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Meeting Summary: Interactivity and automation

Thu, Aug 19th, 2010 at 5:00 PM

NMMU North Campus

Event Details

Thank you to all who attended our InDesign User Group Meeting.

The support from Port Elizabeth (and Humansdorp and Jeffery's Bay) is brilliant. Feedback was good too.

Please remember that suggestions are welcome and our next meeting will be structured around requests you have made. More information to follow soon.

As promised, here is a brief summary with links to the items that were discussed.

Gridiron Flow
A really neat software item to manage your time and ensure you are billing correctly.
Available from:
www.gridironsoftware.com
30 day trial available or buy online.

Croptima InPlate
Affordable Imposition plug-in for InDesign.
Recommended for step and repeat and more complex impositions.
Great support available too !
http://www.croptima.com

InDesign Scripts
Remember to explore the Community section of the InDesign Splash screen - it contains links to scripts, plug-ins and more.
The Calendar Script I demonstrated is available (FREE) from:
http://calendarwizard.sourceforge.net
But don't forget to explore all the others out there !

Animation Demonstration
We demonstrated a small part of the capability to do animation directly in InDesign.
I have uploaded the demo file to:
www.walkerdigital.co.za/downloads
You can either download the SWF file (Flash Player required to view) or view it directly in your browser - both options available from the link.
Configurator 2.0

Configurator 2.0 allows you to customize your panels in InDesign CS5 or Photoshop CS4 and CS5.
Download link available from:
www.walkerdigital.co.za/downloads

I think that about covers it.
Congratulations to the winners.
Riette van der Walt walked away with Illustrator CS5 worth over R 6 000.00 !! Glen Meyburgh and Michelle Hoch each won a year's subscription to InDesign Magazine. ENJOY !!