| Version | Change log |
| callas pdfaPilot 14.2.400 Dec 19, 2025 |
Desktop: Library manager: New “Remove empty groups…” Process plan Editor: Various improvements e.g. to avoid creation of incomplete plans Test mode: Width of preview and result areas are now remembered Test mode: The value of “Preflight only pages” from the profile window will be used automatically New Properties: Uses ICCbased Gray Uses ICCbased Lab Metadata namespace for PDF/UA identification schema uses ‘pdfuaid’ prefix New Fixups: Separate vector objects with fill and stroke into two objects Enhanced Fixups: Remove layers and content that are initially invisible: Support for the generic Processing Steps filter Remove layers and content that are initially invisible: New “Apply to” filter Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Support for the generic Processing Steps filter New engine for various Layer-related Fixups – as a consequence, it is no longer possible to make multiple changes to the same layer in one Profile Map spot and process colors: New option “RegEx also matches process colors” to include process colors Map spot and process colors: Extend scope to include “None” as source color name when changing name (and alternate) Remap characters from Private Use Area (PUA): Regular expressions (RegEx) are now supported Replace barcodes: New method “Existing color (always CMYK or spot)” uses the color of existing barcodes for the new barcode (if single-colored) Actions: Create separations: New action to create separation renditions (similar to what so far was only possible in the Visualizer) Imposition: New option for imposition Runlists to place crop marks even for empty slots Overlay: New option “Place below” Pre-separate pages: New option to suppress empty separations ToPDF: Support for 32bit TIFF images Reports: Quick Check: Added reporting for number of existing Form XObjects and number of calls for Form XObjects (both per page and in document for identification of VDP files) CLI: Action MergeImpose: Sup |
| callas pdfaPilot 14.1.396 Nov 13, 2025 |
FEATURES: Desktop: Testmode: A new “Cancel” button next to the progress bar, makes it easier to cancel the run when it takes too long, while keeping the Check results collected so far ProcessPlan editor: Improved “snap to grid” functionality for steps and annotations ProcessPlan editor: Annotations now support different text alignment options Fixups: Remove invisible image data: New option “Duplicate multiple used images if necessary” Actions: MergePDF: Pagelabels of input files will now be maintained Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.6.098) Updated signatures of audit trail for preflight certification FIXES: Desktop: Object Inspector: Problem solved, where the position of an object was not properly transferred to the derived Check Search Libraries dialog: Fixed an issue, where entries in the Libraries popup were not sorted alphabetically New Fixups: Remove broken link annotations and bookmarks New Properties: Link annotation uses broken destination Bookmark uses broken destination Enhanced Profiles: Library: PDF Standards: Convert to PDF/X-1…: “Recompress JPEG2000 images as JPEG” has been added as an additional default Fixup Fixups: Add missing layer / Put objects on layer: Issue fixed, where created layer structure contained an empty group entry Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where glyphs were not properly handled due to some rare encoding entries Create invisible text via OCR: Issue fixed, where text was created with an offset if the boxes were not properly nested Downsample/compress bitmap images: Problem solved, where certain CCITT-decoded inline images were not converted properly Place rectangle: Problem solved, where the position differed if the rounded corner value was set Remove from layer: Problem solved, where certain layer structures where not properly maintained and objects could become invisible Remove XMP metadata: Problem solved, where not all defined metadata was removed when multiple Fixup settings we |
| callas pdfaPilot 5.5.230 Mar 31, 2015 | All “Convert to PDF/A…”-Profiles |
