ICC DeviceLink profiles contain a colour transformation from an initial device colour space directly into a second device colour space, e.g. from a scanner to a printer. basICColor dragLINK and LINKflow make using DeviceLinks easy and allow users to save time in the process.
PDFpen Pro 4.5.x Review
November 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Do you need Adobe Acrobat to create readable PDFs from scanned documents, or to create and fill in PDF forms? I didn't think so. Although Acrobat Pro undeniably gives you more options and power, PDFpen Pro has all the power most of us need at a price that is ridiculously low compared to that of [...]
Universal Type Server 2.0 outgrows the competition
July 21, 2009 by 1 Comment
The first version of their new font server product hasn't yet had the chance of cooling down, or Extensis is here with Universal Type Server 2.0, the first and only font server to support directory users and a system fonts policy.In my first review of Universal Type Server I was really enthusiastic about the ease [...]
NiXPS XPS Edit edits XPS documents
March 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft wanted to compete heads-on with Adobe, and released the XML Paper Specification a couple of years back. In Windows Vista, you were supposed to be able to create a document in a paginated, fixed-layout format. Such a document, an XML Paper Specification (XPS) document is a page-by-page view of the document's content as it [...]
basICColor Print 3 and basICCoolTool Profile’s Secret
October 23, 2008 by Leave a Comment
basICColor is the German firm that quietly develops some of the best colour management tools and applications. Print 3 and basICCoolTool Profile's Secret are the latest applications that I tested. Print 3 is a professional and customisable tool for creating printer profiles in RGB, CMYK and grayscale. basICCoolTool Profile's Secret gives you a good idea [...]
InPreflight, InDesign preflighting plug-in
July 21, 2008 by 1 Comment
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 looks good. It has a clear interface, with the ability for the user to create preflighting Presets. The entire workflow of InPreflight [...]
FlightCheck Professional 6
July 21, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Checking for almost every conceivable error, FlightCheck 6.x is one of the best preflighting tools available.Markzware’s FlightCheck Professional 6.x has all the ingredients to make desktop publishers, prepress people and printers happy. Its interface has become more informative and better organised. The application is more intelligent as well, switching between PDF preflighting and other preflighting [...]
PitStop Professional 08
July 21, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Sign off on preflight errors, new PDF/X-4 support, and more automated correction of PDF problems, are the hallmarks of PitStop Professional 08.EnFocus is the main driving force behind the PDF Ghent Group, the industry group which started the Certified PDF workflow, and which maintains and manages the CertifiedPDF profiles network. EnFocus, located in Ghent, Belgium, [...]
ColorMunki Design System
April 20, 2008 by Leave a Comment
X-Rite and Pantone jointly announced and released a new colour management / colour measurement system with some innovative features. Two versions were released: ColorMunki Design and ColorMunki Photo. Pantone sent me one of the first ColorMunki Design systems available. I’ll receive a ColorMunki Photo later on. The differences between the two systems are entirely attributable [...]
PDF Editing: Necessary Evil? Use Neo
March 12, 2008 by Leave a Comment
EnFocus has a specific application to edit PDFs. It's called Neo, and it has full editing capabilities for PDFs. SmileOnMyMac has PDF Pen Pro which also has editing capabilities, but they are far more limited than what Neo is capable of. The issue with editing PDFs is that you’re editing a file format destined to [...]
