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HyperMatrix 2.0, Next Generation Variable Design Publishing Module, Now Available from GLUON Inc.
Wednesday 26. March 2008 - Create unlimited versions using advanced conditional logic to swap and size templates, fonts, images, and output formats on the fly.
GLUON Inc., a leading provider of cross-platform, enterprise-class applications for workflow management, production tracking, and productivity enhancement for the graphic arts and publishing industries, today announced the general availability of HyperMatrix 2.0, a key module in the company’s flagship data-driven publishing solution.
Not Your Fathers’s VDP Application
An extremely sophisticated database publishing solution, GLUON’s HyperMatrix provides a variety of “on the fly” functions that take place during document composition such as:
Intelligent resizing of individual versions with no distortion of text or images.
Unlimited number of variable fields and unlimited document page count.
Real-time text formatting including fonts, sizes, alignment, color, kerning, and baseline.
Sophisticated text and picture fitting built into intelligent templates.
New Features in Version 2.0
HyperMatrix 2.0 adds these new features:
An improved, more intuitive user interface.
Dynamic template swapping for any or all versions in a single job.
Design variability across every aspect of boxes and text, including colors, fonts, drop shadows, text on a curve, and more.
Ability to generate and incorporate complex tables and charts based on simple XML.
Improved management of large-volume jobs with Full-view and Simple-view of batch details.
More output formats including: PPML, PDFX1a, PDFX3, grayscale, XML (for cross media applications), collected individual or aggregated QuarkXPress files.
“NCI is the largest national publisher of local printed and online magazines for the real estate market. With Gluon’s HyperMatrix 2.0, we are able to optimize the production process through intelligent system automation,” said Danny Bowman, VP of Manufacturing, Network Communications, Inc., “This provides considerable opportunities towards maximizing internal resources while delivering a higher level of service and value to our advertisers.”
“At GLUON, our strength is our ability to understand our customers and devise creative, leading-edge solutions. Every feature we add is the result of working with top tier publishers and power users with real-world needs,” said Peter McClard, President/CEO, GLUON, Inc., “HyperMatrix 2.0 puts everything we’ve learned into a simple-to-use, yet powerful and flexible dynamic publishing automation tool.”