For more recent changes, see IDImposer_Release_Notes.txt.
27 August 2020
- Added a Proxy button, for quickly creating page-numbered test Documents.
- Switched to Marc Autret’s elegant ProgressBar.
15 July 2020
- removed some redundant PageSequence files and added a few new ones. two of
the new ones were requested by customers. the others filled in a few gaps.
30 May 2020
- removed AddPageNumbers.jsx, and improved MakeTestDoc.jsx a bit
11 May 2020
- removed the #target directive from HelperScripts. the wrong version of InDesign
was being started up.
4 May 2020
- fixed a couple of bugs relating to the interaction between the Layout Units
setting and the Suggested Sheet Size setting.
1 May 2020
- cloned AddPageNumbers.jsx into MakeTestDoc.jsx (more descriptive), and
worked around a File.openDialog problem that was hanging InDesign CS6 on the Mac. - renamed MultiPlace.jsx to PDFMultiPlace.jsx (more descriptive).
18 Mar 2020
- Fixed the ability to turn off foldmarks/centermarks/tweenmarks.
I already had the UI; but unchecking it just hid the ‘inner’ foldmarks,
not the foldmarks on the edges of the overall trimbox.
(Gotta set spaceBetween to > 0 for this to be obvious.)
See the ‘DePicture’ email for the bug report.
22 Nov 2019
- fixed my enableContentAwareFit fix, for older InDesign CC versions.
18 Nov 2019
- added CrossFold 8-page, 16-page, and 24-page PageSequences.
- minor changes on Windows.
- wrote a new installer script for Windows.
6 Nov 2019
- ensure that enableContentAwareFit is turned off during an IDImposer run,
otherwise placed frozen pages can get slightly scaled up, causing overlaps, etc. - added the CrossFold32.xml PageSequence template.
1 July 2019
- updated warning alert messages to reflect the fact that there is a patch now for the
Mac 14.0.2 InDesign “nested” dialog bug.
2019.06.13
- Added warning about the dialog bug in Mac ID 14.0.2.
2019.06.01
- Added some newer, simpler 2×2 PageSequences, and removed the rather archaic ‘Work-And-Turn (WT)’ PageSequences. (If you are actively using some of the WT layouts, please let me know.)
2019.05.27
- Fixed a few edge cases in the Imposition Engine
2019.05.18
Problems fixed:
- Sheets Per Signature > 1 were not being handled correctly.
- Restricting to first 1 or 2 or 3 Output Sheets was broken.
- Sheets Per Signature (in Options panel) setting wasn’t ‘sticky’.
- Right-Hand-Side Binding (in Options panel) was partly broken.
2019.05.15
- Strengthened support for multi-signature PageSequence files.
- ImpositionTypeManager and PageSequence and IDImposer Engine architectural enhancements.
2019.04.27
- Fixed a problem with hidden resource fork files that begin with dot-underscore (‘._’). This mainly affected people trying to use PageSequence files on Windows.
2018.12.16
- Fixed the “Missing JSON” build problem.
2018.12.04
- Added an option to output just the first few sheets of an imposition.
2018.12.02
- The UI is now more responsive.
- You can now turn Marks on or off from the Layout panel as well as the Marks panel.
- Fixed a problem with the display of the current Acrobat PDF ‘Freeze’ settings.
- Fixed a problem with the display of current Registration settings.
2018.11.14
- Simplified the UI for specifying sheet dimensions. Let me know what you think.
2018.10.17
For this release, we have an important bug fix, related to the new release of InDesign CC (2019), and some new PageSequence files.
- The bug causes IDImposer to crash or silently quit when a user upgrades to InDesign CC 2019.
- The new ‘PerfectPlus’ PageSequence files are targeted mainly toward those customers who produce 1 copy of a custom book. It’s like the “Perfect Bound” Imposition Type, except that you can fit more pages per sheet, if you use larger sheets of paper. In fact, “Perfect Bound” is a special case of ‘PerfectPlus’, where the layout is “2×1” pages per surface.
2018.06.30
I went “back to school” for this latest release of IDImposer, and made some much needed enhancements to especially two areas:
- Installation of customizable presets for standard press metric and north american paper sizes, and
- A much stronger collection of ‘work-and-turn’ imposition patterns, for people who want to
- produce your own books, including the folding / trimming / binding phases; or
- produce folding signature dummies to help you communicate clearly with your print services supplier, and better understand the interactions between the design and the manufacturing of books; or
- produce booklets more efficiently and inexpensively, through cost savings in time and materials (paper).
Please give them a try, and let me know what you think!
The Download page.
2018.05.06
- IDImposer now supports Japanese book order imposition! Just choose RHS Binding in the Options panel. (My apologies that the UI for IDImposer is still in English only!)
2017.08.04
- Decided to phase out Booklet Edition.
- Now there is just IDImposer Pro, which is FREE, for producing small to medium sized jobs. Larger jobs still require purchasing a license.
- No more ‘Free Trial Period’. There is no need, now that IDImposer Pro is free for small to medium sized jobs.
- Made numerous smaller changes and bug fixes.
