What's New in QuarkXPress 8
The QuarkXPress 8 software introduces PANTONE color library
support and an updated user interface.
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PANTONE color library support: The color library includes added
support for the latest color systems from Pantone (PANTONE
®
Goe
™
Bridge coated). Prinergy 4.1.2.1 and 5.0 ships with PANTONE
Goe color libraries.
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User Interface: Although the user interface is somewhat updated,
most of the Quark user experience has changed little from previous
versions, ensuring easy transition to the new product
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Added features, for example, Bezier drawing tools, grid tool, super
step-and-repeat.
What's New in QuarkXPress 7
The QuarkXPress 7 software includes transparent-looking effects,
corrected trim box information, improved blends, color setups, and
more.
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Transparency: You can now create transparent-looking effects, such
as drop shadows and knock-backs. When outputting PDF files from
QuarkXPress, the transparency is flattened to PDF 1.3. There is no
native PDF 1.4 transparency output from QuarkXPress, so Prinergy
will not need to flatten QuarkXPress 7 pages.
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TrimBox: TrimBox information is correct for both Adobe PostScript
and PDF output. In QuarkXPress 6.5, PDF output did not have
TrimBox information; the TrimBox information was interpreted from
PostScript files that were submitted to the Prinergy software
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Blends: Blends are represented by one high-quality shading object.
In QuarkXPress 6.5, blend objects were represented by many small
adjacent boxes, which could sometimes result in banding on
high-resolution output.
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PDF/X-1 and PDF/X-3: You can output PDF files with PDF/X-1 or
PDF/X-3 certification.
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Color Setups: Input setups allow you to specify source profiles.
Output Setups include characteristics such as mode (composite or
separated), model (for example, DeviceN), and the ICC profile to
apply-for example, generic Quark CMYK or US Web Coated
(SWOP) v2. After you define the color control options, you can
select them in the output style Color pane.
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Color Library changes: The new Pantone Color Bridge Library is built
into QuarkXPress 7.0.
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Job jackets/JDF: You can use "job jackets" to constrain document
attributes at the design stage, and you can export job jackets to
other software applications.
What's New in QuarkXPress 8
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