January, 2006 | CreativePro Network

FlashSpring 1.2 Lets You Convert PowerPoint to Flash in a Flash

CPS Labs Ltd announces today the release of FlashSpring 1.2, an easy and fast PowerPoint add-on for authoring high quality Flash content. With FlashSpring in place, anyone can create Flash content in the PowerPoint environment by converting PowerPoint presentations into Flash clips. All FlashSpring functions are easy to locate and access from the Power Point […]

AKVIS Enhancer: Improve Detail on Your Pictures

AKVIS LLC announces the release of AKVIS Enhancer V.3.0 for Windows and Macintosh. The new algorithm introduced in v. 3.0 makes this detail-revealing software yet more efficient. The new version supports 16 bits per channel. It may happen that a photographer will take a great photo but some details within it will be lost due […]

e frontier Announces Manga Studio 3.0

e frontier announces the release of Manga Studio 3.0, a manga and comic book creation software program designed for aspiring and professional artists. Manga Studio contains everything needed to create high-quality, manga-style comics without the use of other graphic software. e frontier is partnering with TOKYOPOP, the #1 publisher of manga in the U.S, to […]

Adobe Acrobat & PDF Conference 2006 Announces Speakers, Sponsors, New Content

The Adobe® Acrobat® & PDF Conference will be held May 17-18, 2006 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida. The PDF2006 conference is the first major publishing technology event following the completion of the merger between Adobe Systems and Macromedia. Adobe Systems is returning as the gold sponsor of the event, and will deliver […]

QuarkVista Primer

When Quark was in the process of concepting and engineering QuarkVista (also known as Picture Effects), the company surveyed users to discover which adjustments and filters they applied to pictures in Photoshop. Quark chose the 80% most-common tasks and wrote a non-destructive effects engine that duplicates Photoshop’s effects in XPress. By “non-destructive,” I mean that […]

That Was Then

In 1989, QuarkXPress 2.1.2 surpassed Aldus PageMaker 3 in the hearts, minds, and studios of most page-layout professionals. That began a 15-year essential monopoly of the professional page-layout industry by Quark and its flagship application, QuarkXPress. During those years, Quark’s upgrades, especially versions 5 and 6, were not universally adopted by the industry, and Quark […]

QuarkXPress 7 Public Beta: Not the Same Old Toolbox

On January 10, Quark released the first public beta of QuarkXPress 7, the biggest upgrade in the product’s history. I’ve been working with it and previous versions of the beta for months, and I can now share my impressions in this in-depth exploration. Just be aware that this is not a review — that will […]

Digital Video Releases Toonz 5.0 Harlequin

Digital Video’s experience and knowledge of traditional animation meet the evolution of animation creative and technical standards in the new major release of Toonz to better serve the animation community: Toonz 5.0 Harlequin. Toonz is a world leader application in the cartoon animation industry, used everyday by thousands of animators in 65 different countries, among […]

Make Plans to Attend TypeCon2006

Boston is the place to be this summer, as type lovers from around the world gather at TypeCon2006: The Boston T Party. SOTA returns to its roots for its eighth annual conference (the first two TypeCons were held in a Boston suburb). TypeCon2006 features some of the most respected and innovative names in type, design, […]