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FlexiSign 7.0 User Manual

1. Single Panel A separate jo fle la created for each color but hay Sete red processed singe sae paret ae ra Separate Panels separa jo created for each color and you Separate Jobe an tea he size for each color separat M your Design Page ProDeSIGN DEI your Design ProDeSIGN 19 Printing your Design Before you can print any design make sure you have established a connection from your design software to the Production Manager and created setup for your output device instructed in the section Setting up the Production Manager and Configuring Output Devices Follow the steps below to send the document to your cutting device 1 From the File manu select RIP and Print 2 Adjust the settings available in he dialog box as necessary and cick Send Setting the RIP and Print Dialog The RIP and Print dialog box gives you complete contol over how the job produced This dialog consists of four Tabs General Panel Advanced and Color Tabs Tho area on top of this dialog is common for all Tabs udi Acie jabe tor his cece ring your Desi TRIS ProDeSIGN RIP and Print Dialog General Tab The General ab allows you to the size of media size of the job and the location of your output on the media sign ME Prov Ac
2. For example if you enter 18 tho value 0 125 will be calculated Operator precedence determines the order in which the arithmetic operations wil be calculated when more than one operation is specified In the previous list operators are led from lop to bottom in order o operator precedence For instance if you enter 6 3 the software wil calculate 6 2 frst hen multiply the result by 3 yielding a result of 9 Automatic Application of Entered Values and Arithmetic Once you enter a numerical value ratio arithmetic expression in a numerical fed the sofware wil automaticaly apply that value afler a bref delay There is no need to select another feld or click an Apply button in order to force calculation or apply new value to job preview E Us DesgnCental ProDeSIGN DesignCentral Tab DesignCeniral consists of several windows known as Tabs The number of Tabs and the content vary according to the objects that you have selected in your document You can select Tab by clicking on its indicator in DesignCentral or double clicking the object Each double click wil move lo the next available Tab DesignCentral Document Tab Use the Document tab to specify the size of the drawing area and the color of the substrate background color A number of standard document sizes are included You can specify custom drawing area size by entering new horizontal and vertical values
3. 0o Selecting Similar Objects This feature selects all objects with similar shape to the currently selected object 1 Select an object 2 From the Edit menu point lo Select and then cick Select Similar Objects command Page Selecting Objects ProDeSIGN 1g Objects With The Same Color This feature se selected object 1 Select an abject 2 From the Edit menu point to Select and then cick Select Similar Color command g Object Based on Attributes You can specify objects to select based on a objects type fil and etfacts For example you can select all blue rectangles all text select objects based attributes 1 From the Edit menu point to Select and then click Select by Attributes command iis objects with a similar color to the currently Select 2 Select which atribute Object Fill or Effect Tab wil be used in the selection type of objects s Select All types to select all of the elements listed on the displayed tab Choose Selection only to limit your selection to the group of currently selected objects In this vray you can rafine your Selection to an area that you define This option is unavailable if you dont have any object selected 3 Select the type of atribute will be used in tho selection 4 Selecting Objects Using DesignEditor You can use the DesignEditor Objects Tab to select one or more objects See
4. fa The Job Workdlow tab displays TER abo me uj v mum setup rame Nane ol he setup Rotate image to ft meda nope wl automatealy be rosted ime dimers of output maa if E og Production Manager ProDeSIGN The Setings section of this tab changes depending on e got Ponts are tates In order ol popularly tor ean device Only pons tnat are usable by he pat Ines The siandara pr fer he device ie selected by Some of te sanea gt n a ajel Port Select he portto wich output device is connected The port Istis tte othe porta at are actualy present your computer and sabe wih your output device LeT Paratel portis the most common method to connect rotor to he computer The folowing setegs are Trans mission buter Check port betore standard iPr aver Tha size of the tranamiaslon buffer in byles software ull send a data packet to the printer o test f tne printer i Connected beore begining 1o pnt the job Whenever posse the software uses a stom LPF wer io Increase be Peformance afine LPT por checked software use the stanara Windows LPT rar instead Pedomance wal be diminished bu reiabety may be enhanced The folowing setings ace enabled when ig Proauction Manager Pages user Firewire
5. Suet Round Comer too ick and drag the center of a circle to adjust the comers or enter the Diameter value in DesignCentral 4 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area Sharpening Corners The Sharpen Comer tool converts round comer into sharp corner 1 Select the Sharp Comer tool 2 Cickthe point where the sharp comer wil begin 3 Cickthe point whore the sharp comer wil end Page tas Wong win Paths ProDeSIGN 4 Drag the start and end points over the path to adjust the position of the comer TAB key joins the start and end points using straight lin 5 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area gt Converting Segment into a Curve The Optimize by Curve tool creates a curved segment between two points on a path 3 Select the Optimize by Curve oo E Cek the point where the curve wi begin Cick the point where the curve wiena Drag the start and end points over the path and the Direction Handles to adjust he shape of the curved segment Hold the SHIFT key while dragging the direction handles to constrain the dragging 1o the original rection af the handles Hold the TAB key to change which side af the path wil be kept 5 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area Converting Segment to Smooth Arc The Optimize by Smooth Arc tool creatas an are segment between two points ina path Select the Optimize by Smooth Are tool 8 Ci
6. No backing tt toc Adjusting Shadows Using Control Points Click and drag the shadow fo adjust the height ratio and slant angle cast shadow horizontal and vertical offset other shadows or perspective ratio perspective shadow Using the Stripes Effect Use the Stipe effects to apply stipes to any vector objects There are types af stipes thal can be applied Page ta Working win Etec ProDeSIGN Applying Stripes to Objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu select Stripe 3 Adjust the values in DesignCentral Adjusting Radiant Stripes Using DesignCentral When radiant stripes are applied to objects the following atributes can be adjusted in DesignCenlral BEER Number of apes on the object Determines me percentage of he mage that is covered m stipes fom 010 100 Changing thi value changes the wh ofthe stipes but not e umber Radiant Perentage 20 Percentage Percentage IFFT XY Coordinates of ihe point tom which the spes radit Y ES The point selected n he grid wi be the point fom which the pes rato BRD coner Cen EET um tal ange ot he apes a Ede id Angle Angie 30 degrees Angie 5 Wong wih ects Page a ProDeSIGN Adjusting Radiant Stripes Using Control Points You can also adjust some of the above fields by dragging the control points
7. show the Document tab do one of the following Open DesignCentral and then cick an empty area in the document From the File menu select Document Setup DesignCentral Margin Tab Use the Margin tab to specify the margins around a drawing area These margins are used when objects are aligned distributed and also useful for laying out elements symmetrical See Aligning Objects page 71 for more details 7585 Etat gt DesignCentral Document Ta Tat DosignCentral Size Tab The Size Tab of DesignCental allows you to change the size and postion of selected objects You can change objects by dragging the points ar by changing the numerical values in DesignCeniva To change the size of an object 1 Select the objects After selecting an existing object tha Size Rotate and Object Tabs available Paneer ProDeSIGN 2 Change the size af an object by editing the values in the entry box at Size Tab or dragging the control points of ha selected object Checking Proportional cnsures that the object wa b scs In bath the wah and hant change the positon of an object 1 Select the objects 2 Change the position by editing the values in the entry box or dragging the abject The X Y coordinates displayed in DesignCentral are the position of the reference point measured from the origin See Rulers and Grid on Page 10 ab
8. To closa the path place the cursor close the staring point and ciek when cursor shows small circle undemaath or press the Close Path button in DesignCentral Close Path Cursor Press the DELETE key lo delete the entire path Page TE Wong win Paths ProDeSIGN Drawing Curved Segments Using the Bezier Path Tool 1 the Bezier Path oot 2 Cisk where the segment wil begin in the drawing area 3 Cilek and drag where tne segment wil end in the drawing area default the new Control Point is Symmetric Hold the SHIFT key While dragging to make the new point Smooth or CTRL to make it Cusp 4 releasing the mouse buon you can stil adjust the Direction Lines by dragging the Directon Handles Hold tha SHIFT kay to change one Direction Line length and angle while keeping the ther Direction Line length unchanged Hod the CTRL key to change one Direction Line length and angl while keeping the other Direction Line length and angle unchanged 5 Repeal stop 3 to create more segments Press the BACKSPACE key to delete the last segment Press the ESC key or click the New Path button in DesignCeniral to create a path To cose the path place the cursor close ta the staring point ciek when the cursor shows a smal circle undermaath or Press the Close Path button in DesignCentral Press the DELETE key lo delete the entire path Tool Drawing Arcs Using the
9. using Pituocur ested using DesignCentral has a PictureCut Tab with the following options Enhance ima Apples an image enhancement her before acing image Brightness Changes how dark te fished image outputs Number of Stripes Number af sipas that wi be crested Resolution You can ace using the Full resoiuton on an image or 1244 ad V8 ct s originat reson When he resciuton is lowered acing proosas E quicker and produces lever porte but the Vace aly wt aa be as actuate at he reduced resoluons The Optimal seting pics me based on mage opie he Cut Direction Defnes he stipes are horonlal or vertical Reverse Image Reverses the dark and ight portons Color The color of he resulting vector objects To create stripes using PicturaCut 1 Select PictureCut tool 2 Adjust the tracing parameters in DesignCeniral Working win Bimaps Pages ProDeSIGN 3 You can trace the bitmap or parts of it Glick and drag the cursor to create a rectangular bounding box Surround tho area that you wanit to trace on the bitmap SHIFT key creates a square bounding box Click with the CTRL key pressed to bitmap To finish using the PictureCut lool select another tool Using Color Tracing The Color Tracing converts color bitmap into colored paths The color trace process involves two steps The frst is Posterzing which reduces the number of colors Then the posterized image is
10. Dr n shape o e color sateh use In color desertion For Used Fonts placeholder E ian of he Used Fonts placeholder FESE weg ot e Used Foris placeholder ras TE Font and used in he font description Ponte a Size of the font used in font description EI Working win Fes ProDeSIGN GET Sumber ttt per to For Jo into placeholder r E Sauce ofthe intormaton Job nfo customer nfo rope E itomaton ype E Font and style used in the job nto Rosier si RET m see ofthe oot usd in job Into desertion Label Check this option to place a label before he Tight of th opion ProDeSIGN EE Working wih Fes ProDeSIGN 4 Using DesignCentral DesignCentral displays an object s properties It displays labs and options appropriate for the selected object For example when rectangle selected DasignCantal displays the width height comer and other properties appropriate io a rectangle When text is Selected it displays the font font style character height and width and other settings Displaying DesignCentral To view DesignCentrat From the View menu select VT DesignCentral EEE Entering Numerical Values The software supports number of unique features that make it easier o enter numerical values Using Spinner Controls ETT Use he spinor controls increase or decrease pen the
11. Drag the job into the Print Queue with the mouse Once a job is moved into the Print Queue wil be automatically be RIPed Ii has RIPed already It wil ten automatically be printed on the appropriate device Jobs in the Print Queue will process in the order of the Job Priority Sating in their Job Properties When multiple jobs with the same priority Tsing Proauction Manager TRIS ProDeSIGN waiting in the queue the job that was received first wil process frs Aborting the Processing ofa Job To abort the processing of a job while it is being RIPed or printed do ofthe folowing Select the job and from the File menu select Abort Select the job then click on the Abort bution in the toolbar Right click the job then select Abort fram the context menu Drag the job back into the Hold Queue with the mouse 1 a job is aborted while being RIPed its status is set to Aborted It wil need to be RIPed again before it can be printed If a job is aborted while being printed its print status freezes at 0 Outputting Test Jobs The software allows you to output print andlor contour cut test jobs to appropriate output devices Outputting a Test Print Job To print a test job 4 Select the setup you want to send the test job to 5 From the Setup menu select Test Print Outputting a Test Cut Job To output a test cut job 1 Select the setup you want to send the test job to
12. From the Edit menu point to Graphie Styles and then select Paste Style The fil stroke and the effects from the first object is applied to the second object oe m sty Sve Storing Style in Stylo List You can select which properties from the original object wil be stored in a style For example if you have a green object with a shadow you can choose to save only the shadow style the shadow and the green filo just the green fil store the properties from an object as siyle 1 Select the object 2 From the Edit menu point to Graphie Styles and than select Store Page a Working win Etec ProDeSIGN 3 Enter the new style name and select the properties that wil be stored in his sy 4 Click Save Applying Style in Style List To apply style from the syle list 1 Select the object 2 From the Edit menu point lo Graphic Styles and than select Paste Style 3 Select the style from the style st 4 CickApply Editing Style from Stylo List Edit styles allows you lo edit a stored style by renaming copying or lating To rename or copy a style 1 From the Edit menu point lo Graphic Style and then select Edit 2 Select the style from the ist then cick Copy or Rename 3 Enter the new style name 4 Glick OK To deleta a style 1 From the Edit menu point lo Graphic Style and then select Edit 2 Select the style from the lst then cick
13. Scanning allows you to convert a printed image into an electronic image scan an image you must have a scanner and a computer with your scanners TWAIN 32 driver installed TWAIN 32 is a cross piatom Interface for acquiring images captured by scanners and digital The manufacturer of the scanner device must provide a proper driver for your device Instructions for setting up your scanner are included in your Scanners user manual 1 Make certain your scanner is on and connected to your computer 2 Place your image on the scanner more than one scanner from the File menu point to Image and then select TWAIN Select and select your scanner from he ist 4 From the File menu point to Acqui TWAIN Acquire 5 Folow the scanners directions Image and then select 6 After your image is scanned bounding box showing the scanned image displays T Move the bounding box to the desired location and click to place the image Click TAB key changes the cursor position in the bounding box ESC key exits the scanning process ENTER to place the scanned image On Macintosh you can use plug ins to scan 1 From the File menu point to Acquire Image and then choose Select Plugin Folder and select the folder where the scanner Plugin is installed 2 Macintosh from the File menu point to Acquire Image and then select the plug in from the ist win ProDeSIGN Creating N
14. Using the Fill Tool The fo fils areas of a bitmap with the foreground color To use the Fil toot wih Bina Pages ProDeSIGN 3 Select the Fil toot 2 Adjust the values in DesignCentral Opacity The percent to which the wa 100 Wi complet opaque hurr 1e TH area get ase Tolerance The fl expands unti it encounters me of he or a change n oor Tolerance determines how big a from 010285 Enter a value tof oor very iar o e pel you cick Br a gner ve a broader range lk ELT Lx Wanting win maps ProDeSIGN Using the Stamp Too The Stamp tool copies portons of bitmap to another area on the same bitmap The Stamp too has the following options in DesignCentra Inthe Brush Tab you can select tho shape and the size ofthe brush For more details soo Changing the Brush on page 168 Inthe Stamp Options Tab you can adjust Opacity The percent ta which the ouput of he bo pay ETS WE avert the existing 100 the oup wil be opaque at ower numbers be more rareparent PL Siye Aligned is selected the odgin and ponts aways move together ter the tooi drawing or not na a are ab i lt i 1t Nonaligned selected the ongin and estat plots are oniy synced wle the tool drawing hon he eas nat raving the destination pont can
15. omecton you should st your Matar profi as a RGB Input Gray Gray ICC input proie apples to elements of grayscale color made This reter to shor a graec grayscale montor Check Use embedded ICC profile to force the RIP to use the input ICC Profis embedded in the fie Adding ICC Profiles from Other Sources add an ICC input profile from another source choose Add from the comba box Setting Rendering Intents Rendering intent specifies how a color space fram the input fle gets mapped to the color space of the output device For details on setting rendering intents see Selecting Rendering Intents page 210 EI sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN Setting Dither Options for Angled Screens The Angled Screens dialog displays the dither options that are available Tor angled screens To access dialog select Angled screen as your dithering option inthe Printer tab of ihe Job Properties dialog and elek the Sereen button Sesso _ naa The folowing options are available Sereen Tose me screen angle and frequency for a color channel Angle and delat the channel inthe lt and cick Edi Frequency Emar he angle and Trequency desired hen cek OK Grek Apply to Alto apply he new frequency a ne Shape Tho shape of the dts hat make up te screen For rest choose ether Diamond or Ellipse Cosine Dot Wig Proau
16. Color vectorization is used to convert color raster images into vector graphics Before voctorizaion the image must be posterized in order to Feduce the number of colors The Color Vectorization process is divided ino 3 steps Postorzaton Merging colors and Vectorization Posterize Posterization is the process of reducing the number of colors to a manageable level the image can be voctorized To posterized an image 1 Choose the postrization method you want 2 Choose the number of colors 3 Click Posterize The bitmap posterized the image and display the resulting colors inthe color list nthe dialog box Your software provides three methods of posterization Fast Tha method works on each a ne ree coor channels Posterizstion Red Green lu separately It amides ho calor fange wihin each channd ito equal bands ban fs ach pixe in the image 1o the band doses to it n this method you spect how many coo you want in ine posterized resus Your sotiare ofr You a tom a iat of numbers 8 27 tc If or EEE ProDeSIGN example you wat to dide each calor channel into M banda he total number ot posable coo te chan be 2232 nthe sana way 3 ande per channel erete 27 cars ard ec The Fast method indeed fastest posterization maid re method i sell or posting legos Nah very colors not recommended for photos Because the in na postres image a
17. ProDeSIGN ESI X Y coniata ot the salecton pent he poin were he a Length and angle of he Direction Handie marked with a AS mm lB Length and angie ol he Drecon Handie marked wi a M aoe MC 3 DesignCentral When a Control Point is Selected When Control Point is selected DesignCental shows information about the selected point Depending on the type ofthe point some of the information below may not available Attributes in Path Tab Type of segment the selected point You can anv ae anther by lieing mese tons of selected point You can convert one type to Ghote nace ati ene come Cusp point i Syme or me wo adjacent Segments to pont must be cuved segments Angie between two Diecton Handles Attributes in Point Tab WEFT XY coordinates of the selected paint MESES E Length and angi o the Direction Handle marked with uius ee Length and angle of he Diecton Handle marked wit a Mies are ams Tonina wih Paths ES ProDeSIGN Path Direction Every path has an direction associated with it This direction is used when anting To see the direction see Showing Path Direction on page 16 To change the direction ot a path 1 Select the path 2 From Arrange menu point to Path Direction and then select the new direction Automatic The drection of inside paths holes in an ab
18. ProDeSIGN You can change the layer properties by doing ane of the following Cicking the icon on the DesignEdiior Layer Tab When the property is disabled it displays a X over the icon gp Mable Popeny Enabled Mati Prgery ale Righiclcking the layer and selecting the Properties command fam the menu Edit he property in the Layer Properties dialog box that wil be displayed Changing the Layer Order The order of tho layer in the stack determines how the objects are displayed in your design area Layer above he Gude and Grd Layer i below ihe Guide and Git layers A You rearrange the order of the stack by simply clicking and dragging a layer lo a new positon A horizontal dashed line displays to indicate where in the stack the layer vill be placed Merging Layers When you merge layer with another elements of the layer that you merged are added tothe target layer To merge layers 1 ick and hold the mouse on the on the layer you vant to merge 2 White holding down the CTRL key drag he layer to the layer you want to merge it wih A horizontal dashed line displays direcly aver tha target layer to indicate that the layer wil be merged 3 Release the mouse button Changing the Layer Color Each layer is associated with a color For the Guide and Grid layers this color is used to show objects For the Layers 1 2 3 Ns color is used to ifthe option Show Layer Color
19. u E hte F2 The folowing parameters of the gradient be adjusted in this dialog Gradient Name Name ofthe gradient NOI WETE The graden ange The gradient being eas Color selected in gradlent ed bar E Ue Add to Swatch Table When this option ie checked he edited be added io the Swatch table ew radon Transform with Object When this option s checked each gradient tle willbe propatonay resized when the object ROB HSV Tha color made used to creste the gradlent EZE ProDeSIGN Editing Gradients Using the Edit Bar the FiliSvoke Editor Fil Tab and Advanced Settings dialog you adjust he gradient using the Edit Bar 7 d Hug S m Cick any color icon in the Edit Bar to select It In Advanced Settings dialog you can change the color using the swatch on igh side of the dialog Inthe FillStoke Editor Fil Tab you can change or create a new color in the gradient dragging the new color rom the swatch table an existing color or in a blank space between colors Clekand drag the color icon to the et right to change its position in the gradient In Advanced Settings dialog you can change the postion using the pasion feld on night side af the dialog 3 The Start and End Color cons cannot be dragged Cick and drag the colar icon above the gradient bar to delete iL CTRL a
20. 1 RIP and print the job 2 Remove the output from the printer and load it into the ctor Pai Faning your Design ProDeSIGN 3 Output the cut job in the Hold Queue as you would normal print job ER 4 Align the cutting head over the first automatic ragistration mark lower right if not marked using the controls the front panel of the cutter 5 Cick OK to cut the contour Cutting the Contour on Manually Aligned Cutter 1 RIP and print the job 2 Remove the output medium from the printer and load it into the cultor Make sure the output medium is straight and align the registration marks to the origin for the cutte 3 Output the cut job in the Hold Queue as you would normal print job 4 Select lhe method to be used to position the cut head over the ragistraton marks and click OK Interactive You wll positon he cut head over he registration marks alignment ising sofware conte You wil posten the cut over he registration marks sng ne conos onte face af 1e cutter This s avatate when a bidrectonal sommunicatons roca such as serial or USB s i a To indicate the position of the registration marks using Interactive alignment fmm a 49 ring your Desi Page as ProDeSIGN Use the arrow buttons postion the head of the cutting device over registration mark 1 and cick OK 8 Repeat for all additonal registration marks b T
21. 4 Select the template you want to make tho default trom the Default Template ist 5 Glick OK Templates Toolbar To display the Template toolbar from the File menu point to Templates and then cick Template Toolbar The Templates toolbar wil be used to create and modiy existing templates This toolbar contains buttons ihat represents the placeholders Placaholders are fields that wil be replaced by objects Images information from the orginal document when a template is used 5 Working wih Fes ProDeSIGN The folowing placeholders are available Ace Drawing acters replaces ye gat ES The Used Coors placeholders Black Deco Red edin he document Satin Gold Cocoa BB The Used Fonts placeholders aj Regular feplaceaby w n al torte AO he document ed nlury Regular Courier Nev Reguor The Job info ob Number 12248 TEM repaces by a vale rom jot into Poe 640a 16 tomme Orgar Taken By lon Dos Order Numer 12345 seb inte shows information Order Date 12252001 fom Job ifo lob Dery Dat 12127 2001 Customer shows intormaton nto Job fo Customer Ta Oter shows other tom the Sors fanis and Creating Now Templates You can create your own custom templates 1 Open a new document 2 Select the placeholder from the Template toolbar 3 Glick and drag the cursor on design a
22. Stroke Color When a new objectis created the default Stroke and Fil colors wil be used These colors are Defaut Soke and displayed in tha lower ight comer of the design Fl To change the default Fil Stroke colors 1 Glick an empty area on the document 2 Drag the desired color from Color Swatch or Colar Mixer into the default Fl Stroke color indicator at lower right comer of ha design Once the default Fils Strokes color are set all new objects in this document wil be created using these colors To set the default fil color for all E documents created in the software mai position just after the transparent Soir Setting the Background Foreground Color When you are editing bitmaps Begg TTT lower right comer of the design area Background and Foreground Wil show the foreground and background colors You can change the background and foreground colors using the same methods used to change the default fill and stoke colors Working with the Swatch Table Swatch Tables indue a group of standard cols and pattems that can be lo objects in your design Si nc To display the Swatch Table the View menu select Swatch Table The Swatch Table can be moved to a diferent location or resized by clicking and dragging If necessary use the scroll arrows to view other olors in the palate EI Working win Color ProDeS
23. 274 traite 127 uniform tiing 286 breaking 126 ling preview 262 changing alibus 144 tonal scales 27 changing case 124 tooltips 10 changing orientation 127 toolbars 7 creating 112 transparency 182 define characir 130 trapping 187 ting 121 trimming jobs 290 ind amp replace 123 TrueType fonts 133 joining 126 underbase effect 194 124 undo 19 labels 205 undo 19 preferences 132 Uniform ting 286 Selecting 121 uninstaling 3 Special characters 129 Macintosh 3 Spell checking 124 unit conversion 39 131 Units of measurement 350 text block size 127 URW fonts 134 text preferences 132 vector rendaring inant 210 text rendering intent 210 fiter 18 text 131 weld effect D tie map 286 289 windows ling n 218 221 233 285 refreshing 17 editing tes 287 wireramo effec 193 preventing ouput of ties 289 wireframe fi 92 preview 252 wireframe printing 215 printing a map 289 workspaces 20 removing 291 14 Selecting a tio 287 overlap ines 274 EEG
24. Clck and drag the right bottom edge of each stipe to change the stripe angle SHIFT key constrains the angie Cick and drag the lett edge of each stipe to change the stripe SHIFT key constrains the angie Click and drag the center point to change where the stripe starts Adjusting Gradient Stripes Using DesignCentral When gradient stripes are applied to objects the folowing attributes can be adjusted Dasignenta WE Number of stipes on the object FT Deemnes te percentage of he mage hats covered wih z stripes from 0 to 100 Changing this value changes the iat of me pes bt ota number Tra vals lated when Vary stipes and gap i sed i ta Gap mode Taid TI MEME mmus ZAN Andie ofthe stipes Ange degrees Angle 45 dares Angie 0 agrees TET determines me degree ol he gradient expressed as a Gap Mode The stipes and gap with constant Vary Stripes The stipe and gap width has a gradlent Gaps elect Vary Stripes The spe width changes producing a gradient effec the s constant Page a Working win Etec ProDeSIGN Even Sees and Van Siroes ans Gaps Adjusting Gradiant Stripes Using Control Points You can also adjust some of the above fields dragging the contral points When Even Stripes and Gap made is selected click and drag point 1 or 2 to change the stripe gap When Vary Stripes and Gaps mode is selected cick and
25. Media feed If checked the printer wll use the value provided to Galbralon comcensala Tar variations in feed ratas during he cutout procose This provides more accurate output Cutsheet the media aftr the pint complete Ifa drying tine has aer printing eens mecha wa Be Cul aer diy me ished Advance Ifchecked me media wil feed past he heads and remain thre ter print atthe end of the eb Restore Clckto retn ali setings on tne tab ta thor default values Defaults sg Proauction Manager EE Cut Tab ProDeSIGN 9 0181811 The Cut tab la only vist foc jobs TT uen being output oa a HIN vee gg treater lows you t spa Settings related cutting pe Resolution Advance ater offset Curve quality Sette resolution of your cuting device Tha value la Steady sator You should not change s rue unless you are experiencing probleme wth output output siza not matching It was designed Specty how many imes tho blade wii over each ine Check to advance the media aer output and reset the origin he device s internal curve handing Check t enter custom vales for knife off You shouid change thie value f you ar using a pen Boner as a deve Check lo spocty he paket si This saning apple to ated number of cutrs and shoud ol be Enanged unless your eter requ 1 Determin
26. Newt Pat Cu Job Fes Te woe Kodak Prato DEI Supported Fle Formats ProDeSIGN Appendix D Features List Page 29 ProDeSIGN ag a RT EI Appendix D Features Ut ProDeSIGN Appendix E Tracing Features Using Bezier Tracing Bezier Tracing traces the cutine of the image and converts it to Bezier curves Bezier curves are very convenient for graphic editing and iypicaliy contain fewer points than nes arcs To trace a bitmap using Bezier tracing 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Vectorize and thon select Bezier Using Enhanced Curves Tracing This option traces the outino of the image and converts them to Lines and Arcs This option is the preferred method when scanning small business cards or poor quality artwork To traca a bitmap using Enhanced Curves tracing 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Vectorize and then select Enhanced Curves Using Enhanced Corners Tracing This vectorization option is great for larger camera ready artwork It wil produce fewer points and sharper comers than the Enhanced Curves To aco a bitmap using Enhanced Corners tracing 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Vectorize and then select Enhanced Comers 3 Adjust the tracing parameters You can adjust by dragging the sliders or entering a numeric value Tolerance Cont
27. Starting Angle increments determined in Preferences see Preferences General Tab on page 21 for more details Type the text if desired hit ENTER to move to the next line E e Hit ESC or select different tool to finish entering text Paget ProDeSIGN Changing Text Attributes Using DesignCentral White or after creating text you can adjust the text properties in Design Cerra in DesignCentral you can have two more Tabs for each type of text e Fr fees nun tl a ARI oer em ea al FEE rel arl e poem sani i AR fees mme EC Text Working win Text ProDeSIGN Editing Attributes in DesignCentral Some atrrbulos in DesignCentral are common for all types of text others are specifi for one type The following attrbutes are available on the DesignCentral Character Tab tje El x is TE fort ansa used in me selected text he arrow 1o vew at of avaliable fort and dyes mo nt sve tat wt be disabled o font EFT am g mm ET Biss zd Text afi zd Verbal Text has one sje mala change the fonts curse in use select Modify te fort it Ses Moding me Fonts In Use page 135 fr Height of he select
28. ambas a Postscript the provew graphic wil bo displayed m your i n does not cantain a preview a wil be derayed instead Embedded PostScript fles wil automaticaly be converted into the equivalent drawing objects rom the software at which point they can be displayed and edited like any other object Embedding Linked PostScript Files To read in and parse a inked PostScript fle so that it becomes embedded fe 1 Select the preview of the inked PostScript fle 2 Select the PostScript ab in DesignCentral 3 Click Parse Working wih Fes ProDeSIGN Using OLE Objects Windows Only The OLE Object Linking and Embedding feature of Windows allows you to import objects that were created using other software installed on your computer such as spreadsheet and word processors Inserting OLE Objects 1 From the Edit menu select Insert New Object 2 Select the type of object you want to create Only programs that are installed your computer that support OLE appear in tha ist 3 Select Create New option to create OLE object using the selected application Check Display As Icon to show the OLE abject simply as an icon Click Change Icon bution to change the icon 4 The selected programs wil start creating a window inside your software 5 Resize and edit the contents of the window using the selected program 6 To
29. constrains the ine angie to horizontal or vertical CTRL key makes the dimension ines perpendicular to the objec 4 Glick the point where tho dimension ine wil end 5 Adjust the position of the dimension line and cic EI Working wit Measurements and Labels ProDeSIGN Automatically Dimensioning Objects The Automatic Dimension toot allows you 1o create horizontal and vertical dimension les around am object These dimensions lines are not inked to the object and wil not be automatically updated if the object changes size To automatically create a horizontal and verical dimension line in an object 1 Select the objects PETI 2 Select the Automatic Dimension too E Dimensioning to Page Erebi NS Peptide sd se E erm ELS NES oie bp Ea DE EGER Sum lek e ours Serato 151 5 96 in are measured tom the baseine of he tet To crete dimension to poge Inet 1 Select he objects 2 Select the Dimension to Page toot Creating Labels Use the labe locis to draw an arrow with a text attached to i There aro two types of labet Fa ABCDE E ABCDE One segment label wo segment label wi Measurements and Labels Pages ProDeSIGN To create label 1 Select the label toot 8 El 2 Clckthe point where the label ina wl start As you move the cursor a line shows the direction in which you are moving 3 I
30. details Tona wit Text Pages ProDeSIGN Installing Adobe Type 1 Fonts Under Windows 2000 XP and later operating systems Adobe Type 1 support is buit into the operating system Consult your operating system documentation for details Under previous versions of Windows you must install Adobe Type Manager in order o use Adobe 1 fonts Consult the Adobe documentation for details Installing FSfonts To instal FSfonts 1 Copy the font fis to FSFonts folder 2 From the Edit menu select Preferences 3 Select Font Tab 4 Enter the path or click Browse to s are stored 5 Ifthe fonts are protected click Add and type the password 6 Click OK ict the folder where the fonts T Restart the sofware Installing URW and Casfonts To install URW and Casfonts 1 Copy the font fios to URWFonts or Castonts folder 2 Restart the sofware Casmate Engraving Fonts CCasmate engraving fonts install in the same manner as other Casmate fonts wih the folowing addtional conditions Ifthe flename of the font starts in ENG_ E_ or E E followed by a space the font is automaticaly loaded as open path font Fonts whose flenames begin with some other characters must be listed in a text named easfopen ist in the Casfonts folder Once the fiename is listed in the casfopen Is the software will automatically load the font as an open path font The format ofthe easfopen st fle is as follow
31. draws a bounding box of he job without a Towering the oa Yau can aiso the job by cicing and dragging 1 Choose Selet lool rm he toolbar ot CPt og IK 2 Cik and drag tne preview o a new poston your Design Page aio ProDeSIGN Size Settings The Size group box allows you change the size of your output MEER E Wan ott ouput 2 XD Height ot the output wifi E Sose rato Copies Settings The Copies group box allows you to set the number of copies and the spacing between them B The number ot cops Te svat ges en ce amu pieper ad 3 Positioning Tools Tho Positioning tos allow you to rotata mirror or position the job Tho job la not centered m is centered in the width of he media la centered in the sheet of media alone tine Centered Ceniered h Pe wath of he medis madia 2 iss eot me ab to dere increments pj emelen vene EZE Guin your Design ProDeSIGN Viewing Tools The viewing tools allow you to manipulate the job on the preview area Changes the potion o e job on the med by cing and dragging pb review Zoom in or out Hold the CTRL key to Zoom tur the preview araa to the default vien Display the current color selected in the preview area iali colors are tis button to toggle he preview to display the selected objects ofthe entre design Cut Plot D
32. ick ana drag a pont in the ner vencolqude s created Select objects and from the Arrange monu pont to Guides and click Make Guide Select Release Guide the same menu to convert guides back to original objects 3 create diagonal guide create oraonlal or vertical guide unlock the ides inen ola the Porzana or vere guides 1n Designcertral Rotate Tab ra xe elec he objects necs convened to guides In DosignEditor drag objects generic layer to Guide Layer For more information about the Guide Layer see DesignEdior Layers Tab on page 47 To lock the guides From the Arrange menu point to Guides and cick Lock Guides Guides canna be selected by dragging bounding box around hem You Tave to cack a guide Paget Gating Started ProDeSIGN select guide ines 3 From the Edit menu point to Select and thon click Select by Attributes command 4 Select Guide Line in Object Tab 5 Glek Ox Status Bar The Status bar is the area located on the bottom of your screen and displays the folowing information Tho present X Y coordinates of the cursor or additional information about the selected command The default fil and stroke colors or the foreground and background colors when in bitmap editing modo To show or hide the Status Bar From the View menu select Status Bar Changing the View You have several commands to chan
