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iCalamus is a desktop publishing solution that allows you to create documents with text, photos and other visual elements. Some demonstration videos are available.
The unregistered version of iCalamus already offers a cool feature: You can create professional photo books and calendars like in the full version and order high-quality prints at the Photographerbook company. The Photographerbook document service in iCalamus even supports iPhoto calendars (and iPhoto books coming soon) which can be printed at Photographerbook at a lower price.
iCalamus has been developed
The unregistered version of iCalamus already offers a cool feature: You can create professional photo books and calendars like in the full version and order high-quality prints at the Photographerbook company. The Photographerbook document service in iCalamus even supports iPhoto calendars (and iPhoto books coming soon) which can be printed at Photographerbook at a lower price.
iCalamus has been developed
What's New
Version 1.26:
Emergency Bugfix:
- Fix: A core method for copying objects got a major bug fix which should increase overall stability of the program.
- Fix: A rare crash could occur when using the mouse pointer to handle text ruler elements.
- New: The OEM stopper dialog in OEM and Mac App Store versions of iCalamus can now be suppressed, avoiding any personal registration.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later
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| Downloads:20,338 |
| Version Downloads:219 |
| Type:Business : Presentation Tools |
| License:Demo |
| Date:06 Mar 2012 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $179.00 |
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iCalamus is a desktop publishing solution that allows you to create documents with text, photos and other visual elements. Some demonstration videos are available.
The unregistered version of iCalamus already offers a cool feature: You can create professional photo books and calendars like in the full version and order high-quality prints at the Photographerbook company. The Photographerbook document service in iCalamus even supports iPhoto calendars (and iPhoto books coming soon) which can be printed at Photographerbook at a lower price.
iCalamus has been developed completely new for Apple's operating system. iCalamus is an excellent choice for all layout purposes from simple posters and business letters over complex layouted magazines up to books and scientific works. Complete Unicode support and the smart PDF import offer easy access to creating and layout work. The reasoned user interface with its low learning curve guarantees for fast success. iCalamus doesn't limit your layout freedom by offering prepared layouts. Its practical tools offer all options for your own creative and productive layout work.
iCalamus is a modular program which will grow in future by external modules, even from third-party developers. Therefore invers Software will create an Open Development Area (ODA) and publish the plug-in interface. iCalamus has been developed in Objective C with intensive usage of Apple's Cocoa library.
You can import all image and text formats which are supported by Mac OS X into iCalamus documents. Images from digital cameras scanners or iPhoto libraries can be imported as well as whole web page content and PDF documents. Grab text content from large PDF documents easily for further text processing. Elaborated masking options and many predefined, partly dynamically changeable frame shapes offer freedom for creativity. Working in precise measurement units is the other side of the iCalamus world. Use virtual copies for multiple document elements and change them afterwards with a few mouse clicks.
Print output uses all printers which are supported by Mac OS X. Optionally output documents in various PDF formats (e.g. PDF-X, encrypted PDF, PDF Fax).
The unregistered version of iCalamus already offers a cool feature: You can create professional photo books and calendars like in the full version and order high-quality prints at the Photographerbook company. The Photographerbook document service in iCalamus even supports iPhoto calendars (and iPhoto books coming soon) which can be printed at Photographerbook at a lower price.
iCalamus has been developed completely new for Apple's operating system. iCalamus is an excellent choice for all layout purposes from simple posters and business letters over complex layouted magazines up to books and scientific works. Complete Unicode support and the smart PDF import offer easy access to creating and layout work. The reasoned user interface with its low learning curve guarantees for fast success. iCalamus doesn't limit your layout freedom by offering prepared layouts. Its practical tools offer all options for your own creative and productive layout work.
iCalamus is a modular program which will grow in future by external modules, even from third-party developers. Therefore invers Software will create an Open Development Area (ODA) and publish the plug-in interface. iCalamus has been developed in Objective C with intensive usage of Apple's Cocoa library.
You can import all image and text formats which are supported by Mac OS X into iCalamus documents. Images from digital cameras scanners or iPhoto libraries can be imported as well as whole web page content and PDF documents. Grab text content from large PDF documents easily for further text processing. Elaborated masking options and many predefined, partly dynamically changeable frame shapes offer freedom for creativity. Working in precise measurement units is the other side of the iCalamus world. Use virtual copies for multiple document elements and change them afterwards with a few mouse clicks.
Print output uses all printers which are supported by Mac OS X. Optionally output documents in various PDF formats (e.g. PDF-X, encrypted PDF, PDF Fax).
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http://www.icalamus.net/icalamus/download.php?lan=en
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However, I am confused by some of the comments here - I mean, why would you even want this app if you already have one of the "big guns" that are already established as industry standards? Sure, ID CS2 & CS3 are a few versions behind, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with them and they pretty much do it all. Especially if you also have the design suite which interacts easily between all of the programs - automatically updating changes made in Photoshop for instance.
Where is the benefit of spending money on and learning yet another app that printers may have a harder time dealing with if it is not an industry standard app they are familiar with?
A curious designer wants to know...
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Note that iCalamus is the ONLY application really usable by linguists and dialectologists, allowing to place as many diacritical marks as you need (e.g. more above or more below). Try to do that with any current DTP application, and you will see the difference.
Such bold, but small competitors of giants should be encouraged, not discouraged to go on.
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For quite a while, I've been wishing that Calamus existed for the Macintosh. This 'initial release' of iCalamus is promising; I look forward to see this as the major application for Mac, which makes people want a Mac.
For the developers: Keep up the good work; I believe you're among the few who can make a huge difference in software for the Mac!
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Still too expensive for me, and too advanced. I'll stick with BeLight Publisher for my needs.
Or my cherished copy of Canvas X!
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It does have a long list of impressive features, but there are some important gaps too. Three that stand out to me are that there is no Contents/Indexing facilities, no footnotes and no tables.
The app also crashed a couple of times when trying to set it up in a book format.
So still some way to go yet.
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Something that will not be remedied until Apple chooses to do something about it.
Only QuarkXpress and Adobe Indesign currently have industrial strength printing.
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http://www.icalamus.net/tutorials/howto_create_pdfx.php?lan=en
I'm not a print/graphics professional, but I do need to do this kind of work done sometimes (for myself); since macZOT has this at $79 right now I am definitely looking at it.
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http://www.icalamus.net/tutorials/howto_create_pdfx.php?lan=en
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Especially with the multilanguage support, that it got already.
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brumm reviewed on 06 Nov 2008
Well, with all the white it looks a bit like early Quark versions, but it is really super fast, has a well thought-out interface, good comfort, many clever features.
Compared to the price tag of Quark and Indesign this is just unbelievable.
Trying out for 5 hours now, where are the bugs, is there any catch?
Too poor I have bought Indesign CS3 a couple of month ago, I think I will try this app a bit longer before buying the CS4 update (....or not buying).
Overall a very good first impression.
Alltough a full featurered 30 day trial would be much better.
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Many new features, now runs on Tiger (10.4.5 and newer) and Leopard; good support - developers are quick to response to bug-reports.
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Pokari rated on 16 Jun 2011