2023.04
2023-09-28
• Resolves an issue where shadows on iOS 17 were too dark
2023.03
2023-06-21
• Refines app launch and startup
2023.02
2023-05-24
• Adds more options for canvas wrap:
- mirrored wrap
- stretched wrap
• Adds 19 new mat colors:
antique buff, blue moon, burnt orange WC (white core),
burnt sienna, deep orange, electric blue, golden, light jonquil,
sushi, terra-cotta, deep blue, deep purple, deep red, dove,
harbor, pharaoh, red cv (conservation), scrubs, tealy dan
• Adds new HSB and Lch custom color pickers that separate hue change from brightness and saturation
• Adds choice of sRGB, HSB, Lab, or Lch value display to the custom color pickers
• Wrapped pictures are now rendered with subtle chamfered edges and corners to mimic wrapping with canvas
• Improves colors on metallic surfaces
• Resolves an issue where mat surface texture patterns scaled as the frame window size changed
• Selection checkmarks now depend on the operating system's dark mode setting.
In dark mode, check marks are white and in white mode, check marks are black
• Sorts frame sizes by width. The list is no longer ordered with horizontal sizes first followed by vertical and the square
• Improves help
• Includes additional minor enhancements and fixes
2023.01
2023-01-09
• Lowers the default environmental lighting intensity
• Select a custom color for a frame, overmat, mat, or wall by tapping a color in a framed picture
• On-screen mat color accuracy is noticeably improved
2022.31
2022-12-21
• Resolves an intermittent issue where frame and mat custom colors could not be chosen from the real-world scene because the scene was not yet adequately mapped
• Adds a message to continue scanning the scene when a scene has not been adequately mapped on loading or resetting
• Settings for "Show floor" and "Show floor-wall join wall" are now also enabled when "Real objects hide AR"
• Arrows pointing towards the closest visible frame or wall are smaller and offset from the center to minimize overlap with the coaching display
• The true north compass color now follows the "Use dark buttons" setting
2022.30
2022-12-19
• Improves performance and reduces memory spikes
• Resolves an issue where some surface textures on pictures were scaled wrong
• Resolves an issue where adding a frame after initial positioning on a horizontal surface crashed the app
• Adds an activity message to the launch screen and adds "Preparing galleries" to the main screen while initializing the app
• AR coaching now hides the 3-dot page control near the bottom center of the screen so it does not interfere with the "Start Over" button
• A right-to-left swipe in the "Rollback to earlier..." menu item now deletes the swiped auto backup thereby reducing storage used by the app
2022.29
2022-12-11
• Improves the arrows that point towards the closest visible frame or wall when none appear in the view
• Horizontal height alignment of an ordered selection of framed pictures no longer requires the selected framed pictures to be on the same wall
• Improves mat and wall surface textures
• Resolves an issue where surface textures for mats, frames, and walls were large and caused excessive memory use, especially on phones
• Resolves a rare issue where walls or framed pictures might be shown as selected, but were not selected thereby causing unexpected results
• Viewpoint scenes saved on older devices with scaled-screen sizes within 5% (e.g. iPhone 14 Pro Max [1290x2796] and iPhone Xs Max [1242×2688 pixels]) are now accessible
2022.27
2022-08-18
• When the wall lock button is hidden, it is unlocked and walls can be dragged even when manipulating pictures
• Improves reflections on oval and round frames
2022.26
2022-08-09
• Reduces app peak memory use when a scene contains many frames that have the same color and surface
• Reduces app memory when the gallery or scene changes
• Resolves an issue where the mat color could be wrong when a mat surface was changed
2022.25
2022-08-02
• Adds "red cherry" frame color
• Resolves an issue where USDZ files shared to AR Quick Look could make a colored frame white
• Supports all frame profiles in AR Quick Look
2022.24
2022-07-28
• Menu item "Scene on wall..." now adds newly discovered walls to the previously known walls
• Resolves an issue where overmat bevel surfaces could be set to smooth
2022.22
2022-06-12
• When no wall or framed pictures are visible in the camera view, an arrow will appear as you turn the camera that suggests a good direction to turn
• Quicker placement of the augmented reality scene when the app starts up
• More robust undo after extended selections
2022.20
2022-06-07
• When manipulating pictures, changing a Viewpoint no longer also switches to managing galleries
• Tap and hold on the gallery-scene-viewpoint selection button displays a menu of recently opened scenes
• Resolves an issue where dragging in a Viewpoint might behave oddly
2022.19
2022-05-30
• Adds "weather gray", "light blue" and "dark blue" frame colors
• Enhanced gallery design "Do's and Don'ts" help
• Displays a message when additional scene scanning is required
2022.18
2022-05-14
• Export to QuickLook has been improved and now colors frames with surfaces in addition to smooth
• The color of smooth and glossy frames has been darkened slightly to be consistent with the color of other frame surfaces
2022.16
2022-05-10
• Importing photos with the Photos button now supports an ordered selection of photos in the Photos app and placement of the selected photos into an ordered selection of framed pictures without images
• Replace image also takes advantage of ordered selections in Photos
• The frame arrangement created when Photos are imported with the Photos button is improved
• When a session is paused and "Scene at..." or "Scene on wall..." is chosen, the choice now behaves as expected by running the paused session or restarting the experience
• Resolves an issue where copy/paste partitions and pillars caused their walls to be unlinked and no longer behave as a connected structure
• Performance when working with a scene containing many framed pictures is improved
2022.15
2022-04-25
• When setting framed picture sizes, the mat window list is improved. It is now sorted strictly by width and includes many more window sizes compatible with frames in the selected set of framed pictures. For example, vertical mat windows are now included for horizontal frames when the mat window would fit in the frame.
