GreenLight for Bonnier Prerelease

Coming in 2025.1.5…

1. New check Featured spreads are selected makes sure users have used the Set featured spreads command‍
2. New check Artwork final status is set makes sure users have Set the Artwork is final in Book Info panel

New in 2025.1.4

1. ShowCase cover foils now upload successfully when books have Spot UV
2. ShowCase now opens in MasterPlan Job Admin after upload and with the menu command View > View on MasterPlan
3. Extended the time that the ShowCase first upload message is able to be shown
4. ShowCase now respects the users preferred browser when opening URLs
5. ShowCase covers are correctly shown as JPEGs on Client Page
6. Removed the debug message being shown on PDF Export
7. Covers with no colour profile assigned no longer stall the GreenLight checking process
8. Design System Tools panel layout updated and new Tool added Lookup selected font

Known issues in 2025.1.4

1. ShowCase is disrupted when a foil reference is added to foil name e.g. 'FOIL G11'

New in 2025.1.3

1. Moved some Run menu items to new Create menu:
   • Create Cover
   • Amend Cover
   • Create Interiors
   • Amend Interiors
   • Add Special Finishes
2. Connecting to Bookshelf / Biblio data to pull in info when creating a new document or cover
3. All commands in Export Menu have been renamed to use the word Export rather than Create.
4. Typography Tools renamed Type Tools‍
5. More mainstream Fresh Page Tools moved to the Type Tools panel
6. Other Fresh Page Tools renamed Design System Tools (beta)‍
7. Bonnier Tools renamed Co-Edition Tools
8. Suggest a suitable file name tool added to Create menu‍
9. New Tool Break link to [Basic Paragraph] added to Type Tool panel
10. Removed the command Remove Alt text codes as they are no longer being added by the image description preparation process
11. Additional Co-Edition Panel tool added Text layer [Black] strokes to overprint
12. New Upload menu connects GreenLight to MasterPlan with the following menu commands:
    • Upload current spread
    • Upload a range of spreads
    • Upload all spreads
    • Set featured spreads
    • Upload flat cover
    • Upload ShowCase cover
    • Upload MasterPlan package
    • Upload MasterPlan folder
13. Upload ShowCase cover uploads GreenLight created cover files to MasterPlan WORK for a 3D simulation with interaction, lighting and special finishes
14. New View menu interacts with MasterPlan with the following menu commands:
    • View on MasterPlan
    • Copy Client URL
    • Copy Job URL
    • Copy Spread URL
15. New MasterPlan options heading in GreenLight Book Info panel contains the info:
    
    • Lead featured spread
    • Additional featured spreads
    • Artwork is final
16. MasterPlan stamp is no longer required. The MasterPlan Job number is now read from ISBN filed in the GreenLight Book Info panel.
17. ‍Set featured spreads command now adding visual markers to the active InDesign document and writing to MasterPlan options heading in GreenLight Book Info
18. Any layers with names starting with the word GUIDE are hidden when Exporting Print PDFs

New in 2025.0.26

1. When seperately exporting Text Print PDFs, their naming has the correct language identifier again
2. Page items accidentally added to the GreenLight_info layer are preserved and moved to a layer named Objects previously left on GreenLight layer (as items added to the GreenLight layer already are)

New in 2025.0.19

1. Create Archive File Set now includes Biblio front cover JPEG when running on cover files
2. Biblio front cover JPEG increased to 2000px height (6.66" at 300ppi)

New in 2025.0.18

1. MasterPlan packaging removed from all sections when running Create Archive File Set

New in 2025.0.17

1. Fix for potential stalling when creating new covers with printed inside covers

New in 2025.0.14

1. Fix for ISBN recognition after change to Amend cover ameded in 2025.0.13

New in 2025.0.13

1. Document name and ISBN can now be amended in the dialog as well as in the Cover Info Panel when choosing to Amend cover
2. Create Cover JPEGs fix to correctly open at the relocated Biblio cover export folder location
3. Add Special Finishes amended to still work when user has Paste Remembers Layers off in InDesign Pages Panel
4. MasterPlan app removed from GreenLight downloaded install DMG

