Belight
Software produces a suite of all their available
retail applications called Printfolio this suite
covers the following :
BUSINESS CARD COMPOSER:
(Covered In Seperate Review)
SWIFT PUBLISHER
DISC COVER
MAIL FACTORY
IMAGE TRICKS
The great advantage in this all in one product, is complete intergration to be able to switch from one project to another, to exchange data from one application in the suite to another part of the suite, it is the ultimate tool to cover all your business promotions, and domestic desktop publishing. Business Card Composer has already been covered and you can read the review by clicking on the product title, however we will concentrate on the other applications. The first one is Swift Publisher a page layout desktop publishing application, which consists of some very professional templates that can be customised to your hearts content. You have the ability to create flyers, brochures, newsletters, plus much much more, there is no doubt that with these templates it will inspire the creativity needed to make a great impression on your prospective customers or clients, giving you that boost if you seem to lack the needed imagination to get started. Everything is so clearly laid out for the user, that you cannot fail to make a great result. Some of the tools include the ability to draw, insert photographs, and use the many presented masks available to give you that extra creative appeal. Additionally you can navigate to each page you create with great ease. other notable features of interest is the ability to control transparency, wrapping text around an object, and if you cannot find the image you need you can search the internet while you are still in the software application. iPhoto intergration is within the programs capability as well, thus personalising your project with your family and friends in mind.
All in all a very impressive segment of Printfolio that will delight its users, I have not covered all the pluses of this program but going to their website will enrich your knowledge with even more features and benefits.
The next application is Disc Cover a tool to create CD & DVD labels and covers, this for some is an impressive sight and yet for others they scribble labels on their collection to identify them. How Boring !!! well it shouldn’t be because this little wonder will transform any boring look to an impressive collection of labels and covers for your media.
Many of the features that we have just mentioned within Swift Publisher seem to have found their way into this program, on the graphical side you can do the following :
Use 100 + Unique Masks
Crop Tint Tile Control Transparency and Rotate images
Adjust shadows
Fill Smart Shapes With Pictures
Smart Guides To help You Align Objects
Import From iPhoto
What about the Text side of things ?
Here are the following features
Use circle text mode to design CDs.
Flow text from column to column.
Control line, character spacing and paragraph indention.
Option to line up text into columns.
Create a text list with a variety of bullets.
Control transparency, rotate and fill text blocks with colors.
_________________________
Mail Factory is also included this is an
important part of any business as this
caters for envelope, postcard and
address label design and other types
of labels, it presents a corporate
look to your business giving
respectability and admiration to any
recipient of your work.
It supports a wide range of envelope and postcard sizes according to the standard of your country, it sports an assistant to help you every step of the way, it uses addresses from OS X Address Book, Entourage, Now Contact, Eudora, FileMaker, MS Excel, vCards or tab-delimited text files, or input them manually. The choice of address location (Work, Home, Primary) is available for each program (only Address Book, vCards and text files in Home Edition).
Everything mentioned regarding templates for envelopes postcards and other projects can be readily customised to your specifications, it contains templates issued from the leading providers as well such as Avery, APLI, SEIKO, Brother, etc.
Again the thoroughness of this program to cater for the individual needs of the user no matter where in the world they may be shows the commitment to quality Belight has for its many followers. Last but not least is the product Image Tricks, this program does complete the ensemble an image effects and generator program, again the emphasis is on quality and intergration. Image Tricks is a free application to edit and generate images. It uses Mac OS X Tiger Core Image filters that transform pictures to unimaginable extent and apply advanced visual effects. The program can create unique artwork you may use as business card background, for web design, print materials and more.
After installation you can also use Image Tricks directly in other BeLight applications (select "Edit Image" from the menu or double click on the image). Additionally it is possible to purchase the pro version which is a little under $15.
In conclusion we have at our disposal a complete suite of programs for mac that gives anyone the inspiration to follow through on an impressive presentation, designed for anyone wanting to make a lasting impression, but in the price bracket of an enthusiast, it gives a wide latitude of creativity that is sure to delight its users, Belight have excelled themselves in features and benefits with a price to match.
