This release brings a major update to the Manual layout. I reworked how objects move, resize, and align, and added a fresh set of alignment guides. Switching into the Manual layout is now smoother and more intuitive. I’m very happy with how this update turned out. __CHANGES__ * Reworked object movement and resizing in the Manual layout, introducing more natural interactions and improved precision. * Added new alignment guides that snap to pages, margins, neighboring graphic objects, and the spacing properties of the Manual layout. * When switching from a Grid or Tile layout to the Manual layout, Posterino now automatically adopts matching spacing values for a smoother transition. __NEW__ * The selected sidebar tab now stays persistent between sessions. __FIXES__ * Resolved an issue that prevented objects from moving correctly via keyboard arrows in Manual layout mode. * Fixed a regression in the Square-Grid layout where dropping images onto all placement areas (and the background) stopped working. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__NEW__ * Set the PDF of a PDF layer simply by dragging a PDF file onto the graphic object. * Remove the PDF from a PDF layer using the Backspace key, just like removing images. * Empty PDF layers now use a dedicated “document” placeholder icon, matching the visual style of empty image layers. __CHANGES__ * Image frames no longer accept PDF files as "image" content. To place PDF documents inside your Posterino layout, please use the dedicated PDF layer. __FIXES__ * The Flexible option of the PDF layer’s Fill Mode now behaves as intended, allowing the PDF to stretch or skew flexibly to match its parent graphic object. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__NEW__ * Added a new guide article explaining how the Tile layout works. __CHANGES__ * Improved Light and Dark mode appearance in release notes and the online guide. __FIXES__ * The work-in-progress indicator no longer gets stuck spinning after opening a document. * Custom template preview images now use the correct dimensions of 880×880 pixels. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
This release brings major improvements to the Tile layout. I redesigned the algorithm to better preserve each image’s aspect ratio while making efficient use of available space. New layout properties give you more control over how the layout behaves. __NEW__ * Added two new templates: San Andrés, inspired by the steep streets of its namesake with a bold, vertical layout, and Studio Noir, which transforms your portraits into striking black-and-white compositions on a dark background. * Added the new template “Tiles – Vertical” and updated “Tiles – Horizontal.” * Introduced a new vertical layout direction for the Tile layout. __CHANGES__ * Made several small interface refinements to the main menu, document canvas, and inspector panels. __FIXES__ * The Layout > Scale Down and Scale Up commands are now active only for Square Grid layouts. * Restored the Command–L shortcut for Layout > Method > Show All. * The inline inspector now hides during drag operations to stay out of the way. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Replaced the outdated app icon in the onboarding flow. __CHANGES__ * Added a new onboarding screen encouraging you to explore Posterino and explaining when to start your free trial. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * The postage stamp now displays with a proper stamp-like frame. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Resolved duplicate layout picker items appearing in macOS 15 and earlier versions. * Fixed an issue where Posterino would get stuck in an infinite loop while attempting to load higher resolution images. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
POSTERINO 6 With macOS 26 Apple introduces Liquid Glass—a visual language that blends translucency, depth, and focus across all its platforms. Posterino 6.0 embraces this design shift head-on. With Liquid Glass, controls gracefully step into the background, giving your creations more breathing room while keeping tools at hand when you need them. The result: a lighter, more refined Posterino that lets your art shine through. __A FRESHER LOOK & FEEL__ * Document window redesign: Toolbars, sidebars, and split views now adapt to Liquid Glass, creating a softer, more immersive workspace. * Canvas overlays: Zoom controls and layout actions like Scale Up and Scale Down are now integrated directly into the canvas, appearing only when relevant (e.g. Square-Grid layouts). * Inline Inspector polish: Fully re-styled for macOS 26 with Liquid Glass, including improvements for better readability on light and dark backgrounds. * Template picker refresh: The picker now shines in Liquid Glass and presents resolution warnings more clearly. __STREAMLINED WORKFLOW__ * Cleaner main menu: Updated to align with Apple’s latest Human Interface Guidelines. * Smarter paper handling: Posterino now checks printer paper vs. document size when exporting, helping you avoid surprises before hitting “Print.” * Focused media browser: After dropping a folder of images, the media browser now relinquishes focus automatically so you can continue working without interruptions. __FINE-TUNING & FIXES__ * The selection and manipulation of graphic objects has been refined: the highlight now appears lighter, the frame handles are more elegant, and handles are shown only when an object is selected rather than when hovering over it. * Manual layout improvements: Image drops now land where you expect them—close to the mouse pointer or properly at the origin if another image is already placed. * Keyboard shortcuts: Layout switching no longer conflicts with system screenshot commands. