Category Archives: InDesign

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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Making Mac OS X launch the correct version of InDesign or InCopy

Posted on November 13, 2008 by kris

InDesignProxy v1.0.7 CS5 Support? InDesignProxy only supports InDesign versions between CS and CS4. If you need CS5 support, you’ll need to upgrade to Soxy (‘Son of InDesignProxy’), which supports InDesign CS5, as well as Illustrator, PDF files, Photoshop and Illustrator … Continue reading →

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Lightning Brain StoryTweaker – first public beta available

Posted on November 12, 2008 by kris

Today we’ve released the first public beta of Lightning Brain StoryTweaker. StoryTweaker is all about round-tripping text out of and back into an InDesign layout, this to allow a third party to make text changes without need for a copy of Adobe® … Continue reading →

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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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Using StoryTweaker to translate an InDesign document into another language

Posted on November 2, 2008 by kris

A test version of StoryTweaker can be downloaded here: https://www.rorohiko.com/storytweaker An easy way to get some good understanding of how StoryTweaker ‘thinks’ is to follow along as someone puts the program through its paces. StoryTweaker can be used in a … Continue reading →

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FrameReporter beta released

Posted on October 24, 2008 by kris

We have a beta of a new plug-in available – Lightning Brain FrameReporter. It attaches a little non-printing label to any currently selected frames, with relevant info about the frame – saves you from having to hunt for that same info elsewhere. … Continue reading →

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How to add InDesign page item adornments using scripting

Posted on October 15, 2008 by kris

Ingredients – Adobe® InDesign® CS or higher (the APIDToolAssistant plug-in is available for InDesign CS, and higher, Mac and Windows). – A licensed copy or a demo version of APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 or higher. It also works with unlicensed versions, but … 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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