33. in the Brush Tab you can select the shape and the size ofthe pencil point For mare deals see Changing the Brust on page 168 the Pencil Options Tab the Opacity determines the percentage of each stroke that wil be added to the bitmap mage Lower numbers wil create Gee transparent strokes wx NUN w Page tee Wanting win Bapa ProDeSIGN To draw a line using the Pencil toot 1 Select the bitmap 2 Select the Pencil tool 3 Select the foreground calor you want o draw in 4 Clck and drag inside the marquee Using the Crop The Crop tool allows you to select part of a bitmap and delete the rest oft To crop a bitmap 1 Select the bitmap Select the Crop tool fi Ciick and drag the cursor over the bitmap to create a rectangular marquee Holding the SHIFT key while dragging creates square marquee The marquee selection for he Crop tool must be simple rectangle or Square You cannot uso ho CTRL of SHIFT keys to cest a mor complex marque with tv Crop tool 4 Adjust the width and height values of the marquee in DesignCentral You can also adjust the cropping size by dragging he marque s borders and comers 5 Click and drag a point inside the marquee ta move itto a new postion Cick Apply or double cick inside the marquee to crop the Sitmop ote selected size Graal mage cropping Cropped nage marquee
34. wil ba usad with this media type Removing Media Types To remove media type that has been added for a certain output device cick Remove The default media types defined by the software cannot be removed Setting Advanced Color Correction Properties edierced celor conection propels or a jote 1 Open he job properties or hat ob 2 Select he Color Management ib 3 Clk on the Advanced bution sg Proauction Manager Page aT ProDeSIGN wa feet Sl P Uta oe t M em mcus Rae ES TT oo Setting ICC input Profiles Select the ICC input proie to use to convert the image into a neutral color space There are three types of ICC input prolles that can be specified CMYK The CMYK input prote apes to al elements of a job that CMYK color mod t your mage le In clor mode was previously separated fr ouput to aspect output device Whenever possi use he profi used or separation in your design aplication as ne CMYK rfe Try using simdar pofle for commen ik cle sch as CMYK SHOP or High End SHOP on have te matching profe RGB The RGB ICC input prote applies to ai elements of a job that are in RGA c or mode RGB input prole can be or eitner montar or a Scanner If you canned your mage coring 1 commended o use the scanner profi e s RGB input proie If you have any on screen
35. 290 Castonts 134 default job properties 262 changing 122 deleting 258 engraving fons 134 fiting to media 263 134 holding 265 installing 133 job priori 259 modifying fonts in use 135 larger than output medium URW E 205 foreground color 80 nesting 282 freehand drawing 140 positioning 263 FStonts 134 printing 259 FTP setings 256 Printing a map 286 fuse effect 181 redirecting 259 Getting Started 7 259 gradient 34 rotating 264 gradient rendering intent 210 Saving 258 gradient stipes 188 selecting 258 Gradients Selling job properties 261 adiing E Seting job size 263 graphic sas 198 Test jobs 260 grid 1 ting 285 grouping objects 66 unosi 283 guidelines 12 Jobs folder 251 Pardware key 2 jinpats 153 over a local area network join together 126 holding printed jobs 285 124 hybrid devices 242 keyboard shortcuts 307 ICC profiles KF diffusion 266 adding 278 labels 208271 embedded 27 lasso ool 161 generating 258 layers 47 Sating input profes 278 layout preview 262 seting output profiles 207 lens effect 192 importing bitmaps 156 license agreement importing fes 24 linearization 268 input profes 209 linked fies 26 insert Symbol 129 loading screen option presets installation 1 281 Macintosh 3 locking objects 69 installed fies log fies 260 installing fonts 133 LPR settings 256 intersection Sos common effect LX difusion 267 intersection removal 151
36. 6 Select the fle in ist and Job Info button to show the job information Cick Open button or double cick the fle in the ist to open the Cick Cancel button o end the search Job Est Jab Estimation is tool for producing price estimates of your job The Job Estimation stores accounting information for each job calculates Price automaticaly and gives a price estimate The information be changed or customized la reflect your coste and needs ation This intende to be guideino therefore al results should be thoroughly reviewed before basing business nancial agreements Upon them The estimation is calculated based on some elements of your design like the number of characters or the material area These values are automaticaly gathered your document Other values ike preparation time must be manually entered when doing the job timation Those cost elements used in job estimation are grouped in Category and Type Ex Working wih Fes ProDeSIGN ees Using Job Estimation 1 From the Edit menu dick Job Estimation Select the Form type Select the ltem in the lit and ecit the Unit Cost Quantity and One Time fields for selected item Repeat this process for ems that need any correction Edit the Quantity and Tax rate fields After tho estimation is completed you can ether print an invoice by Clicking Print but
37. Bezier 1 Select he Bezier Path toot 88 Click where the arc will begin in the drawing area Hold the CTRL key and cick to mark the endpoint of the are hen rag to describe the curvature of tha arc The curvature wil increase or decrease so thal the arc always intersects he cursor 4 After releasing the mouse buon you can stil adjust the Direction Lines by dragging the Direction Handles Hold the SHIFT key ta change one Direction Line length and angle while keeping the other Direction Line length unchanged Hod tha CTRL key to Waning wih Pathe Page ProDeSIGN change one Direction Line length and angl while keeping the other Direction Line length and angle unchanged 5 Repeal stop 4 to create addtional segments Press the BACKSPACE key to delete the last segment Press the ESC key or click the New Path button in DesignCeniral to create new path To cose the path place the cursor close tothe staring point ciek when the cursor shows a small circle undemaath or Press the Close Path button in DesignCentral Press the DELETE key lo delete the entire path Drawing Segments Using the Freehand Drawing Tool 1 Select Freehand Drawing too f 2 Adjust the Tolerance in DesignCentral The higher the tolerance value tho smoother the path becomes ANC Tolerance Opies Tolerance 10 pixels Tolerance 20 pes Glick and drag to create the path Hold the SHIFT key to create a straight i
38. ES ranging Objects ProDeSIGN Duplicating Objects Using Paste Special in Windows you can use the Paste Special feature Paste Special allows you to select the format of pasted data To use the Paste Special 1 the objects You can copy and paste objects from other programs 2 From the Edit menu select Paste Special 3 Select the format of pasted data 4 cik OK Duplicating Objects Using the Duplicate Command 1 Select the objects 2 From the Edit menu select Duplicate Duplicating Objects Using DesignEditor copy objects using DesignEditor see Changing Objects Orde on page 51 Duplicating Objects Using the Stop and Repeat Command Use Slap and Repeat command to create multiple copies of objects in a precise postion and arrangement sot trom You have he folowing pattems to se Block patter with all copies aligned in specified set of rows and columns Spas EDI i a 15 ranging Objects ES ProDeSIGN Diagonal pattem with all copes aligned in diagonal ine e KF A nono ax oe 1 Fd Circular pattern with copies aligned over an are 1 Select the objects 2 From the Edit menu select Step and Repeat command 3 Select the proper Tab in DesignContal 4 The following values can be adjusted in DesignCentra Number ot horizontal copies Number of vertical copies
39. Estimation Editor Tab 3 Select the Category type that willbe changed The folowing types avalable Bunn that are automaticaly computed based on the deser oman sucha wn tin nd omar Color Printing ams used in color printing Area Computes based on the size of the drawing objects Services Single tem charges and non automatie tems Substrate Computes based on drawing size Ton Size Computas based on th number and size of each 4 You can create new category by clicking the New button Clicking Delete bution will delete a category and all its types and tems 5 To create or deleto an item or type inside the selected category Glick the buttons described below New kem Clek is button and the new item name 1o add a Ex Working wi Fes ProDeSIGN Delete em Select an tam in the lat and cick hs button The tem is alte tom e at New type Cloke nuan and ype ne new ype name o a a Type Selecta type in the lst and ck tis button The type s Sette om te at Dei 6 To change one type select the type and item from the ist and change the folowing fields Cost you 1o enter a new default cost per unit for he Selected ype Markup Percentage of the tems cost to include as markup for pratt margin and to cover a cost of wasted materie Minimum lows you to enter a new minimum charge for the selected ype To remove the minum charge erter zero O One Time Use thls op
40. FE feta Sel the amount ol overlap between tha tles in the E fld DEI sng Production Manager Dividing a Job into Uniform Tiles of a Specified Size To divide the job into uniform tles of a specified size 4 Check el ana Eo sat al ties in the job to be of he specto 2 Set tha E felts to the width and height desired for the ties Set ihe amount of overlap between the tiles in tho E feid A space tles do not cover the job eventy the tas at the top and right edges wil be made smal enough to tin he gap Selecting a Tile To select a either click on the in the preview pane or select the using the FE field in the Selected Tile section of the Tile lab Editing Tiles To edit the size of the selected tie change the values in the faf and E You can also resize by dragging their edges in the Proview Pane ig Proauction Manager Page zat ProDeSIGN B Wany ol he Al Tes checthoxes are cached ana E ois habia Ins case tls hve Deen ovement 1o keep a ties The ies nat be dae waing the Preven Pane ihe 7t you drag the edges of the panel over so that part of the job is exposed a new wil be created lo cover the exposed area of the job The excoption to this is if you resize the panel using the cropping handles seo Cropping a Job page 290 for details 7 sing P
41. Fonts Fr Castore adoba Type 1 Fonts Um URW Fonts FH orstns Changing Default Text Settings All new text created uses the default font eating To change the defaut font seting 1 Make sure no textis selected 2 Select the Text tool 3 Choose the default settings from Text menu or in DesignCentral Finding and Replacing Your software indudes a standard dialog box for locating and replacing text To find and replace text 1 From the Text menu select FindiReplace 2 Enter he text that you want to find in the fied Glick Format button to specify a format to search The Find Format Setting dialog box allows you to locate text by font sil or size To find set of characters that may be part of a longer word tum Match whole word only To search within a specife part of the text select the tex and choose Selection only option To distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters select Match ease check box 3 necessary entar the replacement text You can specify the format of the replacement text by clicking the Format button 4 the text is found you can Glick Find Next to locate the next occurrence of the text Replace to replace the text Wong win Text Page ts ProDeSIGN Click Replace All to replaces all occurences of the specified text Spell Checking Your software provides a spell checking tool in several languages to check your work 1 Fr
42. Licensee s rg e and interest to Sich Sofware and Coded Font Programa provided the agrees be ound by alo tne terms and conditons ef s Agreement 2 Licensee acknowledges that he Sofware Coded Font Programe Typefaces Trademark are proprietary t Licensor and e supplere Leensee agrees 10 Pola e Software and Code Font Programs in conldance aecocag he Software and Coded Font Programs oy o authorized employees having a need use Software and Coded Font Programe as permite by s Agreement and ta t kaallroaconabl procauons to prevent diecionure 10 other partes 3 Licensee wil not make or have made or to be made any copies of he Software or Coded Font Programs parlons ere except ae necessary for s use win a single Computer System hereunder License agrees hat any such opis shal conan he same propretny noces which appeeron ne Software or me Coded Font Programe Except stated above this Agreement does not grant Licensee any righs to patents copyrights ade secrets wade names vademarks aheharfegatred Gr unregistered or any cher or i respect of Ie Coded Font Programs Typefaces of Trademarks Licensee wll not adapt oF use any adama or trade name which Mal 10 be simiar 1o of Confusing wah iat of Licensor or any of s supplere or take any other acion weh pais reduces the trademark rts Licensor or suppers The Trade
43. Macintosh instalation 3 invert selection 86 162 Macintosh shortcut kaye 4 job estimation 30 Macintosh uninstall 3 job into E magic wand tool 161 jobs magnify effect 193 boring 260 make arc 150 EEE der ProDeSIGN make right angle 154 numbering manual kerning 125 ordering 70 margins dz pasting 52 marquee toa 160 resizing 57 clearing 162 rotating ml converting io shape 162 selecting 50 53 inverting 162 shearing 43 59 masking objects 68 Sizing 41 measuring colors 84 spacing 73 measuring ditancas 203 Stoke properties a media feed calibration 209 OLE objects a media size E opening fies 23 media types operator precedence 40 adding E optimize by point are 160 removing 277 optimize by curve 149 menus E optimize by smooth are 149 merging colors rom a options document into the palette 62 setup properties 253 merging similar colors 83 ordering layers 49 Microsoft ICM 267 ordering objects 70 mirroring 264 orientation 127 mirroring objects 43 89 60 ofc 183 modifying color rares 83 output positon 215 moving objects 58 output size 214 Navigator View 14 output size compensation 291 nesting jobs 282 vals 102 nesting objects 106 network printers 252 overlap ines 274 new documents 23 overlap marks 274 3 overprinting 269 number of co 264 page layout 41 numbering objects 65 page nesting 364 284 objects Page preview 262 aligning n Page
44. Marks Adds overlap marks to he output to aid in gning overacpng os Color Select the nk color that wl be used to print ne pnt Selects fhe color of the drawing area wil be printed wih the design Selects ifthe abes and dmenslons added with dimenslotabel wa be pinta wn the des laste job to be printed as a separation using black nk You t print one color chanad of al cbr channels aparate job Allows you to map the spot colar used in the design to spec Ink inte printer Soc Prati wah Spot Colors page 230 or mare a thin sirip of each Ink clo along the selected edges of he Printo show Ii al heads tng RIP and Print Dialog Color Tab The Color tab allows you to adjust the color A sider represents each color channel ff your output device Increase or decrease the density of ink for any given channel by adjusting ne sliders You also enter the values numerically in the edit boxes Als you to quio adjust al color channels as group Adjusts he contrast of the image ing muton wi restre me setings to her rg ring your Design TRIS ProDeSIGN Printing with Spot Colors Some printers support spot color inks Spot colors are used to reproduce colors that are dificult to produce using standard inks If your printer supports spot colors you can use the following steps to print them 1 Use the color ibrary for your printer to create your
45. More Characters Glick and drag the text with Text tool to select a group of characters Tonna wit a ProDeSIGN Selecting One Character 1 Select the text 2 Select the Character or Paragraph Tab in DesignCentra 3 Glick the Move Character control point Selecting One Line 1 Select the text 2 Select the Character or Paragraph Tab in DesignCentra 3 Glick the Line Spacing control point Te baseline changes to e layer color tas red ABCDE ABCDE FGHI ANO KUM ABCDE INO KLMNO One character selected utile characters selected A Changing Text Attributes All fonts in your system are available for selection In addition special fonts installed into your software folder are available These onis include URW Casfonts and FSfonts To change tho font in existing text 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu point to Font and then select the desired font ype from the manu If the desired font is not visible in the monu dick More at the top ofthe To change the font and other attributes using DesignCentral Page tz Working win Text ProDeSIGN 1 Select the text lick the Character Tab in DasignCentral Change the attribute While you scroll the font list you wil see preview using the font that is highlighted Before the font name an icon indicates the font type RO TrueType
46. Number of diagonal copies Number ot reular copies spacing RETO d verca span m When this option selected he distance i measured om the ight oo side of one object ts he lef side af he next object Wien ta option is selected the distance s w tom he potom sie one object E ranging Objects ProDeSIGN 1o the side of he next object at joins orignal objet The partan ofthe cela where the copies are perm Radus of the circle where ta copias are Species whether ar nat rotate the copias on Rotate Objects Objects Enabled You control the copies in Block and Diagonal pattem by dragging the Spacing Copies control point at the upper lat comer ofthe Bounding box Drag the point to adjust the number of copies keeping the spacing unchanged SHIFT key while dragging adjusts the spacing keeping the number of copias unchanged You can control the copies in Circular pattem by dragging the Cantar control point Drag the point to adjust the Angle and the Radius SHIFT key while dragging adjusts the adjusts the Radius keeping the Angle value unchanged 5 Click Apply Working with Auto Serialization Serialization allows you to create multiple copies of objects However It is diferent from Step and Repeat since each copy wil have a Serial Text which is a text following a sequ
47. Print Options 18 Cutting your Design Seting the Dialog Cut Plot Dialog General Tab Plo Dialog Panel Tab Plo Dialog Advanced Tab 19 Printing your Design Seting the RIP and Print Dialog RIP and Print Dialog General Tab RIP and Print Dialog Panel Tab RIP and Print Dialog Advanced Tab RIP and Print Dialog Color Tab Printing with Spot Colors Contour Cuting 20 Setting up Production Manager Understanding Setups Creating Your First Setup Adding New Setups Configuring a Setup Seting up Production Manager on Network 21 Using Production Manager The Production Manager Window Changing Preferences Working with Setups Selecting a Setup Activating Setups Deleting Setups Editing Setup Properias Working with Jobs Using RIP Logs Seting Job Properties Nesting Jobs Ting and Cropping Jobs Using Output Size Compensation 201 E Contents ProDeSIGN Appendix A ASCII Code 293 Appendix Installation 295 Appendix C Supported File Formats 297 Appendix D Features List 299 Appendix E Tracing Features Using Bezier Tracing 301 Using Enhanced Curves Tracing 301 Using Enhanced Comers Tracing 301 Using Centerline Vectorization 302 Using Color Vectorization 303 Appendix F Keyboard Shortcuts 307 Index 309 E 0 ProDeSIGN Software License Agreement ems and
48. Selecting Objects Using Object Tab on paga 50 for more etal electing Objects EE ProDeSIGN Selecting All Objects To select objects in document From the Edit menu point to Select and then click Select All command Deselecting All Objects To deselect all selected objects From the Edit menu point lo Select and then select Deselect All command or Glick an empty area Inverting Selection To invert he selection From the Edit menu point to Select and then select Invert Selection command e LE Selecting ProDeSIGN 7 Arranging Objects This chapter describes how to arrange duplicate and manipulate objects in the design area Resizing Objects Objects may be resized by using the following methods Resizing Using DesignCentral Use DesignCentral when you have to adjust an objects size to precise numeri value 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu select the Resize command 3 Adjust the values in DesignCentrat oportonal Check he option to assure that selected objects We be resized proportionally in width and height Apply scale to all Check te option o resize al objects in the document tre sealing hat wl be done Ine selected 4 Click Apply You can also resize using DesignContral Size tab but some of the above options wil not be avaiable Resizing by Dragging Control Points You can
49. Snap to Center of Gravy To activate the snap the View menu point to Snap and then select Snap to 1 Some examples of snap LI Smaptobfeseon Snap 1o Edge nap io Cantor eT Gray Deleting Objects You can remove objects by deleting them from the document 1 Select the objects 2 Press the BACKSPACE or DELETE key or from the Edit menu select Clear The object wil be deleted but will not be entirely removed from your document When you delete an object the deleted abject wil be placed ina Trash Layer To completely remove objects from your document without moving them to ihe Trash Layer 1 Select the objects 2 From the Edit menu se To restore objects from the Trash Layer ranging Objects Ex ProDeSIGN 1 Select the objects in DasignEditor 2 From the Edit menu point to Trash Can and then select Recover To remove all objects from the Trash Layer From the Edit menu point to the Trash Can and then select Empty Trash Clear Transform After scaling rotating or transforming any item geometrically you can fetum the iom back to original state by using the Clear Transform uncton 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu click Clear Transform EE ranging Objects ProDeSIGN 8 Working with Color Your sofware provides you with an of powerful tools for applying color In this section youll leam how to apply color to an e
50. These objects ca contain aconinaton al vector and images When int your document PostSept object canbe parsed or previewed OLE OLE is te abbreviation of Object Linking and Embedding and t Ie avalabie or Windows OLE compound document Standard developed by Mitos and it ensten you to rete ect wt one and then Ink or embed bom in your OL imap Parsad Pasisarpt OLE object object Creating New Documents To create new document From the File menu select New Opening Files To open an existing fie X From the File menu select Open 2 Select the fle format folder and the fle that wil be opened See Append C Supported Fio Formats at page 297 oral supported fie formats 3 Glick Open Jf the fle contains fonts that are not installed in your system dialog box wil appear allowing you to select a replacement font Working wit Fi Pages ProDeSIGN B clicking the fle in Windows Explorer or dragging the fle icon 1o you sotiare icon on desktop wll start he appicalon and open he fle Double ciek to apen the fie i E Importing Files To import existing fle into curent document 1 From the File menu select Import 2 Select the fle format folder and the fle that wil be imparted See Appendix C Supported File Formats at page 297 for all supported fle formats 3 Glick Im
51. You must set up Output Size Compensation separately for each output device setup Output size compensation does nat affect tho size ofthe Job as it appears in the Job Properties dialog Tana Production Manager Page a ProDeSIGN Paget sing Production Manager ProDeSIGN Appendix A ASCII Code Em RRRRRRRI Fs s Ris FFISPPPFEFFFFEEFEEPETEEEEEFT FIT PFTETFITTTTTTTTTFFTTS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EE FISTHSEFFFEFEFFFETI FEEEEEEFIFEFEFFRFFFI EEEEEEEEEEEFEFFEEEEEIEIEEEEEFEI Wild 5 Page a A ASCH Code ProDeSIGN DE Append A ASCII Code ProDeSIGN Appendix B Installation The following DLL Dynamic Linked Libraries are installed in Windows folder hhupdoxo mstiged cox sinetoox mevbums0 d stdole2 b meet msvepe0 t mendi sented not installed in Windows NT 2000 and XP systems The folowing folders are created under the folder where the program was installed Color Custom Characters Densit
52. area dynamically shows a preview 3 Glick OK The number of undo and redo operations that is allowed can be adjusted For example if you set Io number of stops to 50 afler performing the 50 step the 1 step wil be discarded and the 51 step il be placed at the top of the list To adjust the number of steps stored in undo list 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences 2 In General Tab enter the number of steps in Maximum undo redo 3 Glick OK Repeating the Last Stop To repeat last stop select Repeat from the Edit menu Tho name of the last operation wil be displayed after the Repeat command Only the following commands can be repeated Moving objects Duptcatng objects Scaing objects oping fects Using Workspaces Workspace stores how and where the menus butions commands and keyboard shortcuts are defined By changing the Workspace featur you can rearrange the software s interface to look more ike the design Software thal you are more comfortable with To change the workspace from the File menu point to Workspace and select the workspace Setting Preferences Many aspects of your software may be saved so that they are set up the way you like everytime you open a new fle These settings are known as program preferences There are other setings that are saved on a document basis Which means that each time you open or save a document the settings wil be applied only for that particular documen
53. camer of the design area To change the origin you can click and drag the origin icon in the upper left comer of your screen Eck and drag he Org leon The new Origin You can also adjust the origin s positon by using the Ruler and Grid Settings dialog box To display Inis dialog boxe Double click the Origin icon in the upper left hand corner of design or From the View menu select Ruler and Grid The Ruler amp Grid dialog box consists of two Tabs Rulers and Grid To select a Tab cick the tabs on the of the dialog box You can adjust the folowing on the Ruler Tab Origin Enrihe X Y coordinates of he new origin Orientation Click one of hese buttons ta change the orlentaton of he inthe X Y les Selsct tha unt system that wll be used for length values from thi You can adjust the following on the Grid tab TET LX ProDeSIGN Spacing Horzontal and vical space between adjacent dots Snap to Check this opten to anap the objects to the gra whe moving or ond an abject Guide Guides allow you to visually align design elements on your document To show or hide the guides from the View menu point to Show and then cick Show Guides You can creato a guide line by Cicking and dragging ona paint on the ruler Horizontal or vertical guide Ines ara created depending on which rular you dragged the point rom rmm enm mee d 1 m
54. checked each patr tle proportonaly esses when We cect Restore Defaults Restores the default setings for selected poten Click OK to save your changes Applying a Gradient To apply gradient iI to an object 1 Select the object 2 Inthe FilSiroke Editor select Gradient Fil to an Object 3 if desired you can select one of the stock gradients from the ET lst 4 To make your own gradient or adit ane of the stock gradients a Select the type of gradient applied to he object from the list The following types are available mA 2E ia recent b Select the gradient color mode from the f list The following modes are avaiable The in the gradient ali be defined Using the RGB calor Model CMYK The cars in the gradient witali be defined using the CMYK ror moda Single spot The gradient wl lend between two or more color shades ot a singla spot cor Double The gradient wil use two spot colors This type pot colors of gradient dein solely by end poins t has no termediate points in he maa Tang Editor ProDeSIGN etek odt tho gradient ing the Et lina Sea Eng Groat Ung Mo Eat Ln page 6 bor dua d Adjust tne angle of the gradient in the Advanced Options for Gradient Fill When the Advanced button is clicked in FilSiroke Editor Fil Tab for Gradient Fil the Advanced Settings dialog wil be displayed
55. colors appear in the yellow text To adjust the Pure Hue settings for a typo of object 1 Click the Pure Hue button next to the object s rendering intent Coatiguing the System Tor Color Pining Page ait ProDeSIGN Tue Fume Fren e De um 2 Check the boxes for each color channel that you want to preserve unmixed 3 On to check all color channels or All 19 clear all 3 Glick OK EEE Configuring ie System for Color Printing ProDeSIGN 17 Printing to a Desktop Printer Before tho final output you may want to print sample ta your desktop printer for proofing To print your document in a desktop printer 1 Make sure all the objects and colors you want to print are visible in your document From the Fil menu select Print Select your desktop printer and set he appropriated options Check Selection to print oniy the selected objets 4 Previewing the Design Windows Only The Print Preview allows you to visualize the output before printing to the desktop printer Tho preview should reflect any changes that you made in the Printer Properties paper size orientation and Print Options To show Print Previev 1 From the File manu select Print Select your desktop printer Click Preview Print Preview One Page Print Preview Two Pages In the Preview dialog box you have the following buttons Pri Closes t
56. compound object containing the object and its finish 2 From the Effect menu select Clear Rectangle Finisher or Clear Shape Finisher The finish area is removed and the objects are normal objects again Using Color Trapping The Color Trapping effec removes most of the overlapping material between objects The effect leaves enough overlapping material lo ensure that gaps wil exist between the cjecis even if the Tegistraton is slighty oft Show Calar Trapping Applying Color Trapping to Objects Select the objects From the Effect menu select Color Trapping Adjust the values in DesignCentral lick Apply Adjusting Color Trapping Using DesignCentral When Color trapping is applied to overlapping objects the folowing atributas can be adjusted in DesignCentval OTE Ovenapeing distance ehttoDek Selec ihe napping ull be permed tom the ntt dan wit ects ProDeSIGN sil Larisa Danio Ug ideSuokes When this option is checked he color tapping wit be appled othe i r Using Styles Stylos alow you to capture and apply the fil stroke and tho effects from one object to another Styles can bo stared for futura use Copying and Applying Stylos 1 Select the object withthe desired fll or affect 2 From the Edit menu point to Graphie Styles and than select Copy Select the object where the fil or effect wil be applied
57. do similar funcions wath individual objects Displaying DesignEditor The Designlitor consists of two screens the Layers Tab and Objects Tab Layers Tab Tab To view the Designer From the View menu select DesignEditor DesignEditor Layers Tab Layers are a convenient way to organize the elements of your design for easy access and editing Think of layers as sheets of acetate stacked on top of another Where there fs no mage on a layer you see through to the layers below Behind all of the layers is the Substrate and the Trash Layer The layer at the bottom of the tab is the bottom layer of your design and the layer at the top of the tab the topmost layer in the stack default each new drawing that you open has the folowing layers Substrate Layer Represents th surtace on which your design migni be appied You cannot deleta copy or adi the substrate layer However you move to a diferent locaton nthe or ide from vew that sears at vio Gria Layer The Gnd layer placed enmedlatey on top of the sbstate ayer Use the d to help you Poston objects in the drawing area For more ntormanion anoue the Grids see Ruler and Grid on page 10 E ProDeSIGN Guide Layer The layer contains the drawing Guides For more formation about Guides see Gude on page tz Trash Layer The Trash layer contains the objecte that were ltd fom
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59. from the list and click OK Releasing an Underbase Back to a Vector Object change an underbase made from a vector object back into a vector object 1 Select the object 2 From the Arrange menu select Underbase then Release Underbase Using the Finisher Effect The Finisher effect defines a coating that wil cover an area of the design and protect it from scratches and UV The finish can be applied a rectangle covering entire area of Ihe design or as shape Ihat fellows the outines of the design finish area only be output thermal transfer device or by Using he Print as Separations feature Creating a Rectangular Finish To create a rectangular finish for one or mora objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu select Finisher hen Rectangle Finisher 3 Select the spot color for the finish from the list in Design Central Afer a finish area is created it and the objects it was created for become a single compound abject Creating a Shape Finish create a finish that follows the outlines of one or more objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu select Finisher then Shape Finisher 3 Select the spot color for the finish from the list in Design Central After a finish area is created It and the objects it was created for Page Working wit Etec ProDeSIGN become a single compound abject Removing a Finish To remove a finish area 1 Select he
60. in Show Fill preferences see Showing Objects on page 15 for more details is selected all objects are displayed using this color in wireframe mode Designeator ProDeSIGN The border of selected objects is displayed in this color Ifthe Show Preview option is off see Showing Preview on page 17 the preview for that layer is displayed in this color To change the color of a layer do ono of the folowing Drag any color from the Color Swatch and drop t directly onto the color icon on the DesignEditor Layer Tab dialog box Open the Layer Properties dialog box and click the swatch then selecta color from the list DesignEditor Objects Tab Every time you draw a shape create text or add element to your design information about thal element is stored in the Objects Tab of DesignEditor Each object is assigned a number to distinguish it rom other objects of the same e g Rectangle 1 2 3 Objects are stacked in the order they are created with new objects being placed on lop of older objects Effects such as shadows stripes and outlines always appear higher in the stack than the object to which they are applied The Objects Tab is an excelent way to view the structure of your document You can eae the elements in each layer of your document well as the various effects and other changes that you ve applied o Sach element Selecting Obje
61. materi BB Tho number af copias to bo output Tho amount of space that wil entat between he various copies andlor nested jobs that wil output as of he jb checked you can spacty he range ot pages that wll be output ora mutipage jab Format is xy Also scoop to put in lige ranges Eos Prats page 6 25 Printe popes 2 3 4 and 3 510 Prots pages 3 5 6 7 8 9and 10 checked the pages ties and color separations of he job wil bo nested Fipe the selected mage on the vertical so hal your nape wit when printed Rotates imago on the modia in 90 egree Increments ick the Baton ul you achieve the dase TG Stings related to fh and fuer that he job wl be processed in mw ene DE ong Production Manager ProDeSIGN After Output Seis what to do with he ob after output Delete Removes jobs trom he queue atar output Hota Places joba me Hold Queue aner output or at he bom of e queue Archive Smesthe job afer output Color Management Tab 2 ATE E EL Ce 8 8 The he seanga read othe S pring device The layout olma orange Ton wun Media Select he media the output vil be printed Remove Removes the selected custom media Print mode Select he pit qualty forthe output This setting vil vary fort ach pa a po
62. next ine Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur 5 HUESC or select a diferent tool to irish entering text Creating Horizontal Vertical Block Text 1 Select Horizontal Text or Vertical Text tol 2 Click and drag to create a block whera the text will be confined 3 the text The text wil automaticaly wrap when i reaches the opposite end of tne text block The text black wil expand to accommodate additional ines of text Lorem ipsum dolor si met consectetur 4 desired iI ENTER to move to the ox ine 5 HILESC or select a diferent tool to finish entering text Creating Horizontal Vertical Path Text 1 Select Horizontal Text or Verical Path Text toot E 8 2 on any existing path or shape in your design N LX Working win Text E 4 ProDeSIGN Typo the text m orem Ins ojo H ESC or select a different tool to finish entering text Creating Arc Text 1 2 5 Sole Are Text tot Click and drag o def ne the radius and center of the circle the text wil be positioned around The cursor wil be placed at the point on the circumference that you clicked on when creating tha circle Cth and dig Hold down the CTRL key while dragging to draw the circle from tha centar pont The cursor wil be placed at the point on the circumference that you clicked on when creating the circle dig Holding down the SHIFT key while dragging restricts the
63. on Select he desired qualty of your pntat your output device supports cor modes than you can Sac one of he supported colar modes her Choose an appropriate DPI for your jb higher DPI produces higher qualiy output but increases e processing ban Selects he diher ype or the patter in which he dola Bat mate on mage are to 1e medi See Color Management Tab on page 266 king the Screen button wl launch ialog box when angled screen dier pa Is selected You can adjust requanc ange and sage for esc output channel CMYK Output protes are created tor the comb Tesclution and dier type of your output prole be seiat the pofle that matches ose Select e Add trom disk 1o add ICC ouput prtles fom king he Into button wit launch the Profle Properts dialog hich contains information pertaining othe ICC output rote hat Pas been chosen undar Output ptis and also UCRIGER setings Selecting a densty fie apples the densos created trough the Adjustment modu you do rot 10 apiy adjustment sel Na red to None ekg this buton launches the Dany Adjustment dialog king thls buton launches the Driver Optone dialog See Print Tab an page 269 Tar dea Check to pint the selected type of mari Crop Marks Ad crop marks to the output to aidin Tamming he pintou Pages Ping your Design ProDeSIGN Overlap
64. or ach calor of nk 1o maximum percent overage Wat e device can output without causing hen cick OK Chack to print apot based an setings a and istom calor mapping Color Mapping custom tolor mapping Launches the Color Protter to alow you to inearizaton tates and profes See Color Panier User Manual delais sing Production Manage ProDeSIGN Print Options Tab Tp CHE T The Print Options tab dspays setings related to ba selected pot Te options spayed may vary depending your output dale Enable driver Atona you to use the natat aver options fr your output options eve When diver options are enabled you can sel spacial ons hom ante diver options dialog When aver bln are sated b printer s own soos be used Overprint Number af tes you would ike the printer t print over the area The sting mersases he number of k lays paced onthe moda Tho amount of space between each separate Dry Time This is the amount of ime te printer watis afir thas campleted ping allowing io ak 1o dry Direction the printheads when printing n directional modo the pit pant om eto hen tah n undrectond made the prat om rota Jet idrectonal ode pire faster bur unrectona mode usui reduces a bar quay print
65. paced befor the dmenalon value This to wll be placed after the dimension value used to shaw a dimension value A seale of 50 wil display haf of me actual value in Number of decimal places in dimension value Wer this option is aft wl be spayed Wien ths option is on to unit willbe displayed aere densi value Wren his option on a box wil appear around the The dimension text can be above aver or under the the postion ot the dimension on the ine Wren a diagonal is created he dimansion text can aligned wh diagonal Ine or be vaya horeontal poston BRIS Saeed apu pio zj ProDeSIGN DEI Working wit Measurements and Labels ProDeSIGN 16 Configuring the System for Color Printing You should configure your system belore printing Color Settings dialog provides the default setings tna are applied to fies that are imported Into your software and o emulate the output color on the monitor To open the Color Settings dialog box and to configure your software for calor printing from the Edit ment select Color Settings Setting the Input Profiles Most of flos aro calibrated for specific output devices Filas in RGB format are usually color corrected for display on a certain monitor and CMYK are color corrected for output to a certain printer input profiles are used to conver these fles 10 neutral color space so tat our software can later color cor
