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Serendipity Software releases Studio for Blackmagic and Megarip

Monday 23. November 2009 - Serendipity Software today announced Studio, a new module for Blackmagic and Megarip that adds layout and tiling features to both packages.

“Studio allows users to layout and tile jobs using a visual interface and resolution independent, non destructive processing” said Peter Skarpetis, Serendipity Software’s Chief Executive Officer. Jobs, in any of the supported file formats, can be moved, cut, copied, pasted and cropped. They can be placed at native size or into configurable image boxes, re-sized and rotated to fit or fill an area.

Nesting templates or layouts can be quickly assembled for fast output – or precisely planned to best use the space on the paper or make cutting easier. Layouts can be stored in a library for later use.

Studio’s multi-drop feature makes life easy for busy professional photographers. Just create a nesting template and drag a photo onto it. The image is instantly duplicated, resized and rotated to fit. Submit to print, then move on to the next photo.

Studio’s tiling feature allows users to set the total area of a billboard then automatically create a tile grid based on pre-configured print media dimensions and overlap.

Studio’s cloaking feature shades and locks images as they are submitted for printing, allowing new jobs to be placed in the remaining free space without fear of overprinting. Just click on the serendipity web-site and see the new STUDIO” features being simulated.