Technology: August 2009 Archives

High Tech Trickle-Down benefits us

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By James Lockman on August 30, 2009 9:43 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Maine has a program in the schools called Maine Learning Technology Initiative that provides laptops to middle school and now high school students. The program began with iBooks and progressed to MacBooks. The computers have a lifespan in the schools, and apparently with the stimulus package, are getting replaced sooner than expected in some school systems. The upshot is that there are many of these white MacBooks are available if you know where to look.

I have been struggling with how to get Arthur and Rori into Intel Macs, and the opportunity presented itself with a couple of these machines. Arthur can now use CS4 Master Collection and write Flex 4 code. We also want to write iPhone apps, and the old G4 Powerbook wasn't up to the task.

Thanks, MLTI.

Glad to have the blog back in service

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By James Lockman on August 20, 2009 11:09 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Followers noticed that the blog was slowly disintegrating. Actually, it was the hard drive on the XServe, which has now been corrected. Hooray for Retrospect and TechTool Pro.

Proficiografik - Save custom PDF Output Template in Adobe Bridge CS4

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By James Lockman on August 6, 2009 4:05 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
http://www.proficiografik.com/2009/08/03/save-custom-pdf-output-template-in-adobe-bridge-cs4.html

Very handy tip for creating PDF output templates for use in in Bridge CS4.

XMPie uDirect finally supports InDesign CS4

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By James Lockman on August 5, 2009 3:25 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
XMPie uDirect 4.6.1 finally supports InDesign CS4. I installed the update without incident this afternoon. It is very nice to be able to now be able to use CS4 for variable projects. I can't find an announcement on their site, so talk to your sales rep. I am sure they will be demonstrating heavily at Print 09 in September.

I have always liked the XMPie workflow and its ability to make variable campaigns accessible to designers. Too often, variable workflows depend on a key programmer who works in proprietary applications, and often must disassemble a campaign piece in order to build it back up again. uDirect allows the designer to drive the process, providing either ready-to-run applications, variable print streams (via PPML, VIPP, VPS etc.) to the presses, or composite PDF or Postscript. In either case, the designer can see and accurately proof the results of campaign decisions directly in InDesign.

CS4 support in XMPie uDirect will certainly drive more marketers finally to upgrade their Creative Suite licenses. Adobe should be happy with this silent upgrade.
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