66. segments each anchor point displays Direction Lines ending in Direction Handles Their angie and the size determine the shape of he cuve Control Point located between two segments can be Symmetric Tha recton hands point opposite directions along me Same ine and hay have he same Smoon The acto tane pont n opposte drectons song me cusp The section handles are rotin he same ine Symmete Cone Ponts Smooth Control Points Cusp Cont Points double circle or square indicates the Starting Point of he path In an path the staring point can be at either end of ho path In a closed path the staring point can be anywhere on the path onini Pani A stant segment is selected Wanting wih Paths Page ProDeSIGN A curved segments selected ame 2 Creating Paths You can create paths using the Bezier Path lool or Freehand Path toal 3 continue drawing an existing open path select the Bezier Path or Freehand Path tol and clcktne cursor over eter end of a path Drawing Straight Segments Using the Bezier Path Tool 1 Select lhe Bezier Path tool Ciiek where the segment wil begin in the drawing area Click where the segment wil end 3 Hol the SHIFT key to constrain the tne ange Repeal step 3 to create additional straight ines Press the BACKSPACE key to delete the ast segment Press the ESC key or cick the New Path button in DesignCentral to create new path
67. te Wanting win maps ProDeSIGN Ed Ag 59 Orina map wih a Dragging premo SHIFT Final marques marquee p niga wih a Dragging pressing CTRL Final marquee marquee Using the Lasso Tool The Lasso tool allows you ta select a marquee by tracing its outline on the bitmap 1 Select he Lasso tot P 2 Ciak and rag the ovar ha ap tok a dosad shape You add or subtract areas from an existing marquee by pressing SHIFT and CTRL key 3 Glick inside the marquee and drag it to move the marquee to the desired positon Using the Magic Wand Too Tho Magic Wand tool lets you select an area of a bitmap based on the calor You can specify the color range or tolerance for magic wand tools selection 1 Select the Magic Wand tool S 2 Adjust the Tolerance in DosignCantal f DesignCentral is not Visible double cick the Magie Wand too bution Enter a low value to select colors vary similar to the pixel you click higher value to select a broader range of colors ick the cursor over the bitmap SHIFT and CTRL keys add or subtract areas from existing marquees wih Bina Page aT ProDeSIGN Marquee created win Mage Wand to Clearing Marquee 1 Select the bitmap with marques 2 From the Bitmap menu select Clear Marquee Inverting Marque 1 Select the bitmap with a marquee 2 From the Bitmap menu select Invert Selection Con
68. the Color Specs dialog box See Changing The Order of Colors Using Color Specs on page 87 for mare details Right click the Swatch Table and point to Sort command You can sort lhe Swatch Table by Name RGB HSV values Vendor Type or Part Modifying Existing Color Libraries Windows Only Color Libraries are fles containing a colection of colors Color collections can be based on a particular manufacturer an industry Standard or similar concept Like Color Swatches you can create a new custam Calor Library or modify existing one wit Cor PASE ProDeSIGN Creating New Color Libraries by Using Measurement Devices From the View menu pont to Color and then select Modify Color Library command Click New Select the Vendor and Type rom tho list or enter a new name Cick OK Enter the new color name and the number Click Measure and measure the color using the device The measurement device can be defined in the Edit menu pointing 10 Preferences snd men selecing Meter Options he Tool Tab Changing Existing Color Libraries From the View menu point to Color and then select Modify Color Library command Select the Vendor and Type from the list Select the color that wil be changed in the list Typo the new Name Part for the color or click Delete to remove the color from the Color Library You also measure a new color using a measurement device and replace the selected col
69. the objects ranging Objects ProDeSIGN 2 From the Arrange menu select Nest 3 Adjust the values in DesignCentra e cleo ha dec that wl be Ea eon regardless of al clr A Colors es Regio e panel where the selecled objects wl b dso E OE Wath of the panel where the suec lec ve embed GE uses EF Distance between objects afer the nesting Break tent When this opion checked al lex wll be Separated Ino Individual characters and Free rotate When this checked he aljeds WA be o crease the compresso Compress Ratio Displays the compression achieved by nosing the objects You can click and drag the Resize Panel Conid Pont on Upper ight comer ofthe panet area When size le loo smal lo L item Sete sari tn i E g abcde x abcde ELE inthe eiginl Bragging e Raze Pane Control Pant postion alerts win Nestedonects Nestadonjcis win Break ten Free Break fat Pee Boake On Free Off On Snapping Objects You can activate the snap feature and then create edit and move shapes to procis locations Arranging Objects ProDeSIGN There are five types of snapping SnaptoPoint SnaptoGuide Snap to Intersection SnaptoGrid SnaptoEdge
70. the points with the Select Point Tool From the Arrange manu select Step and Repeat lt Acquiring and Applying Length and Angle Use this tool to copy on segment angle and length and apply it to another segment 1 Select Apply Length and Angle tool 2 Enter the angle and length values in DosignContral or press CTRL key and click over he segment from where the angle and length willbe copied Apply Length Chack his feld to apply the length Apply Angle Checkihia eld to apply the ange Segment Length The length that wll be pote to the segment Click on ade o select slo pecus Segment Angle Th ange at wb appli lo be segment Gick buon on me ight 1o select a se of predefined angles or apply he opposite angle 3 the cursor over the segment where the angle and length wil be applied Press the SHIFT key to change the point that is used as reference wih Pathe LEA ProDeSIGN lo Rounding Corners The Round Comer lool converts comers into rounded comers To round one corner of a path 1 Saneti Round comer oot EE Wine P nma cie lat ick and drag the center of the circle to adjust the comer or enter the Diameter value in DesignCentral 4 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area To round multiple comers in path 1 Use the Sele ino io at and ait sharp comer or the Saec Pont ao sll spat comer
71. the tracking of the selected text The tracking is adjusted equally for all characters and between al words CTRL key while dragging changes tracking between words 5 Lino Spacing Drag his pont to produce equal spacing between ines 6 Block Size Drag this point to restrict the text box width This option is only available for Block text 7 center Drag this point to adjust the position of tho circle SHIFT key while dragging limits the circle s postion to specific posiions Wong win Text Page ProDeSIGN When the Are Tab is selected you wil see wi e cvl 0 Drag this point to adjust tha postion Ge canter ol the circle and also io change ds radius b Inner Radius Drag this point lo change the radius of the circle while keeping the center and top postions unchanged This causes a distortion of the text CTRL kay while dragging wil not distort the text Outer Radius Drag this point to change the radius of the circle while keeping the center and bottom postions unchanged This causes a distortion ofthe text CTRL key while dragging wil not distort the text 4 Rotate Drag this point to change the position of the arc text onthe circle SHIFT key while dragging constans the positon See Preferences Genaral Tab on page 21 about how lo sot the constrain angles Sweep Angle Drag this point to change the sweep angle of the arc text on the circle It changes each c
72. un 2 Unde TRUE RppendxF Keyboard Shortcuts Page sor ProDeSIGN Pana SKE Tent Tea T Sho Fil CRLF Fie and Regi T5 veer E July EA Zoe E CTRLSSHETSF zoo T Su ETT CTRLSSHFTSL zoo O ay Fig BIRDS LD Spel Chak Fr Shapes T Fecange Too RP and Pre cms Shin Too s iw Tease Ten Ne Wa GO Ee a DEI Appendix Shortcuts ProDeSIGN Index aborting output 280 aulovaco 2 absoluta colorimetric rendering background color 20 ient ZH barcodes 128 accurate sereen 250 Bezier handios 105 Seine setup 253 Bezier paths 138 adding point 151 bimap rendering inert 210 adding setups 251 Bimap toolbar 160 Adobe Type 1 nia 134 bimape 155 advance ater pening 268 adobe fas 172 vanced borders 103 470 ating 108 brighiness contrast 171 Align Points 145 color balance m aligning obec Salor modes 155 angled screen cithoring 267 E 165 angled screen options 278 eraso 163 poly length and ange 147 exporting 156 applying entered values 40 tes re copy fitam 169 re text ur importing 156 archive format 250 161 archiv path 250 vl 470 Archiving printed jobs 268 magic wand 161 ps P3 marquee 160 mais ar 150 move 162 arithmetic operations 40 paintbrush 164 of objects 5 pencit 164 rows 103 previ
73. using hs cr wl not be vile eter Mee A Except Tha Doy tj in cr ibe ie Stow all colors vati Ex Gating Started ProDeSIGN Tracking your Steps Your software contains several tracking tools to retrace your steps making it easier to recover fram operation mistakes Undoing and Redoing the Last Step undo the last operation from the Edit menu select Undo The name of the last operation is displayed after the Undo command To redo stop that you have just undone from the Edit menu select Redo Undoing and Redoing Multiple Steps Instead of undoing just the last operation you can undo a sequence of multiple steps 1 From the Edit menu select Undo Multiple A list with all recent stops is displayed The steps are shown in order with the most recent step appearing on the top of the list 2 Cickio select the steps that you want to undo starting from the op The design area dynamically shows a preview of the undoing process 3 OK to conim and apply the undo The selected steps are undone and placed in a redo ist The Undo afer Undo Gating Stared Pages ProDeSIGN After undoing multiple steps if you decide that you didnt want to undo hose actions 1 From the Edit menu select Redo Multiple A ist with undo steps is displayed 2 Cli and drag to select the stops that you want o cancel the undo starting from the top Tho design
74. value When you click or click and hald the on one cf the amos the val is creased oe decteane eremarialy Unig Iha eere Cen arrow keys your computer s keyboard wil have he same efe Using Built In Arithmetical Operations The software is able to perform a number of calculations whenever a numerical value is being entered Automatic Unit Conversion you enter a value using a different unit of measurement than the fault unt the software wil automatically convert the value 10 the fault unit For instance if your default unit is inches you ca Tang De ProDeSIGN and the software wil convert the measurement to 42 in Supported units are IE pt sont Calculation of Ratios if you enter a in the format A B the software wil scale the previous value in the field by the ratio entered For instance if a value is set to 12 and you enter 2 3 the new value wil be 8 Calculation of Percentages If you enter a percentage in the format X the software wil scale the previous value in the field by the percentage entered For instanoe if a value is set to 10 and you enter 90 the new value wl be 9 Simple Arithmetic Operators If you enter simple arithmetic expression the software wil calculate ha resul ofthe expression and enter that value in the feld The available arithmetic operators in order of precedence are 1 vision
75. win a mesh overlay Inthe preview pane and wll not be ouput All Tiles These setings apply to a toe and you quicky set up os c equa t ae Em ase ta fi h j i ha antaret owe epeced Al rows wi be o equal It you know hat you want tles of a enar er waard neg ai ie es he AT tes be changed to he me aur or ovetap betwee wes Era E negative number to create an offset between Outputs a map to aid in assembly of he lane ob See a Tie Map paga Z3 or Gale Tho est bito wl restore Io orgeal values and Dividing a Job Into Tiles The ob starts as a single large that covers the entira job This is selected by default To divide the job into tes reduce the width andlor height of the frst using the 25 and fields in the Selected Tile section Now wil automaticaly be created cover the exposed areas of tha job For instance to divide a 30x25 job into two vertical sot the field 15 reducing the size of the fis ile to 15x25 A second 15x28 wil automatically be created Dividing a Job into Uniform Rows and Columns of Tiles To divide tho job ina a specified number of uniform rows and columns of tee 1 Check or Eo tle the job vericaly or horizontally Enter the number of columns of ties in he fea Enter the number of rows of ties in the
76. your document layer aus out recover objet hal were acc entaly se Deleting ents on pape 75 fer Layer 4 2 3 These layers contain the actual objects that were many layers you ike or each design The layer that is highlighted in the Layers tab is called the Active layer Atany given time one of the layers must be active When layer win a disabled Edi ue ninoio maane TN TR When you right click on any of the layers a manu is displayed and the following commands are available A layer crested The new layer wi be added New Layer Shove ie active layer Delete Layer The active layer la deleted aplicate Layer A COPY of ta active layar ie created The new layer Duplicate Layer i beaded above te actie layer Rename Changes the activa layers name Properties Shows the properties for he active tayer You can also click tho buttons on the top of the DesignEdilar Layer Tab to perform some of tha above commands ID sew ayer ete Layer Layer rash Showing Layer Properties Each layer has the following properties Vete Spee ayer ae cr Aways Spectios ithe layer ls editable or not Not valable for Trash and Substrate layers Printable 2 Speches ifthe layer wll be printed or not Always Sealed or Trash Layer Specties ifthe ayers cut bie or not Awaya Seabed Trash and Gnd Layer LI Vang Deaigneaior
77. 1 Select the objects t you select the objects by dragging a bounding box the frst object in the order stack is used as the Stationary Object If you select the objects by clicking them with SHIFT key pressed the first selected objects used as Stationary Object 2 From the Arrange menu point to Align and select how the alignment wil be done in the example below the green square is used as the Stationary Object for the alignment k x e Flex E m qa EU Both Centers Alignment Bolom Venta Canter To align objects tothe design area 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Align and then select how the alignment wil be done Bl you nave a margin set the objects wl be algned to this margin dx Et dE Mt Lesen HA ASE re Top Rignma Vaal Cenie ranging Objects Page Tt ProDeSIGN Your software allows you to adjust the spacing and postion of the objects using the following methods Distribute objects Distribute objects lo design area Spacing Nesting Distributing Objects To distribute objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Distribute and select how the wil be done panan E 5g n Distributing Objects to the Design Area To distribute objects to the design area 1 Select the objects 2
78. 2 From the Setup menu select Test Cut Using RIP Logs Each time a job is RIPed an entry for that job is added to the RIP Log for that output device The RIP Log entry lists the relevant details about the job where it came from its basic characteristics what job properties were set and the RIP ime Viewing RIP Logs To view the log for a given output device 1 Select tho setup icon for the output device 2 From the View menu select View RIP Log The RIP Log is formatted as an HTML fi browser for operating system Clearing RIP Logs clear out the log for a given output device displays in the defaut DE Using Production Manager ProDeSIGN 1 Select the setup icon for the output device 2 From the View menu select Clear RIP Log Setting Job Properties The Job Properties dialog allows you to edit a large number of setings hat control how a job wil be output Accessing the Job Properties Dialog access the Job Properties dialog select the job and do one of the following Double click on the job From the File menu select Job Properties Righicick on the job and select Job Properties from the context 181811 Dez 35x 3 Ber a eg el orsi pem EH The lef side of the dialog contains the tabs on which the job properties be set The right side conta
79. Brighiness Contrast White applying fiter on screen preview wil be displayed You can resize of mave the preview area the area where Ihe flier wil bo applied can be limited using a marquee Reduce Noise Filter Use this fiter to clean up scanned images with small imperfections known as noise v e To reduce the noise in a bitmap 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Filters and then select Reduce Noise 3 Adjust the fiter setings in DesignCentral Radius The size ofthe noise that wl be cleared Preview When tiis option is checked you will see a preview while the Rad parametar 4 Click Apply win B mape XI ProDeSIGN Blur Filter This fiter creates a softening effect by averaging the pixels next to the edges at To apply the iter 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Filters and then select Blur 3 Adjust the fiter setings in DesignCental Hoher values in these fiis wl produce more biure images Preview When tis option checked you see a preview the 4 Click Apply Sharpen Filter This fiter focuses blurry images by increasing the contrast of adjacent pels 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Filters and then select Sharpen 3 Adjust the fiter setings in Design Central Amount and Radius Higher values in hese fields wll produce more Sor images Preview When
80. Cick and drag the Wath m point io change the Outine Wk eth Glick and drag the Offset Reference Line point to change the Between outings Glick and drag the Lostia Reference Location point to change the poston ofthe ine aver the where tne outline i Working win Etec ProDeSIGN Using the Shadow Effect Your software allows you to place shadow around any object The folowing types of shadows are avaiable Applying Shadows to Objects To apply a shadow effect to or more objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu select Shadow Adjust the values in DesignCeniral or drag the contro points 4 Click Apply Adjusting Shadows Using DesignCentral When shadows are applied to objects the folowing att bulas can be adjusted in DesignCentral os IE Select he shadow between Blok Cast Perspect and Drop The horizontal and tance tom E sanae Insets aerate EFIW Hight ratio and slant angle These elds area op FP BITTE E distance between and o shadow E Perspective rato Ont sabe or perspective X ProDeSIGN The following relief modos are available for each shadow Block and Perspective shadows AAAAA fine Wih nacing backing Sirona Drop shadows A shadow ts original abject
81. Delete Go to step 4 3 Glick OK Using Contour Cut Contour cut is a feature that creates cuting Ine around objects ther vector or bitmaps This allows you to an image a printer and then cut its contours using cuting plotter you have a hybrid device printer wih cutting capabilities you can print and using the same machine Contour E For more information about how to output a contour cut job see Wong wi ects X ProDeSIGN Contour Cuting on page 240 Creating a Contour Cut Around an Object To create a contour cut 1 Select the objects From the Effect menu select Contour Cut Adjust the values in DesignCental or drag the Control Point on Contour Cut ine 4 CickApply Adjusting Contour Cut Using DesignCentral The following atrbules fom Contour Cut can be adjusted in E Select beween Contour Rectangle Elipse Sse Conturmede Rectangle mode Ele mode BEIGE EE tance tom tiec ict ine The velue can Simone aly ert male esau et ine ede Seton in oraa i proven magnani ping cu cen Tha ie maler Cour Ed Wien ofthe contour shape or Rectangle PIPER Tem Height ot he contour shape Elipas or Rectangle Proportional Cheek mis alu to assure that the cung ine wil be resized oriporionaly wien you change Its height ar width This cens valable or Contour mode Wi Holes When his options checked al olas in
82. Fle manu elect Unneet bs B Using Automatic Nesting Production Manager can be to automaticaly nest obs a hey are Eide othe Hod Queue To set up automatic nesting from the Setup monu select Setup Properties then select the Automatic Nesting tab Automatic job Automatica nesta obe using ane or more of the esting pected below This sows you to work more effet by grouping har obe for output You can add several obe Into queue md nest thom inia one Number ol Select tis opton to automatically nest jobs jabs pce the sped number af in e queue Number ol Selects ogbon to automaticaly nest jobs minutes o specta number t mutas has pasted Wang Proauction Manager ES ProDeSIGN Percent Select tis option to automatically nest jobs Coverage ores the pete percentage ofthe medie Dayat Select tis option to automaticaly nest jobs nce a day at he specited tme Automatic t checked me images may automaticaly be tata when Folate mage nested so inat lees ofthe Output eu wll be used up Set Number of jobs 1 to automaticaty nast pages and Separations Nesting Pages Tiles and Separations The software is able to nest the pages of a multi page job so that hey ine up across the width of the output medium and take up less material nest the pages of a muti page job 3 On the Layout tab of the Job Properties dialog for he job check Page Nesting Sele
83. From the Arrange monu point to Distribute and then select how the distribution wil done In a Left Edge to Page distribution the leftmost object is moved to a position that touches tho left margin the rightmost object is moved to the right margin and objects between them are spread keeping tha distance between Left Edges equal Ex ranging Obes ProDeSIGN an 4 m TOS CaF EGET is T a Sn Ee Waste Pace E Spacing Objects The Spacing command allows you to distribute objects separated by an exact value 1 Select the objects Jt you select the objects by dragging a bounding tho frst abject in he order stack is used the Stationary Object If you select the objects by clicking them with SHIFT key pressed the frst selected object is used as Stationary Object 2 From the Arrange menu select Spacing command Adjust the folowing values in DesignCentrat EFT Space between adjacent objects Eal Deines d selected objets wil dtd in Distance wll be measured the right ap de of te boom slde of he ext bjt Distance wil be measured fam the lek bottom Se of one obec 1o the botiem side of ne ext object m om End to Bejing mete Beginning 1o Begining mode 4 Click Apply Nesting Objects Nesting distributes objects over a speciod area optimizing the material 1 Select
84. I Snerp Ange Hold he SHIFT key while dragging the Sweep Angle or Rotate control points lo constrain the angi Working Win Shapes ProDeSIGN Arrow You can drag the following points an Arrow shape Length Rotate Cap Length E wing Ange Tal itn Hold the SHIFT key while dragging the Rotate control point to constrain the angie Advanced Border You can drag the folowing points an Advanced Border pu Page os Working Wi Shapes ProDeSIGN Converting Objects to Shapes The Convert To Shape command is used to convert objects to shapes You can quickly convert the traced artwork la the desired shape ten edi the shape Converting ini Status Converting no Rectangles To conver an object into a shape 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Convert to Shape and then select the new shape Working Win Shapes XI ProDeSIGN Page Tio Working With Shapes ProDeSIGN 11 Working with Text ABCDEF mmm De QEA Text eo tex ABCDE FGHIJ LIIS Ea TT ProDeSIGN Creating New Text You create text by using the tools located on the Text toolbar Creating HorizontalVertical Text 1 Select Horizontal Text or Vertical Text tol ID Cickaryuhere in the design area he text Lorem ipsum dolor 4 desired hit ENTER to move to the
85. IGN double click in the bar the Swatch Tabla lo its ETA original position You can view the Swatch Table as a list showing addtional properties for each color 1 Drag the Swatch Tabie to the design area making it floating paiete Right click the Swatch Table and point to List View To return to the Palette view point o Palette View in the same As defaul the Swatch Table shows all colors gradients and pattems avatable select one type of fil 1o be dieplayed in the Swatch Table right click the Swatch Table and point to Show and then click the Fil ype All Color Pattern or Gradient Creating New Swatch Tables You can build custom Swatch Tables that contain only the colors that you specify To create a custom Swatch Table From the View menu point to Color and then select New Tabi command The new palette which contains only ane color Transparent replaces the current You can add colors to the palette a number of ways Click and drag colors from the Color Mixer Add new set ol colors fram Color Libraries Marge colors from the document Create a patter based on the objects from your document Using the Color Specs dialog box Adding New Colors Using the Color Mixer 1 Open the Color Mixer dialog box 2 Create the new color that wil be added See Applying Colors Using the Color Mixer on page 78 for more information 3 Cick
86. LX or FuxPres ofer he fases processing ines Tho avalatie patterns n descending order of quay ar KE Dittusion Ths is an enhanced version of the eror ifo method Whe takes longer to RIP 166 times more than FMXPrese provides he highest detal and contrast Tar most net proto Eror method produces high quality Images Difusion The eananoed mage quia requres Intensive processing 3 4 mes more thn and he tme takes to RIP a fle ie metnod second longest f he avaliable Page tes sing Production Manager Enhance Dither Quality Perform color icc output prota color ProDeSIGN Random A balance between image ualty and RIP Ditusion lakes 2 3 umes longer an FMXPress The detsut sion method Ita the fastest interne of RIP tne and sultable for ost pos LxDitusion A faster option as far as RIP times ar ncaa ts gd pte Angled for use wih thermal printers to Sereen produce rant saturated colors Tha s lo used to produce screen print posites Screen 1o set advanced optione See Setia Diner Optone fr Angled Sans page 279 for delale option is checked he sofware wli use an advanced for daring hat produces beter real than h etal bu takes more than ee ae long to RIP eng opten anaes ha color ceci seinas r hs sting s checked Incoming jobs assumed o h
87. Ler Fre ProDeSIGN Mode Use ECP Enhanced Mods forthe Tanien possible wansmason speed EPP Enhanced Farah Pon not as fast but may be more compat ECP using DMA wih ECP can DMA from 2mbps 1o mbps t checked the stare wil device release the system esourcos used by he custom ver hie printer amp busy his ad overal perfomance Uses pont t your output device supports network address The TCPIP address of the output device Port Number The port number used for grinting to output device Select fom he Mat USBFireNire drivers are provided wih output devices that support Please make sure proper drivers are stated when using pot Some network devices do not work with and ony Mi LPR protoni Hostname or The host name or IP address assigned IP addres 10 he output device Printeri queue Depending on the output device mis name eter be tho printer namo such as PRA or t can bo the path to a UNIX prot queue See FTP esting above for omen printer names Output devices that connect drecty to a network may support FTP protocol This alawe ha RiPed output to be sent to the device via FTP The host name or IP address assigned to output device required Depending on the output device te can tar be tho printer name such as pr ri can be tne path 1o a UNIX prr aueue Common peter nam
88. Orientation Tona win Text Page tT ProDeSIGN Copying and Pasting Text Styles 1 Select the text with the desired attributes 2 From the Text menu point to Text Style and then select Copy 3 Select the text where the style willbe applied 4 From the Text menu pont to Text Style and then select Paste ABCDEF ABCDEF GHIJKL Storing Styles in tho Stylo List 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu point to Text Style and than select Store 3 Type the style name 4 Glick OK Applying Styles from the Style List 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu point to Text Style and than select Apply 3 Select the style from the iist 4 Glick Ox Text Preferences To change the text preferences 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences 2 Select Tools Tab 3 Select Text tool from the list on left side of dialog box In Text Preferences ho following options are available Font Size Your software bases the font height on specific letter measuring from the top ol the letter lo its baseline By default sizes aro based on the height of the letter X Tha benefit of using reference letter is knowing the exact size of one particular letter Page ta Wenig win Text ProDeSIGN You also use default font sizes This information is induded in the description of each font To use defaul fon sizes select the Use font height op
89. Orientation 127 Adjusting Text Block Size 127 Working With Braile Text 127 Working With Barcodes 128 Working With Special Characters 129 Working With Text Styles 131 Text Preferences 132 Working with Forts 133 12 Working with Paths 137 Creating Paths 138 Selecting Points and Segments Using DesignCentral to Edit Points and Segments 142 Path Direction Editing Path 13 Working with Bitmaps 155 Using DosignCentral 155 Creating Bitmaps 186 Changing Bitmap Properties 158 Using the Bitmap Toolbar 160 Defining Marquees 160 Editing Bitmaps 162 Using Filters 169 Tracing Bitmaps 172 14 Working with Effects 179 Common Features 179 Using Combine Effects 179 Using the Outina Efect 183 Using the Shadow 185 Using the Stipes Effect 188 Using The Disto Effect 190 Using the Blending Effect 192 Using the Lens Effect 192 Using the Underbase 194 Using the Finisher Effect 196 Using Color Trapping 197 Using Styles 198 Using Contour Gut 199 15 Working with Measurements and Labels 203 Measuring Distances 203 Creating Dimensioning Lines 204 Automatically Dimensioning Objects 205 Tonene Paget ProDeSIGN Dimensioning to Page 205 Creating Labels 205 Editing Dimension Lines 206 46 Configuring the System for Color Printing Seting the Input Pros Seting the Display Profis Selecting Rendering Intents 17 Printing to a Desktop Printer Previewing the Design Windows Oniy 213
90. ProDeSIGN le of Contents 1 Installing the Software 1 Recommended System Requirements 1 installation Procedures 1 Using a Hardware Key Over a Local Area Network 4 Macintosh Shortcut Kays 4 7 Ciear Preferences Password Installer 2 Getting Started Basic Elements of your Sofware 7 Changing the View Tracking your Steps Using Workspaces Seting Preferences 3 Working with Files Creating Now Documents 23 Opening Files 2 Importing Flos 24 Saving Documents 24 Exporting to Files 24 Sending a Job to EnRoute 25 Closing Documents 25 Linked and Embedded Fies 26 Using OLE Objects Windows Oniy 27 Working with Job info Finding Files Job Estimation Templates 4 Using DesignCentral Displaying DesignCentral 39 Entering Numerical Values 39 DesignCentral Tab 5 Using DesignEditor Displaying DesignEditor ar DesignEditor Layers Tab ar DesignEditor Objects Tab 50 6 Selecting Objects Selecting Objects Using the Select Too 5 Selecting Objects Within Effect E Selecting Objects Using the TAB Key P Selecting Similar Objects E Selecting Objects With Tha Same Color 55 Selecting Object Based on Attributes 5s Selecting Objects Using DesignEditor 5s Selecting All Objects 5 Deselecting Objects 5 Toners Paget ProDeSIGN Invering Selection 7 Arranging Objects Resizing Objects Moving Objects Rotating Shearing and Mirroring Objects Duplicating Ob
91. ProDeSIGN Changing the resolution doas not change the number af pixels in the bitmap it merely changes how many pieis fit into an inch As the resolution of a bitmap is increased the area covered by the bitmap wil decrease because more pixels wil ft into each square inch Decreasing the resolution wil cause the bimap to cover a larger area Resampling A Bitmap Resampling changes the resolution of an image without changing the area it covers It does this by increasing or decreasing the number of Pixels used to represent the image At the time the software changes the resolution fo compensate for the change in pixel count so hat he bitmap remains the same size Black and white bitmap resampled to lower resoiution Resamoing an image wil degrade ita soma extent Resamping aver Fesatulon makas image Bock and jagged Resamgang t a higher Fesatslon may bis the image If ou resample an image and are nt leased win b resuts use ha Undo feature lo return A 10 s previous State rather han resamplog agas To resample a bitmap 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu select Resample 3 Adjust the values in Resample dialog box Width and Height New size in ples of he titmap The actual size inches ar em of he bitmap be hanged oniy e realtone he map wil be E Proportional The bitmap s resized proporional Neighbor Ths opton Pe fastast bu least precs Blinear Select tis option fo
92. When disabled only the outine wil be visible To show or hide the fll rom the View menu select Show Fills When Show Fils is disabled the outines can be displayed using the following modes Show layer Al outnas are depis color yad using the ayer colar See jing e Layer Color on page 4 about how lo change me layer cor Show fll color Tho cutines are displayed using he objecte origina tt Show path The outings are displayed using roo colors Green deeclon for clockwise pae Magenta tor counter clockwise and Gray fr open paths Selected objects wil displayed using te colar la C ur fm Shani Bier Bel Dalee Basha Stow lion tc pat mon To change the way the outlines are displayed Double click the Fill Mode tool and select the Wireframe option or 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences command TET Ex ProDeSIGN Tools Tab Select Show Fills in the iist Select the Wiraframe option ick OK Showing Path Directions The direction in which the path wil be cut or plotted is determined by the path direction Soo Path Direction on page 144 about how to change the path erection You can visualize the path direction using Show path direction made described in previous item or show direction arrows in each path show or hide the direction arrows 1 From the View menu select Show Path Direction 2 Select t
93. a Tienen Size Group box i h M _ nece You can resize RUP and Prot log by cicing and dragging the lower camer Sending Modo The Sond List allows you to select what o do withthe job once it arivas in the Production Manager queue Send now The ob saulomatealy processed and sent to the output device Holdin list The job stays the Producton Manager queue ul itis manually sent rom Producton Manager to fle The job is processed and saved as fle pri tles B The Send Now mode not available H he output device s or he Production Manager on another computer on ne network and the Allow remote Send Nowinteractive is not enabled in te Producton Manager Preferences See Changing the Preferences on page 250 for Material Settings The Material group box allows you to specify the size of modia used in your output device by entering the Media Width and Height The media Size is usad to panel your job f itis larger than the media Ping your Design ProDeSIGN E Seet your mecla size tom he lat or specty a custom Sze by slecing User Defined TT Meera wa Metera eon Position Settings The Position group box allows you to specify where on the media the job is output Ds TOT Horizontal ortsat distance afinn Vertical offset distance You can also postoning the job by c
94. a and show or hide the borders See DosignConiral Document Ta on page 41 for moro information howto set up your document properties Swatch Table Swatch Tables includes a group of standard colors gradients and pattems that can be applied to objects in your design See Swatch Table page 80 for more information on swatch tables To show the Swatch Table from the View menu select Swatch Table Rulers and Grid Rulers appear along the lop and lef side of the main screen to help you measure and align objects As you move the cursor in tha design area Ex TET ProDeSIGN tick mark on each ruler follows the movement of the cursor the Coordinates ofthe cursor postion are displayed at bottom left comer of the To show or hide tho rulers from the cick Show Rulers jew monu point a Show and Grids like rulers help you align objects in the design area Grids a serias of horizontal and vertical dotted lines win the design area Thay wil not show as part of the output show or hide the grids from the View menu point to Show and click Show Grid The rulers grids and other numeric values that represent a length fellow a uni system defined im your sofware To change the unit system right cick ruler and select the new unit On Macintosh cick and hold on the mouse button on the rulers default the origin of the rulers is located in the lower let
95. a of hab to alow the job elen anager ProDeSIGN Standard Standard marks tended Mana for aligning ease Separation Separator are ouput Swatch Cole swatches tor each or afik wil be printed around me ob Overlap Overap mara wil ve Marks pried citing how mes ofa lad oo Tonal Seale Colo swatches containing blended CMY colors and a gray seale WA be printad around the Margin Mas lb printed at the comers af ihe jb indicating ta ouside marges Border Aborder wli be printed around e outside edge tthe job See a sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN color Checkto print color bands atthe bands posters Selected Color Adjust Tb E galowy ire men The Color tab provides some Pe basic tools to manually adjust the output color Move the slider o the left or right to Gecreasa 9 increase Tespecively the amount of that colar in the output Tre ct unes Sage Tre ser aust te Check Preview see te Sarge your coer onte Cic Reset rete 1 and etos o he ea EEE ProDeSIGN Separations Tb GIG GENII SN The Separatons tab contansa Fere ruber af oplons related io color separations separations E To pent separatione for certain colors he you do nat want to pin Check to m
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97. aged 10 pes JU ce ese putans 1e justty me selected vernca ten o the top centar or bonam ans 3k ese butona 1 arange rail et fom NM SS 1o arange me vetet tns tom op a em atom op Cek these butons to select he order the Ines of selected hotzontal ho paragraph top 1a Bottom ar l mese tons 1o sec he order he ines of verten tent in he paragraph en or let Amount ot spacing between words n he text Honzomtai Test The word spacing canbedaglayed in unts n em mon Jor aaa porcmage See TEE peos 132 abou how to change he deni m Eu Ck nis burton to display box where you can ety the selected tex The same dialog box wi be te tx ia selected and you double cle he The folowing attributes are available for horizontal and vertical block text any Tle held ations you to spec the width of he black Paget Working win Text ProDeSIGN FETE This allows you to specify the height of the block ERTS al ech ranis tn EI The following attribute is available for horizontal and vertical path te Chet hie buton to noie te texto he opposta ie of tne pa The folowing attributes are available on the DesignCentral Are Tab are avaliable for Arc text Defnes te radius of the crie where the text will te placea Starting positon ofthe text in he ar
98. ake cach process color separation pint inthe separations apprapnate coral i this oplon nt selected al imt process clr separates wil rat n lack Separations for spt colors il sways pint ln lack Print spet Check to convert spot coios to mel beat proces colar Colors as appronimatens and includa them a ta procesa color process separations itis box snot checked and your device supports spot colors ach spot colar i be printad a an nil separation 7t you have selected the Angled Screen dither type you can edit the dithering options for each color from the Separations lab See Seting Dither Options for Angled Screens page 279 for details Adding New Media Types to a Device The software allows you to add new media types to the lst of media pes for a given make and model of output device The new media type Wi only appear for that make and model of device not for devices To add new media type Page zie sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN 1 Select a setup for the device you want to create new media type er 2 From th Setup menu select Default Job Properties Select he Color Management tab S 4 From he Media Type ist select Add Media 5 Emer a Name for the new media type The name can be up to 32 charactors long and may not contain any wid card characters 8 or 6 If desired click Driver Options to set the default driver options that