BUSINESS CARD COMPOSER:
(Covered In Seperate Review)
SWIFT PUBLISHER
DISC COVER
MAIL FACTORY
IMAGE TRICKS
The great advantage in this all in one product, is complete intergration to be able to switch from one project to another, to exchange data from one application in the suite to another part of the suite, it is the ultimate tool to cover all your business promotions, and domestic desktop publishing. Business Card Composer has already been covered and you can read the review by clicking on the product title, however we will concentrate on the other applications. The first one is Swift Publisher a page layout desktop publishing application, which consists of some very professional templates that can be customised to your hearts content. You have the ability to create flyers, brochures, newsletters, plus much much more, there is no doubt that with these templates it will inspire the creativity needed to make a great impression on your prospective customers or clients, giving you that boost if you seem to lack the needed imagination to get started. Everything is so clearly laid out for the user, that you cannot fail to make a great result. Some of the tools include the ability to draw, insert photographs, and use the many presented masks available to give you that extra creative appeal. Additionally you can navigate to each page you create with great ease. other notable features of interest is the ability to control transparency, wrapping text around an object, and if you cannot find the image you need you can search the internet while you are still in the software application. iPhoto intergration is within the programs capability as well, thus personalising your project with your family and friends in mind.
All in all a very impressive segment of Printfolio that will delight its users, I have not covered all the pluses of this program but going to their website will enrich your knowledge with even more features and benefits.
The next application is Disc Cover a tool to create CD & DVD labels and covers, this for some is an impressive sight and yet for others they scribble labels on their collection to identify them. How Boring !!! well it shouldn’t be because this little wonder will transform any boring look to an impressive collection of labels and covers for your media.
Many of the features that we have just mentioned within Swift Publisher seem to have found their way into this program, on the graphical side you can do the following :
Use 100 + Unique Masks
Crop Tint Tile Control Transparency and Rotate images
Adjust shadows
Fill Smart Shapes With Pictures
Smart Guides To help You Align Objects
Import From iPhoto
What about the Text side of things ?
Here are the following features
Use circle text mode to design CDs.
Flow text from column to column.
Control line, character spacing and paragraph indention.
Option to line up text into columns.
Create a text list with a variety of bullets.
Control transparency, rotate and fill text blocks with colors.
_________________________
Mail Factory is also included this is an
important part of any business as this
caters for envelope, postcard and
address label design and other types
of labels, it presents a corporate
look to your business giving
respectability and admiration to any
recipient of your work.
It supports a wide range of envelope and postcard sizes according to the standard of your country, it sports an assistant to help you every step of the way, it uses addresses from OS X Address Book, Entourage, Now Contact, Eudora, FileMaker, MS Excel, vCards or tab-delimited text files, or input them manually. The choice of address location (Work, Home, Primary) is available for each program (only Address Book, vCards and text files in Home Edition).
Everything mentioned regarding templates for envelopes postcards and other projects can be readily customised to your specifications, it contains templates issued from the leading providers as well such as Avery, APLI, SEIKO, Brother, etc.
Again the thoroughness of this program to cater for the individual needs of the user no matter where in the world they may be shows the commitment to quality Belight has for its many followers. Last but not least is the product Image Tricks, this program does complete the ensemble an image effects and generator program, again the emphasis is on quality and intergration. Image Tricks is a free application to edit and generate images. It uses Mac OS X Tiger Core Image filters that transform pictures to unimaginable extent and apply advanced visual effects. The program can create unique artwork you may use as business card background, for web design, print materials and more.
After installation you can also use Image Tricks directly in other BeLight applications (select "Edit Image" from the menu or double click on the image). Additionally it is possible to purchase the pro version which is a little under $15.
In conclusion we have at our disposal a complete suite of programs for mac that gives anyone the inspiration to follow through on an impressive presentation, designed for anyone wanting to make a lasting impression, but in the price bracket of an enthusiast, it gives a wide latitude of creativity that is sure to delight its users, Belight have excelled themselves in features and benefits with a price to match.
Belight Software PrintFolio Review For Mac