5.3.1 Build 596 (May 15, 2014)

  • More print layouts added
  • Can't disable printing file/song list on the Booklet

New in CD Label Designer 5.3 Build 594 (Feb 26, 2014)

  • Odd behavior when creating new print layout
  • DVD spine position problem with large system fonts
  • Displaced circled text when reversed
  • Traces while moving circled text

New in CD Label Designer 5.2.2 Build 591 (Jan 11, 2014)

  • In circled texts Unicode characters are sometime represented as question marks
  • Problem with disappearing texts in some cases

New in CD Label Designer 5.2.1 Build 587 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Default template used in New Label Wizard missing
  • Checkboxes in some window barely visible

New in CD Label Designer 5.2 Build 585 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • Remember last used text color in Text Edit window
  • Printing elements partially outside boundaries when shadow effect is on
  • Typing in Web browsers invokes actions (H - Help, P - Print, etc)
  • Alt+Arrows and Size toolbar doesn't allow moving outside boundaries

New in CD Label Designer 5.1.0 (Sep 11, 2013)

  • Possibility to choose preferred media type (paper, printable disk...)
  • Easier template selection in the main screen
  • Editing performance considerably improved when high quality images are used
  • Maximum undo levels now can be increased to up to 100
  • Problem with saving Print Layouts in some cases
  • Problem when printing landscape
  • Problem with custom printer settings (when set from driver's user interface)
  • Autoupdate fixed (you still need to download it manually this time)
  • Print Preview error when no layout is selected
  • Mouse wheel above design area problem
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 5.0.1 Build 548 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • French language updated
  • Polish language updated
  • Get From Layout option from the main menu and from the toolbox works now
  • Fixed few bugs about untranslatable texts

New in CD Label Designer 5.0 Build 545 (Nov 27, 2012)

  • Windows 8 is supported now
  • New format: CD/DVD Sleeve (envelopes)
  • Option to stretch text to box
  • Edit shape window
  • Allow moving objects outside label boundaries
  • Snap to label edges option
  • New automatic resize picture option: Leave as is
  • Reset picture ratio, keep horizontal/vertical
  • Offer to change drive each time Read Drive option is selected
  • Other minor and medium bug fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 4.2.0 Build 452 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • Software now continues further if there's an error while reading one of MP3 files
  • In Text Edit window (multiple lines allowed) Ctrl+Enter now closes the window and applies changes
  • Printer settings were reverted to defaults in some cases
  • While entering new circled text, Enter key works properly now
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements

New in CD Label Designer 4.1.0 Build 440 (May 26, 2010)

  • Default export format changed to jpeg
  • Strange character spacing in multiline texts with specific font sizes
  • Problem with saving print layouts on some Vista / Windows 7 systems
  • Window drawing problem when pressing Alt key
  • Several crash causes fixed

New in CD Label Designer 4.0.2 Build 429 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Fixed several bugs

New in CD Label Designer 4.0.1 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Fixed several bugs

New in CD Label Designer 4.0 Build 424 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • LightScribe support
  • Special effects (shadow and transparency)
  • New and improved shapes (star, diamond and polygon)
  • Custom fields
  • Embedded Image Browser
  • Improved print layout window
  • Other less important improvements

New in CD Label Designer 3.6.3 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Fixed several "Access Violation" problems
  • Error Window redesigned

New in CD Label Designer 3.6.2 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Fixed problems with some messages
  • Error when openning About box
  • Other minor fixes and small improvements

New in CD Label Designer 3.6 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Added multiple-language support

New in CD Label Designer 3.5.3 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Adding corresponding file extension in Export option
  • AV while closing tab or application fixed

New in CD Label Designer 3.5.2 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Serious AV when printing labels with circled text fixed

New in CD Label Designer 3.5 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Circled text selecting is more intuitive now
  • Various circled text problems (mainly when underlined)
  • Wrong disk printout position in some cases
  • URLs in texts are underlined when printing
  • Compact option in Print window sets wrong size
  • Image transparency not shown in Properties window

New in CD Label Designer 3.4 (Mar 1, 2007)

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements