Other: VIGC launches new version of its preflight profiles for InDesign
VIGC has released into the market version 2 of its live preflight profiles for Adobe InDesign which is CS5 compatible.
The update addresses user feedback, integrates new features from InDesign CS5 and adds profiles for the packaging industry according to information received. The full package is available free of charge.
"When we launched our VIGC Live Preflight Profiles for Adobe InDesign CS4, just over a year ago, it generated a lot of attention and we received some very positive feedback.
"Well over 5000 people visited our website to learn more, and many of them downloaded the complete package. A user survey confirmed that those who implemented the profiles in their workflow are really satisfied.
"Over 40% of the people surveyed were able to prevent - probably very costly - errors", says Eddy Hagen, managing director and trendwatcher at VIGC. "What's also interesting: our monthly web statistics indicate an ongoing interest in the VIGC Live Preflight Profiles."
"With the launch of Adobe Creative Suite 5, the profiles were due for an update. The extra checks we added are related to some cool new features in Adobe InDesign CS5", comments Didier Haazen, senior consultant at VIGC and responsible for the VIGC Live Preflight Profiles.
"For example, you can use metadata from an image to compose the content of a caption. Quite nice for copyright information, which now can be 'grabbed' from the metadata in the linked file. Adobe did not only implement this 'live caption' functionality, they also included a corresponding preflight check: if the 'live caption' can't find the required metadata in the file, it will give an error."
The complete package including the VIGC Live Preflight Profiles and an overview of the different profile checks can be downloaded from the VIGC-website at http://www.vigc.org/standard-preflight-profiles/
