PitStop 11 now with Smart Preflight to save you even more time and money!

With PitStop 11, users no longer have to work with fixed values within a Preflight Profile, but can use preflight rules that can now depend on job and production specific information. Smart preflight has been introduced unleashing the full potential of checking and correcting PDF files within the PitStop Preflight Engine.

Higher efficiency, smarter functionality, easier integration 

As a publishing professional, you know that PDF files can be troublesome to work with.
 
They are not generated as expected, do not output as expected and more often than not you have to edit the file even though Adobe Acrobat does not support it.

PitStop Pro now brings you a plug-in for  Adobe Acrobat that offers the solution to those problems.

Impressive array of editing tools
PitStop Pro comes with an impressive array of editing tools:

• Edit text
• Move colors
• Move, rotate or scale objects
• ...

Fixing last-minute problems is now a mere matter of seconds. Even when the problem is more complicated or production oriented, PitStop Pro still has the right tool for the job.
 
Imagine being able to apply a template with correct trim and bleed boxes to a document while at the same time inserting the printer marks you want.
 
PitStop Pro was developed specifically for use in a demanding, deadline-driven professional publishing environment. It won’t let you down when a deadline looms and you have to fix things quickly and efficiently.
 

Smart Preflight PitStop Pro 11 introduces Smart Preflight & Correction - a more accurate and flexible way of preflighting and correcting files to their specific production requirements.

Global changes to the rescue

In working with long documents or to fix problems across a number of pages in a PDF file, global changes come to the rescue.
 
Each global change can be customized to do exactly what you need and accomplishes changes automatically across a complete file.

• Apply stamps
• Insert cover pages
• Renumber pages
• Convert all colors
• ... all done in just seconds.

The built-in industry-standard preflight engine checks all aspects of your PDF files to detect missing or corrupt fonts, incorrect colors, objects without bleed and much more…
 
It supports standards such as PDF/X, the Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications and the profiles created by your user association, publisher or printer. You can generate a full preflight report that lists all problems found in your files or you can choose to use the navigator to pinpoint the exact error object. The navigator can often even fix the problems for you.

When it’s important to know for sure that a particular PDF file has been preflighted and by whom, the open, standards-based Certified PDF technology embedded in PitStop Pro comes in handy.
 
It embeds the results of the preflight in the actual PDF file and certifies the file with a standard digital signature. Never doubt the quality of the files you receive or waste time unnecessarily preflighting incoming files again.
 
In short, whatever problems you may face with troublesome PDF files, PitStop Pro helps you fix them quickly and efficiently without ever leaving Adobe Acrobat.

Until today, a Preflight Profile could only contain fixed checks and corrections e.g. the resolution of an image must be higher than 300 dpi or the page size should be A4. However, every job is different and comes with its specific order and production requirements. The current situation requires many different or very general Preflight Profiles that can be used for different types of jobs, but this results in less specific and accurate preflighting and corrections.

Not anymore with PitStop Pro 11. Users no longer have to work with fixed values within a Preflight Profile, but can use preflight rules that can now depend on job and production specific information. Smart preflight unleashes the full potential of checking and correcting PDF files within the PitStop Preflight engine.

PitStop Pro 11 introduces the concept of 'Variable Sets' – a group of variables to be used when preflighting or correcting PDF files. These variables are substituted at runtime with the right values for the job.

Smart Preflight is more powerful by being specific and accurate for each job, resulting in higher quality PDFs. The new version of PitStop Pro enables you to maximize the technology you already own and know today by using it in a smarter way.

Smarter Text Editing
Find and Replace text
The new Find and Replace text tool allows users to quickly locate specific text segments and immediately replace them. For example, you can easily correct misspellings globally, apply new branding styles, and more. These changes can be easily implemented and are quickly and efficiently handled saving precious time.

Merge characters and words into text lines.
PitStop Pro makes smart text manipulation easy with a new tool to automatically remerge split text segments into a single line. This new feature eliminates the struggle to work with separate text segments and provides a more comfortable way to correct mistakes, edit and reposition text.

Cleaner overview, a better focus

Improved Preflight Profile Editor
Enfocus has developed a new and streamlined interface to make Preflight Profile editing as easy and obvious as possible in PitStop Pro 11. The Preflight Profile Editor has been optimized with more logical categories. Now you can add your desired preflight checks and have a clear visual overview of the checks and corrections that are used in your Preflight Profile.

Streamlined Navigator
The Navigator, PitStop Pro's mission control, is more compact and easier to use resulting in a clearer view of your PDF throughout the review process.

PitStop Pro 11

Graphics professionals have relied upon PitStop Pro 11 for years as the most comprehensive and powerful tool available for editing and preflighting PDF documents.