Lightning Brain Place And Scale for InDesign
Download
This is a free download. Before you can use the LB Place And Scale Plug-In you also have to install our free APID ToolAssistant Plug-In, which is available as a second, separate download.
For more extensive installation instructions, check the APID ToolAssistant Plug-In web page by clicking here.
LB Place And Scale supports InDesign CS, CS2 and CS3 on Mac or Windows.
Download LB Place And Scale Scripted Plugin (version 1.0.6 - Free download - does not include the APID ToolAssistant. Don't worry about the icon of the .spln file: it might not be a 'regular' plug-in icon, and that's OK.)
Even though APID ToolAssistant will beg you to, you don't need to purchase a license for APID ToolAssistant (but we're always grateful if you do - it helps us fund further development).
The LB Place And Scale Plug-In will work fine with an unlicensed, timed-out APID ToolAssistant - so don't worry if it complains about demos timing out. Place and Scale won't be affected when the APID ToolAssistant demo does time out.
To encourage us by purchasing such an optional APID ToolAssistant license, select the API - APID ToolAssistant... menu item, select the 'APID ToolAssistant' entry in the list, and click the Get License... button. Purchasing a license helps us fund further development of cool stuff!
Let us know if this tool is useful to you, at pluginsupport@rorohiko.com. Thanks!
Goal
Have you ever been placing a number of bitmap images (for example, JPEG images) of various dimensions, and then manually scaling the images to meet a certain preset target resolution?
If the JPEG images originated from different cameras or were taken with different settings, their pixel dimensions can vary widely, and each different type of image needs to be rescaled differently to bring the final resolution to the same standardized value.
This plugin helps out. You can define a specific resolution value for each individual InDesign document. When you place any bitmap image into the document, it will be automatically scaled to make sure the effective resolution of the placed image matches the preset resolution value.
You can set a document's target resolution for Place and Scale via the API menu.
Make sure you have a document open before you try to change the preferences.
Version history:
18-July-2008 Version 1.0.6
- Improved CS3 support.
- Place And Scale can now be enabled or disabled from its preferences dialog.30-June-2007 Version 1.0.5
- CS3 support.<unreleased> Version 1.0.4
- Added a separate preferences dialog to configure the target effective resolution. The 'resolutionBox' is not used any more.4-May-2006- Version 1.0.3
- Fixed bug that caused some images to disappear on drag-drop.23-Dec-2005- Version 1.0.2
- Updated enclosed runtime to version 1.0.15a and adjusted the ReadMe document. The Place And Scale plug-in itself was not modified13-Nov-2005- Version 1.0.1
- Updated enclosed runtime to version 1.0.12a. The Place And Scale plug-in itself was not modified31-Oct-2005 - Version 1.0
- Initial release