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&Else! news goodies from the DT&G Online Newsletter
- &Else... December 2002
- 01 Grabby Window for OS 9
- 02 Batch and Print Pro
- 03 You didn't think you needed a Mind Map, right?
- 04 Enlarging Photoshop files?
- 05 New year? Get your media organized in 03
- 06 Got folds?
- 07 Thank you berry, berry much
- 08 The smartest way from bitmap to vectors!
- 09 Free Mac OS X Jaguar Training Manual
- 10 PC paranoia strikes deep
- Grabby Window for OS 9
- GrabbyWindow is a filebrowser suspended above all applications, which substantially simplifies viewing, managing and layouting with files. Features: Extended file info: Exif-digital camera data IPTC-(photoshop file info) image data extended EPS-Data (used colors, used fonts, etc.) image info (dimensions, resolution, clipping pathes, color mode, etc.) Labels View images and movies: create, store and view big previews up to 1024x1024 px Thumbnailbrowser for comfortable image browsing (with filter function to view e.g. only tiff files) play movies and sounds Find files quickly: AND-search Find text content without indexing Find IPTC data Find Labels And: switch floating of all windows History palette customizable toolbar extended Dock with 5 layers integrated text edit functions write IPTC-Data Labels and much more. MAC: all versions. http://www.end-if.com/DownloadPubXcgi/GrabbyWindow_20e.sit
special thanks to: Petra Niedernolte End If Software Mac OS Enhancement: utilities, filters, managers, etc. more info go to: http://www.end-if.com/ [top]
- Batch and Print Pro
- Batch & Print Pro is for batching documents as retainable lists which can be automatically printed in document sequence of your choice. All associated shell printable documents are supported, e.g. PDF, MS Word, HTML, Text Files, Image formats, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint Presentations and many more.
Other features of this software include print scheduling, directory monitoring, drag & drop of files for ease of use, save, load, append batch lists for later use, list ordering options, refresh lists to pickup new files, change printer settings during print job, command line options for automating printing from other applications, also supports separator pages between each file, recognizes number of pages in PDF files + lots more.
platform = PC: Windows all versions
Thanks to Lee at Traction Software for submitting this to: DTP Utilities: pre-flight, config, printing and imageing, etc. Check them out at: http://www.traction-software.co.uk/batchprint/index.html [top]
- You didn't think you needed a Mind Map, right?
- This could turn out to be your favorite software! Irina Nazarova has reported in from MacExpo, London with Odessa Software's new MindMap -- software that gives you effective ways to present ideas in a clear visual form. Mind mapping devotees will discover the enhanced set of mind mapping tools to reach the increased thinking productivity and supported by powerful graphics capabilities. This software is ideal for laying out the structural plans for any project, concept or idea from a web site map, to the launch of a new product from inception to the grocery store shelves. This new version has added support for FTP - you can save documents and HTML files to a remote server -- export of linked documents to HTML, Import of ConceptDraw XML and a host of improved drawing tools. We told you about Concept Draw, Odessa's unique drawing software -- now MindMap puts brains behind all that muscle!
Thanks to Irina Nazarova for sending this to our DTP: Publishing, printing, output and printing department. Check it out at: http://www.conceptdraw.com/mindmap/ [top]
- Enlarging Photoshop files?
- Right after I announce to the world it's not a good idea to enlarge Photoshop images, Steve Teare tells me about the Miranda Stair Interpolation action from Fred Miranda. According to Steve, it works with Photoshop 6.0 or higher, allowing sharp crisp "enlargement" of images. You don't need a bigger digital camera. Go to the site for comparisons with other methods (Genuine Fractals and others.) It's $15, and I'm in contact with Miranda to evaluate it more fully. I'll let you know.
Thanks to Steve Teare Image Processing: graphics, illustration, photography Check it out at: http://www.fredmiranda.com/ [top]
- New year? Get your media organized in 03
- Rune Lindman has released version 5.2 of his well known QPict Media Organizer. QPict Media Organizer is a powerful, easy-to-use media asset manager for central media access point for organizing images, full-screen video, MP3 files, Fonts and live streaming audio and video. This major new release boasts 15 new features from Digital Camera Support, XML Export, Quartz text rendering and Improved performance, to Jaguar optimization and JPEG 2000 along with Improved PDF support. QPict fully supports Meta data making it perfect for large scale organization of media files in a fully searchable database.
