Enfocus Adds 'High-Efficiency' PDF Editor

By: E&P Staff Enfocus in Gent, Belgium, has released PitStop Extreme, a standalone addition to the PitStop product family that is high-efficiency PDF editor designed from the ground up to allow quick checking and correcting of the most complex PDF files.

PitStop Extreme incorporates the Enfocus preflighting engine and Certified PDF technology to prevent editing errors and safeguard the file.

PitStop Extreme complies with PDF/X and Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications. It operates in both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows environments.

PitStop Extreme provides accurate viewing of any PDF file as it will be printed, unlimited zoom, fast switching to outline preview, and viewing of separations, transparencies, overprints and total area coverage. File elements can be easily accessed and edited at the object level, which includes the capability of interactively moving, scaling or rotating any object.

Standard Enfocus PitStop Action Lists can be used to automate document-wide changes in almost any manner. PitStop Extreme also includes full text editing capabilities that allow users to work within the native PDF file, making it easy to reflow text, change justification or link different text blocks on the page for instant text reflow. In addition, it permits image editing and/or replacement within the native PDF file.

Flexibility in dealing with PDF files containing transparency means that files can be edited without changing transparency, or transparent objects can be reliably flattened in the file.

PitStop Extreme saves the edits to the PDF file, touching only the modified objects, and retaining non-printing objects such as metadata. Users can choose to preflight files while saving with an Enfocus PDF Profile, as well as work within an Enfocus Certified PDF workflow to save and track all PDF file modifications.

PitStop Extreme is based on the same architecture as parent company EskoArtwork's Neo, which was designed to fit within an EskoArtwork workflow.

PitStop Extreme will be sold through a distribution network and directly from www.enfocus.com (where a trial version is available). It will be priced at $3,499, which include a free license to use PitStop Professional on the same system. Alternatively, PitStop Professional 08 users can buy a crossgrade license for $2,799 to use PitStop Extreme on the same system, offering users full flexibility in choice of editing options.