- See also the notes on the download page.
2017.07.01
- Work on streamlining the UI; and making the UI hopefully a bit prettier and less intimidating.
- Performance improvements.
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2016.11.18
- Simplified the file structure of the ‘Extras’ folders: Labels and PageSequence.
- Simpler code, and smaller downloads.
2016.11.17
- Now reporting the correct IDImposer build date.
- Now reporting the correct version of InDesign.
2016.11.14
- Applying older preset (.geo) files now works
- Imposer can find the XML PageSequence files again
- Imposer can now rotate every other page, to take advantage of desktop printers that do 2-sided printing by turning the sheet over side-to-side rather than end-to-end.
2016.11.03
- Initial release of IDImposer 11.
- Yearly licensing
- Price drop for IDImposer Pro
- Removal of Standard Edition
- Simultaneous first release of IDTextFitter
2016.05.06
- Greatly improved handling of PageSequence files and Work-And-Turn (Pro only)
2016.02.26
- Add Avery to the self-installing files.
- Add geometric presets for 16-page and 28-page wall calendars.
2016.02.14
- Restructured the event handlers, to fix several dialog issues.
2016.02.02
- Enhanced Booklet Edition to be able to do “Apply Layout…” and “Step and Repeat”, for better Avery support.
- Booklet Edition is now considerably more powerful.
- Automated more of the Build process
- Made use of single-page ‘frozen’ PDF files an option
26 Jan 2016
- Created a new ‘edition’: Make Booklet 2016.
- Several minor bug fixes.
30 Dec 2015
- Made IDImposer 23% faster.
- Reduced the required intermediate file size down to 2% of the v10.1.7 size.
12 Nov 2015
- Made the exception handling of Save Layout and Apply Layout smoother
22 Oct 2015
- Fixed another Apply Layout ui issue: the values appeared to be updated incorrectly.
21 Oct 2015
- Fixed a bug that caused the Apply Layout preset to be completely ignored.
14 Oct 2015
- Changed from a 15-day to a 30-day trial period.
24 Sept 2015
Simplified the main dialog, and made it smaller
17 Sept 2015
Fixed a UI bug, with not updating sheet margins values to match new trimwidth, when dialog window is first displayed.
12 Sept 2015
Reinstated the main ReadMeFirst file, mainly for the installation section.
Rearranged a few things in the git SCCS repository for IDImposer.
11 Sept 2015
Added an ‘About [IDImposer]’ panel.
Fixed some minor problems.
29 August 2015
Fixed a rare bug that causes the wrong number of Pages in the output (‘sheet’) Document, depending on your app preferences setting.
Renamed FlatLayout files to PageOrder files … probably more descriptive.
Reorganized and regenerated the SupportFiles file, _SC_II_A_SupportFiles.jsx.
12 August 2015
Am now enforcing the requirement that the source doc must be saved and not modified since the last save, to prevent someone from imposing an older version of the document and being confused.
Fixed a bad positioning bug, affecting especially StepAndRepeat mode with FacingPages turned on.
The dialog values weren’t getting updated properly by Apply Geo Layout.
Fixed some File.openDialog filter issues.
9 August 2015
Created a new “.geo” XML format for layout geometry presets, making Avery sheets and other layouts more accessible.
Added buttons to Save and Apply the new format.
Updated the Avery libraries to use “.geo” format.
23 July 2015
Improved error handling for when the source document has been saved yet or not. (Thank you, S.H.)
Improved error handling for Preset page dimensions not exactly the same as the source document’s page dimensions. Makes Avery presets and others much easier to use.
14 July 2015
Made Replicate jobs (labels & business cards) 20 times faster. Laying out an Avery sheet of 60 return address labels is no longer a performance issue. (Note: this change created a bug. Disabled it for now.)
15 June 2015
Added support for libraries of Presets, such as the Avery label sheet presets.
Started to test with InDesign CC 2015. Looks good.
2 June 2015
Make User Canceled error handling nicer.
BleedInside is now set to 0 when the input document is in FacingPages mode.
23 May 2015
Fixed a Windows problem with Saving and Applying Presets.
20 May 2015
Fixed a Registration bug, and a few others.
Added zip file downloads, for CS4 and CS5 installation.
14 May 2015
Implemented an easier installation method. Now, for CS6 and above, just open a .zxp file with Adobe Extension Manager, and click ‘Install’.
Improved the main dialog.
Several bug fixes.
12 April 2015
Made the default measurement units be cm in most countries.
Switched to a more intuitive method for making changes to sheet margins and sheet dimensions.
Improved the consistency of the printer marks default settings with those of the InDesign print system.
10.0.0 – March 2015
Total rewrite and redesign (again) to avoid using Flex, since Adobe is now backing away from Flex as the way to do Extensions to Adobe products. IDImposer 10 (10.0.0) released in March of 2015.
9.0.0 – 2012
Total rewrite and redesign to create IDImposer 9, a Flex app, the Latest and Greatest thing for Adobe developers to build with, according to Adobe.
Pre-2012
Earlier, quite primitive, mostly free versions. The first publicly available version dates back to about 2005, I believe.