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Cumulus 7.6

Canto Cumulus is a tremendously powerful asset-managing system that can track all kinds of files, including individual assets placed inside QuarkXPress or InDesign layouts, separate pages of PowerPoint presentations, images, audio, video, and literally any other kind of file. New features in version 7.6 include: built-in rendering of PDF thumbnails and previews for files; generation of PowerPoint [...]

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PitStop Professional 8: the Über PDF Editor

When you have to preflight or fix a lot of PDFs, there’s no better tool than Enfocus’s PitStop Professional 8. This $699 tool not only preflights PDFs, it lets you adjust many attributes such as fonts, colors, line width, page size and image resolution. In addition, you can add or remove objects such as registration marks, [...]

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Uncoated GoeGuide Now Available

Last October, Pantone released their new Goe spot color matching system. At the time only a coated fan guide was available, but now an uncoated guide is also available. Each one costs $130, or get both for $199. Goe has 2,058 colors — almost double the number of colors in the PMS system, with many new [...]

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