On Tuesday May 10th, an upgraded version of our PixPublisher photo book editor went live. The new version has the following improvements over the previous version:

• The panels where photos, backgrounds, decorations go have been redesigned to vertical tabs. This is a cleaner design that conserves space. You can also click on the tabs to collapse the panels giving you a bigger workspace.
• In the frames tab you'll see a section called cutouts. These let you change the shape of your photos - circular, heart shaped, halftone edges, etc. Expect to see many more shapes added in the coming weeks.
• We've also combined cutouts + frames to create odd-shaped frames. Watch for many more of these to be added soon.
• A live search which starts listing matching assets as you type
• Each tab - backgrounds, stickers, etc. has a new section showing the ones already being used in your project. This makes it easier to find the items you've used before.
• Solid and gradient backgrounds have been moved to the backgrounds tab. Just drag and drop them onto your book like any other background.
• The properties window is see through and appears in the corner of the workspace so it isn't in the way.
• Photos added to your book display at an appropriate resolution to make your performance faster and the display quality higher.
• Gradient backgrounds can now be mirrored
• Holding shift while resizing an object resizes it around the center point.
• Holding ctrl while moving an element will disable snapping to edges or gridlines

Thank you to all of our customers whose valuable feedback and suggestions contributed to this update.

Please be patient over the next few days in case there are any minor bugs we missed. Just let us know and we'll fix them ASAP!

Hope you enjoy the improvements.