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DESCRIPTION
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).

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.16:

Photographerbook

  • New: [628]: Photographerbook documents (including iPhoto documents) no longer output a Watermark (Preview) on local printers or when saved as PDF, when you use the registered version of iCalamus.
Text edit mode context menu: Insert Text Field
  • Fix: [638]: Issue with 'Insert File Creation Date' and 'Insert File Modification Date' in unsaved documents solved.
GUI
  • New: A Polish version of iCalamus is also available now, localized by Michał Naskręt, Michał Mikołajewski, Patryk Domagała and Dominik Sieciński. pl
  • New: [624]: Menus for 'New Shape Object' and 'New Line Object' now show a line between simple and dynamic objects.
  • New: [625]: Frame Inspector: Outline section redesigned to clarify things.

    Frame Inspector

  • Fix: [615]: Undo/Redo action names are shown again in the Edit menu.
  • Fix: [620]: Popup menu issue in dialog 'New Document' fixed.
  • Fix: [623]: Dialog cosmetics in 'Parameters for Double Circle Arc' fixed. en
  • Fix: [630]: Typos in tooltips fixed. fr
  • Fix: [633]: Typo in Context menu fixed. fr
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later.
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SCREENSHOT

Developer:invers Software
Downloads:15,887
  - Version d/l:405
Business:Presentation Tools
License:Demo
Date:24 Apr 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$195.00
RATING
****½
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iCalamus User Reviews (5 posts)Write A Review
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Nov 6 2008
*****

BRUMM  Wow, a professionell DTP app for 195 Dollars/129 Euros?

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.  
(Version 1.15)

praisebury
+5
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Mar 17 2008

MACLOVER1.1  I cannot even start to rate this app. At first it seems wonderful.. yet I keep running into all types of bugs (I'm on a MacPro, 10.5.2). Bugs range from unresponsive text boxes, flawed text wrapping and many many others. At times I'm saved by my backed up files (not the automated ones since each time a file has gone corrupt on me... the automated backup is as flawed as well obviously) at other times I need to just close my file without saving it, reopen it and things are responsive again.. it gets very tiring and stressful. I really wanted something to replace IndDesign (which I used to replace XPress) I just hope this app gets stable or it can really be a misery in a beautiful disguise.. I cannot imagine I am the only one to have suffered this ?!  
(Version 1.12)

praisebury
0
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Nov 18 2007

THOMAS_U  Version 1.11:

Many new features, now runs on Tiger (10.4.5 and newer) and Leopard; good support - developers are quick to response to bug-reports.  
(Version 1.11)

praisebury
+2
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Dec 8 2006

CLOUDNINER  I used Calamus back in the late 80's and early 90's on an Atari TT. IMHO the absolute greatest DTP on the market bar none at the time. The PC world was still using Dos stuff (yuck).

Hope they get this up to speed to match the performance of that great Atari program that I very much miss.  
(Version 1.04)

praisebury
-1
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Oct 11 2006
***½.

LOUKASH  This could become a good and easy to use layout app. But after a couple of minutes playing with it I'm already missing:

- Spot colors

- Moving objects between layers

- Deselect all

- Join path

- Zoom/Move shortcuts à la cmd-space

- Quick page preview

- Editing guides

- ...

And there's no Services support. Why? I thought it "just works" in Cocoa?

Not ready yet to replace InDesign 2 (!) which is what I'm still using for my layout work.  
(Version 1.01)

praisebury
+1
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Oct 11 2006

MIMO  Just some comments on your points:

Spot colors. Yes I'd like to add spot color support too,

but OSX does not officially support spot colors yet.

Moving objects between layers is possible by

cut/copy/paste, of course. We'll come up with more

convenient stuff soon.

Joining (and other operations) of paths is possible!

And: Joining is used also for live masking.

See the acording promotion demo movie on our site

There are lots of shortcuts already to move (+ hand tool) and zoom (+ zoom tool)!

Editing of helplines is possible of course.

Helplines are just locked by default.

You can even move helplines together with frames

and vector points (I love it :-)

Quick page preview. You can use iCalamus Navigator Inspector or Preview app for that.

Let me invite you to further discussions in our Forum.

Greetings from germany,

MiMo  
(Version 1.01)

praisebury
0
Oct 11 2006

LOUKASH  Danke für die Antwort/Thanks for replying.

I'll check out your forum then...  
(Version 1.01)

praisebury
0
Apr 29 2009

RUBAIYAT  The fact that the Quartz PDF/X-3 filters do not support spot colors should not stop you.

I wouldn't wait for Apple to fix a problem they don't own up to having.  
(Version 1.16)

praisebury
0