• USA, December 17, 2002 - ImposerPro, with 8Up printer flats now available. Click here for more details
• Berlin, October 22, 2002 - callas software GmbH introduces  it’s new callas process| solutions on a fully redesigned website.(www.callas.de). With this move, callas - a leading german specialist in extended workflow solutions - known worldwide for products such as:
   
• FontIncluder2
• MadeToPrint
• pdfInspektor2 -

responds to the increasing pressure in Publishing Companies, Advertising agencies and pre-press businesses to streamline their automated processes. callas software offers process| components which address various aspects of the publishing and commnications industry. As an example, in the process.group | prepress norm you will find among others the following components

• process | QuarkXPress.PDF/X
  completely automates the creation of normalized PDF files
• process | prepress.PDF/X
  automates Quality Control of incoming and outgoing PDF files.

callas software has developed the following groups process.group | prepress norm, process.group | TechDoc norm, and process.group | e-paper norm with appropriately powerful components for streamlining these processes.
An investment in callas process| amortizes within six months on average and considerably reduces pressure on Cost Accounting. callas process| will have the financial department pricking up it’s ears. More detailed information is available at www.callas.de.

• October, 1st, 2002 GLUON has released a new version of XPressImage. XPressImage is a XTension which automates the conversion of documents, pages, or selections to various graphic formats -- at any size or resolution. Export to EPS, TIFF, PICT, GIF, JPEG, PDF bitmap and a host of other supported formats. Currently the english version is available
  New to XPressImage:
• Photshop 7 compatibility
• Fully scriptable Distiller PDF Format (XPressImage Pro Only)
• Works with Auto Font loading software
• Direct email send from QuarkXPress™
• New formats added
• Direct to Clipboard export
• Add borders
• QuarkXPress 5 native version as well as QuarkXPress 4 version available
  Contact  for more details
   
• September 18th, 2003 - Something new is afoot at HKS
  HKS is releasing 3 new color specimen books with  corresponding colors. HKS now has 3520 shades of color, which were achieved using rasterizing and black overprinting. All the resulting colors will be delivered from HKS as print ready colors. Creative people now have the color nuances with which to express themselves in every color. A special pair of color glasses will be included, to allow the user the ability to see all shading nuances, and the color effect. This dependable secure color decisions. Die HKS CoDesCo IT Consulting XTensions will be updated to reflect these additions and available for purchase soon..
   
• CheckItOut und PunchXT are no longer available...
   
• Tableworks closes it’s doors...
   
• Markzwares Flightcheck now available for Windows - (click for pdf with details)
   
• Quark™ has an extensive listing of news about  XTensions ...
   
• Alien Skins’ Splat!
  Splat! is a powerful, new filter set for Adobe Photoshop and other graphics programs. Easy to use and versatile, Splat! combines frames, textures, edges, borders, mosaics and more with the award-winning interface of Eye Candy 4000 in an all-new, affordable plug-in. Digital photographers, graphic designers, Web monkeys and digital artists can set their images apart using the stunning effects of Splat!
• Alien Skins Image Doctor Released!
  This all new set of powerful image-correction filters magically removes blemishes and defects, quickly repairs over-compressed JPEGs, and seamlessly replaces unwanted details and objects. The intelligent pattern matching of Image Doctor makes it the perfect complement to existing photo-editing tools. Restoring, retouching and repairing images is now easier than ever

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