Publishing http://prmac.com/ http://prmac.com/release-id-1976.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1976.htm Badia Software announces the release of Badia Printools 5.0 for Adobe InDesign CS3. The popular add-on for QuarkXPress since 1999, is now also available for Adobe InDesign CS3. Printools helps prepress and printing professionals produce automated and error-free output by combining two of its most powerful features: batch printing and preflighting. http://prmac.com/release-id-1973.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1973.htm Apimac has released new versions of Clean Text, a tool dedicated to webmasters, graphic designers and magazine editors to reduce text cleanup time. Clean Text eliminates all text formatting and performs other useful functions, such as removing empty lines, removing unwanted spaces, removing tab characters, converting smart quotes, tabs, returns, and more. http://prmac.com/release-id-1921.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1921.htm The May 2008 issue of macCompanion magazine is now available online. Each article is individually printable. This issue has a $1 USD donation request to cover costs. There are 3 Book reviews, 2 Software reviews, and 2 Greenware reviews as well as a few columns from the macCompanion staff. http://prmac.com/release-id-1904.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1904.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of Exportools 2.5 for QuarkXPress 7. Badia Exportools for QuarkXPress 7 automates the process of exporting individual pages, spreads or selections into separate files. High-end printers and prepress houses worldwide rely on the power, speed and flexibility of Exportools to generate high resolution output using today's printing standards: EPS, PostScript(R) and PDF. http://prmac.com/release-id-1896.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1896.htm MEI announced that that it won the "Most Creative Exhibit" award for booths under 900 square feet at NEXPO 2008. MEI's booth featured four demo stations, a large plasma screen "theater" and two-story tower constructed out of blond wood and glass with an upper-deck conference area. The award-winning exhibit was up against 180 others in the category. http://prmac.com/release-id-1875.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1875.htm Markzware, the inventor of preflighting and data-conversion software leader, today announced the release and immediate availability of the FlightCheck upgrade v6.11. FlightCheck is Markzware's flagship prepress application that manages quality control of digital files destined for print or electronic distribution. http://prmac.com/release-id-1741.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1741.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of InData, InCatalog and InCatalog Pro for Adobe InDesign CS3. The popular plug-ins are available for users to purchase as full versions or upgrades to earlier versions of the plug-ins for InDesign CS and CS2. http://prmac.com/release-id-1738.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1738.htm The April 2008 issue of macCompanion magazine is now available online. Each article is individually printable. This issue has a $1 USD donation request to cover costs. There are 7 Book reviews, 4 Software reviews, and 4 Greenware reviews as well as a few columns from the macCompanion staff. http://prmac.com/release-id-1719.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1719.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the immediate availability of a bundle of six professional XTensions modules for QuarkXPress 7 in a limited time offer. The popular XTensions, from developer Badia Software, are provided as the Productivity Bundle, adding dozens of new time-saving features to QuarkXPress. http://prmac.com/release-id-1697.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1697.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce two free one-day seminars, presenting time saving solutions for businesses - small and large - to save money and become more productive. The seminars, co-sponsored by Quark, Markzware, Enfocus and other extended technology software publishers, will be held in Central London on the 29th and 30th April 2008. http://prmac.com/release-id-1613.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1613.htm Zevrix Solutions announces the release of BatchOutput 3.1, a significant update to its popular solution to automate output from Adobe InDesign. BatchOutput allows users to automatically print multiple InDesign documents, as well as output them to PDF, PostScript, EPS and JPEG. The new version lets users output with custom settings, update modified links automatically, customize individual file names and introduces other new abilities. http://prmac.com/release-id-1580.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1580.htm The March 2008 issue of macCompanion magazine is now available online. Each article is individually printable. There are 7 book reviews, 3 Software reviews, 1 game review, 1 hardware review and 2 greenware reviews as well as a few columns from the macCompanion staff. http://prmac.com/release-id-1571.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1571.htm Digital type design firm Canada Type, is pleased to announce the release of the Ronaldson font family. Available for both Mac and PC, Ronaldson is based on the best-selling 19th century American classic typeface Ronaldson Old Style. Ronaldson is available in Postscript, True Type and OpenType formats. http://prmac.com/release-id-1560.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1560.