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Resolved a crash triggered by dragging images to the background in a Circular layout. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Bluesky, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping an image onto a Manual layout canvas wouldn’t place the new image as expected. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when dragging empty image frames or non-image objects. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
POSTERINO V5.6 (5039) This release brings a sweeping visual and functional update to Posterino. A completely redesigned Inspector interface streamlines editing workflows, with a new Inline Inspector offering fast, in-place adjustments. The brand-new Material Sidebar simplifies working with frames, backgrounds, and decoration styles. Plus, new templates, styles, and layers. __NEW__ __INSPECTOR__ * The Inspector interface has been completely redesigned. All panels now have visual groupings and compact property lists. * The Basics panel now displays position and size for selected graphic objects. * The Image Layer panel features a new image filter picker UI. * The Calendar panel has been split into multiple sub-panels for improved clarity. * The Gradient inspector panel features a cleaner layout and a new “Swap Colors” button. * Inspector panels such as PassepartoutFrame, Metadata, and the newly split Calendar panel have all been modernized. * PDF files can now be dragged directly onto the PDF layer’s File property. * Pattern files can be dropped onto the Pattern layer in the inspector. The Pattern layer now correctly handles legacy scaling factors. * A new Polka-Dot background mode includes options to shuffle dot positions, radius, and color, with a built-in color palette for customization. * The calendar object has an improved region and script picker (macOS 13+). * The document’s color schemes can now apply a random color from a palette to text boxes with colored backgrounds. * Number input fields now support keyboard input, arrow key navigation, and stepper controls — depending a bit on your macOS version. __INLINE INSPECTOR__ * The new Inline Inspector appears right next to the selected object for fast, contextual editing. * It displays primary content (e.g., text captions) and supports navigating into sub-panels of complex objects. A sub-panel indicator icon shows when additional options are available. * The Inline Inspector can be shown or hidden via the View menu. __MATERIAL SIDEBAR__ * A brand-new Material Sidebar lets you drag and drop styles directly onto the document. * Decoration styles have been reworked and now live in the Material Sidebar. The old “Add Decoration” toolbar item has been removed in favor of the sidebar workflow. * You can use Command–1 through Command–4 to switch tabs in the Material Sidebar, or choose from the View > Material Sidebar menu. __NEW TEMPLATES, STYLES, AND LAYERS__ * Added templates: “Red Alert”, “Photo Corner”, “Lab Work”, “Hatching”, and “Taipei”. * New frame style: “Rounded – Plain”. * New background style: “Stripes & Bubbles”. * New Hatching layer adds stylized crosshatch patterns to your layout. * The Notes layer can be attached to any graphic object to hold non-visible annotations or internal notes. __CHANGES__ * The Auto-Crop “Custom” state now governs fine-tuning options. Selecting “Keep Face in Frame” no longer switches the mode to “Custom.” * The template picker UI now displays more compact page details. * New “Show Sidebar” / “Hide Sidebar” commands (Command–Control–S) toggle the Media Browser Sidebar. * Posterino now includes a basic crash reporting and feedback system to assist in diagnosing issues. * Trying to apply a style to a locked object now shows a helpful error message. __FIXES__ * Template resources like images now load properly when Posterino is used in non-English languages. * The Pattern layer now correctly migrates older scaling values. * When restoring the default paper size in the template picker, the custom setting is correctly removed. * Choosing a paper size preset now overrides all related document properties. * Fixed a crash that could occur when layout DNA couldn't be copied during execution. * Pattern files are now handled more accurately by the Pattern layer.
