Adobe products may be your de facto
page layout and design tools, but there’s
always room to improve workflow...
Enter Plug-ins!
There are many areas where it's more effort to complete a
task than
it needs to be, and although Adobe rolls out
improvements with increasing frequency, there's still
plenty of
room for Plug-ins to fill the gap.
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With Creative Cloud 2014, Adobe changed how they work with
Plug-ins (now called Extensions) and they moved away from Flash
based programming for Extensions to an HTML5 base for Plug-ins
that use Extension. That means any third-party Plug-ins you have
that use Extensions (T-Seps 3.0) needs to be upgraded to work in
CC 2014. Third party Plug-ins/Extensions are not copied between
versions because they can have dependencies (such as libraries
in other places).
Before updating your
applications such as Adobe InDesign via the Adobe application
manager, check our website to make sure that the third-party
Plug-ins/Extensions you've come to rely on will work in the
latest version of your application. Developers of Adobe
Plug-ins/Extensions have to constantly be aware of new changes
from Adobe to make sure that their products will work within
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. |
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So what does that mean for you
and your Plug-ins/Extensions?
Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 is in fact a major upgrade. For that
reason, you should check to make sure that any
Plug-ins/Extensions you are using now fully support Creative
Cloud 2014 before you install them.
DO:
‣ Only
use the Plug-in/Extension installer to install your
Plug-ins/Extensions
‣ Always
check our website for the latest version of your
Plug-in/Extension
DON'T:
‣ Manually
drag Plug-ins/Extensions from a previous Adobe application
version’s Plug-ins/Extensions folder to a newer version of the
Plug-Ins/Extensions folder
We offer Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 versions for a
variety of Plug-ins/Extensions and can assist you in upgrading
right away so that you don't lose those
"can't-live-without-them" tools. We know that time is money and
our knowledgeable sales team can assist you by ensuring that you
are running the latest version for Adobe CC 2014.
If you haven't previously discovered the power and time-saving
features that third-party Plug-ins/Extensions bring to the
table, then be sure to check out our site for available
solutions.
We offer the most popular (and
proven) tools that can help you work smarter and
faster by eliminating tedious, redundant tasks, adding awesome
options to your design arsenal, or automating tasks that were
otherwise impossible in Adobe applications alone. Check some of
them out below. All of the products are available for Adobe
Creative Suite versions as well! |
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Adobe Plug-in/Extension manufacturers are working right now on
getting
Creative
Cloud 2014 compatible versions of their products released, but
there’s already a selection of CC 2014 compatible
Plug-ins/Extensions available. Check them
out!
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CADtools 9 for
Illustrator CC 2014
CAD becomes beautifully simple with CADtools
– a complete CAD Plug-in solution for Adobe
Illustrator. Draw in any scale, edit and
dimension vector artwork with a mouse click,
and numerically control objects or points.
Click and drag with 81 tools to make design
work both easy and elegant! |
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EasyCatalog 10
for InDesign CC 2014
Ever wished you could take data directly
from a file or database straight into Adobe
InDesign? If you create any form of
data-driven publication (including product
catalogs with or without photos, table-based
documents, and more advanced paginated
layouts), you need EasyCatalog! Available
modules let you customize EasyCatalog to
your database publishing needs! |
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PDF2ID 4 for InDesign CC 2014
PDF2ID Professional 4.0.1 for Creative Cloud
allows you to open PDF and Windows XPS files
in InDesign simply by selecting File>Open.
This immediately opens the PDF file as a
native InDesign file, meaning the contents
can be moved and edited as if they were
created in InDesign. |
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ID2Office 2 for
InDesign CC 2014
ID2Office is a Plug-in for InDesign that
converts InDesign files to the Microsoft
Office file formats. ID2Office converts
InDesign files to the latest Microsoft
Word/PowerPoint 2007-2011 file type while
maintaining the layout. ID2Office has been
engineered from the ground-up integrating
seamlessly with Adobe InDesign. ID2Office
eliminates the need of recreating the
contents of an InDesign file in Microsoft
Word/PowerPoint resulting in enhanced
workflow automation. |
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MadeToPrint 2 for InDesign CC
2014
MadeToPrint allows manual, one-click, print
and export from design documents to one or
more output targets. The new version of
MadeToPrint (2.6) can now be run via
InDesign keyboard shortcuts offering faster
handling and therefore maximum efficiency to
the user. Streamline print and export
operations and benefit from increased
efficiency and reliability, reduced error
levels, improved collaboration and time and
costs savings. |
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InData 2 for InDesign CC
2014
While it’s true that InData can perform mail
merges, very much like those within
Microsoft Word, the term mail merge doesn’t
even begin to tell the story of InData. It
provides full automation of price lists,
catalogs, directories, and even one-to-one
marketing pieces using your customer data.
InData automatically applies the format you
specify to each element of information as it
is imported from the original data source. |
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Output Factory 1 for InDesign CC
2014
Output Factory is a powerful solution to
automate InDesign's output tasks, whether
you need to send hundreds of documents or
just a single one. Simply select the files
you want to output, adjust the settings, and
Output Factory will do the rest
automatically. Output Factory supports
printing as well as exporting to PDF,
PostScript, EPS, Flash, INX, IDML, EPUB and
several image formats. |
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LinkOptimizer 4
for InDesign CC 2014
LinkOptimizer is a workflow automation
solution for InDesign which works with
Photoshop to reduce the size of images
linked to InDesign documents by eliminating
excess image data. It also performs
essential image adjustments such as color
conversion and sharpening and can convert
file formats. LinkOptimizer allows you to
reduce the size of an InDesign job
dramatically, cut down on processing time
and reduce production costs. |
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InPreflight 2 for
InDesign CC 2014
InPreflight (described as "delightfully
simple to use" by Macworld), is the ultimate
all-in-one solution to check InDesign
documents and prepare them for final output
and shipping. InPreflight goes well beyond
the InDesign basics helping graphics and
print professionals uncover hidden problems,
save disk space through smart
auto-packaging, save and print graphic
reports, and reduce production time and
costs. |
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If you haven’t taken a few minutes to peruse
the
Plug-in/Extension options, you are selling yourself and your
business short. While it means an initial investment, it also translates to
immediate savings and those savings continue long after the
initial purchase. You’ll find yourself with extra hours to expand
your customer offerings, put your staff on more important and
money-making projects, suffer far-less stress on deadlines, and even
get home early now and then.
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