Archives: December 2005

Win Illustrator CS2 @Work

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: Features | Creative Suite

Win one of five signed copies of Pariah S. Burke’s acclaimed project-based book Adobe Illustrator CS2 @work in Creativepro.com’s weekly giveaway…

Quark Announces Winner in Art Insititutes Contest

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | QuarkXPress

Winner declared in contest amongst AI students across the nation; will get seen at Macworld San Francisco

Press Release:

DENVER - December 21, 2005 - (Quark.com) Quark Inc…

Macworld UK: QuarkXPress 7 To Go On European Tour in ‘06

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | QuarkXPress

Magazine reports that XPress 7 to have ‘roadshow’ during months of Jan, Feb
While the official release date of the much-anticipated QuarkXPress 7 is still a matter of speculation, with Quark saying they will be rolling it out sometime in 2006, Macworld UK online is reporting that Quark will be taking XPress 7 on a roadshow during the first two months of the new year…

Go Hands-On with QuarkXPress 7 at Macworld

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: News | QuarkXPress

Register to tryout QuarkXPress 7 hands-on.
Next month’s Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco will feature hands-on classes where you can try out the as yet unreleased QuarkXPress 7…

Adobe Establishes OnDemand Seminars

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | InDesign

First seminars available are the Blatner Quark to InDesign Series
In early November 2005 Adobe presented a series of eSeminars directed at the design professional who uses, has used, or is coming over from QuarkXPress to InDesign…

Quark Acquires A Lowly Apprentice Production Inc. (ALAP)

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: News | Plugins/Xtensions | QuarkXPress

Press Release

Quark, Inc. acquires ALAP

DENVER - December 14, 2005 - Quark Inc. today announced that it has acquired the business and assets of A Lowly Apprentice Production Inc…

Adobe Releases InDesign CS2 4.02, InCopy CS2 4.02

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: News | InDesign | InCopy

New patches fix leftover 4.0.1 issues.
Today Adobe released updates to Mac and Windows versions of InDesign CS2 and InCopy CS2, bringing the current versions to 4.0.2 each…

Quark Partners With Studica.com To Promote Student Competition

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | QuarkXPress

Online educational arm of XPress reseller collaborates with Denver software publisher to allow students a chance to show their skills using professional tools…

Adsters Cramer-Krasselt Commit to QuarkXPress 6.5

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | QuarkXPress

America’s fourth-largest advertising agency gives Quark a vote of confidence by upgrading all seats to XPress 6.5…

RogueSheep Releases Magma Effects 1.0 InDesign Plugin

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | InDesign

New plugin for InDesign CS/CS2 and Mac OS X 10.4…

CreativePro Weekly Giveaway: InDesign CS2

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: News | Creative Suite

Our friends over at CreativePro.com are giving away a copy of InDesign CS2 this week in their weekly giveaway. Already got InDesign CS2…

InBrief: Adobe, Formerly Macromedia

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: News | Creative Suite

Latest news about the acquisition from around the world.

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Adobe-Macromedia Deal to Seal on Saturday

BY Pariah S. Burke
Filed: Features | Creative Suite

Tomorrow, smoothest software company acquisition in recent memory to close.
Following Friday’s confirmation of regulatory approval in all necessary jurisdictions, Adobe Systems, Inc…

Macromedia: Merger With Adobe To Be Final 3 December 05

BY Samuel John Klein
Filed: News | Creative Suite

Macromedia announces date on website
From the press release at Macromedia’s website:

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) and Macromedia, Inc…