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We are happy to announce stacknflow has now gone into a public beta phase! All existing formatpixel users can login with your same login details.

Naturally all new users can also sign up for a stacknflow account so everyone can join the party.

Collect, design and share,get started here!

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Test stacknflow player:
http://www.stacknflow.com/v.php?i=2#/2/0

OK, so its official, fp2 has been named and will now be known as Stacknflow’!

We’ve been chucking names around for months simply because fp2 was turning into quite a different app to what it started out as. When we started writing fp2 we took what lessons we had learnt from formatpixel and started afresh.

The thinking behind the new build is to let people quickly collect together visual elements and present them in their own way. The term ‘Stack’ should be thought about as a stack of individual cards, each card can contain images, text, video and graphics and be completely different sizes. Once a stack is complete it can then, like formatpixel projects, be shared over the internet.

Another BIG feature that we would like to announce is PDF export. Yep, we’ve listened to all the requests for saving projects out as PDF files and we are happy to say that Stacknflow will allow you to export stacks as multi-page, screen based PDF documents

As always, watch this space as we hope to launch a private Beta programme at the end of September.
We’re getting there!

above: media library

above: drag-n-drop sorting

above: main editor in action

It’s Friday, so here’s a little screen update. This is the new media library we’ve been working quite hard on lately. New features include the ability to make folder’s for storing images and ‘drag-n-drop’ sorting. Media can be added via direct URL’s or uploading from a local computer.

Also you can see from the screen shot’s above a new ordering system of colour. When a new image is added, it’s anaylized and the most used colour from the image is used as an index. This means you’ll be able to apply colour sorting on your library.

Preview screen cast of the new editor

fp2dev update: The colour selector now has the option to colour pick from anywhere on your page. This means you’ll be able to easily match colours to your imported images. Keyboard shortcut’s are also going to be a main part of the editor to help speed up your designing process.

formatpixel update: Published projects are now Twittered! Every time you publish a project a twitter message is sent out hitting a larger audience. Be sure to categorizes your projects as it will use this in the message for twitter # tagging.