Comments on: Quark contacts this website! http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website Design, marketing, graphics, internet, print, London Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rob Cubbon http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-6823 Rob Cubbon Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:34:19 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-6823 Here's some screen shots to give you a better idea of what you can do in Quark. Just about anything you can do in the Layers, Channels and Paths palettes of Photoshop, actually... Firstly, switch on and off layers, alter opacities and change blend modes... <img src="http://www.robcubbon.com/images/quark-psd-layers.jpg" style="border: 0; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;" title="Quark PSD import Layers tab" alt="Quark PSD import Layers tab"/><br clear="left" /> Secondly, and it'll be really interesting to see if this works well, change colour of spot channels... <img src="http://www.robcubbon.com/images/quark-psd-channel.jpg" style="border: 0; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;" title="Quark PSD import Channel tab" alt="Quark PSD import Channel tab"/><br clear="left" /> And lastly, apply a clipping path... <img src="http://www.robcubbon.com/images/quark-psd-clip.jpg" style="border: 0; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;" title="Quark PSD import Paths tab" alt="Quark PSD import Paths tab"/><br clear="left" /> Here’s some screen shots to give you a better idea of what you can do in Quark. Just about anything you can do in the Layers, Channels and Paths palettes of Photoshop, actually…

Firstly, switch on and off layers, alter opacities and change blend modes…
Quark PSD import Layers tab

Secondly, and it’ll be really interesting to see if this works well, change colour of spot channels…
Quark PSD import Channel tab

And lastly, apply a clipping path…
Quark PSD import Paths tab

]]> By: Loren John http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-6732 Loren John Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:38:58 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-6732 Great, Let me know the result. :D Great, Let me know the result. :D

]]> By: Rob Cubbon http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-6716 Rob Cubbon Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:05:39 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-6716 Confirmed! Yes, according to my man at Quark, you can modify the appearance and the output of PSD files from within Quark 7 and Quark 6.5 with the appropriate Xtension. Will try this out as soon as I get the chance and get back to you! :) Confirmed! Yes, according to my man at Quark, you can modify the appearance and the output of PSD files from within Quark 7 and Quark 6.5 with the appropriate Xtension.

Will try this out as soon as I get the chance and get back to you! :)

]]> By: Rob Cubbon http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-6704 Rob Cubbon Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:58:43 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-6704 Hey, Loren, thanks for passing by again! Yes, I hope both InDesign and Quark continue to try to out-do each other – the user will benefit. InDesign's blending mode options exist in the Transparency palette it's true. But this feature in Quark allows you to alter the blending modes of layers within an imported PSD. I believe that the same feature allows you to change the spot colour of a channel within a PSD. I have sent an email to Quark to confirm this and will post what they say here. I'm glad you like my analysis. More to come! Hey, Loren, thanks for passing by again! Yes, I hope both InDesign and Quark continue to try to out-do each other – the user will benefit.

InDesign’s blending mode options exist in the Transparency palette it’s true. But this feature in Quark allows you to alter the blending modes of layers within an imported PSD. I believe that the same feature allows you to change the spot colour of a channel within a PSD. I have sent an email to Quark to confirm this and will post what they say here.

I’m glad you like my analysis. More to come!

]]> By: Loren John http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-6661 Loren John Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:54:51 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-6661 It's nice to know that Quark will still be in this Graphic Arts game. I enjoy working with both programs and hope that they will be trying to one up each other even more in the future. I am glad to hear that Quark finally started to begin the use of Drop Shadows and Transparencies. I am sort of puzzled by your comments on the blending modes. I thought that InDesign blending mode options are in the layers palette just like they are in Photoshop or am I misunderstanding that?^^; I also was wondering about the comment about coloring spot channels. How do you do that? That sounds interesting, I would like to know more about that. I like you analysis of the two programs. You take a biased approach to it. It’s nice to know that Quark will still be in this Graphic Arts game. I enjoy working with both programs and hope that they will be trying to one up each other even more in the future. I am glad to hear that Quark finally started to begin the use of Drop Shadows and Transparencies.
I am sort of puzzled by your comments on the blending modes. I thought that InDesign blending mode options are in the layers palette just like they are in Photoshop or am I misunderstanding that?^^;
I also was wondering about the comment about coloring spot channels. How do you do that? That sounds interesting, I would like to know more about that.
I like you analysis of the two programs. You take a biased approach to it.

]]> By: Rob Cubbon http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-5622 Rob Cubbon Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:01:43 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-5622 None! More fool me! None! More fool me!

]]> By: Paul Enderson http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/comment-page-1#comment-5237 Paul Enderson Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:29:54 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/quark-contacts-this-website/#comment-5237 LOL! So, how many copies of Quark will you be receiving in the post... ;) LOL! So, how many copies of Quark will you be receiving in the post… ;)

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