Altamira's PagePro XT complements the company's Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, Genuine Fractals 2.0 and Genuine Fractals PrintPro. With the new launch of Altamira's Quark XTension, graphics professionals can now use Photoshop-generated Genuine Fractals files within Quark XPress for a streamlined design process. PagePro XT and PrintPro change the way digital image files are generated, manipulated and managed throughout the graphic arts workflow.

Altamira is on the Web at http://www.altamira-group.com/.

As part of the agreement, Random House, a division of Bertelsmann AG, has adopted Artesia's TEAMS digital asset management, which manages all types of rich media, including text, pictures and audio/video recordings.

Additionally, Artesia Technologies' Professional Services staff is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Random House employees on the development of organizational practices for the use of digital asset management.

Artesia is on the Web at http://www.artesiatech.com/, while Random House is located at http://www.randomhouse.com/.

The purchase created the formation of Jaws Systems Ltd., a new subsidiary of Harlequin within the Printing Software Division of Global Graphics, and includes the Jaws RIP and PDF Creator software product lines. 5D's Visual Effects Division, which creates film and video software, will continue to be run and operated by 5D Solutions Ltd.

Global Graphics is on the Web at http://www.globalgraphics.com/; Jaws Systems is at http://www.jawssystems.com/, while 5D Solutions Ltd is located at http://www.5-d.com/.

FinalWord is targeted at corporate marketing staff, designers and publishers and addresses the need to create, review and approve visual design and content in a global environment. Other markets include design/creative agencies and printers, who access and manage a corporation's documents and assets.

Indocs is on the Web at http://www.indocs.com/.

Latana said that it would include Enfocus' new PitStop Professional in two new PDF-based product bundles, PDFedit Suite and PDF Pro Collection, as well as updated versions of its popular PDF Essentials and PDF PowerPack.

Latana has also announced that ImageWorks, the first image-editing program for Acrobat, began shipping in September. PDF ImageWorks allows image editing and manipulation of PDF images where they appear in the PDF document and does not require any additional external applications. Features include color spacing, resolution, sizing, location, orientation, and appearance of images for all types of PDF usage, such as print, the Web or CD-ROM.

Latana is on the Web at http://www.lantanarips.com/, while Enfocus is at http://www.enfocus.com/.

The magazine's awards are presented to NAA-member newspaper employees who have implemented a plan, program, procedure or technological innovation that resulted in safer, more effective or more efficient newspaper production.

The deadline for entries is Oct. 15, 2000. For more information, call TechNews at (703) 902-1684.

The NAA is on the Web at http://www.naa.org/, while TechNews is at http://www.naa.org/technews/.

-- The company is currently showing the latest version of Quark Digital Media System, Quark DMS 1.5. New features include collection of assets, e-mail notification, XML support, query enhancements and improvements to the user interface. Quark said that Quark DMS 1.5 would be "available later this year."

-- I.M.A.G.E. Inc. of New York City and RoundTripper of San Francisco have announced a new module for Quark DMS. This XTension automates and manages the import and export of large amounts of data into and out of Quark DMS, software that allows customers to manage a virtually unlimited number of text files, images and other digital resources.

-- The company announced the release of the Image Editing XTensions module for Quark DMS, which is a Web-based tool that lets users perform common image manipulation operations from any Web-enabled computer. Users of the Image Editing module do not need to install software or check out large files over the network in order to use the software.

-- With Collabria Inc. of San Mateo, Calif., Quark has announced a strategic marketing and technology relationship. Under the terms of the agreement, Collabria will integrate Quark DMS into the Collabria PrintCommerce service to extend the capabilities of its set of Internet-based products for the printing and graphic arts industry.

-- The company has released a beta version of the Quark Copy Desk Special Edition software to system integrators. The company has also released the XTensions Developer Kit for Quark Copy Desk Special Edition.

-- Quark has announced a strategic alliance with DeepBridge Content Solutions of New York City. DeepBridge, a longstanding Quark integrator, is now identified as the "premier Quark integrators for both publishing and Internet enterprises."

Quark Inc. is on the Web at http://www.quark.com/; I.M.A.G.E. is on the Web at http://www.imageinc.com/; Collabria is on the Web at http://www.collabria.com/, while DeepBridge is at http://www.deepbridge.com/.

The VST FireWire RAID array is a compact, portable tower that supports up to four VST FireWire hard drives, which can be used separately or together for the efficient storage and rapid transfer of digital data, and is one of the first to offer users both a compact size and a built-in battery pack. Web designers and publishers, television film crews, 3-D animators, musicians and audio engineers, as well as millions of digital video and music fans, can capture and store large amounts of digital data on location.

SmartDisk is on the Web at http://www.smartdisk.com/.

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