RogueSheep Releases Magma Effects 1.0 InDesign Plugin

New plugin for InDesign CS/CS2 and Mac OS X 10.4.1 and later brings power of Apple's Core Imageâ„¢ technology directly to InDesigners' fingertips

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An inter­face view of RogueSheep’s new Magma Effects plu­g­in for InDesign

Press Release:

(Seattle, WA – December 6th, 2005 – roguesheep​.com) RogueSheep Incorporated (www​.roguesheep​.com) today announced the release of Magma EffectsT 1.0, a plug-in for Adobe® InDesign® CS and CS2 on Mac OS X 10.4.1 or new­er. Magma Effects makes avail­able the rich func­tion­al­i­ty of Apple’s Core Image tech­nol­o­gy direct­ly with­in the InDesign application.

Users can apply a vari­ety of image-enhancement and styl­iz­ing effects to any bitmap image placed in Adobe InDesign. Make sim­ple adjust­ments such as mod­i­fy­ing the bright­ness or con­trast of a pho­to. Composite two images togeth­er using one of sev­er­al blend oper­a­tions. Highlight spe­cif­ic regions in a pho­to with the spot­light fil­ter. Apply rad­i­cal bump and glass dis­tor­tion fil­ters. Fill an emp­ty frame with a star shine or halo effect. There are over 100 image fil­ters includ­ed with­in Mac OS X Tiger that are now avail­able to users of Adobe InDesign, all with­out switch­ing to anoth­er appli­ca­tion. Users can also save time by stor­ing fil­ter effects in a pre­set for lat­er use.

Availability and Pricing

RogueSheep Magma Effects 1.0 is now avail­able for pur­chase at http:// www​.roguesheep​.com/​m​a​g​m​a​p​a​g​e​/​i​n​d​e​x.html and is priced
at US$50 per license. Magma Effects requires Adobe InDesign CS or CS2 and Mac OS X ver­sion 10.4.1 or newer.

About RogueSheep, Incorporated

RogueSheep pro­vides qual­i­ty soft­ware appli­ca­tions and tools for a vari­ety of pro­fes­sion­al pub­lish­ing needs. With over 30 years of com­bined indus­try expe­ri­ence cre­at­ing top-tier pub­lish­ing and cre­ative pro­fes­sion­al soft­ware, RogueSheep is unique­ly posi­tioned to deliv­er effi­cient and usable tools as well as cus­tom work­flow solu­tions. Dedicated to pro­duc­ing soft­ware you swear by, not at, RogueSheep invites you to think out­side the flocks and see how we can enhance your pub­lish­ing tasks today.