iCalamus 1.05 review
DownloadiCalamus is the new publisher for Mac OS X, presented by invers Software from Loeningen, Germany.
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iCalamus is the new publisher for Mac OS X, presented by invers Software from Loeningen, Germany. The DTP program can be used lightly as a feather and offers newbies and pros in Desktop Publishing all kinds of freedom to publish your ideas.
iCalamus has been developed completely new for Apple's operating system and hasn't much relationship to its cousin, Calamus SL, the well-known DTP program for Windows and Atari, but the name is similar. iCalamus is an excellent choice for all layout purposes from simple posters and business letters over complex layouted magazines up to books and scientific works. Complete Unicode support and the smart PDF import offer easy access to creating and layout work. The reasoned user interface with its low learning curve guarantees for fast success. iCalamus doesn't limit your layout freedom by offering prepared layouts. Its practical tools offer all options for your own creative and productive layout work.
iCalamus is a modular program which will grow in future by external modules, even from third-party developers. Therefore invers Software will create an Open Development Area (ODA) and publish the plug-in interface. iCalamus has been developed in Objective C with intensive usage of Apple's Cocoa library.
You can import all image and text formats which are supported by Mac OS X into iCalamus documents. Images from digital camera,s scanners or iPhoto libraries can be imported as well as whole web page content and PDF documents. Grab text content from large PDF documents easily for further text processing. Elaborated masking options and many predefined, partly dynamically changeable frame shapes offer freedom for creativity. Working in precise measurement units is the other side of the iCalamus world. Use virtual copies for multiple document elements and change them afterwards with a few mouse clicks.
Print output uses all printers which are supported by Mac OS X. Optionally output documents in various PDF formats (e.g. PDF-X, encrypted PDF, PDF Fax).
iCalamus requires Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later and is shipped as a Universal Binary in single language versions or as a complete bundle with the languages English, German, French, Danish, Dutch and Czech on CD or via download. The rich online help can be read also at http://man.icalamus.net/.
Here are some key features of "iCalamus":
Easiest Frame Editing
Virtual Copies
Easiest Vector Text Editing
Update web pages in your document
Live Masking
Transparencies
Create Text Wrap Paths With Tracer
Edit Frames, Objects, Vector Points at the same time
Transform Shadows
Mirrorizing Text Shadows
Ingenious Inspectors
Blend Modes for Frames
ICC Profile Support.
Limitations:
The unregistered version can be used as a lite edition, offering only one page per document then.
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