It can also be used as a substitute for using the relief feature in the Shadow dialog box. Gerber has also eliminated a step with a new feature in the Shadow feature, which is “hide originals.” This comes in handy when creating an outline first, shadowing it, and then having to delete the original. This will work great for creating perimeter cuts for back cutting, and many other instances where you would rather not deal with outlines on inside shapes. Now, rather than ungrouping all the inside shapes, or deleting the outlines afterwards, all you have to do is select the “Outside Contour Only” check box within the outline tool. Time saver #5: When outlining lettering or other shapes with inside shapes, there are times when you don’t want the inside shapes to be outlined. I will find this especially helpful with the choke and spread tool to verify which color is spreading.Īre they reading my mind? It just keeps getting better. You can also zoom or pan while in a dialog box. Time saver #4: The new ability to toggle between wire frame and filled while you are in a dialog box. If you use the “on axis” tool to move objects along the X or Y axis when you want them to stay aligned with their original position, it is similar to that, but you now have more choices. Then the constraint is initiated when you hold the Alt key down. You can set them for angles such as 5°,10°, 30°, 45°, etc. Now in 6.5 there is a “Change Constraints” tool in the layout drop down menu that allows you to set constraints for the detail tools such as the line tool, the slice and dice tool, the cleaver tool, and the move point too. And in recent years it has only gotten better. Time saver #3: If you are like me, I think Composer has always had great detail editing tools.
For exporting to other desktop publishing and ink jet design programs, the exported pdf will preserve the named spot colors and named cut contour objects.
For presentations, it makes it easy for prospects to open it in their PDF viewer. The new pdf file export capability offers the same export options as the GSP EPS format, including named spot and CMYK colors, and named paths and strokes for Cut Contours. However, in 6.5, if you change the mode from RGB to CMYK in your design software, and then import an EPS, AI, or PDF file, you can check a box called “Import pure CMYK colors”, and the colors will come in with the correct values. Time saver #2: If you have had to import customer files that are typically assigned process colors in RGB mode, the colors will change when they are converted to CMYK in previous versions Omega.
This will definitely speed up your work flow. There are also some useful options when holding your Ctrl button down, such as breaking groups out from larger groups into new groups. Time saver #1: Starting with the new “Groups of Groups”, I can’t tell you how many times I could have used that when working on complex art with lots of shapes.
This upgrade to Gerber Omega 6.5 is another time saver.
Omega Version 6.0 was a time saver, and if you neglected to upgrade to 6.0, you should download both the “ whats-new-omega-6.0” and “ whats-new-omega6.5” to see what you’re missing.
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