Picoala: Photo Layout & Print 4+

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the previous version of the app. In this update, we introduced new features and redesigned most app screens to make them more user-friendly, smooth, and functional. We also fixed multiple bugs and improved overall stability.

General Changes:

• Smooth animations have been added to most editing actions.
• Photos on pages are now directly selectable and editable from the main screen, eliminating the need to open a separate "Edit" screen.
• Zoom functionality has been added to pages from the main screen.
• Pages are now horizontally scrollable for easier navigation.
• Pages are now also vertically scrollable, providing access to layout modes at the top and page background options at the bottom.
• Multi-select functionality has been added to all pages except Collage pages.
• The pages bar is now expandable and collapsed by default.

New Features:

• Page Background: Users can now specify background color and background images for each page.
• Standard Layout Mode: Introduced "Normal" layout mode, enabling manual editing and arrangement of photos on pages.
• Grid Layout Mode: Added a new layout mode called "Grid," which allows users to arrange photos on pages in a manner similar to the grid layout in the Photos app.
• Zoom Menu: Added a zoom menu, providing access to editing grid and rules visibility, as well as snap options.
• Photo Level Options: Users can now bring photos forward/to the front or send them backward/to the back on pages, adjusting their position relative to other photos.
• Table-type Collage: Introduced "Table" collage type, allowing users to create collages by specifying the number of columns and rows.
• Draft Mode: Added a "Draft Mode" feature, enabling users to edit photos in a more lightweight and contrasted manner. It also provides an overview of the page color map.
• Export in JPEG and TIFF formats: Added the ability to export documents in image formats such as JPEG and TIFF, supporting resolutions up to 192 megapixels. Saving these images to the Photo Library automatically creates the appropriate album.

Changes:

• Page Settings: Moved from popup screen to a separate editing overlay over each page. Changes to page orientation, margins, and spacing are now applied in real-time, updating pages and layout accordingly.
• Photo Border: Moved from the main menu to the bottom bar. Users can now add borders to either selected photos, all photos on a page, or all photos in a project.
• Photo Size and Position: Users can now apply adjustments to either selected photos, all photos on a page, or all photos in a project. Additionally, a multi-orientation mode has been added to the bottom bar, allowing users to resize both landscape and portrait photos with a single update.
• Collage: The collage editor now displays connections between selected cell and dependent cells, allowing users to modify the entire connected segment of the collage in one move. Additionally, an option to unbind all connections has been added to the selection bar, allowing users to resize cells independently.
• Snap to Objects: Enhanced the functionality of the "snap to objects" feature to display more relevant connections. Additionally, snap options have been expanded to include snap to margins and snap to objects with "page spacing" snap.

Other changes:

• Implemented numerous minor UI/UX enhancements, bug fixes, and stability improvements.