99. allows you to distort vector objects The folowing distortions are avaliable in your software When a distortion effect is applied 1o a biimap wil mask the biimap using the distortion shape wt 2774 1 fn Yit fl gH pat Working win Eee ProDeSIGN Yr dt For example you can use the distortions to fit your design in a bitmap io see how the sign wil look Biman object Distorted vector cte over he mop Applying Distortions to Objects Select the objects From the Effect menu select Distortion Adjust he values in DesignCentral or drag the control paints lick Apply Adjusting Distortions Using DesignCentral When distortions are applied to objects the following attributes can be adjusted in DesignCenta Ia Select he distorlon RET Rm Rotation angle of the stanton envelope aes stron envelope o0 degrees conan conr BIA Mrs toon eves norco ova Adjusting Distortions Using Control Points For each distortion you have a number of control points that can be ragged to adjust the distortion to your requirements The number of points and the effect when the points dragged wil vary according to Wong wih ects Page ProDeSIGN the distortion cont Pains tn some symmetrie distortions lie Wave Top and Patch CTRL key moves the handles independent from the other handle Using the Blending Effect Your software allows y
100. aming Objects To rename an object in DesignEditor Objects Tab 1 Cilek the object in DesignEditor Objects Tab 2 Click the same object again 3 Type the new name ProDeSIGN Applying Effects When you move an abject undemeath an effect that is applied to tha object This can be useful when you have applied a number of effects to particular object and want fo apply those same effects to another object To do this simply move the object the hierarchy effect group of effects that you want lo apply yey snot he same nual an ject and te same Ha Edme T iude HN Dra ABCD rr rag EO tant Tsing Deaigneaior ProDeSIGN 6 Selecting Objects There are several ways to select objects from the most basic point and click method lo sophisticated selection criteria Selected objects display wih a selection border and Control Points around Ihem o distinguish selection from other objects The color of the Selection Border can be specified by using the DesignEdior Layer Tab See Changing the Layer Colar on page 49 for more details Selecting Objects Using the Select Too To select objects using the Select lool 1 Choose Select lool 2 Glick the object that you want to select select multiple objects hold down the SHIFT key and then clic
101. ance is useful to print white Uunderbase underneath te image to prevent the dark color from showing trough Two types of underbasas can be created A solid underbase is generally used with vector objects and text It consists of a sli coat of a single spot color typically white that falows the contour of the objects above The ink is always at 100 coverage soli underbase can be the same size as the objects above or it can be choked down fo fit inside the margins ol the objects or bled out to extend outside the margins A variable underbase is used wih bitmaps and gradients The density of the underbase varies to match that of the image above This allows the color of the medium to show through behind a transparent area of a picture for instance A variable underbase is always exactly the same as the image above An underbase can only be output on a thermal transfer device or by Using he Print as Separations feature Creating Solid Underbase create a solid underbase for or more objects 1 Select the objects From the Effect menu select Underbase then Solid Underbase 2 3 In DesignCentral select either choke Ff or bleed Hl 4 Set the size af the choke or bleed in the fl XI Working win Etec ProDeSIGN 5 Check With Holes to make holes in the underbase underneath holes inthe selected objects above 6 Select the color of the underbase from the list Click Apply V Af
102. any object selactad hese selected objects are cut To cut ll abaci n e document cick tre Selection buon 2 Adjust the settings available in he dialog box as necessary and ick Send Setting the Cut Plot Dialog The CuvPlat dialog box gives you completo contol over how the job is produced This dialog box consists of ree Tabs General Panel and Advanced Tabs The area on top of this dialog is common for all Tabs your Design Page ai ProDeSIGN Cut Plot Dialog General Tab The General tab allows you to the size of media size of the job and he locaton of your output on the media es m Copies Grou bar Ae B You can resize the CuuPiat by and dragging the lower right Sending Modo The Send List allows you to select what to do vith the job once it arrives in the Production Manager queue Send now The job is automatically processed and sent tote output device Hold In list The job stays in the Production Manager queue untl itis manually sent to he output device the Production Manager ndn Saveto fle The job ie processed and saved as a The Send Now mode is not avallable t the output device inactive or he Producton Managers anther computer on D network the oplon Allow remote Send Nowinteracive i ot enabled te Producton Manager Preferences See Changing the Preferences on page 250 for Color Pa
103. ath Select the Reduce Points tool P Adjust the Tolerance value in DosignContal Lower values of tolerance wil falow the original path more closely higher values Wil eliminate more points Page TO Working win Paths ProDeSIGN 4 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area ath etre reducing the extra Path atter reducing the unecessary ponis ponts Removing One Point You can remove one specific point from the path using the Remove Point tool 1 Select lhe Remove Point too 2 Cik over the points to be removed Yau can remove points by selecting them with Select Polat tool and pressing DELETE ij Adding One Point You can add specific point rom the path using the Add Point tool 1 Select the Add Point toot S 2 Glick over the path to add new points Removing Solf intersections You can break a path that crosses forming a loop 1 Select the path 2 From the Arrange menu point to Path Dir Automatic ction and then select Dx gt gt This command converts every closed path to compounded outines Changing Starting Point Every path has a starting point When this path is cut the plotor wil start cutting from the staring point In an open path the staring point must be at ane end of ihe path Wong wih Pathe Page 157 ProDeSIGN change the staring point 1 Use the Select tool to select path or the Select Point tool to select ono point o
104. ave already clr corectad in io design applicato Measurements of output fm he Orange and green nce mage is in a neutral coe space the output redis mo Decor pac f o ouput Select ICC prie hat matches he combination of nk escluton daher ol your output device To add an ICC output pfie another source select Add Tom te at of poer Clck to set advanced colar properties See Seting Advanced Color Corecton Properties page 276 seting determines the color management system that wil be used 10 output he po Ifyou are using ICC proles rom PPS 3 that contain ight or inka CMYKLetm you can use siner color management system Y you use Meioso ICM th ight and channle wli not read fom te CC and wil be Computed based on formulas 1t you are using ICC protas from PPS 3 that contain orange aR green inka you need 1o uae the Scanvec Amable Automatic Tha software wll choose one whlch color management system to use Microso ICM The sofware wll use the Microsoft image 20 Color Management 20 APL sg Proauction Manager PARIS Linearization Tabie Use Color Mapping Color Profiler ProDeSIGN Seanvee Tha aware wi use the Scanvee Amiable CMS Color Management System he Inearzaton table to use Clita set he ink Its for he output device Sethe int
105. be Moved without moving the origin point This Solo beter for capjng a smaller part fth bmp to a numero dierent places To use the Stamp toc 1 Select ihe bitmap you want to edit Sole Stamp parameters n DesignCenta 4 Click the Stamp tool over the location from which you want the origin 5 Move the cursor over the area of e bitmap that you want to verit and than cick and drag To change the stamp origin hod down the CTRL key and cick on the Warning wih Bina Page a ProDeSIGN new point you want lo copy from Changing the Brush in the Brush Tab you can select the shape and the size of the brush Some brushes display small number in the lower left comer This number is the size ofthe brush in pixels 0 Cek hereto create Se You can add new brush or change the shape and size of an existing rush Click the blank area in the Brush Tab to create a new brush or double click an existing brush button to change its properties You can enter or change the following brush properties With and Height of he brush Adjusts how the brush wa dissolve wilh the orginal mage Angle ot rotation The brush can have other a rectangular or elipse shape XI Wong win maps ProDeSIGN Using Filters Your software allows you to filer bimaps The following fiters are avalable Reduce Noise e Sharpen Color Balance aur e Level
106. be used as a settings to print this particular bitmap You have independent settings for each bitmap For more information about Input profle and Rendering intent see Configuring the System for Color Printing page 209 UT mia stje mlale etl cR l cornas PERE MN all cero E zen DE Foe Tab Creating Bitmaps There are several ways to include a bitmap into a document Importing Bitmaps You can open or import a bitmap fies into your document 3 From the File menu select Open or import 2 Select the bitmap fle from the ist and cick Open ar Import When importing a bitmap you can create link between the original bitmap fla and your document This link is an electronic connection between the fles and every time thatthe document is open the linked bitmaps wil be imported To creata a ink check the Link in the import dialog box Exporting Bitmaps Any bitmap from your document can be exported into fle 1 Ifyou want to export only bitmap fram your document select it Page Wanting win maps ProDeSIGN From the File menu select Export Select the fle format from the ist and type the fle name if you are exporting only a selected object be sure to check the Selection only option Checking Suppress Option will export the bitmap using the default settings for the bitmap fle format 5 Click Export Scanning Bitmaps
107. cannot run more tan one concurrent Instance of the software using the same hardware key To run the software using a hardware key installed on a different computer 1 the computer with the hardware key make sure the software is not running Run Production Manager on the computer with the hardware key the computer you want to run the software on make sure the Software is installed using the user number assigned to the hardware kay When you run the software on the second computer it will recognize the hardware key from the frst computer and run Macintosh Shortcut Keys If you are using this software in a Macintosh soo tho table below to convert some commands and definitions used in this manual Windows System Macintosh System Rightcick ihe mouse Clck tne mouse pressing CONTROL key CTRL key OPTION key ENTER key RETURN key Clear Preferences Preferences is utiity that removes all output device setups and retums the software to its default settings It is particularly helpful when troubleshooting any problems you may encounter vith your software clear preferences stored in your system 1 software 2 Run the Clear Preferences 3 Select Yes when you are asked if you would ike to clear your preferences Password Installer Tho Password installer is a utiity that helps you manage the diferent passwords that come with the software After you have installed the p
108. ce inns culinas or contour lines around any object Outine closed rented around he outer edges of te selected Object and inside such as the Inside of closed letters E A closed path created around he inner edge af the selected tect ABCD ABCD ABCD nen cute you con aa ember tf wi War insite spac betwen ony thom F Outines Efct 1 Select the objects that the effects wil be applied to From the Effect menu select Outline Ast the values in DesignCentral or drag the control points 4 Click Apply Adjusting Outlines Using DesignCentral When outines are applied 1o objects the flowing atus can be in DosgnCental pice E lett tect ype beeen Contour Cutie nie Wan otme ute oisance between Tris opton stows you to choose between usng me sane col erent generaled or to esle padent ot Tonna wih ects Pages ProDeSIGN Outings wih same color Gradient ules races seat t creste baking bein aga en a The out ne colo Set te aporapiate Joint optan pe miter Joint Type Eb como me sharpness ot he comers Set et Sa o Adjusting Outlines Using Control Points When you apply an culina a reference line is displayed with control points You can adjust some of the atrbules by dragging the control points
109. ck the point where the are wil begin Cek the point where the are will end Drag the start and end points over the path and the center of the arc to adjust the shape of the arc You can also enter the Diameter in DosignCenttal Click the TAB key to change the are position Prass TAB to select te directo of Optimized path 5 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area wih Pathe Page ProDeSIGN Converting Segment to 3 Point Arc The Optimize 3 Point Are tool creates semicircle between two points on a path Select Optimize by 3 Point Arc tooi 28 Click the point whare the are will begin Click the point whare the arc will end Drag the start end and the third control point in the are to adjust the shape of he arc Press the TAB key to change the arc positon 5 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area Josse ae poa Converting Segment to Arc Tho Make Arc tol converts ono segment of the path into semicircle 1 Select the Make Are too 2 Cick and drag one segment ofthe path Hold the SHIFT key while dragging to constrain the are into a half 3 Release the mouse button and drag 1o create an Arc Eliminating Extra Points Many paths that have been aulo raced have a number of extra points that should be removed 1 Uso Select tool to select a path and all its points or the Select Point lool to select specific points in p
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111. ct the job From the File menu select Nest it ee RE ES og Production Manager ProDeSIGN Tiling and Cropping Jobs acum eme E amm eT set 7 The tiing feature of the software allows you to split a print job up into a number of smaller tles that are then output separately Ma job ls larger than the output medi automaticaly into pieces small enough to output All ting is done fram the Tile tab of the Job Properties dialog To access the tiing features 1 Select the job 2 From the File menu select Job Properties 3 Select the Tile tab The folowing setings are available Panel Size The panel is the part ot te job that wl be spit up into ties and ouput by Wo sofware the 5 reduoed in size hat does Tat eaver me o he pers covered b e pan be Shows he width and height ln panel To adjust Thesa ofthe margin Te arg ls ta pen oft mendi at enenda Gute he onda f e oh Selected Slat wich tls tn an height are displayed In the fl I ProDeSIGN Selects a tla tobe ete The selected tle is inthe prove pano Shows he wh and eight of he selected tie To Sus anter number of use Print Mt checked the selected wil be output wlth te rest of he Joa tf eared he marked
112. ction Manager Page zo ProDeSIGN ProDeSIGN 2 Click Save preset 3 Specify the fle name and location and click OK Loading the Presets from a File To load the screen option presets from a fle 1 Click Load preset 2 Specify the fle name and location and click OK Setting Cutter Driver Options The Cutter Driver Options allow you to control the parameters of operation of your output device such as cut speed pressure and execute common tasks roll forward backward go to origin trom Your computer Jb Tab ac Macro Tab The setings avaiable in me Cuter Dever Options vary according your oupa dove Each command has a checkbox to enable or disable It When enabled you can change the value and the command wil be sent to the output device overriding the setings in the output device When the option is unchecked tha settings from the output device are used save Saves he changes you made as new command Delete Deletes the selected command from the lat you can aniy siete commanda that were added using save Reset setings to defaut settings any custom commands added by the use wl be deleted Batore job Defines commands that wil be sent before the job is CutFastiMedium Defnes a saries of setings for fast and sow Tow i None gt speeds Select None f you want to use al rom h
113. cts Using the Object Tab The DesignEditor Objects Tab allows you to quickly locato and select spectic objects This is useful when your design is complex and Selecting individual objects in tho conventional way pointing and licking has become dificult To select an object select the object s name in the DesignEditor Objects Tab SHIFT or CTRL keys selects multiple objects You can even select indvidual objects among compounded or grouped objets When you select an object in the design area the corresponding item is automatically highlighted on the Design ditor Objects Tab EE Tsing Designtaior ProDeSIGN Changing Objects Order You can change the order of an object by clicking and dragging an object to new location in the stack You can change the stack order of objects within a particular layer or you can move objects from one layer to another 1 Glick on the object that you would like to move reorder inthe Objects Tab 2 Drag the object to the desired location SHIFT key while you drag replaces the highlighted object vith the one you re moving CTRL key while dragging duplicates the object and places it in the new location Right clicking while dragging displays a menu with the following options Move and insert Move and Replace e Copy and Insert e Copy and Replace 3 Release the mouse button when the object immediately under the object lo be stacked is highlighted Ren
114. d changing a value automaticaly changes the other one Keeping the size Proportional 3 Text must have mare than one line in arder change the text height Working With Br You can convert normal text into Braile Grade 1 or Braile Grade 2 Grade 1 is in full speling and consists ofthe letters of the alphabet punctuation numbers and a number of composition signs that are Special to Braile Duxbury Systems conversion is used for Grado 2 Support that gives the highest quay Braile avaliable Bradle can be spall checked and even converted back to normal tex to be edited There is an option to omit the caps indicator and keep Braile in al lowercase that makes for more concise Braile Dot Size can be specified to make Braile Photo Polymer compatible Converting Text to Braille le Text 1 Select the text wit Text Page tar ProDeSIGN 2 From the Text menu point to Braille and then select Grade 1 or Grade 2 fram the menu once converted to Bralle the text can not be resized Are and Path text can Rot be convened 1o Bri Converting Braille to Text 1 Select the Brail text 2 From the Text menu select Bra 123274550 Braille Tab in DesignCentral When Braile text is selected DesignCentral displays the Braile Tab with the folowing atributos and commands Braille to Text Grade 11 Changes the Bralle coding Grade 2 Lowercase Check to remove cap indicators Only Show Check to sho
115. design The software already comes with spot color rales specie for printers that Upped spot color ping If cran color is not eed in Cla ray you should creste ba cor and defne as a Spot cor 2 From the File menu select RIP and Print Select the Advanced Tab In the Miscellaneous settings group check the option Print spot colors 5 the Spot color mapping bution The Spot Color Mapping dialog box appears 6 Select the drawing color you want to change tha mapping and select tho Printer color the map to ist Select Print as Process color if you want to print that color using process colors CMYK Select Skip to disable the color Click OK Set the appropriato options in the RIP and Print dialog and then ick Send to print the job The peinter or the Producion Manager wll prompt whenever you have 10 change spot color ink in the pino Contour Cutting Contour cutting allows you to print and then cut a contour line around your design The output of design with contour cut involves several Stops as follow 1 Greate your design in your software and add a contour cut ine See Using Contour Cur on page 199 for more details From the File menu select RIP and Print Select the Advanced tab in the RIP and Print dialog ick Contour Your design must have contour cut or ha Contour bution wi be disabled See Using Contour Cut on paga 199 to leam how lo create contour cus 5 Set the contour cut
116. drag point 1 or 2 to change the stripe gradient When Vary Stripes modo is selected click and drag point 1 to change the stripe gap Click and drag point 2 o change the stipe gradient Clck and drag point 3 to change the stripe angle Hold down the SHIFT key to constrain the angle Adjusting Circular Stripes Using DesignCentral When circular stripes are applied to objects the following attributes can be adjusted in DesignCenval E b Number of stipes on te object EBENE Cm Determines he percentage of the mage thats covered t spes tom Oto 100 Changing a value changes So Weg Mut dis brine din Wong wi ects XI ProDeSIGN BPE Determines he distance from the center to the frst gap RFN The stance fom the center of he rings to the outermost ding is In mis ey box e object extends Beyond he last ring the mand of jt salid IFT E Determines degree ol he gradient expressed percentage 0 to 100 gu The point selected in this grid wl be the center of ihe a stipes Adjusting Circular Stripes Using Control Points You also adjust some of the above fields dragging tho control points Glick and drag the inside edge of each stripe to change the stipe gradient Click and drag the outside edge of each stripe to change the stripe Glick and drag the canter point to change where the stripe starts Using The Distort Effect Your software
117. drag the Scale Control Points around an object or group of objects to resize 1 Select the objects 2 Position the cursor on a Scala Control Point Objet Pages ProDeSIGN ABCA 3 Cick and drag the Seale Control Point CTRL key while dragging uses the center ina of the objects as stationary point e QA Nonna raga Dragging win SHIFT Disggng wh CTRL ey poco po Resizing to the Same Size Selected objects may be formatted to have the same height and width 1 Select the objects you select the objecta by dragging a bounding bax sizs of tha frst object is used as a reference If you select the objects by licking them with the SHIFT key pressed the size of the first selected object is used as reference 2 From the Arrange menu point to Sizing and select either Same Width or Same Height Moving Objects You can move objects using one of the folowing methods Moving Objects by Dragging 1 Select the object 2 Place the cursor over he object When the Show Fills is disabled placing the cursor inside the object doas not change to move mode You must place the cursor var the cutine of the object 3 Cickanddrag to move the object to new positon CTRL key while dragging creatas copy of the original object SHIFT key while dragging constrains the new postion EE Arranging Object ProDeSIGN Moving Objects Using DesignCentral Use DesignCentral wh
118. e Ts staring ande ie related tothe Algnment postion For example you want the center of ba tart 10 b Placed in h top ofthe cec select Agn Canter and Enter a value or 0 depres in Ps el Rb Poston orne trst ime of me text on he Staring positon ofthe testine ofthe are tet The top and bottom are determined by the value a Strang Angle crested your ty dragging Po The paini were you Degan to raw e cit Staring postion ofthe second Ine of the are taxt Aiar yong fest to of he tat prese he ENTER andthe i placed ln Mute he opposte of he fn Batom Changing Text Attributes Using Control Points Most ol the set DesignCenal properties may also be set manually You click and drag diractiy the Control Points on the text When you select text and then display the Character or Paragraph tab of DesignCeniral the text displays with a number of Control Points around iL Each of these Control Points has a special meaning and Changes he text when moved 3 You can use the arow keys on your keyboard io make Incremental Wong wit Text Paget ProDeSIGN The folowing Control Points can be dragged in a txt INBCDE ABODE FgH F 1 Line Spacing Click this point ta select ane line of text When a line is selected you may change attributes such as calor or font Dra
119. e Agent 3 lc and drag the either end of reference line to change the angle of ihe alignment reference ine Click and drag the Aignment Center to change its poston You can also adjust the alignment reference line using the numeric fields in DeslgnCentral wih Pathe Tu ProDeSIGN Move Direction When Closest is selected he point moves to the relerenee Ina using e shortest pat hon Horizontal s selected ha pot moves o tha reference ine wen selected he poots moves vericaly xX and Y Coor natos ofthe Algnnent Center he in ba agamen erence ino Angle of aignmcnt reference ine This option only enatied I the selected points diferent paths When ms option abled he entra path moves tothe reference sssdedPonis Entra Disabled Mave Entre Path Enabled 4 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area s Aligning points using vertical move direction Spacing Points You can space points evenly horizontally or vertically 1 Select the points 2 From the Arrange menu select Spacing Page ta Working win Paths ProDeSIGN 3 In DesignCentral enter the distance between points and the dioction thal they wil be spaced 4 CickApply gt spaced horzotaly Repeating Paths You can create severa copies of an open path creating a closed path 1 Select
120. e mouse fo drop it on the drawing area E TET The new tootis selected Monus Menus are commands grouped by the types of operations they perform Shoscarkey Enabled Command ows yout saec he Currently avalable uini Disbled Command Not avalan dar or baton whe he conmand fete erat Samedi Indicates that a submenu When right clicking elements in your software a context menu is displayed The context menu wil difer according to the element that aro right clicking EEE ProDeSIGN Right a shape Right leking a blank Righi clening The swatch Tool Tips Ali fields and control points that can be dragged wil show tool tips to help Some commands wil also show a bref description at the bottom of your screen To show a tol tip haver the cursor over the fiid command control point fer a tew seconda Bl Gem lf Commer Radu 21227 toa tip tp T Design Area The design area is the white area inside the software s screen It has a border that serves as a guide and represents the size of your substrate The size of the design area does not imit the size of your design or where the design is placed your media during output Margins can be placed inside the design area Those margins are used to distribute and alin objects inside the design area You can change the size and the color ofthe drawing are
121. e enlo wit appear in ne On the Label tab select the font that wil be used for the labels Working win Color ProDeSIGN 9 Using Fill Stroke Editor FiliStoke Editor shows information about how an objec is ited and its stroke Displaying Fill Stroke Editor The FillSioke Editor consists of two screens the Fill Tab and Stroke Tab To view the FilStoke Editor the View selec FllStroke Editor ze FEA 5 vam n Ferate Eata State Tob Types of Fills Vector objects can have the folowing types of fl Nop The objects nofi Solid Fil The object is tiles with one sold color nF The objets ed with ipe copie of a pattem Gradient Fil The object is filed with a gradient which is combination of wo ar mor colors s0 that one Blends snooty wilh the next For mare information about how to set the object s fl see Working with Color on page 77 Applying No Fill to an Object To apply the No Fil f type to an object V Select the object 2 In the Flsvke Ear select No Fil ciek on the in thao paiete ProDeSIGN Applying a Solid Fill to an Object To apply a solid fl to an abject V Select the object 2 Inthe FllStroke Editor select Solid Select the calor of the fil from the is if desired check Wireframe to maka the object show up as an ulin drawn in the color of the fil This setting wi
122. e of he output device s gamut are mapped to ol al the extent ofthe gamuta saturation Colors that all itin te gamut of the output device are shied coser 0 he mats saturation extent This rendering tant may aiso be Sede boost colors win a photographie mage Relative This intent e best for images such as logos where the output Colorimetric nees to natn he angel mage Colts mat fal outside of he output devices gaut are sipped Thie method may reduce tne tll numer of colors avaliable The white point of Relaive 1s always Absolute This intent is sar to Relate but has a dierent Colorimetric white pant value Absolute Colorimanie represents coors 10 a fixed wnae pont vale of sb For example the late of paper A wi be simulated printing on papar B Tis intent fs best Tor calor proofing SpotColor This intent was created to supplement the Saturation intent Calor colera sima o he Satraton rendering tont but Spot Colar rendering intant produces he greatest sakraton possible and should not be used wih photographie images Using Pure Hue Settings The Pure Hue buttons allow you to specify that certain color channels should not be mixed in with other colors when the job is rendered These settings can be diferent for each of the 4 types of object For instance if a job contains yellow text you could check the Pure Hue sating on the yellow color channel for text so that no other
123. e output devie Pressure Force Defnes the pressure af he knie Speed Datnes the vavelng speed of the head ig Proauction Manager Page zs ProDeSIGN Too Defines tol when several tools are avelabie swich Between et ena plot Ater Job Defines commande that will be sent ater he job is Geda Auto Spec I me meda wll be out pati Macro Awa you to execute common tasks that you are usualy required to do trom the cuter contol panel iitalzes output device Roll Forward Advances or rolls back the media Backward Goto origin Moves head to the origin Make sure nobody is around the output device when sending the macros since the cutter may move and injure the operator Nesting Jobs Production Manager has the abilty to nest jobs together in order to minimize the amount of material needed to output the jabs Nesting Feorganizes the Jobs on the output medium so thal they Ine up across the media with and are packed into as compact area as possibie Jabs must be in the same queue in order be nested together and must share the same output device and resolution Nesting Jobs Manually To nest jobs 1 Select the jobs 2 From ha Fl manu select Nest Joba Tae Tg ST ProDeSiIGN E ita single job is selected its pages wil be nested Un Nesting Jobs To separate a set ol nese jobs irto ts component jobs 1 Selec lhe sat of nested jobs From he
124. ect The colors of all vector and bitmap objects under the object where the effectis applied wil bo brightened 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Lens and then select Brighten command The folowing options can be adjusted in DesignCental Brightness Degree of brightness to object This value can range fom Dto 100 Hide Stroke Check this option to apply the effect to the objects siroke Wireframe Effect The vecior objects under the object where the effec is applied are displayed without any fils 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Lens and then select Wireframe command The folowing options can be adjusted in DesignCental Hide Stroke Check nis option to apply he elect to the objects stroke Magnify Effect The objects under the object where the effect is applied magnified win Effects Page 13 ProDeSIGN 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point la Lens and then select Magnify command The folowing options can be adjusted in DesignCentral Zoom of magnificaton sppiled to object Valvas above 100 wit Sene abject values blow 100 wi reduce the objects Hide Check is option to apply he fecto he object s siroke Using the Underbase Effect The underbas feature is used to create primer coal of base color that the actual image wil be printed on top of When printing a light image onto a dark medium for inst
125. ect the Size Rotate and Object Tabs are vasa The Object Tab is not available when diferent types of objects ike text and rectangle are selected However f you select objects with same ype their common properties are displayed in DesignCentral Object Tab hen both rectangles are selected Tang Designcentral E ProDeSIGN DosignContral Effects Tab When you apply an affect over an object DesignCentral displays the Effect Tab wilh all properties of the effect 3 The Object Tab tor the object where the attact was vaio in DesnCenta but you can sill sec i Using the Select Within tool or double long me object wt CTRL kay pressed Seo Selecting Objects Sn Efect on page 5 for more delala DosignContral Setup Tab Many of the changes you VT make are automatically applied as you change them You wil notice that some TI commands contain D buttons Apply Cancel on bottom mg se of 3 DesignCental lo comm or 1 Fd cancel the command Rr ty ben wit open E A gt automatically if there is Setup Tab associated with the Lp carts command DesignCential Setup Tab copy command EI Ws ProDeSIGN 5 Using DesignEditor DesignEditor is powerful organizational tool to manage the various layers and objects in your drawing You can choose to display some layers and hide others delete or add layers and
126. ectangular bounding box ae oa pots selected Another way to select multiple control points is by using an inclined bounding This method is useful when the points o ba selected are placed in a way that a rectangular bounding box not select them wih Pathe Page ProDeSIGN To points using anincined bounding box 1 Choose Select Point lool 2 Hold the CTRL key and cick and drag to define one edge of he bounding box 3 Release the CTRL key and drag the cursor in a perpendicular rection ta define the adjacent edge of the bounding box 4 Release the mouse button Using DesignCentral to Edit Points and Segments When a segment or point is selected DesignCental displays twa tabe The Path and tha Point Tab The information sach tab diers i a point or a segmentis selected DosignCentral When a Segment is Selected When a segment is selected the following information is available in DosignCoriral Dei Amo Attributes in Path Tab EUR pressed segment ine rans You can bet ne ype e anamar by icing ese tons SEC E Lenon of selected segment In a curve sagen is Li alin o eng aah ine foring ro o ead Bf te segmant as noun on lustin JTF ocina of selected segment Ina curve segment his vaio ihe angle o a toc ning ha ands segment as ave satan Attributes In Point Tab Page Taz Working win Paths
127. ects into one single set of objects Grouped objects are moved resized and rotated as one object 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Group and then select Group command EI Arranging Objects ProDeSIGN To release the last grouped objects 1 Select the grouped objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Group and then select Ungroup command To release al grouped objects 1 Select the grouped objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Group and then select Ungroup command Compounding Objects Compounding lets you view overlapping objects oxacty as they wil appear when cut When you want to create ole through an object use the Compound feature way to create the sign oa he et to piace white over a black rectangle That woud use two colors of You can acheve the same using the Sompound command and use oniy one ot wy ABC a ABC Another example of using a compound ranging EZ ProDeSIGN P To compound objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Compound and then select Compound command if objects with diferent colors are selected the compound object wil have the calor af the topmost object To compound objects based on their colar From the Arrange menu point to Compound and then select Compound by Color command Objects compounded by calor are co
128. ed The neigt is the aight of a reference character by default X See Preferences on 132 about how lo change he reference characte The width can be displayed in unte n em mm aras a percentage al ine orignal character wath Saa Tant Preferences on page 132 about how to lange display mode Slant of he selected text Orientation of me selected text Clk to rotate the 90 degrees Spacing between characters known as The racking can be displayed in unts n rim Jor an a percentage Soo Text Preferences on page 132 atout how to change pay mode 0000 is me default value for the units mode Wiser spacing may be achieved by selecting postive values The defaut value lor percentage l 100 Values above 100 wl produce vider Spacing Wong win Text Page ProDeSiGN Better R Amount spacing between ines ott Cack ma ute on ta rg eo tie hdi EET id Spaai Men PARTIES Spang te tae rinse valor Hori and The folowing attributes are available in DesignCentral Paragraph Tab Clk hese buttons to justiy he selected horizontal text othe le center or right Cek hese buttons to ust ne text by changing Text e character and word spacing Word spacing oniy Character wiin or Character abe You can ao ML he paragraph wath and seting wi be
129. ed while they in the Production Manager queue Adding New Jobs Jabs can be sent to the software in a number of ferent ways Adding Jobs from a File To add a fle as a new job 1 Select the setup you want to use to print the fle 2 From the File menu select Add Job 3 Select the fle to be added and click Open See Appendix for the list of supported fle types Dragging a File into Production Manager To specify the setup to bo used drag the onto the appropriato setup icon in the setup area The job wil be assigned a status of Holding Selecting Jobs select a job click on its isting Multiple jobs can be selected using the standard Windows CTRL and SHIFT methods Hold the CTRL key to select multiple individual jobs Hold the SHIFT key to select a range of jobs by clicking on the first and last jobs in the range To select the jobs rom the Edit menu select Select All Saving Jobs Jabs can be saved as a native fle or original format To save a job 1 Select the job you want to save in the Production Manager window 2 From the File menu select Save as or click on the Save as command bution 3 Enter the fle name and select the fle format Native or Original and cick Save Deleting Jobs To delete a job do one of the following EE sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN Press the Delete or Backspace key on your keyboard Select the job and t
130. ell as the Version of the software in use E ProDeSIGN Layout Tab A alam olam Relate coc he eb wil be poatoned on me medium wa ize SF a mp Be end e layout ofthe output DFA Ghee oF Media Ss Job size apea xe apo s wm 3 ef a pe Tj wf a une 3 eL 5 size of the media loaded into your output device Select tom othe preset ses or spoof unique dansions below Bo Tho wih and height ofthe meda HETE me margins of he pinatio area When a set of unique dimensions tis automatealy aed to lat of preset azes Choosing ane of hese optons alous you change the ouput size nd orienton of a page Bo Tho job s width and height Tho job s wth and height as a percentage ot Xm e orginal Fito Media Scales te po proportional so that Ils as lege as possi wi sling witin he relati area of he medum Propentonal When tnis option is selected the height and id of p are increased or decreased oper aep annei poporors uc These settings change the positon of tne job on the media The dstance ben tha job and the night ana eR benon mans a ne pate wee ress ka at tren a a STS Tang Proauction Manager Page ass Page Range Workflow The Wodktow tab displays ProDeSIGN Contes the job alang the with of the printatis area Centers th Jab in he mi of ie printable area aval tor sheet
131. en finished into the drive containing the directory where the software was installed Delete this folder Installing the Software Macintosh Follow these steps to install the software 1 Insert the Installation CD 2 Double click the CD installer icon 3 Select a language and then click 4 Enter your user number and password and then cick OK The User number and password can be found on the product hardware ke Select the product and language to bo installed and then click OK Read the Software License Agreement and cick Accept T Select the type of installation to install Easy Install is recommended Click Install 8 Yes to clear the preferences or No to retain old preferences 9 ciko 10 Click OK 11 Glick Quit 12 Insert the ICC Profle CD 13 Double click the ICC Profle Installer icon Select the folder where the profes will be installed 15 Select the printer far those profiles wil be installed and then click 16 Restart your computer Uninstalling the Software Macintosh 1 Exit your software by selecting Quit from File menu 2 Drag the alias for your software from the desktop to the Trash 3 Drag the folder where your software was installed to the Trash Ting the Sofware Poses ProDeSIGN Using a Hardware Key Over a Local Area Network itis possible to run the software on a different computer than the one the hardware Key is installed on However you
