New functionalities include the ArtiosCAD plug-in, animated 3-D VRML files, and a range of new Adobe Illustrator plug-ins including stepX, barX, OutRight, ViewX and Ink Manager.
New Adobe PhotoShop plug-ins include Flexotools and spot color tools. These plug-ins bring powerful packaging pre-press production tools to the designer’s and prepress operator’s desktops, including full integration of these popular Adobe applications with Esko-Graphics’ Scope BackStage workflow server.

Introduced two years ago, Esko Graphics says the industry has widely accepted DeskPack’s packaging pre-press functionality for standard desktop applications. DeskPack is an integrated part of Scope, Esko-Graphics’ workflow environment for the packaging industry. DeskPack links Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop users into the Scope workflow environment. By extending DeskPack with extra modules, users can add valuable automation, step and repeat and collaboration features. Due to the strong ArtiosCAD and Adobe Illustrator integration, it previews packaging designs interactively in realistic 3D.

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