ArtPro+ 22.
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What’s New
Frank Woltering
Product Manager Graphic Editing
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Right-To-Left Type Setting
You can now write text from right to left
You can set the
writing direction in
the text inspector
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Create Conical Warp Grid from Die Line
Especially for In-Mould labeling, warped graphics need to precisely follow
the production die outlines
The new create warp grid functionality allows 1-click creation of such
complex warp grids
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Create Conical Warp Grid from Die Line
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Isolate the top and
bottom paths of the Create the warp grid
2D die
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Warp selected
graphics
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Reverse Warp From Die Line to Artwork Canvas
When amending received warped artwork it is convenient to return to an
unwarped version to facilitate design changes
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Reverse Warp
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Reverse Warp From Die Line to Artwork Canvas
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Isolate the top and
bottom paths of the Create the warp grid
2D die
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Switch Source & (Reverse-) Warp
Destination Grid selected graphics
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Create Label From Curves in Toolkit
You can have Studio Toolkit create a model based on the top and bottom
path of the die outlines
Select top and
Send them to Studio
bottom paths of the
2D die Toolkit
In Studio Toolkit you
can create a label
and visualize the
container shape
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Create Label From Curves in Toolkit
With Studio Designer you can view and share in 3D after placing the Studio
model
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Plate Cut improvements
Several controls have been added to Plate Cut to tune the algorithm for the
desired results
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Plate Cut improvements
New mode to choose to optimize plate usage or prefer to follow the stagger
pattern as much as possible
Black
Green
When Stagger
Optimize Plate
Pattern is preferred
Usage will trace the
the algoirythm
the best possible
avoids shifting of
cut for the
graphics across
individual plate
plates
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Plate Cut improvements
Separation selection allowing individual cutting strategies per plate
Including plates that print processing steps content such as varnish or white
Choose your cutting
strategy for Sample:
selection of plates The gap at seam for the full
cover white plate is set to 0
mm whereas all other colors
are variable from 0.5 mm to
1 mm
Deactivate the
computing for plate
cuts you don’t want
to change
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Plate Cut improvements
Syncing the extended graphics of Plate Cut when updating placed art
Changes to the
... as well as in the
placed art get
extended Plate Cut
updated in the
graphics
layout …
Before update After update
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Plate Cut improvements
With the new Minimum Corner Radius option, you can soften the cutting
path corners whenever the white space allows to avoid tearing
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Adjust Corners Tool
Often die-shapes e.g. for labels are generated by the prepress professionals
The new Adjust Corner Tools tremendously simplifies the precise drawing of
shapes with rounded or cut corners
Access the new
Adjust Corner Tool
via tool selector or
shortcut P to toggle
through the path
tools
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Adjust Corners Tool
With the Adjust
Corner Tool active Changing the corner
recognised corners
radius or style will
are indicated by a For rounded corner
impact all corners of
red dot the red dot indicates
selected objects
the radius center
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Adjust Corners Tool
To change
individually target
corners of one or Changing the corner
more objects simply radius or style will
click the appropriate impact only targeted
red dots corners
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Selection Tool: Restrict to add to selection
Holding down SHIFT and CTRL/CMD when dragging allows to expand object
selection without deselecting what‘s already selected
1st selection
2nd selection
Dragging to select
with the new key
combination will
not deselect (‘K‘ in
this sample)
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Digital Print Simulation
You can now highlight areas that will be compromised in their color when
printed digitally before you go to press
This allows you to select the right digital color strategy for the job at hand
All areas exceeding
accepted tolerance
Select the digital print
are being high-
lighted color strategy
Choose your tolerated
color deviation
Get a report on relative
and absolute areas out
of tolerance
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Equinox: Flatten transparencies option
By flattening blended artwork, you can improve the accuracy of Equinox
color conversions
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New PDF Actions
Apply PDF+ Marks
Warp
Place Warp Grid
Warp using Warp Grid
Screening
Choose Default Screen Set
Apply Screen Set by name
Remove unused Screen Sets
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PDF Actions Enhancements
Selection
Select Objects by Attributes:
Dynamic Mark
Select separation by type
Select objects using selected separations
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PDF Actions Enhancements
Run with Options
Choose from pull-down menus
Transform
‘Transform Each’ for all transform actions
Conditional action (If… Then…)
Page index
Allow condition to be “all, any, none”
Step-through mode
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Marks
You can now refer to Named Objects when designing formulae
You can use any
named object for
marks placement or
dimension
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Marks
Use a formula to size an Area Text Mark:
The area of text can
now be controlled by
formula
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Marks
You can apply non-proportional shrink to marks using the Resize Mark
Control shrink in
both dimensions
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Barcodes: MSI Barcode
The MSI Barcode has been added to the list of supported barcodes
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Sharing Screen Presets
Screen Presets can now be shared within your prepress teams
Screen presets can be
saved to and loaded
from the Automation
Engine Server
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Import Structural Lines
Next to Cut, Crease and
Dimension Lines you can now
choose to import all supported
line types when opening a
structural layout file.
Grouped line types for
easy management
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ArtPro (classic) Action List: Add PDF Preview
To allow classic Step& Repeat workflows to work with native PDF a new
classic ArtPro Action has been added to Automation Engine 22.03:
Add PDF Preview
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Supported Operating Systems
ArtPro+, ArtPro classic, DeskPack and Studio run on Windows 11 and latest macOS Monterey
with native M1 support
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