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Neat Image: An Excellent Noise Reducer

Neat Image is a plug-in for Photoshop 7 through CS4, as well as Photoshop Elements and Apple Aperture, that reduces image noise and grain in digital photos and scans. (They also have a standalone version, and a version for video!)

It works well at reducing noise in low-light action photos, as well as in portraits, in [...]

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Grid Master Helps with Making Grids

Vision’s Edge’s Grid Master is an XTension for QuarkXPress 4/5/6/7/8 that gives you a fast and easy way to create grids of text or picture boxes.

You can define an area and specify how many boxes you want, or define a box size and quantity, and specify how much space you want between them.
If you [...]

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Import .doc and .odt Files into QuarkXPress

The new DOCX ImportXT and ODT ImportXT are XTensions for QuarkXPress 8 that let you import native .docx or .odt documents directly into QuarkXPress 8. The .docx file format is the native format for Microsoft Office 2007 and later, while the .odt format is the native format of the Writer component of the OpenOffice suite [...]

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The Most Advanced Barcode Generator

Most barcode generators use a special font to create the barcode. Soft Horizons’ Chartbot Barcodes is different: it generates a vector EPS file and places it into a placeholder box on your layout in QuarkXPress. The data for the bar code comes from text you place on top of the placeholder box. The data can [...]

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