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Welcome to the Phantasm CS newsletter: issue 10 |
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Designer and Studio receive glowing reports |
Reviews continue to be published for Phantasm CS Designer and Studio editions following their launch in March. The latest pair are glowing and underline the fact that the Phantasm CS range is a must-have for every Illustrator user... 
Digital Arts, June 2008 “With such a range of Illustrator plug-ins on the market, it's rare to come across one that excels to this extent.” “To have all these features available in Illustrator (Adobe take note) and at such a modest price tag puts this product in a class of its own. We wholeheartedly recommend that any designer or studio adds it to their software arsenal.” 
Published in The Graphic Mac, April 2008 “If your design environment is primarily Adobe Illustrator, the full Studio version is a bargain.” “Overall, Phantasm CS is probably the most useful plugin set I've ever come across for any version of Adobe Illustrator.”   |
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New free script for Studio users |
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PhantasmSepsPDF allows users to quickly and easily generate pre-separated PDF files. By using the PDF layers feature, these files allow users of even the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view any combination of inks (separations) used in a document. 
The new Illustrator CS2 and CS3 script was developed by Nathaniel V Kelso specifically for Phantasm CS Studio users. Click on the thumbnail image, left, for a sample PDF to load in Acrobat Reader. Within Acrobat, use the PDF layers control to view or hide each of the process inks. More information and the free download may be found at www.astutegraphics.com/resources/scripts.html |
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Example settings for the Halftone Filter/Effect |
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A new range of Halftone settings have been made available along with previews and sample PDF results. These are made freely available to all users and future customers of Phantasm CS Designer and Studio. 
The range of styles possible shows the immense flexibility of the vector Filter and Effect found in Phantasm CS Designer and Studio; from Roman Mosaic to Abstract. To see more, visit www.astutegraphics.com/resources/halftone.html If you wish to submit some Halftone settings to be made freely available through these pages (credit and a link will be given unless requested otherwise), please contact us. |
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New tutorial available |
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Starting a new section on the astutegraphics.com website is the first in-depth tutorial demonstrating how to create a bank note style graphic. 
This extensive step-by-step tutorial makes use of Illustrator CS2 or CS3 in combination with Phantasm CS Designer or Studio. Tools used include the acclaimed Phantasm CS Designer | Studio Halftone and Duotone Filter/Effects as well as Illustrator's native Live Trace and Envelope Distort. An innovative new technique is employed to generate a security-type vector halftone wave form in the background image. To read this tutorial, visit www.astutegraphics.com/resources/tutorials.html If you have any requests or ideas for future tutorials, please contact us. Computer Arts is a Future Publishing publication. Digital Arts is an IDG Communications publication. |
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