GreenLight for Walker Books Group Prerelease

Circular Software apps are regularly tested and updated. GreenLight for Walker Books Group Prerelease users are invited to test and use the next version of GreenLight in advance of the general release.

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GreenLight for Walker Books Group  2026.2

Coming in 2026.2.1

  1. Translation sets no longer have a watermark added
  2. Extent added to Production options of GreenLight Book Info
  3. Text Wraps must only be in the Text Wrap layer

Coming in 2026.2.4

  1. New check Jacket text is within safe area which flags spine text that outside the safe areas or less than 1.5mm from spine edge fold
  2. New check Critical jacket artwork in safe area which flags text, barcodes, logos that are inside the safe areas and out of the gutter area
  3. Text is within trim area , Text is within trim (exceptions), Jacket text is within safe area and Critical jacket artwork in safe area checks now check text frames within groups up to three group levels deep
  4. User select

New in 2026.2.4

  1. When running checks on a file for the first time, GreenLight asks user to select the WBG checklist to use
  2. Once a document has a GreenLight report, checklists are read in and reused without prompting. To switch checklists for a document, remove the GreenLight report or layer.

New in 2026.2.3

  1. Removal of rogue PANTONE when adding Book Info Panel
  2. Update to Walker specific menus
  3. First launch process improvements to register new users and deploy Walker settings to Mac successfully

New in 2026.2.2

  1. Export Print Ready PDFs always includes all pages in a single multi-page PDF
  2. Export Print Ready PDFs offer user choice to combie layers or split TEXT from ART
  3. Export Print Ready PDFs naming PDFs to match naming convention according to user output choice
  4. ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN caters for MBC barcode file names
  5. Removed page raneg from Document name matches WBG filenaming check and File Creation Policy

New in 2026.2.1

  1. Walker Books Group PDF presets are deployed on first launch:
    • GraphicProduction_PictureBook_Interior
    • GraphicProduction_PictureBook_JKT-PBC-BBC
    • GraphicProduction_PictureBook_HC
  2. A sample output folder is created in the Circular Software Export folder the desktop
  3. Export menu > Print PDF and Proof PDF writing to sample export folder
  4. Text Wrap and Text Image layers combined with TEXT layers on export
  5. Translation file sets have no watermark added and include zipped fonts and font report CSV on export to sample export folder
  6. Export Archive file sets offers to include Print PDFs when packaging and create Translation file sets

New in 2026.2.0

  1. Initial build of GreenLight for Walker Books Group 2026.2 released for testing :)
  2. Walker Books Group settings are being deployed on first launch of GreenLight for Walker Books Group
  3. Walker Books Group client page added to Circular Software site
  4. Walker Books Group File Creation Policy available for public reference alongside a link to Bookstack
  5. Walker Books Group checklists setup, listed, downloading on launch and switching on filename / book info choices
  6. Imprints added to Create Cover dropdown ready for applying to artwork
  7. Create Cover has hardcoded info for ISBN 9781529523836 to use in initial testing while we await Biblio access
  8. Standard sizes added to an internal lookup list
  9. Spine sizes references added to an internal lookup list
  10. New GreenLight check added Fonts not from restricted list which flags when the a font used is this internal lookup list
  11. New GreenLight check WBG correct layer naming and structure allows ART, Text Wrap, Text Images, Sketches layers
  12. New GreenLight check Document name matches WBG filenaming
  13. Walker Books Group section identifiers e.g. HI, PI, BBI used for file naming check and PDF exporting
  14. Added Text layer Spot Colour Ink and Artwork Spot Colour Ink to GreenLight Book Info panel
  15. Altered No spot colours (exceptions) check to read from and allow user to add expected Spot Colour Inks to GreenLight Book Info panel
  16. Altered Text wraps only on text layer to allow Text Wrap layer name
  17. Altered Text layer is [Black] and overprinting check to read in the Text layer Spot Colour Ink from the GreenLight Book Info panel
  18. Amended Co-Edition black overprinting tools to only run when spot colour Text layer Spot Colour Ink is not set
  19. New GreenLight check Bleed is minimum of eighth of an inch added to Mono checklist