The suite enables graphic designers to consolidate workflow steps.
Triple Triangle has released Mechanical
Cubed, a suite of InDesign plug-ins that automate the creation of advertising
mechanicals, thereby saving time for graphic designers. Mechanical Cubed is used
by graphic studios at advertising agencies and corporate marketing departments,
the company said in a news release.
"We were approached by several of our
customers at advertising agencies who wanted a one-stop solution for creating
and modifying advertising mechanicals in InDesign," said Chris Jones, president
of Seattle-based Triple Triangle Inc. "We created Mechanical Cubed, a modular
framework that seamlessly integrates our successful Slug Cubed maintenance tool
and two new tools, Crop Cubed and Job Spec Cubed, to provide a seamless,
integrated interface for creating mechanicals."
Mechanical Cubed lets graphic designers
choose from the suite of tools that automate the workflow steps involved with
mechanical creation. The suite comprises three tools: Slug Cubed, Crop Cubed and
Job Spec Cubed.
The Mechanical Cubed suite integrates
these three tools, letting studio artists create and modify a mechanical setup
in a single step. In addition, according to the company, the latest addition to
the suite, Job Spec Cubed, allows mechanicals to be created from a simple PDF
Job Specification form, or automatically from a front-end job management system
such as a FileMaker database.
Mechanical Cubed is supported on Adobe
InDesign CS on Macintosh OS X.
Slug Cubed, Crop Cubed and Job Spec
Cubed are available immediately for purchase from Triple Triangle's Web site,
the company said. Users also can download a fully functional trial from the
Triple Triangle Web
site.
Slug Cubed, Crop Cubed and Job Spec Cubed are priced at $199, $79 and $129
respectively per seat.
