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tool: QuarkXPress

Purpose:

QuarkXPress desktop publishing software is commonly used to create page layouts for a variety of print publications such as books, newspapers, magazines, posters and brochures.

Similar in function to InDesign, the main differences are Quark's unique features for exporting documents as interactive webpages as well as its widespread use by printers, typesetters and page designers.

Features:

Enables the production of HTML and XML content without the need to convert or refine documents
Supports direct PDF importing and outputing according to regulations
Fully supports Adobe Photoshop files, avoiding complicated and time-consuming conversions
Uses OpenType and Unicode, making font and character settings easy
Free TypeTricks XTension locates overset text boxes as well as widows and orphans
Presents intuitive colour-management tools that includes the unique option of hexachrome printing
Allows the customisation of line and border dashes and stripes as well as the merging of boxes to generate complex shapes
Text runaround for hidden layers may be turned off
Shared Content instantly incorporates any text or graphic changes consistently throughout a project
XPress Composition Zones allow team members to work simulatenously on a project, with all modifications being updated instantly
Job jackets keep print job specifications consistent throughout the project, ensuring their clarity and memorability

A&H use case 1 description:

The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM) project used QuarkXPress alongside other tools to create an electronic archive of medieval polyphonic music images. The purpose of the archive is to allow detailed study of the music and its sources as well as to ensure their preservation.

Creator:

Quark Inc

Software/programming languages used:

Quark Xpress

Data publishing and dissemination:

Desktop publishing and pre-press

General website development

Collaborative publishing

Specifications:

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Unicode

PhotoShop Document (PSD)

QuarkXpress Document (QXD)

Platform:

Discipline:

Data structuring and enhancement:

2d modelling - raster

Tags:

2d graphic design

Desktop publishing and pre-press

Alternate tool(s):

Adobe InDesign

Practice-led research:

2d graphic design

Licence:

commercial

lifecycleStage:

publishing

By danafarra at Wed, 02/06/2010 - 09:57

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tool: Adobe InDesign

Purpose:

InDesign is a desktop publishing (DTP) software application which can be used to create periodical publications, posters, flyers, brochures, magazines and books.
The latest version, InDesign CS4 Server (codenamed Thyme), is the tenth generation in the product line.

Features:

• Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software
• Dynamic cross-reference support that updates content when moved within a document
• Spread rotation
• Smart guides (Quickly align space, rotate, and resize single or multiple objects with the help of dynamic guides.)
• Conditional text (Deliver multiple versions of a document for different users, all from a single Adobe InDesign source file. Hide text at paragraph, word, and even character level without relying on layers. The remaining text and anchored objects automatically reflow in the layout.)
• Smart Text Reflow (Automatically add pages at the end of a story, selection, or document when text is overset using this new preference.)
• Live Preflight

A&H use case 1 description:

Interpreting The Bible and its Visual Expression Within the Cultural Landscape of Wales used Adobe InDesign to process Welsh artwork created in the 19th and 20th century that depicts biblical scenes and characters.

Creator:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Publisher:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Specifications:

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Unicode

Macromedia Flash Video (FLV)

Small Web Format (SWF)

QuarkXpress Document (QXD)

Data structuring and enhancement:

Graphical rendering

Image enhancement

Image restoration

Data publishing and dissemination:

Desktop publishing and pre-press

Software/programming languages used:

Adobe InDesign

Suite:

Adobe

Practice-led research:

Alternate tool(s):

QuarkXpress

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Licence:

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By Valentina Asciutti at Wed, 20/01/2010 - 16:04

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tool: Adobe Illustrator

Purpose:

Adobe Illustrator is a comprehensive vector graphics environment that is ideal for all creative professionals, including web and interactive designers and developers, multimedia producers, motion graphics and visual effects designers, animators, and video professionals. The latest version, Illustrator CS4, is the fourteenth generation in the product line.

Features:

• Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software
• Raster and type-in vector format support

A&H use case 1 description:

The Inscriptions of Aphrodisias project used Adobe Illustrator to manipulate resources associated with Greek inscriptions from Aphrodisias in Caria.

A&H use case 2 description:

The North Sea Palaeolandscapes project used Adobe Illustrator during the production of visual data for use by the geological and archaeological community.

A&H use case 3 description:

The British Town maps project used Adobe Illustrator to manipulate graphical data produced between 1470 and 1895.

Publisher:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Creator:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Practice-led research:

2d graphic design

2d illustration

Photomontage

Data structuring and enhancement:

Graphical rendering