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release and availability of the Xfile 2 plug-in for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel PhotoPaint and more. The new version offers Seam Carving and Image Resizing capabilities. http://prmac.com/release-id-1537.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1537.htm Digital type design firm Canada Type, is pleased to announce the release of the Ronaldson font family. Available for both Mac and PC, Ronaldson is based on the best-selling 19th century American classic typeface Ronaldson Old Style. Ronaldson is available in Postscript, True Type and OpenType formats. http://prmac.com/release-id-1514.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1514.htm Zevrix Solutions announces the release of ArtOptimizer 2.0, its comprehensive solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document automatically. Similar to LinkOptimizer, the Zevrix flagship product for InDesign, ArtOptimizer saves hours of production time, gigabytes of disk space and reduces production costs by eliminating excessive image data. The new version is compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, allows users to run Photoshop Actions and adjust layer merging options. http://prmac.com/release-id-1487.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1487.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of Instant PDF 4.1, offering Universal Binary support, Mac OS X Leopard and Adobe Acrobat 8 compatibility and and performance upgrades. Instant PDF 4 removes the uncertainty and technical complexity from the PDF creation process. No other application so intuitively and reliably creates Certified PDFs that comply with print or advertisement vendor specifications. http://prmac.com/release-id-1486.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1486.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of an update to the BarcodeMaker plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS3. The easy-to-use plug-in now lets users print their barcodes in CMYK process and spot colours. Now users who are printing an entire book cover using a single CMYK spot colour can utilise BarcodeMaker for their book designs. http://prmac.com/release-id-1450.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1450.htm MEI announced announced that Wenner Media is using the SoftCare K4 Publishing System to manage design and editorial workflows across all three of its popular magazine titles. Wenner Media publishes renowned music magazine Rolling Stone, entertainment title Us Weekly and lifestyle publication Men's Journal. All three made the switch to K4, Adobe InDesign and InCopy from workflows based on Quark. http://prmac.com/release-id-1445.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1445.htm The February 2008 issue of macCompanion magazine is now available online. There is no PDF'd issue to download this month. Each article is individually printable. There are about 8 book reviews on Designing Interactions, Digital Astrophotography, Dreamweaver CS3, a beginning guide on Leopard, a missing manual on Powerpoint 2007, Switching to a Mac for Dummies and Using Mac OS X Leopard, reviewed by Harry {doc} Babad, Dr. Eric Flescher and Robert Pritchett. http://prmac.com/release-id-1431.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1431.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce XTend-Xport and BatchXport for QuarkXPress v7. The main purpose of document extractors is to significantly reduce the manual work needed to create text and image content suitable for web and database applications. Using BatchXport or XTend-Xport means no endless configuration processes to create multi-use output from QuarkXPress document text. http://prmac.com/release-id-1401.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1401.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of pdfToolbox 3. pdfToolbox is an indispensable tool for any print professional offering complete PDF correction and colour management capabilities from within Adobe Acrobat. As a plug-in to Adobe Acrobat, pdfToolbox provides an interactive and user-friendly interface. http://prmac.com/release-id-1370.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1370.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Bling! It, which transforms ordinary product shots into extraordinary ones quickly and easily. Designed for everyone from the novice user to businessmen and web designers; Bling! It sets a new standard for web product shots. With Bling! It, users can replace everyday backgrounds with professional ones and sharpen and enhance a products appearance. http://prmac.com/release-id-1340.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1340.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of a new bundle of the popular Markzware Conversion Tools. The Conversion Tools Bundle includes award-winning Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and XTensions software for QuarkXPress. Q2ID (QuarkXPress to InDesign), PUB2ID (Microsoft(R) Publisher(R) to InDesign) and ID2Q (InDesign to QuarkXPress) save users both time and money by converting documents to other formats automatically. http://prmac.com/release-id-1309.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1309.htm Zevrix Solutions announces the release of BatchOutput 3.0, a major update to its popular professional solution to automate output from Adobe InDesign. BatchOutput allows users to automatically print multiple InDesign documents, as well as output them to PDF, PostScript, EPS and JPEG. In addition to new output formats, the new version provides compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard, sortable file list, favorite output folders, EPS presets and other improvements. http://prmac.com/release-id-1293.