Thanks to the MUG News Desk for this item Image Processing: graphics, illustration, photography more into at: ttp://www.qpict.net [top]
- Got folds?
- In these days of the web monopolizing the entire publishing industry, few people think about folding. In fact, there has never been a guide for folding. Now there's a guide available to designers and printers which explaines the folding process and all of the different folding styles that can be offered to customers. Finishing Experts Group, Inc., a Baltimore-area publishing company, has just released FOLD: The Professional’s Guide to Folding, establishing naming conventions and standardizing the folding process. The guide documents and classifies more than 180 folding styles, breaking them down into eight folding families (accordions, basics, exotics, gates, maps, parallels, posters and rolls). Each folding style is named, numbered and illustrated. I'm going to tell you a lot more about this must-have guide in the pages of DTG. But if you can't wait, visit the Finishing Experts web site for more detail.
Posted by Trish Witkowski, Finishing Experts Group, Inc. for BOOK: publishing, page layout, Quark, Pagemaker, InDesign department.http://www.expertsinfinishing.com/ [top]
- Thank you berry, berry much
- We've heard of blueberry computers, Frankenberry cereal, Dave Berry jokes... er, uh, Barry. Well now you can have a DeskBerry -- and just in time for the holidays too! The DeskBerry is a cute little mini-filing device designed to organize smaller desktop items such as disks, letters and memos, as well as deliver a single drop of inspiring color onto the home or office desktop. The unique design of the DeskBerry causes it to shine, giving it a glassy, candy-like appearance in choice of four colors: Crystal, Blue, Purple and Red which is my favorite! The small ($5.99 US) price tag makes it an ideal stocking stuffer and you could even have them imprinted with the company logo for holiday gifts! They're from Tiggon Corporation in Dallas Texas.
Thanks to John Rowe for sending this one in Novelty, non computer http://www.tiggon.com [top]
- The smartest way from bitmap to vectors!
- Silhouette plugin for Illustrator allows you to convert bitmap images to vector images with unique correction tools -- and it works on Macintosh and Windows! This plugin straightens a crooked scan, sharpens rounded or truncated corners; deletes unsed anchor points; simplifyies and smooths curves while keeping their appearance; and even converts flat curves into straight lines. Silhouette is compatible with Adobe Illustrator 8, 9 and 10. Silhouette could be the smartest way from bitmap to vectors!
Sent in by Renaud Pattyn DTP Helpers: plug-ins, filters, enhancements, etc. http://www.silhouetteonline.com/ [top]
- Free Mac OS X Jaguar Training Manual
- Gartner released a research paper on Mac OS X 10.2 aka Jaguar. Gartner says that although earlier versions of the the Macintosh operating system have been marketed to Macintosh users, Jaguar is the first Apple OS designed to entice Windows users. With its approximately 150 new features, Gartner calls Jaguar a compelling upgrade, especially for prfoessionals within multiplatform computing environments. Gartner is especially impressed with Jaguar's Windows networking tools which it describes as substantial. it-Enquirer has posted an excellent manual for OS X, written by Erik Vlietinck. It covers OS X 10.1, and OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Download http://it-enquirer.com/OSX101man.pdf
Thanks to Erik Vlietinck for sending in this tip. MAC SOFTWARE: review, tutorial, release note, etc. Get more info at: http://it-enquirer.com/macosx/jaguar-gartner.html [top]
- PC paranoia strikes deep
- Paranoia Eradicator 1.0 is a simple, yet powerful multifunctional utility for Windows. It can be set up to eradicate (clean up) several predefined objects at startup, as well as user-defined folders. This is useful if you want to remove the traces of visited websites, clean up temporary directories, etc. Paranoia Eradicator also has the ability to activate the built-in restrictions of Internet Explorer, to speed up your cable modem, DSL or ordinary modem connections, set the maximum connections to HTTP servers, and manage programs and drivers executed at startup. You can even lock Paranoia Eradicator with a password so you can be the only one able to access these settings. PC: Windows all versions
Download: http://www.angelfire.com/games3/tomi/zipfiles/ParaInst.zip
Thanks to Tamas Marki for sending this one in. File under: PC OS Enhancement: utilities, filters, managers, etc. To get more info go to: http://www.angelfire.com/games3/tomi/ [top]
...have fun
Fred Showker
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