Category Archives: Freebies

Lightning Brain ImageHorn 1.0 for Adobe InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4

Posted on January 13, 2009 by kris

We’ve just released a new freebie. It’s called Lightning Brain ImageHorn (‘horn’ like in shoehorn). If you find yourself re-applying ‘Fit Content To Frame’ each time you resize an image frame, LB ImageHorn is for you: it allows you to … Continue reading →

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Lightning Brain ImageLibraryLoader 1.0.3 for CS4

Posted on December 18, 2008 by kris

Lightning Brain ImageLibraryLoader is one of our freebies – it handles a floating library-palette filled with images that are automatically retrieved from one or more folders; a bit like a fast and lean mini-version of Adobe Bridge. The free Lightning … Continue reading →

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Lightning Brain InDesignProxy 1.0.5 available

Posted on December 5, 2008 by kris

There’s a common problem on Mac OS X when there are multiple versions of Adobe® InDesign® or Adobe® InCopy® installed on the same computer. Double-clicking an .indd file’s icon will often cause the wrong application to launch. The horror scenario: … Continue reading →

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New Lightning Brain TextExporter released – supports CS4 and InCopy

Posted on December 4, 2008 by kris

Lightning Brain TextExporter now supports Adobe® InCopy® as well as Adobe® InDesign®, for any version between CS and CS4. The latest version is 2.0.7. For more info and/or download, click here.

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MagnetoGuides and Color2Gray updated for CS4

Posted on November 10, 2008 by kris

We have free updates for MagnetoGuides (demo/commercial) and the Color2Gray (freebie). The Lightning Brain MagnetoGuides has been updated to version 1.0.5 and now supports Adobe® InDesign® CS4 (in addition to CS, CS2, CS3). This tool helps anyone who needs to lay out structured, repetitive documents, … Continue reading →

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APIDToolAssistant updated for CS4

Posted on November 7, 2008 by kris

The APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 has been released. More info can be found here. Download APID ToolAssistant (version 1.0.46. Includes versions for Mac, Windows, InDesign CS, InDesign CS2, InDesign CS3 and InDesign CS4). This version is of interest to end-users and scripters alike. It … Continue reading →

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GREPGrokker updated

Posted on August 30, 2008 by kris

We’ve got version 3.0 of GREPGrokker available – click here to check it out. This one’s main new feature is that it uses a brand new GREP engine we’ve developed, which allows it to emulate InDesign’s GREP functionality much better than … Continue reading →

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GREPGrokker updated

Posted on August 3, 2008 by kris

There’s a new GREPGrokker version available – click here to check it out. Main new features: you can now see live text replacements, and there is a new ‘InDesign GREP Dialect’ simulation mode. Click here to try it out.

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Place and Scale updated to version 1.0.6

Posted on July 18, 2008 by kris

An old-time favorite, Place and Scale, has been updated to version 1.0.6 – it offers improved CS3 support, and more importantly, it can now be enabled or disabled as needed via the preferences dialog. More info and download by clicking here.

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Navigate InDesign layout using your keyboard

Posted on July 3, 2008 by kris

LightningBrain MagnetoGuides has been upgraded to version 1.0.3 and has now officialy been released. This is one of those things where you wonder why this is not a standard part of InDesign – once you’ve seen it it is hard … Continue reading →

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