New 7 day trial version allows Adobe Illustrator™ users to fully sample new color and pre-press tools
March 2011 — Astute Graphics (www.astutegraphics.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 2 for each Phantasm CS level; Designer, Studio and Publisher. Phantasm CS is an acclaimed Adobe Illustrator CS3, CS4 and CS5 plugin for Mac OS and Windows XP/Vista/7 delivering professional-grade color adjustment tools plus advanced pre-press check and correction tools. Since its original launch in 2006, Phantasm CS has been widely adopted by some of the largest brands the world-over to enhance creativity and workflow.
"Phantasm CS … offers the user an insane array of extremely well-implemented features that you may have since long given up on having within Illustrator." Reference: www.gomediazine.com
Version 2 brings four key areas of improvement:
▪ A new flexible licensing system with a wealth of benefits, including allowing users to fully sample all features throughout each level of the plugin range—this being the single most requested addition.
▪ Features previously reserved for the top-end Publisher edition being made available in the Designer and Studio editions such as the Exposure tools and all the advanced color adjustment options.
▪ Significant advances in the already widely-deployed pre-press Ink Coverage preview and Swap Channels tools.
▪ Unified builds, reducing the variants from 18 to 2, cutting the cost of ownership for customers.
Packaging Prepress & Flexo Features
This release of the Adobe Illustrator plugin has been mainly targeted at the packaging pre-press and flexo industry. The two key new tools are the advanced Ink Coverage preview system, which now caters for previewing cut/drop-off areas, and the Swap Channels tool - ink mapping is a common requirement for packaging.
Ink Coverage tool movie: www.astutegraphics.com/movies/index.html#ink-coverage
Ink Coverage tool blog article: www.astutegraphics.com/blog/new-advanced-ink-coverage-tool-in-phantasm-cs-publisher-version-2/
Swap Channels tool movie: www.astutegraphics.com/movies/index.html#swap-channels
Swap Channels tool blog article: www.astutegraphics.com/blog/new-advanced-swap-channels-tool-in-phantasm-cs-publisher-version-2/
There is also a new HD movie covering the Curves tool in relation to flexo printing: www.astutegraphics.com/movies/index.html#curves
Availability and pricing
Phantasm CS is available directly from Astute Graphics (www.astutegraphics.com) or its distributors Appogee (USA) andFlashback (Japan). Prices start from £59 / $99 USD / approx. €69. For the remainder of March, upgrades are available from only £10 / $19 USD / approx. €12 as a special offer. Corporate and Volume License packages having been revised (www.astutegraphics.com/corp/).
Further information
▪ Download the 7 day Trial version: www.astutegraphics.com/download/
▪ Full product information: www.astutegraphics.com/products/phantasm/
▪ News and details of the revised products: www.astutegraphics.com/blog/
▪ Editorial information and resources: www.astutegraphics.com/press/ or telephone +44 (0) 1432 341073.
Source: Astute Graphics
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