__FIXES__ * Resolved an issue where the “Renew” button was missing from the license screen, even though the subscription had already expired. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__CHANGES__ * Maintenance tasks such as updating software modules and code cleanup. __FIXES__ * Fixed a memory leak that could occur when switching between inspector panels. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Bluesky, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Oops, I think I did a little too much spring cleaning in my last maintenance release and disabled international language support. Language support is now back. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__CHANGES__ * Various maintenance tasks such as updating software modules and code cleanup. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * When adding a postmark to a graphic object, the corresponding inspector panel is now available again in the Inspector. * Fixed a crash that could occur on application startup when the Media Browser is not fully initialized. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__NEW__ * In the template picker, a small notice is shown under the app version info when a new version of Posterino is available. __FIXES__ * Fixed a potential crash when searching the online Help from the Help menu if the search term contains non-alphabetic characters. * No more "Layout Anomaly" warning for small image sizes in layouts other than Square-Grid. * Improved localization of the license and purchase system. * Fixed a possible crash when applying a change to a tile layout. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * The Media Browser now reliably displays the Favorites smart album and the media type smart albums on macOS Sequoia. * Fixed a possible crash under rare circumstances when drawing an image graphic warning signal. * Fixed a possible crash when loading a manual layout. * The Crop Editor panel now supports UI translations. __CHANGES__ * UI tweaks to improve some inspector panels. * Improvements to some online help articles. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__CHANGES__ * Minor tweaks and improvements to the inspector interface. * Updated calendar template previews to show the year 2025. __FIXES__ * The Text inspector panel now displays the correct initial value for the font family member property. * Fixes a situation where the initial content of the text object was reset on the first click. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__NEW__ * Posterino now searches all subfolders by default when trying to restore a missing image. __CHANGES__ * Improved language support in some parts of the user interface. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__CHANGES__ * Some minor user interface updates to the template picker, inspector, and online help. __FIXES__ * Ensure that online help indexing also indexes templates, tutorials, and videos. * Fixed a rare crash on Document Editor startup due to a missing Media Browser connection. * A picture folder from the Finder now has a folder icon in the Media Browser on macOS Monterey. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
The primary focus of this release is to offer support for macOS 15 Sequoia, along with improvements to the online help and several user interface components of Posterino. __CHANGES__ * The online help home screen has been redesigned to merge the HTML help’s table of contents with the media items that were previously displayed. * There’s a new „Welcome“ section in the online help that prominently features onboarding topics. * The online help now supports dark mode. * When importing images using the File > „Import Images“ option, the default „Add“ button in the file system panel now displays the name of the selected folder to enhance clarity. __FIXES__ * The image browser now respects the image bounds under macOS 15 Sequoia. * Rubber-band selections in the image browser of the media browser now work as expected under macOS 15 Sequoia. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Fixed a situation where, under certain circumstances on some versions of macOS, dragging and dropping images from the built-in Image Browser into the document did not work reliably if the images came from a folder on the hard disk. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Fixed a situation where a newly added text caption could appear with distorted properties. * The inspector's length field now correctly displays the unit of length immediately after a length is displayed. * Corrected a situation where a solid background color was not consistently applied to existing graphic objects when new objects were added. * Fixed a case where changes to a text object were not persisted correctly. * Ensure that the text inspector panel only changes the topmost window. * The text inspector panel now shows the style of text that will be added when the text cursor is at the end of the text. * Ensure that the text caption popup opens in the correct position relative to the text caption. * Fixed a memory management issue that could result in memory not being freed. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
This release is all about improving the text features of Posterino. The text editor now works in-place and the inspector panels for text and text captions have been cleaned up. To make the text features more prominent, I added a new toolbar button for adding text. __NEW__ * You can now add text captions and text boxes using the new Add Text toolbar button. * Double-clicking a text caption now opens a handy pop-up inspector right on the caption. __CHANGES__ * Text blocks are now edited in-place. * The Text Block and Text Caption inspector panels have been cleaned up and made more compact. * I have reworked the Auto-Crop inspector panel to make the feature more accessible. It is now much more self-explanatory than before. I have also updated the Auto-Crop topic in the online guide to reflect the new UI. * The inspector now asks for confirmation when attempting to remove a layer. * Small tweaks here and there to improve the user interface. * Updated the table of contents for the online guide. __FIXES__ * When adding a frame layer to the page, the corresponding frame panel now appears in the inspector. * When using image filters like "blur", Posterino could waste a lot of CPU cycles and energy. This is no longer the case. * Auto-Crop "keep face in frame" no longer gives a "crop warning" for images without faces. * Fixed a possible crash when displaying an image selected in the Media Browser to be displayed in the document. * Improved Inspector performance when changing the selection of graphic objects that containing text or text captions. * Made the status icon for the "individual crop" indicator work under macOS Monterey. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Fixed a crash that could occur when scanning templates on application startup and there is a custom template with a corrupt identifier. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__CHANGES__ * Combined the 'PDF Frame' and 'PDF Background' layers into a single 'PDF' layer. * Minor user interface improvements for the online help settings popup. * Improved user interface language support for the developer avatar in several places. __FIXES__ * Fixed a bug that prevented the 'PDF' layer from drawing a PDF correctly inside the graphic object referencing the PDF. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