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1293.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of FontXChange for Macintosh (version 1.0). FontXChange can convert fonts into many different formats. This makes FontXChange useful to convert PostScript Type 1 fonts (Macintosh or Windows format) into a single modern OpenType font file. http://prmac.com/release-id-1294.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1294.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release and availability of the GeometryReporter plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS, CS2 or CS3. The plug-in generates and displays measurements for any box within an InDesign document, including text, picture and unassigned "none" boxes. http://prmac.com/release-id-1283.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1283.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of a new bundle of the popular Markzware Conversion Tools. The Conversion Tools Bundle includes award-winning Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and XTensions software for QuarkXPress. Q2ID (QuarkXPress to InDesign), PUB2ID (Microsoft(R) Publisher(R) to InDesign) and ID2Q (InDesign to QuarkXPress) save users both time and money by converting documents to other formats automatically. http://prmac.com/release-id-1267.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1267.htm The January 2008 issue of macCompanion magazine is now available online. Looking forward to a great 2008, this free issue is approximately 103 pages in length. Predictions for 2008 on Apple and other topics and results from 2007 predictions have been published, along with an index for all reviews from 2007. This Index was originally published in the December 2007 issue of the magazine. http://prmac.com/release-id-1220.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1220.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of a free update for users of PitStop Professional version 7.x. PitStop Professional is an Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) plug-in indispensable for every graphic arts and publishing professional. PitStop Professional 7 is the de facto standard for graphic arts and publishing professionals needing to preflight, edit and fix PDF files. http://prmac.com/release-id-1167.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1167.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of PhotoSpray 1.8. PhotoSpray is an Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) or Adobe Elements(R) plug-in that offers the ability to spray pictures on top of any RGB photos or layers. This method of painting lets users brush sets of images on top of any photo. http://prmac.com/release-id-1176.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1176.htm Ergonis Software today announced the availability of PopChar X 3.3.2, a new release of its highly acclaimed tool for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application. The maintenance release restores backward compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9 while Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 remain the recommended platforms. In celebration of PopChar's 20th anniversary, Ergonis Software continues to offer customers 25% off the regular price on all PopChar orders during December 2007. http://prmac.com/release-id-1128.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1128.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of the new Markzware PUB2ID plug-in for Adobe InDesign. PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) provides a quick, easy and affordable method for users to migrate all of their Microsoft Publisher content into new Adobe InDesign documents. http://prmac.com/release-id-1080.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1080.htm iCalamus 1.11 supports Leopard now as well as Tiger. iPhoto calendars can be imported into iCalamus easily and can be produced at lower prices with Photographerbook, compared with Apple. An Italian version of iCalamus is in the bundle which comes with 7 localized languages now. The update is free for registered users. http://prmac.com/release-id-1070.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1070.htm In response to reader requests, X-Ray Magazine has launched as a web-based e-zine, giving users easy access to the complete content of each issue; both past and present. X-Ray Magazine provides case studies of all types of software implementation and improved workflow techniques, extensible-product reviews, feature-detail articles written by product-manufacturers' staff, detailed step-by-step instructionals, and code-laden AppleScripting lessons. http://prmac.com/release-id-1063.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1063.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of Exportools Professional 2, the multi-page QuarkXPress document exporter utility. Exportools Professional is the powerful new version of Exportools that lets users batch output as single-page files any number of QuarkXPress documents. http://prmac.com/release-id-1042.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1042.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of Xtags for Adobe InDesign CS3. Xtags is an import and export text filter supporting the full XPress Tags language plus its own powerful tags for box creation, master page application, etc. http://prmac.com/release-id-1052.