Artlandia LivePresets 1.0
LivePresets is an Illustrator plug-in that allows you to create editable copies of Illustrator presets, such as pattern swatches and symbols.
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LivePresets screencast: working with pattern swatches
LivePresets screencast: working with symbols
Broadcast video, an essential output channel in cross-media publishing?
Printed output is essential in a cross-media publishing environment, as is online textual content. Sites like YouTube create the perception broadcast video might be just as essential an output channel.
Infographics online: Are Virtual Tours a useful addition to your web publication?
Publishers who migrate from print to online find their readership to be a lot more knowledgeable and eager to learn than their print readership. It's a blessing then, the tool set for creating informative material they have to their disposal is much larger than for print as well.
Magic Bullet Misfire Screencast
InPreflight, InDesign preflighting plug-in
InPreflight is more capable than InDesign's built-in "preflight" capabilities, but lacks some of the functionality in FlightCheck. Our tests showed some false negatives, while potential problem causing errors cannot be checked at all.
InPreflight vs. FlightCheck Test — Buying advice
Test reveals some serious problems with InPreflight, and some false postives with FlightCheck Professional 6.
When do you need a Font Server?
Criteria for deployment of a font server: as it turns out, the market size is irrelevant. Ease of use, centralised access and workflow are.
Matching atomic content structures to a system
To keep news consumers happy you need to deliver background information, but setting up a system that accurately relates one information entry to another can be a challenge.
Five rules to migrate a printed publication to an online one
Five basic rules to rethink your printed publication's structure for online publishing.
How Medium-sized Publishers See Publishing Evolve
Small and Medium-sized publishers in the US believe they will have to evolve into web-based “industry libraries” where readers will be able to read and download business intelligence for a subscription fee.
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Alpha 700 Focussing With Accuracy
Focussing accurately with the Sony Alpha 700 is a breeze in all circumstances. The Alpha 700 has three focussing settings, and each has its own purpose.
Learn how to calibrate your inkjet printer for photo printing with ProofMaster 3.x.
VIPs get access to the advanced training pack for Quark Job Jackets.
Advanced ProofMaster 3.x Tutorial Pack
The Advanced ProofMaster Tutorial Pack explains the Expert settings for a proofing queue in PerfectProof's flagship RIP, ProofMaster 3.x.
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Broadcast Video Equipment
If you're serious about video for an online, mobile or even broadcast output channel, there's no denying that you will have to use professional equipment. There are two names that pop right to the top of the list: Sony and Panasonic. We briefly tested the smallest Sony broadcast video camera --the HVR-A1E.
News
Quark Introduces QPS 8, QuarkCopyDesk8, and QuarkXPress Server 8
Quark announced today the simultaneous fall release of Quark Publishing System 8, QuarkCopyDesk 8, and QuarkXPress Server 8, marking the complete compatibility of Quark’s enterprise solutions with QuarkXPress 8. Together these offerings connect key publishing tasks and technologies to help customers lay the groundwork for Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution.
Quark healthy and kickin’ ass
Yesterday, Quark announced QPS 8, QuarkCopyDesk 8, QuarkXPress Server 8 and a brand new Alfresco adapter. To those who think or would like to see Quark going down the drain, the company has just proven its health.
Quasar Technologies wins Gartner Cool Vendor: analysis
Enterprise publishing, one of the fastest growing markets, is going the same road as desktop publishing: a lot of users who don't understand the first thing about the tools they are to use for the job.
Halo Video Conferencing at DreamWorks SKG
Launched in October 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, DreamWorks is a leading producer of live-action motion pictures, animated feature films, network and cable television programming, home video and DVD entertainment and consumer products. DreamWorks helped HP develop its Halo video conferencing system, which it started using to improve its workflow and communications immediately afterwards.
RSuite Content Management System based on XML database
Really Strategies is an 8-year-old company, originally active in consulting for publishing companies. Really Strategies' founders came from Reed Elsevier.
Automating a small cross-media publisher’s workflow
Cross-media publishers need to automate their workflows, even if they're only like five people companies. For such small environments, PowerSWITCH may be an excellent solution. In many printing workflow environments, SWITCH is installed to drive the print workflow. It can be easily adapted to support an online workflow as well.
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Lexar USB Flash Drives
The JumpDrive Lightning was the fastest of the two 8GB flash drives Lexar sent me for testing. It sustained over 10 MB per second, and that’s not bad on a…
KATUN laser printer toner
Founded in 1979, Katun is the world’s largest supplier of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, photoreceptors, and parts for the office equipment industry. They are headquartered in Minneapolis, and were taken over…
Invoice 3
Invoice is built around “Stores”, a name that also applies to a business that uses projects and tasks allocated to employees or consultants. Store is therefore a bit of a…
Personal Brain for the Mac
In Personal Brain you enter thoughts (logical) into the Plex (the visible, graphical portion of the Brain window). Personal Brain enables you to attach notes, attachments and metadata to thoughts.…
DEVONthink Pro Office 1.5
DEVONthink Pro Office is a free-form database --some people call it an information manager-- that can hold virtually any type of information, including textual and image-based data. Contrary to traditional…
