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- DESIGNER'S CLUB USER'S GUIDE
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- All documentation assumes you have a basic understanding of how to use your
- computer and the programs you have purchased for it.
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- BASIC REQUIREMENTS
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- Designer's Club images require application(s) that are compatible with the EPS
- file format. EPS images are saved as Adobe Illustrator 3.0 files. Any other
- hardware requirements will be based primarily on the applications you use and
- the type of final output you plan to produce. For best results, your printer
- should be PostScript compatible.
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- IMPORTANT
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- The files for the PC users are in an invisible folder on the CD named PC_USERS.
- Mac users may be able to see this folder in certain applications when opening or
- placing a file. DO NOT use the files in this folder on your Mac. These files
- are saved in a PC format. If the PC files are used on a Mac, results can be
- unpredictable.
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- ART SELECTION
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- Adobe« Acrobat Reader Installation Instructions
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- The Adobe« Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer first in order to
- view any Acrobat (PDF) files.
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- The installation program for "Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01" can be found in the Adobe Acrobat
- folder located in the "Extensis Portfolio Browser" folder. Windows 3.1 users should use the
- 16-bit installer (ar16e301.exe) and Windows 95 users should use the 32-bit installation program
- (ar32e301.exe). Double-click the file to run the installer.
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- Acrobat« Reader copyright⌐ 1987-1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
- reserved. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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- ** Printed Pictorial Index **
- This provides thumbnail and file name for each image in the issue.
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- **EXTENSIS PORTFOLIO BROWSER**
- Included on the CD is a copy of the Extensis Portfolio Browser.
- The Extensis Portfolio Browser can be run off the CD, no installation is required.
- Simply open the "Browser" folder and then open the "Extensis Portfolio Browser" folder
- and double-click the "Portfolio Browser.exe" file. Select the Browser folder and choose the
- the electronic catalog you want to open. In the Extensis Portfolio Browser folder is a
- file called "Portfolio 3.0 Browser QSG.pdf" this file contains instructions on how to use
- the Portfolio Browser. The Adobe« Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer first
- in order to view any Acrobat (PDF) files. The installation program for
- "Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01" can be found in the Adobe Acrobat folder located in the Browser folder. Windows 95 users
- should use the 32-bit installation program (ar32e301.exe). Double-click the file to run the
- installer.
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- Extensis Portfolio Browser application: This application allows you to "browse"
- a catalog of images. You can view thumbnail versions of the images in the
- catalog, search for images by keywords, preview images, and copy them to your
- hard drive.
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- Current month Browser catalog: This catalog contains all the images in the
- current month's Designer's Club package.
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- Current web Browser catalog: This catalog contains all the web images in the
- current month's Designer's Club package.
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- Current year Browser catalog: This catalog contains all the images from January
- of the current year through the present.
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- Current year web Browser catalog: This catalog contains all the web images from
- January of the current year through the present.
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- ** Multi-Ad Search **
- Because keywords and descriptions are attached to the image files, they can be
- used with Search. When you Add Files to your catalog, Search will pick up the
- keywords and descriptions from the image files.
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- A WARNING TO COLOR USERS
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- The nature of color in desktop publishing is unpredictable. The way a color
- image looks on screen does not necessarily reflect the way it will look when it
- is printed, and different output devices and types of paper may produce
- different results. We recommend that you contact your service bureau and printer
- so that they can insure the kind of color reproduction you need.
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- USING THE CLIP ART
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- ** PAGE LAYOUT PROGRAMS **
- Open your page layout program, create a new document and place the EPS file as
- you would any other images. The following page layout programs are compatible
- with the EPS file format:
- PageMaker
- QuarkXpress
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- ** DRAW PROGRAMS **
- Open your draw program and OPEN the EPS file. These images can be manipulated
- like any other EPS image. The following draw programs are compatible with the
- EPS file format:
- Adobe Illustrator
- FreeHand
- Corel Draw
- Many of your Designer's Club EPS images are provided as layered illustrations.
- This means that several elements can be lifted out of a single image and used as
- stand-alone artwork. In order to pull apart or separate the layers of an EPS
- file, a PostScript draw program like Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia FreeHand is
- necessary.
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- If your application was not listed above, please refer to your manual for
- compatibility.
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- Dynamic Graphics Copyright Guidelines
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- The use of the artwork, from disc or index, in whole or in part without written
- permission - for multiple resale in the form of stock proofs, engravings, film,
- mats, printing, digitized images, etc. - is expressly denied. Any resemblance to
- specific individuals, living or dead, is purely coincidental (except where
- noted). No testimonials are implied or intended by such similarities.
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- Site licenses are available upon request from Dynamic Graphics, Inc.
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- Company Information
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- Visit us on the world wide web at
- http://www.dgusa.com
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- Dynamic Graphics, Inc.
- 6000 N. Forest Park Drive
- Peoria, IL 61614-3592
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- Technical Support/CustomerOne
- Phone: 800-255-8800
- Fax: 309-688-5873
- Business hours - Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm central time
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- International customers, contact your local Dynamic Graphics representative.
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- Clipper Creative Art Service«, DesignerÆs Club«, Print Media Service«, Dynamic
- Graphics ArtWorks« and Idea Source« are registered trademarks of Dynamic
- Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Revised 6/8/98
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