1/5/2024 0 Comments Quarkxpress 2015 review![]() Accessible under Styles or contextual menu, the Convert to Native Objects tool can magically turn the contents of placed text, raster or vector images to native and editable XPress objects.įile formats supported for conversion include Adobe Illustrator, PDF, EPS and Windows/Enhanced Meta file. ![]() QXP 2016 can lay claim to being the first page layout application to bring this robust capability to the masses. Aside from a bevy of user-requested improvements and features in this new release, Quark has actually managed land a few sucker punches.įor eons digital artists and prepress pros have lusted after the Rosetta Stone of graphic file conversion – an application that could import a non-native file and render it editable. With seemingly renewed purpose, Quark hit the gym and produced a significant upgrade in QuarkXPress 2016. Then things changed with Adobe’s move to their subscription-based Creative Cloud – suddenly QuarkXPress was punching above its weight with perpetual licensing! The punch-drunk slugger eventually went Mac OS X in 2003 and has doggedly progressed ever since, carving a niche in the publishing marketplace by adding features requested by users and focusing on ePublishing and App development through their App Studio. InDesign had captured the creative imagination, and coupled with Creative Suite Adobe seemed to floor rival Quark.īut it wouldn’t be a very good yarn if Quark just faded away into desktop obscurity. Quark eventually brought their next-gen XPress to market, but it was too little, too late. For them, InDesign looked like the logical choice. InDesign came along at just the right time – Quark was struggling to get their Mac OS X version to market while creative pros wanted to benefit from the latest Mac hardware and operating systems. Then Adobe turned the tables by acquiring Aldus and initiating development of a new secret weapon in the page layout wars. Remember Aldus – maker of Pagemaker and Freehand? Remember when QuarkXPress ruled the roost in the early days of professional digital page layout? While Pagemaker enjoyed a devoted following in creative circles back in the day, QuarkXPress had the edge with publishing and prepress professionals – especially with version 3.32 which had a tenacious following well into the 21st century! I’ve seen major players in the graphic arts software cosmos come and go through the years, many falling from seemingly impervious heights. You have to admire the persistence of Quark. QuarkXPress 2016 comes out swinging to regain its role as powerful software for the printing industry by focusing on new tools for layout, file conversion and digital publishing.
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