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CD Label Designer 9.0 – major update

Major version 9.0 update of CD Label Designer is ready for download. Upgrade to this version is NOT FREE unless you purchased after June 1st, 2022. If you purchased before that day, you are eligible for 50% discount. Please use the link from within an application to see more information.

What’s New

+ Improved Text Editor with several new options (strikeout, subscript, superscript, line spacing…)
+ Full support for Right To Left (RTL) languages
+ Installer and application Options: configurable folder to keep background photos
+ Support for joined letters (Arabic) in Circled Text
+ Added numerous printer models for direct CD printing

& Quite significant drawing performance improvement
& Better transparency output quality
& Toolbar icons redesign, better visibility for dark theme
& Foreign letter filenames are supported now
& Menu bar moved into title bar to save some screen space
& Transparent color for images now with tolerance (fixed to ~10% for now)
& Search through Print Layouts improved speed
& Right-click options in Picture Edit and Text Edit
& Foreign letter in object selection drop down list (Toolbox)
& Better handling of multiple selected objects of various type
& Better Toolbox behavior

* Changing theme wrongly changes circled text font
* Text color for Light theme tabs in Label Properties
* Search through Print Layouts sometimes crashes
* Toolbox visibility when switching labels
* Print popup menus not themed
* TextEdit set font from first instead of last selected character
* Style of tooltips not consistent
* Show only removable drives in drive selection lists
* Status bar tooltips for other windows
* Numerous smaller improvements and bug fixes

 

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How to check if download is safe?

Occasionally one of browsers falsely flags and blocks CD Label Designer as an unsafe download, which is understandably an inconvenience and can raise a suspicion. Our downloads are digitally signed by certificate acquired from respectable certificate provider Comodo, ensuring that download is authentic and not tampered with by any third party.

Recently, such event was caused by Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter within their Edge browser. These things happen often with independent software developers, but sometimes Microsoft even flags their own downloads too.

When this happens, we double-check that everything is indeed okay and immediately contact an authority that issued a warning (in this case Microsoft) requesting a reevaluation. Needless to say, it is hurting businesses around the world, especially when they are taking too much time for a review.

 

What can you do to be safe?

First thing: DON’T TRUST OUR WORDS! Each time you get a similar warning, with any software not just ours, you should check download for viruses and other malware. Great online tool to do this is VirusTotal. It allows you to either upload a file from your computer or paste a link, and it will run antivirus checks against a file or a website from dozens of various antivirus software. You can’t be much safer than this.

Direct link to VirusTotal’s analysis of CD Label Designer installation file

 

After you ensure that download is indeed safe, you can instruct your browser to unblock a download. In Edge, you should choose option Keep.

Next you will see more information about the file, mainly the Published information: it should state our company name Dataland Software. Now click Keep anyway and file should be available to you.

In case you need it, here are independent similar instructions:

 

How to bypass or disable Microsoft Edge’s SmartScreen Filter

CD Label Designer 8.2

Minor version update 8.2 of CD Label Designer is ready for download. Upgrade to this version is FREE for all v8.x customers. Customers of any of previous versions are entitled for 50% discount. Please use the link from within an application to see more information.

What’s New

& Move layouts to common profile data
& Update installer
& Update Italian translation
* Options | CDDB page changing bug
* CDDB default server vanished, updated configuration
& Update CLD files icons
& File type association moved to more appropriate place in registry
* Several rare bugs fixed

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CD Label Designer 8.0 and new batch of background photos

Major version 8.0 update of CD Label Designer is ready for download. Upgrade to this version is NOT FREE unless you purchased after September 1st, 2019. If you purchased before that day, you are eligible for 50% discount. Please use the link from within an application to see more information.

What’s New

+ Full support for transparent and partially transparent PNG images (Alpha channel)
+ Better and easier support for any sized labels
+ Support for second disc in the same file
+ Add type and layout to New Wizard
+ Add several new label formats
& Toolbox image actions should apply to all selected
& Sort Toolbox layouts by name
& Keep selection after undo/redo
& “Lock” option status barely visible
& Better handling of saving files error
& Downloading images: hold refreshing image toolbox until all done
* Tiled images not scaled correctly for the printer resolution or zoom level
* Problem with transparent images and smaller images under them
* Problem with non-rectangular shapes and smaller images under them
* Duplicate zooming in PicProp
* Downloading images: total size showing 0 MB
* Several other minor fixes and improvements

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New batch of background photos

Along with this update, we also added another batch of almost 100 photo backgrounds and repeatable images that you can use freely in you CD/DVD label and cover designs, to the total of 608 images. All photos are high-res, ensuring that they look good when printed.

To get them, use Download more backgrounds button in Image browser window.

Enjoy!

 

CD Label Designer 7.2.1 and new backgrounds

Bug fix release 7.2.1 of CD Label Designer is ready for download. Upgrade to this version is FREE for all v7.x customers. Customers of any of previous versions are entitled for 50% discount. Please use the link from within an application to see more information.

In addition, we have added another batch of new high quality photo backgrounds for registered users, ready for use in your designs.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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CD Label Designer 7.2

Minor version update 7.2 of CD Label Designer is ready for download. Upgrade to this version is FREE for all v7.x customers. Customers of any of previous versions are entitled for 50% discount. Please use the link from within an application to see more information.

What’s New

+ Export labels directly to PDF format
+ Booklet export option: pair pages into one image
+ Zoom text editor
& Bleed support for booklet
* Underline and strikeout for circled text not positioned correctly
* When exporting booklet, objects partially outside boundaries in some cases might not be exported

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New batch of 110 photo backgrounds for CD/DVD labels

Photo backgrounds for CD/DVD labels and coversAlong with 7.1 update, we also added another batch of 110 photo backgrounds that you can use freely in you CD/DVD label and cover designs, to the total of 453 images and tileable images.

As before, the theme is various: music, nature, animals, festive, photography, landscapes, abstract… All photos are high-res, ensuring that they look good when printed.

To get them, use Download more backgrounds button in Image browser window.

Enjoy!

 

 

CD Label Designer 7.1

Minor version update 7.1 of CD Label Designer is ready for download. Upgrade to this version is FREE for all v7.x customers. Customers of any of previous versions are entitled for 50% discount. Please use the link from within an application to see more information.

What’s New

+ Rotate shapes (star, polygon and diamond)
+ Adjust star shape (arm depth)
& Allow three-side polygon (triangle)
& Allow three-point star
& Optimize drawing speed when moving sliders in toolbox
* Problem with scaled object positions on different DPI computers
* Print Window with large fonts settings
* Other small bug fixes

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Valentine’s Day DVD label and cover

Valentine's Day CD/DVD label and coverAnother perfect opportunity to create unique and personalized gift for loved ones is here – a Valentine’s Day. To get you started, we have just published another example that you can download and customize.

In addition, we have added 10 new background photos on a love theme – just click “Download more backgrounds” button in the software to fetch and use them in your designs.

 

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Example: Christmas and New Year Label and DVD Cover

christmas1They say that most valuable gifts are those that require some effort to make. Original, unique, personalized and dedicated. This time of year is ideal period for such gifts, so we can let dear people know that they are more than just acquaintances and that we simply wish to do something more.

We have added another item to our Examples page, so you can use it to create your own designs. This time, there’s also a quick under 5 minutes Video Tutorial that shows several simple but effective techniques in CD Label Designer.

Enjoy!