Category Archives: Freebies

GREPGrokker updated

There’s a new GREPGrokker version available – click here to check it out. Main new features: you can now see live text replacements, and there is a new ‘InDesign GREP Dialect’ simulation mode. Click here to try it out.

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Place and Scale updated to version 1.0.6

An old-time favorite, Place and Scale, has been updated to version 1.0.6 – it offers improved CS3 support, and more importantly, it can now be enabled or disabled as needed via the preferences dialog. More info and download by clicking here.

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Navigate InDesign layout using your keyboard

LightningBrain MagnetoGuides has been upgraded to version 1.0.3 and has now officialy been released. This is one of those things where you wonder why this is not a standard part of InDesign – once you’ve seen it it is hard … Continue reading

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Color2Gray Clipping Paths Bug Fixed

We received a bug report for Lightning Brain Color2Gray with regards to images with clipping paths in CS3 – in some cases, the clipping path was turned ‘inside out’ when printing. That should be fixed with version 1.0.9 of LB Color2Gray – … Continue reading

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TextExporter and StylePainter updated

Some slight improvements were made to the Lightning Brain Text Exporter (correction of the automation samples) and Lightning Brain StylePainter (more dependable ‘painting’ of the styles).

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APIDToolAssistant merges Active Page Items Developer Kernel and Active Page Items Runtime

There is a new version of the free Lightning Brain Text Exporter; it adds better support for InDesign CS3, and support for text gathering for right-to-left languages. It also adds some optional new features whose availability is linked to the purchase … Continue reading

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