• On the Fly Layer Thumbnail Resizing

    Photoshop pros differ in their choice of thumbnail size on the Layers, Paths, and Channels palettes. Some usually run with small thumbnails, some with none, others with medium or large. Once in a while, you need to alter that size. Maybe an image with lots of layers would be easier to work on if the…

  • Press-sense announces Agreement with XMPie

    PRESS RELEASE uDIRECT To Be Integrated And Packaged With Press-Sense iWAY CHICAGO — October 19, 2006 — At the 2006 Graph Expo and Converting Expo, Press-sense announced an agreement with XMPie to integrate XMPie(R) uDirect(TM) Designer software and XMPie’s unique VDP composition technology into the Press-sense iWay web-to-print solution. Using a module called Press-sense iWay…

  • Adobe Extends Video Software Offerings with Acquisition of Serious Magic

    PRESS RELEASE Future Adobe Products Set to Gain from Integration of Award-Winning Video Technologies SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct. 19, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has acquired Serious Magic Inc.â„¢, maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets. With Serious Magic solutions such as…

  • Appearance Drag Apply

    Want to quickly copy an appearance, no matter how complicated, from one object to others? Select the source object, the one with the appearance you want to share with the rest. At the top of the Appearance palette is the object’s preview icon. Drag that icon and drop it on top of other objects on…

  • The Holy Grail of Page Layout

    Yup, calling something the Holy Grail is pretty bold–and overused. In this case, however, it really does apply. Yesterday I released Page Control, a plug-in for InDesign CS and InDesign CS2, developed in cooperation with DTP Tools. Page Control answers a need left open for 22 years: The ability to create a single document with…

  • Enfocus Products to Support Adobe Acrobat 8

    PRESS RELEASE Enfocus, an Artwork Systems brand, is readying its Adobe Acrobat 8 compatible versions of its full product line, including the industry’s most popular PDF plug-in, PitStop Professional. Though the improvements offered in the most recent release of Acrobat are commendable, industry experts agree that additional functionality is required to fully support a graphic…