Extensis™ QX-Effects 3.0™ helps you quickly create professional looking visual effects directly in QuarkXPress with less time and effort.
If you are not familiar with Extensis, we have been building software that extends the productivity of all major graphics arts applications for over three years. Our other award winning products include:
* PageTools for PageMaker
* QX-Tools for QuarkXPress
* Mask Pro for Photoshop
* PhotoTools for Photoshop
* CyberPress for QuarkXPress
* Extensis Portfolio (Formerly Adobe and Aldus Fetch)
* VectorTools for Illustrator and Freehand
* PreFlight Pro and Preflight Designer for advanced preflighting
* Intellihance for Photoshop
We offer fully functioning demos of all our products at our web site; please visit us soon at www.extensis.com and download our productivity enhancing software.
QX-Effects Requires:
• System 7.5.3 or higher
• QuarkXPress version 3.3.1 or higher
• Minimum 10 MB of RAM allocated to QuarkXPress
Contacting Extensis
To reach us for technical support or general questions, please use one of the following methods:
Ph: 503-274-7030
Fax: 503-274-0530
Internet: support@extensis.com
Web: www.extensis.com
Our web site includes a detailed, up-to-date FAQ/troubleshooting page for QX-Effects. If you have troubleshooting or functionality questions, please visit www.extensis.com or contact Extensis technical support.
Mail:
Extensis Corporation
1800 SW First Ave.
Suite 500
Portland, OR 97201
Extensis Europe:
Zonnebaan 34
3606 CB Maarssen
The Netherlands
Phone #31 (0)30 247 50 50
Fax #31 (0)30 241 20 39
Installing and registering QX-Effects
The following files are installed into your QuarkXPress XTension folder:
QX-Effects 3.0
QX-Effects Engines folder
Also, a number of saved effects are placed in a QX-Effects Prefs folder located in the system Preferences folder.
During the launch of QuarkXPress, you will be requested to serialize and register QX-Effects. Please enter the serial number located on the back of the manual. If you do not have a serial number, you can choose to run QX-Effects in demo mode. The demo mode allows full functionality for 30 days.
Please register using one of the built-in electronic registration methods. If you do not have a modem, fax, or printer, you may fill out the registration card in the back of the manual.
Microtek Scanners on Macintosh computers:
Microtek scanners may interfere with the built-in electronic registration process. If you are using a Microtek scanner, please turn it off before attempting to register QX-Effects. You may turn the scanner back on once the registration process is complete.
General Notes on QX-Effects Use:
1. A Preview Warnings dialog has been added to warn you when a picture in the background of the effect will not be included in the effect for one of the following reasons:
a) The picture is modified or missing
b) The picture is rotated or skewed
c) The picture is in a picture box that is not rectangular
d) The picture is not a TIFF file
These warnings can be disabled in the Preferences dialog. Choose "Preferences" from the QX-Effects menu to open this dialog.
2. Adobe Type Manager's Text Smoothing option can cause a halo-like effect when text is included in the effect. We recommend turning this smoothing option off in your ATM Control Panel before creating these kinds of effects.
3. The manual incorrectly states that holding the Control key down, while in the Glow, Bevel, or Emboss preview, will change the cursor to the pointer tool. This feature is only available for the Cast Shadow and Drop Shadow components.
Extensis and QX-Effects are trademarks of Extensis Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
