XMPie First To Offer Personalized Graphics Using Adobe Illustrator

uImageâ„¢2.0, XMPie’s variable imaging tool, will now allow creative professionals to produce personalized graphics with Adobe Ilustrator CS2.

XMPie® announced an innovative expansion of uImage™2.0, its variable imaging tool. uImage will now allow creative professionals to produce personalized graphics with Adobe® Illustrator®. Building upon its existing support of Adobe Creative Suite 2, uImage will now enhance the design capabilities for variable data publishing to include personalized vector artwork.

uImage 2.0 makes it possible to create a template in Adobe Illustrator and automatically merge the illustrations with variable data, resulting in a unique graphic for each recipient. Creative professionals can use uImage together with the core set of VDP solutions from XMPie to develop powerful, eye-catching dynamic documents that include personalized raster images from Photoshop and personalized vector graphics from Illustrator. uImage ties together the design creativity of Adobe CS2 with the powerful logic and advanced personalization capabilities of XMPie’s VDP software solutions.

uImage is compatible with uDirect Professional and the entire PersonalEffect product line. Illustrator support will be included as part of all uImage shipments and will be available in summer 2006. Current uImage users under maintenance will receive Illustrator capabilities as a free upgrade.

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