Stone Design Updates Create And PStill

August 27th, 2003 at 3:00 PM - News by Mike Washlesky

Stone Design has released an update for two of the seven apps found in the Stone Studio suite. Stone Studio is a bundle package designed to fully utilize aspects of Mac OS X. The update features enhancements for Create and PStill. According to Stone Design:

Stone Design, the oldest and original Mac OS X software house, today announced immediate availability of new versions of Stone Studio, including Create(R) - the three in one illustration, page layout and web authoring application - and PStill(tm) - the complete distillery which converts PS to PDF, combines files, shrinks PDF and much more.

This release features Create(R) 11.1.4, Stone Designis drawing, page layout, and Web page authoring application.

V 11.1.4 features full support for fuzzy drop shadows on any text, image or graphic, with the ability to finely control focus, blur, shadow darkness, offset and angle. Learn more about drop shadows!

PStill(tm), which converts PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF) files, has added the ability to produce PDF/X as well as automatic PDF workflow direct from any applicationis print panel! There is full support for creating large tiled posters, manage preference sets, and merge multiple PostScript and PDF files into one PDF document.

You can find more information about Create and PStill updates at the Stone Design Web site. The updates are free for registered users, while the full version of Stone Studio is available for US$299.00.