Papadonzzi
09-01-2009, 12:20 AM
How excited I was to learn this morning that a new version of MP, 3.3, was available! Wow! What a let down after using it, or perhaps I should say trying to use it. I can't even get past the cover page without having serious issues.
Starting with Get Photos, I select several pictures that are potential cover shots and drag then into the program. As soon as I go to Make Book, the first picture selected just disappears!
Once I finally get a picture I like and go to the Cover Page in Make Book, I find that the "standard" design that I use for most of my books (a full bleed with type in the upper left corner) is no longer available. So, I pick something close and prepare to add type. Now I find that my choices of font size run from 7 to 36. What happened to the 38 to 44 sizes that were in previous versions? And why would anyone want a 7 pt font on a cover?!! After choosing from the available sizes of Verdana, I enter my title and everything appears fine. However, as soon as I go to Make Book, the yellow warning symbol appears on the title box. Regardless of the size font chosen, the yellow warning shows up. So, I can't enter a title!
There also appears to be issues with the Jacket Spline. In previous books, I have used a 16 pt Verdana Bold. Now, with the exact same title for a book as before, a 16 pt doesn't fit (even though it is within the length of the text entering box). Going to a 14 pt, the title becomes so small, it only covers half the lenth of the spline. There should not be that much difference in 14 and 16 pts.
The only good news is that so far, 3.3 has not crashed.
What is going on, MP? It's not going to take much more for your loyal users to decide that enough is enough.
Starting with Get Photos, I select several pictures that are potential cover shots and drag then into the program. As soon as I go to Make Book, the first picture selected just disappears!
Once I finally get a picture I like and go to the Cover Page in Make Book, I find that the "standard" design that I use for most of my books (a full bleed with type in the upper left corner) is no longer available. So, I pick something close and prepare to add type. Now I find that my choices of font size run from 7 to 36. What happened to the 38 to 44 sizes that were in previous versions? And why would anyone want a 7 pt font on a cover?!! After choosing from the available sizes of Verdana, I enter my title and everything appears fine. However, as soon as I go to Make Book, the yellow warning symbol appears on the title box. Regardless of the size font chosen, the yellow warning shows up. So, I can't enter a title!
There also appears to be issues with the Jacket Spline. In previous books, I have used a 16 pt Verdana Bold. Now, with the exact same title for a book as before, a 16 pt doesn't fit (even though it is within the length of the text entering box). Going to a 14 pt, the title becomes so small, it only covers half the lenth of the spline. There should not be that much difference in 14 and 16 pts.
The only good news is that so far, 3.3 has not crashed.
What is going on, MP? It's not going to take much more for your loyal users to decide that enough is enough.