Montreal-based imposition software leader Ultimate TechnoGraphics has released Absolutely Imposing 2.7 on Mac, updated to be compatible with the new iOS Yosemite platform. Absolutely Imposing is a popular imposition plug-in for Adobe Acrobat and provides “absolute simplicity” in creating booklets, organizing step-and-repeat jobs, cutting and stacking, creating perfect-bound books, producing multiple-ups and much more. Absolutely Imposing Version 2.7 is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. The imposition software tool is ideal for entry-level needs. It opens a new PDF with the imposed job and leaves the original PDF open for you to compare and check. It includes:
- Binding: Perfect bound, saddle-stitch, cut & stack, step & repeat. Scheme: booklets, N-up book, duplex N-up and simplex N-up.
- Marks: Cut folding, info ID, annotation, double cut, registration, page outline frame and paper delimiters for proofing. You can also have a text mark such as a slug line.
- Orientation: Left, right, top or bottom.
- Document sides: Single or double-sided.
- Layouts: Includes a complete library of layouts.
- PDF Box Choice: Choose which box to use – trim, crop or media – to help you ensure centering and bleed control.
- Bleed, Scale and Adjustments: Options give you full control over bleed, automatic creep calculation based on paper thickness, page adjustment to shift your page and page scale.