Category Archives: News

Lightning Brain FrameReporter 1.0.1 released

Posted on January 15, 2009 by kris

We’ve just released Lightning Brain FrameReporter 1.0.1 for Adobe InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4. Have you ever worked with a long text story that spanned multiple text frames? Did you have fun with overset text? How about taking a … Continue reading →

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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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Switched our web site to WordPress

Posted on December 5, 2008 by kris

We’ve switched most of our web pages over to a WordPress-driven setup; there’s still a few odds and ends to clean up, but we’re mostly there. From now on, you should be able to use the RSS features of your … 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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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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Sudoku Generator updated for CS4

Posted on November 8, 2008 by kris

The Lightning Brain Sudoku Generator has been updated and now also supports Adobe InDesign CS4 (in addition to CS, CS2, CS3). Click here for more info. Keep in mind – the LB Sudoku Generator licensing accounted per copy of InDesign. Sadly enough, … 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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