iStudio Publisher |
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| Developer(s) | c:four |
| Stable release | 1.1.8 / 19th September, 2011 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | DTP / Page layout |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | iStudio Publisher |
iStudio Publisher is a desktop publishing (DTP) application developed by c:four.[1]
iStudio Publisher 1.0 was released on 6 January 2009 at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
The most recent version, iStudio Publisher 1.1.8, runs on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard and 10.7 Lion.
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iStudio Publisher can be used for the page layout and word processing of brochures, newsletters, magazines, posters, adverts, reports, essays, greeting cards and many other document types, of any page size, and with the option of spread editing facing pages.
iStudio Publisher has been designed to simplify desktop publishing and enable users to get started quickly. Users are required to understand one main principle - each element of document content is held by a shape. All shapes act as content containers and can contain any combination of text in columns, text around their outline path, an image, a line style, a fill style, a drop shadow and a text runaround ("wraparound"). Users can select and draw standard shapes from the Shape Library, construct shapes using the drawing tools provided, or create default shapes automatically when pasting, dragging in or inserting new content. Inspectors are provided to examine and adjust style and format settings of shapes, text and images.
iStudio Publisher can export colour managed PDF files suitable for use in a prepress workflow for professional print jobs. It can also export to EPUB or RTF file. iStudio Publisher has an XML based file format and supports Unicode character encoding. However, it does not yet support complex script rendering and cannot be used for languages written with Arabic, Hebrew, Indic and East_Asian (CJK) writing systems.
The official user guide "Introduction to iStudio Publisher"[2] has been produced using iStudio Publisher and can be downloaded from the developer's website as an iStudio Publisher format (.ispx) document file, allowing users to see how it's been created. The user guide is also available in PDF format. Video tutorials and a Rapid Start Guide are also available.
iStudio Publisher 1.0.4 received a generally favourable review by Macworld on Mar 9, 2009,[3] although several expected features were found to be missing. The software developers have published a Development Roadmap[4] of future iStudio Publisher updates, and users are invited to submit requests for improvements and new features.
The following image file formats can be inserted into iStudio Publisher documents:
| File Type | File Extension |
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| AI - Adobe Illustrator Artwork | .ai |
| BMP - Windows Bitmap | .bmp |
| EPS - Encapsulated PostScript | .eps |
| GIF - Graphics Interchange Format | .gif |
| ICNS - Apple Icon Image | .icns |
| ICO - Windows icon | .ico |
| JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jpeg, .jpg, .jpe, .jif, .jfif, .jfi |
| JPEG 2000 - JPEG 2000 | .jp2, .j2k |
| PDF - Portable Document Format | |
| PICT - QuickDraw image | .pict, .pct, .pic |
| PNG - Portable Network Graphics | .png |
| PSD - Adobe Photoshop | .psd, .psb |
| TIF, TIFF - Tagged Image File Format | .tif, .tiff |