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Video tutorial - Lighting & Environments

Apply Image Based Lighting or I B L, unique to IC3D Suite, originally developed for the movie industry. Render characters and make them look very realistic in real-world environments. Utilise environments using spherical maps, based on retail stores, or other environments you want to test your products in. Configure a particular lighting condition. Import Lighting Environment maps into IC3D Suite, to create a complete real-world map of the lighting inside a particular environment. Accurately cal

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Dec 23, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Video tutorial - Labels & Spot FX

Apply Spot FX materials in IC3D Suite to Adobe Illustrator label graphics, utilizing spot color information from the Illustrator file. Create special metallic effects and embossing to enhance the visualisation of your 3D model. Create special effects by adding liquid to your model, understanding the functions and tools that will realistically display your 3D model to give it an added dimension, that will enhance the creativity of fresh new modern designs.

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Dec 23, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Video tutorial - Adding Labels

Utilize the IC3D Suite Interaction functionality with Adobe Illustrator to add creative labels to your 3D models. Create blank labels and draw designs in Illustrator in Real Time, which will update and project on to your 3D model in IC3D. Automatically create labels from Illustrator files that will display on selected meshes or all meshes of your chosen 3D model. Position labels to the desired areas on your model to create a realistic 3D view complete with industry standard graphics.

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Dec 23, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Video tutorial - 3D Models & Materials

Learn how to add a 3D model to the 3D view of IC3D Suite and create materials to decorate the 3D model, in order to display a realistic wine bottle with a neck and realistic glass effect. Understand the different tools and functions to manipulate accurate material textures and colors to enhance your 3D creation. Use the shipped materials that come with IC3D Suite. Discover the different ways that materials can be added and reused for other projects and build up a comprehensive material library.

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Dec 23, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Video tutorial - Organising iC3D

Organize your application desktop to fully optimize the 3D Ideation capability of IC3D Suite. Understand the different tools in the main toolbar and arrange the IC3D windows functionality. Utilize the docking capabilities of IC3D Suite. The Tutorial also outlines each tool and window in order to familiarise you with its 3D modelling functionality and its interactivity with Adobe Illustrator, outlining the additional modelling and material components that come shipped with the software.

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Dec 23, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Video tutorial - Shrink & Undistort

This tutorial video will take you through our easy to use, fast Shrink Film, Wrap and Sleeve feature. It will also show you how to easily create the artwork distortions necessary to be viewed correctly on single and multiple 3D models .

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Dec 22, 2014 Knowledge Base

MadeToPrint Server compatible with Adobe CC 2014 Server

Berlin – December 11, 2014 - axaio software, developer of solutions for PDF creation, printing and content correction workflows for the publishing and printing markets, announces the compatibility of MadeToPrint Server with Adobe InDesign CC 2014 Server. Compatibility for MadeToPrint Standard and Auto for InDesign & Illustrator CC 2014 had been announced previously, now also the Server version of MadeToPrint has been added. In parallel for all MadeToPrint automation levels – Standard, Auto a

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Dec 11, 2014 News

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Webinar - FileTrain, an extensive introduction

FileTrain helps you to reduce the boring, repetitive tasks in your daily production. It is a powerful tool for automating any type of workflow.  Besides copy, move, delete, FTP upload/download and email functions, you will enjoy features like image processing, XMP-routing and database communication. Watch this webinar recording to get a thorough understanding of what FileTrain from Laidback Solutions can be used for. The webinar introduces the solution from a technical and commercial point

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Nov 28, 2014 Knowledge Base

Foxit® Integrates callas software Technology into its PDF Solutions

Foxit PhantomPDF Creates and Validates PDF/A, /E, and /X Documents Berlin, Germany – October 14, 2014 – callas software today announced that Foxit® Software, a leading software provider of fast, affordable, and secure PDF solutions, integrates PDF/A, /E, and /X technology from software provider callas software GmbH into Foxit PhantomPDF Business. PhantomPDF Business is a fast, affordable, and secure PDF solution that delivers the right features at the right price for users to generate profession

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Oct 14, 2014 News

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Webinar - Automatic Image Optimization with Claro

Do you already know how to improve image quality while decreasing retouching time? Some big names in the industry such as BBC Magazines, Sanoma, Bonnier, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Mondadori France, Modern Luxury and USA Today do. They use Elpical Claro! 

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Aug 29, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Content integrity throughout a workflow

In many workflows, it is critical that documents do not change or that requested changes are performed correctly. This webinar looks at a number of tools that help with comparing different versions of documents in a workflow, including:

callas pdfToolbox for comparison of PDF documents
Global Vision DocuProof and ArtProof for comparison in workflows where there is a mixture of text files, PDF files and scanned documents and where content consistency has to be maintained throughout all of the

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Aug 14, 2014 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Using variable profiles with pdfToolbox Desktop/Server & FileTrain

This webinar provides the full story on using variables in pdfToolbox Desktop and pdfToolbox Server. To make things clear, a practical use case of an advertisement workflow where multiple ad sizes need to be checked will be built throughout the webinar so that you see the technology in action. This webinar features pdfToolbox Desktop/Server and FileTrain.

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Aug 13, 2014 Knowledge Base