March, 2005 | CreativePro Network

Autodesk Ships Combustion 4 Desktop Compositing Software

Autodesk, Inc.(NASDAQ: ADSK), today announced it has begun shipping Autodesk® Combustion® 4 software for Windows®, the highly anticipated upgrade to its visual effects desktop software solution. Autodesk Combustion 4 software features a complete set of sophisticated tools for visual effects creation, including vector paint, particles, effects, animation and 3D compositing tools. Version 4 delivers the […]

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 Now Available

Corel DESIGNER®Technical Suite 12, the world’s most complete and affordable technical graphics suite, is now available worldwide in English, French, and German. Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 is designed specifically for technical illustrators in industries such as manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, defense, landscaping, and apparel. Ideal for creating technical documentation, instructional manuals, and maintenance references, the […]

Callas Software Launches MadeToPrint XT for QuarkXPress 6 and 6.5

callas software has launched a new version of its QuarkXPress output extension MadeToPrint XT. The tool now supports QuarkXPress 6.x with Mac OS X; the Windows 2000/XP version will be available by the end of April. In addition, callas introduces hotfolder based MadeToPrint XT Auto, which can be run under Mac OS X as well […]

Artists and Photographers Get Flashy Web Sites

FolioLink’s new FLASH movie web sites take advantage of the visual richness of FLASH technology while allowing search engines to index metadata and text content. This technological feat makes FolioLink the first service of its kind that can offer FLASH movie web sites with search engine visibility. Lonna Tucker, professional photographer since 1978 and former […]

Heavy Metal Madness: A Woman's Work is Never Done

A few months ago at a rare family get together, when it came time for clearing the table and cleaning the dishes, my Swiss brother-in-law made some sort of reference to it being “women’s work.” As a well-intentioned liberal, I hate to generalize, but since my sister moved to Switzerland, I’ve learned a couple of […]

Teacup Software Releases TableStyles and CellStyles 1.0

Teacup Software today announced the release of TableStyles and CellStyles 1.0, two new plug-ins that bring powerful table styling features to Adobe InDesign CS. A single click can now fully format a table or a cell within a table. From that point on, any changes made to the style are updated on the table automatically. […]

Quark Joins Ghent PDF Workgroup to Improve Publishing Workflows Around the World

Quark Inc. today announced its membership in the Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), an international assembly of graphic arts professionals established to create, test, and disseminate best practices and specifications for publishing workflows. “Ghent PDF Workgroup has done an excellent job in creating PDF output specifications for real-world production environments. The significant level of real user […]

A Decade of DI: The TrendWatch Graphic Arts Perspective on the Changing Market for Digital Imaging Equipment

These TrendWatch Graphic Arts digital imaging reports examine the market(s) for digital cameras and scanners in the graphic communications industry. 1994 could arguably have been called “the year of the digital image,” as it was that year that marked the debut of the first flatbed scanners that were ready for prepress workflows, as well as […]

International Typeface Corporation Announces 13 New Fonts

International Typeface Corporation has introduced the ITC Stone® Humanist™, ITC Tetra™ and ITC Tomism™ typeface families, three new designs that can be viewed and purchased at www.itcfonts.com/new. “Created by two of today’s most influential type designers, these new typefaces flaunt the diversity of what’s available from ITC,” said Allan Haley, director of words and letters […]