2022.14
2022-04-21
• Introduces oval mat windows inside rectangle frames
2022.13
2022-04-18
• Resolves an issue where "Scene on wall" occasionally placed the framed pictures facing toward the wall
• Resolves an issue where the first viewpoint snapshot in a session might fail to completely clear the background
2022.12
2022-04-08
• Resolves an issue where "Replace image" failed to display the photo picker
• Adds the keyboard shortcut "shift-command-H" to horizontally align the ordered selection
• Adds the keyboard shortcut "shift-command-V" to vertically align the ordered selection
• Adds the keyboard shortcut "shift-command-S" to set horizontal and vertical spacing between frames in the ordered selection
2022.11
2022-04-07
• Resolves an issue where "Replace image" failed to display the photo picker
• Adds the keyboard shortcut "shift-command-H" to horizontally align the ordered selection
• Adds the keyboard shortcut "shift-command-V" to vertically align the ordered selection
• Adds the keyboard shortcut "shift-command-S" to set horizontal and vertical spacing between frames in the ordered selection
2022.10
2022-04-05
• Reflections from glass glazing are more realistic
• Adds Settings switch "Museum glazing" that turns on the use of less-reflective-glass as typically found in museums for all frames
• Now includes glass glazing in AR Quick Look exports
• Mat surface textures are improved
• Menu item "Move to wall" is now "Frames to wall" to clarify what is being moved
• Resolves an issue where exported USDZ files used by QuickLook were missing some frame and mat surface information
• Resolves an issue where certain frame and mat surfaces did not display correctly in AR Quick Look
• Resolves an issue where the on/off Setting switch "Show tracking status" did nothing
2022.09
2022-03-21
• The "Composite" menu is now called "Arrange"
• Adds "AR Quick Look" to the "Arrange" menu so that you can quickly preview how the selected framed pictures all on one wall will appear when you "Share via Quick Look AR..." with the More button
2022.08
2022-03-13
• Choosing a custom frame, mat, or wall color by tapping on a visible point in the real world is now much faster
• Improves mat and wall on-screen color
• Adds frame face width 0.38" for 3/8" wide frame faces
• Adds "turnaround" menu item to the gallery Wall menu. It causes selected walls, partitions, and pillars to "about-face" by turning 180 degrees
• Fine-tunes the "aged" bevel color by desaturating it slightly
• Adds "dull metal" to frame surfaces
• Resolves issues with viewpoint snapshots that caused a previously active reconstruction mesh to hide walls and frames
• Resolves a regression on some iPhones where viewpoint snapshots were not created with a background
• Resolves an issue where viewpoints captured on one device might not be enabled when the archive was transferred to another device with the same screen size but a different scale factor
• Addresses an issue where the app might occasionally startup with black walls and framed pictures on some iPhone models. Workarounds are described in a new with a new "Trouble Shooting" item
• Resolves the "dead space above the 3-dot page controller" issue that caused taps in that space to be ignored
2022.07
2022-02-24
• Drag a framed picture on top of another on the same wall and the two swap positions
• Improves help discussion for menu item "Keep picture aspect"
• Resolves the regression issue where the Mac-specific menu item "Center scene" appeared on iPhone and iPad
• Resolves an uncommon special case where "Position at", "Scene on wall", and "Run/Pause" combinations caused the meshing gears menu to display empty the first time it was tapped after a "Position at" or "Scene on wall" choice required restarting the session