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Quite Imposing Plus Changelog

What's new in Quite Imposing Plus 5.0

Jan 6, 2020
  • Variable data merge: using a CSV or TXT file, add text blocks or pictures to many PDF pages. Work with a master document (mail merge) or add to an existing document (stamping). Tech sheet.
  • Supports in macOS 10.15 "Catalina", while still running in Windows, older macOS systems. Plug-in runs in Acrobat 9, X, XI, DC, 2015 and 2017.
  • Automation sequences can do "partials" to split jobs, or process parts separately. Results can be merged or left separate. Quite Hot Imposing users can split output into an unlimited number of separate files. Tech sheet 1 - Tech sheet 2.
  • Customize control panel: add new panels, add sequences.
  • N-Up can flow backs from right to left, for easier layout, especially of ad hoc jobs
  • Creep can use scaling instead of shift, so that no content is lost
  • Page monitor to show live info including page size and bleed info for open document
  • Manual Imposition: performance greatly improved for some large files
  • Trim & Shift - add or crop all four edges by a fixed amount
  • Conditions in automation sequences allow more flexibility e.g. different jobs based on page count, page sizes or metadata (such as filename or keywords)
  • Enfocus Switch users with Quite Hot Imposing can pass metadata from flows for use in conditions or page text, also automatically remove the prefix from file name references. Tech sheet
  • Import sequences or steps from other sequences or XML files. Filter sequences by name
  • Conditions can issue an error or warning message, and stop a job if there is a problem such as wrong page size or count

New in Quite Imposing Plus 4.0 (Feb 15, 2018)

  • Stick on PDF pages – new function. Easily add or remove pages as graphics once or many times.
  • Stick on text and numbers – set embedded fonts or colours, allow rotation, show preview of position.
  • Insert pages and files – insert pages or files repeatedly at intervals
  • Manual imposition – repeat layout for the rest of the document, so you only have to lay out one or two sheets. Smart crop marks.
  • Adjust page sizes – scale by percentage, get page size report, set pages the same size.
  • Shuffle pages for imposition – specify range and larger rules; very large documents will shuffle or reverse much faster in many cases
  • Tile pages – choose width and height
  • Page tools – free rotate
  • Automation sequences – new manager to simplify dealing with large numbers of sequences: rename, duplicate etc., backup, restore, collect, report and fix missing files.
  • Control panel – redesigned, with power user shortcuts
  • And many more new features!

New in Quite Imposing Plus 3.0j (Sep 1, 2014)

  • NEW FUNCTIONS:
  • Tile Pages (Quite Imposing Plus only):
  • Splits pages into multiple separate pages
  • Split spreads e.g. in PDFs made using new mixed-size feature in InDesign CS5, by using Split Only Wide Pages option
  • Tile or un-impose
  • Optionally add overlap and bleed page Tools (Quite Imposing Plus only)
  • Easily duplicate pages, with or without collation, without bloating file size
  • Fix orientation. Quickly deal with a document that has a mixture of tall and wide (portrait and landscape) pages through automatic selective rotation
  • Move, rotate, or delete pages in a document. Valuable in Automation Sequences.
  • Adjust Page Sizes (Quite Imposing Plus only)
  • Simple and flexible way to change page sizes
  • Can scale equally or anamorphically, or use crop/add white space
  • Can maintain bleed dimensions
  • Can be used to only enlarge or only reduce page sizes
  • Can be used to just check page sizes instead of changing them
  • UPDATED FUNCTIONS
  • Stick On Text and Numbers (was Stick On Page Numbers) (Quite Imposing Plus only):
  • Variable data on pages or sheets, such as page count, file name, date and time, document title
  • Numbering need not be in steps of 1 (e.g. 10, 20, 30, or 9, 8, 7)
  • Numbers can be repeated before continuing (e.g. 001, 001, 002, 002) - useful for numbering multi-page originals
  • You can skip pages in numbering, e.g. to number every fifth page.
  • Insert Pages (was Insert Blank Pages) (Quite Imposing Plus only):
  • Insert pages from a file, with the option of duplicating pages as they are inserted
  • Conditionally add pages from file or blank pages to meet a page count or signature size
  • Can insert relative to last page e.g. insert after page "last-2"
  • N-Up and Step And Repeat:
  • Mirror alignment on back. N-Up and Step & Repeat let margins and alignment of sheets be mirrored (e.g. top left on front, top right on back)
  • Trim and Shift:
  • Simpler creep. The Creep Assistant (part of Trim & Shift) makes it easier to choose options for shifting to allow pages to line up in a booklet
  • Shuffle pages:
  • Improved performance and reduced file size when shuffle pages makes duplicates
  • Shuffle Assistant handles layouts that repeat pages (e.g. for Step & Repeat, repeated impositions, work & tumble) (Quite Imposing Plus only)
  • Shuffle Assistant now recognises signatures that repeat over more sheets (was limited to 2 or 4 sheet repeats)
  • Shuffle Assistant now handles layouts up to 8 x 8 (Quite Imposing Plus only)
  • Manual Imposition (Quite Imposing Plus only):
  • Undo button
  • Can now be used fully in Automation Sequences and in Quite Hot Imposing
  • Can choose crop mark size and style
  • Key performance improvements:
  • In Mac OS X, long documents will often process much faster
  • Improved performance and reduced file size when shuffle pages makes duplicates
  • When there are many automation sequences, it will be much faster to view or edit them
  • Key features and improvements for automation:
  • In automation sequences, when changing the name of a sequence, you get the chance to keep the old (duplicate sequence)
  • All the new features in Quite Imposing Plus 3.0 will be available in automation sequences and in Quite Hot Imposing.
  • Items of particular note for automation include: Commands to move, rotate, delete pages which can form part of an automation sequence (Page Tools)
  • Conditionally add pages from file or blank pages to meet a page count (Insert Pages)
  • Automatically add text such as file name to pages (Add Text & Numbers)
  • Page ranges and page numbers can now be relative to last page by using a notation like "last-3". Useful where the final page count will be unknown, e.g. to insert blank pages before last page.
  • In automation sequences and Quite Hot Imposing, Join 2 Pages is now available but only for documents with exactly two pages
  • Standards support:
  • Support for PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 (ISO 15930-7:2008, 15930-7:2010, 15930-8-2008, 15930-8:2010).