XChange UK has updated Multi Style II XT for QuarkXPress 8. Multi Style is a plug-in for designers working with tables, ad listings, catalogues, brochures, magazines, newspapers and other complex formatting activities. It allows users to swiftly copy and apply complex formatting.
XChange International has announced the Imposition Wizard for Mac OS X, which can read a PDF file, apply transformations to its pages and save the result to another PDF file.
XChange UK has launched the AutoCorrectXT XTension for QuarkXPress 8. Misspelled words are automatically flagged and underlined in red as users type in QuarkXPress 8 stories, similar to Microsoft Word.
XChange UK has announced two bundles from Markzware for QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign users. The bundles combine Markzware’s powerful XTensions and plug-ins into one lower-priced package.
XChange UK has released new versions of InDesign and QuarkXPress plug-ins for the latest versions of those tools. These include Printools for InDesign CS4 and QuarkXPress 8, and FRAEMZ PS XT, IndeXTension, Art Gallery XT,
BarCoder XT and VTools for QuarkXPress 8.
XChange International has released the Duplica XTension for QuarkXPress 8. Badia Duplica allows users to sample and apply text and item attributes using multiple clipboards. Users choose the attributes they wish to copy, and then use the eyedroppers to duplicate the same styling in other parts of the document. More than 80 attributes are available to pick from for characters, paragraphs, pictures, boxes, lines and pages. Duplica also allows users to copy text without formatting, and transform and step-and-repeat items using the built-in Clone tool.
XChange International has released the InData, InCatalog and Xtags plug-ins for Adobe InDesign CS4. The popular database publishing products have previously been available for InDesign CS through CS3 and as XTensions for QuarkXPress -- Xdata and Xcatalog -- from version 3.0 and higher.
Enfocus's PitStop Extreme 08 is the latest addition to the PitStop product family. Whereas PitStop Professional 08 enables PDF editing inside the familiar environment of Adobe Acrobat, PitStop Extreme 08 is a standalone, high-efficiency alternative. It was conceived from the ground up to quickly check and correct even the most complex PDF files. Anyone familiar with applications such as Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign will feel instantly familiar with the editing environment offered by PitStop Extreme 08.
XChange International has released pdfToolbox Server 4. Created by the developers of the preflight technology in Adobe's Acrobat software, pdfToolbox Server 4 offers features including PDF preflighting and automatic correction, colour management, presentation tools, imposition and more. pdfToolbox Server 4 has been updated to include powerful metadata capabilities.
XChange International has released CopyFlow Gold for both Adobe InDesign CS4 and QuarkXPress v8. CopyFlow Gold adds powerful page assembly capabilities to InDesign and Quark. It allows users to export all of the individual text boxes of a layout document, translate the text, and then have it flow back into the document in the same way it was exported.
Strata’s 3D[in] plug-ins, Design 3D[in], Foto 3D[in] and Live 3D[in], slot neatly into Photoshop Extended CS3’s 3D features. We’ll concentrate here on Design 3D[in].
XChange International has released Xdata for QuarkXPress 8. The upgrade is a free release for version 7 users and adds more features, as well as support for the latest version of Quark's DTP tool.
XChange International has released the Sonar Bookends range of XTensions for QuarkXPress v8. Users can upgrade from earlier versions and they are available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
XChange International released OpenNow Pro, Bookletizer and MediaBoxXT XTensions for QuarkXPress 8.
XChange International has released of the CopyFit Desktop plug-in for InDesign CS2 and CS3. Previously available only as an XTension for QuarkXPress, CopyFit is designed to detect and remedy overset (or underset) text conditions in an InDesign document.
Xfile 2 is a Photoshop plug-in that now allows users to, for example, turn a 4:3 photograph into an almost square image without losing the core subjects or squeezing them out of proportion.
XChange International has released of the Xfile 2 plug-in for Photoshop. The new version offers 'seam carving' and image resizing capabilities.
Strata, on the other hand, is well known for 3D content creation and three of the latest plug-ins dovetail neatly with the Photoshop Extended's new 3D capabilities.
Enfocus PitStop is a publishing mainstay, and its PDF checking is central to publishing workflows throughout the industry. Version 7 can analyze file attributes, as well as pure content.
Alien Skin’s Blow Up is a plug-in tool for Adobe Photoshop that deviates from the company’s usual fare. It doesn’t offer wacky image effects, but instead lets you boost the resolution of an image up to 3,600 per cent.