{"id":4547,"date":"2018-09-06T16:50:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4547"},"modified":"2018-09-06T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:29:19","slug":"badgemaker-release-2-5","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/en\/news\/badgemaker-release-2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"BadgeMaker release 2.5<\/br> &#8211; All about improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BadgeMaker 2.5 is all about improvements that make your experience even better. Improvement of the user experience for example, such as automatically opening your most recent project or being able to define specialty layers in your card designs. Because of the new BadgeMaker improvement program and the feedback we receive from our partners and customers, BadgeMaker is set to improve with every new update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELEASE BADGEMAKER 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Added support of a wide range of card printers like the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebra.com\/us\/en\/products\/printers\/card\/zc300-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zebra ZC300<\/a> and ZC350 card printers and the new <a href=\"https:\/\/magicard.com\/id-printers\/rio-pro-360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicard RioPro 360<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Usability improvements<a href=\"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/downloads\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4549 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BadgeMaker-Release-All-about-improvements.png\" alt=\"BadgeMaker 2.5.2 All about improvements\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BadgeMaker-Release-All-about-improvements.png 600w, https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BadgeMaker-Release-All-about-improvements-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Define specialty layers in your card designs<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Small fixes integrated<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/licensemanager.badgemaker.info\/register\/BADGEMAKER2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE BadgeMaker PLAY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Upgrade pop-ups for BadgeMaker PLAY &amp; START<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Easy upgrade to START, BASE, PRO &amp; Add-Ons<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Direct payment with the BadgeMaker Upgrade Page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>BadgeMaker release notes version 2.5.2:<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nBadgeMaker Identity now requires .NET Framework 4.7<br \/>\nPorted BadgeMaker Design from Silverlight to WPF (.NET Framework 4.7)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Improvements for BadgeMaker Identity<\/h6>\n<p>Improved project list display and ordering.<br \/>\nImproved feedback when an Excel file can&#8217;t be read<br \/>\nImproved project configuration saving error reporting<br \/>\nThe grid and gallery views now automatically bring selected records into view<br \/>\nThe last opened project is opened automatically upon the next start (if it was left open)<br \/>\nThe last used csv delimiter &amp; quote characters are remembered<br \/>\nLicense proxy settings are now stored in encrypted form<br \/>\nAdded a search option for the external database table list, for Connect project configurations<br \/>\nAdded a configuration option for not automatically opening the print progress window<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Fixes for BadgeMaker Identity<\/h6>\n<p>Fixed that the detail view header displayed time components for dates<br \/>\nFixed empty language and date format settings in the configuration window<br \/>\nFixed Mifare Classic encoding issue with Omnikey 5022\/5122\/5127 cardreaders<br \/>\nFixed Desfire encoding failure for specific configurations<br \/>\nFixed a select-all bug that affected users with a Polish keyboard<br \/>\nFixed a crash when failing to save telemetry consent<br \/>\nFixed a crash due to duplicate card design value mappings<br \/>\nFixed a rare crash when updating biometric image for record<br \/>\nFixed a rare crash when modifying a record via the detail view<br \/>\nFixed an issue related to Share licenses<br \/>\nFixed an issue with pasting license keys<br \/>\nFixed card preview rendering issues on Windows machines with display scaling enabled<br \/>\nFixed maximize and restore window behavior not taking display scaling into account<br \/>\nFixed a crash caused by invalid 2D barcode input<br \/>\nFixed several bugs with Excel file import<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Improvements for BadgeMaker Design<\/h6>\n<p>Added (optional) telemetry for automated crash reporting<br \/>\nAdded support for designs with special layers (UV, metallic, pearlescent, holographic, etc.) and protective layers (overlay, laminate, topcoat)<br \/>\nAdded support for pixel interpolation modes for images<br \/>\nImproved the color picker library (colors are now stored)<br \/>\nImproved design view interaction: mousewheel zooming and right-mouse button panning<br \/>\nAdded snapping to card and element boundries (hold control while moving or resizing an element to enable snapping)<br \/>\nThe preview panel now shows previews for the currently selected layer type.<br \/>\nZoom level is now applied by pressing enter.<br \/>\nElements can now be dragged between the front and back view.<br \/>\nImproved barcode conversion for the design importers.<br \/>\nImproved barcode rendering in design view.<br \/>\nImproved 2D barcode rendering in design view.<br \/>\nImproved card design list ordering.<br \/>\nDynamic fields are now highlighted in the element properties panel.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Fixes for BadgeMaker Design<\/h6>\n<p>Fixed an issue with pasting license keys.<br \/>\nFixed card preview rendering issues on Windows machines with display scaling enabled.<br \/>\nFixed maximize and restore window behavior not taking display scaling into account.<br \/>\nFixed incorrect UPC-E length validation.<br \/>\nFixed several card design project list ordering issues.<\/p>\n<h6>Supported Devices &amp; Encoding<\/h6>\n<p>Added support for Zebra ZC300 and ZC350 card printers<br \/>\nAdded support for the Rio Pro 360 card printers<br \/>\nAdded support for Infineon Mifare Classic cards<br \/>\nAdded support for Desfire key diversification and randomizing Desfire card IDs<br \/>\nAdded support for custom padding and fallback values for encoding<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>CCI Editor (v1.4.2):<\/h6>\n<p>Added support for Desfire key diversification<br \/>\nAdded support for Desfire UID randomization and disallowing card formatting<br \/>\nAdded support for date fields<br \/>\nAdded undo\/redo menu buttons<br \/>\nMore control over Desfire overwrite behavior<br \/>\nPadding byte values can now be adjusted<br \/>\nDynamic fields can now have a fallback value, which will be used if the dynamic data is empty<br \/>\nCPM &#8216;plugin&#8217; data is no longer removed when saving a CCI<br \/>\nFixed that some Desfire ISO file IDs were incorrectly displayed as invalid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BadgeMaker 2.5 is all about improvements that make your experience even better. 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