Category Archives: Mac OS X

StoryTweaker 1.2.7b Released!

Posted on September 30, 2010 by joris

Download it from here StoryTweaker is a tool that allows for text edits of a master Adobe® InDesign® file by multiple users, without needing a copy of InDesign for the text edits. StoryTweaker’s users include • editors who want a document translated to another … Continue reading →

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CS5: ImageLibraryLoader Freebie Now Available

Posted on August 13, 2010 by kris

ImageLibraryLoader is a free plug-in for InDesign which allows you to quickly set up a floating palette filled with images from one or more designated folders. In many cases, it is much faster than Adobe Bridge, as it uses standard … Continue reading →

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Soxy 1.4.1 Now Available!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by joris

Soxy 1.4.1 has been released for Mac OS X and Windows. There’s a stumbling block when there are multiple versions of applications like Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress®, Adobe Illustrator®… installed on the same computer. Double-clicking a file’s icon will often cause … Continue reading →

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CS5: MagnetoGuides for InDesign CS5 Available!

Posted on July 20, 2010 by kris

Our MagnetoGuides tool has been updated to version 1.0.6 and now supports Adobe® InDesign® CS5 (in addition to CS, CS2, CS3, CS4). This tool helps anyone who needs to lay out structured, repetitive documents, for example, paper forms. It allows … Continue reading →

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CS5: Cope With Page Clutter in Adobe InDesign

Posted on July 20, 2010 by kris

StoryParker helps you to efficiently deal with page clutter. You can select one or more items and ‘park’ them on the pasteboard; StoryParker keeps track of their original position. When you ‘unpark’ them they remember where they came from and … Continue reading →

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Recipe: How to Age Photos in InDesign Without Photoshop

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kris

A short article how to achieve an ‘aged’ look-and-feel using recent pictures in just a few clicks. To read more, click here.

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Age Photos in InDesign With Color2Gray

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kris

This article is a little how-to about making pictures look ‘aged’ without needing to use Photoshop. First the end-result: here is an example image, part of an InDesign page. Below, I’ll explain how I did this without needing Photoshop, and … Continue reading →

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LayerLifter 1.0.2 With InDesign CS5 Support Released

Posted on July 8, 2010 by kris

Our LayerLifter freebie is a simple plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS5, CS4, CS3, CS2 or CS which offers an alternate method for moving page items between layers, instead of using the InDesign Layers palette. With LayerLifter, the names of the document layers appear in the … Continue reading →

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Soxy 1.3.0 now Available!

Posted on July 1, 2010 by joris

Soxy 1.3.0 released for Mac OS X and Windows. There’s a common problem when there are multiple versions of applications like Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress®, Adobe Illustrator®… installed on the same computer. Double-clicking a file’s icon will often cause the wrong … Continue reading →

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InDesign CS5: Color2Gray for CS5 Now Available

Posted on June 22, 2010 by kris

Color2Gray allows you to convert placed color photos (TIFF, JPEG) to grayscale without modifying the original color image. The converted pictures only render on the black (K) plate. Color2Gray has been updated to version 2.0 and now supports Adobe InDesign CS5. … Continue reading →

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