New in 2025.0.8

1. Users are now alerted when trying to make MasterPlan packages or Archive File sets on documents without a page 1
2. Improvements when pulling metadata from older Greenlit internal files
3. Better support for updating older Greenlit cover files
4. Fix to continue to make translation file sets on documents with locked layers
5. Text is not overset check now gives more info when locating overset text on hidden text frames

New in 2025.0.5

1. Fix to avoid checklist switching issues with checklists still in use by 2024.0 users
2. New command Run menu > Switch off cover objects repostioning to choose to prevent imprint objects e.g. logos and barcodes from moving when amending covers (a possible later feature for Bonnier)

New in 2025.0.4

1. Amendment to Placed Page PDFs into InDesign tool to handle placing PDFs with no text
2. Improvements to Slimage tools

New in 2025.0.3

1. Run menu > Make / Alter Cover expanded into two commands – Create Cover & Amend Cover
2. Special Finishes are now an option to specify when creating a new cover
3. Additional Special Finishes can be added with new command Run menu > Add Special Finishes
4. Translation files reinstated with Archive file sets
5. Cover print PDFs are exported to the correct location in the job specific folder set Print PDFs > COVER folder
6. Create Cover JPEGs no longer making back cover and spine JPGs
7. Create Cover JPEGs exporting to job specific folder set Print PDFs > Biblio cover

New in 2025.0.1

1. When amending Book info, cover files are detected and the GreenLight Cover Info panel is amended and the GreenLight Book Info panel for internal pages
2. Creating new covers updated to work with InDesign 2025

New in 2025.0.0

1. Data in the Book Info Panel is better positioned on the pasteboard
2. Documents with no ISBN metadata are no longer stalling the Book Info stalling process
3. Amended the saving of new files when preparing translation sets to now work with InDesign 2025
4. Further tested with InDesign 2025
5. 2024.1 checklists moved to 2025.0 this means GreenLight for Bonnier 2024.1 prerelease users are required to move to 2025.0

New in 2024.1.16

1. Amendment to Create Cover JPEGs better supporting documents with older Book Info Panels
2. Make / Alter cover will assume the cover type based on file name if no cover type picked up from metadata
3. Make / Alter cover will assume the cover size based on existing front cover if no size picked up from metadata

New in 2024.1.13

1. Amendment to Correct layer naming and structure (Final) check and to include the MasterPlan layer
2. Amendment to CMYK images match document profile to not display more info during running as part of checklist
3. No RGB images except NOTES layer check disregards the MasterPlan stamp
4. Print PDF exports no longer offer a choice to export the newly introduced GreenLight_Info layer
5. Text layer images [Black] and overprinting check no longer disrupted when giving more info about hidden objetcs that are completely on the pasteboard
6. Tested with macOS 15 Sequoia
7. Added new Export command Toggle printing of image descriptions to choose whether to exporting image description markers when proofing
8. Added new Export command Remove alt text codes. This helps users of the GreenLight image description tools when exporting to for PDF and reflowable EPUB directly from InDesign.
9. All Accessibility Tools in GreenLight now operate without the need for CircularFLO to be present on the Mac

New in 2024.1.10

1. Fix for Create Cover JPEGs export correctly picks up ISBN from GreenLight Cover Panel from pre 2024.1 documents
2. ‍Create Cover JPEGs export does not fail if ISBN is not present in GreenLight Cover Panel
3. Correct defaults added to new covers when picking from standard sizes

New in 2024.1.9

1. GreenLight Cover Panel is properly written to with Make / Alter Cover
2. Fix for Create Cover JPEGs export to correctly pick up ISBN from GreenLight Cover Panel
3. Translation files and Packages from Archive file sets are exported to the renamed Circular Software Export folder
4. Create Translation files now checks for suitable co-ed file set-up before proceeding‍
5. Work In Progress status picked up from the newly introduced Book Info Panel‍

