We are currently planning a December release of version 1.2 and will be including a ton of new features as well as a redesigned interface:

New Features:

Batch Image Sizing on Import: YES,  you will finally be able to automatically size your images to your desired output size with just a single click !  We will have pre-sets for all the standard sizes and you will also be able to customize the pre-sets to any sizes you want.   This give you the ability to make picture packages very, very quickly and efficiently.   Creating a picture package with 4×5′s, 8×10′s, 5×7′s, and any other size from a single or multiple image will be a few short clicks.

Fit to Fill and Fit to Size Import Features: When sizing a file, if your image is not in the same aspect ratio as your desired size you will be able to “Fit to Fill” which will fit your image in your desired aspect ratio and you will be able to position the image to crop out the edges.   The “Fit to size” feature will fit your image inside the size you have desired.  If the aspect ratios are different it will shrink one size to fit so no amount of your image will be cropped out but it will not be the exact size you specified.  You will always have the choice to manually crop or crop to size.

Integrated Page Setup: For those who filled out our survey thanks !  We made these changes based directly on your feedback.  The page setup and all the layout controls are now in a panel that is always visible and available to users.  This should make things more straight forward.  We where shocked when we kept getting requests for features that we already had.  We had them,  they where just not up front in the interface where they are easily accessable.  Now they are !

Improved Image Memory Handling: Problems with very large file sizes (300 megs or more) where seen in version 1.1 so we went back to the drawing board and re-tooled our image handling.  Huge files should no longer be a problem

Improved Nesting: We are always striving to improve the efficiency of our nesting.  It was long and hard but we have improved our nesting efficiency again.  If that doesn’t sound impressive consider this,  we where already more efficient than every single one of our competitors.  Now you will be able to save even more paper, and in this economy, greater savings will pay off bigtime and make you much more competitive.

There is more !   and of course this update will be free to all !

We are also looking into improved DNG Printing for version 1.2

We have a very exciting new version coming for you in December.  Among the major new features are:

Batch sizing on Import

Picture Package Printing

Improved Image Handling

Improved Interface

Page Size Integrated into Interface

New File Open window

And more,  we will be sending out Beta Announcements through our newsletter and you can always visit the main site for details. Our new Software RIP will be posted to our main site as soon as it is available

We are happy to announce that version 1.1 has been released and can be downloaded in our new downloads sections (On the main page menu). Version 1.1 contains a ton of new features and is 100% free to all users. Major new features are: PDF, EPS, and PostScript support, New fitting algorithm that improves the number of images that can fit on a page, Delete all button (one of our most requested new features), Duplicate (our second most requested feature), and Roll Length optimization. Roll length optimization will automatically resize your page at print time to remove any white space at the bottom. This way, users can utilize any page size they wish and not worry about any un-used area. This is especially helpful on roll paper.

Keep the feedback coming. We want to hear the features that you most want next. We plan to introduce new features in our next version due out in 3 or 4 months.  We are always doing every thing we can to improve our Mac Layout

It is always a very good idea to delete your preferences file before installing a new version.  To do this go to user (your user name)/library/preferences and delete the file named com.bluecubit.ImageNest.plist   This will not delete your serial number and when installing a new version it will not be necessary to re-enter your serial number.

Version 1.1 will be available this week and customers will be able to RIP Photos and Graphic arts files even more efficiently

PDF, EPS, and PostScript file support,  Step and repeat (duplicate), New and much improved nesting algorithm, RAW auto DPI setting, are all currently in testing and we plan on a June release of all these features.

And the update will be 100% free to all customers.   Our Mac RIP will keep getting better and better.  Best of all, these updates will be free

Version 1.0 will be released online on Monday March 3rd. We are very excited to be bringing this product to market and hope that our technology can help usher in a new era of productivity in inkjet printing. Early adopters should know that we will be giving free updates until at least 2010 and  possibly longer.

ImageNest will be the first Software RIP to offer support for DNG files, Camear Raw files and Many other formats.  As a Universal Binary and 100% cocoa programmed application ImageNest is also well prepared for Future operating systems from apple.