Graphics News Review

DTP Tools are pleased to announce the release of the new version of Page Control plug-in for InDesign. Version 1.1 now fully supports InDesign from version CS to CS3.

New features:

• Thumbnails are now resized to reflect the proportions and position of the pages; available in all versions CS- CS3.
• Automatic updates
• De-activation of plug-in is now possible for easy license transfer.

Page Control Key Features

• Resize one or every page or spread in a document individually.
• Create landscape and portrait pages in the same document.
• Resize master pages.
• Automatic resizing of pages according to master page.
• Custom pasteboard sizes.
• Print or export to PDF retaining page sizes.
• No new panels; Page Control’s commands are added to InDesign’s own Pages panel menu.

A free Page Control Reader guarantees InDesign documents containing multiple page sizes will be accessible to, and editable by, service providers and collaborators who do not have Page Control installed.

Pricing and Availability

Page Control is available for InDesign CS, InDesign CS2 and InDesign CS3 on both Windows and Macintosh OS X. A single license price is $59 USD and is available for instant purchase and download at www.dtptools.com/pagecontrol Upgrade from previous versions is free.

A 14-day try-out version of Page Control is available for download at www.dtptools.com/pagecontrol or at the following direct download links:
Mac try-out download link: www.dtptools.com/id/pagecontrol/Page_Control_1.1.zip
Windows try-out download link: www.dtptools.com/id/pagecontrol/Page_Control_1.1.msi

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced the Photoshop® CS3 Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse, enabling Adobe® Photoshop CS3 Extended users to take further advantage of the software’s powerful compositing, painting and image-editing toolset for editing 3D content. With the plug-in, users will be able to query and download free 3D content from the Google 3D Warehouse, Google’s free online repository for 3D models and content, directly within Photoshop CS3 Extended. 3D Content then can be placed, manipulated and used in composites with the new 3D tools in Photoshop CS3 Extended.

The plug-in is available for free download from the Adobe Labs Web site at labs.adobe.com

“We were happy to collaborate with Adobe on the Photoshop Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse. With this plug-in, users of Photoshop CS3 Extended can participate in the 3D Warehouse community, giving them the ability to search, store and share thousands of 3D models and content,” said Mark Limber, product manager at Google. “The Google 3D Warehouse repository, combined with Photoshop CS3 Extended, allows creatives, architects, manufacturers and others to find exactly what they need to bring their virtual worlds and conceptual designs to life.”

The Google 3D Warehouse is a free Google service which allows anyone to search for and download 3D models and content via a standard Web browser and now, with this plug-in, Photoshop CS3 Extended. Users can also submit their own models to share within the community by uploading them from Google SketchUp into the 3D Warehouse. Models include everything needed for a 3D world, including: buildings, houses, bridges, statues, sculptures, couches, cars, people, pets and more. If the model has a location on earth, such as a building in New York city, you can also download and view it in Google Earth. Read more

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today unveiled “Print 2.0,” the company’s strategy for making printing relevant and empowering as both personal and professional content increasingly moves from the desktop to the web.

At HP’s annual Imaging and Printing Conference this morning, Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of the company’s Imaging and Printing Group, described how HP will seek to capture a significant share of the 53 trillion digital pages estimated to be printed in 2010 alone — an opportunity valued at more than $296 billion.

Joshi identified three key areas of focus of the Print 2.0 strategy:

• Make it easier to print from websites, such as blogs and travel sites, and bring new printing capabilities to online properties;
• Extend the company’s digital content creation and publishing platforms — for example, Snapfish and Logoworks — across customer segments spanning from consumers to enterprises; and
• Deliver a digital printing platform that increases print speeds and lowers the cost of printing for high-volume commercial markets.

In its enterprise imaging and printing portfolio, HP also announced new applications, services and an enhanced solution partner program to help businesses improve their imaging and printing workflow, management and infrastructure. Read more