Comic Life 2 for Windows Release History

2.2.7 (v26753) – Released 7th October, 2013

Improved reliability when saving to a network
Added new Tablet ‘page sizes’ in Page Setup
Names are now displayed when hovering over panels in Panel Layouts
Re-enabled the ability to delete custom made “User Sizes” in Page Setup
Added 5 missing lettering styles from ‘Comic Life Deluxe’ into the Blank (with Styles) template
No longer overwrites files without warning when saving, with the same name as another file, without a file extension (or vice versa)
Can now drop images into balloons when using Templates
Several translation fixes
Plus other general stability improvements and bug fixes

Windows 8 Compatible
Added “Lock” and “Unlock” in the ‘right-click’ pop-up menu
Correct alignment when printing (on the right side for some affected users)
Image Style filter thumbnails are using the correct ‘stylised’ preview thumbnail again
Performance improvements when viewing images in “Photos” and “Explorer”
Unfiltered images are no longer being filtered by the ‘Image Filter Resolution’ setting
“Template Chooser” remains in background after choosing a template for easy reselection after closing comic document
A4 templates top margins are now the same size as the other margins
“Fall” template now works correctly
Improvements to ‘copying and pasting’ elements out of Comic Life 2
When “Replace Image” is done – the new image maintains the previous images layer position
Plus other general stability improvements and bug fixes

Improved the registration process for affected Windows 7 users
Install process is improved – now properly installed for all users (aliases now appear on other user desktops)
Improved progress bar now appears when saving
Improved dictionary support
Improved responsiveness when entering text if spell check is enabled
Ability to export a page with a transparent background
Improved importing of Comic Life 1 files
Mouse scrollwheel now works in areas with scrollbars
Inspector now adjusting numeric values as expected
Format Color now sets text color correctly
Can now type font size correctly in Font panel
JPEG compression slider now fixed for various quality/size options
Added support for certain types of TIFF images
ePub exporting no longer adds white border on export
CBZ exporting no longer has its pages out of order
Can now copy images from web browsers and paste into Comic Life 2
The ability to select which pages print out using Print Menu now works
Now able to save over a custom template by double clicking filename
Differences between platforms clarified in Help documentation
The “Fall” template is saveable once more
Plus other general stability improvements and bug fixes

Fixed random window shrinkage that affected some users
Fixed a bug where large Pictures/My Pictures folders caused the app to stall during launch
Added a ‘Blank (with Styles)’ template. This is the same as ‘Blank Deluxe’ template – but is now more obviously named
When a blank template is selected the ‘Panel Layouts’ are automatically shown
Now saves current text changes, whilst still in the edit mode of the element
Plus general stability and other bug fixes

PDF files exported in Comic Life 2 now open correctly
Pages can now be reordered
Images temporarily move to the top while being dragged so you can drop them in any panel
Image no longer moves within the panel when it’s resized
Plus other various bugfixes and stability improvements