NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- In line with its mission to give the graphic arts industry the best tools for building personalized documents and cross media campaigns, XMPie(r), the leading provider of software for dynamic publishing, has released a new version of its PersonalEffect(tm) and uDirect(r) software supporting the Adobe(r) Creative Suite(r) 3 software family and Adobe InDesign(r) CS3 server.
PersonalEffect and uDirect version 3.5 take advantage of enhanced Adobe CS3 capabilities such as transparency effects (bevel, emboss, glow), text wrap capabilities, and enhanced functionality for printing layers. In addition, powerful imaging effects in Adobe Photoshop CS3 now expand the horizon of what personalized imaging with XMPie's uImage(tm) software is all about.
"These enhancements underscore both XMPie's market leadership and commitment to the creative professional in variable data and cross media publishing," said Jacob Aizikowitz, president of XMPie. "With XMPie version 3.5, designers can bring the state-of-the-art design capabilities of CS3 into dynamic cross media publishing campaigns."
In addition, XMPie's uImage v. 3.0 enables graphic designers to use all the new creative features of Photoshop and Illustrator CS3 for personalized images along with a more efficient workflow designed by XMPie that include:
* Faster processing performance -- up to 60 percent.
* Reduced file size and less memory requirements.
* Output Personalized SWF (Flash) files from Illustrator uImage templates.
Adobe CS2 will continue to be supported, allowing users to migrate from CS2 to CS3-based applications.
Version 3.5 is immediately available for new customers. Upgrades to version 3.5 are available but not required for current customers with maintenance plans.
About XMPie
XMPie Inc., a standalone software unit of Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX), is the leading provider of software for dynamic publishing. Its variable data publishing software solutions -- PersonalEffect(tm) and uDirect(tm) -- help businesses to efficiently design and produce highly personalized marketing materials that are proven to significantly increase consumer response rates. Its award-winning PersonalEffect software produces on-demand, highly targeted marketing communications in print, e-mail and Web. XMPie bridges design, data and printing functions to enable a collaborative production workflow and streamlines document ordering and customization with flexible Web-to-Print applications. XMPie is headquartered in New York with an R&D center in Israel and operations in the U.S., EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit www.xmpie.com.
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