132. en the Rounded Inverted or Clipped type is selected er Border Border Beant meted ited loner ner Border Rectangle Boraer Circles For Circles you have the folowing modes and for each of them you have diferent parameters that you can adjust Working Win Shapes Page ToT ProDeSIGN Center Radius You can adjust the X coorint aus mat determine the orl Two Point You can adst X Y coordinates ofthe two points that determine shape Three Point You can adjust X Y coordinates ofthe three ponts that determine shape oi fiere 3 2 para ue aane y nen a ia Eos S Desioen for Cte Ovals For Ovals you can adjust the Height and Width Polygons For Polygons you can adjust the Height Width and the number of sides Starburst For Starbursts you can adjust the Inner and Outer radius the number of spikes and spike twist angle ol E smaa NE of 3 ora s Polygons Satur Fan For Fan shape you can adjust the Outer radius Thickness Rotation angle and the Sweep angle Working Wi Shapes ProDeSIGN Arrow For Arrows you can adjust the Arrow Length Angie Length and Widi Cap Length and Wing angie Registration Marks For Registration Marks you can adjust the Size and the registration mark type Diamond or Round sea apra a boe 3 F
133. en you have to move tho objects to a precise postion 1 Select the objects DesignCenira displays the Size Tab 2 Adjust the X Y values in DesignCentral Rotating Shearing and Mirroring Objects You can rotate or mirror objects by using the following methods Rotating Shearing and Mirroring Using DesignCentral Use DesignGeniral to rotate objects to precise numeric value 1 Select the objects From the Arrange menu select Rotate command Adjust the values in DesignCental BUT E vev ange ot selected objects ET E Ste ange mat wa othe secimi oe MI fes seed aes 60 degoes comer Mirors selected objects horizontally or vertically xep orga AHL last atar E Tre sanc wd be used 4 Chek Apply Rotating may also be done using DesignCentral but some of the above options may hot be available Rotating and Shearing Dragging Control Points You can drag the Rotate and Shear control points around an abject or a Group of objects to ratate or shear them 1 Select the objects ranging Objects EZ ProDeSIGN ick Rotate Tab in DesignCentral Adjust the stationary point either by selecting one point in DDesignCanial point grid or clicking and dragging the stationary point Holding the CTRL key while dragging the stationary point moves to a paint of he point grid vol Rae quoe 3 mu 3 1 Poon he cursor on a Rotae o hear con
134. ential numbering r 999 m 100 ro 16 ro 102 rp 1o3 rb 104 rb 105 Ongnalobjecs Capes created using Ae ranging Objects ES ProDeSIGN To Auto Serialize 1 Select the objects Atleast one of the objects must be text 2 From Arrange menu select Auto Serialize Every word from the selected text wil be displayed in the Text Selection box located on the right side of the dialog 3 Select the text to be replaced You can select multiple items 4 Adjust the parameters Number of Copie inarow The number of coplas hat wi be placed In a ro The number of coplas to be created Horizont spacing between copias Vertical spacing between objects 1 you have a Tab delimited fle select it Click Next manually edit the fields select the field and then type the new text in Edit Text feld 8 To use sequential data select field and then click Serialization Adjust the parameters Numeric The serialized text wll be a numeri vue Character Tho sailed tox wll be a regular text The sertzaton wil staring fom tva cnaracier Stan Staring value This value mst be in accordance with above Selecton Numeric or Character Inerement The increment in the serial text 3 To save the curent contguration as Data fle cick Export 9 Click Finish Grouping Objects Grouping is the process of combining several obj
135. es precision af he curves by setong the Oper iy ar ries eng erased pt Hohe Lower Tsing Production Manage ProDeSiGN Te as ey set tor ota rents cam Deng he Cua Diver Opn dig he D The ting feature of he software allows you ta spit print jb up to number ot male that are then ouput separately Tha used to produce a larger b hana device capable cutting in one For detaia on tng obs Ting Jobe page 288 Labels and Mars Tab 8 You may choose to print crop and about he Jab aeg t any nola that you Color Sectio ink that wl be ued 1o print labels and Sets to width of he Print Label This option must be checked to have access to label printing pon Position Select whara to print labels relative to he Font and Size Afous you to select a font and tont size Printer Name Prints your printer name on printout Resolution Prts the resolutons setings on printout Wang Production Manager int Marks ProDeSIGN iec output Profe Tie Number Overiap ob name ie and ype Dither type Starting time oup Page number Number ot Copies Note Pats he ICC output profi used onthe oon Pots the row and column number Prate ha overlap distance beween tes Prate he namo size and on the pr
136. es include TRIS sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN HP JeDirect intel Netport LPTI PASSTHRU Expres LPT PASSTHRU 1 COME PASSTHR Axa Pp ps Linksys FILE The File port allows you to save output data as a fle The flowing ars Prompt for fle it checked you wil be prompted to path foreach provide tor he out fle 3 hen each job s saved a fie Use custom it checked enter the fie extension you want to se forte output te n to Space provided Tre dett tolder in whieh output te wi be place Clk Browse to soot a po setis pot it your ouput device supports SCSI Folder Outputs to a le in he specified folder using a naming convention spec to 1e ouput doves COM communications port This portis oniy supported by In adation to the standard serial controls or bls data biis panty siop bs and hardwarlsotare fow cont there are checkbones wich enati desti ho following wires or Data Terminal Ready sr Data Sel Ready RS Request To Send Clear To Send oco Data Caner Detect me The Automatic Nesting ab atowe you to set tho automate nesting options for he 2 ig Production Manager EE ProDeSIGN See Nesting Jobs page 282 for details Working with Jobs Jobs can be added deleted or have their properties chang
137. etermined the dragging position Hold the CTRL key down to create regular polygon with a horizontal base a i CTRL Holding SHIFT or CTRL While Creating Starbursts Hold the SHIFT key down to crate an irregular starburst within a rectangle determined by the dragging position Hold the CTRL key down to constrain the starburst to a vertical postion LXI Working With Shapes ProDeSIGN Holding SHIFT or CTRL While Creating Fans and Arrows Hold the SHIFT key down to constrain the fan or arrow angle to certain values Tho constrain angles can be sel using the Preferences See Preferences General Tab on page 21 for more information Hold the CTRL key down to create a fan or arrow from its center Holding CTRL While Creating Advanced Borders and Parametric Shapes Hold the CTRL key down while dragging io draw a shape from is center Editing Shapes Using DesignCentral You can edt a shape using DosignCental The parameters in DesignCeniral can be adjusted before during or alter the shape is created For more details about how to resize rotate or miror a shape see Arranging Objects on page 57 For each shape you have dierent parameters that can be adjusted in DesignCentral Rectangle For rectangles you can adjust the Height Width Camer type Regular Rounded Inverted or Cipped Comer radius and Inner Border Width The Corner radius is only available wh
138. ewing 16 sting 108 reduce noise ico ASCII coda 293 sharpen 470 libus stomp 167 selecting by 55 racing 172 auto serialization Using BesignGenial 155 automatic application of blending effect 192 entered values 40 m audomaiscadalon 40 blocking output of ties 209 automatic dimensioning 205 printing 218 Automate job nesting 282 automatic job ting 285 braile text 127 Automate kering 125 break apart 126 automatic page nesting 264 breaking 153 28 brighten effect 193 automatic percent calculation brush shapes 168 40 189 auiomatic ralio calculation 40 calculating percaniages 40 Automate unt conversion 39 calculeling ratios 4o ES ProDeSIGN calculation in place 3 merging document B2 California Braile 128 merging similar callouts Soe labels preventing output 219 cancel section 56 feordocing ar case 124 searching ar Castonis foni 134 selecting by 55 Casmate tracing 301 separations 276 cast shadow 186 showing in palette 90 centerline tracing 7 change start point 151 Swatch tabla 20 circles 101 effect 180 esting 105 communication 255 circular spes 189 compounding objects 67 Clear Preferences 4 constraining shapes 100 clearing effects Dd contour et 199 cleaver point 152 Contour Cut 21 CMYK swatch tables 90 contol points 57 105 calor convert stroke to oulines 141 correc
139. f objects iat make up jobs Vector Ten Gradient EEA c a mE A DJ Setar et eee NN oen me eect mua rers X rendering intent to use with ap images rasar mages contained in your job he The rendering intent to use wih vector objects ich as ces polygons ines arca and Be Curves contained vector based tles a PostScret DXF or Adobe The rendering intent to use with text objects Gontamad PostScript and other voc based fee Tne rendering intent to use with vector based contained in PostSenptand Configuring the System for Color Printing ProDeSIGN tar vector based flea Gradents created in imap fla wil be rendered using Bitmap tengering ment The options set here are used as detausoting for your output You Speaty rendering innts for each or color in jour Pasce seo Profle Tab on page 158 and Color Speca Color page 85 for more delala Choose from one of the folowing rendering intents Perceptual This intent ls best for photographic images Colors outside of ihe output device s gamut are ether or compressed ta tte ouput device a color space Saturation This intent ie best for graphie images such as vector art where vi colors are important han re calor matching ousid
140. finish using the selected program press ESC key or cick anywhoro outside the program window Inserting Existing Files as OLE Objects 1 From the Edit menu select Insert New Object 2 Select Greate From File to merge an existing into your document 3 Cick Browse and find the fle to be inserted Check Display As Icon to show the OLE abject simply as an icon Ciick Change Icon bution to change the icon Check Link option to link the selected fie The object inthe wil ba stored from tha document and changes made in the source wil be reflected in your document Ifthe Link option is unchecked the object wil be embedded and stored with the document 4 Glick OK Working wih Fes EZE ProDeSIGN he document wih a inked OLE object Editing OLE Objects To edit an OLE object 1 Select the OLE object 2 From the Edit menu point lo Object and then click Edit or Open When you select Edit the program associated with the OLE object wil start in a window inside your document and wil finished afier the edition if you choose Open ful instance of te program wil start and you may leave this application running even afier editing the OLE Object Double dieing the OLE object has the same effect as Edt command Converting OLE Objects You can convert OLE objects to another format 1 Select the OLE object 2 From the Edit menu point to Object and then click C
141. fyou are creating segment label cick to dafine tho point where the first segment ends and the second segment begins Glick the point wher the label w l en 5 Edit the label text in DesignCeniral and press the ENTER key Afer creating the label you can adjust the folowing in DesignCerirat ELZ Font and style usea m Sie ohe tont used EEE eee n te labe ine Advanced ck mis ton to access the advanced options You can adjust the following options using the Advanced Options dialog box Border Text nn apon son a box splays around he arma Arrow size fers Editing Dimension Lines After creating the dimension ine you can adjust following attributes in DesignCental Font and aye Peesi 5 ole tont Wren unlocked you can et me mension text n als the hal just above he ete Arrow used in bath ends of he dimension ine iud ea Ao pollen Tne a can be ad or Linked When this option is checked Ifyou resize the LE Working wit Measurements and Labels ProDeSIGN objec that his dimension Ine s measuring he dimension vue automaticaly rect he por once you unin this opo ou cannot revert t again Cek ia button to access the advanced options You can adjust tha following options using the Advanced Options dialog box Pref Sut Seale nt Trailing Zeros Eg LE This to wll be
142. g the Sofware provided you Scamvec Amable Ic nto of the wanter and te party tends and agrees id Accept me and conditons of tha License e Use hie Software on single computer oniy but may transfer 10 ofer computer as ang as 1 used an computer aa me se consists being loaded onto ether temporary io RAM or permanent memory eg ard disk CD ROM or other storage devo ofa Computer 2 Restrictions You may NOT ditibute copies of the Sofware to others or electronically vansor the Software om compute ta another over You may not de comple reverse engineer dlsassemble or otherwise human peroivabla form You may modiy ada or prot network or create dervaive works Based upon d Sofware or any par theret Termination This License unti terminated This License wl terminate immediately Jf yau al to comply wih any of provisions Upon termination you must reum the Sofware and ali copes Seawec Aris Inc and you may terminate 1i License at any ime by dong 4 Export Law Assurances You agree that nather he Sofware nor any direct product thereof wli be ranted or exported or indo any county prohibited by the LS cens he ProDeSIGN United States Export Adninittoo Act or intematonal export laws and he Tasticlons and faguations hereunder nor wi be used
143. g this peint to adjust the spacing between lines AJ ines below the selected line are also repositioned Typing CTRLeup arrow and arrow while the text cursor 1s displayed in the text also adjusts ine spacing For text and block ext CTRL key while dragging moves only the Paget Working win Text ProDeSIGN selected line For path and arc text it will restore the text to its initial postion For arc text SHIFT key while dragging adjusts the vertical offset of the select ine For all other types of text SHIFT key while dragging moves the selected line left or right 2 Move Character Click this point o select one individual character After selecting fone character you can change its attributes Drag this point to adjust tho spacing between the selected character and the previous one All characters to the right of the Selected character are aio reposioned CTRL key while dragging moves only the selected character and leaves the remaining text in place SHIFT key while dragging moves the selected character up down 3 Rotate Charactor Drag this point located in the upper right comer of each character to rotate individual character SHIFT key while dragging rotates the character in increments See Preferences General Tab on page 21 about how lo set the increment angle CTRL key while dragging restores the charactor to its default positon 4 Tracking Drag this point to adjust
144. ge how the design area is viewed Using a Whoel Mouse If your computer is equipped with wheel mouse you can uso the mouse wheel to control he view Moving the mouse whee up and down pans the view up and down Holding the SHIFT key and moving the wheel up and down pans view left and right Holding the CTRL key and moving the wheel up and down zooms the view in and out Using Scroll bars Scroll bars are horizontal and vertical bars located in the bottom and let side of your design area Use them to scroll the design area Cl arawe on bah a he design area In smal incrementa hatha bank mave he design area In large incremente lek and drag o seo design area M s ProDeSIGN Zooming and Panning The Zoom toos changes the magnification of items within the document to alow you lo see more or less detail This does not change the output Magni the center of he vew to twice the size of curent view Magni the center of he view to half the size of current iw Aus 1e size to ft the design area size Switches he view to previous magnicton Austa te view size to ft he selected objects Wren here are no buton Aste the view size existing objects When there ar no objects ho design is buton s aod Selects too and cick ond drag inside the design area to pan view Select t
145. ge wil be displayed in the lower right comer of the dialog 2 Click Merge All pixels in the image which have the selected color wil be Converted tothe desired color Page ae Append Features ProDeSIGN Vectorize Once you are satisfied with the colors in the posterized image click the Vectorize button lo vectorize the image into muliple color vector objects Sopena Features Page sos ProDeSIGN LE Appendix Shortcuts ProDeSIGN Appendix F Keyboard Shortcuts E Men ag aaa Ursi oce ax amano STRIS TCI enu anteire enter GE Cms a Page TRUSTE H Lar a a Eating ans a fi ait SRT cm aaa E m Tack Gne SAT Cue Due a EA erase Sti ca mem ae cat O E zr Emus E Dra Lm cmo o mot Seat ar Sirspere mmm Revers Pa CURSSHEDD SHETSNSERT Es Sm Rolle CUR EI B zm ET ssp tuer ee me irse 9 I Sms
146. gn area aa Joined Ponts wih Paths x ProDeSIGN Merging Paths with the Join Paths Too The Join Paths taol can also be used to merge twa paths into 1 Using the Select Point too select the nearest end points of each ofthe paths 2 Select the Join Paths tool Jl F lt Converting Corners to Right Angle Use this tool to make right angles make one sharp comer a right angle comer 1 Select the comer or segments 3 i you select segment ali sharp comers in the path wll be converted to Fight ange comers 2 Select the Make Right Angl Removing Tiny Objects This tool allows you to remove small objects This tool is especialy good to use after autotracing a 1 Select lhe Remove Tiny Objects tool 2 Adjust the Threshold value in DesignCentral Paths vith size below this value are deleted 3 Cick Apply or double click anywhere inside the design area Ps LORS COST Page tee Working win Paths ProDeSIGN 13 Working with Bitmaps A bimap represents an image as a mosaic of colored dots called pixels The pixels are arranged in fixed number of rows and columns Bitmaps are also known as raster images and the method used 10 creata them is called rasterization When bitmap is edited the values of pixels are changed to form the mago The folowing color modes are supported Black and Each pixel
147. haracter width and the spacing between them SHIFT key while dragging constrains the sweep angle See Preferences General Tab on page 21 about how lo set the constan angle CTRL kay while dragging both sides of the text moves at equal rate fram the center point Page Working win Text ProDeSIGN Editing Text nan existing text you can enter a new text or replace existing words V Select any of the text tools 2 Glick on the text you want to edit 3 To insert characters into the text place the cursor in the desired location and begin typing ABC DEF ABdefC DEF GHI GHI Use tho arrow keys on your keyboard to mave the cursar within the text The HOME key retums the cursor to the beginning of the curent The END key moves the cursor to the end of a line 4 To replace part af ho text select the text you want to replace and ype or past in the text you want to replace ABC EN ABC jkl GHI GHI SHIFT and iatt arrow right arrow keys selects a group of Characters SHIFT and up arrow down arrow keys selects the character fram the beginning of a ine to the insertion point or from the insertion paint to end af the ine and drag to select a group of characters Double clicking selects one word Selecting Text You can select text as whole text one line at a time or a group of characters Selecting the Whole Text Select the text with Select toot Selecting One or
148. he Job Using the Proview Area You can add new tes to the panel 1 Move the mouse cursor on op a parl barder ES 2 Cek and he cont ar me panai o add a tow paret fin To resize existing ties 1 Move the mouse cursor on top ofthe tle border 2 Clck and drag to resize the Tiling the Job Using the Tile Group The Tile group allows you ta specify the tles numerically specifying the size of each numerically 1 Select the you want to resize in the preview area 2 Enter the new size FRSA The m of the selected e OBERT E The neigh oles To tio the job evenly check tho tiing option you want to perform and enter the desired number or the size of rows and columns Ste jb mo speted eventy E te the js io a spected number ot evenly your Design Ea ProDeSIGN init a 2 FEIUW et tee ous 24 pected sizeof rons stating Spsciying column wisn Specifying Overlap Betwoon Tiles You can specly the amount of overlap between rows and columns By overlapping you eliminate any gaps between the tles when assembling the final output Overlap is measured as the total amount rows or columns veran Check to creat FE ewem otie ovenap Honzontal Overlap Overlap Tea Gating your Design ProDeSIGN T
149. he object Patha wih direction owe Previewing Bitmaps You can display or hide bitmap images To show or hide the bitmap from the View menu se Bitmaps Preview eps Enatied Bape Ex Gating Started ProDeSIGN Showing Preview When Show Preview is on a copy of the object as it is being edited or moved is displayed When this opton is off a rectangle representing the bounding of the object is displayed Performing memory intensive operations in complex objects may slow the system performance when Shaw Preview is on show or hide the preview from the View menu select Show Proview Moving an object il Shaw Previa Moving an object wit Show Preview am on Redrawing tho Design Area Occasionally when you edi your design those changes are mot reflected accurately To make sure thal the design area is fly updated Select Redraw command from the View menu This forces redrawing ofthe design area Previewing Objects in CMYK if you are going to print your document you preview how your output wil look by using the CMYK soft preview This feature wil alter the colors in your document la show how thay wil look when printed The colors outside the CMYK gamut wil be adjusted to the nearest possible CMYK color value To preview the colors in CMYK mode From the View menu select Soft Proof M objects in your document and the swatch table may be beca
150. he preview window and retume tothe Print aio Nest Prev Page you to navigate through the pages One Page Twe Page Displays 1 or 2 pages of preview screen EEE ProDeSIGN Zoom In Zoom Out Alows you to 200m e prt preview Close Closes he preview window and to your feign sesion Print Options The Print Option dialog box allows you to control several advanced options about desktop printing such as Scale Position and Ting To display the Print Options dialog 1 From the File manu select Print 2 Select your desktop printer 3 Click Options 2 On a Macintosh select your program name inthe lt Some printers wl the opto prot dialog Adjusting the Output Size Scale allows you to adjust the output size to either fit the paper or ft the sed Fitdrawing Resizes the output ta tne entira design nto the paper to paper Fitborderto Resize the output ta ft he entro drawing area into the paper paper Seale Enter scale in percentage to resize the output You can use ho Ting opten lo pet mages tal are bigger an Da paper hat your panier handle want to pret a sese of 1 inch ale 12 el wily Opi a aiene Ou on lor Si papaf tn aE pape ah 16xTnohes Pidrawingto Fitborderto Seale sell Papeript n 2 to s Deakiop Pt ProDeSIGN Tili
151. hen cick OK Select the type of device manufacturer and the model of your output device and then click Next 4 Select the appropriated port and cick Finish Adding New Setups You can add more setups directly from the Production Manager See Adding New Setups on page 251 for more deta Configuring a Setup Once you have created setup you can change its properties Most of the settings available in Setup Properties are also available in the RIP and Print or CulPiot dialog The settings from the Setup Properties are applied to fles that are added directly 10 Production Manager using the Add Job command To display the Setup Properties Seting up Production Manager TRIS ProDeSIGN 1 From your software select RIP and Print or CutiPlot from the File 2 Select the output device in the RIP and Print or Cult dialog from the list 3 Click Properties or 1 Select the output device from the left pane of Production Manager 2 From the Setup menu select Setup Properties or Double click on the output device listed in the left pane of Production Manager Setup Properties contains several tabs where you can specify the media setings priming options culting options etc See Ealing Setup Properties on page 253 for more deta Setting up Production Manager on a Network The output device does not need to be connected directly to the computer where Production Manager is installed Connecting Productio
152. ialog Panel Tab Jabs that are bigger than the media size shouldbe before output Hebe g H Tecan Bor Pate E o The panel can be divided in several columns and rows Each section or callie called a Te The Panel tab provides several tools to the job Panel Toolbar The tool bar provides tools io change the Panel mode and to automatica 8 f soma nes on a same com cm bo aust Tuning your ProDeSIGN Looks the rows so thatthe es same row wal can be adjusted see group Locks both columns and rows so that ne entre columns or rows can Tho job le automaticaly to based on the size of he drawing area JE repete saorstcny ed based on he job sze ana e masia 180 a eoa nae Moving the Panel The panel defines ha araa of design that vill be processed for output Elements of the design that are outside the bounds ofthe panel wil not be cut Resizing the Panel You can resize the panel by dragging the panel border or using the Panel Size group to numerically enter the panel size Changing the panel size withthe mouse V Move the cursor on top ofthe small red squares alang the panel border 1 2 han ag ven ep ni oso Entering the panel size numerically SUR trewan cine tana IFET The height othe panet FEET m around me pane EE Gating your Design ProDeSIGN Tiling t
153. icking and dragging 1 Choose Select lool from the tool bar of RIP and Print dialog 2 Cickand drag the preview to a new positon EE Size Settings The Size group box lows you to change the size of your output FFT Wan othe i TEE Height ot ine output i TEE Copies Settings The Copies group box allows you to set the number of copies and the spacing between them B The numberof copies APRI The amount of space between the copies Con The copes are p automaticaly postoned optimize the modia ring your Design TAIN ProDeSIGN Positioning Tools Tho Positioning tools allow you to rotata mirror position the job Tho job la not centered Tho job la centered in the with of he Tho job la centered in the sheet of media FFAG CONTRE moda esie noo me ote rome Fla Mirar he job vartal Viewing Tools viewing tools allow you to manipulate the job on the preview area Changes the positon ofthe job on te media by clicking and the job preview Zooms in or Hold the CTRL key to Zoom Return he preview area to te default button to toggle the provew to display the selected otyects or the enire design DE Ping your Design ProDeSIGN RIP and Print Dialog Panel Tab Jobs that ara bigger than the media size should be ted before
154. if a Background color was found wil be placed on the far left side of tha color paletle The background color wil not be traced as Indicated by the folded comer Traced parts of the bitmap with an Untraced color wil not be displayed inthe preview and wil not be traced You skip any color in the palette unraced SHIFT clicking i The color with a tangle undemeath is the Active color The active colors used when merging colors To make one color active cick the Space undemeath the color You can Select colors by clicking them To deselect the color cick again You can select multiple colors Selecting an invisible color wil make vile When you have two or more colors that you want lo race with the same Wong wih ProDeSIGN olor you can marge them 1 Make the destination color Active 2 Select the colors that wil be merged 3 CickMergo into Active button You can undo the operation by clicking the Undo button Only the last merge can be undone You can also merge two colors together by clicking and dragging the source color aver he destination colar button manra at Rises Emp aer ein colors change the order of the colors in tha palette click and drag the color to a new positon You can edit a posterized color in the color palette da so click the color wih the CTRL key pressed After posterizing the image V Glick the area in the poster
155. ign ProDeSIGN Tiling the Job Using the Preview Area You can new tas to the panel 1 Move the mouse cursor on top ofthe panel border 2 Click and drag towards the center of the panel to add new panel To resize existing tes 3 Move the mouse cursor on top ofthe border 2 Glick and drag to resize the Tiling the Job Using the Tile Group Box The Tile group allows you to specify the es numerically specifying the size of each numerically 1 Select the o you want to resize in the preview area 2 Enter the new size tre wan otte ected ue 8 Te neigh ofthe selected ie To tio the job evenly check tho tling option you want to perform and enter the desired number or the size of rows and columns EER i iter job io aspect number ot ies me lob into a number ot aveny Priming your Design ProDeSIGN trom th let sie Spectyog column with Specifying Overlap Between Tiles You can specify tha amount of overlap between rows and columns overlapping you eliminate any gaps between the tiles when assembling the final output Overlap is measured as the total amount two rows or columns overlap TTE Check to create an ovetag on the tho job into sped size of ross staring spec size af columns eric edges o tee Horizontal Vena veep D x ewem otie ove Pages Ping y
156. ing print jobs wil be processed The default job properties that wil be applied to a new job Production Manager allows for multiple setups to be in use at the same ima itis possible to have more than one setup foreach output device This is useful because it allows you to configure each setup for a iferent purpose You can have one setup for printing proofs and another for final output for instance You can also have different setups for diferent output media Adding New Setups To add new setups sg Proauction Manger TRIN ProDeSIGN 1 From the Setup menu select Change Setup or Add Setup 2 Select the type of device being set up 3 Select the Manufacturer and Model Name of the output device from tha ist 4 Glick Next ERE Edit the Setup name of the device Cick Next Select the Port the output device uses for communication If necessary edi the communications settings for the chosen See Editing Setup Properties page 253 for details on he communications setings TCPIP is avalabie for the network output device use If nat oushouid choose LPR ar FTP 8 Click Finish Setting Up Desktop Printers as Output Devices set up conventional printer as an output device 1 Add the printer to the computer as standard Windows printer DE sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN 2 When creating the setup in tho software select Desktop Printer under Ma
157. ins a preview pane that displays the job as it wil appear on the output medium Teng Production Manager Page zat ProDeSIGN Setting the Preview Pane View Select of the three available views from the lat atthe top of the preview pane Page Displays each page ofthe job scaled tot preview arsa here is more than one page in he job a st ot he page numbers wli appear ove he preven akowng you o ssec e page io display Selected autonatcaly whan he Workflow Color Management Printer Options Cut or Color Adjustment lab s secco Layout Displays the ob ast wll appear on he mT put medium The sealed so hat he ouput medium a preview Selected automaticaly when he Layout iabels c Separations t2 s selected Ting Displays the job with he outines ofthe es Preview imat twl be broken up no superimposed over me Sead automateaty when Tl ub Setting Default Job Properties To tho curent jab properties the default settings for all new jobs hat aro added to this setup cick Set Default You wil be asked to contem the change in the defaut settings Setting Job Properties Difierent tabs within the Job Properties dialog let you set layout options ngfpaneling options color calbration color adjustment options and labos The exact number of tabs and the settings on those labs wil vary depending on the type of job and output device selected as w
158. is either black or while with no shades of gray We Grayscale Pisis are colored in 256 shades of gray ranging from soli black to solid white The color values for each pixel are expressed as combination of red green and blue values Up to 167 milion different colors can be reproduced under this color modal color values for each pixel are expressed as a combination of cyan magenta yellow and black values This the color mode most commonly used in color printing Indeed color of cach pixel is indicated by a reference to a separate color table containing 256 colos 1 a bitmap is magnified or printed at too low a resolution the individual Piel become visible This gives the image a jagged appearance above Resolution is the number of pixels displayed per unit of printed length in image usually measured in pixels por inch PPI or dots par inch pen Using DesignCentral When a bitmap is selected DesignCentral shows the Bitmap and Profle Wong wih Bina x ProDeSIGN Tabs Bitmap Tab The Bitmap Tab wil show some atribules of selected bitmaps On this b you can change the resolution of the bimap Changing the resolution wil automaticaly change the bimags size Uncheck the Proportional option to set diferent resolutions for horizontal and direction Profile Tab On this screen you can specify the Input profile and the Rendering intent that wil
159. is too and Clk ta zoom in tice the size of the curent view te canter ul be the postion SHIFT and cick t0 zoom out to halt of the curent he center wl clad postion lek and drag 1o magniy particular portion of design are Every time you click the Zoom or Pan tool the view is magnified or panned By defaut the cursor wil return to the previous fool afer using these iocis You must reselect the tool lo use the Zoom or Pan lool again If you want to use the Zoom or Pan tool without selecting i before each use one of the following Double click the Zoom too and uncheck the Resume previous tool after zooming once option p Be PREP or From the Edit menu select Pr ences command lick Tools Tab Select Zoom in the t Uncheck Resume previous tool after zooming once option ick OK Using Navigator View Navigator View allows you to view your entre document and specify wich portion to display To show the Navigator View from the View menu select Navigator View XS Gating Started ProDeSIGN son Area change the view Click and drag a point inside the View Area to pan the partion displayed inthe design ares Glick and drag a control point around the View Area resize it causing zoom in or zoom in the design area Showing an Object s Fill When the Show Fill option is enabled every vector abject is displayed its fal
160. ise or clockwise me ll pe AF S e PS n Anl dai esignCental Rotate Tab To shear an abject 1 Select the objects After selecting an existing object the Size Rotate and Object tabs available 2 Select the point that wil be fixed during the shearing Clicking ono point on Reference Grid in DesignCantal Rotate Tab or Cick and drag the Reference Pain to the desired position CTRL key while dragging fixes the Reference Point to the setings on the Reference Grd 3 Change the shear angle by editing the values in the entry box or dragging the Shear points To mirror an object 1 Select the objects After selecting an existing abject the Size Rotate and Object Tabs E ProDeSIGN are avalale 2 Click Flip X Axis or Flip Y Axis in DesignCeniral Rotate Tab to mirror the selected object horizontally or Vertically a Orginal object Miroredhorron ly Mirored vericaly EIS Ws ProDeSIGN DesignCentral Object Tab The Object Tab wil vary according to the objects that you have selected In some cases the Object Tab consists of two tabs For instance when you select text you have a Character Tab and a Paragraph Tab Jar Dz A al arg arp Fer Tabwhaa Str Ga Tat we Test When you are creating an abject only the Object Tab is visible After selecting an existing obj
161. ixer i s possible to spacify colors that are beyond the boundaries of o selected color space When you do this warming ican displayed next to the color swatch along witha smal swatch tal is actualy a funcional button Cicking the gamut correction button adjusts tho color that it fis within the target gamut After you click the button the color is redefined and both tha icon and the gamut button disappear The waming icon only appears when youre viewing objects in RGB HSV or Gm Yaa ear spac sonam audis REX se the cr you speed can be in SHV apace ert relay bass on adve Nunca Printer profile that you selected in ihe Color Setings dialog box or more details see Configuring the System for Color Printing on page 209 If you do not correct the gamut the color that you selected wil not print accurately Applying Colors Using the Eyedropper Another way to apply color is with the Eyedropper tok V Select the objects 2 ciek Eyedropper E 3 Move the cursor over the object or bitmap with the colar that you want he selected object lo be and click 3 CTRL key apples the color to the selected object s soke You may use the same method o apply p ms and gradients Working wit Color TuS ProDeSIGN To select a patcr cor tom a pater cr gradient flow the previous stops bt hod down th SHIFT you select color Setting the Default Fill
162. ized image with the source color The cursor wil change into a paint bucket cursor 2 Drag into the object When the mouse button is released the color vill be applied here the color will be applied iE INE Page Working win maps ProDeSIGN 14 Working with Effects Your software contains a number of locis that you can use ta add special effects to the elements in your document Common Features There are a number of basic functions that you can use on al effects Separating Effects To separata an effect from the original object fram the Effect monu select Separate Afer the command name the effact name wil be displayed ABC ABC A36 Tent and Efect separated E Clearing Effects remove an effect rom the Effect menu select Clear L After the command name the effec name wil be displayed Using Combine Effects Combine effects are applied to overlapping objects separating or merging the portons that are overlapping Combine effects can only be applied on vector objects they are not available for bitmaps Wold Effect Welds selected objects into single objects removing overlapping Use this to fo eliminate extra ines in overlapping objects that wil be 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Combine and then select Weld K mr one tat Your software also has an Auto Weld feature this feature wil automatically weld all ove
163. ject are ode and ne oui paths are counterclockwise Reverse inverts the current recon Clockwise Al paths have the same direction Counter AI patha have the same countar clockwise direction Clockwise Editing Path The Path Edit toolbar contains tools that alow you to edit paths Straightening Lines This Straighten Point tool is used to straighten a section of path in some cases when you trace an image exta points are added lo the traced path Use this ool o eliminate these points Select ne Straighten Points too Pace h ovr h pek Clk the paint where th seal oe begin te paint here tha bal ne ne Drag the start and end points to adjust the position of the straight x 1 amp Cick Apply double click anywhere inside the design area vC i ProDeSIGN Aligning Points and Segments Horizontally or Vertically Use the Align Horizontal or Align Vertical tools when you want to align several points along a horizontal vertical ine 1 Select the points 2 Select the Align Horizontal or Align Vertical tool FEl AJ The points and segments are aligned Selected points algnod horzontaly Aligning Points and Segments to an Angle The Align Points tool aligns selected points along an alignment reference line 1 Selec he points 2 Select ign Points too The alignment reference ine appears Reference Lin
