LEADING EDGE FEATURES & TECHNOLOGY
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Superior Performance and Connectivity
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Unlimited Layout/Design Options
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Production Power Tools
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Professional Typography and Text
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Printing Tools - Exceptional, High-Fidelity Color Accuracy
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Cutting Tools - Cutter Workflow Support
Additional Information
Superior Performance and Connectivity
- Windows™ 10, 8 and 7 support
- Full 64/32 bit o/s compatibility
- Unicode™ standard language compliance
- Clipart manager, instant online and local access to 1,000,000’s of royalty free images
- Easily customizable work space options
- CMYK and RGB file support
- Corel DRAW! direct workflow plug-ins (incl. Corel X8 and X7)
- Adobe latest design application direct workflow plug-ins
- Native .pdf workflow support- import, link, publish (w/color matching), edit
- Import virtually any design files (incl. designs from competitive sign design products and .SVG/.STL
- Direct “X” enhanced drawing
- Optimized memory handling-acclerated bitmap redraws on large files
- Save program preset preferences on re-installs
- Multiple instances simultaneously
- OLE support
- Search and replace (text/objects)
- Wide variety of adjustable “select object” tools
- Job notes/statistics saved
- Email job proofs
- Customizable job proof tools
Unlimited Layout/Design Options
- Layer manager
- InstantReply - copy special effects to text or objects from others instantly
- Special effects filters- dozens available incl. soft shadow, distressed, bevel, outer glow, radiance silver and many more
- 3rd-party special effects filters included
- Production plug-ins, Knock me black/color out, transparency, opacity, posterize
- Texture and pattern bitmap fills
- SuperSize image- interpolate images, increase sharpness, incl. Noise Shampoo filter
- Cut Effects- decorative cut, gaps and overlaps supported
- Inline/outline
- Shadows- perspective, cast, drop, block
- Metamporhosis and other distortion effects
- Chisel effect controls
- Multi-color gradient fills-process colors
- Save custom fills to palette
- Weld objects and text (5 options)
- Automatic trapping with bleed and choke options
- Clipping/masking
- Dimensioning, measuring, add labels
- Decorative borders collection
- Automatic striping
- Bezier node editing
- 30+ barcode designs supported
- Simplified page management
- Enhanced rulers and dials design tools
- Snap to object
- Fit object to path
- External/internal Contour Fill support
- Create and save custom sign blank/substrate shape
- Advanced transparency support-vector, bitmap, gradient-filled objects
- Transparency pattern options
- Easy-to-use transparency adjustments (“make lighter”, “make darker”)
- Extended alpha-channel controls
- Parametric shapes drawing (stars, circles, rectangles, fan, arrows, spiral)
- Auto convert object to shape
- Unique, advanced stroke/line tools incl. constant stretch, convert to cut outlines
- Scale, size, fit, align, flip
- Grids and guides incl. vertical, horizontal, angled, lock
- GIMP 2.8 raster image editing software included
- Rhinestone garment decorating tool set also included
Production Power Tools
- Production spooler- added print/cut job management (local or remote via network)
- Advanced true shape nesting (contour cut/ clipped objects)
- Standard nesting
- Badges- variable data and serialization incl. move column data, badge multiple jobs on single page, plate object support
- EasyDock of multiple manufacturer and custom color palettes
- Arrays
- Digitizing
- Vectorization Wizard (including centerline tracing)
- Registration marks- supporting most popular printer and cutter combinations
- Object total area calculator
Professional Typography and Text
- WYSIWYG text layout (horizontal, vertical, left to right, right to left)
- 1100+ fonts plus TrueType, Corel, PostScript, URW and AutoCAD font support
- Complete type/font controls incl. size (manual and point), case, bold, italic and much more
- Text kerning, interactive and automated
- Automated text compression
- Mutiple text selection
- Menu-board creator, automated menu-type layouts (alignment, rows, columns, spacing)
- Font Detective: simple identification of fonts
- Font Creator: create unique, custom fonts
- Extended text character viewer
- Copy/apply text attributes
- Optimized font management (organize fonts in groups)
- Enhanced spell checking
- “Fit text to”- arc, path, frame, arc angle rotation
- Bi-directional font preview (Hebrew/Arabic)
- Embed fonts in saved files
Printing Tools - Exceptional, high-fidelity color accuracy
- Integrated RIP software engine featuring Visual Production Manager
- All the latest printers supported; HP, Epson, Roland, Mutoh, Mimaki, Ricoh and many more (200+)
- Optimized job processing on files of all sizes
- All the latest high-speed port support
- Decal mode- RIP once, print many
- Streamlined, all-in-one print and cut interface
- Contour cut support on separate as well as hybrid print/cut devices
- Manage multiple queues and printers- RIP and print jobs simultaneously
- Easy access queue tabs
- Complete job management- printing, pending, scheduling, archiving
- Hot folder support for cross patform printing
- Send and receive print and cut jobs over a network
- Direct print and cut workflow support from widely used design applications (Adobe, Corel)
- Template support- preset and custom
- Direct print and cut workflow support from widely used design applications (Adobe, Corel)
- Fully visual queue system with complete job preview capability
- Raw data preview- pixel by pixel for each channel
- Scale, mirror, invert, rotate jobs directly in the queue
- Tiling- automatic or custom
- Nesting- automatic or custom
- Print grommet mark location for banners
- Link tiff/eps/pdf files, substitute custom colors
- Apply halftones and underbase to bitmap and vector images
- Bi-cubic resampling
- Advanced color management capabilities
- Pantone color match palettes included
- Automated .pdf underbase
- ICC profile support
- All printer color models supported
- Soft proofing
- Color measurement device support
Cutting Tools - Cutter Workflow Support
- All the latest vinyl cutters supported; Graphtec, Roland, Mutoh, Summa, Ioline, Saga and many more (200+)
- Complete print and cut support (separate devices, hybrid devices)
- Automated ContourCut application w/auto-bleed
- Automated HalfCut application (decals, stickers)
- Cut preview
- PowerWeed- pre-set weed cut lines for complex weeding work
- Interactive tiling/paneling
- Cut time estimator
- Cut sorting
- Tool tracker
- Multi-cut passes for thick materials
- Auto schedule and archive cut files
- Cut contour lines in linked EPS and PDF files