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1052.htm Hot on the heels of the launch of Mac OS X Leopard, friends of ED publish a beginner's guide to the latest version of Apple's operating system. "Getting StartED with Mac OS X Leopard" is a simple to read, fast way to discover all that's new in Mac OS X Leopard, and how to make the most of it, whether you are new to the Mac, or simply upgrading from a previous version of OS X. http://prmac.com/release-id-1021.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1021.htm PDF Bee, the single page PDF output program for InDesign, by Chris Paveglio has been updated. Version 3.2 includes compatibility for section prefixes, and preference saving. This is a free update for current users, new customers can purchase PDF Bee for $90. http://prmac.com/release-id-1024.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1024.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce a significant savings opportunity never before offered on Markzware's popular FlightCheck Professional. From now until 31st December 2007, customers can save $140.00/70.00 on FlightCheck Professional 6. The special offer applies to full versions of FlightCheck Professional 6. http://prmac.com/release-id-923.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-923.htm MEI announced the appointment of Carter Calle as Director of Technical Services. A customer support veteran, Calle will oversee the company's technical services group, whose duties include the installation, integration and support of MEI's software and third-party products, as well as end-user training. http://prmac.com/release-id-926.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-926.htm Create is a 3 in One application combining the most important features of Page Layout, Illustration and Web-Authoring applications. With over 18 years of development, version 14.0 represents the most professional and robust version yet. Ready for Leopard, Create 14.0 brings a new XHTML and CSS engine as well as new Text features. http://prmac.com/release-id-907.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-907.htm XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of a free upgrade to both the DATAformXTension for QuarkXPress and the DATAformPlug-in for InDesign. DATAformXTension for QuarkXPress and DATAformPlug-in for InDesign are fully featured database publishing tools. They enable users to set up a bi-directional connection between their database and their favourite layout program. http://prmac.com/release-id-853.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-853.htm Zevrix Solutions announces the release of LinkOptimizer 3, its comprehensive solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe InDesign document automatically. LinkOptimizer saves users hours - and even days - of production time, gigabytes of disk space and reduces production costs by eliminating excessive image data. Version 3 allows users to process links placed multiple times, run Photoshop Actions and preview current settings. http://prmac.com/release-id-806.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-806.htm HELIOS Software introduces its UB+ generation of Unbreakable Server Software at the Graph Expo trade show, September 9-12, in Chicago, IL. HELIOS software runs on all major server platforms, and supports Windows, Mac and Web clients. The UB+ suite introduces advanced transparency support including PDF flattening, to allow creative freedom, while ensuring reliable proofing and print production. http://prmac.com/release-id-811.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-811.htm HELIOS WebShare UB+ and the Apple iPhone are perfect partners for on-the-go design and print professionals to easily and securely manage, preview, and proof files remotely. http://prmac.com/release-id-793.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-793.htm Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that Showtime Networks Inc. has implemented Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium edition across its in-house creative agency, The Red Group. After successfully switching to InDesign software several years ago, The Red Group's staff will now use the efficient, highly integrated tools found in Creative Suite 3 Design Premium to design and produce its marketing campaign. http://prmac.com/release-id-785.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-785.htm Quickly Learn How To Publish Your FileMaker Solutions To The Web. Whether you are a professional FileMaker developer or you would just like to learn how to build a database driven website for your own use, this book will guide you along this exciting journey. FileMaker developers now have thousands of opportunities to expand their business and earn extra income. http://prmac.com/release-id-713.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-713.htm Zevrix Solutions announces the release of LinkOptimizer 2.5, a powerful solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe InDesign document automatically. LinkOptimizer allows users to save valuable storage space, reduce output and file transfer time, and cut production costs by eliminating excessive image data. The new version introduces tighter integration with InDesign CS3 and makes it easier to control LinkOptimizer as a standalone application. http://prmac.com/release-id-703.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-703.htm Jumsoft Releases Pages Templates Citrus Sunshine for iWork(TM). The package includes a broad collection of 8 professionally designed, high-quality templates for brochures, business cards, envelopes, letterheads, memos, and invoices. Almost every template features different pages with different layouts. Not only is it easy to make your documents look professional, but have many more options for styling them.