164. jects Working with Auto Serialization Grouping Objects Compounding Objects Masking Objects Locking Objects Changing Object Order Aligning Objects Distributing Objecis Snapping Objects Deleting Objects Clear Transform 8 Working with Color Available Color Models Applying Colors From the Swatch Table Applying Colors Using the Color Mixer Applying Colors Using the Eyedropper 79 Seting the Default Fi Stroke Color E Seting the Background Foreground Calor 20 Working wih the Swatch Table Using Color Specs Creating Color Swatch Tablas 9 Using Fill Stroke Editor Displaying FillStroke Editor Types of Fils Applying No Fi ia an Object Applying a Solid FI to an Object 92 Applying a Pattern Fill to Object 92 Applying Gradient Fito an Object 94 Eding Stroke Properties of an Object 97 10 Working With Shapes Creating Shapes Editing Shapes Using DesignCenra 101 Editing Shapes Using Contro Points 105 Converting Objects to Shapes 11 Working with Text Creating New Text Changing Text Atribules Using DesignCeniral Changing Text Attributes Using Control Points 117 Eling Text 120 Editing Text 121 Selecting 121 Pager Contents ProDeSIGN Changing Text Attributes 122 Changing Defauit Text Stings 123 Finding and Replacing 123 Spell Checking 124 Changing Case 124 Changing Kerning 124 Breaking and Joining 126 Changing Text
165. jobs associated wi the setup Job Area Thisarea plas the jabe associated with the selected setup Command Buttons The command buttons allow quick access to most common tasks in Production Manager See Working with Jobs on page 253 for more details on each command Add Job Adds ajab to the selected output device Save As Saves the selected job to a fle RIP Job RIPs he selected job and leaves itin the RIP queue print Job Pints he selected job to ha speciled output device RIPPo ti necessary Tana Proauction Manager Page om NS B ProDeSIGN Nesta the selected pnt obs together so as to uae he mount ofthe output media Uanesta the selected set of nested jobs Stopa selected fla trom RIPing ar parting Deletes he job or jobs Changing Preferences set the application preferences for Production Manager rom the Edit menu select Preferences fem Toon Wee mU roms emm X fe preneur ae men E The folowing setings are available Archive Path Archive Format The units of measurement displayed The degras of precialon 1o use wlth measurements The tolder whare archived jobs are saved The format tat archived jobs be stored in Original Archives the mage in its orginal tle format When Jeb ou ada ne archived back into the sofware L Mi oged 1o be Ried again betore pining sng Production Manager ProDeSIGN Na
166. k multiple tems You can make a selection by using two modes When you are in the touching modo any object that intersects the bounding box is selected When you are the By fully enclosing mode the selection is restricted to those objects that are fly enclosed in the bounding box objects using the bounding box 1 Choose Select lool 2 Cickand drag creating a bounding box around those objects you want to select Holen tha CTRL key creatng the bounding box temporary toggles the schon made to the sting Bounding Box by touching mode enclosing mods Changing Default Selection Mode The default setting in your program is By touching To change the default setting double click the Select tool or do the folowing 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences command 2 CickTools Tab Seeing onec ES ProDeSIGN Select tool on the ist 4 Change the selection mode 5 Selecting Objects Within an Effect To select an abject within an effect an object with am out example 1 Choose Select Within J 2 Clek the object that you want to select for or 1 choose E CTRL key and ck object hat ou wart to select mE Rodange sacle within an uio Selecting Objects Using the TAB Key Pressing the TAB key selects the next object The selection order fellows the order that the objects were created
167. k Job Inf 2 There are three tabs that you can view or edit the job info Jeb Tab dialog box you can edit he information about is Partular document Customer Tab _ In tis dialog box you can edit the information sbout the Statistics Tab This log box contains tered information about the ob including the amount of tmo spent eding t the umber of mes was revised tha number af mes it sas saved wel as oherintemalon Reset itn wi restore te number of revisions and tne tl tig ime ona te 3 Glick OK Finding Files The Find File feature allows you to search for specie fles You can search the fle based on fle mama or any of the parameters of Job Information To search for one fie 1 From the File menu select Find File Working wih Fes E ProDeSIGN 2 Cick Browse and select the folder where the search wil be performed If you want to search all sub folders check the Include subfolders option 3 Enter the search condition Ifyou want to search a fie by its namo enter the fle namo in Named teld Ifyou want to search a fle using any of the job information select tha job info fied from the list provided and enter the Search tex in fne contains For example 10 search for all jobs where the order was taken by John Doe you would select Order Taken by and type John Doe into the contains feld Click Search bution A ist wih all flos matching the search condition will be displayed
168. k is placed in a comer and when you select the objec the Control Point wil overlap the Padiock e a path you can change the padlocks positon by changing the staring point of the Bath See Changing Staring Pont on page Tees anketna 157 About how to change the staring point sya To release the lock in a abject 1 Select the objects The only way to select locked objects is to chk each of them withthe Select al 2 From the Arrange monu point to Lock and then select Unlock command ranging Objects E ProDeSIGN Changing Object Order you create objects or import fles into your document every object Wil have a postion in the stacking order The first object a you creato ba in the bottom of the stack This order wil be reflected whan the Objects overlap You can change the object s arder in the stack 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Order and then select the new postion in the stack TeFront Moves te selection to the top ofthe stack in tront ot alatar ejects a Forward One Back One You can also change the arder dragging the object in DesignEdilor Object Tab soo Changing Objects Order on 51 for mora details Paget ranging Obes ProDeSIGN Aligning Objects Align allows you to align objects in relation to one of the objects orto align objects to the design area To align objects to another object
169. l overde the uti setings for the object FI aith Wiretrame enabled 5 Cick Advanced to adit the fil calor using the Calor Specs dialog Far information about he Color Spec dialog see Using Color Specs on page 85 You can also apply solid fil by selecting the object and clicking on a soli colored swatch in the color palette Applying a Pattern Fill to an Object To apply pattem fil to an object 1 Select the object 2 Inthe FillStoke Editor select Pattern patos obo used trom no E Tang Editor ProDeSIGN 4 Select the background color rom the Using Pattorn Fill Advanced Settings When the Advanced button is clicked in FilSicke Editor Fil Tab for Pattern Fil the Advanced Settings dialog wil be displayed were ira ae me Cte e e T ji rei Peste Taner Tho folowing parameters of the pattern can be adjustod in this dialog m Name Name of he panem Tho background color SSeS Pam oportional Check his option to assure tat he pattem wi be reszed proporionali DEES Amountal oct applied to each column or Og Sone beeen roe ITT ece beeen cote REIT Horizontal ott applied to he est FETT Verea ase aplec to me fest te Add to Swatch Table When this option s checke he edited pata wb aes to sich ae os a DEI ES ProDeSIGN Transform with Objeet when this option ia
170. lement in Your design Each object in your design can have Fill color and Stroke color Fil Color Rea Soke Color Back The Fil Color be Solid Color Pattern or Gradient AA Available Color Models Colors can bo defined using the following modais RGB The color is expressed as a combination of red green and bive color model mast commonly uaea or computer graphics CMYK The colar is expressed as combination of cyan magenta yellow and black values T is the color modal most commanly ied in or roin LAB The CIE LAB modells a device Independent coe model hat expresses coloring a luminance value and tas cvomiance The color is expressed using values for hue saturation and nohis Spot The colar is selected fom a number of lete af standard ink or ribbon Clore provided by established supple Duotone Duotone colors are made by overlaying spot colos The color naris printed rescaled the cor and the cla Mat ls pitted on top of ha cale he Top cor wit Color Page ProDeSIGN Applying Colors From the Swatch Table You can apply colors o a design element using the Swatch Table V Select the object 2 Select the desired color in tha Swatch Table Hold down the CTRL key to apply the color to Ine objects stroke You can also apply colors by cicking and dragging rect from the Swatch Table When you click and drag the cursor int
171. lette Select the color to display in the preview area Only the color displayed wil be processed You wil be able to select individual colors if the option Send all colors in the Advanced tab is checked Ciick and drag the colors to change the output order Taxi ung your Design ProDeSIGN Setting the Visibility of Colors Righi clicking on a color in the color palette allows you to toggle the Visible setting on and off for that color A color that is set to invisible wil not be output E if you went to output all colora except one check Send All Colors onthe Advanced iab and ten turn oft a Visible sening on color you da Sant io output Material Settings The Material group box allows you to specify the size of the media used in your output device and entering the Media Width and Height The media size s used panel your ob fitis larger than the media Mj Select your media size from he lat or spec a custom Ucercotned E Sae oy scing User Deine Size pals size of he modia loaded in the This feature works for devices are fannie tough senal 8 RE aes SURI ate none Position Settings The Position group box allows you to specify where on the media the job is output De TTT Horizontai ote distance TTT Vertical offset distance B Interactive moves the cutter as you change the postion of ihe ob he ara Eu Show me
172. lows th being You can ener values 0 to 100 Ina igh image owe values cause the ang o flou ha bitmap more cose resulting In edges on o curves Hohe wil produce and mare ven Curves but some detal may be Iost Comer Adjusts how recovered comers are draun Sharp recovers Siye tne maximum amount ot sharp comers Color Thecoorofihe resuting vector objects Reverse Traces white areas image To Autotrace a bitmap Y Selaci tno Autotraco tool E Aut tha racing parameters Design Cana Yonu can ace the whole rap opr ot Click and drag the cursor create rectangular bounding bax Surround the objects that you want to trace n ho bitmap Hold down ho SHIFT key to create square bounding box Ciiek the bitmap to trace one object Click with the CTRL key prossed to trace all of the bitmap he objects created by the autotracing will Warning wih Bia iL wireframes To fil Page TTS ProDeSIGN osa a youhave el and compound han d RN WF Tracing ona tet ual TET Tracing part ot he DTT TTT oan Dred Forbes rests scan ha image o be traced in grayscale 256 gray at 300 00 DPI Tracing mages scanned a high rescton wil create exa ponts When raced and he pais wi not be soot Using Centerline Tracing The Centerline tool traces a singe ine down the middle of each part of bitmap and includes an option to culino an
173. map menu point to Adobe Filters and then select he iter 3 Fallow the instructions of each fiter For more information about Adobe filters see your Adobe user manual Tracing Bitmaps Tracing allows you to convert bitmap images into vector objects this allows them cut or edited using path editing tools The racing area be limited by a marquee A bitmap that has been masked cannot be traced unless it is unmasked frst Aer racing the bitmap f you want to hide the bap to se just the traced paths cick Preview Bimap tool on View or Select Preview Bitmap rom View menu Using AutoTrace AuloTrace traces each shape in the bitmap DesignCentral has the following options Lx Working win Smaps ProDeSIGN Moise Adusts me amount of rose that is removed dung he Reduction acing process When None is sdocid wil not be removed Tha Most sating removas b maximum amount Ognalimage Traced wih aise Traced wih nase Comers Adjusts how tong the corners are traced When None la Selected comers are not recovered The Most sting Resolution You can trace using the Full resolzion an image or 1 2 30 and tof ls orginal reaction Wen th s lowered the acing process is quicker and produces tower bul he quay wi ot be as actuate atthe Feduesdresolitons The Optimal sting esakslon based on mage size to opbmaa the 1r Tolerance Contos how closely the tracing fol
174. marks can be used to deny preted output produced by the Coded Font Programa A the reasonable request of Licensor Licensee must supp samples of any Typeface denied by Trademark 5 Licensee agrees that it wil not atempt to ater assemble decrypt or reverse engineer the Software or Coded Font Programs 6 Licensee acknowledges that he laws and regulatons of the Unted States Page Teen he Saas ProDeSIGN esti export and re export of commodities and technical data of United ong the Sofware or Coded Foot Programs Leensee agrees hatt wil not expor or re export Sofware or Coded Font Programa any form witout te appropriate United States and foreign govemment lenses Licenses agrees that s ablgatons pursuant to secon shal survlve and continue after any termination or expestion of ight under his Agreement T The Softareleensed hereunder may be used to generate screen displaye on single Computer System having sereen resolution of les than 150 and 1o generate output the associated output eves Lcensee agrees not to make use ofthe Sofware drecty or 0 generale Images screen display wih roscton of 150 dots per inch or greater i io generate Typefaces for use oher than wi the Computer Sytem or Q to generate printed ouput on than am ouput device tht Licensor has designated to be approved for use wih the Sofware onthe Computer Sys
175. n page 82 and Moding Existing Color Lares Only on page 83 hase preferences alow you to speci f he copied objects wll bo created when pasted and ne ontset chetance rm he orginal object See Objects Using Copy Pasta page Those preferences alow you to specty haw he objects Wil be See Objects Using Select Toat page 5 for more information Those preferences alow you to spool how paths te depisyad when te Show Fl ptan is of Sae Showing Ojacrs Ft page 15 for more datae Sets several aspects of the text tool See Text Preferences on page 132 of more information Displays a tp when you start your sofware Selects tha zoom and pan toa wl be used only See Zooming and Panning co page 13 tar more ZE Gating Started ProDeSIGN 3 Working with Files Your document can contain any combination of vector bitmap OLE or PostScript objects Vectors are a colection of straight or curved segments These ect bo semed 1o any aize bout lea deta or cry Shapes ix rectangle als and text are vector objects Also called raster mages maps are fore by a rd of amai tas as pst represent mages Each pels assigned specie locaton and color value A low resoluton Bitmap mage appear lagged when pete PostScript images desorbed using page deseription language known
176. n Manager to Networkod Output Devices If your output device supports a network connection or you have a Network Print Server you can connect the output device to the Production Manager through network Please follow the instructions below to use a network to connect the output device 1 The computer must have TOPIP protocol properly installed and working 2 The output device or the Print Server must support TCPIIP FTP or LPR and have valid IP address assigned to 3 When adding setups in Production Manager set the port to TCPIP FTP or LPR depending on tha protocol supportad by the device and enter the IP address assigned to the output device LE up Production Manager ProDeSIGN Using the Design Software and Production Manager on a Network Production Manager can be installed on a diferent computer as long as hat computer has a hardware security key attached The computer that has Production Manager and the computer that has the design software must be networked and TCP IP must be metated and working properly The following stops will guide you to connect your design software to a Production Manager installed different computor 1 Attach the hardware key on the production station and install the Production Manager 2 Install the design software on the design station 3 Launch the Production Manager on your production station create the setups for the output devices a
177. n area 10 undorbase 194 Designental 39 57 wold 179 maps 155 weld based on colors 182 DesignEdior 47 55 wireframe 193 deskowing objecis 61 embedded 26 dimensioning lines 204 embedded ICC profes 278 resting 206 engraving fonts 134 dimensioning to page 205 enhanced dither qual 267 display profes 210 EnRoute 25 distort effect 190 entering numerical valus 39 distributing objects 72 eraser lool 33 dithering 26 error diftusion 266 options lor angled screens Exclude common eec 180 279 exporting bitmaps 156 document setup 10 exporting to fles 24 documents eyedropper 79 losing 25 fans 102 exporting 24 107 new 2 features i 299 saving 24 feed calibration 269 Sending to EnRoute 25 formats 297 setup 41 fies dongle Ses hardware key dosing 25 drop shadow 186 24 ary time 262 icing 29 duplicating objects 6 importing 24 edi bar 96 linking and 26 editing 96 opening 23 editing dimension ines 206 Saving E effec 179 lend 182 fit tool 165 brighten 193 fil types 91 dearing 173 FuSvoke Editor E color trapping 197 firing combine etfecis 179 by color 180 fiers 169 cutout 180 find and replace 123 distort 190 finding colors 87 exclude Sommon 180 finding fios 29 finisher 196 finisher effect 196 fuse 181 fitto path m 3 Page st ProDeSIGN horizontal 264 adding 258 FlixPress diffusion 267 archiving 265 fonts cropping
178. n the same ratio as the reference Character When the reference character is nol spaced the baseline is on the bottom of the abject bounding box and the character is scaled to fit the ascent You can also click and drag the contral points around the character to adjust fhe new character s positon and size Page TO Working win Text ProDeSIGN character wit be Aria Regular p cane Boarding box and Conta Pants 6 CickApply the example below the character C in Arial font is replaced with a telephone symbol Every time you type C using the Aral font telephone symbol wil be used ABCDE ABa DE Using standard tont Te same Text ater the now character The special charactar speci here is used by tie program wi tw te By oer spss An we To delete custom character 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu select Define Character 3 Select the font type and style where he character was added 4 Select the character or character code in Character 5 Glick Delete Working With Text Styles You can copy text attributes and apply them to other text within your document You may also store lex styles within a lit The text sje contains the following attributes Fant Keming e Word e Spacing Orientation syle sze Trading e Spacing Direction e Wilh Vertical Leading Offset Character Slant Justification
179. nd dragging the color icon creates a copy of the dragged color Clck a blank space between color icons to create a new colar in the gradient Editing Gradients Using the Edit Line When you cick the Edit Gradient bution in FilStroke Editor Fill Tab Gradient Editing Line wil be displayed in the object where the gradient is applied The Gradient Eating Line can be placed outside the object E Leana pe gue You can change or create naw color in the gradient dragging the new color rom the swatch table to an existing color or in 2 blank Space between colors Tang Editor ProDeSIGN Clck and drag the intermediate color con to the left right to change its postion in the gradient Clck and drag the start lend color icon ta change the gradient size and the gradient angle CTRL and dragging the color icon crates a copy of the dragged color ing Stroke Properties of an Object FiliSVoke Editor Stoke Tab displays the folowing vector objects stroke properties SWE Sie ofthe stoke apps to ne object E Te onar soies one E svoe wian AIO m Corris he sharpness of he comers EI EEE Seyegan aine chae hen his optoo la checked strokes wl Transform be poporionatyreszad when the objects ek ths button to remove the sro Ting stone Editor Pages ProDeSIGN EI Tang Fisun Editor ProDeSIGN 10 Working Wi
180. nd leave it running 4 Launch the design software on your design station The design software can run without tho key as long as the network is property Configured and the key is attached to the production station Select RIP and Print or CutiPlot from the File menu Select another computor Network and cick OK T Select the Production Manager on the network and click OK Seting up Production Manager Page aa ProDeSIGN DEI Sting up Production Manager ProDeSIGN 21 Using Production Manager Sco Sating up Production Manager on 245 if you are launching the Production Manager for the first time or configuring the output devices The Production Manager Window When you launch Production Manager the main window is displayed To launch Production Manager do one of the following From your design software select RIP and Print or CutPlot tom tha File menu The Producion Manager launched and the RIP and Print CutfPlot dialog box appears 3 Tre Production Manager may be hidden behind the desig sofware bring i foreground cick on the Producton Manager con n ne FIP and Print or Doubleclick the Production Manager icon in the desktop or mg E mi md n al Setup Area This area displays the setups output devices congured are splayed Cuek a orte symbole o Expand or colaps the Ist of
181. ne 4 While sti creating the path if you press CTRL key and drag back erase the path that you just created 5 To cose the path place the cursor clase to the starting point and Converting Objects into Paths Converts objects such as shapes and tex into paths 1 Select the objects Page a Working win Paths ProDeSIGN 2 From the Arrange menu select Convert to Outlines he objects have a stoke around i the resulting path wil keep the stoke Wren text covered to paths the resting paths be compounded To fits you have to uncompound tem fi Converting Stroke to Paths From the Arrange menu select Convert Stroke to Outlines g Points and Segments Selecting Segments Select 1 Choose Select Point tao ZI 2 Cicka control point segment When straight segment is selected a filed square is displayed When a curved segment is selected the Direction Handles and Lines forthe segment is displayed along with filed circle u Straight segment selected Curved segment selected When control point is selected displays square when the previous segment is a straight segment and a ciele when the previous segment is curved Press the TAB key to mave to the next point 3 Hold the SHIFT key and click other segments select mulipie segments or points Selecting Control Points by Enclosing 1 Choose Select Point too 8 2 Cickand drag to create a r
182. ners 148 redo 19 spacing points 146 redo multiple 20 Straightening 144 redraw 17 pattern fit 92 reduce points 150 82 refreshing the view 17 pencil too registration marks 103 Percent calculation 40 relative colorimetre rendiering perceptual rendering intent 211 intent 211 perspective shadow 186 remoto iniaracilv operation picturecut tracing 175 251 Point reduction 150 Send Now operation points 251 adding 151 remove point 151 breaking 153 remove tiny objects removing 181 removing seltintersacions 151 polygons 102 removing tiing 291 106 rendering intent 278 pons 255 rendering intents 210 Postioning jobs 263 reordering objects 70 preferences 20 repeating paths 147 dearng 4 repeating the lat siap 20 preventing output of tes 289 resample 158 Preview output 213 resizing objects E preview pane 262 resolution 266 previewing bitmaps 16 RIP and pia 228 price estimation 30 advanced options 287 Prnt direction 29 olor 209 LED der ProDeSIGN paneling E shadow effect 185 RIP band height 251 shapes RIP logs 260 creating E RIPng dor number of threads 25 sharp comer 148 print while RIPIng 251 Shearing abjecis 43 59 RIP band height 251 show fil E RIPing jobs 259 show preview 17 rotate lo fit media 254 size of obs 263 rotating obs 264 Size of media 263 rotating objects 22 59 of panel 285 Rotating Objects 43 44 sizing object
183. ng the Output Using the Tiing option you can select lo the output and set the overlap between the Print pages When option is checked the output wil be tied he overlap between tho os Desin Tied pat Setting the Output Position The Position option allows you to center the image ar to set the position Center on paper The output is centered on the pat otsez v Sets the offset trom th edge at he paper Other Printing Options Te border of he design area pinta The vector objects are printed without tN Incdejob The Jot info is printed wth tne design This option is only fo Fit drawing to paper selected in Seale opton the layout of e print se Using Templaes page 3 Usededee The margin Information fom th printer driver s used margins stSedpt When Binary is selected the datas compressed using a p binay encodog and then sent 1o ptr rising ta Desklop Printer Page ais ProDeSIGN Pagers to a beskiop Printer ProDeSIGN 18 Cutting your Design Before you can cut any design make sure you have established connection from your design sofware o the Production Manager and created setup for your output device as instructed in the section Seting up Production Manager on 245 Follow the steps below to send the document to your cutting device 1 From the File menu select Cut Plot 3 i you have
184. nt to use the automate regieiraton marks San darent enred oaas a etn Gr ether Da must be era fra layers you must use Sand A Colors th e aingle panei oon enabled Sending Each Color as Diferent Job at page 227 E Cuts aborder around objects to selected color Css a weeding border wth the specife margin around cach been your desig Adds weedines between ines of text or objects Auloweld Removes intersections of overlapping objects ofthe same Autosrap Species the amount of overlap between objects of afferent LE Gating your Design ProDeSIGN Optimize Wan tis option ia not selected the objects are cut r plot a ting arder the order thay were cra processes tre objects wit sp store moving to Ine next section Come Select wheter he hab ou separately as a oc lines 3 Selects wheter the labels and dimensions created wth dimensions measure tool wi be oto plot Total size Deplays the totai size of he job Fil plot low you to deine th angle and pen width for plot Cutter Dever Launches the Cuter Driver Options See Cuter Driver Options Optons atpage 261 Sending Each Color as a Different Job Check Send All Colors option to process each color separately When this option is checked you can select how each color wil be processed Single Panel Single The job ia sent as aaigl fle and processed using 3 the same panel size lor colors
185. nta e sizs of each swaten 3 The amount ot space iken up by t labais above and to the lat of IL The horizontal spacing between swatches 12 The vertos spacing between swatches The number of swatches or sets of swatches per row 3 Advanced to set advanced setings ick Apply V The swatch table wil appear in he lower let comer of he page Advanced Settings for Duotone Swatch Tables the Color tab toggle the icon to the lef ofthe spot color stings te determine whether the color wil show up inthe swatch table You can exclude colors from either the set of top colors or the sat of base colors Theol wa appear in me Tae color wli not appes the Label tab select the font that wil be used for the labels Tonna wit Cor TAS ProDeSIGN Advanced Settings for CMYK Swatch Tables so as Fd uH the tab entar the following settings Step change In Ink values between ane swatch and the next Start The ower boundary ofthe range of color valves in the swatch table End The upper boundary af the range f color values in the smatch table the Label tab select the font hat wil be used for the labels Advanced Settings for Current Palette Swatch Tabl EE 1 the Color tab toggle the icon to the lef of the spot color listings to determine whether the color wil show up in the swatch table The clr wa appear inte E T
186. nted parts of the job are cropped oul Cropped out areas ofthe job wil not be output Dragging spina ande You can crop a job by reducing the panel size using the itt in he Panel Size secion ofthe Tie tab EJ ang Production Manager ProDeSIGN Removing All Tiling and Cropping To remove al ting and cropping and make the job ono piece again click on tha Reset button 3 if the job ls bigger han mad tl sll be ed to Mt the med Using Output Size Compensat Output Size Compensation allows you to measure slight variations in output size and compensate for hem To use Output Size Compensation with a given setup 1 Select the output device setup 2 From the Setup menu select Output Size Compensation oo AS Fog Fm ul Fa m esen 3 Enter the Width and Length of the test print you want fo output Under Test size For best results Ine print shouid be as large as possible while sill fiting onto the output medium Test Print Measure the actual size of the test print and enter the Width and Length of the test print under Measured size The automaticaly calculates the compensation factors that wil scale the output size 10 compensate far he between he 6 Check Enable output size compensation to automaticaly scale al future output from this setup using the compensation factors derived from your measurements ciko
187. nufacturer thon select the print queue for the desktop printer under Model name and cick Next 3 Click Finish To select a setup highlight its icon in the setup area Only one device be selected al any tim Activating Setups An active setup a setup that is ready to output jobs To make setup active do one of he folowing Check the box next to its icon in the setup area Select the setup icon then from the Setup menu select the Make Active Right click on the setup icon and select Make Active from the context menu Deleting Setups To delete setup do one of the following Select the setup icon in the setup area and click on the Delete button in the toolbar Select the setup icon in the setup area then from the Edit menu select Delete Select the setup icon in the setup area and press the Delete key on your keyboard Right click on the setup icon in the setup area and select Delete from the context menu Deleting setup wil also delete all jobs associated with the setup Editing Setup Proper To edit the setup propertes associated with a particular output device one ofthe follwing s Rightoick the setup icon in the Setup Pane and select Properties Select the setup icon in the Setup Pane then from the Setup menu select Setup Properties Double click the setup icon in the Setup Pane sg Production Manager Page ass ProDeSIGN
188. nverted o outines 5 d Compound by color Multiple levels of compounds can bo made release the last compound 1 Select the compounded object 2 From the Arrange menu point to Compound and then select Uncompound command Masking Objects Masking is the process of clipping objects vector or bitmap objects to a shape of a vector object A mask can be described as a window that ou Took through to see the objects beneath It Everything outside the mask wil be hidden The topmost object is the mask If you want to use more than one object mask you must group them fre object that has been masked cannot be traced Before racing t must be unmasked To create a mask E ranging Obes ProDeSIGN 1 Select the objects The topmost object wil be used as a mask 2 From the Arrange menu point to Mask and then select Mask command ABE ABC re Maar AE C and tne bap The masked image Unmasking objects wil return the objects to is original shape and size To unmask objects 1 Select the masked abject 2 From the Arrange menu point to Mask and then select Unmask command Locking Objects You can lock some objects Locked objects can be selected but cannot be edited moved or resized 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Lock and then select Lock command A padiock displays on the abject In some cases the padloc
189. o Filters and then select Color Balance Adjust the filer settings in DesignCenizal by Choose Shadows Midtones or Highlights in the list to select he tonal range on which you want to focus the changes Glick and drag the sliders or enter the values in the numeric When the Preview option is checked you wil see a preview while adjusting ho parameters Click Apply Brightness Contrast Filter Using this fiter you can adjust the Brightness Contrast and Saturation of your image 1 2 Select the bitmap From the Bitmap menu point to Filters and then select Brightness Contrast Adjust he filer settings in DesignCenizal by win Page TT ProDeSIGN lick and drag the sliders or enter the values in the numeric When the Preview option is checked you will see a preview adjusting he parameters 4 CickApply Adobe Filters If you have Adobe fiters installed you can use its filer plug ins in your software Setup the folder where the plugins installed 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences 2 Golo File Path Tab and enter the folder location in Adobe Plug Click Browse to find the folder For more information about the Adobe plugin folder locaton see your Adobe Pholoshop user manual 3 Glick OK Once the plugin folder is property defined in your computer you can use fiters 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bit
190. o between space and narrow bars arma Weh of blank rea before and after the barcode E Show Tile Cuck oplon to show the under te barcode Show Asterisks ick his oplon to show the astris in he ute Lg Font nd Sy used in ie eat Clek hs buton to edt ne orginal ext CConvertto Text Convert the Barcode back to taxt Working With Special Characters Sometimes you may need to insert a special symbol into your text orina wi Text ProDeSIGN Using Existing Fonts 7t you have a font thal contains special character you can use the following method to insert a special character 1 Click the text with Text too placing the cursor where the special character willbe inserted 2 From the Text menu select Insert Symbols 3 Select the font and dick the special character that wil be inserted Click Enter to change lines and Space to enter a space 4 Glick Ox Creating New Characters You can convert paths and shapes into new special character 1 Select the path 2 From the Text menu select Define Character 3 Select the font type and style where the now character wil be added in DesignCentral Select the new character or character code in Character size and position the character properly specify a reference character in Reference Character The baseline and the box of the new character wil be placed relative to the bounding box i
191. o indicate the position of the registration marks using Digital alignment i Usa the font panel controis on the cutter t postion the head of the citing device over registration mark 1 Press Entar on the cutting device then click OK ii Repeat for all additonal registration marks EET 5 Make sure the knife is loaded into the cut the contour partian af the design than lek OK to cut E Ping your Design ProDeSIGN 20 Setting up Production Manager Production Manager configures output devices such cutters and printers controls the output of fies and connects to the output device Production Manager automatically launches when you execute ihe output command from your software You can also preview jobs in Production Manager and change your jobs properties before sending to your output device Understanding Setups A Setup consists of an output device and its associated properties Setup information includes the type of output device the media being used the size of the media and any setings specific to the output device Creating Your First Setup Before you output your design your software must establish connection with the Production Manager and an output device must be Configured Follow the staps below fo creato setup for your output device 1 From your software select RIP and Print or CutiPlot rom the File Select On this computer Local and t
192. o specify a that wil not be output double click or rightclick the The wil be disabled Cut Plot Dialog Advanced Tab The Advanced tab of Cut Plot allows you to sat several Options specife to uting jobs m moa bem 3 ur cum Me ma deed EEC La your Des TRIS ProDeSIGN The folowing options can be adjusted in this dialog Advance ater Advances he piot ind resets ha origin Cutpage Cuts the borderine ofa when the output ted into severa pages Pause Selects whether he Producton Manager shouid pause afler between each curi processed allowing you to change Pe pen or he aiora optan can only be selected when Sendai colors Pause Selects whether ha Producton Manager should pause afler between aach pape ie processed alaming you to laad the aer ages each page Apply copy Separates pages tles and panels using he amount of space iene sci Tor spacing ou copes nthe Coples group on ihe ages Passes Deines te number of times hatte blade wll out the same ath Sot ths oto t you using Wok or hard tat Canoe citing single pass Automatic Adds smali rectangle tothe comers of each layar oan Registration postoning each piece Marks The automatic relation marks are simply placed at he comers at ac tayer H the layers are defeat sas he Sutomate registrator marka nat ine up wih each ner if you wa
193. o the object in the design area the cursor changes depending on its location f sie oner tien te cursor is petra vi soe Stange cat he over wich csr poston wth gf Change the color ofthe substrate 1o the selected coe The swatches change appearance based on the color mode in use Spot colors have a small dot on the right side ofthe swatch Duotone colors have two dots on the right side of the swatch Applying Colors Using the Color Mixer The Color Mixer dialog box is used to specify apply color to elements in your desig Process Col To view the Color Mixer the View menu select Color Mixer When you select an object the fil color is displayed in the swatch located n the upper lef side of the Color Mixer When multiple objects are selected the Color Mixer displays the color ofthe fst object Use the ist in the upper right comer of the mixer to specify a color EE Working win Color ProDeSIGN model RGB CMYK LAB HSV Spot or Duotone Once you specly a color model to use there are several ways to specta calor inthe mixer Enter the numerical values click the up down arrows on the right side of he numerical fld Cick and drag the channel siders gt R lt gt Cick and drag the mouse aver the color picker located al the bottom of the Color Mixer When you locate the color you want release the mouse buon Using the Color M
194. oftware youre installing on a PC ruming Windows NTZ2000XP you must have Admolsvatorpvsages Se your Windows user guide tor detale 1 Insert the Installation CD Selecta language and then click Next 3 Emer your user number and password and then click Next The User number and password can be found on the product hardware key 4 Select the product and language to be installed and then click Next 5 Cick Next to continue 6 Read the Software License Agreement and cick Yos to accept T CickNextto continue 8 Click Yes to view the readme fi The readme contains lastminute Issues and intormaton that are not 9 You may change the default destination folder here Click Next 10 Select the type of installation to install Typical is recommended Cick Next 11 Select the folder where the software wil be included If you accept the default folder a new folder wil be created for he product Cic Next 12 Click Yes to clear the preferences or No to retain old preferences Select the printers you want to install color profiles for then click Next 14 Select Yes and click OK to restart your computer Thataling the Software ProDeSIGN Uninstalling the Software Windows 1 Exit your software by selecting Exit fom File menu 2 Inthe Windows Control Panel double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Select your software from the ist and click the Change Remove button Ciick OK wh
195. om the Text menu select Check Spelling From the Language list select the language To spall check within a specific of tho text select text and then choose Selection only option Choose the Case Sensitive option to distinguish between upper and lower case 2 Select the misspelled word from the Misspelled words list and Select the correct word from the Suggested corrections list enter the correct word in the Change to field and then click Change or Change Click Ignore or Ignore All to ignore the misspelled word Click Add to add the misspelled word to the custom dictionary Edit List to edit your custom dictionary 3 Glick Done end spell checking Changing Case To ater the case of text 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu point to Case and then select the desired capitalization from the menu The folowing options are available UPPERCASE A textis changed to capital letters lower case Al text ie changed lower case laters Sentence case The frst character of each sentence is changed to the rest lower case Tite Case The trst character of each word is changed to Capita the rest case OGOLEcASE Changes he lower case letters to capitals and vice Changing Kerning Kering is the space between characters of text Kerning varies from font to font and each font contains specifie kerning information Page
