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05-30-2006, 06:29 AM | #1 |
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Broadvision Quicksilver
Hi there, does anyone know of any resources to learn this software? Other than taking a 3-day class offered by Broadvision?
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05-30-2006, 10:31 AM | #2 | |
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And how it differs from other XML-editing systems. Meanwhile, maybe someone else can actually answer your question. Welcome to the forum! __________________ [SIZE=2][COLOR=LemonChiffon]::[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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05-30-2006, 11:46 AM | #3 |
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I had never heard of Broadvision Quicksilver until now. Seems like a specialist product, but my usual advice in such cases is to try it out first and see how easy it will be to pick up even ther basics. I'm one of those who likes to learn by trial & error. It may be a longer process, though, that a short course.
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05-30-2006, 01:20 PM | #4 |
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Yeah I've been playing with it on and off but it isn't like anything I've ever used, which is Adobe products and Quark. I've figured a few things out but my main problem right now is I can't get any Japanese text to show as Japanese. Likely because the program doesn't support unicode fonts. I have to admit, though, I'm sort of a newbie with fonts. I haven't been able to get Japanese into Quark 6.5 either, without outlining and importing as an EPS.
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05-30-2006, 01:39 PM | #6 | |
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Assume this is not something that InDesign can accomplish? Are you on a Mac or Windows? (Mac OS X comes with a bunch of Japanese fonts built in — if I changed my system prefs, I could type in that script, or several others. And when I get spam from Asia, it arrives in beautiful type of whatever script was used to create it.) So maybe it is as simple as changing a setting in your system preferences? Do keep us posted on your adventures. __________________ [SIZE=2][COLOR=LemonChiffon]::[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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05-30-2006, 04:32 PM | #7 | |
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A new version of Quicksilver is supposed to come out this year, I believe, which supports unicode. That would make life a lot easier but it will be too late by then! |
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05-31-2006, 03:19 AM | #8 |
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If you don't mind me asking, what does the program cost? I didn't see any pricing information on the website, and that makes me think it might be pricy. (And I would consider $1000 or less to be reasonable for a good FrameMaker replacement.)
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05-31-2006, 09:16 AM | #9 |
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I'm only using a demo to see if the file is workable for me (which apparently it isn't) but a quick Google search indicates that this software may cost "between 2 and 3 thousand". I haven't checked with Broadvision yet, though.
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05-31-2006, 11:49 AM | #10 | |
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In theory (and I have no evidence of this!), you could supply XML and they could open them in their QuickSilver. Best of all possible worlds? Dunno about that, but if the client is amenable, maybe you could do a little test. __________________ [SIZE=2][COLOR=LemonChiffon]::[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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