Every two weeks Quark VS InDesign.com and XChange International gives away 2 great prizes—an extraordinary xtension for QuarkXPress and an incredible InDesign plug-in. All you have to do to win is…

• [1] Become a Quark VS InDesign.com member (free), and;
• Throw your name into the giveaway hat at the bottom of this page.

That’s all. No purchase or song and dance necessary. A winner will be chosen at random from those who enter on this page.

This contest has ended. On 2007-12-30 we gave
Magma Effects from Rogue Sheep
To Shandel P. of New York, NY United States

Congratulations, Shandel! Get some prizes for yourself on our [4] Contests & Giveaways page.

The InDesign Plug-In We Gave Away This Time

 
[5] Magma Effects (Mac Only)
InDesign Plug-In from Rogue Sheep

Magma Effects allows you to apply a variety of image-enhancement and stylising effects directly to any bitmap image placed in Adobe InDesign. Enhance photos with colour adjustments, sharpening or white point adjustment.

Apply special effects such as star-shines and zoom-blurs or glass distortion. Make your images stand out with style by applying spotlight, bloom or shaded material effects. All without leaving InDesign for another application. Simply select the image in your InDesign layout and bring up the Magma Effects dialogue to gain access to any of the Core Image filters available in OS X Tiger. Change filter parameters with real time previews while you add effects to the chain as needed. When you are done editing, press the apply button to save your edits and instantly update the image back in your layout.

All effect parameters are adjustable with live results directly in the preview window. When running on a Core Image-capable graphics card, the effects are often real time. This level of responsiveness allows for unprecedented experimentation and creativity. You can easily adjust applied effects to experiment without destructive edits and see the results applied to your entire image . The original is not modified until you apply the chain after you have it tweaked to perfection.

Chain numerous effects in a single operation, while retaining live adjustments to any single filter in the chain. Add, remove and reorder effects in the chain to get just the look you want. Core Image’s non-destructive editing makes experimentation a breeze!

Choose from any of the over 100 Core Image filters included with Tiger. With categories including Colour Adjustment, Stylise, Blur, Sharpen Tile and Geometry, OS 10.4 comes preloaded with a variety of filters. Find the perfect effect for your current task, whether its enhancing the appearance of a photo or generating a stylised look to punch your layout up a notch.

MacWorld UK
“…being able to apply such a wide range of enhancements, filters and effects from within InDesign is undeniably a boon”

Layers Magazine
“…allows a number of Photoshop-like edits to be applied directly in InDesign.”

IT enquirer.com
“…the plug-in speaks the fact that you can apply over 100 filters without ever opening Photoshop.”

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