196. ommand Adding and Creating New Patterns 1 Select the objects You can also create pattems rom maps 2 From the View menu point lo Color and then select Define Pattern command The now pattem is added to the palette To edit the pattem after you have created double click on it edit i kom the Advanced Settings dialog box EIS Working win Color ProDeSIGN Saving Swatch Tables Swatch Tabla palettes are stored as and they can be saved like other fle From the View menu point lo Color and than select Save Table or Save Table As command Merging Similar Colors You can merge colors in Swatch Table that have diferent namas but the same color values From the View menu point to Color and than select Merge Similar Colors command Deleting Colors From the Swatch Table You can delete undesired colors from the Swatch Table 1 Move the mouse cursor aver the color you want to delete in the Swatch Table 2 Righiclck the Swatch Table and point to Delete command d The Transparent color cannot bo deleted You can also delete colors from the Swatch Tabie using the Color Specs dialog box See Deleting Colors Using Color Specs on page B7 for more details Changing Color Order in the Swatch Table There aro several ways to change tho color poston in the Swatch Tabie Clck and drag the color over the Swatch Table KOKT c mm cui Using
197. on to restore the default settings for above fes Preferences Font Tab In this dialog box you can set the default settings for extemal FSfonts Pan Tre folder where me Forte are stored FStont is protected by a password clk this burton lek tnis buton to delete the selected password ek tnis button to change the folder this buton to restore te default setings for above fas EJ ProDeSIGN Preferences Tools Tab In this dialog box you can set the default settings for some of the tools available the software so Template By combine Options BH mu re pose Fils T Tent Tool om Q Zoom Those preferences atow you to default temple used when you api a empate See Using on page 34 ese preferences alow you 1o speci options used in Combine See Combine Effect Optons n page 182 The tot lows you to spacy mat he sofware must Communicate wa Producton Manager using TEPP BL Clear this box the operating system ie not Windows NT 2000 ar XP or ne computer ie ning teva sofware that might arre wth TOPNE communications preferences alow you to spec tha colorimeter sed in your software to Measure color Values ana here the measurement device connected For information about how 1o us he measurement loce soo Adding New Coles Using Calor Specs o
198. onvert 3 Select the new format rom the list 4 Glek OK You can also convert OLE objects to basic segments and bitmaps 1 Select the OLE object 2 From the Arrange monu select Convert Linked to Native Changing Linking Properties of OLE Objects 1 From the Edit menu select Link 2 Change the folowing linking options Automatic defau objects are set for Automatic updating Tia means hat your sofware automaticaly updates he iniormaton every im you open ba document or tine e ink ie changes when he document ix pan Salo to update the abject your only when you choose to manualy update Update Now Wen in Manus made ck this bution to updates the OLE onectn your document t ele the salon of EE Working wi Fes ProDeSIGN the orginal fle Open Source Clk ts button to apen the inked fle using he ssoauted program Change button to change be Inked fle replacing the Source currant la wit another one Break link Clk tis button to permanently beak the connection between a Inked object nd source Working with Job Info Your program allows you to store information about tho job with each file you create You can add or change information about job at any point in the design and production process This information becomes of the fle and is saved when the fle is saved To view or edit the Job Info 1 From the Edit menu cic
199. options 6 Print your design Page za Ping your Design T Cut the contour ProDeSIGN Setting Contour Cut Options The Contour Cut options are in the Contour Options dialog box Select the device to process the contour cut from the iet tha top of this dialog box The following options can be selecta ER Registration mark Media size Materai eig Size palle the size of he in the umer This feature work or devices that are Comnectea tough a sensi port CON Select he type af registration mark ta help you align he prite in te cutter for contour cutting Some are equipped wih sensor that detect ne fesala mans nuomatial Tho color at the estan marks is determined by the Print Marks Color sting In the Advanced tab of he RIP and Print alo None Noregstalon marks are printed Uta opten for pont and O Vertical Place registration marks on the Fight sid of he mage The Inthe registran mark indices tha media fed dracon or o Horizontal Places registration onthe boon ol he The In ho regiaton mark incates the Teed recton Tor cung 4 Places regisvaton marks sang C ha upper and lon NOR H porci Gerber Spacia registration mark tar Edge Gerner Edge Priming your Design ProDeSIGN Gerber The Ga
200. or Click Save to save the changes If ths button is unavailable cick another color in the ist EIS Working win Color ProDeSIGN Using Color Specs Color Specs dialog box is used to define all properties about colors To view the Color Specs dialog box do one of the folowing Double click one solid calor on the Swatch Table From the View menu point to Color and than select Color Specs command Color Specs Color Tab Inthe Color Specs Color Tab dialog box you can set the properties from each color From the list on lop ofthe dialog box you can selec he colors that wil be displayed inthe ist You can select any of the following colors defined in the present Swatch Tabie used in your present document Al ooloes trom the Swat table and also the colors Each color in the list wil have an icon on the lef side This icon indicates color is being used in the document Jb e ing me kon nace The color is being used in tha document but Bl objects using t are hea Wis ioon wl show abjecte in you document atti using ti oe wit Color TAS ProDeSIGN BB The coris not beng used ln he document Far each color you can control the following properties Color Name The cobor name defined in he Swatch Tabie Color Mode The color made can be RGB CMYK LAB HSV Spot Duotone Spot hav smali do on he Side of me swale Duotone coo
201. or Specs 1 Select the color that you want to delete from the st 2 Glick Delete Changing Colors Using Color Specs 1 Select the color that you want to change from the list 2 Change the color name mode cr info and adjust the new color Using the methods described in Creating New Colors Using Color Specs at page 86 Changing The Order of Colors Using Color Specs To reorder the colors in the palette using the Color Specs cick on the olor in the color list and drag it to its new location Color Specs Library Tab tn the Color Specs Library Tab dialog box you can remove colors from the Swatch Table and add colors from Color Libraries into the Swatch Table 1 Select Vendor and Type rom the ist 2 From the list on the right side select the color that will be added to he Swatch Table and cick Add You can select tpi colors using SHIFT and CTRL keys 3 To delete a color fram the Swatch Table select the color on the list and cick Delete Color Specs Find Tab In the Color Specs Find Tab dialog box you can find color in the color brarios that matches the color that you are using in your design 1 Select the color that you want to search from the list on the lef side ofthe screen 2 You can also use your measuring device to measure one specic or To measure a color cack ine Measure buron Wong wit Color ProDeSIGN 2 Select the Vendors and the Types from the list Cick at C loca
202. or unselect the toolbar that you want to show or You can also hide a toolbar by clicking the Close button the upper right side of ho foobar In Windows toolbars are docked or foting Dacked toolbars are placed ProDeSIGN at fixed postions around the design area Floating toolbars can be placed anywhere inthe design You can undock toolbar making it a foating toolbar and then place it at any location in the design area Macintosh locbars are always fasting To undock a toolbar Drag the toolbar from its docked position Do not drag butions or Double click the toolbar Do not double cick buttons Dragging or double clicking the buttons wi not undock dock he tob IE EEE n 5 E E Booked Toolbars The shape cf lating toolbar can be adjusted by dragging ts borders View Toolbar CEELI Standard carm derent shapes The shape of a lating toolbar can be adjusted by dragging ls borders When a button has a small tangi on upper right corner is an indication that tnis button is part of a tear off paleta To use the tool in a tear off palette 1 Click ance on the button and drag it sighly to display the full palate 2 Onca itis displayed you can either select the desired tool and relaase the mouse button displaying the new lac or you can drag the entire palette away from the original palette and release th
203. os how close the raced stays to the original scanned mage Smalle values wi provide an accurate resul that la very close otha scanned Image put arger values wili reata amoother ines and fewer conto points Noise Used totter out some of he garbage that ls Suppression created dung the scanning proces re imago contains a lot o garbage y using the Reduce Nose er prior o vectes Comer Sets the threshold tor detecting what is and what sit Detection comer and how sharply tne comers wi be defied ANKE Page sot ProDeSIGN Reset Resets the racing parameters to thelr default value 4 Glick OK Using Centerline Vectorization This vectrizaton method is used for black and white or grayscale images which contain mostly ines rather than filed shapes it detects the center of the les and creates a single line vector graphic Contorino vectorization is typically used in routing and engraving where you may want a single ine path for the machine 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Vectorize and then select Centerline 3 Adjust the tracing parameters Pure Centerline The program wll the center of aach ine and creata a ino contour Cutie Thick The program wil centerine contours that are smaller Areas than ne Line With value and cine areas hat are larger than tha value Shortest Tis option s me minimum distance between Segment length The la
204. oto Prot the selected diher type on the printout Prot he ime that the RIP process started n pinout ese page uber ora mute page Prate he number of copies made on panau Atoma you to pnta text note on printout you to select type of crop marks to be used on printout Oniy the crop mark supporta by the output device wi appear in the Ist None No print Vertical Alignment matke wil be Mark Ports slong he fand veriesi edge orte Job mat he Job can aged in a cuter or al yord output Horizontal Algnment wi be Mark dong ower edge tha on Jo so at e ob can s bemane na emer hybrid output Metiea Algament mare wll be Comer ous he ark Earners on mo ron hand Verc edge of ob ota the job can be n a cater for ral hybrid output Tang Production Manager ProDeSIGN Horizontal Algnmet mais wi be Comer prea ouside me ornare on a lower horizontal edge of he at so at the Job can ained ina cuter tor ila yd oup Gerber Regetaton mark tor r verat obs using Guter cuter Gerber Regarston mar for o vorat obs ung Genter Garber ators Fargo Region mar for impressa yr obs using Fargo pressa Mimaki Regstation mar tor Mark yr obs using Ex outers Registration mak for al yobs using Summagraphics caters Crop Marks Cip marks wil be printe atio comer
205. ou to blend two objects Tha shape and colar of object wil gradually change to another object Both objects must be Vector objects Blending a ele toa starburst Blending AC into DE 1 Select two objects From the Effect menu select Blend Adjust the number of stops in DesignCentral 4 9 Using the Lens Effect Use the Lens effects to control transparency and appearance of an object s coer The lens effects are applied to the topmost object and can only be applied on vector objects except for the ranparont lens which can be applied fo bitmaps The lens effects are only for color printing Transparent Effect With this effect the object where the affect was applied will have a transparency that allows you o soa the objects underneath Page Ta Working wit Etec ProDeSIGN 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Lens and then select Transparent command The folowing options can be adjusted in DesignCental Opacity Dare of psy ape to object Ti vae can range tom O Mide Soke Cheek tis opton 1o apoy he vaneperenoy to he Invert Effect The colors of all vector and bitmap objects under the object where the effectis applied wil be inverted 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Lens and then select Invert command The folowing options can be adjusted in DesignCental Stroke Check tis option to apply the effect to the objects stoke Brighten Eff
206. our Design ProDeSIGN RIP and Print Dialog Advanced Tab The Advanced tab of RIP and Print allows you to set several options pectic to color printing jobs The Advanced tab has two layouts depending on which printer you are using Tab wah automate Aavanosd Ta tarda Setting the Print Quality The Output Settings group and the Driver Options define the setings related to the quality of the output Coler iis seting isnot checked incoming obs are assumed to ready correction have color conection Color Cicung this buton wi launch he Color Setings dog See senings Confooreg he System or Color Printing on page 200 tor more Overprint Chacko pint the ovefapping areas ot ali objects he bottom Mayers wil not be removed when Pg This urea you have set up color ageing onthe elements of your des lor Cickon Options t set the folowing additonal options Toscana Emm Check Overpint with trapping to auomatealy color o the b you have color Napping manual ne software wi choose the esting win smalst Cake alae distance Ses Using Color Trapping page 197 for detalis on coor tapping and e plone provida hero Wing your EZE Media Print mode Color mode Resolution Dither type Screen Output profe no Density adjustment eat Driver Options ProDeSIGN Select the media your b wil be printed
207. out how to change te org v proportional You can change tho reference point by using the Reference Grid Each button in the grid corresponds to a point on the selected object If you want to positon the center of an object click the center paint in the point Selection grid Y E o oe ES rd im tu 4 TTT DosignContral Rotate Tab The Rotate Tab of DasignCentra allows you ta rotate shear mirror selected objects You can change tham either by dragging the objects contral points ar by changing the numerical values in DosignCentral 3 Shear the process hat distorts one object by an angle using one point a reference ha pots postin had A rectangle sheared to an angle of 5 degrees To rotate an object 1 Select the objects After selecting an existing object tha Size Rotate and Object Tabs Deaigntantal ProDeSIGN are available 2 Select the point that wil e fired during the rotation Ciieking one point on Reference Grid in DesignCentral Rotate Tab or Click and drag the Reference Point to the desired poston CTRL dragging fixes the Reference Point to fne settings on the Reference Gnd 3 Change the angie of rotation by editing the values in the entry box or dragging the Rotatian points Click the Rotate 90 degrees or Rotate 90 degrees bution to rotate the object 90 degrees counterclockw
208. output The panel can be divided in several columns and rows Each section or cal is called a Tie To specify a that wil not be output Double click or right click the Tho tle wil be disabled IN Commi Conn Couns nn Wing your Pages ProDeSIGN The Panel tab provides several tools to the job Panel Toolbar Tha tool bar provides tools to change the Panel modo and automatically text cot so mat me ts on same can be esta sea group BE Locks ne rows hal ees on a same row can be adjusted as a rou E ban ana rovs so nat me rca or rons canbe PL job ie eutomatiaty tied based on te jot size and he medla size EEN Te phi sonata based on the size ot me drawing area and Moving the Panel The panel defines the araa of design that vill be processed for output Elements of the design that are outside the bounds of the panel wil not bo printad To move the panel Resizing the Panel You can resize the panel by dragging the panel border or using the Panel Size group to numerically enter the panel size Changing the panel size with the mouse 1 Move the cursor on tap of the small red squares alang the panel border 2 Cickand drag to resize the panel Entering the panel size numerically RIFFS Te wan orte pane E height ofthe panel d magn around he panet Pa Ping your Des
209. ow Bitmaps You can create an empty white bitmap on your document and draw on it the bitmap drawing tools 1 From the Bitmap menu select Create Bitmap 2 the Width Height and the Resolution ofthe bitmap 3 Select the Color mode in the list 4 Glick Ox Converting Objects into Bitmaps You can convert veclor objects and text into bitmaps and then use bitmap fiters to apply effects The process of converting vector objects into a bitmap called Rasterization 1 Select the objects 2 From the Bitmap menu select Rastorize You can adit the following attributes Keep Orginal Chacking this option wii preserve the originai abject snow mage b placed on top ol objects Create mask When this optin is checked the shape of the new trap wil be te sre as the Resolution The reeoldon ofthe now bap Color Made The color made of te new bitmap 3 Ciekok Changing Bitmap Properties Once tho bitmap is placed in tha design area you can odit some of is Properties resolution and color mode Changing Bitmap Resolution DesignCentral Bitmap tab allows you to change the resolution of a To change the of a 1 Select the biman Select he Biimap tab in DesignCentral Select the new resolution from the PPI fields at the bottom of he 3 Check Proportional to keep ho horizontal and ver resolution he Ex Wanting win Smaps
210. port A bounding box wil be displayed key changes the position of the cursor on the bounding box kay stops te impart operation 4 Glick the design area and place the imported object Jf the fle contains fonts that are not installed in your system dialog box wil appear allowing you to select a replacement fnt 3 iie Auto place on paste and import option in Paste preferences is enabled the fie wil be imported mediately afier icing the import Mon s 3 Saving Documents To save the curent document 1 From the File menu select Save or Save as 2 it you have selected the Save as command or your are saving the document for the frst time dialog box is displayed Enter the name and the locaton thal wil be used to save the document 3 Click Save Exporting to Files To export the current document or part of it into a 1 you are exporting only part of your document select the objects that wil Ge exported 2 From the File menu select Export Working wih Fes ProDeSIGN 3 Select the fle format folder and the fle name See Appendix C Supported File Formats at page 297 for all supported fle formats The folowing options are available Selection Checks option to export only the selected objects ony Suppress Some fle formats wil how an opton dialog box before optiona exporing to a fle Crack tis oplonto bypese he options log to 4 Glick Export Sending a Job
211. r aera de 3 SF DesgnCenta for Fan DesgnCental r DesgnCeniral Tor Regiaraton Mark Advanced Borders For Advanced Borders you can adjust the Border Type Height or Width and Inner Border Width Cilek the button on left hand side of the Add button to show a ist with al avaiable border types Clck the Proportional check box lo keep the border width and height ratio constant Despena for Advanced Types Border You can create your own borders and then add tham to the border list 1 Create the border and save the fle 2 Select Advanced Border tool 3 CickAdd bution on DesignCentral Working WI Shapes aE ProDeSIGN 4 Select the fle saved in step 1 and cick Open The border is added to the list To delete a border from the list the fle from Border folder men Border List with a new custom border Parametric Shape You can adjust the Height or Width and several parameters for parametric shapes Click the Edit button to show a dialog box where you can edit all parameters ET ee DesinConiai for Parametric Shape rameter ding dialog box Page toe Working With Shapes ProDeSIGN Editing Shapes Using Control Points You can create visually complex objects by using Control Points and Bezier handles Rectangle For rectangles you can drag the following control points p Hold the SHIFT key while dragging the Heigh
212. r segment uci Chane start Point tool D Ck and the saring poni ts postion A SMET Lay npg moves the ring pots an xing po 4 Ck Apply or outa nyvhare inside he design rea Separating to Closed Paths The Cleaver too separates closed paths creating new closed paths Open paths will be separated into open paths 1 Select he Cleaver Point tool 2 Glick and drag the cursor to create a cut ine SHIFT key whe dragging constans the ange of he cutine Separating to Open Paths The Scissor tool wil separate paths always creating open paths regardless of the original path was an open or closed path 1 Select the Scissors tool 2 lc and drag the cursor to create a cut ine or just click to spita path in one specific point 3 SHIFT key while dragging constrains the angle of he cutine Lx Working win Paths ProDeSIGN Breaking Paths Use this tool to separate paths al existing points 1 Select the points 2 Select the Break Path tool fl You can also use the Break Path tool to cut ane specific point in your path 1 Select the Break Path tot Ff 2 Glick the cursor over the path Joining Paths Use this ool to join two points separated by gap 1 Select the points Select tho Join Path tool Ff Adjust the Tolerance value in DesignCentral Points that are separated beyond this distance are not joined 4 Cick Apply double click anywhere inside the desi
213. ra Warning win XI ProDeSIGN Changing Bitmap Color Mode change the color mode used by a bitmap 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu point to Color and than select the new calor mode Using the Bitmap Toolbar All bimap editing tools are located TV ihe Bitmap Edit toolbar DENN eS rom To display this toolbar from the Biman Edr ober Bitmap menu select Bitmap Edit Toolbar Select the manu command second ime to hide the toolbar tools wi not be avaiable for some color modes Defining Marquees Marquees select part of the image and alow that part to be edited The marquee can have any shape and its border is marked by a flashing dotted lino with a marquee Selecting the Entire Bitmap define the entire bitmap as a marquee 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu select Marquee Select All Using the Marquee Too Tho Marquee tool selects rectangular portions of the bitmap 1 Select the Marquee too and drag the cursor over the bitmap After creating one marquee you can add or subtract areas a Hold the SHIFT key while dragging to add additional sections of the bitmap to the selection marquee b Hold the CTRL key while dragging to subtract sections of the bitmap from the selection marquee 4 Once drawn click inside the marquee and drag it to move the marquee tothe desired positon Page
214. ral the Brush Tab you can select the shape and the size of the brush Far more details see Changing the Brush on page 168 In the Eraser Options Tab you can adjust Opacity percentage mage thatwitte 2 removed by each pas of eraser SD uec Mel Nm Boll Erase toi checked te eraser wit remove oniy he origina changes ta returning tto le ial siate To erase a bitmap 1 Select the bitmap 2 Select the Eraser oo E 3 Cickand drag inside the marquee 3 Use the Undo feature to remove bimap edhing errors Tonina wih Ba Pages ProDeSIGN Using the Paintbrush The Paintbrush too paints brush stokes on a bitmap The folowing options are available in DesignContrat the Brush Tab you can select the shape and the size of the brush Far more details soo Changing the Brush on page 168 in the Paintbrush Options Tab the Opacity determines the percentage of each stroke that wil be 4 added to the bimap image Lower numbers wil MENS create transparent strokes wm SoS m SoS m Se S TII Sup To draw tok using the Paintbrush tool 1 Select the bitmap 2 Select the Paintbrush too fl 3 Select the foreground color you want to paint in 4 Cickand drag Using the Pencil Tool The Pencil tool will create freehand les on a bimap using the foreground color Following options aro available in DesignCentra
215. range 264 compounding or Page spacing 269 Garver to paths do shapes 168 converting to underbase 195 paintbrush too 164 copying 52 palette deleting 75 swatch table E eskewing Ei 14 72 panel size 285 duplicating 3 parallel settings 285 tering parametric shapes 104 by color 18 Paste 62 grouping 66 paste special 6 docking E Path text m masking E paths 137 mirroring ase adig points 151 moving 58 aligning points 145 nesting 7s applying length and angie 3 EEE ProDeSIGN 147 print marks 2m2 breaking 153 color 21 change direction 144 wat zn change start point 154 print options 269 creating 138 print preview 213 cating 152 print to desktop printer 213 direction 16 print while RIPing 251 eating 2 printer s marks Soe prin marks join paths 153 printing a the 289 make are 150 Printing color separations 276 make right angie 154 Production Manager 249 optimize by 3 point are 150 setup 251 optimize by curve 149 saving jobs 258 optimize by smooth arc 149 setup 245 reduce points 150 setup a network 246 remove tiny objects 154 pure hue settings 211 removing points 151 radiant stripes 187 removing Seltntersections random diftusion 267 151 rasterize 158 repeating ur ratio calculation 40 rounding comers 148 rectangles dor electing 141 editing 105 separating to open paths 152 redirecting jobs 259 sharpening cor
216. rber Edge repstaton locate along th center of he lower edge Spacal regaraton mar tor Fargo impress Lj m Spacal regsaton mark tar Maaki EX cotes Special registration mark tar Maaki EX EM Special registration mark tar Surnmagra nke eters One set for all checked only one set of regisraton marka wl be copies print tor tne antze Job Send Specify how the job wil be sent to the output device Aa hybrid jab Senda both p nlog and cating data as a single iT opten aan ead tng As separate joba Sands pring and cuting dala separate b Sve option avallabie you use erent vies for cutting nd png Print job only Sends oniy the printing job Contourjob only Sends oniy the cating job Cutting the Contour on a Hybrid Device 1t you are using a hybrid device the contour wil be cut automaticaly atier printing Cutting the Contour As a Separate Job you send the print and cut data as separate jobs the software wil output the print job first The cut job wil be put in the queue of the Selected cutting device and it status wil be set la Holding You hen load the output medium from the printer into the cutting device and send the cut job lo the device order for the contour to ine up properly the print job you must align the cut job tothe printed output using either automatic alignment or manual alignment Cutting the Contour on a Cutter with Automatic Alignment
217. re te dierent than hose ne orgnal image n mis method he program Inds he most dominant dormant Sr ne ts u i he method you spec how many colors you wantin pomerzed resu Tha method s lower bul he rents much bei han ne Fasi mats Tha eod recommended boh or scanned pots The lation of vs method tat f you havea iue with many background colors such as many shades of ue ne sy 1e program may preter ose t me foreground n this method you not only decide how many colors you want but you actualy coor a ba image Winen you choose the Manual metod he cursar changes to a poete iol Cac colors in he image you want in he results Any calor you cick na add othe oo lat in he dialog yo picked color by mistake you can select color In log and press he DELETE key to remove fromthe it Merge Colors After you posterizo the image you may want to gel rid of some colors For example an area in tne image which looked Orange may become mixture pattem of yellow and red ater posterization In this case You con merge these two colors in order to get one sold color for the whole area To merge colors 1 From the ist of colors in the dialog select the colors you want to merge together Use SHIFT and CTRL keys to select multiple colors The color you want to be the result of the Merge must be selected last The result of the mer
218. rea 4 Adjust the placehcider s attributes in DesignCentral Template Tab 5 You can add other objects other than placeholders Every abject avaiable in your software lke bimap text and shapes can bo used in a template 6 From the File menu point to Templates and then click Save as Template The template has been created Template objects can be masked colored and have an effect applied to them Working wit Fi ES ProDeSIGN Editing Existing Templates You can modly an existing template 1 Fram the Fil Template menu point to Templates and then click Open Select the template in the ist Aust he placehalder s attributes in DesignCentral Template Tab 4 From the File menu point to Templates and then click Save Template or Save as Template The Save Template command wil save the current template Save as Template wi save the template in a new fle Changing Placeholders Attributes in DesignCentral Each placeholder will have dierent fields in the DesignCentral Template Tab For Drawing placeholder E wer otie ring placeholder Dose E te dain Auto Orientation Chackt automaticaly change the orientation of he drawing t math he original For Used Color placeholder Im Wan of me Uses Color pacar E ee 1 Fontana syle used in the calor desorption EE z REBT E See ot tne tort used in color descripto per ine
219. rect for your output device using the output profiles The Input Profile tab in the Color Settings dialog allows you to set he input ppm proies that are used Aamin memean men fus The ees pu poles shoud omms cs match the output devices re either monitor or a at printer used the gate ration of the fies pam Ja In this dialog box select the folowing setings ROB Select ihe RGB protle that matches the source of mapes CMYK Select he CMYK polo that matches te source af images Grayscale Select he proie that matches he source of grayscale Images You can ade additional profi by clicking the Add bution Contiguing the System for Color Printing ProDeSIGN Setting the Display Profiles You emulate the output color your computer monitor in a process called Soft Proofing in order for this emulation io be accurate as possible you have to set the appropriated protlas in the Display Settings tab of Color Settings dialog Monitor Select he protte that matches your computer mont inter Sect e printer that wll be used grint your design Check Soh preserves white ia emate the wite ponto Te paper Selecting Rendering Intents Rendering intent specifes how color space from the input fle gels mapped to the color space of the output device Rendering intents can be specified for four different types o
220. rger te parameter value Pe nore Junctions wl be However you working with an image that have ot of dose ines you wil want to keep the smal Shortest Tis option only apples when using Outline Thick cenierine icons leftovers ae ends Joining Patha When creating a centerine you can select how you contours created The resus ol he ook he same no matr which opto lil zz necessary This option wi generate the longest possi contours fh a most papular pion because tmnimizes Te amaire of icon engraver wll have to make Page mae RependlrE Tracing Features ProDeSIGN Automatic This option wi et your sofware determine what The Outline Thick Areas opion defauts lobe Automate song Manual When his selected he Line Width value Line Width This feld tels he program to canterine anything inal han tu value any Ierger Enhancement when using Outline Thick Areas you can tell the rogram what veciorization use onthe ties See Tracing Blmaps on page 172 about Bezier Comers or Curves vacinas Options This button is oniy valable when Corners la selected in Enhancement la See Using Enhanced Corners Tracng on page 301 about he racing poportas of Enhancement acing Reset Resets the vac parameters to thelr det valo 4 Glick OK Using Color Vectorization
221. rk with larger fles and Keep our processing ime to a minimum Recommended System Requirements Pentium 1350 Mrz I 266 Mes Install Space 200 Mbytes Working Disk Space Windows B81 MET Sperating 08x 104 System Windows 20007 200891 os 4x CORON or DVD Drive Free USBorLPTPonfor Free USB Port for erate key hardware key Avaiatia Pon for Output Devies Windows NT 4 0 requires Internat Explorer 5 or grear amp Service Pack 4 or higher Installation Procedures The software wil not run without a hardware protection key also known as a dongle The hardware key protects the software from being unlawfully copied and must be connected to your computer whenever you use the software There are three types of hardware keys Parallel ADB and USB keys moi Paratoi key Windows key Macintosh on E ProDeSIGN Installing a Hardware Key 1 Tum off your computer 2 Plug the hardware key into the port USB LPT or ADB 3 Tum on your computer When using paralel port kaya recommend that you plug your output devie and ky n sparate parat Once the USB hardware Key diver has been installed the driver wil cause an LED built nto the key to light The USB driver is installed automatically as par of the software instalation Installing the Software Windows Follow these steps to install the s
222. rlapping objects with same color before outputing your job to a cuter For more information seo Cut Plot Wong wih ects Page ProDeSIGN Dialog Advanced Tab on page 225 default the objects wilh dierent colors wil be weld using the color lo weld objects based on their colors see Combine Effect Options on page 182 Cut Out Effect Removes tho selected overlapping araas from the bottom most object Tha effect wl be always applied ta the topmost objects Ifyou want to apply to uber objets underneath a obese fst 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Combine and then select Cut Out command Tut Out ect Common Effect Deletes ail of tho selected objects except for the overlapping area Tre eect wll be always applied to the topmost objects I you want to apply to er objet group te fp objects fest 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Combine and then select Common P d oto Object er Common affect Exclude Common Effect Deletes the overlapping area Tri elect wll be says applied to the topmost objects I you want to apply efecto aber objects umes group top objecis fst 1 Select the objects Page ta Working win Etec ProDeSIGN 2 From the Effect menu point la Combine and then select Exclude Common command okis ject er Exclude Common Fuse Effect Remo
223. roduction Manage ProDeSIGN Preventing a Tile From Being Output To prevent from being output with the rest of ha job Double click onthe tle in the preview pane Righiclck on the ile in the preview pane Select the te in the Selected Tile section of the Tile tab and clear the Print checkbox Non printing are marked with hash pallam To make a non printing tle printable again Double click right click the again to toggle back on Select the te in the Selected Tile section of the Tie tab and check the Print checkbox in each job must always remain printable If you iry to st all to nan printing one of the tes wil become printable again Printing a Tile Map The software can print out a map showing how the job wil be broken up into tes Each has the tle number printed within outline To print map 1 Click the Print Tile Map button on the Tile tab Production Manager TERIS ProDeSIGN 2 Select the printer you want o use to print the tle map it you woul like to send the map 1o desktop ce network frst fora printer than select hat setup here 3 Cropping a Job To crop out part of a job so that it wil Gyi not be ouput 1 Open the Job Properties dialog for the job 2 Select the Tiling Proview view of the job 3 Drag the rad cropping handles that the unwa
224. rogram with your main password you should then launch the Password Installer to add any addtional passwords you may have Application Password This is your main application password for software LI Thataling the Software ProDeSIGN Option passwords If you have purchased addtional options you may enter the option passwords to this fid la upgrade your software Note Make sure that the software is not running when you add a new password To add additional passwords 1 Launch the Password Installer 2 Your main application password wil appear in the top section 3 Add your additional passwords to the optional password section by Clicking the Add button and entering the password into the dialog When you have finished your password should appear in list in the optional password feid Ting the Sofware Pages ProDeSIGN LI Telling he Sofware ProDeSIGN 2 Getting Started The ilustration below shows some of the basic elements of your software sta d Elements of your Software Toolbars Toolbars are set of commands grouped according to their funcion BE x aS Standerd tober To show or hide a toolbar 1 From the View menu select Toolbars 2 Check or uncheck the toolbars that you want to show or hide Or in Windows 3 Right dick the area around the design area where the toolbars are docked 4 In the menu select
225. rom the Edit menu select Delete Select the job then click on the Delete button in the toolbar Right click the job then select Delete from the context monu Setting Job Properties The Job Properties dialog allows you to edit large number of setings hat control how a job wil be output See ating Job Properties page 259 for details Processing Jobs Once the server receives a job it can be RIPed and printed Moving jobs to a Different Output Device To move a job to different output device setup do one of the following Select the joo and select Move from the File menu then select he new setup and cick OK Click and drag the job onto the icon for the new output device s in tha Setup Pane RiPing Jobs To RIP a job do ono of the folowing Select the joo and from the File monu select RIP Drag the job into the RIP Queue with the mouse Once a job is moved into the RIP Queue it wil automaticaly be RIPed if has not been RIPod previously Right click the job and select RIP from the context monu Jobs in the RIP Queue wil process in the order of the Job Priority Seting in their Job Properties When multiple jobs with the same priority aro waiting in the queue th job that was received frst wil process fst Printing Jobs To print a job do one of the folowing Select he joo and from the File menu select Print Right click ho job and select Print from the context menu
226. rs have dots on ha oh seo ih swath Process color Spot coior Duotone color E Coler Values The color values for selected The parametere ary scoring othe color mode salted Corio Vendar Type Pat and Comments defned la the Sate Tato Use Color iis opten ie selected te stings iom me color Management management system are usd 10 print a cor You San dierent Color Pros and Rendered Intent tor each color Creating New Colors Using Color Specs 1 Click New 2 Change the color name and enter the values in Color Info 3 Select the color mode from the list 4 Adjust the new color Enter the numerical values or click the up down arrows on the right side of the numerical fald Glick and drag the mouse over the calor picker located at the bottom of the dialog box When you locate the color you want release the mouse button Cick the color swatch located on the right side of color made field The standard Color Setting dialog box s displayed While adjusting the colors the swatch wil show the original calor on the top and the new color on the bottom E oe You can also measure a new color with a measuring device and use the measured color values Click the Measure bution EI Working win Color ProDeSIGN The measurement device can be defined i the Edi menu pointing 10 Prelerences bon selecting Meter Options the Too Tab Deleting Colors Using Col
