Comments on: Ease Your Print Production Folding Pain

By: Jakob

Jakob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:10:44 +0000

Thank you for the feedback, Steve.

By: Trish Witkowski

Trish Witkowski — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:35:58 +0000

Thanks for your comments. Our demo is limited in scope, however, we do have a video posted on foldfactory that really shows all of the features of the software. Just go to foldfactory and click the videos tab and you’ll see it.

The templates are mathematically compensated for the folding process, and the file is production-ready. Simply start designing. Eugene mentions above that we do not set margins, and that is true. We consider margins to be a subjective, design-related issue. We focus on creating a file that is correct, and as a software development strategy we choose to leave the design decisions to the designer.

On a sidenote, if you visit foldfactory, we have some great, free resources. The ideas section hosts 130 short videos of folding ideas. We welcome your feedback.

By: James Wamser

James Wamser — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:16:39 +0000

We love FOLDRite Template Master and recommend it to our customers! As a commercial printer, we know how important it is to get it right!

By: Marty Safir

Marty Safir — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:10:37 +0000

This is quite a find. I bought the thing and intend to put it through its paces. At $99 I can see it paying for itself in one or two jobs. In addition Miss Witkowski’s website has some good content and links to additional resources.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:35:38 +0000

I have the demo downloaded. It’s okay. It does make the template, with crop marks and fold marks. But there is no margins drawn in or anything. It just splits the sheet up.

Hard to know really as you only get to use one template and that’s a straight fold, so it’s basically making the size you input and creates 2 lines at the fold, some crop marks and info like Front Panel, Back Panel etc.

I’d like to see how the tri-fold template comes out. If it compensates for short fold so it doesn’t bulk up.

It’s very hard to know what to make of the plugin the demo just doesn’t give me enough to make an informed decision on whether to buy it or not.

The animations are cool though, as is the info on the side.

By: Steve Werner

Steve Werner — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:52:30 +0000

Yes, Jakob, it supports European units and page formats. Units supported are points, picas, inches, millimeters, and centimeters. Metric paper sizes are included, and you can create custom sizes and save the the whole setup as a preset.

I also forgot to mention that the plug-in is available in a demo mode to try out (which I used). You can explore all of the folding styles and their permutations, but, in demo mode, you can only BUILD a template of the simplest style—single fold.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:28:00 +0000

Interesting plugin. I’m sure it will be a time-saver for people and vastly improve their folded pieces. I’ve seen plenty of non-centered text on panels where the measurements were not done right.

That extra info on how it folds and the considerations seem good too.

Pretty neat plugin that not only gives you working templates but also gives the user some applicable knowledge to why it’s done and what to ask for at the print shop.

I like plugins that can educate the user.

One of the first things I learned in the trade was to draw templates and make sure they worked before even going near a computer.

By: Jakob

Jakob — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:38:32 +0000

Looks interesting. Can anyone report whether this is equally usable with European page formats and metric mm units – all the screenshots seem to be US/imperial measures?