This release is all about improving the user interface and the onboarding process. __CHANGES__ * The user interface translations supported by Posterino have been improved. Missing translations have been added. * When purchasing a Family Sharing license, the license system now displays onboarding details. * The user interface of the license system got a little visual facelift. * Added a hint to contact support if the online help search does not return a result. * Made the application onboarding process visually smoother. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
This release is about improvements to the media browser, the template picker and the user interface of Posterino. You should notice a much shorter loading time of the media browser. Especially if you have a lot of images in your Photos library. And, I made a few small tweaks here and there to improve the user interface. __MEDIA BROWSER__ * Improved the load time of the media browser on opening a document. * Scrolling performance in the image browser was a little slow. This has been fixed. * Made the asset count of the media browser more legible when an album is selected. * Under macOS 14 Sonoma and later the section and folder expansion state of the media browser is now persistent. __ZOOM__ * The zoom interaction now zooms the document live and is much faster than before. * During a zoom interaction, an overlay shows the zoom percentage near the mouse pointer or in the centre of the view. * Zooming using the keyboard is now much smoother. * The zoom interaction now plays haptic feedback if the trackpad supports it. * There are now dedicated zoom levels (5%, 10%, 25%, ...). * At the end of the zoom interaction, the document is now automatically centered if it is moved out of view. __TEMPLATE PICKER__ * The Template Picker now remembers the paper size you selected to create a new document. * The paper size popups now provide a way to select new paper sizes. * The Template Browser now gets the first focus when the Template Picker is opened. The selected template will also have focus. (macOS Sonoma) * You can now navigate the selected template of the template picker using the keyboard arrow keys (macOS 14 and later). * The selected template and template category are now persistent. * The template picker now respects the user's local measurement system when presenting a default paper size. __CHANGES__ * Improved performance when loading thumbnails for a drag and drop operation. * The "Reduce Crop" flag in the "Tile" layout is now switched on by default. * User-defined data such as paper sizes, aspect-ratios and templates are now placed at the top of a list. * Made the whole online help layout a bit more compact. This is especially nice when Posterino is running on a MacBook screen. * Made the color palettes in various color pickers be sorted by title. * Document previews are now twice as large. __FIXES__ * Fixed a case where Posterino refused to open a current document file and displayed an "Unknown document format" error instead. * No longer changes the number of images in a document if you drag a set of images onto the frames of the document and there are more images on the drag than there are frames in the document. * Fixed a message in the upgrade process that still referred to "Posterino 4" and not "Posterino 5". * Updated a text message in the license system to correctly refer to past or future dates. * When creating a document from the template "Moscow", there is no longer an error message attached to the postage stamp. * Adding images to a document based on the template "Pop" could result in an endless cycle of image filter updates. This has been fixed. * Exporting a document to Photos no longer adds a white border and Background > Export settings are interpreted correctly. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * Made sure the actual user language is used for the media browser when Posterino is run under macOS Monterey. * Cleaned up the online help search results. * Handled typo on license system screen. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__NEW__ * The media browser now indicates errors in image folders and authorization problems with an exclamation mark directly next to the folder in question. __FIXES__ * Fixed a condition where no renewal options were displayed on the license screen for a canceled and expired subscription. * Under macOS Monterey, you can now add image folders to the media browser using drag & drop. * Corrected a typo in the language support file which prevented a translation from actually showing. * Handled a possible crash when performing a Tile layout. * When using images with transparent backgrounds, the thumbnails are saved in the Posterino document file now preserve the transparency. * Added missing „social media“ template category in template creator. * Handled a typo on the upgrade screen of the license window. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__NEW__ * When exporting your document, Posterino now explicitly handles the download of full-size images during document rendering. This step is relevant if full-size images are saved on iCloud and only thumbnail versions of the images are available on your local Mac. This gracefully handles the situation that Posterino no longer appears to „hang“ during document export when it is actually working very hard downloading your images. * The search field in the online help is back. The search results are now delivered right within the online help window. The search results also list templates related to the search term. You can click a template search result to reveal the corresponding template in the template picker. * The search field in the menu bar under Help > Search is now connected to the online help and delivers the same results as a search in the online help window. * A couple of articles in the online guide are updated and connected to corresponding inspector panel. __FIXES__ * A situation is fixed were saving a document with a calendar took two seconds longer than necessary. * A calendar events authentication issue under macOS 14 Sonoma is handled. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.
__FIXES__ * There has been a noticeable response time in image object selection when using image masking. This is gone now. Resulting in an improved performance of image drawing for images using effects. * Reworked the way document preview images for Finder are generated. The process is now way more performant and no longer needs background execution. * The Metadata layer now extracts image metadata from image files from Finder. * The tiny round corner visible on images on the display is now gone. Image corners are now sharp and pointy. * Handled a situation where action execution during graphic object setup could lead to a crash. If you enjoy Posterino please support me by rating it on the App Store. If you need help or encounter an issue with Posterino, just contact me at christoph@zykloid.com or as @zykloid on Twitter, Mastodon or YouTube.