227. s The frst line consists of the section header CAS Fonts Al other ines are font entries Each font entry is on its own line A font entry consists of the name of the font exactly as it appears in Inspire or CASmate flowed by an equal sign Font entries are case sensitive Tho folowing is an example of casfopenist fle Paget Working win Tot ProDeSIGN Modifying the Fonts in Use The software allows you to determine which of the fonts on your system wl be loaded when tha software stars up To modify the selection of fonts the software wil load from tho Text menu selec Font then Modify Lorem ipsu Due te tes E A plece of samo text in he selected font is displayed at te bation of he To unload a font select itin the Selected Fonts and dick Remove To load a font select itin the Removed Fonts ist and cick Add To unload ali fonts dick Remove All To add all fonts click Add All 3 Ta apply the selected font to the current text object cick Apply The dialog wa ose and e font wl be applied Tona win Text Pages ProDeSIGN Paget Working win Text ProDeSIGN 12 Working with Paths A path consists of one more straight or curved segments and can be Open or Closed When you have more than ane segment in one path the segments are separated by a Control Point The positon of the Control Point determines the shape of the adjacent segments On curved
228. s 41 rounding comers 148 snap and grid 1 Soft proof 17 same size E sole fi 32 Saturation rendering intent 211 Spacing beween pages 209 save to fle 218 spacing objects E Saving documents 24 Special characters 129 saving screen option presets specifying degree of precision 280 250 scanning bitmaps 157 spall checking 124 Scanvec Amiabie color Spot color management system 268 rendering intent 21 scissors 152 spot colors 240 Sereen 267 converting lo process 276 Sera bare 13 stamp too der search and replace 123 starburst 102 Searching colors 87 eating 107 Select al 56 staring point changing 151 select by atiibuies 55 status bar 13 select similar color ss stop and repeat 63 Select tool 53 stripes affect ias select within El stroke properties r1 Selecting similar objects 54 styles seleing wih Designer 50 graphic 198 Selection modes 131 sending to EnRoute supported formats 297 Separate overlap ef c 181 Swatch table separating effects 179 Swatch ables Separation between bs 204 eating settings 257 reordering Sating default job properties Saving 262 system requirements 1 seting job properties 261 settings setups templates 33 activating 253 temporary ies 251 deleting 253 test jobs 260 desktop 252 te m eating 253 barcodes 128 Selecting 253 block 3 Page sis ProDeSIGN block size 127 overlap marks
229. s tor ns e Tona win Text TASSE ProDeSIGN As default Kering ls used al tes in Define Keming dialog box you type a new pair of characters 4 Drag the character in Define Kerning dialog box or enter a value in Kerning fe The kerning defnad in Em uns An Em spaces equa to the with of Mt Ine selected font 5 Glick OK Breaking and Joining Text You can break text with multiple lines in individual lines of text and also join several ines of text ABCD s ABCD EFGH IJKL mm TOR L Text with m ltpie ines Test with individual Ines To break tert 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu select Break Apart e sect De Mi speed nd To jin several lines 1 Select the text blocks you would to join 2 From the Text menu select Join Together Working win Text ProDeSIGN Changing Text Orientation Changes vertical text to horizontal and vice versa 1 Select the text 2 From the Text manu point to Text Orientation and then select Horizontal or Vertical the menu apaan Adjusting Text Block Size To speciy the text height and with 1 Select the text From the Text menu select Text Spacing Enter the desired text Width and Height When Adjust word spacing only is checked only the spaces between words are increased or decreased If there are spaces in the text the width wil remain unchanged When Proportional is checke
230. sing Contains templates Contains font tles in URW format Page E Appendix ProDeSIGN Appendix C Supported File Formats File formats supported in design application Fle Format Extension impen Spot ne Prosar 7 5 45 ACAD Drug on TS ars as CoreDRAW Drawing CorebRAW Echange Mee 56 Dial Poter Langage OM Drang Exchange Ne E Nur wes LEKE Buke as Padara Grapes Tea tale Lavage HPOL Hew Graphics Twa taker wer rogo PCL Pasar Expos Pa We PEG sok Fae 15 Kodak Pad I Maceo PCT Portable Network Graphics Wer Pho Supported Fie Formats Page ar ProDeSIGN Fle Format Exwnsion Import Export POF 20 35 aps 3 zo 25 Tag Image Fle Format TIFF Netw Windows ap Bap Nee Noe Zo PG Pe File formats supported in Production Manager File Format Exension impo Export domi Photograph Expos 7 Group PEG w Naw Parable Document Format Pa uo 30 Windows mo ative Fies E
231. t These setings are known as document preferences EE Gating Started ProDeSIGN To change the program preferences from the Edit menu select Preferences General Tab In this dialog box you can set the general attributes of your software Maximum Undoedo Selection Tolerance Constrain save every Trash Capacity Precision Restore Defaults Determines he number of operations stored in the undo redo Smaler values ne fed use teas memory Determines how close the cursor must be fom the object lo select a larger value makes it easier select Sets the constrain angle when you rotate an object with he SHIFT kay pressed Tha rotation bo performed in increments defined by th el Open documents wil be periodically saved You can speaty the me period between saves Number of objects mat can bo saved in the vash layer burton to restore the default setings for above Preferences File Path Tab In this dialog box you can set the default folders used in your software Document Temporary Fies Adobe Plug Restore Defaults The defaut tider used to store your documents The default used to creste temporary ties It you have multiple hard disks select a folder in ho hard ok Wah more frae space avaan 1 you have te Adobe Photoshop installed spect here feider where he plugins are stored Ck mis buton to change the folder ok tis butt
232. t or Width control points to resize proportional Circle Depending on which method you aro using you can drag the following control points while creating a circle Center and the Radius First and second points First second and third points stn ice wing he 3point Creating acide using Center and Radius Working Win Shapes x ProDeSIGN Oval Far ovals you can drag the following control points Fay Holding down the SHIFT whie dragging the Height Width control wan points wll make the resizing proportional Polygon For polygons you can drag the following control points and handles V L See Polygon aararaggng he Bend fatal pont Hold the CTRL key while dragging the Size control point to keep the plygon s positon Hold the CTRL key while dragging the Bend control paint to restore the polygon toits original shape Hold the SHIFT key while dragging the Bend handle to move the opposite handle in tha same direction Hold the CTRL key while dragging the Bend handle to keep the opposite handle stationary Lx Working With Shapes ProDeSIGN Starburst You can drag the folowing points on a Starburst via Statut start both Bend contol pants The Size and the Bend control points behave the same way as explained for the polygon in previous item Fan You can drag the following points on a Fan shape
233. tae Working win Text ProDeSIGN Using Automatic Kerning Your software contains several kerning setting options 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu point to Kerning and then select the desired kering seting ABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDEF Using Manual Kerning Sometimes you only need to adjust the kerning between a single set of characters To change the kerning ofall text 1 Select the text 2 Change the value of the Tracking field on the DesignCentral Character Tab To change the kerning between two characters 1 Click the Text lool between two characters 2 Adjust tne kerning by changing the value of the Tracking fld on DesignCenial Character Tab CTRL and right arrow left arrow keys narrows or widens the ering Defining Kering instead of setting the kerning each time you create design you can change the default kerning for a pair of characters for one font By seting up a table of kerning pais for your frequently used fonts you ensure hal they wil look right every ime you use B The kering sped nere sed by hia program and wi not affect or be uted by other appcates To define kering for a specific set of characters 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu select Default Kerning 3 Select where the keming wil be stored Selection is used oniy for selected text Indocument Kerming is sod for al text that is using this font Sa pair of charactr
234. te the baseline Creating the baseline Destewed mage Duplicating Objects There are several ways to duplicate an object Duplicating Objects by Dragging The easiest and fastest way to create ona copy of the object select the object and drag wih CTRL key pressed SHIFT key whle dragging restrains the postion ofthe copy KCN zem ranging EI ProDeSIGN Duplicating Objects Using Copy and Paste This method is recommended when you want to make several copies in different places 1 Select the objects 2 From the Edit menu select Copy command or press CTRL C 3 From the Edit menu select Paste command or press CTRL V 4 Move the cursor to position the copy and click Click TAB key changes the cursor positon in the bounding box ESC kay exits ihe paste process ENTER to place the kk diu Sometimes you want to create copies with a specific distance from the original object In this case you must change the preferences frst 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences 2 Select Tools Tab 3 Select Paste tool from the list on left side of dialog Check Auto place on paste and import option 5 Set ihe distance whee the copies wil be poste om original object Once the preferences are set 6 Select the objects T From the Edit menu select Copy command or press CTRL C 8 From the Edit menu select Paste command or press CTRL V Kk Copy the object
235. ted on the left side of tha name ta select it Clicking on expands the list and show all the Types for the vendor ER eoim on rr itia En CQ Fears Ci sonet Setar 1 GoM Scoltband 2 SE ooi v M Scotts 0 Fef 3 Yau can select mulie Vendor and Type 3 Select the tolerance for the search from the list 4 Glick Search The closest matches for the selected cor are splayed on bottom athe sereen When you sect cor om e le Whle adusta he olor amaton wil show ta color you are looking for on he t and e color found n Color on Botan ee m Select the color from the list Click Replace to replace the color selected on step 2 wilh the new olor found in tha Color Library Click Add to add tho new colar in the Swatch Table Creating Color Swatch Tables The software has the abiity to automatically create the folowing types of swatch tabes Duotone This svatchtabe shows al ofthe dutone that can be created using the spot orm your current palete CMYK swateh table shows al ofthe CMY color range of black aues EI Working win Color ProDeSIGN current swatch tab Pate curent ps sng of a the colors To create a swatch table 1 From the View menu select Create Swatch then either Duotone CMYK or Current Palette 2 Adjust the folowing setings in DesignCo
236. tem Any Taure of Licensee 10 comply with te provision material breach Gf NS End User Agreement NEITHER LICENSOR NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES MAKES OR PASSES ON TO LICENSEE OR OTHER THIRD PARTY ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF LICENSORS THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS 8 Licensee i hereby noted that Adobe Systeme Incorporated Corporation lasted at 345 Park Avenue San dose CA 95110 270 CAdobe is beneficiary 1o ts Agreement 10 the extent that s Agreement Contains provaions wach reta fo Licensee s use ofthe Software Coded Font Programa the Typefaces and the Trademarks tensed hereby Such provisions are made expressly fr tha benefi of Adobe and are enorastia Robe in adaton 10 10 he Adobe Postscript interpreter an implementation of LZW kconsad under U S Patent 8 558 302 The Adobe PostSerp Interpreter also refered to a CPS ie proved am ae amp bass Scanves Amiable ho not Fesponsibie tor any damages arising rom Re use of the program however caused and on any theory of abi Vence Agreement Fagen ProDeSIGN ProDeSIGN 1 Installing the Software Before you begin insaling the software read the hardware requirements below For optimal performance we suggest that your system meet the recommended requirements As wih all computer sofware systems with faster processors more RAM and greater amounts of Storage space allow you to wo
237. ter Color Made Stat he color made hat matches the iks set nthe prier Tho mage wa be printed thing a combeaton of cyan ode an tack The be printed yet d be DIY procesa iac Grayscale The be printed a ect ny eno Resolution Dither ype ProDeSIGN cmYKLelm pus Light Cyan and Lont Magenta Tha color mede proves smoother radatona between Shades of colors cuvkorar CMYK pus Orange and Green Inks Tie color mode provides er orange and green colors than CMYK sone produce emYKLelmorar Light Cyan Light Magenta Orange and rean CMYK Light Cyan Light Medum Cyan and Medium Magenta ni cuvikicumorar CMYK pus Modum Cyan Medium Magenta Orange and Green inks Pigment based ink Dye based ink Indicates degrees of variable Select he output resolution A higher DPI value improves the resolution af the job but sows oum tho output Select he dithering tor he output Dither Type he patem in which the indvidual dots that make an mage are applied to he media Each diner ype has aovanagee in terma of quay and RP speed The default ther type usualy the best sening for your machine Tho sowara offers several dithering options to opimize your ouput Ususiy cualty and spood are i vadet wiih KF Dison ofer honest quality and
238. ter creating the underbase the underbase and the objects joined together into compound object Creating a Variable Underbase To create a variable underbase for one or more objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu select Underbat Underbase 3 Select the Resolution that the underbase wil be applied at This should match the resoluion supported by your output device Variable 4 Select the color of the underbase from the ist 5 cick Apply After creating the underbase the underbase and the objects joined together into compound object Removing an Undorbaso To remove an underbase 1 Select the compound object containing the abject and its underbase 2 From the Effect menu select Clear Underbase The underbase is removed and tho objects are normal objects again Separating an Underbase From the Objects It Was Based On separate an underbase from the objects it based on 1 Select he compound object containing the object and its underbase 2 From the Effect menu select Separate Underbase The underbase becomes a separato abject and the objects it was based on become normal objects again Making a Vector Object into an Underbase To make a vector object into an underbase 1 Select the object 2 From the Arrange menu select Underbase then Make Underba Working wih Effects TASSE ProDeSIGN gp 3 Select the color ofthe underbase
239. th Shapes Shapes are closed objects such as the rectangles starbursts and polygons You can create a shape freehand or by specifying the size The folowing standard shapes aro available in your sofware rectang toa E oua Advanced torte tool KI rayon EE Parametric Shape toot ZS starburst toot BE Registration Mark tot rans cise tat Creating Shapes Allo the shapes may be drawn freehand 1 Select the desired shape too 2 and drag the cursor in the design area The rectangle and the 4 arrow are ony fr ilustatve purposes and are mob actualy displayed while you create a shape J m For some shapes the SHIFT and CTRL keye during dragaing acts snape trenton For more detala see th destipton below oud ach shape Release the mouse button Adjust the shape s properties from DesignCentral 5 M you want o add another shape with the same size cick again in the design area Wanting Win Shapes E ProDeSIGN Holding SHIFT or CTRL While Creating Rectangles and Ovals Hold the SHIFT key down while dragging to constrain the rectangle or oval to a square or circle Hold the CTRL key down while dragging to draw a rectangle or oval from its center Brag wielding SHIFT wha hating the CTRL Rey y Holding SHIFT or CTRL While Creating Polygons Hold the SHIFT key down to create an irregular polygon within a rectangle d
240. the color patch and drag to the palette You can place the color at any location on tna palette wit Color T ProDeSIGN Adding New Colors Using Color Specs 1 Open the Color Specs dialog box 2 Create a new color or add from an existing Color Library See Using Color Specs on page 85 for more information about the Color Specs Adding New Colors From Color Libraries 1 From the View menu point to Color and thon select Open Table or Import Table command If you select Open Table or Load Table all colors in the Swatch Table aro replaced by the colors from the Color Library If you select Import Table or Merge Table the colors from the Color Library are added to the existing Color Swatch 2 Select the Color Library fle More Color Libraries can be found in Swatch folder 3 Open button All colors from selected Color Library are added to the Color Swatch You can also add colors from a Color Library using the Color Spec soe Color Specs Library Tab on page 87 for more dela Merging Used Colors From a Document into tho Swatch Table If youve created number of custom colors but have not added them to he palet you can use the Merge From Document command The document will be scanned and all of the colors found wil added to the Swatch Table f your document has gradient fils they wil aiso be added From the View menu point lo Color and then select Merge from Document c
241. the horizontal vertical or diagonal dimensions of ihe design or label an object Tho lines and labels can be output to a printer or cutter For more details sea RIP and Print Dialog Advanced Tab on page 236 or Cut Plot Dialog Advanced Tab on page 228 Measuring Distances Use the Measure tool when you need to know the distance between two points in your design To measure the distance between twa points 1 Select Measure tool 2 Cick and drag the cursor dust ecko show a poston of ona pointin your design Once you release the mouse button Design Central displays the following information ET MEM ps tmn of the ine that ba ating and ard DesignCentral for Measuring a Working win Weasuremenis and Cabe Page as ProDeSIGN Creating Dimensioning Lines The Dimension tool allows you to 4 creata dimensioning lines between wo pomis in your design The dimension ies be horizontal Vertical or diagonal I When you creating a dimension label the Snap to Point feature is automaticaly enabled y p oF pa To create a dimension line 1 Slt he Dimension E I WA 2 Click the point where the dimension line will start As you move the cursor line displays the direction you are moving When you are creating a diagonal dimension ine SHIFT key
242. the selected jects wl have an inner contour cf he Tha option ls mof avalabe or Epse or Rectangle mode OPO OPO Contour with Holes Contour Without Halas AED TENE doct type specty now me comers are contoured Working win Etec ProDeSIGN Adjusting Contour Cut Using Control Points When you apply an outina a reference ine is displayed with control points You can adjust some of the above felds dragging the control Points Contour mode Rectangle iode Transforming an Object into a Cutting Line 1 you need a cutting line with a special shape you can create vector object and transform t into cung ine A fan shape converted into acting Ine To convert a vector abject into cutting ine 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Contour Cut and then select Contour Cut The objects outline color wil change to a light gray indicating that has been converted to a cutting line Even after being converted cutting ine the object will have its original attributes To convert the cuting line back o a vector object 1 Select the outing tne 2 From the Arrange monu point to Contour Cut and then select Release Contour Cut Wong wih ects LE ProDeSIGN Page E Working win Effects ProDeSIGN 15 Working with Measurements and Labels The software allows you to measure label and dimension objects By using the measuring tools you can indicate
243. tion In the example below text was selected and the same size was s in DesignCental Tex Haight a Xa 1 DesirCental IA The helat of latter was set as a reference Based on height of The hot of letter X s exacty the size sped in DesignCental example wil be proportional resized IB The night of lator a was set as a reference in Based on height of he eight of trai exact th size specified 1 and al onar latiers ke the X proporionaly resized IC Seting Use font height a Font size ln Preferences The height of he Tonta angina Bounding Box has 1e siza specfed DesgnCenta Widthitracking word spacing You can choose to show this value in DesignCentral in actual size or as a percentage Smooth edges of screen fonts If you want your text to appear With smoother edges on the screen check his option While Smooth edges of screen fonts option does make the characters appear smoother it creates a discrepancy between the displayed size Sooty actual size of the characters Some characters show a red border when selected This border is the Actua ine that wil be outputted Working with Fonts Installing Fonts im your software you use TrueType Adobe Type 1 FSfont and URW fonts Installing TrueType Fonts To install TrueType fonts copy the font fles into the operating system s Fonts directory Consult your operating system documentation for
244. tion 267 convert to outines 140 modes 265 converting marques fo shape calor bands 275 162 olor inversion 193 convering objects i shapes color aries 82 109 eating by measurement 84 converting shape to marquee modifying 162 color ibrary converting uns E color management syslams267 copy 52 color mixer T8 comer marks color mode 360 comer radius 101 olor modeis for bitmaps 155 comers Color Profiler 268 make right 154 color specs 85 rounding 148 calor swatches sharpening 148 calor racing Dd cost estimation E color trapping 197 creating bitmaps E colors creating now documaris 23 adding E creating swatch tables 88 dusting 215 rop marks applying 78 crop tool 365 changing 87 cropping jobs 290 changing order current palette swatch 90 olor iras 82 cusp dar modifying cut afiar printing 259 color models 77 152 correcting cut out affect 180 86 217 default 80 advanced options 225 deleting EU paneling 21 duotone cultor driver options 281 ning 87 cutter settings 270 EI der ProDeSIGN default color invert color 193 default job properties 202 lens 192 efine character 130 magniy 193 defin kerning 125 cutie 183 degree of precision 250 separate overlap 181 deleting colors 83 separating 179 deleting jobs 258 shadow 185 deleting objects 75 stipes 186 deselectal 56 transparency 192 desig
245. tion when a parar em wil be charged oniy one tme independent rom ha value set in Quanity po unt e unit of measure by which the row la such as cos square oot rper hour day week or You print let with al categories and thelr tom and types cle Print 7 Templates Templates allow you to Make multiple copies of your document using a pre defined layout Create documents such as invoices based on Job Information Creating cones ara Tho copies using the stoning panem os s Rs Wong wih Fes ES ProDeSIGN 1 necessary he originai document wi automaticaly be to ft to the space proved by na picture placeholders a lap Applying Templates To apply a template to your document 1 Open an existing document or creato new one 2 From the File menu point to Templates and then click Apply Template 3 Choose the template from the ist The templates are named following the convention 2 4x 5 2 25x3 5 4 2x25 4 Choose Select 5 document wil be created using tho template and tha original document en a 1o a document any denos elon Setting the Default Template To select the template that wil ba selected by default in the Select Tamplate dialog 1 From the Edit menu select Preferences 2 Select the Tools tab of the Preferences dialog 3 Select Apply Template from the list of tocs
246. tis checked you wil see a preview 1e parameters 4 Glick Apply Level Filter This fiter shows a histogram that graphically represents the colors present in ihe image Peaks indicate color densi By moving the Sliders inwards t is possible to redefine the black and white points in the 1 Select the bitmap Page To Wartng win Smaps 4 ProDeSIGN From the Bitmap menu point to Filters and than select Levels Adjust the fiter settings in DosignCentrat Select RGB on thelist to adjust all RGB channels at once If you want to adjust one specific color channel select Red Green or Blue and drag the sliders under the histogram or enter the values in the numeric fields Click the Auto button and the software wil automatically define the black and while point in each channel and then redistrbute the intermediate pixel values proportionately Click the Reset button to restore the sliders to their orginal postion lt When the Preview option is checked you wil see a preview while adjusting parameters Ciick Apply Color Balance Filter DesignCental shows sider bars Cyan Red Magenta Groon and Yelow Bluo for adding or subtracting color from the Image Example if you drag the Cyan Red slider to the Cyan side the amount of Cyan in Your image is increased and the amount of Red is decreased 1 2 4 Select the bitmap From the Bitmap menu point t
247. tive job Archives the print data the output device s age No preview formaton wil be ie When you add the archived back to he sofware wl nol need 1o be RIPed again before pam Sets the folders which wll be used fr the folowing Joba The tolder that job fies are stored in Temporary The olla tor temporary es that are cad fies dog ta processing of joba RIPng fes requires a signitcant amount f storage space I a ave on echte amp has a smal amount of storage space you may want to consider oiocdg the temp dreciory 10 a ave th move valable storage space RIP Band Height Sets te band size atis processed dung RIPng Smaller values large ls to RIP but wl tak lange 10 process Maximum Sets he number of obe hat can be RiPed at one time One number of RIP RIP redd required or each fle boing RiPed and one RIP read s required to generate a prevew for each Print while fis opsons selected te software wil RIP and print he job Ring Simultaneously Ring and simultaneous may aec varati performance Allow remote fs opton l selected he software wil alow Send Now and Send Now inerachvscperaton rom a remote desgn station Working with Setups Setups provide the link between the software and your output devices Each setup contains the following information The type of output device being used The method used to communicate with the device Details of how incom
248. to EnRoute If you have the EnRoute program installed on your computer the software allows you to transfer the current design direcly to EnRoute To transfer the current design to EnRoute from the File menu select Send to EnRoute Closing Documents To cose the current document 1 From the File menu select Close 2 your document have been changed since the time it was last saved dialog box is displayed asking If you want to save the current document Click Yes to save the document before closing i No to close the document without saving Cick Cancel to exit the closing procedure ProDeSIGN and Embedded Files When importing bitmap EPS or PostScript fles you can link or embed the fle into your document A link is a connection between the document and ne original fle Embedded An embedded objectis contained im your document Once a object flee embedded Pare i no longer a connecton between I and the Ne rom which came Changes to me orginal fie Pave no on me embedded abject Linked When an object s inked only a reference to the image fie is bject stored inne document The mage inbamaton remaina in the original mage fi tf he changed those changes Ww also appear in your document Since Inking toa preserves orginal atrouts of he image fe ti for co ining 3 tles aten contain an oplonal preview graphic When you ik or
249. tol point Ck and arag the animi pon Hold the Ctrl key while dragging to create copy of the original object Hold the Shift key while dragging to constrain the rotation or shear angle increments of 45 degrees Creating Mirrored Objects Use the Miror command whan you want to create mirrored objects that separated by a specifie distance 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu select Mirror command mirrored image is displayed along with a Miror Line If the mirror lie i not visible increase the distance in DesignCantral 3 Adjust the Distance in DesignCentral This value is the total distance separating the original and mirrored image Check Keep Original to create a copy of the original image E ranging Objects ProDeSIGN You can also cick and drag the control point in the middle of the Miror Line to adjust the distance and drag a point located at Miror Line s end to adjust the angle SHIFT key constrains the angle while dragging 4 Click Apply Deskewing Objects Sometimes scanned image is slanted because the original image was not properly positioned on the scanner make the image horizontal or Vertical use the Deskew command The Deskow command rotates the objects in order to make baseline horizontal or vertical 1 Select the objects 2 From the Arrange menu point to Deskew and select either Horizontal Vertical 3 Glick and drag to crea
250. ton or save the estimation values as text fle icing Export button The value wi be automatically inserta in Job info Job Tab One sample a Job Estimator Customizing Forms You can customize the existing forms to match your needs 1 From the Edit menu cick Job Estimation 2 Select the Form type that wil be changed 3 Change the form by clicking the buttons described below Working wit Fi EJ ProDeSIGN Add em ds anew tem to the st Olek mis bution and select the Category em and Type In tne dlalog box eplsyed that incurs a one time fect for the ente run af shod places such as design time check One Change hem Select one tem in he lst and ck ths button Then he Category and Type The new Ber wil the slated Select one in the at and lk ta button The tem is Sted rom the ta Deletes he Form type fom the at all changes are done click Save to save as a new form 5 Enter a that wil appear in the Form list 6 Glick OK Customizing the Item List The Estimation Editor allows you to customize your prices to correspond to your normal charges Once you make a change using fno Estimation Etor tis reflected every time you insert an item that uses the data you changes You can customize the items list to match your needs 1 From the Edit menu cick Job Estimation 2 Select the
251. traced inb objects wih diferent colors Paths crested in color racing DesignCentral has an Autotrace Tab with all the option described in Autcraca lool and a Color Trace Tab with following options striae Bitmap When tis option Is checked Pa posterzed map en Edge Finer Determines how aggressvely he appkcaton removes nose Tram the when pesanzeg None does not remove nae and the Most sening Controls he number of colors the program vil use postarza he bitmap here are several shades ots gen cobran spacing ane or Merge lato Active Merges the selected calor nt the active colar Undo Unges the last merge operation To postera and color trace bitmap 41 Select Color Trace tool 2 Adjust the tracing parameters in DesignCentral Page Wanting win maps ProDeSIGN Select the number of colors to trace You can trace the whole bitmap or parts of it by Click and drag the cursor to create a rectangular bounding box Surround the objects that you want to trace on the bitmap Hold own ho SHIFT key to create square bounding box Click the bitmap to trace just one object Click with the CTRL key passed to trace all of the bitmap 5 Ect the color palette and the posterized image as described in the next tem Click Accept el Who color racing an image you can specify the number of colors that wil be in tha Number of Posterized Colors ist
252. use Sof Proof ear Set Proar a Or Sot Poor On To accurately preview the colors you have to sel up the correct Color Profies and Rendering Intents that wil be used in printing See Configuring the System for Color Printing on page 209 for more detail Gating Started Page ProDeSIGN Filtering Objects by Color Objects may be filtered by their color in the design area For example you can show all objects using RGB color space or all green objects fiter objects using the Calor Filer 1 From the View menu select View Filter 2 Select the colors that wil be visible Cickthe color space checkbox select colors from this color space Click the specific color within colar space to select or unselect this calor Show All to select all colors from al color spaces Cick Show None to unselect all colors from all color spaces 3 cikok Fitering setings wil not be saved with your document The next ime you open this fle all objects will be visible You can also fiter objects by color using the context menu in the Color Swaten lable 1 Piace the cursor over the color in the Swatch Table 2 Rightlick the Swatch Table A menu is displayed 3 From the View menu select the fitering option The folowing options are available Hide Tia Color Objects using color wl not be vale Show This Color Objects using mis clr wi be viste Show ALEscept Ony the objects
253. vac Amiable ic Al rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored system ar any form or ty any means slacronc mechanical photocopy recording or herve without me pror wien pormesn cf he publsher Pad in te States of Amarica The mormaton i a manuals subject 1o change wihout notce and does not represent a comment on the pan of Semer Acrobat Reader Copyright 1987 2002 Adobe Systems Incorporated Al righs Teserved Adabe and Acrobat are of Adobe Systeme Incorporated wich may be regetaed in certan Jurisdictions Postscript sofware Copyright 1984 1098 Adobe Systems Incorporated Al ngis reserved FleFAMILY FieSIGN Pro FleniSIGN Plus FIexEXPERT FleniSIGN FlexLETTER FIenDESIGNER FedENGRAVE PhotoPRINT Server PholoPRINT ProcPRINT SE EnRoute Pro EnRoute Pus EnRoute EnRoute Machine Shop andlor oiher Scanvec Amiabe product referenced herein ae thar trademarks or registered wademarka of Scarves Arabie Ine stator regstered Adobe Systoms ncrported FreeHand s registered trademark of Aldus Corporation CorelDRAW ls trademark of Corel Systems Corporat n Applet imageliar Lacerter and Macintosh are regetaod ademas of Apple Computer Inc Windows is a registered trademark of Micros Corporation The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be ta ademas andior registered Wedemark of h
254. verting Objects to Marquees You can convert vector objects into marquees 1 Place the vector object over the bitmap 2 Select the bitmap and the vector object 3 From the Bitmap menu select Convert Shape to Marque Converting Marquees to Objects You can convert marquees into vector objects 1 Select the bitmap 2 From the Bitmap menu select Convert Marquee to Shape shape 10 Marguse 4 Marquee shape Editing Bitmaps Using the Move Tool The Move tool copies selected portions of bitmaps marked by marquees 1 Select the bitmap and creato a marquee 2 Select the Move tool Ni Page Tez Wartng win maps ProDeSIGN 3 Glick and drag inside the marquee and drag to a new position The image selected by the marquee is moved to a naw position leaving araa filed with the background calor Seo Background Foreground Color on paga about how to sel the background color Hold the CTRL key while dragging the marquee to move a copy of the image enciosed by the marquee wile leaving the original in its place NBS ee lt a ginal imap wire Aferdragging the Atar dragging ihe marquee marquee nih Move tool marquee wih Move tool nd CTRL Using the Eraser Tool The Eraser tool is used to remove unwanted parts of a bitmap to restore an edited bitmap to its original mage or fil an area with the background color Tho Eraser too has the folowing options in DesignCeni
255. ves all ofthe object the top layer except for the overlapping area The object onthe lower layer remains intact and the fused portion retains original color Tha effect wl be alaya appl ta the topmost objects you want to apply to dihar objec underneath a top objects tat Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Combine and then select Fuse Separate Overlap Effect Creates new objects from overlapped areas of selected objects 1 Select the objects 2 From the Effect menu point to Combine and then select Separate Overlap command onore is Objects ator Overlap effect Wong wi ects TAGS ProDeSIGN Combine Effect Options You can contro the combine effect by changing the combine options To change the combine options From the Effect menu point to Combine and then select Combine Options command or 3 From the Edit menu select Preferences 2 Select Tools Tab 3 Select Combine Options from the son left side of the dialog You can adjust the following options When tha option is selected the object that you used to cut out another abject CE Sejm yau aaa ope dp tend Ps pe rana once n Ksp aut pet OFF Check this option to weld objects in groups based on thelr color oes CA VES La A A N PK S J D m Lx Working win Etec ProDeSIGN Using the Outline Effect Your software allows you to pla
256. w all he dots in your teat uten itis Empty Dots selecle Empty dots arent output ca Check to force Braile coing to comely wth he Standard Calfria Bralle standard diameter of each dot eat Clk is button t eit the original test Comente button to convert Bralle taxt back to text fon Working With Barcodes You can convert normal text into Barcodes using Code 29 or Extended Code 39 39 is an alphanumeric bar code It can encode numbers 0 9 the uppercase alphabet AZ Space and the some symbols IF you need lowercase laters there is also an Extended Code 39 that encodes the 128 character ASCII character set by paring existing Code 39 characters Converting Text to Barcode 1 Select the text 2 From the Text menu point to Barcode and then select Barcode39 or Barcoded9 Extended from the Page Working win Text ProDeSIGN Once converted to Barcode the text nt be resized or edid Arc and Path text not be converted o Barcode Converting Barcode to Text 1 Select the Barcode 2 From the Text menu select Barcode to Text 123 00 Barcode Tab in DesignCentral When a Barcode is selected DesignCentral displays the Barcode Tab and the Barcode Text Tab with the folowing atibutes and commands E EU e faded EEE Wean ota raon oar BTS aroe nek MENU _ Wehrato between wide and narrow bars fos Weh rat
257. y Front Heip Outputorivers Plugins Used as default folder by Production Manager when you aa Contains the advanced border shapes see page 192 Contains font tles In Casont format Contains color printer ars Contains tho characters defned by user see page 130 Contains deny adjustment fies There aro subfolders fr sach reto manufacturer and pinter moda ire nay ies usea by spa checter se paoe Contains te import fiters Contains the forms used in Job estimaton Contains font tles in Font format Contains Help manual and read me ties Contains ICC Catbraton fies There are sufoides for Sach reto manufacturer and printer model Used by Producton Manager to store Job flea There are subfolders tor each primar manufacturer and printer model Contains the CSM and DLL drivers for printers and plotters Contains DLL modules used by your software Not used Contains tha workspaces tlas used to define the user eric Seepage 20 Page as Program Samples Shape Styles Swatch Temp Templates URWFonts ProDeSIGN Contains modules of your program Contains sample fles in several formats FS TIFF JPEG EPS ele Contains the defintion les for parametric shapes See page 104 Contains the text deed by user See page 132 Contains tha swatch tables and color brates See page Contains temporary flee created during proces
258. y areas that are wider than specified width This tool is useful for producing neon patiems routing and engraving paths Only black and white bitmaps can be traced using Centerline trace Farg E ng ae DesignCentral has an Autotrace Tab with all the options described for the Autotrace tool and a Centerline Tab withthe folowing options Steps Minimum size to be outlined Close Paths Crestes a separate closed shape n esc enclosed Cutie large When mis option is chacha larger objects will be traced objects tend of a centering Color The color of he resulting vector objects centerina trace bitmap 1 Select Conterine Trace toot 2 Adjust he parameters in DesignCanta You can race the whole bitmap or parts ol it Click and drag the cursor to create rectangular bounding box Surround the objects that you want to trace on the bitmap Hold XO Wanting wih maps ProDeSIGN down the SHIFT key to create square hounding box Click the bitmap to trace just ane object Click with the CTRL key prossed to trace all of the bitmap Using PictureCut Tracing The PictureCut tool applies a striping effect to a bitmap The process ces the image with a seres of hanzontal or vertical stripes of varying widths The stripes wil be joined into several groups each with their wn tab In order ta aid Ine weeding process fi li VAN Oral Ima Vertealsiipes vested

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