Welcome to the first monthly user update! These updates will help users understand what is happening within the development of the NuVu Platform. 

In the last month, a range of updates have been added to the platform. The initial release of the new slide editor led to a variety of new bugs and feature requests. Thanks to the efforts of our users, we were able to identify and resolve many issues. This blog post will address improvements from the beginning of April, to mid May. 


Summary/TLDR of New Features:

  • Fetching images 
  • Attendance
  • Cropping Tool
  • Alignment 
  • SVG Support
  • Option/Drag to copy objects


FEATURES ADDED

bugs fixed
πŸ‘€ FETCHING IMAGES πŸ‘€
ITEMS ARE NOW DRAGGABLE EVEN WHEN NOT SELECTED
CONTENT SNAPPING πŸ€”πŸŽ‰ (STudents! We heard your requests on this one)
AUTO CROPPING IMAGES ON RESIZE
TOGGLE RATIO LOCK WITH SHIFT KEY
NEWLY COPIED ITEMS STAY SELECTED
PRESSING ESC EXITS TEXT EDIT MODE
UPLOADED IMAGES NO LONGER REQUIRE A REFRESH TO APPEAR IN IMAGE MENU πŸ‘‹πŸ™ (student and coach requested!)
ROTATION SNAPPING wHILE PRESSING SHIFT (30, 45, 90, ETC)
CMD + A TO SELECT ALL OBJECTS ON CANVAS
AFTER DUPLICATING A SLIDE, THE NEW SLIDE BECOMES THE ACTIVE SLIDE
SELECTING MULTIPLE SLIDES IN THE THUMBNAIL PANEL (TO SORT OR DELETE)
NEWLY COPIED ITEMS SIT IN FRONT OF ALL OBJECTS ON CANVAS
OPTION TO THE IMAGE RIGHT CLICK MENU TO DOWNLOAD IMAGE TO COMPUTER
😍 SVG SUPPORT😍
OPTION/DRAG TO COPY OBJECTS
πŸ“ ATTENDANCE πŸ“
HOLIDAYS IN TERMS 
πŸ˜πŸŽ‰ Object GROUPING πŸ˜πŸŽ‰
πŸŽ‰πŸ˜ OVERHAUL OF CROPPING TOOL πŸ™πŸ‘‹ (Coaches everywhere go wild!)
PRESENTATIONs START FROM CURRENT SLIDE (Before it was from the beginning everytime!)
AND MUCH MORE!
UNABLE TO UNDO ADDING A SLIDE
FEATURES NOT SYNCING (THIS INCLUDES BACKGROUND COLORS, DELETING SLIDES, ETC)
RIGHT CLICK MENU DOESN'T DISAPPEAR AFTER SELECTING AN OPTION
πŸ‘€ MAXIMIZE & FILL ACTIONS NOT WORKING 😭
GIF PROPORTIONS NOT BEING RETAINED
ISSUES WITH Z-INDEX
LEFT PANEL DOES NOT REFLECT ACTUAL ROTATION/DIMENSIONS
😒VIDEO STILL PLAYS WHEN I MOVE SLIDES🀨 
πŸ‘‹ WHEN COPYING A PRESENTATION, THE SLIDE ORDER GETS SHUFFLED (super annoying to anyone using templates!) πŸ‘€
ISSUES WITH UNDO-ING COPY/PASTE WITH MULTIPLE OBJECTS
ISSUES WITH LINE HEIGHT RESETTING
ISSUES WITH UNDO-ING TEXT (It wouldn't DISAPPEAR!)
WHEN USING CMD+X TO CUT A FEW SELECTED OBJECTS, ONLY ONE OF THEM DISAPPEARS
ISSUES WITH SLIDE CANVAS RATIOS
πŸ€₯ GIF OPTIMIZATION 😳 (NON-ACTIVE SLIDES DON'T LOAD GIFS NOW... TLDR: LESS COMPUTER INTENSIVE GIFS!)
IN PARAGRAPHS WITH FONTS LESS THAN 24, THE LINE HEIGHT BETWEEN 1-4 DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
ITEM HEIGHT CAUSING STUDIOS TO CRASH
🀨 COPYING MULTIPLE ROTATED OBJECTS πŸ˜•
TEMPLATE PANEL RATIO ISSUES
ISSUES WITH DRAG COPYING CAUSING FREEZING
AND MUCH MORE!


Check back next month for more information! Feel free to contact us with thoughts, concerns, request, etc. at noah@nuvustudio.org

-Noah SaldaΓ±a, Platform Coordinator