ArtPro+ 16. What s New. Frank Woltering Product Manager PDF Editors July 2016

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1 ArtPro+ 16 What s New Frank Woltering Product Manager PDF Editors July 2016

2 Tool Switcher u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

3 New Tool Switcher! The tool switch has been opcmized! acceleracng seleccon of most used tools! adding new tools! shapes tool! text tool! introducing sub tool switcher! On mouse release the lek tool is selected Text (T) Crosshair (R) Group Select (V)* Object Select (A) or (V)* Densities (D)* Dimensions (D)* Shortcuts Edit path (P) Create a rectangle (S)* Create an ellipse (S)* Transform (E) Zoom (Z)* Pan (H) or (Z)* * Some shortcuts have a double function now. Just press the key multiple times to toggle between the functions. 3

4 Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

5 Breadcrumbs Resolving complexity icons indicate icons indicate groups with visual groups with visual impact to the impact appearance breadcrumb to the right: always indicates the object type you ve clicked breadcrumbs inspectors inspectors reflect properces of the highlighted breadcrumb 5

6 Layers u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

7 Layers click to add all content of a layer to seleccon (if selected) click to deselect <alt> click to replace seleccon with all content of a layer! Layers can now be! created! removed! reordered! used to select objects 7

8 Special Type Layers / Processing Steps (ISO )! You can assign Processing Step types to layers! Content of such layers is monitored to not influence any artwork layers! Reduces errors such as: ArtPro+ warns about content being harmful to princng content Support for all ISO specified Processing Step types! structural graphics (dies, emboss, braille) knocking out artwork! blending varnish layers changing artwork appearance! Only for Non-Normalized PDF files (Normalized PDF has the concept of Technical Inks) 8 For more info please refer to GWG and Esko Processing Step white paper.

9 Shapes u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

10 Shapes (S)! New shapes tool to create! Rectangles! Ellipses! Shortcut S to toggle between tools! Hold shik" for constrained shape! Hold alt for shape from the center! Follows the rotacon of the Crosshair 10

11 Shaper <Cmd+E>! Available when objects are selected! Simple operacons! Unite! Intersect! Exclude! Minus Front! Minus Back! Divide! Shortcut: Cmd-E (Mac) or Ctrl-E (Windows) 11

12 Shaper: Unite! Unites all objects of the seleccon! New object inherits properces of the topmost object! Stroke properces! Fill properces! Transparency properces 12

13 Shaper: Intersect! Keeps the area where all objects overlap! New object inherits properces of the topmost object! Stroke properces! Fill properces! Transparency properces 13

14 Shaper: Exclude! Keeps the area where an odd number of objects are stacked on top! Creates a compound! New object inherits properces of the topmost object! Stroke properces! Fill properces! Transparency properces 14

15 Shaper: Minus Front! Subtracts all elements on top of the bokommost object! New object inherits properces of the topmost object! Stroke properces! Fill properces! Transparency properces 15

16 Shaper: Minus Back! Subtracts all elements underneath the topmost object! New object inherits the properces of the bokommost object! Stroke properces! Fill properces! Transparency properces 16

17 Shaper: Divide! Creates a group of all visual areas found in the seleccon! 100% of the darkest document separacon! Flakens! Strokes! Text! Pakerns! Clips! Prepare your white underprint shapes 17

18 Edit Graphics u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

19 Clean up Groups and Clipping Masks! PDF creators oken make extensive use of groups and clips that make content edicng cumbersome! Clean up Groups and Clipping Masks removes redundant clips and groups so you can work more efficiently 19

20 Select next or previous object! Easy seleccon of covered or equally shaped objects! <Ctrl+Tab> to select next object below! <Ctrl+ShiK+Tab> to select next object above 20

21 Transform restric]ons! You can define which object properces are to be transformed! When transforming interaccvely opcons can be set 21

22 Advanced Stroke proper]es! Easily change dashes of strokes 22

23 Pa_erns! Inspect colored and uncolored pakerns! Expand allows you to convert pakern content to simple graphic objects for manipulacon 23

24 Opacity masks! Easy, in-context edicng of opacity masks Simply doubleclick thumbnail to edit opacity mask The masking content can be edited like any other object 24

25 Text u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

26 Text: Recogni]on! ArtPro+ composes text objects into text boxes when opening PDF! Text boxes are indicated when text tool is accve! Text boxes can be merged or split text broken up in pieces in PDF with text block recognicon 26

27 Text: Text Tool! New tool in the Tool Switcher! Shortcut T! Shows all textboxes! Allows for! SelecCon of text! Typing text! DeleCng text! CreaCng text boxes! Modifying text layout! AdjusCng boxes! Cut copy paste from/to various text applicacons 27 ArtPro+ uses embedded font informacon for edicng if permiked by the font vendor.