New in 2024.1.8

1. Fix for PDF exports to correctly pick up ISBN from new Cover Info Panel introduced in 2024.1.4

New in 2024.1.7

1. Fix for working with book info from older 2024.0 generated covers and the new Cover Info Panel introduced in 2024.1.4
2. When pushing our Bonnier settings to new installs GreenLight now checks that colour settings files have arrived and, if not, opens the folder in Finder with more info on how to fix folder permissions
3. Combine PDFs command updated for new Circular Software Export location

New in 2024.1.6

1. Updates for Document is named correctly & All artwork is mono [Black] when working with Book Info Panel introduced in 2024.1.4

New in 2024.1.5

1. Various minor bug fixes for working with Book Info Panel introduced in 2024.1.4

New in 2024.1.4

1. MONO sections are exported to one multi-page PDF
2. Book Info moves from inside InDesign file metadata to a new Book Info Panel on the pasteboard to the left of the first spread
3. Book Info is initially set using the same Add / Amend Book Info command.
4. Data in the Book Info Panel is live and can be amending directly in the panel or with the Add / Amend Book Info command

New in 2024.1.3

1. Adaptation to handle updates to 2024.1 checklists without disrupting 2024.0 users
2. Fix for amending covers when existing ISBN is not found in metadata

New in 2024.1.2

1. Amendments to Create Cover dialogs
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   • Page count removed from create cover dialog
   • RRP price added to create dialog
   • Page count and spine width removed from the suggested filename when prompting to save a newly generated cover
   • Integration with Teacup BarcodeMaker for auto updating professionally styled barcodes
2. New check ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN
3. New check Filename matches stated ISBN‍
4. New check RRP on page matches stated RRP‍
5. Exports folder on desktop renamed from GreenLight_Export to Circular Software Export in preparation for all Circular Software desktop apps to export to this same location

New in 2024.0.16

1. Brand new users are registered correctly after sign up
2. Trim objects extend to bleed check now unlocks and unhides objects when necessary in order to reveal them
3. Improvement to SIDD connections for larger MasterPlan clients using the Prepare images for description tool

New in 2024.0.15

1. Create Archive File Set command rebuilt

New in 2024.0.10

1. Progress bar re-instated after a breaking change in 2024.0.6
2. All PDF exports rebuilt

New in 2024.0.8

1. Better support for amending covers first made from GreenLight pre 2023.1
2. Quarter bound jacket elements now remain separated to allow for bleed to be applied on front cover, back cover and quarter bound spine artworks

New in 2024.0.6

1. All users now directed to their User Page when updates are available. Links to the prerelease section moved to the top of the User Page for prerelease users.
2. Create Archive File Set now confirms the existence of or creates the Bonnier export folder structure before export, then writes the Packaged files and Translation files folders to it on export
3. Empty TEXT folder no longer being created inside Print PDFs folder in Bonnier export folder structure
4. The retrieval of typesetter specs for Make / Alter Cover command updated to the 2024 method

New in 2024.0.3

1. Moved to use new checklists database which is integrated with the Circular Software site
2. Linking to dynamic Bonnier checklist page
3. Bonnier checklist names now all start with the word Bonnier
   ‍e.g. Bonnier Internal Pages (Final)‍
4. Fix for Spots are layered and overprint introduced in 2023.1.10
5. Improvement to Fonts are all active check that now allows external editing of an online 'known problem fonts' list by Circular Software. This means that new problem fonts can be identified more quickly and without the need to rebuild GreenLight.
6. Tested and updated for InDesign 2024 and macOS 14 Sonoma
7. Help menu linking to Circular Software site for file creation policy, knowledge base, client page, user page, contact links
8. Internal user data now linking to newly updated Circular Software Airtable on launch