Suitcase Fusion 12.1.6 includes stability fixes
Font management continues to be akin to voodoo and, for anyone who has a large library of fonts, a more robust solution for activation than Apple’s Font Book is a must. My personal choice happens to be Extensis Suitcase Fusion. It’s not one of those applications that I rave about and it’s not one that I use grudgingly; it’s kind of in the middle ground somewhere.
Extensis has recently issued an update to Suitcase Fusion, bringing it to version 12.1.6. The update includes:
- stability improvements including overall enhancements to font-adding and corruption checking.
- plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator CS3 and Adobe InDesign CS3
- stability enhancements based directly on feedback from users
- a fix for an issue in 12.1.5 where the “show missing fonts” dialog was displayed at startup under certain conditions
The update is free for registered users. Extensis Suitcase Fusion sells for USD$99.95.
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Extensis ships free plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS3
Extensis released a free plug-in this week for Suitcase Fusion 12.1.3 to provide font activation and deactivation for Adobe InDesign CS3 documents. The plug-in ensures any time users open an InDesign project; the exact fonts are automatically and accurately activated or deactivated.
The plug-in is available now for download from the Extensis website and is free for registered Suitcase Fusion users. The new plug-in requires Adobe InDesign CS3. Currently, the plug-in is English language only.
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Extensis ships font management plug-ins for Adobe CS3
Extensis today released free plug-ins for Suitcase Fusion to provide font activation and deactivation for Adobe Creative Suite 3 documents. Extensis gets a big gold star by its name for being the first font management provider to release plug-ins that have been designed for and tested on Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard editions and Web Premium and Standard editions software.
The free plug-in and update are available now for download from the Extensis website and requires Adobe Illustrator CS3 and InDesign CS3 software. Currently, the plug-in and update are English language only. Extensis will release French, German and Japanese downloads soon after Adobe Creative Suite 3 is available in these languages. Extensis will be releasing additional free plug-ins for other products in its font management family for both Illustrator CS3 and InDesign CS3 software in the near future.
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Extensis updates Portfolio 8 with 36 new camera Raw formats
Extensis today released a free update to Portfolio 8.1. This update adds support for 36 new camera Raw formats on Portfolio stand-alone and client/server versions. Registered owners of Portfolio 8.1 are eligible to receive the free upgrades immediately.
The Portfolio Raw Filter 3.2 update adds support for the following cameras, bringing the total number of supported professional digital cameras to more than 100.
- Canon EOS 30D, EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi and Powershot S60
- Pentax *ist DL2, K10D, K100D and K110D
- Sony Alpha a100
- Leaf Valeo 6
- Nikon D2xs, D40 and D80
- Fujifilm FinePix S7000 and F810
- Olympus Evolt E330, Evolt E400 and SP-320
- Epson R-D1s
- Samsung GX-1L, GX-1S and GX-10
- Panasonic L1, LX1, LX2, FZ30 and FZ50
- Leica M8, V-Lux1, Delux 3, D-LUX2/3 and DMR
- Mamiya ZD
The Raw Filter update for Portfolio is immediately available via download from the Extensis website and is free of charge for registered Portfolio 8.1 users. Portfolio is available for a suggested retail price of USD$199.95 for the stand-alone product. Portfolio Client for Portfolio Server, with an included one-year maintenance agreement is also available for purchase, with volume license discounts available.
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Extensis to host expert font panels and seminars at Macworld
Extensis tells us that it will host a series of expert font panels and presentations at this year’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Extensis will present daily sessions that highlight font management specialists and industry authorities in the Extensis booth (#826) on the Macworld Conference & Expo show floor.
On Tuesday, January 9th, from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., well-known font evangelist Stephen Coles will lead the discussion titled “The Art of Type” with a panel of expert typographers discussing the joys and pitfalls of type design.
On Wednesday, January 10th, from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Extensis product marketing manager Halstead York will lead an expert panel titled “Working with Type in Design Applications.” Experts included in this session are Thomas Phinney, Program Manager for Adobe, respected designer and author Andrew Shalat, and Martin Stein, Vice President of Corporate Solutions for Extensis. In this session insiders discuss the technologies, techniques and challenges of working with fonts in the leading layout applications.
The highlighted speaker for Thursday, January 11th, and Friday, January 12th, is acclaimed type designer Chank Diesel. Chank will be presenting “High-Octane Type” from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. on Thursday and “Working with OpenType” from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
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Extensis’ support of Portfolio 7 and prior coming to an end
We heard today from Extensis that, as of April 30, 2007, support for Portfolio 7 (standalone) and all prior versions will be discontinued. Phone or web ticket support for this product will terminate on that date.
The current version of Portfolio, version 8, is available for USD$199.95 or you may upgrade from version 6 or greater for USD$99.95.
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Extensis commences corporate blogging
Extensis today officially launched Manage This, a new blog that will include interesting tidbits about Extensis products, employees and inspiration for the creative professional. Manage This also includes links to industry resources and a unique perspective on the creative professional industry as seen from a software developer’s perspective. Extensis’ Jim Kidwell leads the editorial efforts for the blog, with many staffers regularly supplying content.
The addition of the Extensis blog to this summer’s launch of the Extensis Forums website, further enhances Extensis’ commitment to serving its online community.
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Extensis releases free Suitcase Fusion update
Extensis today released a free update for Suitcase Fusion–Extensis’ single-user font manager. The update brings improved performance for font activation and searching speeds as well as enhanced font corruption checking.
This update also adds native support for Intel-based Macintosh and PowerPC systems for FontDoctor. Morrison SoftDesign’s FontDoctor is the industry standard tool for locating and eliminating hard-to-find font problems that impact a system’s performance and applications. FontDoctor is free with the purchase of Suitcase Fusion.
Registered owners of Suitcase Fusion are eligible to receive the free upgrade immediately through the Extensis website.
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Extensis launches online forum discussion site
I’d like to think the following announcement had something to do with the recent discussion in our own Forums regarding font activation software. But I must concede that it is more likely that Extensis (the maker of the font activation and organization utility, Suitcae Fusion) realizes that the internet is indeed a conversation and the best way to be in on the discussion taking place about their own software is to host it and facilitate it.
Extensis today officially launched its new online forums site for open discussion on all things related to Extensis and its product lines. Community members are encouraged to post tips, tricks, questions and general discussion on font and digital asset management markets.
Bravo, Extensis. Let’s hope this forum serves as a place for users to freely express all aspects of Extensis’ software that concern them… the good and the bad.
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Extensis releases Universal Application for Portfolio 8 Digital Asset Management
Extensis today released a free update to Portfolio 8 — the leading Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution for creative professionals. This update is a Universal Application, adding native support for Intel-based Macintosh systems. The free update supports Portfolio single-user, Portfolio Client, Portfolio Server, Portfolio NetPublish, Portfolio NetPublish for Server, Portfolio SQL-Connect and Portfolio Browser. This is a Macintosh only update.
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