28 Text: Merge Text! Select text objects and merge them into one 28

29 Text: Split Text! Simply place the text cursor where you want to split into separate text boxes or select text you want to become individual. 29

30 Images u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

31 Image proper]es! All important informacon about selected image(s) 31

32 Linking images! You can share images across or within assets:! place images and establish a link! extract embedded images and save them to disk (TIFF, PSD) 32

33 Extract and link image(s)! Saves a copy of the embedded pixel data to TIFF or PSD file format! establish a link to the extracted image click link to reveal image in Finder or Explorer Update images to synchronize with version on disk Unlink to disconnect from file on disk NOTE The high-resolution data of linked images is always embedded into PDF+ files Open linked file on disk in Editor (Photoshop) 33

34 Image Channel Mapping! You can control the appearance of image data without edicng the image itself! Assign any image channel to any document separacon! unmap redundant channels! repurpose transparency channel for e.g. white underprints! define maximum density or invert pixel data 34

35 New Document u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

36 New document! You can now create a new PDF+ document from scratch <Cmd+N>! The new document is created with basic CMYK inks preset! Document page size is based on the previously opened document! The default document profile is ISO Coated v2 36

37 Barcodes u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

38 New Barcodes! GS1 DATABAR STACKED barcode! GS1 DATABAR STACKED OmnidirecConal 38

39 Trapping u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

40 Trapping: How Does It Work?! Depending on the accon the cursor changes! Round = trap! Triangle = pullback! Square = pullback and trap! Click and drag! Doked line = no edge! Full line = edge detected! Alt click and drag to remove trap 40

41 Trapping! Trapping mode with instant trapping and pullback tool! Easy control of what is taken into the trapping session! What you see is what you trap!! OpConally closing small gaps! Trap Similar applies your trap decision to all equally colored edges! Shortcut: Cmd-T (Mac) or Ctrl-T (Windows) 41

42 Pullback! Ability to define one or more inks to pull back! press K for quick in context seleccon of ink(s) to keep! Pull Back Similar is booscng efficiency by applying same decision to all similar edges! You can even combine trap and pullback decisions! Shortcut: P 42

43 Automa]on Engine Integra]on u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

44 Connect to Automa]on Engine! Establish a conneccon with AutomaCon Engine! centralizes Dynamic Marks sets! enables Launch Workflow! allows direct access to job folders 44

45 Launch Workflow! Directly inject your document into an AutomaCon Engine workflow! Add opconal parameters 45

46 Direct Job Folder Access! Save, open or place files fast! no need to search! auto mouncng shares 46

47 Dynamic Marks u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

48 Dynamic Job Informa]on Panels (PDF+ only)! You can to create informacon panels by placing dynamic custom marks and dynamic text marks that behave smart with regards to their! posicon! color! text! ArtPro+ lets you create your own dynamic marks from selected objects Load your marks set or create new Dynamic Marks 48

49 Dynamic Job Informa]on Panels! Sets can be saved and loaded to your document! When connected to AutomaCon Engine the mark sets are stored in the centralized Dynamic Marks share 49

50 Dynamic Job Informa]on Panels: Smart coloring! Once an object has been made dynamic the fill and stroke color can be! lek stacc Color of mark will remain as is when loaded to another document! made dynamic Mark will remember posicon of an ink but not its properces when loaded to another document! darkest Mark will take on darkest color available when loaded to another document 50

51 Dynamic Job Informa]on Panels: Smart posi]oning! Once an object has been made dynamic the properces inspector allows for! relacve posiconing to all PDF page boxes! relacve posiconing to other Dynamic Marks 51

52 Dynamic Job Informa]on Panels: Smart text! Once a text object has been made dynamic the content can be! informacon retrieved from local variables! Inks! Date & Time! Document! System! Barcodes! informacon retrieved from server variables! Job informacon! Product InformaCon! File InformaCon! Path informacon! Global (All Smart Names) 52

53 Miscellaneous u Tool Switcher u Breadcrumbs & Inspectors u Layers u Shapes u Edit Graphics u Text u Images u New document u Barcodes u Trapping u AE IntegraCon u Dynamic Marks u Miscellaneous

54 Training Material! Please visit Esko.com for recent product documentacon and training material 54

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