We released today the version 1.4.3 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• Follow Path effect: Corrected an issue when previewing the effect with a zoom factor different than 1.
• Follow Path effect: Trajectory is now draw on the top of preview trajectory image.
• Follow Path effect: Enhanced trajectory start/end.
• Gif export: You can now choose the background (transparent) color when exporting.
• Outline: Better quality for outline effect.
• HTML5: Changed the generated code to avoid conflict with Javascript Print() method.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.4.2 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• Particle effects: Corrected an issue with particles when optimizing backgrounds.
• Cross fade effect: Enhanced the effect.
• Background color: Added a "None" option.
• GIF Export: Corrected an issue with background color.
• Mac OSX: Corrected an issue when exporting banner with low settings (GIF opacity).

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.4.1 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• Background optimization: Corrected an issue preventing preview.
• HTML5 preview: Check if IE9 or newer is installed, otherwise fallback to Flash preview.
• Mac: Corrected a problem when quitting the application using menu.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.4.0 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a major new release with a lot of new features and improvements:

New skin and some UI changes

The default skin has been changed and is much more sober. We also removed the "object toolbar" on the bottom and put the icon on the standard toolbar.

New "free trajectory" effect

We added a new start/end/animation effect to be able to move any object where you want following a free trajectory.

New Backgrounds tab

The background tab has been entirely reworked and offer now a lot of predefined templates.

New Borders tab

We added a brand new border tab that allow you to pick up the border you like in a list of predefined templates or create your own.

New Button object

We added a button generator. Create cute buttons in a few clicks.

And more!

Check the detailed list of changes here:

• Banner edition: Object outside of the banner are now visible and usable.
• New effect: New free trajectory start/end/anim effect.
• Toolbar: Slight changes in the toolbar: Add text/images icons are now on the main toolbar and not anymore on the bottom.
• Skin: A new sober skin "White" is available, it is used by default.
• Skin: "Old School" skin is not available anymore.
• New Logo: Logo/Splashscreen/Icons have changed.
• Backgrounds: Reworked completely backgrounds tab. Now some predefined template are listed and you can edit or modify the selected one.
• Borders: Added a new tab for borders. A lot of editable border templates are now available
• Transparent banners: Removed transparent banner general settings and added an opacity settings for backgrounds
• .net framework: Banner Effect now uses .net framework 4.0 to avoid unneccessary download on Windows 8 and later.
• Buttons: Added a new type of objects: buttons with a button creator and a dedicated editor.
• Anim Effect: Added 4 new anim effects.
• Mac: Speed optimizations.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.3.16 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• Opacity Settings: Corrected a problem with opacity on images when the image has no shadow.
• [Mac] Toolbar: Toolbar settings are now correctly saved.
• [Mac] Number edition: Float value number edition is now working better.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.3.14 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• Banner storage: Banners are now stored on another domain name to avoid traffic issues.
• GIF creation: changed GIF creation to avoid glitch when looping.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.3.14 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• Shadow on duplicated texts: An optimization on shadows was causing some trouble when creating HTML5 version, it is fixed.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.3.13 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• HTML Generated: The code generated is now fully W3C compliant.
• File loading: When loading banners made with old versions of BE sometimes an error occured and a blue screen was displayed on preview, it is now fixed.
• ClickTAG: Check now for "ClickTag" and "ClickTAG".
• Mac Version: Installer now correctly signed to work under OSX Maverick.
• Corrupted files: When a corrupted file is detected, text is now correct.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.3.12 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and optimizations.

Changes in details:

• HTML5 Export: Do not use anymore [ and . (dot) character in generated files to avoid problem with Yahoo web hosting.
• HTML5 Export: Correctly handle IE Quirk mode with clickable objects.
• Project Settings: Now if this dialog is closed with the red cross, it is correctly handled as a cancel close.
• Background Panel: If screen is too small to display all effects, a scrollbar is shown.
• Banner exporter: Corrected an optimization issue with similar texts.
• Banner exporter: Changed image quality settings output: now the quality will change more when using higher quality ticks.
• Window Position: Now we check if the stored window position is visible, if not, we display it on the default position.
• Click handling on touch devices: Changed the way we handle clicks on touch devices to avoid popup blockers.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).

We released today the version 1.3.11 of Banner Effect for Windows and Mac OSX.

It is a maintenance release with some bug fixes and 2 new transitions.

Changes in details:

• Mac OSX: Corrected a problem with non 72dpi images.
• Fonts: Now if a font is not available in a specific style, we open it as regular instead of throwing an error.
• Google Adwords: Corrected a problem when ads are used as embedded Youtube ads.
• Flash standard banners: Corrected a problem with popup blocker on some ads.
• Banner export name: Automatically remove non alpha-numeric characters.
• Transitions: 2 new transitions: Page Zoom and Page Change.

Trial, and full editions have been updated and are available for all registered customers (using "Product Updates" page).